The Crazy 8s incident 17 years later

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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2018
  • Note: The Finale remix was by Jeremiah George not Sully. Oops
    A highly requested documentary on a very famous incident. Hope you enjoy
    Note: do not take the 1,000,000 ton joke seriously. That was me making a riff on the infamous "Unstoppable" promotion which I thought I'd add in for kicks
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  • @OAleathaO
    @OAleathaO Před 5 lety +1754

    "It *_got away_* from you?! It's a train Dewey, not a chipmunk!" ;)

  • @NonCommentaryGamer
    @NonCommentaryGamer Před 5 lety +1698

    lesson to be learned: any train with the same number repeated as their number will crash
    777, 8888

    • @Spirit_Wolf-kv7vr
      @Spirit_Wolf-kv7vr Před 5 lety +47

      What vid is 777 in? Kinda new here and haven't seen it

    • @d261vids4
      @d261vids4 Před 5 lety +66

      Don't forget.666

    • @aaron_m_04
      @aaron_m_04 Před 5 lety +60

      Spirit_ Wolf3737 the movie “Unstoppable”

    • @BattleshipOrion
      @BattleshipOrion Před 5 lety +44

      Not true, there is a CSX 777, and it has not ran away, which is what I hope you mean by "crash"

    • @JRNipper
      @JRNipper Před 5 lety +31

      Yeah, I have an O gauge steam loco with "666" die-casted right into the loco and is made by Marx. It ALWAYS crashes on my layout, methinks the devil does that. I've since retired it but once in a while I run it just for fun....muhahaha

  • @neonbunnies9596
    @neonbunnies9596 Před 2 lety +479

    This has to be the funniest train incident ever. The train running away from everybody, the police trying to shoot the train, having another train chase over the runaway. Just so damn funny

    • @badgirlhollywood9741
      @badgirlhollywood9741 Před 2 lety +12

      This is actually very funny to me

    • @DEAD_ACCOUNT0000
      @DEAD_ACCOUNT0000 Před 2 lety +24

      And then when they stopped it, the train in front finally arrives and connects:
      YO GUYS I SAVED EVERYBODY I STOPPED THIS TRAIN ALL BY MYSELF!

    • @Rusty-the-datsun
      @Rusty-the-datsun Před 2 lety +13

      the runaway themes make it better

    • @noahscool4534
      @noahscool4534 Před 2 lety +8

      And that there were no casualties

    • @seamusmckeon9109
      @seamusmckeon9109 Před 2 lety +7

      We’re lucky no one got hurt

  • @JCBro-yg8vd
    @JCBro-yg8vd Před 3 lety +369

    8888: What shall I do, I can't stop! Help, help!
    8392: We're coming! We're coming!

  • @TTVhadjsnsakjldnfsdjk
    @TTVhadjsnsakjldnfsdjk Před 4 lety +650

    4:26 oh no a runaway train. Better play megalovania

  • @TH3C001
    @TH3C001 Před 5 lety +1492

    "All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!"

  • @SadisticSenpai61
    @SadisticSenpai61 Před 3 lety +183

    It's freaking amazing that they managed to stop the train without any major accidents. Kudos to the awesome engineers that caught up to the train and slowed it down!

  • @Free_Krazy
    @Free_Krazy Před 3 lety +110

    "Meanwhile the engineer noticed a mis-aligned switch"
    **One specific track spazzing out in the simulation**

    • @TheAkashicTraveller
      @TheAkashicTraveller Před 3 lety +5

      Too bad whoever designed that deadman switch was a moron. If the driver hadn't done what he did the train would have probably derailed.

    • @tylersoexclusive713
      @tylersoexclusive713 Před 2 lety +2

      @@TheAkashicTraveller yeah, which actually would have been a lot better than what happened. As a railroad conductor, I think it wasn’t really their fault as the radios were faulty. But that driver did an extremely risking thing by getting off a moving train to run ahead and throw a switch, then try to hop back on. Like that shit is crazy to even think about. But, sometimes derailing is much better than another outcome, which is why they make derailers (obviously). And if the engineer had just blew the air out of the train (makes the train stop much quicker) even if he did go over a bad switch and derail I can say there’s a very good chance he wouldn’t have lost his job. Although in this line of work, many many many things can go wrong. And they will always point fingers.

    • @astral-firework9517
      @astral-firework9517 Před 2 lety

      Time stamp pls

  • @FedorFox
    @FedorFox Před 5 lety +908

    this honestly sounds like a thomas the tank engine episode...

    • @firehawk0
      @firehawk0 Před 5 lety +24

      yea, i noticed the music lol

    • @Nemofishman
      @Nemofishman Před 5 lety +54

      "Luckily, noone was hurt."

    • @juliangaviria8961
      @juliangaviria8961 Před 5 lety +18

      This actually was I think

    • @taublix315
      @taublix315 Před 5 lety +4

      I agree

    • @HylianDefender
      @HylianDefender Před 5 lety +29

      Like Old Iron, only Edward coupled up from behind and braked James to a slow crawl so that a driver / fireman from another locomotive could jump in and apply the brakes

  • @danielaguirre2516
    @danielaguirre2516 Před 5 lety +1222

    The train sim clips made this short documentary more interesting

    • @inlandempirerailfan4269
      @inlandempirerailfan4269 Před 5 lety +14

      They were by my boy Gustavtime

    • @tarcisofilho4878
      @tarcisofilho4878 Před 5 lety +3

      What sim is this?

    • @maxtremetrains3743
      @maxtremetrains3743 Před 5 lety +4

      Tarciso Filho Train simulator 2018 by dovetail games (soon to be patched to Train Simulator 2019 including a 32bit to 64 bit upgrade)

    • @garywilson7563
      @garywilson7563 Před 5 lety

      They were made most likely to show what might have happened based on the description given in the video.

    • @MichaelFlatman
      @MichaelFlatman Před 5 lety +1

      @@maxtremetrains3743 looks like a game from 2008 tbh.

  • @LarryHendricks1
    @LarryHendricks1 Před 3 lety +82

    My favorite quote(s) from Unstoppable is:
    “We’re gonna run this Bitch down”
    -Will Colsen 2010
    And then when Frank said:
    “Your Breaking out. Ga grup, haw ba”
    -Frank Burns 2010
    I live off of that movie now

    • @voltsiano116
      @voltsiano116 Před 2 lety +6

      "Don't get sentimental on me; make me think I'm gonna die." ~Frank

  • @trainstorm1225
    @trainstorm1225 Před 3 lety +470

    3:03
    I love that you used the classic “Runaway” theme from Thomas! It fits so well! 😂

    • @elizabethridenbaugh7731
      @elizabethridenbaugh7731 Před 3 lety +20

      At first I was tough it was just a random song but then when I thought about it I remembered it was the Tomas song

    • @nathanmahoney6346
      @nathanmahoney6346 Před 3 lety +4

      Brings back so many childhood memories from my early life.

    • @skylarmccune9242
      @skylarmccune9242 Před 3 lety +4

      @Nathaniel Cruz The official title for the tune is “William Tell Overture”

    • @tomaszek137
      @tomaszek137 Před 3 lety +8

      4:56
      This one Also is from ttte

    • @imamtedsed
      @imamtedsed Před 3 lety +1

      Cringe

  • @pfitz9346
    @pfitz9346 Před 5 lety +298

    I'm just gonna guess that engineer lost his job.
    Edit: Yup, that's what I figured.

    • @BruDia
      @BruDia Před 3 lety +5

      Well he works at a fast food chain now 😂

    • @twistedyogert
      @twistedyogert Před 3 lety +2

      @@BruDia At least he's away from any vehicles.

    • @po9318
      @po9318 Před 3 lety +15

      @@twistedyogert Maybe. Or maybe he got hired by another railroad someplace that was willing to give him a second chance like say a short line operation. The thing that he did is actually a pretty common thing that trainmen do. He was in a hurry and took a shortcut to save time, had probably done it a hundred times before and this time it bit him in the ass.

    • @joeyknight8272
      @joeyknight8272 Před 3 lety +1

      @@po9318 hahahah

    • @jilljones3664
      @jilljones3664 Před 3 lety +4

      It's pretty hard for railroad employees to get fired. LOL I wonder if the engineer tried to appeal his firing and what his union said to try to defend causing an incident like this.

  • @_cvxx_6668
    @_cvxx_6668 Před 5 lety +553

    **CSX changes 8888's cab to a SD40-3**
    _look how they massacred my boy_

  • @johndavies9270
    @johndavies9270 Před 4 lety +81

    Thankfully it had a relatively happy ending,(other than for the engineer) so it could be treated lightheartedly. I understand that the basic idea, of hooking another loco onto the back of a runaway has happened several times over the years in America - shows the value of automatic buckeye couplings. Until recently it wouldn't have been possible here in England.

  • @STUAA2024
    @STUAA2024 Před 4 lety +45

    I watched Unstoppable recently. This documentary resembles most of the movie, except one person died in the movie and the conductor was injured on the locomotive that going to stop the train, and a few slight differences is that one of the ditchlights got damaged when it hit a horse trailer.

  • @ironmatic1
    @ironmatic1 Před 5 lety +894

    “Buckshot from a rifle” boi

    • @southernfiremen2845
      @southernfiremen2845 Před 5 lety +45

      ironmatic 1 he also called it a bullet 😂😂😂

    • @MRCLXWN03
      @MRCLXWN03 Před 5 lety +14

      I herd of that lmao

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal Před 5 lety +26

      12 gauge rifle hmm

    • @ThomasWLalor
      @ThomasWLalor Před 5 lety +9

      Shotgun barrels (specialty) are rifled to use a "slug" as projectile rather than typical smooth-bore for pellet (buckshot) loads. I am also confused by the inaccuracies of the narrative. Ohio cops, tho, like to shoot things (testicle-building exercise)

    • @RalphReagan
      @RalphReagan Před 5 lety +3

      Laughed also

  • @forzaf1gtaracingandmore824
    @forzaf1gtaracingandmore824 Před 5 lety +103

    Brakes:Im Gonna have to stop you right there.
    8888:

  • @josiahondohasianlihardomar1120

    This train accident its like THOMAS AND THE RUNAWAY TRAIN wow!!!

    • @collincoolisGOATED
      @collincoolisGOATED Před 3 lety +1

      They played the song in the video

    • @AlAarafZahan
      @AlAarafZahan Před 2 lety

      That’s what it’s based of

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao Před 2 lety

      Runaway train (not just break failure or wrong weight calculation) were quite common, especially before cars have pneumatic breaks (modern ones that requires negative/pressure to disengage)

    • @adrianacontreras1510
      @adrianacontreras1510 Před 2 lety

      Same

  • @A_10_PaAng_111
    @A_10_PaAng_111 Před 3 lety +83

    The engineer was hired by the PRR in 1966 and he thought he would be able to run alongside his engine in 2001?

    • @TheAkashicTraveller
      @TheAkashicTraveller Před 3 lety +10

      He attempted to hit put on the breaks and set the trottle to slow it down. Unfortunatly he failed to put the breaks on and apparently slow down throttle with the breaks on is the same as speed up without the breaks on also. Also the other break, which he did hit, disables the deadman switch. If the train controls weren't designed by a moron everything would have been fine even if he didn't get back in, the train would have just stopped. In short they put the blame on the driver when it really wasn't his fault. I just hope they didn't ingore the real issue and at the very least fixed the deadmans switch on all trains.

    • @krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975
      @krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 Před 3 lety +8

      The deadman’s switch is deactivated when the brakes are applied. It was working.
      This locomotive had a combination controller. Dynamic and power are on the same lever. They are sort of confusing. Most of them have been taken out of service by now.

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi Před 5 lety +338

    I laughed way too hard when the Thomas the Tank Engine run away music started up. XD

  • @griffinrails
    @griffinrails Před 5 lety +98

    "Dewey! It's a train! Not a chipmunk!"

  • @KingOp0ssum_II
    @KingOp0ssum_II Před rokem +8

    The most intense part of unstoppable
    "WE JUST LOST OUR BREAKS"

  • @C-Midori
    @C-Midori Před 2 lety +9

    The fact that this thing still operates after being rebuilt is impressive, and from the late 70s too.

  • @bibasik7
    @bibasik7 Před 5 lety +153

    *Luckily, no one was hurt.*

  • @southernpennsyrailfan8579
    @southernpennsyrailfan8579 Před 4 lety +251

    "Connie the throttle was in Notch 8 Full power! Okay!? It was 39 Cars!!!"

    • @turnerdeedo4633
      @turnerdeedo4633 Před 4 lety +19

      That's one of the things that I don't get about unstoppable. Why can a road-switcher pull 25 cars just fine, but 39 with you need 2 heavy-hual locos on full power?

    • @southernpennsyrailfan8579
      @southernpennsyrailfan8579 Před 3 lety +5

      @@turnerdeedo4633 Thats what confused me about the film.

    • @YourMid740
      @YourMid740 Před 3 lety +3

      I don’t even think it was pulling 39 cars. I separated the train into sections. The first 6 cars + the first four tankers in the movie equals 10 cars. Adding the 3 coal cars and the 2 flatbeds hauling the pipes equals 15 cars. Another 4 tankers equals 19 cars. Adding the last 6 cars equals 25 cars.

    • @YourMid740
      @YourMid740 Před 3 lety +2

      So in summary it was not pulling 39 cars, it was pulling 25 cars.

    • @turnerdeedo4633
      @turnerdeedo4633 Před 3 lety +1

      @@YourMid740, I have seen 2 videos of the entire 777 consist before. The videos were taken while the movie was being filmed though, and both were shortened. Probably for filming purposes.

  • @Spyblox007
    @Spyblox007 Před 3 lety +11

    4:44 this is where I started grinning like an idiot. It was such a stupidly started problem with much at stake and people decided that a high-speed chase would be the best plan. Makes me proud to be human.

  • @charlesacker8552
    @charlesacker8552 Před 3 lety +11

    Very good, very informative. Loved the William Tell Overture for the train chase. Rossini is smiling.

  • @jackattack0185
    @jackattack0185 Před 5 lety +265

    bro the Thomas the tank engine song brought back memories

    • @mgjmiller1995
      @mgjmiller1995 Před 5 lety +11

      I KNEW the background music at the "runaway" point was familiar!

    • @renaurbina9353
      @renaurbina9353 Před 5 lety +6

      Yeah true I miss Thomas

    • @roxaclock
      @roxaclock Před 5 lety

      @DOMENIC EXPRESS111 why the heck are you watching this, aren't you a bit too young to watch this, however since I can determine your grade, good luck with your midterms and testing

    • @TheFallofTheEleventh
      @TheFallofTheEleventh Před 5 lety +1

      Ffarquhar Developer says who? He’s clearly a train enthusiast so I say it’s better for him to learn of this situation at an early age. Provides him with much needed information should he ever choose a career in the Railroads

    • @dirtydanman420
      @dirtydanman420 Před 5 lety +4

      Thomas is my childhood, I will never forget thomas

  • @KirkHermary
    @KirkHermary Před 5 lety +196

    I guess it's better to be turned into a SD-40 than scrapped and end up as cans for WD-40 🤔

    • @ajaxengineco
      @ajaxengineco Před 4 lety +9

      WD-40 might've been useful, spray the rails on a hill with it and the train slips to a stand.

    • @Henriqueleal0609
      @Henriqueleal0609 Před 3 lety +2

      8888 was a SD-40 but it’s a SD-40-3 now.

    • @blitzir
      @blitzir Před 3 lety +3

      a 1 in a 1,000,000 chance my can of wd-40 couldve been from a damn train

    • @zeldasword3359
      @zeldasword3359 Před 3 lety +4

      ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ

    • @tomnook2612
      @tomnook2612 Před 3 lety +4

      All you had to do was not turn trains into cans cj

  • @BigRon.215
    @BigRon.215 Před 3 lety +47

    Love how they bring my childhood into this good idea using thomas music😂😂😂

  • @kbtiger1279
    @kbtiger1279 Před 4 lety +29

    Thank you for using the music from Thomas and the Jet Engine

    • @macs006
      @macs006 Před 2 lety

      That's also from busy going backwards

  • @jdearing46
    @jdearing46 Před 5 lety +242

    Why the engineer thought it was a good idea to get off the train in the first place is beyond me. I mean seriously in what world would it be okay to leave a moving locomotive unmanned?

    • @karlrovey
      @karlrovey Před 5 lety +33

      They essentially do this in some railyards when they operate the locomotives via remote control.

    • @whitetrainman
      @whitetrainman Před 5 lety +25

      The world of Thomas and friends

    • @nightshade593
      @nightshade593 Před 5 lety +19

      To change the setting from throttle to dynamic braking requires clicking back on the selector lever something like 3 times. Not clicking it enough does not change the setting, which is what happened to the engineer of the runaway. Since EMD's of that vintage rev up when going into dynamic like they do when the throttle setting is increased, the engineer thought he had succeeded in putting the unit in dynamic. Really, that locomotive with conventional dynamic brakes wasn't going to put out much more braking effort at the low speed it was moving when he first tried to stop. He would have been better off with just the independent brake. There was no way he was going to stop before he ran through the switch, which he was trying to avoid because he had a spotless record up to that point, hence the desperate move to throw the switch ahead of the locomotive. Definitely should have taken the hit for a run through switch instead.

    • @coniurato8302
      @coniurato8302 Před 5 lety +3

      Karl Rovey it was supposed to stop, the brakes were not switched on so it continued to speed up.

    • @jodischumacher5451
      @jodischumacher5451 Před 5 lety +1

      I know just have the worked he ran to change the track

  • @ashbridgeindustries380
    @ashbridgeindustries380 Před 5 lety +177

    Seems like Unstoppable was more accurate than people give it credit for. Okay, so there was a little embellishment here and there to keep it entertaining, but the basic storyline more or less follows what actually happened to 8888.

    • @nightmonkey9748
      @nightmonkey9748 Před 5 lety +5

      Ashbridge Industries the movie is literally the same as this accident but with a different train

    • @NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast
      @NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast Před 5 lety +15

      THE LEADER a few things are added in like the Stanton curve scene, the lashup derailment, etc

    • @wireflight
      @wireflight Před 5 lety +7

      I remember watching this as "breaking news" on TV, and wondering why they didn't just chopper someone aboard to shut it down. Granted, it might have taken more than half an hour to get the train stopped -- but that beats the stew out of 2 hours!

    • @kelharper7971
      @kelharper7971 Před 5 lety +10

      @@wireflight Because A. the railroad doesn't keep helicopters around for emergencies, B. it's really hard to do something like that, and very few pilots are trained in flying over a moving vehicle steadily enough to transfer a person to it...that's stunt-man work, C. it's really dangerous to do something like that: where and how is the railroad going to verify to the stunt-pilot that there is a mile or two of totally clear track without any gantries, overhead cables, bridges, signals, or anything else sticking up or crossing the track that the helicopter might hit or snag the cable on as it flies past. Even if the railroad knew of a section that they didn't have anything like that on, it doesn't mean that there isn't something ELSE that the railroad knows nothing about right by the track. Who's going to go over the whole thing to verify first? And what are the odds this clear, straight section of track would happen to be within the few miles ahead of the runaway train?
      Not to say that it couldn't be done, just that railroads don't keep trained pilots around, with heroes trained to rappel down onto trains moving at 60mph and special clear zones of track specially intended for safe low-level flying. It would take hours to locate a copter and a pilot skilled enough and ready to do it, plan out a safe place to make the attempt, gear up with rope or other equipment. Like 6 hours would be an amazingly fast time to put something like that together, never mind how long it would take to actually carry it out. If something seems like it should obviously be done that wasn't done, always assume it's because there is things you hadn't thought of or weren't aware of, not just that everyone is an idiot except you (which seems to be the general default opinion of most people).
      Look, a train has a limited fuel load; it's not going to go forever, they knew this. Far safer to wait it out, unless there is reason to think it might derail in a residential area and kill someone. If they really have to stop it before that, this is why they created derails, which will pop the locomotive right off the track. It's not going far after that. They didn't do that because it can do a lot of damage to the locomotive, the rolling stock and the track and track bed, and there is no point if they figure it will safely stop eventually anyway. THe helicopter idea is just pure Hollywood, just not practical in the real world, where you can't just call up the airport and borrow a chopper and stunt pilot for dangerous, exciting low-level rescue missions on a few minutes notice.

    • @BossSpringsteen69
      @BossSpringsteen69 Před 4 lety

      Well...Denzel's cockiness in tbe movie irritated me. Every cocky engineer ive met or worked with was not on the level of his cockiness. Any cockiness to his level would have got him fired a long time ago.

  • @akshayaschannel8857
    @akshayaschannel8857 Před 3 lety +22

    4:57 *(ttts) Thomas and the jet engine*

  • @SCRM_Railfan
    @SCRM_Railfan Před 3 lety +11

    "All you had to do was fully stop the damn train, CJ!"

  • @thom1474
    @thom1474 Před 5 lety +139

    4:26 Sans train Sans train

  • @RailPreserver2K
    @RailPreserver2K Před 5 lety +454

    Nice use of the 1985 runaway train soundtrack

    • @alonectorch
      @alonectorch Před 5 lety +5

      Railroad,Preserver,2000 I believe that's Half-Life, actually

    • @alonectorch
      @alonectorch Před 5 lety +5

      Wait. Both were used, lol

    • @LinnyUwU
      @LinnyUwU Před 5 lety +6

      @@alonectorch and Undertale.

    • @PigCorp_
      @PigCorp_ Před 5 lety +7

      Undertake ost was used quite a bit

    • @eugenkramaric1173
      @eugenkramaric1173 Před 5 lety +1

      Yeeeeeee

  • @BladeTNT2018
    @BladeTNT2018 Před 3 lety +19

    The Molten Phenol if ignited, can level a whole town.

    • @Nurichiri
      @Nurichiri Před 3 lety +5

      And at 5:40 there was a thunderstorm warning. A missed opportunity for a different movie there.

    • @NishnaValleyRailVideos
      @NishnaValleyRailVideos Před 3 lety

      @@Nurichiri that’s was in a different area lol

    • @Nurichiri
      @Nurichiri Před 3 lety +1

      @@NishnaValleyRailVideos Still, a runaway train with dangerous cargo crossing the path of a nasty storm would be a hell of a movie.

    • @AlexBesogonov
      @AlexBesogonov Před 3 lety

      Uh, no. Phenol just burns with a sooty flame. It's not particularly healthy to breathe, but it's not a persistent pollutant.

    • @AlexBesogonov
      @AlexBesogonov Před 3 lety +1

      Actually, if you ever used watercolor paints, their smell is due to phenol (that is used as a preservative).

  • @PraeaKitten
    @PraeaKitten Před 3 lety +1

    Love your graphics! Pretty cool and made me giggle a few times. Also very informative, thank you!

  • @aintnoway686
    @aintnoway686 Před 5 lety +1139

    You know you're in America when the police try shooting a train to stop it.
    I'm proud. (Not being sarcastic, I really am proud)

    • @hksproductions8507
      @hksproductions8507 Před 5 lety +54

      Michael Benedict you also know your in America when you get out of the train and let it get away from you and then your train runs away

    • @MrJokkoma
      @MrJokkoma Před 5 lety +39

      Exactly what I was thinking. Typical American police "thing" to do. I can see Bufford.t Justice in front of me.

    • @prestonbarnett2204
      @prestonbarnett2204 Před 4 lety +31

      if you were in the UK the police would try to use their clubs against it LOL

    • @animasuper1343
      @animasuper1343 Před 4 lety +31

      if something logical doesn't work, shoot it!
      -americans probably

    • @Wanking_wanker
      @Wanking_wanker Před 4 lety +5

      Michael Benedict a better way to stop it is by ramming it with a tank

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 Před 5 lety +63

    Welp I guess that was what unstoppable was 99% based off of

    • @lufthansaA300
      @lufthansaA300 Před 4 lety +1

      No 88% because 1 not same reason of how it happened 2 its csx not awvr

    • @speed150mph
      @speed150mph Před 4 lety +1

      It really was. Just made a little more dramatic.

  • @Mossssssssssssssssssssssssssss

    Train: Bye bye idiot
    Conductor: WAIT! COME BACK!
    Random person: *Stops train*
    Train: Man, i just wanted to have some fun

  • @Trash6661
    @Trash6661 Před 4 lety +13

    This might be my favourite video of yours I’ve seen so far. No fatalities, or injuries. This is just hilarious. I mean, yeah dude got fired, but that’s fair

  • @deaustin4018
    @deaustin4018 Před 5 lety +116

    ya know, this woulda made a great three stooges episode

    • @jeffreyhavlik3562
      @jeffreyhavlik3562 Před 5 lety +9

      hey curly!! i said stop! stop! Oh, soitenley Moe, just let me align the switch.. nuyk, nyuk, nyuk!

    • @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren
      @Thunderbolt_1000_Siren  Před 5 lety +6

      Lol that would be funny!

    • @PeterPaul-wz5db
      @PeterPaul-wz5db Před 5 lety +3

      d e austin ... including star guests Buster Keaton and Stan and Laurel ...

    • @YeOldeGeezer
      @YeOldeGeezer Před 5 lety +6

      Curly:: Moe!! Moe!! I can’t stop the train!!!
      Moe: Where are you??
      Curly: Out on the side by the tracks!!
      Moe: What are you doing over there!!
      Curly: I fell off and got dragged!!

    • @beverlyarcher3744
      @beverlyarcher3744 Před 5 lety +1

      😶😶😶😶😶 nononono😶😶😶😶😶😶

  • @thecentralfloridarailroader
    @thecentralfloridarailroader Před 6 lety +172

    Da real unstoppable

  • @josephmueller335
    @josephmueller335 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for uploading these they're really interesting stories

  • @RehnCookieMuffin
    @RehnCookieMuffin Před 2 lety +3

    In between this dudes 1st and 3rd most popular videos, both of which cover tragic events, is his 2nd most popular video about a circus on rails

  • @xenomorph2056
    @xenomorph2056 Před 5 lety +42

    MAN those SD40-3 cabs look weird!! I'm glad railroads are still able to keep, update, and keep using their SD40s, but I guess that comes with a cosmetic price haha

    • @greenbeacon394
      @greenbeacon394 Před 4 lety +1

      They do look weird but their actually quite functional

  • @Ilikebakconn2
    @Ilikebakconn2 Před 5 lety +46

    3:10 Thomas runaway theme
    4:30 sans theme
    4:58 Lone Ranger theme (fells like Thomas and the jet engine version)
    6:59 asrilal dreamer theme
    Plus I don’t get why is considered a accident it’s baccily a runway. And this came up for unstoppable train
    Edit: uhhh

  • @silly_cartoonlover
    @silly_cartoonlover Před 4 lety +45

    4:09 - * poop sound *
    Me: perfect for that moment....

  • @Alaryicjude
    @Alaryicjude Před 2 lety

    Your bloopers make these videos just the best!

  • @krafterz12
    @krafterz12 Před 5 lety +34

    I've never heard of this before. With the title saying 17 years later I thought this was something tragic lol

    • @kelharper7971
      @kelharper7971 Před 5 lety

      Why? Just because they like to chose stupid titles like that for sappy documentaries about tragic events in the past? No reason it can't refer to anything in the past.

  • @jstone4374
    @jstone4374 Před 5 lety +38

    One question
    Was it just me or did the operator of shotgun “chosen” to hit fuel safety switch, look like a rookie that hadn’t fired the gun before

  • @atsfevan0242
    @atsfevan0242 Před 4 lety +3

    Today marks 19 years since this runaway that was inspired to make the 2010 movie Unstoppable 9 years later that's a really good movie that I recommend watching.

  • @mlptf
    @mlptf Před 10 měsíci

    Love the selection of music you’ve chosen.

  • @jenniferbenson7782
    @jenniferbenson7782 Před 5 lety +7

    I just watched UNSTOPPABLE a few weeks ago. Edge-of-chair watching! I’m so glad I came upon this presentation you put together!

  • @OhioFanatic97
    @OhioFanatic97 Před 6 lety +69

    Not worthy for preservation my foot CSX

    • @Night_Star6248
      @Night_Star6248 Před 5 lety +1

      Matthew Cousino I’m literally dying of laughter

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 Před 5 lety +4

      The 8888 was not worn out and was not obsolete. It was upgradable. There was nothing wrong with it. Operator (train driver) error.

    • @SgtChip
      @SgtChip Před 5 lety +1

      I believe the 8888 should have been preserved maybe. New locomotives like the Dash 9 and ES44ACs will take over, but SD40-2s will do small switching, but also might become obsolete.

  • @williampeaslee9857
    @williampeaslee9857 Před 3 lety +1

    I don't know why, but the music when the buckshot part plays slows down and toots always makes me laugh for some reason. Great video!

  • @jtveg
    @jtveg Před 4 lety

    I never knew about this.
    Thanks so much for sharing. 😉👌🏼

  • @andrewplayzgamez112
    @andrewplayzgamez112 Před 4 lety +31

    I loved the Thomas The Tank Engine music lol

  • @kurtbrand2852
    @kurtbrand2852 Před 5 lety +34

    Diggin the Thomas music

  • @icefoxx1523
    @icefoxx1523 Před rokem +3

    *CSX 888 is still in service today in 2017 it was rebuilt as a sd40-3 labeled as 4389 it is still in service according to CSX and it still has the spirit of 8888*

  • @laxknight101
    @laxknight101 Před 4 lety +12

    I love how you used the runaway train music from Thomas the tank engine

  • @MTNDEWGANG
    @MTNDEWGANG Před 5 lety +419

    If only thanos car was there, it could've stopped this madness

  • @ryanfrogz
    @ryanfrogz Před 5 lety +44

    the undertale music in the beginning makes it so much more intense

    • @breadlikesred7856
      @breadlikesred7856 Před 5 lety +4

      cheboib I knew I heard undertale!! I thought I was going crazy 😳😬

    • @44VR1
      @44VR1 Před 5 lety

      oh my fuckinggod i love undetrail!!!!!!!

    • @museyoutubes9138
      @museyoutubes9138 Před 5 lety +1

      YESSS!!! Somebody said it!!!!!

    • @museyoutubes9138
      @museyoutubes9138 Před 5 lety +1

      Imma make UnderTrail an AU now. It's all just nature walks and hiking.

  • @justyourbaconhair0177
    @justyourbaconhair0177 Před 3 lety +5

    the intro in a nutshell: crazy 8's? shis imma play omega flowey.

  • @dianeellis3925
    @dianeellis3925 Před rokem

    Great reporting as usual. But I have to say it: your choice of the the Charge of the Light Brigade for background music during the big choice scene was priceless. 😺🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛💖🚂

  • @brycelandon6387
    @brycelandon6387 Před 5 lety +18

    I love how you added the "Thomas & Friends" Runaway Theme as part of this video. :D

  • @peridot675
    @peridot675 Před 5 lety +66

    That would be a Interesting Table Story Starter. “Hey, Have I ever told you the time I stopped a Runaway Train By coupling On at 55 MPH?”

  • @pozzee2809
    @pozzee2809 Před 2 lety

    Awesome cooperation and out of the box thinking by everyone 👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @royjg83
    @royjg83 Před 3 lety

    Nice video, and I enjoyed the blooper reel too!

  • @makelifefun7153
    @makelifefun7153 Před 4 lety +8

    I love your mini docs! Your enthusiasm brings the stories to life! Thank you!

  • @kurtborkman9472
    @kurtborkman9472 Před 4 lety +29

    Dude, I love how you have the Thomas the Tank Engine music in this video.

  • @Megagirus2000
    @Megagirus2000 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Thomas: I’m the most heroic engine ever
    Csx 8392: Hold my beer

  • @sirensofwyoming2561
    @sirensofwyoming2561 Před 3 lety

    This is one of the most exciting and funny train incidents I have watched

  • @ginawagner9362
    @ginawagner9362 Před 5 lety +41

    4:26
    Undertale music plays
    Me: Oh ye, this my jam

  • @adrianspeeder
    @adrianspeeder Před 5 lety +92

    Buckshot is from a shotgun, not a rifle. I would also think they would have used slugs?

    • @ah7027
      @ah7027 Před 5 lety +5

      they were most likely hoping the spread would give them a better chance of hitting the small button on a train moving 40-50mph or whatever it was moving. A slug would take more accuracy.

    • @xeldinn86
      @xeldinn86 Před 5 lety

      @a e s t h e t i c a l THey were trying any and everything they could think of.

    • @Esko_Vasya
      @Esko_Vasya Před 5 lety +5

      @a e s t h e t i c a l its not a crazy idea tho. Youre throwing 7-15 lead balls at the button from a safe distance. They used the only tools they had

    • @CattleRustlerOCN
      @CattleRustlerOCN Před 5 lety +3

      A lone shooter 6 floors up in a book depository building could have easily made the shot (rolls eyes)

    • @vtwinbuilder3129
      @vtwinbuilder3129 Před 5 lety

      CattleRustler I’ll have you know that man was a former Marine! He qualified as a marksman. He knew how to stop a motorcade, which is sort of like a train but with cars so you might be on to something here. It’s too bad it didn’t happen that way, then we could’ve spent the next 50 years trying to figure out who actually shot that train....

  • @Nightfire-ui9zu
    @Nightfire-ui9zu Před 3 lety +7

    All we had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!

  • @bigdubby3550
    @bigdubby3550 Před 4 lety

    Good information and fascinating for those who've just watched the movie for the first time. They sure used a lot of what happened in real life in the movie! :)

  • @frederickthefox8952
    @frederickthefox8952 Před 4 lety +14

    I love how you used the old Thomas runaway theme

  • @HannibalXoner
    @HannibalXoner Před 5 lety +78

    0:26 I recognize that music from the 1985 movie runaway train

    • @pqhkr2002
      @pqhkr2002 Před 5 lety +2

      Rea life crazy 8 event, and 2 great train movies joined together.

    • @alexasmachine
      @alexasmachine Před 5 lety +1

      Btw great movie! 🎉🎆🎇👻

    • @toddbrown9681
      @toddbrown9681 Před 5 lety

      Me too is it from gravity falls?

    • @toddbrown9681
      @toddbrown9681 Před 5 lety

      Is that from unstopable?

  • @zosxavius
    @zosxavius Před 3 lety

    Easily one of my favorite stories from you.

  • @rosariormoreno1454
    @rosariormoreno1454 Před 3 lety

    its now been 20 years since this incident and its still not forgotten about

  • @breadwineandsong4014
    @breadwineandsong4014 Před 5 lety +5

    "The Crazy 8's incident will NEVER be forgotten." Seriously, dude, train fan that I am, if I hadn't accidentally stumbled across this video, I would never even had the chance to remember it! Great video, though. Thanks for posting.

  • @MatthewMello
    @MatthewMello Před 5 lety +222

    Tell me, where can I find a "1,000,000 ton" freight train?

    • @matcausey1778
      @matcausey1778 Před 5 lety +5

      Australia

    • @mordokch
      @mordokch Před 5 lety +76

      The 1,000,000 ton freight train store, obviously. Or ebay.

    • @thenoblegerman2637
      @thenoblegerman2637 Před 5 lety +8

      Big Boy coupled to 20 freight cars

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 Před 5 lety +6

      Diesel locomotives 200 tons. Fully loaded freight cars 120 tons.
      Large steam locomotives 350-500 tons including fuel & water tender (equivalent to fuel tank on diesel).
      A million ton train would require locomotives spaced through the train. To try to pull a million ton train with all of the locomotives at the head end would break the couplings. A million ton train would be a stunt, not practical.

    • @michaelswift2471
      @michaelswift2471 Před 5 lety +5

      Wal-Mart 😎

  • @scottlink183
    @scottlink183 Před 4 lety

    Great video! Thank you

  • @adnanabdillahghifari720

    Over 20 years later, this incident will be unforgotten forever

  • @Amazingyon1
    @Amazingyon1 Před 5 lety +32

    4:59 NOT TO WORRY HERE I COME!

  • @wilmerdel-cid1751
    @wilmerdel-cid1751 Před 6 lety +28

    The crazy 8s is here

    • @Morbid_Railfan
      @Morbid_Railfan Před 5 lety +2

      Willy Del yeah he said it in the video , museums wanted to contain it in display but csx wanted to keep the sd40-2 but then they changed 8888 into a sd40-3 number 4389 so if you see a sd40-3 number 4389 remember about the csx sd40-2 8888

  • @SportyMabamba
    @SportyMabamba Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent use of the Runaway Train soundtrack in the background of this video 👌🏻👌🏻

  • @evantgse
    @evantgse Před 3 lety +2

    Heavy respect to the crew of 8392 I love trains and the people who work on them are very brave people who I have a lot of very heavy respect for them

  • @spacewolfjr
    @spacewolfjr Před 5 lety +9

    One of the reasons not mentioned here why the engineer was having trouble getting back on the train was due to spaghetti. The engineer had been eating meatballs in the cabin and his hands were very slippy with marinara sauce. I hope this accident would be a catalyst for the introduction of PTC (Pasta Train Control) but sadly the NTSB stopped taking my calls months ago.

    • @GearheadExplorer85
      @GearheadExplorer85 Před rokem

      Lmao

    • @Nate-Dog
      @Nate-Dog Před rokem

      That would be an interesting headline to tell the story
      "A plate of spaghetti puts thousands at risk"

  • @nortonhatfield7312
    @nortonhatfield7312 Před 5 lety +90

    you know what would be interesting is if this train crashed into somebody's house around breakfast time. That would represent the Thomas and Friends episode, "Thomas comes to breakfast".

    • @justsayno9210
      @justsayno9210 Před 4 lety

      Norton Hatfield *snort* why do you Aim that at my humour so well?

    • @The98Man098
      @The98Man098 Před 4 lety

      Cajon Pass 1989:

  • @WrecklessEnterainment
    @WrecklessEnterainment Před 2 lety +1

    After working for union tank car I find it amazing no one was hurt or killed. Empty tank cars weigh 80,000 lbs. the guy who got dragged by the train is lucky he didn’t get run over. We had a guy who got a double amputation on his legs because of a runaway car.

  • @greatwesternducksproductio6487

    I like the Thomas and friends theme wen the engine is a runaway

  • @JustAnotherNerdGirl7
    @JustAnotherNerdGirl7 Před 5 lety +29

    When you hear Megalovania from Undertale. XD

    • @engineerskalinera
      @engineerskalinera Před 5 lety

      Kate Davis *the crew of 8293 is filled with determination*

    • @SgtChip
      @SgtChip Před 5 lety

      Meanwhile in Undertale: Sans: I'm gonna crash a train!

    • @geraldhonma4782
      @geraldhonma4782 Před 4 lety

      @@SgtChip well actually it's underswap's sans theme

  • @juankintana6533
    @juankintana6533 Před 5 lety +19

    Does anybody else notice the Runaway train soundtrack if you do I salute you cause that’s an old school film.

  • @grizzlycountry1030
    @grizzlycountry1030 Před 3 lety +1

    The lone ranger theme for the chase train. LOL 🤠

  • @duskshel8119
    @duskshel8119 Před 2 lety +3

    4:01 Correction: Firearms with smoothbore barrels, like .410, 20ga or 12ga shotguns are not rifles.