Rescue Train Crashed in Front of a Train Wreck

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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!