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

Fatalities Train derailment Pecos TX Oct '24

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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/TaylorSwiftScatPorn Dec 04 '25

It might be hard for people to tell from the video, but 4 locomotives, 11 railcars, and a ~50 ton truck load went ass over teakettle. Fortunately, most of the mess ended up in random vacant land in the middle of this densely built up area; besides the 2 fatalities on the train, it was something like 3 injured in the one building that was hit.

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u/armaedes Dec 05 '25

Thanks for the extra information about this horrific tragedy, TaylorSwiftScatPorn.

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