'The Folded 4 Train' - 1991 Union Square Derailment | Tales From the NYC Subway 

Or moving crazy fast

No you mean it’s Time to PULL THE EMERGENCY BRAKE!!!!!.

@@GABRIELADAWSON That too

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Wow. Thanks for your service. That's wild.

Yes I agree.

You know where the location was by google maps?

Wow, interesting name for it.

Glad you enjoyed this video, and I look forward to making more of these in the future. I'm not sure if I can do a video on things that caused Third-Rail fires, but I definitely can make videos like the 'Suicide Curve' at 110 St on the Ninth Avenue El, or the Times Square Wreck.

@@MysticTransit bruhhhhhh

Remember the conductor who beheaded himself?

@@MysticTransit this is actually pretty good its true to the point that my dad heard about this and he was born in 66 so he was still young in 1991

but he is 56 or 57 now and he is still alive

Thank you very much for posting this. The reporting and description of the 1991 incident was very well reported. The announcer here spoke eloquently and provided all of the sequential facts of the incident. Even though I no longer live in New York I remember this when I was in high school and it was all over the news and I was amazed to see how mangled those trains were as a result of the impact of that accident. I often wonder why that motorman was permitted to operate a train considering he was in questionable condition? If you are operating Transit equipment you really should be tested and checked before you operate. Safety is paramount!

The Lexington Ave line from 42 St - Bowling Green is literally about 10-15 feet below street level. The 1904 tunnels were test experiment tunnels that have thin roofs above directly on street level. 14 St Union Square tunnel on 456 are literally right below the street.

@@historyisthebestmyfans2094 The Lexington Ave line from 42 St - Bowling Green is literally about 10-15 feet below street level. The 1904 tunnels were test experiment tunnels that have thin roofs above directly on street level. 14 St Union Square tunnel on 456 are literally right below the street

I probably would have woken up to the sirens if I lived there at the time. It was a tragic accident for sure.

i can't imagine how much a crane operator for mta makes

Do you mean you had eyes on the train as the accident occurred or that you saw the train as it was once the accident had completed?

I wasn't there at the time of the accident, but within hours after

I was there as a crane operator for MTA transit .I saw the train as it came to test. Looked like a plane crash in a cave. I was surprised with all the damage we had the trains running in 2 weeks time

They weren't trying not to delay service.

@@blue9multimediagroup and instead delayed the services for two weeks………great call.

This accident would never have happened if the dispatcher had sent the motorman home. A typical example of not wanting to rock the boat so a fellow transit worker wouldn't get in trouble. The people who were killed and injured paid a big price.

The 1918 crash as well?

He was tired

Wow. This accident, along with the one in 1995 really changed a lot.

Fucked it up for all the bud smokers

@@ephraimcampos5232 Yeah. Nothing says safety like a stoner or wake-and-baker running a subway train! 😂😂😆

@@OneAdam12Adam everything would be in slow motion lol less B.I.E. Or signal flash

As is often said...those rules are written in blood. In this case, they're in the blood of the five customers who died and the motorman of that J train who died. I wonder if the supervisor was also fired. Ray had shown up in tennis shoes, instead of rubberized boots, in addition to being drunk. While off-duty, Steven Darden could have also pulled the brake (he was riding the train back home and was still on board when disaster finally hit).

Imagine being the train operator who went to work and didn’t make it home to his wife and kids.

@@spectator7186 Its fucking devastating

@@josephnyy86 I work for transit (Train Operator) I knew him, a very good man. It’s a sad situation. Hopefully the man who purposely started the fire is held accountable.

Heck, this is right at the beginning of the pandemic.

Yes

Thank you very much for posting this. The reporting and description of the 1991 incident was very well reported. The announcer here spoke eloquently and provided all of the sequential facts of the incident. Even though I no longer live in New York I remember this when I was in high school and it was all over the news and I was amazed to see how mangled those trains were as a result of the impact of that accident. I often wonder why that motorman was permitted to operate a train considering he was in questionable condition? If you are operating Transit equipment you really should be tested and checked before you operate. Safety is paramount!

Thank you very much for posting this. The reporting and description of the 1991 incident was very well reported. The announcer here spoke eloquently and provided all of the sequential facts of the incident. Even though I no longer live in New York I remember this when I was in high school and it was all over the news and I was amazed to see how mangled those trains were as a result of the impact of that accident. I often wonder why that motorman was permitted to operate a train considering he was in questionable condition? If you are operating Transit equipment you really should be tested and checked before you operate. Safety is paramount!

Singlehandedly brought us the timer signals.

How can I apply

lol, I tried to make it more interesting by using a deeper voice to demonstrate the seriousness of this wreck. That's also the reason why I didn't add music to the video, I felt like it would kill the vibe.

@@MysticTransit A no-nonsese, well detailed, straight forward narration. Excellent!

NO. YOU CAN'T JUST LEAVE A COMMENT LIKE THAT WITHOUT DETAILS. YOU'RE REALLY SUSPECT NOW.

My dad too what a small world

Glad you enjoyed it!

Ooh, I've never heard of that one. I'm glad you enjoyed the video though.

@@MysticTransit He's referring to the Bernard Goetz 1984 subway shooting. Several African American males approached him with the intent of robbery. He takes out his gun and shoots them all. He shot one of them multiple times and made the famous quote of "You don't look so good, here's another." Remember it as if it were yesterday

Oh, I definitely will!

St Vincent's was still open too. If it happened today, all 116 casualties would be flooding Bellevue's emergency department.

Will do!

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I definitely will be creating a video for the 1929 Crash, however, it is not the next video. The next video in this series will be on the 1995 Williamsburg Bridge Collision.

Oh man that sucks to hear.

He wasn’t killed, but he was seriously injured. Hit and run. He was drunk again crossing the street.

Glad you enjoyed the video!

I'll definitely do the 1918 Wreck, however, not soon. The next video is the 1995 Williamsburg Bridge Collision (yeah, another video in the 90's - it's very interesting though). Never heard of Bernie Goetz though, I'm going to have to research that a bit and see if it's suitable for a video.

Glad you think so! I really put a lot of time and effort into this video.

I can see that! Keep up the Great work!

Eventually, I will.

Prospect Park

@@Railoffroader2 that's the station after the curve. The street that crosses the tunnel at the Portal was renamed from Malbone St to Empire Blvd.

@@blue9multimediagroup I was merely mentioning what current station is close to the wreck location.

Glad you are excited to see future videos in this series!

Definitely will! That's actually the next video in this series.

Glad you enjoyed it!

RIP

I'm glad you think so! Already working on the next video in this series!

@@MysticTransit 💯💯💙💢💥👉🙏💪

Yes, all of the footage in this video was shot by me. The pictures are from various sources (found throughout the video). I tried to put in all of the rolling stock that was similar to the ones involved in the crash, and not just some random, newer train.

Yes that was a hot mess