The Crazy 8s incident 17 years later

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  • Опубликовано: 14 май 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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  • @NonCommentaryGamer
    @NonCommentaryGamer 5 лет назад +1695

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

    • @Spirit_Wolf-kv7vr
      @Spirit_Wolf-kv7vr 5 лет назад +47

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

    • @d261vids4
      @d261vids4 5 лет назад +66

      Don't forget.666

    • @aaron_m_04
      @aaron_m_04 5 лет назад +60

      Spirit_ Wolf3737 the movie “Unstoppable”

    • @BattleshipOrion
      @BattleshipOrion 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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 2 года назад +477

    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 2 года назад +12

      This is actually very funny to me

    • @DEAD_ACCOUNT0000
      @DEAD_ACCOUNT0000 2 года назад +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 2 года назад +13

      the runaway themes make it better

    • @noahscool4534
      @noahscool4534 2 года назад +8

      And that there were no casualties

    • @seamusmckeon9109
      @seamusmckeon9109 2 года назад +7

      We’re lucky no one got hurt

  • @JCBro-yg8vd
    @JCBro-yg8vd 3 года назад +367

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

  • @SadisticSenpai61
    @SadisticSenpai61 3 года назад +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!

  • @TTVhadjsnsakjldnfsdjk
    @TTVhadjsnsakjldnfsdjk 4 года назад +648

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

  • @FedorFox
    @FedorFox 5 лет назад +906

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

    • @firehawk0
      @firehawk0 5 лет назад +24

      yea, i noticed the music lol

    • @Nemofishman
      @Nemofishman 5 лет назад +54

      "Luckily, noone was hurt."

    • @juliangaviria8961
      @juliangaviria8961 5 лет назад +18

      This actually was I think

    • @taublix315
      @taublix315 5 лет назад +4

      I agree

    • @HylianDefender
      @HylianDefender 5 лет назад +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

  • @Free_Krazy
    @Free_Krazy 3 года назад +109

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

    • @TheAkashicTraveller
      @TheAkashicTraveller 3 года назад +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 2 года назад +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 2 года назад

      Time stamp pls

  • @johndavies9270
    @johndavies9270 4 года назад +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.

  • @OAleathaO
    @OAleathaO 5 лет назад +1751

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

  • @TH3C001
    @TH3C001 5 лет назад +1491

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

  • @LarryHendricks1
    @LarryHendricks1 3 года назад +81

    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 2 года назад +6

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

  • @STUAA2024
    @STUAA2024 4 года назад +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.

  • @pfitz9346
    @pfitz9346 5 лет назад +298

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

    • @BruDia
      @BruDia 3 года назад +5

      Well he works at a fast food chain now 😂

    • @twistedyogert
      @twistedyogert 3 года назад +2

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

    • @po9318
      @po9318 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +1

      @@po9318 hahahah

    • @jilljones3664
      @jilljones3664 3 года назад +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.

  • @danielaguirre2516
    @danielaguirre2516 5 лет назад +1222

    The train sim clips made this short documentary more interesting

    • @inlandempirerailfan4269
      @inlandempirerailfan4269 5 лет назад +14

      They were by my boy Gustavtime

    • @tarcisofilho4878
      @tarcisofilho4878 5 лет назад +3

      What sim is this?

    • @maxtremetrains3743
      @maxtremetrains3743 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад

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

    • @MichaelFlatman
      @MichaelFlatman 5 лет назад +1

      @@maxtremetrains3743 looks like a game from 2008 tbh.

  • @trainstorm1225
    @trainstorm1225 3 года назад +468

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

    • @elizabethridenbaugh7731
      @elizabethridenbaugh7731 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +4

      Brings back so many childhood memories from my early life.

    • @skylarmccune9242
      @skylarmccune9242 3 года назад +4

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

    • @tomaszek137
      @tomaszek137 3 года назад +8

      4:56
      This one Also is from ttte

    • @imamtedsed
      @imamtedsed 3 года назад +1

      Cringe

  • @A_10_PaAng_111
    @A_10_PaAng_111 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +9

      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 3 года назад +7

      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.

  • @_cvxx_6668
    @_cvxx_6668 5 лет назад +551

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

  • @ironmatic1
    @ironmatic1 5 лет назад +894

    “Buckshot from a rifle” boi

    • @southernfiremen2845
      @southernfiremen2845 5 лет назад +45

      ironmatic 1 he also called it a bullet 😂😂😂

    • @MRCLXWN03
      @MRCLXWN03 5 лет назад +14

      I herd of that lmao

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal 5 лет назад +26

      12 gauge rifle hmm

    • @ThomasWLalor
      @ThomasWLalor 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +3

      Laughed also

  • @josiahondohasianlihardomar1120
    @josiahondohasianlihardomar1120 3 года назад +82

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

    • @collincoolisGOATED
      @collincoolisGOATED 3 года назад +1

      They played the song in the video

    • @AlAarafZahan
      @AlAarafZahan 2 года назад

      That’s what it’s based of

    • @AaronShenghao
      @AaronShenghao 2 года назад

      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 2 года назад

      Same

  • @C-Midori
    @C-Midori 2 года назад +9

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

  • @forzaf1gtaracingandmore824
    @forzaf1gtaracingandmore824 5 лет назад +102

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

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi 5 лет назад +337

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

  • @KingOp0ssum_II
    @KingOp0ssum_II Год назад +7

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

  • @Spyblox007
    @Spyblox007 3 года назад +10

    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.

  • @griffinrails
    @griffinrails 5 лет назад +98

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

  • @southernpennsyrailfan8579
    @southernpennsyrailfan8579 4 года назад +251

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

    • @turnerdeedo4633
      @turnerdeedo4633 4 года назад +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 3 года назад +5

      @@turnerdeedo4633 Thats what confused me about the film.

    • @YourMid740
      @YourMid740 3 года назад +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 3 года назад +2

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

    • @turnerdeedo4633
      @turnerdeedo4633 3 года назад +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.

  • @BigRon.215
    @BigRon.215 3 года назад +47

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

  • @charlesacker8552
    @charlesacker8552 3 года назад +11

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

  • @jdearing46
    @jdearing46 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +33

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

    • @whitetrainman
      @whitetrainman 5 лет назад +25

      The world of Thomas and friends

    • @nightshade593
      @nightshade593 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @jodischumacher5451
      @jodischumacher5451 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @KirkHermary
    @KirkHermary 5 лет назад +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 4 года назад +9

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

    • @Henriqueleal0609
      @Henriqueleal0609 3 года назад +2

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

    • @blitzir
      @blitzir 3 года назад +3

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

    • @zeldasword3359
      @zeldasword3359 3 года назад +4

      ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ

    • @tomnook2612
      @tomnook2612 3 года назад +4

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

  • @SCRM_Railfan
    @SCRM_Railfan 3 года назад +11

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

  • @PraeaKitten
    @PraeaKitten 3 года назад +1

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

  • @ashbridgeindustries380
    @ashbridgeindustries380 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast
      @NOVARailandWeatherEnthusiast 5 лет назад +15

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

    • @wireflight
      @wireflight 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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 4 года назад

      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.

  • @bibasik7
    @bibasik7 5 лет назад +153

    *Luckily, no one was hurt.*

    • @SgtChip
      @SgtChip 5 лет назад +9

      Then Thomas hits a car and kills Sir Topham Hatt. Que Roblox Oof.

    • @textiles9562
      @textiles9562 5 лет назад +2

      *poo*

    • @mandyplodek639
      @mandyplodek639 5 лет назад +4

      Except the engineer.

    • @TNS17
      @TNS17 4 года назад

      Mandy Plodek it’s just a joke idiot

    • @dalecharles9439
      @dalecharles9439 4 года назад

      Oof

  • @akshayaschannel8857
    @akshayaschannel8857 3 года назад +22

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

  • @atsfevan0242
    @atsfevan0242 4 года назад +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.

  • @jackattack0185
    @jackattack0185 5 лет назад +265

    bro the Thomas the tank engine song brought back memories

    • @mgjmiller1995
      @mgjmiller1995 5 лет назад +11

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

    • @renaurbina9353
      @renaurbina9353 5 лет назад +6

      Yeah true I miss Thomas

    • @roxaclock
      @roxaclock 5 лет назад

      @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 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +4

      Thomas is my childhood, I will never forget thomas

  • @thom1474
    @thom1474 5 лет назад +139

    4:26 Sans train Sans train

  • @BladeTNT2018
    @BladeTNT2018 3 года назад +19

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

    • @Nurichiri
      @Nurichiri 3 года назад +5

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

    • @NishnaValleyRailVideos
      @NishnaValleyRailVideos 3 года назад

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

    • @Nurichiri
      @Nurichiri 3 года назад +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 3 года назад

      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 3 года назад +1

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

  • @kbtiger1279
    @kbtiger1279 4 года назад +29

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

    • @macs006
      @macs006 2 года назад

      That's also from busy going backwards

  • @RailPreserver2K
    @RailPreserver2K 5 лет назад +454

    Nice use of the 1985 runaway train soundtrack

    • @alonectorch
      @alonectorch 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @alonectorch
      @alonectorch 5 лет назад +5

      Wait. Both were used, lol

    • @LinnyUwU
      @LinnyUwU 5 лет назад +6

      @@alonectorch and Undertale.

    • @PigCorp_
      @PigCorp_ 5 лет назад +7

      Undertake ost was used quite a bit

    • @eugenkramaric1173
      @eugenkramaric1173 5 лет назад +1

      Yeeeeeee

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 5 лет назад +63

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

    • @lufthansaA300
      @lufthansaA300 4 года назад +1

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

    • @speed150mph
      @speed150mph 4 года назад +1

      It really was. Just made a little more dramatic.

  • @RehnCookieMuffin
    @RehnCookieMuffin 2 года назад +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

  • @Mossssssssssssssssssssssssssss
    @Mossssssssssssssssssssssssssss 4 года назад +20

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

  • @aintnoway686
    @aintnoway686 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +39

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

    • @prestonbarnett2204
      @prestonbarnett2204 4 года назад +31

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

    • @animasuper1343
      @animasuper1343 4 года назад +31

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

    • @Wanking_wanker
      @Wanking_wanker 4 года назад +5

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

  • @deaustin4018
    @deaustin4018 5 лет назад +116

    ya know, this woulda made a great three stooges episode

    • @jeffreyhavlik3562
      @jeffreyhavlik3562 5 лет назад +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  5 лет назад +6

      Lol that would be funny!

    • @PeterPaul-wz5db
      @PeterPaul-wz5db 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @YeOldeGeezer
      @YeOldeGeezer 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +1

      😶😶😶😶😶 nononono😶😶😶😶😶😶

  • @josephmueller335
    @josephmueller335 2 года назад

    Thank you for uploading these they're really interesting stories

  • @Trash6661
    @Trash6661 4 года назад +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

  • @thecentralfloridarailroader
    @thecentralfloridarailroader 6 лет назад +172

    Da real unstoppable

  • @jstone4374
    @jstone4374 5 лет назад +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

    • @cameronforget284
      @cameronforget284 3 года назад +5

      You determined all that by that blurry ass video of him amazing

    • @Sara-L
      @Sara-L 3 года назад +1

      he hit the switch but it had to be held down.

    • @krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975
      @krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 3 года назад +4

      Lol, I agree. The kick almost knocked the fool on his ass.

  • @icefoxx1523
    @icefoxx1523 Год назад +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*

  • @silly_cartoonlover
    @silly_cartoonlover 4 года назад +45

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

  • @xenomorph2056
    @xenomorph2056 5 лет назад +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 4 года назад +1

      They do look weird but their actually quite functional

  • @krafterz12
    @krafterz12 5 лет назад +34

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

    • @kelharper7971
      @kelharper7971 5 лет назад

      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.

  • @Alaryicjude
    @Alaryicjude 2 года назад

    Your bloopers make these videos just the best!

  • @mlptf
    @mlptf 10 месяцев назад

    Love the selection of music you’ve chosen.

  • @Ilikebakconn2
    @Ilikebakconn2 5 лет назад +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

  • @peridot675
    @peridot675 5 лет назад +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?”

  • @williampeaslee9857
    @williampeaslee9857 3 года назад +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!

  • @Megagirus2000
    @Megagirus2000 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @makelifefun7153
    @makelifefun7153 4 года назад +8

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

  • @OhioFanatic97
    @OhioFanatic97 6 лет назад +69

    Not worthy for preservation my foot CSX

    • @Night_Star6248
      @Night_Star6248 5 лет назад +1

      Matthew Cousino I’m literally dying of laughter

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +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.

  • @dianeellis3925
    @dianeellis3925 Год назад

    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. 😺🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛💖🚂

  • @jtveg
    @jtveg 4 года назад

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

  • @jenniferbenson7782
    @jenniferbenson7782 5 лет назад +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!

  • @adrianspeeder
    @adrianspeeder 5 лет назад +92

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

    • @ah7027
      @ah7027 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад

      @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 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @vtwinbuilder3129
      @vtwinbuilder3129 5 лет назад

      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....

  • @justyourbaconhair0177
    @justyourbaconhair0177 3 года назад +5

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

  • @royjg83
    @royjg83 3 года назад

    Nice video, and I enjoyed the blooper reel too!

  • @MTNDEWGANG
    @MTNDEWGANG 5 лет назад +419

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

  • @HannibalXoner
    @HannibalXoner 5 лет назад +78

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

    • @pqhkr2002
      @pqhkr2002 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @alexasmachine
      @alexasmachine 5 лет назад +1

      Btw great movie! 🎉🎆🎇👻

    • @toddbrown9681
      @toddbrown9681 5 лет назад

      Me too is it from gravity falls?

    • @toddbrown9681
      @toddbrown9681 5 лет назад

      Is that from unstopable?

  • @bigdubby3550
    @bigdubby3550 4 года назад

    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! :)

  • @sirensofwyoming2561
    @sirensofwyoming2561 3 года назад

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

  • @ryanfrogz
    @ryanfrogz 5 лет назад +44

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

    • @breadlikesred7856
      @breadlikesred7856 5 лет назад +4

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

    • @44VR1
      @44VR1 5 лет назад

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

    • @museyoutubes9138
      @museyoutubes9138 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @museyoutubes9138
      @museyoutubes9138 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @andrewplayzgamez112
    @andrewplayzgamez112 4 года назад +31

    I loved the Thomas The Tank Engine music lol

  • @Nightfire-ui9zu
    @Nightfire-ui9zu 3 года назад +7

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

  • @laxknight101
    @laxknight101 4 года назад +12

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

  • @ginawagner9362
    @ginawagner9362 5 лет назад +41

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

  • @breadwineandsong4014
    @breadwineandsong4014 5 лет назад +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.

  • @SportyMabamba
    @SportyMabamba 2 года назад +1

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

  • @rosariormoreno1454
    @rosariormoreno1454 3 года назад

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

  • @spacewolfjr
    @spacewolfjr 5 лет назад +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 Год назад

      Lmao

    • @Nate-Dog
      @Nate-Dog Год назад

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

  • @kurtbrand2852
    @kurtbrand2852 5 лет назад +34

    Diggin the Thomas music

  • @TycoonTitian01
    @TycoonTitian01 3 года назад

    Your audio has improved so much in the past two years

  • @adnanabdillahghifari720
    @adnanabdillahghifari720 2 года назад

    Over 20 years later, this incident will be unforgotten forever

  • @kurtborkman9472
    @kurtborkman9472 4 года назад +29

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

  • @brycelandon6387
    @brycelandon6387 5 лет назад +18

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

  • @singe0diabolique
    @singe0diabolique 4 года назад +1

    I live in Dunkirk, and I watched the train go through town from my kitchen window. It was about the most excitement we'd seen in years, Until a pick up truck crashed into the only gas station in town and cut off traffic for a couple days.

  • @pozzee2809
    @pozzee2809 2 года назад

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

  • @nortonhatfield7312
    @nortonhatfield7312 5 лет назад +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 4 года назад

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

    • @The98Man098
      @The98Man098 4 года назад

      Cajon Pass 1989:

  • @frederickthefox8952
    @frederickthefox8952 4 года назад +14

    I love how you used the old Thomas runaway theme

  • @WrecklessEnterainment
    @WrecklessEnterainment 2 года назад +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.

  • @evantgse
    @evantgse 3 года назад +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

  • @paulkelley9641
    @paulkelley9641 5 лет назад +33

    I remember reading a similar story like this many years ago in a book. It was sitting in a yard running while awaiting a new crew.
    I don't remember the exact details, but it somehow manage moving on its own picking up speed. At one point it jumped a derailer and land on another set of tracks. ( This has to be a work of a fiction writer ) but it was interesting.

  • @hywelw
    @hywelw 4 года назад +5

    Thanks very much for this! I'd never heard of this before!
    Normally I don't like documentaries that mix real life footage with simulated but this worked very well to explain what happened!

  • @duskshel8119
    @duskshel8119 2 года назад +3

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

  • @Dominic_812
    @Dominic_812 2 года назад +1

    Conclusion: never leave an engine while it’s still moving or anything stupid like that since it’s going to cause a chase and may crash

  • @MatthewMello
    @MatthewMello 5 лет назад +222

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

    • @matcausey1778
      @matcausey1778 5 лет назад +5

      Australia

    • @mordokch
      @mordokch 5 лет назад +76

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

    • @thenoblegerman2637
      @thenoblegerman2637 5 лет назад +8

      Big Boy coupled to 20 freight cars

    • @algrayson8965
      @algrayson8965 5 лет назад +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 5 лет назад +5

      Wal-Mart 😎

  • @tencents49
    @tencents49 5 лет назад +12

    Dang this TTTE soundtrack is more fire than my spotify playlist

  • @alexbelle3941
    @alexbelle3941 4 года назад

    Nice nostalgic nod to Runaway Train (1985) with the music at the beginning. 👍

  • @greatwesternducksproductio6487
    @greatwesternducksproductio6487 3 года назад +6

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