Not all intentional train derailments are criminal, but it's #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #shorts Music: Virginia Highway - Tigerblood Jewel Footage: Creative Commons Library
To qoute one of the best game out there: "The maintenance costs of bridges and tunnels depends on their height and depth" Hmm, never thought that was a thing....
@@RAVENS_ARE_THE_BEST_IN_THE_NFL so all these parts scatter from the wreck and not a single one goes under the train to touch the wheels? Couldnt have anything to do with the design of that device?
@@cgreen339 a derail is shaped like a V and yes are made to lift and kick the wheels off one side of the rail, when a train hits a car or truck, usually nothing large enough makes it under the plow to derail the train, but there has been derailments from hitting semi trucks and the load or trailer makes it under the locomotive wheels
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Exactly. "this is not what you think." I knew that was a derailer and I have seen a yard situation where two loco's collided because they had not protected the track with the derailer.
@@Transit24 well, if you had common sense, it will actually make sense to have one of these things for different purposes instead of just instantly saying, why would they have that?
@@Transit24 most of us DO expect that, clown. You thought they would just let it crash into whatever they're protecting down the track? What if the bridge is out... you thought they would just let everyone onboard die?
On a class 1 railroad, you will not see a portable derail on a mainline track. You will see them in a yard track more than anything else, as a form of alternate protection. Derails in mainline adjacent yard tracks are operated by train crews only. Then there are power details that are an entire different story. However, they do not have lights on them, and in permanently attached to the track applications there is not a sign directly on the derail
@@kaseyaldrich4746 I've seen them used by maintenance away on dual main when they're welding on the opposite side. You're right though "portable" derails are usually used by carmen inside a yard. There are many many permanent switch operated, and dual operated derails on main though, way too many industries are directly off mainline.
@@joeh5538 I said power and permanent were completely different. And again, on a class 1 railroad, you do not use a portable derail on main line, that is to say atleast on UP lines. It’s in the rules. You WILL find yourself in boiling hot water over that. Power derails are seen in sidings and controlled by dispatchers but they aren’t designed like this. They an actual switch that’s designed to just go nowhere. Permanent derails are used in yard applications off the mainline and are used by the locals. Been in UP signal maintenance for way to many years, like farmers says, I know a thing or two cause I’ve seen a thing or two
The derail is also used if your parked and your train starts to roll. The detail will stop a train from going onto the main track and causing a collision
One of these was used to try derail CSX 8888, or 'Crazy Eights' but the train was moving too fast, and knocked the derailer out of place. The train had runaway after its operator saw a switch in the wrong position. He applied the brakes, and climbed out to switch the switch, but in putting on the brakes, he had disabled a safety feature knows as a dead man switch, and instead of increasing one of the brakes, he increased the throttle, and was unable to get back on. The train was eventually chased down by another train, and slowed down, with someone being able to get onboard and stop the train.
Same thing happened in Norway with a bunch of runaway freight cars in the Sjursøya incident. They attempted to set a derailer for them, but all they did was send that derailer flying. Only successful derail / stop was when the consist smashed through a semi trailer, a freight office and finally got stopped when they landed in the sea.
Ah, derailers! (Usually just called derails because we're lazy). Great things, useful for more than just construction. They also help control train traffic through force, which is particularly useful when somebody tries to get onto the main railroad line from their factory without authorization. Incidents like that are typically why derails are locked into the derailing position.
@@arbitratedshan2783 you should make a RU-vid short about that! I’ve never heard of the practice but I don’t know a lot about trains. It sounds interesting and dangerous
@@F40M07 the problem whit humor is you need context to understand the humor that’s what I’m asking you if I told you a joke about what have in common a Peronist rockets in the Stratosphere and a red Ferrari you won’t get it because you probably don’t have the context to get it
I have been in a train that accidentally got derailed. There was a thump noise, a bit of creaking, and the train shook quite a bit, but nothing serious happened to us passengers, except my sister spilling her hot chocolate over herself lol.
Very important to remember is that derailers are only reliable at very low speeds. At higher speeds, those derailers turn into an unpredictable projectile that barely impacts the train.
They’re called blue flags and they’re put up when a track is not supposed to have any moving trains on it. It’s a symbol to crew that it’s safe to get on and off a train for maintenance or other things. A blue flag is placed at the front and rear of the train and as long as the blue flags are up, that section of track is in a protected state. But it also doubles as a derailment device in case a train were to come head on to the stationary train where people are working. Edit: I know this because I work on trains and blue flag protocol is taken very seriously
@@aprilecotton2060 I can’t speak for the blue flag but just on train visibility. A slight curve through town, a slight grade in elevation, weather conditions like rain, fog, and blowing dirt, and just human error through fatigue, distractions or miss communication may hide an oncoming train or prevent someone seeing any signs of danger. Even judging the distance and speed that a train is coming can be difficult unless your way off to the side of the tracks. And don’t forget, if they are working on the tracks, there may be a whole crew out there with all sorts of loud equipment making repairs to a train or tracks. It’s not just a couple workers hammering railroad spikes in the ground with a hammer who can simply step aside. For instance, you say you can see them for miles, then how do you have 2 massive mile long freight trains hit head on out in open flat country with no trees or obstacles around bursting into flames on impact with train cars wadded up a mile long? There was only one track out where it happened just south of town where I used to live. Sure this was human error but sadly had a fatal ending. If you were joking in your comment, my bad for it going over my head.😀
@@anthonyskata it doesnt matter what the train is doing. You can literally remove all your things from the track before the train gets there. You can see it coming miles away. Move your stuff. Easy.
@@aprilecotton2060Tell me you have absolutely zero idea what you're talking about without telling me you have absolutely zero idea what you're talking about. Lmfao
@@noahlankford1 like rerailing frogs? i think i saw something similar, in Poland our emergencie trains uses hydraulic pistons to lift the car and push it at the rails, mostly used when the car is damaged and we dont want to risk it to rip off when pulling on.
A couple years ago, the movie Unstoppable with Denzel Washington and Chris Pine was partly filmed in the town in live in. And the part in the movie where the train gets derailed was filmed here and they used a derailer to flip the train off the tracks. It was pretty cool to see it. Of course they added explosives and stuff to make it more intense, the train was made of foam, except for the frame. Got to be an extra for a day too.
Sadly the entire premise of that movie cannot happen. Every motor has an alarm button that has to be pressed every minute or the train shuts down and applies emergency brakes. The only way a train can runaway is from gravity and the brakes fail. Which will cause it to crash in the first curve it meets that exceeds the speed of curve. Which doesn’t take much. Many curves have spreed limits of 20 mph.
@@kris.tea.p oh it’s a good movie with 2 great actors and I do enjoy it very much. But as a class 1 engineer it makes me laugh at the entire premise of a runaway train. But that’s Hollywood for ya.
As someone who rerails cars for the railroad we have a tool called the rerailer. Not a huge fan of using wood unless the track is rolled then you have no choice but to use it.
- This is not what you think! - shows a sign that says "Derail" Hmm, yes. In other news, high-speed rail is high-speed. Guess you could say these videos have gone... _off the rails._ l love how to de-rail a train you use this specifically designed piece of equipment. But to re rail the train you just toss a couple 2×4s down and call it a day
Didn't expect to learn how train re-rails in a train derailment video, always thought about that but I guess it's just as "easy" as moving the train back into the rails
Depends if the rails get twisted. A low speed derailment can be retailed by clamping a sort of ramp to the rail and rolling back up. I saw a J class derail a pony wheel and was re-railed with pieces of wood.
@@darylcheshire1618 Ooh, if the rails get twisted I guess they'd have to replace the section that's twisted then? I've seen documentaries about rail maintenance but they never talk about derailing
@@Wakabatan Yes they have to clear the derailed vehicles with cranes and then replace the rails. If it’s really bad, a bypass track is laid around the mess. In a railfan magazine I’ve seen pictures of a B class diesel lifted up by two steam cranes.
I'm assuming doing this tactically it will cause minimum damage to the train itself and the track costing only a few thousand rather than a few hundred thousand to repair
Actually, it is more about the human cost than the monetary cost. The derails are almost always used at industrial customer junctions to prevent customer cars from getting onto the mainline. You can imagine how bad it would be to the humans if a train going 60 mph that takes 1.5 miles to stop turns a corner to find a runaway boxcar on the mainline. A thousand to fix the derailed car and rail is better than the million dollar wrongful death lawsuit.
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@@Evhaven-The-Auto-Robloxhe cameraman is obviously behind the camera, stupid! How else would he be able to Film then?? Also to clear this confusion up: its a meme. Whenever you see something happening in a Video, people call the viewing point "cameraman" and act as if hes all mighty. For example: you see an Animation of the big bang. People the act as if the camera used in the 3d program, file viewer, etc. Is a person often described as the cameraman. Then someone would say "the cameraman in this video is so brave! He recorded the creation of the universe!!", thats the meme.
Love trains so much, it runs in the family as my father loved traveling across the DPRK by train too. A train is how I got to summits in Beijing, Hanoi, and Vladivostok. Yes planes are quicker, but you take in so much more by riding a train.
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@@onefastsleda derailer wouldn’t have helped in those situations those were main line derails n having a derailer wouldnt have prevented those. im a train conductor n research a bit into those incidents
Except this channel is getting too annoying... why does it keeps saying "but it's not what you think" when it is what actually we think it is? not all people are dumb and ignorant. this is the reason why I never subbed to this channel but it keeps appearing on my shorts. Time will come I will permanently block this channel.
They are also used at rail yards/sidings that aren’t heavily used (in my area) should something stabled in that road has its brakes fail amd tolls, it doesn’t interfere with the active lines
Here in the UK we have intentional derailment switches to do this very purpose. If there's anything like a run away train the signaller can activate the switch to derail the train
North American railroads have those too. They are called switch point derailers. Mainly near yards and sidings. Industrial sidings are required to have a derailer and it's usually a hand thrown one like in this video
Ship a bunch of those to Russia and Belarus and offer 10k USD to everyone who derailes a train. Russias Military would have massive logistic problems then.
Guys, I have a simpler solution than buying a chunk of metal that will only temporarily stall the Russian supply trains *Sabotage the tracks, the trains can't move if the track disappears*
One of 2 people in the engine. Both of witch most likely died within a couple seconds of impact. I remember watching this during training for the conductor course and if I'm not mistaken it's safe to say that anyone in a head on collision with a nother train died. Usually no one makes it out alive and the collision leave both trains to scraps.
