Train V Tornado!

[IvanTheTerrible]

Guess who wins?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azV5bC2br-Q

[renormalised]

Pretty spectacular!!!:eyepop:

But what fool would brave a tornado, especially one that was an F2-3 at the time!!!:screwy:

[iceman]

Wow, nasty. Glad it wasn't a passenger train!

[stephenb]

Amazing video. Thanks for posting.

With these types of videos on You Tube, I am also bewildered at how so many people immediately cry "it's fake". I see this arguement in so many videos published on the internet. I wonder if it is a product of the internet generation. Is is that people do not want to believe that accidents happen? Or that the younger generations have been so conditioned to CGI and special effects in movies and TV, that nothing seems real?

May I add another one? I can assure you that this one is also real because the actual documentation for the accident is available on the FRA (Federal Rail Auth.) website.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAARJMN5020

[merlin8r]

Tornadoes form quickly, and trains do not stop quickly. Nor can they move to avoid one!

[iceman]

Wow, see the driver from the other train jump out!!

[renormalised]

All true....but it doesn't take much to keep an eye out on what's happening outside the cabin...and keep abreast of the weather on the radio. Even if they couldn't avoid the tornado, slowing down and stopping would've prevented a massive pile up:)

[renormalised]

That second train was parked too close to the turnout (he had the signals against him), which means it was probably his fault the trains collided. Otherwise, they'd have passed by safely.

Ruined two good SD60 locos!!!!.

[stephenb]

hehe... you know your trains. Here is the report from the FRA website (converted to a pdf file)

[renormalised]

Bit of a train enthusiast:D:D

I'm in the process of building an N scale model of the railway (BNSF) that's mentioned in the report:D

[merlin8r]

At best it takes a mile or two to stop a freight train. And tornado warnings are at best around ten minutes. Plus, looking at the video it doesn't look like he drove through a tornado, there was just one close by.

Still, I was expecting much, much worse when I saw that tanker careening towards the locomotive!

[renormalised]

True, depending the speed at the time.

So did I....wonder what was in the tanker?? From the report, it sounded like some hazardous waste or liquid of some sort.

[AstralTraveller]

Is it normal to have cameras mounted in the loco recording what is happening? Is that done in Aust?

[stephenb]

It is becoming common in the US.



I am doing a freelance N scale layout in covering BNSF, SOO and B&O, initally in the Montana/Marias Pass area but I've changed it to more around Ohio/Indiana area.

Better cut this out or we'll have to ask for a dedicated IIS sub-forum for model trains!:lol: So many hobbies, so little money :(

[renormalised]

Hey Stephen, have you seen that YouTube video "World's Worst Model Train Wrecks"??....really silly, but fun:P:D:D

[renormalised]

Just going to add a couple of my favourite train vids from YouTube:D:D

First is Dave Vollmer's PRR Juniata Division N Scale model...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veEvKHFGd5s&feature=related

and Orlando NTrak Model Railroad Club's "Trains at Track Level"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xSOse3e_vg

Enjoy:D:D

[stephenb]

Is this the one? Very funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC8VzVmNPOI

[renormalised]

Yeah, that's it!!. Crazy:P:D:D