Don't know whether to consider the camera guy dedicated, ballsy, or crazy to film this whole thing rather than running away from the developing catastrophe - but we're all glad he did!
@@privateerbouncher9622 For these kinds of trains the one thing that matters is if it works. If it does, good enough. Unlike passenger railways/railroads.
@@Renville80 I certainly see your point, using a single source as concrete proof is most definitely not the greatest idea... However I think it is also not the greatest idea to judge someone based on a single comment...
Wow those last couple train cars absolutely destroyed the track! At *0:09* on the bottom right you can see the misaligned wheels just bend the rails right over! As Phil Swift once said *_"That's a lot of damage!!!"_*
Nothing to do with cart. The whole train has a air hose which is using air pressure to have brake pads open. If air pressure in brake line falls- the train automatically engage brakes. There been situatyons when train had one car derail put the rest of the trian stayed on track- the engineer could nto tell if there was derail. SO the train kept dragging for several miles with derailed car!
I was in one (Southern Crescent) in Spencer, NC, Oct '77. I was 13 first time riding by myself from Alexandria, VA to Atlanta. My Dad worked for Southern so I had ridden it many times.
It's great that your organization caught this video, but next time, get far away. One of those cars could have easily rolled over on the videographer and killed them instantly. As soon as you see any train kicking up smoke/dust like this, get away immediately.
Not judging if this cameraman was too close, it does look like some zoom work, but will say this is a good example of why you don't stand close to the rails. Say one was less than the height of a car or closer and like the video opened was looking away from the derail then would not see the cars falling over and well would have never known what hit him. Did a pretty good job recovering from surprise and catching this, especially since it covered 150 degrees in an instant and all that dusk boiling up.thumbs up
Hmm, tons of steel on wheels are rolling out of control and coming my way. I should stay directly next to the crossing gates, they will save me if one of the cars rolls or comes my way!
@@darrylowens59between that, tow in time in the taxi, the D&A test (if more than $4500 in damage), filling out the incident & derailment reports, statements, etc, he might be home in time for lunch the next day 🤣🤣!
@@coldblue9mm nah, not you, it's just that you see alot of comments from some that don't have the first damn clue. They don't upset me, they actually have me shake my head and laugh. I'm an Engineer too, that's why I commented the way I did.
@@gregruch489 This is one of the better posts I've seen. Some videos really brings out the arm chair experts. The guy who videoed this stuck around way too close in my opinion. Those cars, as you know, and go every which way, especially at a road crossing or a switch. Maybe a future Darwin Award winner here in the making...lol
Well excuse us for being interested. Next time we'll avoid watching any train vids from this site, the originator or anyone else. And then another area of human interest and success for the channels catering to it will bite the dust all because of yet another internet snob. Am I still in 1992. Or we could just tell you to stuff your attitude and get on with our lives. Yeah that sounds good.
@@glyphs3 well, I'm going to apply for an engineer at Norfolk southern so I can drive trains and find out. I would never derail a train just so you know
I’m a Flagger.... run away! I’m not worried about the cars. It’s the stuff that breaks off or that is hit that will get you. I found part of a knuckle around ten pounds about 50 feet away once. It did belong to the wreck.
The train won’t dump till the hosebags part in at least one place in the train. They all stayed together for a bit here, which is why it probably took them as long to stop as they did. Even with the train derailing, wheels beginning to dig into the ballast & cars trying to jackknife, the hosebags held together pretty well. The crew probably didn’t even know they were derailed until the air big holed. The engineer probably thought it was pulling a little hard, so may have given it more throttle, which would’ve kept the slack stretched through the train. Honestly, if I had a train that was pulling harder than it should be, I’d bring it to a safe stop (while trying not to block any crossings) & send the conductor back to investigate.
Those crossing gates aren't going to save you from a 130 ton train car. If things start not looking right around trains it's probably time to *definitely move away*
He was far enough away. Guys remember something... you're viewing this from a zoom lens. This isn't your "actually eyes", witnessing this. Furthermore, this isn't the first time this person has captured incidents like this. He was positioned far back enough. Also, those saying he should've dropped the camera and ran.... ugh.... how many great shots have been captured via our mobile devices? Furthermore, this wasn't even a high speed crossing. Thus, a train traveling 150+ mph... is ridiculous #1. #2 there isn't a corridor anywhere in this country that'll allow speeds in excess of 150+... so lets be realistic here.
generally, when trains derail, they usually derail going a direction opposite to the curve (if its on one). in this case, the curve was going towards the guy's direction, yet the derailed equipment went the other way towards the other side of the railroad crossing
Al Gaines still it’s a fucking derailment if any of this cars got past the gates he could die.. and your saying he was far enough away. Then why is school closed? Do you even know how it detailed and how lucky these people are that the engines didn’t derail the broken track that caused it could of derailed the engine but it didn’t. Don’t act like this isn’t a derailment.
The videographer was awfully brave to remain standing close to the gate while the train was derailing. A car or two may have swung out and there is no mercy.
This is the type of thing I remember happening with my HO scale model trains if the wheels weren't set exactly right. To see that happening to those giant rail cars that weigh probably in excess of a few tons... 😮
This guy may have been using a zoom lens, but he was standing pretty close to the crossing arms while doing so. And when the derailed cars hit the far end of the road crossing, that's when he should have made the correct move and get back from the crossing. That hopper looked like it was going over and if it had close to the crossing, the camera guy would have been Hamburger Helper.
Oh my goodness 😧, I can’t imagine how scary and loud that would have been, you could hear the air line snap at 00:11, I work at a miniature railway and when a derailment happens it can be scary but that was horrifying, now I get it when people say “it’s like a train wreck, you can’t look away” because I’ve watched is 6 times now. You are extremely lucky that the wagons didn’t topple over, I believe I don’t have to say why.
Does does anyone know any of the particular details of this train? Was this just a cut of cars being spotted/pulled from a customer, or was this the rear end of an actual train. Glad no one was hurt...definitely a once or maybe twice in a lifetime type of event to witness AND catch it on video too.
It may have been out-of-gauge rail, or a broken rail ... broken bogie components are less common but do happen on rare occasions. (I recall in the old days, the traction motor on a GP loco in Canada fell off while en route, because the motor swing bearing overheated.)
There are some truly astonishing ones in here, on YT. Well worth searching for and watching. The one with the rear view out the back of the engine showing cars fall to the side, with rear cars freewheeling into the back of it was amazing. Also videos of collisions between trains are amazing.
I've never seen a train derail in front of me but if that ever happened while I was filming I wouldn't bother trying to move the camera because I would be getting as far away from the tracks as I could because a simple video camera can be replaced anytime, somebody's life and body can't be and I value my life more then my videos
How long did it take to clean up the mess? Here in the Čech Republic some months ago a train derailed. The Wagons were loaded with chalk. 8 Wagons derailed, 4 of them rolled down a slope some 20-30 metres. Although some houses were hit fortunately nobody was hurt. It took about a week to clean up and repair the track. Greetings from the Čech Republic 🇨🇿
so tell me, are there any safety alerts, that flashes in the train, when something like this happens or do you have to look back to see whats happening behind you... Greetings from Austria
You'll quickly lose all air pressure (which you have gauges for in the locomotive) and the brakes will come on on their own. But it's a slow process on a long freight train.
Really it's just a matter of knowing your equipment and territory. If you're supposed to be going down hill but you're having to pull on the train you might have a handbrake or something might be on the ground. Also emergency brakes only engage when the air hoses separate. I have derailed a few times where the air never busted. We just dragged equipment for a while till it felt funny.
While this is quite the event, I would suggest backing away if one ever sees a derailment. You never know what the cars could be carrying or what could be large pieces of debris being flung across the rails. With all that said, HOLY COW!
I'm probably a little bit overly cautious, but I never like to park too close to the crossing arm if I'm the first person when a train is going by. I'll probably never witness a derailment in my life, but this is a kind of thing that I think about.
Kudos for not making us watch another vertically oriented video!
My first thought as well, Jeff. :-)
And shaky
Instead we just get Michael J Fox operating the camera and zoom.
Don't know whether to consider the camera guy dedicated, ballsy, or crazy to film this whole thing rather than running away from the developing catastrophe - but we're all glad he did!
What balls on the cameraman.... stayed with it till the end...
Trains of Canada yeah he was thinking “this is some wicked content right here”
I probably would have backed away
No f**ks given
It was nice of that train to come apart right at the crossing!
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You’re good, you’re good, you’re good, you’re good, annnnnd stop...
_Don’t worry captain we’ll buff out those scratches_
Scanner Feed: Track Half Track Half Track Half - 1 car clear it up - that good!! - No! you're still fouling the crossing!! by half a car. Over.
Okie dokie then!
That's what I was thinking 🤔
@@nickroberts6637 It's from SpongeBob SquarePants and it's pretty funny. ua-cam.com/video/x3LwHhDD6TY/v-deo.html
That shows how much power trains have got. They didn't even know they was just dragging the wagons along for a start.
And how bad the rail in US are as well
Privateer Bouncher they aren’t bad.
@@privateerbouncher9622 For these kinds of trains the one thing that matters is if it works. If it does, good enough. Unlike passenger railways/railroads.
Privateer Bouncher So you decided to judge an entire country based on a single UA-cam video? 😒
@@Renville80 I certainly see your point, using a single source as concrete proof is most definitely not the greatest idea... However I think it is also not the greatest idea to judge someone based on a single comment...
If this was my train simulator, the gates would've gone up.
Z9
Definitely
Wow those last couple train cars absolutely destroyed the track! At *0:09* on the bottom right you can see the misaligned wheels just bend the rails right over!
As Phil Swift once said *_"That's a lot of damage!!!"_*
" let's put a coin on the rails.......................oops!!"
This man need jail time
"I'm telling Mum!!"
@@TheDoppelgangster
*Mom*
You can see the moment in which air is snapped the brakes worked well
Did you notice the covered hopper in the crossing didn't have any wheels under it? Brakes are kinda moot at that point! lol
Once the carts disconnect the brakes automatically kicks in
Similar concept to semi-truck brakes
This isn't a grocery store.
@@RedArrow73 We aren't all in America.
RedArrow73 lmao
Nothing to do with cart.
The whole train has a air hose which is using air pressure to have brake pads open. If air pressure in brake line falls- the train automatically engage brakes.
There been situatyons when train had one car derail put the rest of the trian stayed on track- the engineer could nto tell if there was derail. SO the train kept dragging for several miles with derailed car!
That train's wobbling more than Penn Central
Silly train crew, railroad crossings aren't built-in re-railers like the model trains.
lol
sad
Even if they did make a full sized rerailer, the trucks and wheels are obliterated; not to mention the track too.
Oh man! The sounds are unreal (I was in an Amtrak derailment in 1980) Awesome crazy video...holy SMOKES! Glad you're ok....
I was in one (Southern Crescent) in Spencer, NC, Oct '77. I was 13 first time riding by myself from Alexandria, VA to Atlanta. My Dad worked for Southern so I had ridden it many times.
Camerman is further than he looks. He wasn't going to get hit. Wonderfully filmed.
He's not that far away. Train cars can flip when they come off the tracks.
Hazmat.
@@terenfro1975 No Haz Mat. Wine and plastic pellets.
@@Critical-Thinker895 He was far enough away.
Rail cars can jack knife, especially as their heavy loads shift.
Me waiting for the train to pass: “damn”
The silence at the end is just perfect
Apparently, on-time maintenance of the track is still more expansive......
ANNNNDDDD THAT'LL DO
First thing that crossed my mind. LOL
this is the bravest person I’ve ever seen In my life
And he's a great friend of mine.
He couldn't move back because of the heavy balls.
Watch this on a 55 inch tv with your audio coming out of the stereo, and you're closer than you wanna be. Holy crap this is intense !!
Those troublesome trucks!!
Hats off to you, a train detailing and you are as steady as a drunk in an AA meeting.
Mans crazy as hell standing next to a derailing train, also very brave
Looks exactly like my life
Join the club. I lost 2 jobs this year.
Whoa! I bet the camera operator's heart was thumping like mad. Kudos for keeping calm while continuing to film.
Clearly he didn't have any survival instincts because he didn't even bother to back up a single step from the crossing.
2020 in a nut shell. Great capture !
Well, those crossing gates won't be opening anytime soon.
That camera person. Really got the goods. Once the air line went it was all over in seconds. Thanks
...and just two cars to go to clear the crossing. YIKES
every....single....time
It's great that your organization caught this video, but next time, get far away. One of those cars could have easily rolled over on the videographer and killed them instantly. As soon as you see any train kicking up smoke/dust like this, get away immediately.
You have no idea how physics works xD
This isn't the video of an organization. Trust me.
Not judging if this cameraman was too close, it does look like some zoom work, but will say this is a good example of why you don't stand close to the rails. Say one was less than the height of a car or closer and like the video opened was looking away from the derail then would not see the cars falling over and well would have never known what hit him. Did a pretty good job recovering from surprise and catching this, especially since it covered 150 degrees in an instant and all that dusk boiling up.thumbs up
for those who want to see the original video search "TRAIN DERAILMENT - Reading & Northern NRFF7 derails in Nesquehoning, PA"
Imagine if that train were moving at Max speed!
this guy has some balls standing next to derailing train, its very much like "cool guys don't look at explosion" thing
Hmm, tons of steel on wheels are rolling out of control and coming my way.
I should stay directly next to the crossing gates, they will save me if one of the cars rolls or comes my way!
Very wise!
Life-changing decision!
Talk about right on time as it happen. Excellent catch Lehighton.
Engineer: “Honey, I’ll be late for supper”.
By the time investigations over he be right on time for breakfast
Actually when this happens I get to go home early and meet the man my wife is eating supper with when I should still be at work.
@@darrylowens59between that, tow in time in the taxi, the D&A test (if more than $4500 in damage), filling out the incident & derailment reports, statements, etc, he might be home in time for lunch the next day 🤣🤣!
Seems to be alot of non railroading railroading experts here.
Greg Ruch I'm a railroader and I don't see a lot of comments that trigger me. What comments upset you?
@@coldblue9mm nah, not you, it's just that you see alot of comments from some that don't have the first damn clue. They don't upset me, they actually have me shake my head and laugh. I'm an Engineer too, that's why I commented the way I did.
@@gregruch489 This is one of the better posts I've seen. Some videos really brings out the arm chair experts. The guy who videoed this stuck around way too close in my opinion. Those cars, as you know, and go every which way, especially at a road crossing or a switch. Maybe a future Darwin Award winner here in the making...lol
Well excuse us for being interested.
Next time we'll avoid watching any train vids from this site, the originator or anyone else.
And then another area of human interest and success for the channels catering to it will bite the dust all because of yet another internet snob.
Am I still in 1992.
Or we could just tell you to stuff your attitude and get on with our lives.
Yeah that sounds good.
Brent Hill being interested and learning. and providing horribly false input is two different things...
U a brave dude to film this being so close to that and keep the camera going. Glad ur safe and some great video
And my boss would never believe me that this is the reason why Im late for work
I've always wondered in a derailment if the engineer could feel train cars derail anywhere on the train
Sometimes yes, sometimes no
Doesn't the train go into emergency when the air lines separate? That would get the engineers attention.
@@glyphs3 well, I'm going to apply for an engineer at Norfolk southern so I can drive trains and find out. I would never derail a train just so you know
@@glyphs3 Yeah but it's possible to derail and not bust the brake pipe
No, decceleration is small, but at the moment while car is detached from the rest of the train - Emergency brake is being applied
The sound is like a thousand tornadoes.
"Where'd you say that 10mph slow order was again?"
Nice catch. The reason you never stand close to the rails, that's what a zoom is for.
Wow that's a cool shot, thank's for sharing !😊🇨🇦
You are so lucky to catch this on cam
Now that's a lot of damage!
I’m a Flagger.... run away! I’m not worried about the cars. It’s the stuff that breaks off or that is hit that will get you. I found part of a knuckle around ten pounds about 50 feet away once. It did belong to the wreck.
I live in this town and it was crazy when this happened 😳
The train won’t dump till the hosebags part in at least one place in the train. They all stayed together for a bit here, which is why it probably took them as long to stop as they did. Even with the train derailing, wheels beginning to dig into the ballast & cars trying to jackknife, the hosebags held together pretty well. The crew probably didn’t even know they were derailed until the air big holed. The engineer probably thought it was pulling a little hard, so may have given it more throttle, which would’ve kept the slack stretched through the train.
Honestly, if I had a train that was pulling harder than it should be, I’d bring it to a safe stop (while trying not to block any crossings) & send the conductor back to investigate.
Those crossing gates aren't going to save you from a 130 ton train car. If things start not looking right around trains it's probably time to *definitely move away*
wow, he almost cut the crossing perfectly
He was far enough away. Guys remember something... you're viewing this from a zoom lens. This isn't your "actually eyes", witnessing this. Furthermore, this isn't the first time this person has captured incidents like this. He was positioned far back enough. Also, those saying he should've dropped the camera and ran.... ugh.... how many great shots have been captured via our mobile devices? Furthermore, this wasn't even a high speed crossing. Thus, a train traveling 150+ mph... is ridiculous #1. #2 there isn't a corridor anywhere in this country that'll allow speeds in excess of 150+... so lets be realistic here.
Let's be realistic, where he was standing before he backed up was way too close for the situation.
@@wiseguysmith6519Let's be realistic, how many times have you taken video that closes to any rail line?
@@LeonardFShanerJR Common sense isn't all that common.
generally, when trains derail, they usually derail going a direction opposite to the curve (if its on one). in this case, the curve was going towards the guy's direction, yet the derailed equipment went the other way towards the other side of the railroad crossing
Al Gaines still it’s a fucking derailment if any of this cars got past the gates he could die.. and your saying he was far enough away. Then why is school closed? Do you even know how it detailed and how lucky these people are that the engines didn’t derail the broken track that caused it could of derailed the engine but it didn’t. Don’t act like this isn’t a derailment.
Sir Topham Hatt was very cross...
The videographer was awfully brave to remain standing close to the gate while the train was derailing. A car or two may have swung out and there is no mercy.
This is the type of thing I remember happening with my HO scale model trains if the wheels weren't set exactly right. To see that happening to those giant rail cars that weigh probably in excess of a few tons... 😮
Typically 30 or so tons when empty (depends on car type and size), and up to 150 tons or more when fully loaded.
In general, gross car weight limit = 134 short tons. Rails, bridges, structures are limiting factors.
Absolutely Incredible ! It seems like you were very close and I was going to complain (unfairly) about not keeping in frame.
Strange way those gate lights flash!
This guy may have been using a zoom lens, but he was standing pretty close to the crossing arms while doing so. And when the derailed cars hit the far end of the road crossing, that's when he should have made the correct move and get back from the crossing. That hopper looked like it was going over and if it had close to the crossing, the camera guy would have been Hamburger Helper.
And THANK YOU for NOT DUBBING stupid Music over it!!!!!
Any follow up on that?
Oh my goodness 😧, I can’t imagine how scary and loud that would have been, you could hear the air line snap at 00:11, I work at a miniature railway and when a derailment happens it can be scary but that was horrifying, now I get it when people say “it’s like a train wreck, you can’t look away” because I’ve watched is 6 times now. You are extremely lucky that the wagons didn’t topple over, I believe I don’t have to say why.
It's very impressive !
Sure hope everyone is alright.
Эхх, сколько работы теперь железнодорожникам!
надо было раньше работать с путевым полотном и аварии бы удалось избежать
OMG that was awesome to watch!!!!!!👍🏻
That sudden silence when it ends is awesome. 😎
This makes me feel like I stand to close to the tracks🤔
Does does anyone know any of the particular details of this train? Was this just a cut of cars being spotted/pulled from a customer, or was this the rear end of an actual train. Glad no one was hurt...definitely a once or maybe twice in a lifetime type of event to witness AND catch it on video too.
It was the rear of the train the hit a broken rail. I believe 2 box cars were carrying wine. It's actually my friends video.
@@THEATREofPAIN270 oh ok thanks
I’m surprised that any of the cars didn’t flip over on their sides especially at the sudden jolt when the train stopped
Holy shit, shocked you stayed put that whole time. Glad no one was hurt.
Interesting to see the rail bending @ 0:09 and derailing the cars that were properly on the rail.
I wonder what caused this derailment
Broken rail
OakCreek Railroad Productions broken rails somewhere between that crossing and another
It may have been out-of-gauge rail, or a broken rail ... broken bogie components are less common but do happen on rare occasions. (I recall in the old days, the traction motor on a GP loco in Canada fell off while en route, because the motor swing bearing overheated.)
some local kids were putting pennies on the track
C David where did you hear that
Has a 30 times optical zoom, stands next to flying serrated railway tracks.
Oh my. Nice catch.
Whoa...never seen a derailment,that’s kinda scary
There are some truly astonishing ones in here, on YT. Well worth searching for and watching. The one with the rear view out the back of the engine showing cars fall to the side, with rear cars freewheeling into the back of it was amazing. Also videos of collisions between trains are amazing.
Aquilia levittown my salute for knowledge sharer
Kudos to the cameraman. I'd have noped right away
And that's scary when train derails
I've never seen a train derail in front of me but if that ever happened while I was filming I wouldn't bother trying to move the camera because I would be getting as far away from the tracks as I could because a simple video camera can be replaced anytime, somebody's life and body can't be and I value my life more then my videos
I would of moved away from that
Amazing coincidence he just happened to be there recording.
Or maybe not.
@@jshepard152 That's what THEY want you to think.
How long did it take to clean up the mess?
Here in the Čech Republic some months ago a train derailed.
The Wagons were loaded with chalk.
8 Wagons derailed, 4 of them rolled down a slope some 20-30 metres.
Although some houses were hit fortunately nobody was hurt.
It took about a week to clean up and repair the track.
Greetings from the Čech Republic 🇨🇿
its ok because the crossing rerails your freight cars as they pass over it
Talk about being in the right place at the right time!
Good thing we were allowed to see it. "As you see, you see nothing, you see?"
Wow! Nice catch!
so tell me, are there any safety alerts, that flashes in the train, when something like this happens or do you have to look back to see whats happening behind you... Greetings from Austria
You'll quickly lose all air pressure (which you have gauges for in the locomotive) and the brakes will come on on their own. But it's a slow process on a long freight train.
Really it's just a matter of knowing your equipment and territory. If you're supposed to be going down hill but you're having to pull on the train you might have a handbrake or something might be on the ground. Also emergency brakes only engage when the air hoses separate. I have derailed a few times where the air never busted. We just dragged equipment for a while till it felt funny.
"Boss, I can't get to work on time."
"Why?"
"A train just derailed at the railcroad crossing."
"Pfff...yeah, right..."
Kudos on the engineer for not totally blocking the crossing.....
Don’t think he had much of a choice where he was stopping
While this is quite the event, I would suggest backing away if one ever sees a derailment. You never know what the cars could be carrying or what could be large pieces of debris being flung across the rails. With all that said, HOLY COW!
Is rail track is broken over down?
I'm probably a little bit overly cautious, but I never like to park too close to the crossing arm if I'm the first person when a train is going by. I'll probably never witness a derailment in my life, but this is a kind of thing that I think about.
That’s the one problem that I have with watching trains so close to the tracks. I’d turn around and run for my life.
Try working with them your in a truck with a train going 50 mph 3 feet away from your side mirror it's scary.
Dang.... Crazy catch!
"Hey Sargent Carter, you’ll never guess what happened today at the railroad crossing."
They say the safest distance for train video is FIFTY yards from the tracks for this very reason! That's why you have zoom lenses.
And how many Engineers throttle UP when "She ain't a-pullin' like she oughta"?
Yup, MORE POWER! Been there, done that . Where I worked the only way to get the track fixed was to tear it completely up.
Holy shit dude.. How close can you get?