This is why I’m fascinated by the accident so much; it caused shockingly minimal damage and the fatality rate was low. If this happened today, the deaths would be in the hundreds and the damage would cost millions.
@@coveralljohn Buffers only relatively recently been good enough to stop trains , brakes again a relative recent introduction across all rolling stock. Still we have head on collisions that hasn't gone away.
Full story, On October 22nd 1895, The Granville Paris Express was departing at 8:10 (10 minutes behind schedule). After 8 hours of travelling, at 15:52, the engine was approaching Montarpnese station. Since they were behind schedule, they were speeding at a phenomenal speed of 97 mph to get there on time. As they were travelling for 8 hours. The driver and fireman were very tired. They were too tired to apply the brakes on time and at 4:00pm or 16:00, diaster struck. The driver realised that they were already inside of the station so then they decided to add full power to the brakes. The fireman didn’t realise until the driver told him about what was happeneing. The fireman switched off the throttle to help them slow down, but it was too late. The brakes failed and at 16:02, the Granville-Paris-Express bashed through the barrier at the terminus, completely annihilating the floor of the station. At 16:03 the train crashed through the large window of the station, falling a whole 33 feet (or in this case 10 metres) to the ground, crushing a woman violently. The force of the impact made the coal tender (or just tender) smash into the back of the locomotive, throwing coal all over the driver and fireman. All passengers and driver and fireman had all survied, leaving just one fatality of the crash, which was the poor woman. The clip showed in this video was a part of a movie named Hugo, (His full name is Hugo Cabret), which in this case shows Hugo jumping on the tracks to get a key for his automoton that his father made before he died. Hugo soon realises a train (Which in this case is the Granville Express) charging towards him. He drops the key in an attempt to save himself, but It was all a dream and he woke up because of it Hope this helped.
Alex, again you amaze. Disneyland, Ocean Liners "Queen Mary," Cable Cars, Tea Time, Avaiation, Plus More and now the "Montparnasse Train Wreck." Very few people have heard of this, good job. Your subject is varied and that make for a great channel. Thanks for your time, effort and HARD work......
I saw the picture for the first time some 20 years ago. Which made me curious and so I found the story behind it. I feel so sorry for the husband of Marie-Augistine. He ran a news stand and stood at that spot every morning, making a living for the family by selling news papers. This one morning he found he had too few coins, so he had his wife guard "the shop" while he ran a quick errand to change a few bills to coins. When he came back, this is what he saw... And that, I am sure, haunted him for the rest of his life.
Just Excellent!!! There was a similar crash at the train station in Washington, DC in January 1953, a couple days before the Inauguration of President Eisenhower. Do a piece on that. The engine hauling the train full of inaugural guests went through the buffers, then literally fell through the floor. A new temporary floor was hastily built for use during the festivities. Then, after Eisenhower was sworn in, the engine was salvaged. The engine was a GG1; a large engine!
I spent hours and hours on the same line(Granville-Paris/Paris-Granville), and it's just amazing to know that even 127 years ago this train was already late..!
I don't think the crew was as responsible as the court found. I don't know about French railroading practices but elsewhere at the time the crew could be docked wages or fired for running trains late, and of course ten minutes is a big deal in train time. There was likely an implicit coercion to do anything to make up the time. A little sacrifice of safety to be able to buy dinner. Good job covering this incident. It's nice to watch something that isn't about ocean liners now and then lol. :)
Yes and No: Yes the crew has to make-up for lost time and No, it has to remain in control of the train's speed and be able to stop no matter what the circumstance. Yes there were a lot of unfair rules in French railways at the time : the crew had to pay for lubrication oil for the distribution mechanism and bearings, and it was fined when a "boite chaude" (hot bearing resulting in a melted bearing sleeve) even though it was not always its fault.
A similar incident happened at Harcourt Street Station in Dublin when a cattle train from Enniscorthy suffered a similar fate in 1900, five years after the Montparnasse incident
In Dubin they put the loco on the street level tramway to recover it, as in 1900 the tram lines were the same gauge as the Irish Railways. New tramway - standard gauge - progress !
@@pjeaton58 Very interesting way of recovering loco! Yes the Luas trams are 4' 8.5" gauge and operate on the trackbed of the old Harcourt Street Line where the said cattle train once operated. I always enjoyed travelling by train in Ireland I always found CIE Staff very helpful and customer friendly.
I also wondered about that photo. I didn't know the story - just the photography. For years I have had a portrait hanging on my wall of this accident. I always looked at it and wondered "is it photoshopped?",now I know the answer. Nice video and reconstruction thanks for clearing that. Im very sorry to hear about the one death caused by that accident. Im amazed no more fatalities occured as a result of this accident.
“ As Gordon approached the new station. Neither the driver or fireman could apply his brakes. Something had jammed. The driver reduced steam but Gordon was still going too fast. “
@@757-g8l The Station Masters wife got up. "You Miserable Engine. Just look what you did to our breakfast. Now i shall have to cook some more." She slammed the door. More plaster fell. This time it fell on Thomas. Poor Thomas.
I remember seeing the photo of the locomotive out of the station window and wondering how on earth that locomotive ended up like that. And then, I saw 'Hugo' and I thought I got a bit of an idea if it was real. I would eventually learn all of what happened when I looked up Gare Montparnasse.
Alex the historian just to let you know you should talk about other British steam locomotives from England and throughout the UK. Because just to let you know I am fascinated with those trains, and it was the franchise of Thomas Tank Engine that got me into it. Please make sure you talk about British trains, mainly the steam locomotives and other vintage British trains for upcoming videos please ?
@@AlextheHistorian thank you very much, you are so wonderful and I'm glad that you love trains just like Walt Disney and just like me. And of course one of our favorites is steam locomotives. However just to give you a correction if you talk about the trains from the UK and so forth, call them the British railways instead of British railroads. Because the British get offended if you say British Railroad, they like to call their own trains British railways. For the British for our American trains, we call them railroads. So we do call our trans throughout America as American railroads, and I know the British say the same thing too. Because I know they're trying to make a difference between our American railroads and their British railways. So just to make sure and to give you an advice, make sure that you call them British railways instead of British railroads. Because the British will be offended if you say British railroads, and I don't want you to get bad criticism from them as well. The British can be offended easily, if you say the wrong thing or if you spell the wrong word or spell the word in a wrong way
Whenever I see this photo, and one of my friends of family ask about it, I always explain just how friggin serious train wrecks are. Cause these are engines, several tons of steel and metals. Paired with tons of coal, and hundred(s) of gallons of water. Some of the heaviest commercial machines to grace the lands, and the wrecks they get into is astonishing.
It is such a sad story. I knew about it and seen pictures, but I didn't know about the details. It's kind of sad the crew were given large charges and even jail since it didn't appear to be on purpose. But negligence is negligence. It's hard because we all make even terrible unintended mistakes and being in a position like that takes a lot of heavy responsibility. But the consequences of negligence can be so fatal, and we all have to learn, sometimes the easy way, sometimes the hard way.
Some comfort in knowing that the newspaper lady’s 2 children received some compensation from the train company - if it was now the lions share would have gone to the train companies CEO as payment for stress!
Thank you, no I've never studied French, I've just been yelled at for mispronouncing things so much on my channel, that I took extra time practicing before recording. Afterwards my mouth was sore, I'm not used to such pronunciation 😂
Oh wow, Alex!! I've seen the photos (and that movie clip- what movie was that from? I saw it several years ago!) but didn't know the story. O.K. there is one thing that BAFFLES me every time: What was the train doing on the second floor?? I asked someone years ago, and they said the train was actually on the ground floor, and the area it fell into was like a basement- an area dug down from the ground level. But the footage (I think from that movie- not the photos?) make it look more like it's actually on the second floor. Help- I'm stumped! 😅
The movie is Hugo. And the reason the train is on the second floor is because the train tracks leading through the city were elevated in order to cross over the streets of Paris uninterrupted by ground-level traffic.
@Paul, the tracks on the street go to streetcar lines, which means they don't connect at all to the tracks the passenger trains go. Also streetcar tracks tend to have tighter turns than what a full steam locomotive can handle, and there's even a possibility the streetcar tracks have a different gauge width than the tracks the passenger train needs.
Now that i know what happend at montparnasse i wonder if 721 at One point was scrapped or perseved, and if there are more photographs of 721 After the incedent.
I cant imagine the heart break that husband must have gone through, regreting leaving his wife, just to get killed by a steam engine, its just sad for him
The train, like large Locomotives like the Union Pacific 4014, it has 2 Piston Sets, 1 piston and 1 valve per set, unlike the Big Boy that has 4, powering a 4-8-8-4 Configuration 4 Safety Wheels 8 Driving wheels 8 Driving Wheels 4 Stearing wheels
Cette gare n existe plus. Une autre plus moderne a été construite plus loin. A la place a été construite l horrible tour montparnasse. C est dans cette gare que les allemands ont signé la capitulation de Paris en 1945.
Decades or 100 years later one of the longest lasting kids shows thomas the tank engine there is the epesode where a big fat blue express locomotive named gordon crashes through the wall and the crash is most likely to be inspired by this crash in the video
1:32 We need the sequel of Bullet Train Movie called “Engine 721” with Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Blake Lively, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, LA Knight, Zak Zodiac, Paige, and more
Ironically, I've never seen Hugo. Didn't even know it existed. But when I found out the train scene was on RUclips, I was excited to use it for my video!
Alex the historian if you said you love the American 3 ft Narrow Gauge railroads. Just to let you know you'll be fascinated with the British Narrow Gauge railways as well, they are located in the country of Wales north of England. Please check out those Narrow Gauge railways from wales, do some research and also try to do some upcoming videos about them too. Let me tell you, you will be fascinated with those Narrow Gauge British railways as well. Because I am. From the original railway series books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends from the island of sodor, as well as the entire Thomas the Tank Engine franchise. There is a fictional Railway called the Skarloey Railway. And of course I collected all of the Railway series books at the same time, and one of the fictional railways of the island of sodor. The Narrow Gauge Railway, the Skarloey Railway became a big focus and fascination for me. Because the characters are Narrow Gauge engines, and they run on a Narrow Gauge Railway. And they are little at the same time, they dub them the Little engines. From the Thomas franchise they also call them the Narrow Gauge engines, at the same time myself and hardcore Thomas mans call them the little Narrow Gauge engines. And I found out there is a railway from Wales that inspired the entire fictional Narrow Gauge Railway, the inspiration for the fictional Narrow Gauge Railway of the island of sodor is called the Tallylyn Railway. Just to let you know the original author and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine the Rev W Awdry, worked as a volunteer and conductor for the Tallylyn Railway. And because he remembered and was fascinated with it for years and years, he wrote some Railway series books about a fictional Narrow Gauge Railway based upon Tallylyn Railway. In which his creation is Skarloey Railway for the island of sodor. If you look up the Tallylyn Railway and try to talk about it for an upcoming video, you will find out about the original Thomas and Railway series author the Rev W Awdry. Who used to work there as a volunteer and conductor, and had wrote books for his Railway series books based on that Railway. Which is the Skarloey Railway. And above all I hope you'll discover the other things about the Tallylyn Railway, and I hope you'll talk about all of that for an upcoming video. And you'll find out about the other British Narrow Gauge railways from Wales, I hope you'll talk about them as well for upcoming videos. Because believe me you will be fascinated by the British Narrow Gauge railways as well 👍😉
Yeah I might be fascinated, we'll see. I'm not exactly new to British rail, the reason I don't usually talk about it us because I'm not as interested in it as North American rail.
How did this not end with a boiler explosion? With the water sitting at the very front of the boiler like that, the fire box would've been completely uncovered.
This is a real event that actually happened. The 2011 movie Hugo was a separate movie about an entirely different matter, but there is a scene were Hugo dreams this event.
Considering what happened, the fact there was only *ONE* death is nothing short of miraculous.
This is why I’m fascinated by the accident so much; it caused shockingly minimal damage and the fatality rate was low. If this happened today, the deaths would be in the hundreds and the damage would cost millions.
@@joshslater2426 Shows how well made things were then.
@@NodrogMacphee Apart from brakes, buffers. safety barriers and decisions.
@@coveralljohn Buffers only relatively recently been good enough to stop trains , brakes again a relative recent introduction across all rolling stock. Still we have head on collisions that hasn't gone away.
This was recreated quite well for the movie 'Hugo' too. A very underrated movie.
Indeed, it’s a really great film. The dream scene was my favourite part.
The crash also inspired the Thomas the Tank Engine season 5 episode, "A better view for Gordon"
Absolutely, in fact the clip of the crash happening in this video is taken from Hugo. It is a wonderful movie.
Sadly, in some close up shots of the wheels, they got the wheel arrangement wrong.
Apparently it was made in 2011 too
Full story,
On October 22nd 1895, The Granville Paris Express was departing at 8:10 (10 minutes behind schedule). After 8 hours of travelling, at 15:52, the engine was approaching Montarpnese station. Since they were behind schedule, they were speeding at a phenomenal speed of 97 mph to get there on time. As they were travelling for 8 hours. The driver and fireman were very tired. They were too tired to apply the brakes on time and at 4:00pm or 16:00, diaster struck. The driver realised that they were already inside of the station so then they decided to add full power to the brakes. The fireman didn’t realise until the driver told him about what was happeneing. The fireman switched off the throttle to help them slow down, but it was too late. The brakes failed and at 16:02, the Granville-Paris-Express bashed through the barrier at the terminus, completely annihilating the floor of the station. At 16:03 the train crashed through the large window of the station, falling a whole 33 feet (or in this case 10 metres) to the ground, crushing a woman violently. The force of the impact made the coal tender (or just tender) smash into the back of the locomotive, throwing coal all over the driver and fireman. All passengers and driver and fireman had all survied, leaving just one fatality of the crash, which was the poor woman.
The clip showed in this video was a part of a movie named Hugo, (His full name is Hugo Cabret), which in this case shows Hugo jumping on the tracks to get a key for his automoton that his father made before he died. Hugo soon realises a train (Which in this case is the Granville Express) charging towards him. He drops the key in an attempt to save himself, but It was all a dream and he woke up because of it
Hope this helped.
I had a copy of this photograph on my office wall for years (I'm an engineer). The title of the photo was delightfully simple: "un train dans la rue'.
A well-known image, but I had never heard the story behind the incident. Thank you very much for an excellent piece of research, superbly illustrated.
To think that the train was on the loose its last 98 feet is crazy.
Alex, again you amaze. Disneyland, Ocean Liners "Queen Mary," Cable Cars, Tea Time, Avaiation, Plus More and now the "Montparnasse Train Wreck." Very few people have heard of this, good job. Your subject is varied and that make for a great channel. Thanks for your time, effort and HARD work......
Oh wow, thanks Mike!
@@AlextheHistorian Well earned.
@@AlextheHistorian Alex, you are so improved from your start with walk around videos at Disneyland. Any praise you get is well earned.....
I saw the picture for the first time some 20 years ago. Which made me curious and so I found the story behind it.
I feel so sorry for the husband of Marie-Augistine. He ran a news stand and stood at that spot every morning, making a living for the family by selling news papers. This one morning he found he had too few coins, so he had his wife guard "the shop" while he ran a quick errand to change a few bills to coins. When he came back, this is what he saw...
And that, I am sure, haunted him for the rest of his life.
It's amazing that the locomotive boiler didn't explode. Very informative video.
I was surprised as well.
VERT TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think boiler explosions are uncommon, even in the most violent train crashes.
@@crazyleyland5106i think it happens when the pressure was high
@@AlextheHistorian
Not just Negligence aka Human Error but also mechanical failure
Thanks for doing a video on this wreck. For how famous the accident is there isn’t much discourse about it.
Yeah this was suggested to me a few months ago by my friend Eric.
“Well, Gordon, I know you wanted a Paneramic view, but this is not the way to achieve it”
Gordon:Yes sir sorry sir
I'm so happy somebody made this reference😭😭
@@borb2438fr
When Gordon was repaired again, he took the Fat Controller to the new station for its second official opening.
This is a great moment to make the quote "better late than never" because it might cost you your life
Just Excellent!!! There was a similar crash at the train station in Washington, DC in January 1953, a couple days before the Inauguration of President Eisenhower. Do a piece on that. The engine hauling the train full of inaugural guests went through the buffers, then literally fell through the floor. A new temporary floor was hastily built for use during the festivities. Then, after Eisenhower was sworn in, the engine was salvaged. The engine was a GG1; a large engine!
I spent hours and hours on the same line(Granville-Paris/Paris-Granville), and it's just amazing to know that even 127 years ago this train was already late..!
Strange that the Granville-Paris train made a detour of more than 1000 miles (0:58) via La Ciotat station!
Il part plus de la gare de Vaugirard maintenant si ?
I have seen this in photos but never knew the story behind it. Thank you!
I don't think the crew was as responsible as the court found. I don't know about French railroading practices but elsewhere at the time the crew could be docked wages or fired for running trains late, and of course ten minutes is a big deal in train time. There was likely an implicit coercion to do anything to make up the time. A little sacrifice of safety to be able to buy dinner.
Good job covering this incident. It's nice to watch something that isn't about ocean liners now and then lol. :)
Yes and No: Yes the crew has to make-up for lost time and No, it has to remain in control of the train's speed and be able to stop no matter what the circumstance. Yes there were a lot of unfair rules in French railways at the time : the crew had to pay for lubrication oil for the distribution mechanism and bearings, and it was fined when a "boite chaude" (hot bearing resulting in a melted bearing sleeve) even though it was not always its fault.
Amazing and horrifying! Thanks for sharing this. I never knew the story before. Hope you're well, Alex! Xoxo
"Well, Gordon, I know you wanted a panoramic view, but this is not the way to achieve it!"
"Yes sir, Sorry sir."
"You have caused confusion and delay."
Good stuff dude loved it!
Thanks!
A similar incident happened at Harcourt Street Station in Dublin when a cattle train from Enniscorthy suffered a similar fate in 1900, five years after the Montparnasse incident
In Dubin they put the loco on the street level tramway to recover it, as in 1900 the tram lines were the same gauge as the Irish Railways. New tramway - standard gauge - progress !
@@pjeaton58 Very interesting way of recovering loco! Yes the Luas trams are 4' 8.5" gauge and operate on the trackbed of the old Harcourt Street Line where the said cattle train once operated. I always enjoyed travelling by train in Ireland I always found CIE Staff very helpful and customer friendly.
I regularly take the train from Montparnasse to Granville. Fascinating to hear this story.
Excellent video Alex!
Thanks!
Great Video! Thank you!
"Help Me Please!"
- Gordon the Big Engine from A Better View for Gordon
The fact that this was a crash in Thomas that tank engine 😂
Granville… how spooky, in Granville, Sydney Australia there was a rail disaster in the 70’s…
A Better View for Gordon in Thomas and Friends is based upon this incident
I also wondered about that photo. I didn't know the story - just the photography. For years I have had a portrait hanging on my wall of this accident. I always looked at it and wondered "is it photoshopped?",now I know the answer. Nice video and reconstruction thanks for clearing that. Im very sorry to hear about the one death caused by that accident. Im amazed no more fatalities occured as a result of this accident.
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!
Excellent video much appreciated, can you do a video on the CLIMAX LOGGING LOCOMOTIVE?
Excellent documentary.
Amazing reconstruction.
This event inspired the Thomas and Friends episode A Better View for Gordon where Gordon had a similar accident to the Montparnasse Train Wreck
Fact you alraidy know: this inspired “A better view for Gordon”
“ As Gordon approached the new station. Neither the driver or fireman could apply his brakes.
Something had jammed.
The driver reduced steam but Gordon was still going too fast. “
And Thomas said that he wanted mango juice and the Mango was juice was right in front of him and Gordon ran towards it
@@757-g8l The Station Masters wife got up.
"You Miserable Engine. Just look what you did to our breakfast. Now i shall have to cook some more."
She slammed the door. More plaster fell. This time it fell on Thomas. Poor Thomas.
I remember seeing the photo of the locomotive out of the station window and wondering how on earth that locomotive ended up like that. And then, I saw 'Hugo' and I thought I got a bit of an idea if it was real. I would eventually learn all of what happened when I looked up Gare Montparnasse.
It Looks Like A Better View For Gordon, Amazing Video
Omg this is just nuts I've seen these train crashes In movies BUT NOW IN REAL LIFE?!
Thank you ❤
This was so interesting thank you from New Zealand
Alex the historian just to let you know you should talk about other British steam locomotives from England and throughout the UK.
Because just to let you know I am fascinated with those trains, and it was the franchise of Thomas Tank Engine that got me into it.
Please make sure you talk about British trains, mainly the steam locomotives and other vintage British trains for upcoming videos please ?
Yes I eventually plan to cover stories of other British and American railroads in the future.
@@AlextheHistorian thank you very much, you are so wonderful and I'm glad that you love trains just like Walt Disney and just like me. And of course one of our favorites is steam locomotives.
However just to give you a correction if you talk about the trains from the UK and so forth, call them the British railways instead of British railroads. Because the British get offended if you say British Railroad, they like to call their own trains British railways.
For the British for our American trains, we call them railroads. So we do call our trans throughout America as American railroads, and I know the British say the same thing too. Because I know they're trying to make a difference between our American railroads and their British railways.
So just to make sure and to give you an advice, make sure that you call them British railways instead of British railroads. Because the British will be offended if you say British railroads, and I don't want you to get bad criticism from them as well.
The British can be offended easily, if you say the wrong thing or if you spell the wrong word or spell the word in a wrong way
Only one woman died who was not in the train, not on the station and should not be in the newspaper stand. That's what final destination is.
Well Gordon, I know you wanted a panoramic view, but this is not the way to do it.
Was looking for that comment i knew thaz one episode was made after this event😂
Whenever I see this photo, and one of my friends of family ask about it, I always explain just how friggin serious train wrecks are. Cause these are engines, several tons of steel and metals. Paired with tons of coal, and hundred(s) of gallons of water. Some of the heaviest commercial machines to grace the lands, and the wrecks they get into is astonishing.
It is such a sad story. I knew about it and seen pictures, but I didn't know about the details. It's kind of sad the crew were given large charges and even jail since it didn't appear to be on purpose. But negligence is negligence. It's hard because we all make even terrible unintended mistakes and being in a position like that takes a lot of heavy responsibility. But the consequences of negligence can be so fatal, and we all have to learn, sometimes the easy way, sometimes the hard way.
Some comfort in knowing that the newspaper lady’s 2 children received some compensation from the train company - if it was now the lions share would have gone to the train companies CEO as payment for stress!
You do a good job of pronouncing the French names! ♥ Did you study the language?
Thank you, no I've never studied French, I've just been yelled at for mispronouncing things so much on my channel, that I took extra time practicing before recording. Afterwards my mouth was sore, I'm not used to such pronunciation 😂
Am I the only one who’s twisted enough to want to have witnessed this in real life? It must’ve looked incredible, and probably quite scary.
Would you please take over the newspaper stand for a moment for the full experience
Bruv thinks he’s Gordon 💀
Ummmm.... Idk about that
Little did they know that over a century later, this incident would be the inspiration for an episode of thomas the tank engine.
Did the police arrest the drivers? 0:41
Even though we got photos of the crash from the outside, i would still like to have photos of the crash from the inside of the station
This crash was re-created in thomas the tank engine. Episode name:a better view for Gordon. Congrats Gordon!
the train engine was like "hold my beer bro. watch this"
Most of the scenes in this video are from the movie Hugo
Oh wow, Alex!! I've seen the photos (and that movie clip- what movie was that from? I saw it several years ago!) but didn't know the story. O.K. there is one thing that BAFFLES me every time: What was the train doing on the second floor?? I asked someone years ago, and they said the train was actually on the ground floor, and the area it fell into was like a basement- an area dug down from the ground level. But the footage (I think from that movie- not the photos?) make it look more like it's actually on the second floor. Help- I'm stumped! 😅
The movie is Hugo. And the reason the train is on the second floor is because the train tracks leading through the city were elevated in order to cross over the streets of Paris uninterrupted by ground-level traffic.
@@AlextheHistorian Thank you!!! Elevated tracks- Now it makes sense LOL!! Thanks for the great video, love train history ❤
No problem 😊
There's also tracks on the street, but they craned the loco all the way back upstairs?
@Paul, the tracks on the street go to streetcar lines, which means they don't connect at all to the tracks the passenger trains go. Also streetcar tracks tend to have tighter turns than what a full steam locomotive can handle, and there's even a possibility the streetcar tracks have a different gauge width than the tracks the passenger train needs.
The fact is that they were only running 10 minutes late and the driver clearly saw he was approaching the station and he sped up the train
Now that i know what happend at montparnasse i wonder if 721 at One point was scrapped or perseved, and if there are more photographs of 721 After the incedent.
It was removed from the site and eventually scrapped
The driver was Victor Garnier, he was fined 50 francs which adjustments for inflation is equivalent to $1,827.54 dollars today
They parodied this on Thomas & Friends
Reminds me of the PRR GG1 crashing through the station in DC.
I don't suppose that anyone just happened to be filming, especially back then. Where's the live footage from?
The incident was recreated for the 2011 movie Hugo, in which the young boy dreams of the incident at Garre Montparnasse.
@@AlextheHistorian - Thanks. I have in fact watched Hugo, years ago, but I must have assumed that the accident was just invented for the movie.
I cant imagine the heart break that husband must have gone through, regreting leaving his wife, just to get killed by a steam engine, its just sad for him
There’s actually a Thomas episode based off this called a better view for Gordon
The train, like large Locomotives like the Union Pacific 4014, it has 2 Piston Sets, 1 piston and 1 valve per set, unlike the Big Boy that has 4, powering a 4-8-8-4 Configuration
4 Safety Wheels
8 Driving wheels
8 Driving Wheels
4 Stearing wheels
Cette gare n existe plus. Une autre plus moderne a été construite plus loin.
A la place a été construite l horrible tour montparnasse.
C est dans cette gare que les allemands ont signé la capitulation de Paris en 1945.
WOW! What a horrible event. Thank you, Alex.
There's never a good story about Paris, even today the place is bonkers.
Express engine crashing into and near falling off a station 🚉 why does that sound familiar
Decades or 100 years later one of the longest lasting kids shows thomas the tank engine there is the epesode where a big fat blue express locomotive named gordon crashes through the wall and the crash is most likely to be inspired by this crash in the video
1:32 We need the sequel of Bullet Train Movie called “Engine 721” with Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Blake Lively, Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, LA Knight, Zak Zodiac, Paige, and more
I watched the movie, HUGO, and saw the crash scene and now this. Was this incident before or after the movie was released?
The train wreck happened in 1895, the movie Hugo was released in 2011.
What Locomotive Class was 721?
What class of engine i s this
This crash was related to a better view of gordon
personally im confused as why barely anyone makes note of what*kind* of loco no.721 was rather what its *number* was
There is a video? Remake
Locomotive #721: Help me, Please!
*Thomas and Friends flash backs*
That was an Oh Sh*t moment for the crew.
Someone has been watching Hugo...
Ironically, I've never seen Hugo. Didn't even know it existed. But when I found out the train scene was on RUclips, I was excited to use it for my video!
You mean buffers? Not once have I ever heard someone refer to them as “bumpers”.
Bumpers or Buffers, just scrap after the accident ! OLEO hydraulics were not yet
the thing in 1900 - see "Oleo End stop test"
So this is what inspired the Hugo train crash
Alex the historian if you said you love the American 3 ft Narrow Gauge railroads.
Just to let you know you'll be fascinated with the British Narrow Gauge railways as well, they are located in the country of Wales north of England.
Please check out those Narrow Gauge railways from wales, do some research and also try to do some upcoming videos about them too.
Let me tell you, you will be fascinated with those Narrow Gauge British railways as well. Because I am.
From the original railway series books about Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends from the island of sodor, as well as the entire Thomas the Tank Engine franchise. There is a fictional Railway called the Skarloey Railway. And of course I collected all of the Railway series books at the same time, and one of the fictional railways of the island of sodor. The Narrow Gauge Railway, the Skarloey Railway became a big focus and fascination for me. Because the characters are Narrow Gauge engines, and they run on a Narrow Gauge Railway. And they are little at the same time, they dub them the Little engines. From the Thomas franchise they also call them the Narrow Gauge engines, at the same time myself and hardcore Thomas mans call them the little Narrow Gauge engines.
And I found out there is a railway from Wales that inspired the entire fictional Narrow Gauge Railway, the inspiration for the fictional Narrow Gauge Railway of the island of sodor is called the Tallylyn Railway.
Just to let you know the original author and creator of Thomas the Tank Engine the Rev W Awdry, worked as a volunteer and conductor for the Tallylyn Railway. And because he remembered and was fascinated with it for years and years, he wrote some Railway series books about a fictional Narrow Gauge Railway based upon Tallylyn Railway. In which his creation is Skarloey Railway for the island of sodor.
If you look up the Tallylyn Railway and try to talk about it for an upcoming video, you will find out about the original Thomas and Railway series author the Rev W Awdry. Who used to work there as a volunteer and conductor, and had wrote books for his Railway series books based on that Railway. Which is the Skarloey Railway. And above all I hope you'll discover the other things about the Tallylyn Railway, and I hope you'll talk about all of that for an upcoming video.
And you'll find out about the other British Narrow Gauge railways from Wales, I hope you'll talk about them as well for upcoming videos. Because believe me you will be fascinated by the British Narrow Gauge railways as well 👍😉
Yeah I might be fascinated, we'll see. I'm not exactly new to British rail, the reason I don't usually talk about it us because I'm not as interested in it as North American rail.
How did this not end with a boiler explosion? With the water sitting at the very front of the boiler like that, the fire box would've been completely uncovered.
Because what YOU think is not what is happening in reality...got it?
I have a photo of that on my livingroom wall, tilted to make the engine level.
Nice
All we had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!
Words of the engineer immediately at the loss of his brakes: Mon Dieu! Merde!
What a nightmare
This event (most likely) actually inspired Thomas and friends
There are no incidents like this in the original Reverend Awdry books.
@@crazyleyland5106what about a better view for Gordon?
I’m so confuse there’s a movie about this but is this based on a true story or are you just explaining the movie
This is a real event that actually happened. The 2011 movie Hugo was a separate movie about an entirely different matter, but there is a scene were Hugo dreams this event.
@@AlextheHistorian oh
BTW - it seems like a miracle the boiler didn't blow.
"Sir, you can't park here"
And this is in the movie Hugo
Better view for Gordon!
I saw the photo from Mr. Big
It's a shame that the locomotive is scrapped
It’s already been scrapped
This train just decided it couldn't handle this anymore
A picturesque catastrophe. RIP Molly
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