It sounds like you could hear the air release of the emergency brakes engaging about three cars before the split got to your camera, so it really did happen just about right next to you. That had to have been something to experience! Convenient that 301 was right there to give the conductor a ride. :)
This is a bad time to upload this type of video. That railfan that caused the derailment has the police and companies watching everything on here. A domino effect will happen within the rain fan community pretty soon. Get ready for some changes.
25 feet and i'd be in the bushes.. You seem new, im normally not that close and even if it seems like I am, its most likely a tripod shot, im not actually that close and I do know what im getting myself into if I am. 99.9% of shots is on a station platform, this one included
Conductor was on the wrong side making that joint. Now he has to either walk around the 4 autoracks to the other side (I hope he did) or climb through. Old style autos are not designed properly to cross through.
I don’t see any busted knuckles and until you work somewhere, don’t make comments them damn auto tracks are a problem. They always will be coming in and out auto ports them long draw bars them trollies can be problems. I didn’t see a knuckle there and why comment about getting hit by a broken knuckle? He’s standing on a passenger platform.
I recording CN shunting potash cars watched as several cars derailed as they picked up speed as normal to place cars as fast as possible. they tore up 300 feet of track and ties with 3 engines tied down for weeks.
Thanks to capitol city rail productions now every time a inconvenience happens on a train & when a railfan or a person records they are going to think the person recording did it.
What are the odds that this would happen right in front of you as you're railfanning! 😅 Amazing luck, thanks for sharing it with us! And glad that it wasn't too much of an inconvenience for the railroad too.
Crazy how people saying “did you cause this” like you could have just said “the hell with physics” but all jokes aside I can see why people are questioning the situation due to what happen with that one foamer
You got lucky that happening right next to you. Kinda strange the knuckle didn’t break, maybe the pin didn’t fully drop down when the train was being built and it just happened to open at that spot, who knows. Great catch👍🏼🇺🇸😎🪝
