Graniteville Train Crash 14 years later 

Chemical info: what is really dangerous is not the chlorine itself which is just Cl the element on the periodic table, it’s the fact that when not contained it transforms in gas and became extremely dangerous because breathed. Chlorine gas it’s heavy and tends to progressively deposit on ground level and remain lower instead of spreading high in the air, that’s the reason why the gas form is so dangerous for the people that breath the gas, it cause irritation and losing consciousness and remaining on the ground, due to breathing problems and the exposure is maximized. Chlorine gas is a blistering agent’s that bond with the wardrobe and penetrate the skin creating blisters in the mucous membranes like eyes, nose, tracheas and lungs. There’s no effective cure for Chlorine Gas exposure, the only thing doable is to avoid infection on the blisters, and try to reduce the absorption of the substance, by applying Vaseline on the skin exposed. Chlorine gas it’s also a carcinogenic and mutagenic agent, so the aftermaths effects are permanent and different in every subject (it’s also depends on the level of exposure time and quantity).

Those 911 calls were terrifying.

As soon he said “ chlorine gas “ I thought “ this not going to end well is it.”

The instructors told us about this in conductor training for NS in Atlanta.

I had relatives that lived near Granitiville when this happened. Scary.

I love these videos of yours. Very informative, well constructed, and most important of all keeps the audience hooked into the story.

This accident was covered in part of our hazmat training for the railroad. they had us listen to the whole 911 call of a man in some nearby factory who suffocated live on the call. very scary stuff

Yay more train crashes...wait

From what I know from a former NS dispatcher, apparently the line spanning from Aiken to Graniteville was sold off to the Graniteville Railroad, which would form a subsidiary call the Aiken Railroad. They still run today, albeit to the only local industrial area which a old fibreglass plant not far from the railroad.

Im so happy that you didn't let the copyright strike get you down. Good video has always!

I recently found a video of the engineer, Chris Seeling, from 2000 when he was an engineer in training and the crew was recording a video to show his family during Christmas. The train he was training on was 192.

I remember watching a documentary about this crash as a kid, probably shortly after it happened or the investigation finished. All I remembered was a train crash leading to a chemical fog. I could never figure out what the crash was until finding your channel. Thank you. You solved a childhood mystery.

May you please do the Granville disaster that happened on 18 January 1977 It’s been almost 42 years since that happened

Battalion 1 to Dispatch "Start me everything,and don't stop untill I tell you"

nice video

I love your videos!!! Keep it up. Can’t wait until you hit 100k.

DAMN this is really well made!!! The video quality and audio quality has improved by a lot keep up making great content!!!!!

"I think theres been a chain reac"

This is copy and pasted from the bathroom reader Mississauga,Ontario. Trapped! Minutes before midnight on November 10,1979, an axle on a 106-car freight train in Mississauga, just outside Toronto, broke, derailing 23 cars. Their cargo: explosive and toxic chemicals. The derailment immediately caused several propane tanker cars to explode and spilled the contents of several more----caustic soda, styrene, and toluene----onto theoperationThe fire from the propane tanks ignited vapors from the chemicals, causing w massive explosion with a fireball nearly 5,000 feet high. (People 50 miles away saw it.) Among the derailed cars, officials found a tanker carrying 81 tons of chlorine. And it was leaking. If it blew up, it could create a cloud of chlorine gas that could wipe out the entire city. Evacuate! The entire city----including six nursing homes and three large hospitals----would have to be evacuated. Thousands of police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, doctors, nurses, bus drivers, and other volunteers worked around the clock driving people to makeshift evacuation centers outside of town. When it was over, more than 218,000 people were moved in less than 48 hours, not a single life was lost. Until the much less successful post-Hurricane Katrina operation, it was the largest peacetime evacuation in North American history. (It took five days to get the site under control and, thankfully, the chlorine tank never blew.)

Could you do the cascades wreck and the Russian gas leak train wreck?

My dad told me about the Norfolk and Western rail-yard explosion of 1974 in Decatur Illinois that story and the pictures blew my mind, I couldn't believe the destruction that incident caused

I love how you try uploading them on the exact day

The only thing I would like for you to edit on this is that the valley never forgot that region where the accident happened in is known as Midland Valley encompasses about six towns of what's Graniteville is becoming the largest. Almost everyone in the valley in some shape or form was affected. There's a church about a quarter mile from where the accident happened. Three to four years ago they finally replaced the corroded cross that's was on its steeple. To that degree was a symbolic gesture that we were moving on and had moved on.

Finally I have been waiting for this documentary! Nice work! Keep up the good work!

This is the stuff that makes RU-vid still interesting.

These videos are always so different, unique, and interesting all in 1! Can't wait to see more of these!

I live in Augusta near Granitevile.. 192 is still a regular by me with 191, great video!

The phone calls always give me the chills.

Yeses another documentary I love your documentaries the way they are narrated makes them so interesting great vids man

I am from that area and after the factory shut down, it's a bleak situation in that town now. Thanks Norfolk Southern

I can't even imagine that pure feeling of dread the 192 crew said.

I was 8 at the time and lived a block away from this train wreck in Graniteville. It was absolutely terrifying. We had to wrap our heads in towels and breathing felt like needles. Also my hamster died :(

I am super exited for the big event coming next month.

Why is the name similar to Granville? Which is another site of a devastating train wreck, so that might be worth checking some day.

Great video again, a suggestion for a train crash (rather easy one to cover), the Casselton ND crash, NTSB has a video of it, showing views from both cabs

It's like I'm watching Ghost Adventures, but in a train form. I mean, its eerie. Love these videos, keep up the good work!

I did not live close enough to be evacuated but my high school was used as an emergency shelter and we couldn’t return until the school was decontaminated. Hearing those 911 calls breaks my heart. Every time I cross the tracks where this happened I get a knot in my throat thinking about what they went through. 💔

I’ve been waiting for another vid. I love the new intro and your vids.

5:42 that diesel behind 4652 in that picture has the number 611...

Oh my gosh Oh My gosh Oh my gosh! Another one!!!!! Good job making these!

Love ur videos

I live very close to this train wreck, about 5 minutes away, I’m only 9 right now, so i did not witness this event. My grandpa gives me many details about this. I’m from Warrenville SC. Where this has crashed was almost deadly. My grandpa did witness this event. He gave me horrible details, traumatic details. Giving me details about what the train looked like after the crash. He said he saw someone dead. Very horrible. This event always haunts me. The voices in the calls are terrifying. R.I.P. Trains.

I love your videos! And thank you for sharing them!! You and your videos deserve a huge thumbs up!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍

I thought that said “Edited by Mike Wizowski” lol

1996 train wreck on cajon pass for next video on February 1.

I’ve been waiting for you to do a video on this one! Thanks!

But..... What about the 1996 cajon pass train wreck

I had just started my shift at midnight at the Gregg dye plant. This was such a horrible night. I spent 4 days in the burn center with burns on my throat and lungs from being exposed to chlorine gas for approximately 3 1/2 hours.

Thank you, for posting

I was not expecting this but great job!

Hey man, could you think of doing the Mer Rouge train wreck this October?

Bro i love your vids alot! When im bored i watch them and repeat them to pass time! 😀

I grew up near there. The day it happened my daughter called in a panic cuz she heard it on the news and was worried about my dad and step mom. My step mom had called me a little earlier to let us know what happened and that all our relatives living near the area were fine, but it sure scared the crap outta us thou.

I love these little history lessons from you!

I like your videos a lot

Love the editing, very professional

I stayed ab half a mile from this. I was ab 8. I don’t remember hearing it. But I remember the phone calls in the house and chaos. Then the police knocked on the door took us to a hotel. We actually seen the train turned over In the middle of everything otw to some elementary school. It felt apocalyptic . I think we was one of the last to leave w had no car. As a 8 yo being in a hotel w all your neighborhood kids and free ice cream n food is not that bad. But w that being said you could feel the sadness Bc everyone wasn’t okay ppl has family hurt

Great video. You should do a documentary on the Metrolink Glendale Crash on Jan. 26, 2005.

My brother was the engineer on that train that crashed. My brother died in the hospital

I love trains so much

Good job my man for reaching 100K Subs let's go Thunderbolt

Great editing here mate!!👍👍

Always enjoy your videos... They are to the point, real cases and pics

At the same I'm watching this every time I'm enjoying the history of the wreck and is also scaring me on what happened to thoses unlucky people

The engineer of NS 192, Chris Seeling, died from chlorine poisoning. The conductor, William Wright, is still alive today, but still has trouble with his lungs. While it was a tragedy, Chris Seeling actually died doing what he loved. Being an engineer was something he had dreamed of doing since he was a kid. He was a dedicated young man. Even if he was off work, he kept his cell phone on him hoping NS would give him a call soon enough. May he and the other victims rest in God's Hands.

Ok since there's no NTSB report for the cascades wreck could you maybe do the 1953 Pennsylvania railroad train wreck?

My dad sadly died in this accident when i was young and now all these years after not knowing how i should feel about it this gave me a glimpse as to what happened that night so thanks

I just found your channel. I like hearing about the trains. I wish I found it sooner. It tells a nice story but often a sad one. But all together it is an awesome channel. Thank you for sharing these stories. I have a huge Ho train layout. Big fan

only requests i can think of: the Green Mountain, Iowa train wreck of 1910, and the 1911 Odessa,MN train wreck. other than that, great video!

I live in graniteville and have been all in the factories l. I dont know if it is safe though.

that was amazing love your video

So one guy, making one mistake. Cost 9 people their lives. 250 in hospital 1000s out of jobs and affected multiple other jobs... hmn

Will you do the 1979 wreck in Mississauga?

I can drive everything from trucks to motorcycles. Planes and trains are the last thing for me and I love them. Your documentaries are great. Maybe one day I will ride the rails. And fly.

This is why a few railway companies in the UK absolutely refused to use any front-facing points on their lines and instead opted for much more complicated point work which would involve locomotives performing shunting maneuvers just to change tracks.

I saw 4622 years ago on my way to and from elementary school!

Note that GP59E #4652 has been renumbered to 6652 to make room for more AC44C6Ms in the 4600 series

1:43 why do I hear boss music

Via rail 92 anniversry is coming up if you want to do it P.s. your videos are getting better and better keep up the good work

Today marks the 15th anniversary of this crash and also my dad's birthday too He turned 39 back in 2005 and is now 54 and I was nearly 3 years old at the time And thank goodness sense this day nothing bad has happened for the people of graniteville, South Carolina and may all 9 people who died Rest in piece

So, the mystery is, where did I go???

Those 911 calls are really chilling.

Great Video Staszek, subbed

Could you cover the great Clemson train wreck? Happened in 1965

Awesome video! I was hoping you would upload about this today

Thanks for doing this i live around a mile away from where it happened

Can you do a crash in Australia? I haven't seen any on your channel yet

Please make more of these I love them

I just read about this in Reddit, and this video has just recommended to me... Very nice

Nice video I never knew about some of these crashes until I saw your channel

You have a weird interest. I like that

Dude I remember reading about this in a magazine somewhere

Honestly, I like the more serious approach and and less of the cartoon music. Good job

For some future suggestions could you do the 2013 Santiago de Compostela Derailment, the 2015 CSX M.T. Carbon Derailment or the 1998 Eschede Derailment?

You know what? I heard a youtuber talking about this derailment. Dertebbers. He was playing chemical spill simulation or something. This was a while ago

Good work great job on the documentary

I introduced one of my friends to these and he likes em

I love narration

i love your documentary's man keep doing what your doing your great at them! you have also inspired my like for trains too!

I work for NS as a conductor and didn't know that about NS 6900 I will have to keep an eye out for it now.