Rescue Train Crashed in Front of a Train Wreck

1. stacy09
   August 23rd, 2009 at 3:41 am

   OMG... It takes my breath away. Thanks god that they all are safe.

2. argon
   August 23rd, 2009 at 6:10 am

   They should make him a t-shirt with "I survived the surprise-train and all I got was this t-shirt!" on it

3. Larfin Jackarse
   August 23rd, 2009 at 6:33 am

   That train was moving. Somehow I don't think it was designed to go thhaaatttt fast.

4. SenorMysterioso
   August 23rd, 2009 at 8:33 am

   Maybe it's just me but it seems like a bad idea to send an engine speeding down a track where another train just derailed.

5. D Bozko
   August 23rd, 2009 at 9:44 am

   Either the engine had mechanical difficulties or the engineer was totally unaware of the situation because as "Larfin Jackarse" said, "That train was moving."

6. Tim Giachetti
   August 23rd, 2009 at 9:57 am

   I'm with Larfin. Why in hell was the rescue train hauling ass that fast?

7. aristrah
   August 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm

   i'm croatian, so what actually happened at this quite steep part of the rail was that some underpaid bribe taking minions of evil old men,and i'm not joking here, put a wrong kind of fire retardant onto the tracks, that stuff caused the first derailment, but the service vehicle didn't know that, so they came in at a normal speed and were totaly unable to brake, the tracks being slick like a greased pig and all, also when the driver and the engineer saw what's happening they jumped out while the vehicle was going real slow, so it was actually empty and with locked brakes ha ha, 7 people died in the passanger train thought, thats bad

8. CaseyJones
   August 24th, 2009 at 10:46 am

   Holy cow. Good camerawork to capture that baby right as she pulled through the gap.

9. .-.
   August 24th, 2009 at 12:02 pm

   I completely agree. I too, came to post about how impressive that camera work was. I was suspicious at first because it seemed to have all the seamless fake-amateur zooms and pullouts that you see in "reality" commercials. Shaky enough to have you think it's witness shot, but captures all the elements to deliver a typical story arc. Not to mention the speeding train doesn't even escape the frame! But apparently it's real!

10. Fran
    August 26th, 2009 at 3:17 pm

    I know it's tragic and I'm glad all are safe, but it truly made me giggle until tears rolled down my face. If I spoke the language, I imagine I'd have heard a few WTF's going on there!

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