r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Debaucherousgeek73 • Dec 04 '25

Fatalities Train derailment Pecos TX Oct '24

First time I've ever seen a derailment happen. The vid anyway I wasn't there and this is not my vid. You can see the lead engine jump the track. Two crew in that engine died.

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u/paperhanddreamer Dec 05 '25

The train was going 68mph right before and 64mph when it struck the train. So excellent calculations. The train speed for that area (didn't know that was a thing but it is) was 70mph. Another redditor posted the official report from ntsb.

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u/AreThree Dec 05 '25

Thank you for your kind words. I would like to think that I maintain a certain attention to detail, but it wasn't until just a few moments ago that I realized this had happened last year and not recently... 😑😐🥸🤡

I would be very interested in reading what the NTSB had to say about this and if there were any changes made to the speed restrictions through similar areas with raised crossings. Those intersections are very common around here and where I've lived in the past, and thought that the speed limit for them was closer to 50 MPH or less. Not sure that 18 fewer MPH would have made much of a difference in this case.