Rescue 911-Episode 116 "Amtrak" (Part 1)

[geomodelrailroader]

this could have been avoided 20 years after this crash COSTER had a crash in Cali caused by the same reason engineer using drugs and running a red light at an open switch. on the railroad red means STOP shut your engine down and wait this guy parked his power on AMTRAK property and caused a derailment it could have been avoided.

[howardkevinm]

i love how Amtrak says they have record ridership? oh ya whens the last time they had 650 people on one train? 20-30yrs ago? i doubt more than 150 people ride any Amtrak train at any given time. even on the long distance trains barely have 200 on a train designed to handle 450

[grizzleybearz282004]

he he said grbing legs arms & feet was he saying pepoles body parts were all over the place ?

[SpecializedChild462]

@grizzleybearz282004 he meant that people were everywhere broken

[grizzleybearz282004]

@SpecializedChild462 that is realy messed up can you imagine how many reapers and angels were there takeing pepole to the other sides

[SpecializedChild462]

@grizzleybearz282004 15 people had their lives taken by this.

[Snoep76239]

I guess trains are a little too expensive for them to have done a reenactment, huh? Great episode, though...

[ALS2001]

These are not parked Railroad Cars, they were 3 Conrail LOCOMOTIVES, the engineer ran a red signal, fouled the amtrak train. The engineer was under the influance of drugs

[csbrucke]

@ALS2001 That is conrail qualtiy

[Spacek531]

@ALS2001 The show gives the correct information.

[TrackMaster555]

OH MY GOD! I AM A RAILFAN, I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT RAILWAY RULES BUT I KNOW THAT UR NOT SUPPOSED TO PAK UR FRIGGIN ENGINES ON THE FRIGGIN MAIN LINE!!! DUMB ASSES!

[howardkevinm]

as far as i know only 2 accidents have occured on the northeast corridor since the PRR electirifed it. 1) the Congressional crash at Frankford Junction, and this one. well 3 if u count the federal express wreck.

[CPR9818]

It wasn't three parked cars they were locomotives.

[robertgift]

Caused by the idiot locomotivengineer Ricky Lynn Gates who was smoking marijuana? Brakeman, Edward "Butch" Cromwell was also responsible for catching Gates missing signals. Both should be in prison. Killed 16 innocent people.

[roadsvcman25]

i happened to watch the youtube video titled "Spike TV train wrecks" and the engineer of the freight locos causing this mess was on drugs

[Ajosow489]

If I had lived in that neighborhood, i wouldnt help anyone. I wouldnt want all that blood,krap in my house/ bed.

[metroliner89]

If they were not to supposed to be there why were they there dumbass...

[trainzchronicles]

@metroliner89 well the part they forget to tell you is that the engineer of the other train was drunk and ran several signals and plowed into the train X_X 

[superlurf]

5:08 adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads adiads

[gtasandman]

im not runing that train on my layout

[MarioKartWii64]

No! Not the Amtrak! DX

[Amtrak1194]

The engineer of the Conrail locomotive set was instructed not to move his power onto the main but he did with 100mph of AEM7 and six passengers right behind him...

he later admitted to being under the influence of Marijuana and served time in prison

[geomodelrailroader]

@Amtrak1194 he should leaving a switch open, moving a train when the signal was red,and DUI. this accident was happened to the Coast Star Accident in San Joe California except the train stalled and a UP train smashed into him head on.

[Amtrak1194]

Before America had any high speed trains the AEM7's DOMINATED the NEC!!!

we weren't even testing the ICE or X2000 yet!

[zzzzdreamzzz]

i remember my mom had this on for hours when it happened, i think it was still wbal that aired it back then on their news coverage

[BeautifulXable]

im scared of NY subways .-. since its underground and water is above it i saw water leaking .... from the roof .. and the train goes super fast! like its scary .

[bls2134]

The Conrail engineer, Ricky Gates, later admitted he was under the influence of marijuana.

He served four years in prison and later became an addiction counselor.

[Amtrak1194]

@bls2134 this was also included in the SpikeTV special Train Wrecks

[EmmaBrownful]

dows he say at the end. we have no idea how many we are going to be killing.

[ncrsissy96]

@EmmaBrownful  he said we had no idea how many were going to be coming

[EmmaBrownful]

@ncrsissy96 thanx! I was hoping for an answer! ^^

[deepscan101]

Why drugs and brains don't mix.

[acrews82]

Both my parents and uncle were there on Jan 4 1987 helping.

[sn1pe352]

there should be protocols for small towns like these, usually they build the emergency hospitals and personal around the towns population..but if large transport pass through towns infrastructure the towns should be required to have a large military helicopter of some sort that can handle hundreds of people for transport to a larger facility. Food for though

[dmn110]

@sn1pe352 That's Baltimore County Fire Department in Maryland... It's not a small department.

[xXxXBleedPurpleXxXx]

@dmn110 nope, it's huge, they are everywhere, and they are the best!!!!!! i <3 baltimore!!!

[1998ChevroletS10]

hate that when trains are on a track when there notsupposed to be

[scorpianofthesun]

I was on Amtrak not too long ago.

[firemanupton]

how many people died cause of the accident

[123chinch456]

@firemanupton i think it was something like 16 people dead. it was the worst in the us for a while, until 1993, when the sunset limited derailed off of that bridge

[chadg7200]

My friend was a USCG rescue swimmer who reponded on that call. became a die hard railfan after that lol. He saw a car start to sink and though it was like quiksand

[roundhouser]

This accident is the reason we have drug tests on the railroad now. Conrail engineer Ricky Gates was high and ran his three Conrail engines into the path of this Amtrak train. He was charged and served a prison sentence for this accident.

[CtTrainguy52]

Wow that AEM7 is smashed and so was the rest of the train.

[GoldenCreekValleyRR]

heres one thing that the engineer should know. If he sees a train in front of him slam on the e brake and evacuate all the people to the back of the train as fast as posible

[railREAPER]

The engineer in the locomotive would have to run all the way through the engine compartment to get to the coaches to warn the passengers. There would be no time for him to do so.

This train was also moving very fast as that line is a high speed rail line

and one thing people ALWAYS forget: Trains can't stop quickly!

[AEMoreira81]

The Amtrak engineer died in the wreck.

[CtTrainguy52]

Uhh that would also be impossible since the Locomotive on the Amtrak train is called an AEM-7. they have cabs on both sides and even If you tried to reach the Amfleet coaches. there is no door to acess to the coaches other than the doors on the sides of the loco.

[kubotaman85]

it takes over a mile for a train to stop!

[gtw4918]

He came around a blind corner and had no time to do anything, he can't go through all the cars in 3 seconds, he can't even get out of that type of locomotive if it is moving.

[jOWNZin22]

television sucks now...all of these shows are gone...all there is is crap on tv...hopefully americas most wanted wont go anywhere.

[xLonelyAspiex]

@jOWNZin22 I agree, they just don't make shows like they used to. Times now sucks.

[jr540123]

@jOWNZin22 i sure hope its stays for at least 10 more years

[bettyboop65340]

was wondering why amtrak had to go 105 in a residential area. why do they have to go so fast?

[MilwaukeeSDman]

Amtrak is trying to get people places fast & safley. They have made alot of improvments cince then

[CSXKid5016]

Because its not really a residential area. Just because their are houses next to the tracks does not mean it was residential. There werent any crossings so it was not very likely for an accident. It was Amtraks high speed rail. It was ConRails fault.

[AEMoreira81]

That line is rated for 105 mph because it's straight track. Freights normally do not use the line, and it also turns out the engineer of the Conrail train was drunk and fouled the line. The engineer served four years in prison.

[mongo5888]

Not long enough.

[Spaceshotx7]

I used to watch that show. Why don't they revive that show, and make new episodes?

[engine801]

my dad was on this call he is a baltimorecounty firefighter

[ThatHaloNerd117]

hey my aunt lives in baltimore :D

[MilwaukeeSDman]

Thats a First It wasnt amtraks fault

[ijeffrey85]

thanks for these great VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!

[OneSkiWonder]

Always plan for and expect the worst, that way when the worst happens you are ready for it.

[jwippel]

Yes, it was 3 Conrail locomotives, that ran a stop signal and slid thru a closed switch AND STOPPED directly in the path of a hi-speed Amtrak train. The idiot Gates Conrail engineer should have just kept on going, instead of trying to stop. It would have GREATLY reduced causualties. Hell, he was getting fired/going to jail/going somewhere else later on. why try to save face at that point???

[jmm2000]

When the engineer operating the Conrail locomotives ran through the switch, he went from traveling 60mph to almost 25 mph because the 3rd unit derailed and got hung up on the track. The Amtrak commuter was traveling at 105 mph when it went into full emergency stop seeing the locomotives in its path. Besides the Conrail crew smoking marijuana, the locomotives had Positive Train Control System to run on high-speed track and were disabled by the crew to muffle the warning sounds and alarms.

[trainlover479]

oh and u said in more info that is was railroad cars BUT THEY WERE 3 CONRAIL LOCOMOTIVES

[trainlover479]

THIS IS WHY I HATE CONRAIL!

[vickiormindyb]

I might have used the word wrong, but I mean the number of units you have to take in order to get your National License for EMT. Or, in the case of someone who already has it, a unit added to the list that you have to learn to stay current.

They divide the training into units: like Bleeding Control, treating for shock, IO insertion, starting an I.V, Airway Management, etc.

[triezen007]

I smell major multiple lawsuits here.

[BDOUG23]

@triezen007 It was 1987! LOL I'm sure it's all taken care of by now..lol

[vickiormindyb]

This is one of those Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) scenes.

They didn't have CISD in 1987, when I began my career as an EMT. I don't remember when they began, b/c I was off my job from 1990 to 1993. When I returned, all of a sudden there were stress debriefings for incidents like the one in this segment.

I was off work again, from 2001 to 2004, and returned to find Terrorism and WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) added to our curriculum.

[sonyfan246]

The horn at the start sound like one from RCT3 (at around :30)

[RailFanDavid]

this was on the show Trouble on the tracks.

[RailFanDavid]

the engineer of the Conrail locomotives had traces of marajauna in his blood.

[fordoffroad1987]

Oops...ran a red. DECERT DECERT!

[gregorkrause]

the helicopter at 1:14 reminds me of "Suicide mission" #106

[CoastStarlight11]

DANG!

[morgan474]

i rember this that day. and i will never forget this day when i heard this on the nes i was 12 years old when this happen

[eabdeb8176]

your from Edgemere? I used to live there I lived on Grace Road in Sparrows point and near Maryland Ave in Essex, MD.

[eabdeb8176]

if your 28 now you couldn't have possibly been 12 when that happened. This happened in 1987 at the most you were 6 7 years old.

[chrismollcdx1012]

OMG!! gas leacking out and its gunna explode! how come not many FD's near in time?

[DeltaFoxtrotWhiskey3]

You see the sign on the station? Volunteer.

Their resources arent exactly comparable to tax funded depts. They might even cover half the county, and this scene might have been some distance from the firehouse.

[chrismollcdx1012]

lol conrail, the reason why you dont see them that much anymore

[killman369547]

ive always questioned the saftey of conrail

[ilovenxstage]

I just noticed at 1:50, one pane of glass on the windshield of the AEM-7 (the second unit #900, I think) is not broken, despite all the devastation. I couldn't remember if safety glass was in use on locomotives in 1987.

[ACLTony]

Heart-wrenching tragedy. Neither these 16 victims, nor their families, deserved this! One positive result was the eventual mandatory drug testing of rail and transit workers. I was a transit union steward, but supported it. It angered me that employees repairing or operating vehicles that transported the public were arrogantly selfish enough to put innocent lives in danger by getting high or drunk. Some, of course, convinced themselves that they easily "handle their high" and perform at 100%.

[maduik]

that's insane!!! it would be terrifying!

[Trainman11185]

the horn on the Amtrak train at 0:28 sounded like a Prime 990

[ACLTony]

Hmmm. You don't think that it's more like a Nathan K5H?

[BrodyFarmBoy]

ther was one wreck in chase,maryland the same thing happened

[seafood360]

thats what this is

[connellyx3]

my dad is in this!

[gardog19]

cooollll swweeetttt icant blove they tok this off on tv this is a reeely good show kpeit on

[connellyx3]

i no i loved it!

[deathstarmygnr]

the Amtrak engineer had nothing to do wti the wreck either it was the Conail engineer's dumb actions by missing signals, getting high etc.

[deathstarmygnr]

edit: I meant Conrail.

[deathstarmygnr]

Too bad the Contrail engineer and other crew member had Marijuana in their system. It's a shame. :(

[seafood360]

and cocaine

[Train538]

Hey. This is the accident with AEM-7 900 and 903!

[mrsshonio24]

i was 3 when it happened, and we were driving over the bridge over top of the tracks and my mom and stepdad heard the crash, and stopped the car and ran down to help. My great-grandma stayed with me in the car. All i remember is that it was in the local news for many days. there used to be a road through there, but after the accident, they closed part of the road and made it a dead end. I used to have friends that lived on the street by where it happened.

[SegaJackNLS]

this is the worst one iv seen yet

[lirr56890]

did the t/o died or no.

[JacksonvilleFULL]

i feel bad for the people in the train=(

[DNAngel50000000]

i might go 2 orlando on an amtrak :(

[CSXKid5016]

Is that bad?

[DNAngel50000000]

amtrak has bad rep with accidents

[mongo5888]

Yes, because of fucking retards (i.e. the public) not paying attention to the trains.

[Texastrainman]

This wreck was shown on the Train Wrecks show!

[jmm2000]

This accident involved an Amtrak passenger train colliding with a trio of Conrail locomotives.

[BluewaterNRHSfan]

So the video description neeads to be changed from "parked railroad cars" to "Conrail locomotives"

[jmm2000]

Yep.

[srubi74]

Anyone who finds shows about this sort of disaster senarios (for instance train crashes, plane crashes, gas explosions, building collapses, etc) interesting should check out the shows "Seconds from Disaster" and "Air Emergency". They air on the National Geographic Channel and are somewhat similar to this except more in depth exploring the personal stories as well as the technical "what went wrong" part of things. I find those shows very interesting, so thought I'd pass that suggestion along.

[gregorkrause]

the trains where real footage, however it seems the scene with the dispatchers and the fire engines leaving the station are definitely reenacted.

[davinp]

Today tracks are owned by CSX, except 1 owned by Amtrak. Norfolk Southern owns tracks in that go west in Virginia and south states. VRE and MARC commuter rail use the tracks.