Rocket Powered Train Impact Test

[bestamerica]

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the train is more harden metal and stronger metal than trailer / truck

[ThatAdelaideGuy]

Nike Rocket Motors: Just do it

[terminalblue]

that's flasking amazing

[Spencerianism]

6 rocket moters to get the train to 80 mph?

[bfs1888]

um, i'm sure this train was at a much better at 80 mph, than regular trains doing 80 mph, becuse of the rockets,,,,who in the fuck was this trying to impress because of the rockets? (besides idiots) was this film made during the 'convoy' trucking years? 

[saintangerinc]

results could be devastating muahahahahahahahahah!

[samubabe101]

4 JATO ROCKETS DAMN.

[hamslam199]

thats chuck norris's lunch box

[WormsInMyPoop]

I hope the truck driver got out in time, otherwise he could possibly get an ouey.

[BTCRAIL101FILMS]

Chuck Norris is playing with his new train set....

[RoadCaptainEntertain]

The Truck Driver needs some Baby Wipes!

[bpeterdude316]

chuck norris train :D

[uswine]

well yes i did .......damn n right next to the m

[mushroomslookcool]

you spelled "impact" wrong in the title.

[Postbus22]

But . . . Will it blend?

[rgcw5]

@speaker police, the locomotive was an ALCo MRS-1

[RailBuffRob]

It didn't look like the locomotive was moving any faster than it would on it's own power, so why ruin a locomotive when they could've just loaded a hopper car to the same weight as a locomotive and rocket propelled that instead?

[SpeakerPolice]

What locomotive type was that? Looked like a Baldwin or a really old high-hood GE! Waste of an awesome machine. I wonder if the frame was ruined.

[Msts196]

ok, the container is safe, but what would happen to the crew in the locomotive?

[uswine]

@Msts196 obviously they would be highly impacted

[uswine]

for anyone thats interested ..... modern diesel locamotives can accelerate from 0 to 90 in about 30 seconds or about a half mile of track ... sandia has 10,000 feet for thsi type of testin .... so they never needed the rockets ... just put some diesel in the tank and fire it up.

[uswine]

THE ONLY REASON THEY USED ROCKETS IS NOT RELATED TO WETHER THE TRACK WAS SHORT OR THE ENGINES SUFFICIENT TO GET THE TRAIN UP TO 80MPH….. … SANDIA HAS A DEDICATED FACILITY FOR STRAPING ROCKETS ONTO SHIT AND DESTROYING IT …. THAT’S ALL THEY DO … SO THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED GO TO THE WEBSITE

sandia.gov/vqsec/SON-ST.html

[VisionXray23]

They needed to test the worst possible scenario. Getting hit by a rocket train.

[jpdemers]

When did the Mythbusters start working for Sandia?

BTW, if you want to wind a locomotive up to 80 mph, your choices are to build several miles of track, or strap rockets to the thing. Gonna cost a lot either way ... I'm betting they had the rockets on hand, or got them for free from the obsolete Nike program.

[uswine]

you only need 1/2 a mile for an unloaded engine .... easy to verify on web under train acceleration rates

[bryanjduggan]

@uswine The rockets are also meant to simulate the momentum of a fully loaded train. An unloaded train has several orders of magnitude less energy than a loaded train. Adding the rocket can help to transfer a larger amount of energy throughout the collision than the unloaded train engine alone.

[jpdemers]

When did the Mythbusters start working for Sandia?

BTW, if you want to wind a locomotive up to 80 mph, your choices are to build several miles of track, or strap rockets to the thing. Gonna cost a lot either way ... I'm betting they had the rockets on hand, or got them for free from the obsolete Nike program.

[uswine]

@jpdemers Yes I agree ... had the rockets laying around from decomissioning nike ajax air defense system ... just somthing to do for fun under the auspice of real science

[rjones6801]

But what if the train hit the container...into a VOLCANO!

[TheMr360elite]

the train at a hell of a lot of beans xD

[MORPHEUSou812]

big waste of time and taxpayer dollars.

[hzuiel]

@MORPHEUSou812 And I'm sure you didn't justify your idiotic statement with any valid argument because you don't have one.

[rekuykendal]

rocket fart

[jeepers2655]

actually it was jet powered......the one in Indiana.....

[jeepers2655]

they had a rocket powered train in the 60`s?.....went from Indiana to east coast at 100 MPH + ........

[Dan454]

I'm pretty sure that the reason they used rockets was because it was the most cost effective way of getting the velocity the needed to conduct the test properly

[hzuiel]

@Dan454 It has nothing to do with cost effectiveness....a train doesn't go that fast normally. They were trying to simulate absolute worst case scenarios. Test the container to beyond the limits of what it would ever have to endure in real life.

[Dan454]

@hzuiel....... It has everything to do with cost effectiveness, if it CAN. And in this case it CAN. Can you tell me a more cost effective way to get a locomotive going 80+ mph so that they can OBVIOUSLY test the container "beyond the limits of what it would ever have to endure in real life," I thought the fact that they were testing the container supposedly beyond what should truly occur, was a givin. I guess the mistake I made in my initial post on the topic was, not mentioning the obvious.

[hzuiel]

@Dan454 Okay I guess we're actually agreeing, nvm. I should have looked at your wording more closely. Yes rockets are the most cost effective way to get a train to that speed. I was just saying that the experiment has nothing to do with cost effectiveness. In order to ensure public safety they needed to thoroughly test those containers, no matter what it costs.

[uswine]

@rjones6801 ... u guys are whacked.... trains come with engines that take them to over 80 easily .... there in the wide open desert with many miles of track criss-crossing the area, besides it’s not that expensive to lay track ...especially in the mid 70's the time of this video ....it’s a semi-automated process ...regardless i would ague the already had loads of abandoned track on the proving grounds

[uswine]

wrong ... trains go that fast all the time

How fast is the average American freight train?

It does depend on the track conditions which can range from FRA-mandated 10 mph to 79 mph (you see much of the 79 mph operations in the plains and western states where its largely flat ).

If you are interested here are some of the classes for freight train operations:

Class 1 track - 10

Class 2 track - 25

Class 3 track - 40

Class 4 track - 60

Class 5 track - 80

[molinobeer]

This was to test the plut tank integrity, and reaction to extreme situations.

[flywithjacob]

The worst possible situation, a train with rockets?! Are you kidding me? I see rocket trains everyday!

[randommagnum]

I think it would've made more sense to use a longer track, and just put that thing in run-8 than attaching rockets.

[disneylandfreak98]

weird freakin video xdfhcfghg.

[aboriani]

Its the first time of my life that i agree with all comments on a youtube video...

[spuddapotato2494]

what hte fuck is this???? a 1980s school film gone HORRIBLY wrong!!!???

[luketorpedo]

I've been unsure what I want to do for a career for a while. Suddenly, I think I've got a good idea.

[MrCoolstorybroski]

such tremendous momentum

[mynameswill]

i'm pretty sure there's other ways to get a train going 80mph than rockets...

i wonder if they ever thought about turning the train on and maybe hitting the accelerator? that might have been too expensive and time consuming though.. better just rig up those 6 rockets

[dareapa1]

now they need to hit it with one of those "rocket sleds" the mythbusters hit a car with

[uswine]

no it makes no sense whatsoever

[Hutcarlingos]

this experiment makes no fucking sense

[XGCKrazyK]

that wasnt 80 mph sorry you FAIL!

[chrihern]

By far the most idiot test I ever seen. OMG why you want to put rockets to get !80 mph¡ whyyyyyyyyyyy

[KMT000]

@chrihern To reach high speed in a short distance.

[chrihern]

By far the most idiot test I ever seen. OMG why you want to put rockets to get !80 mph¡ whyyyyyyyyyyy

[pholover13]

0:38 only 80 mph? boring

[85turtle]

you dont see trains like that anymore cause there so weak

[Justalittled]

well what happens if the train was going at 1000 mph, they should test that one out and see if it would survive

[MrPenobe]

Rockets are like OMG FUCKING GOOOO soo heavy!

[tLlXenonFire]

i saw the rockets n i was like omgggg, then heard 80mph... -_-

[shimrra]

there is no science in this, they just wanted to see carnage

[teddy292929]

why do they have to used rockets because realy you dont have to experiments have been done like this without the use of rockets. I think these people must just like the idea of a rocket train.

[MayThereBePivot]

HOLY SHIT 80MPH

That is totally fast...

[StalkingRainbow]

"How do we know this will thing wont break apart and spew radioactive materials every where?"

"good point hmm... I've got it! we'll slam a train into it!"

"You sir are a fucking genius!"

[supressorgrid]

Some body likes to tear stuff up and they got the government to fund it. "Yeah we take a locomotive, see, and we like put rockets on it."

"Yes, go on."

"Yeah then we like hit a truck with it."

"You want to hit a truck load of plutonium with a rocket train?"

"Yep"

"Brilliant!"

[uswine]

@supressorgrid

Exactly

[heatherandpaul2]

@supressorgrid hahahaha. best comment ever!!!!

[hzuiel]

@supressorgrid Why do people give thumbs up to retarded comments? Obviously there was no plutonium(the majority of reactor fuel is uranium anyway) nor any other nuclear material in the test container. Plus there are obvious reasons why this test was conducted. So obvious in fact that I don't feel the need to explain them. If you honestly are dumb enough to not understand, please do nature a favor and remove yourself from the natural selection process before you pass on your moron chromosome.

[supressorgrid]

@hzuiel you fail to comprehend the concept of humor.

[molo265]

@supressorgrid actually. that's uranium what they use in nuclear plants. plutonium is mainly used in nuclear weapons.

[supressorgrid]

@molo265 Picky,picky,picky. I have never let the facts get in the way of a good joke.

[pmgodfrey]

The key speed to reach would be 88 miles per hour. That way, the container remains where it is while the train goes either forward or backward in time.

[tomboi1978]

True but the regular motor can't get the train from 0 to 80 in that short a distance because the wheels can't get near enough traction.

[919evilkiller919]

they are trying to think of the worst thing imagnable but still the track like thedealer456 have said that the tracks are short so but still that thing held that much power so it is in good shape and it ofcourse live up to what it is made for

[zzbin]

They also take a very long distance to reach anything regarded as "speed".

[vuetube]

Dang, I feel safer now that I know if the thing gets hit by one of those Nike rocket propelled freight trains out there, it'll survive!

They should sell Nike Air Bursts.

[thedealer456]

They had a short track for acceleration

[Squarerig]

This is what I need to get me through the London traffic.!

[tagaEskinita]

that loco looks like a razor train

[CowsXonXcrack]

that was not 80 miles per our that was like 20! fuck this bullshit

[tomboi1978]

it was in slow mo dude.

[SpottedLeopardCat]

Keep in mind that the train weighs 130 tons

[tinaford101x]

i excepeted that it will go super sonic fast!

[lowrida82]

It started so good until i saw the truck was there just after like 100 meters....

[1madaboutguitar]

This sucks compared to the UK test

[lowrida82]

Why the hell it was rocket powered if I coud go faster with a bike!

[1madaboutguitar]

i know lol . The probably the most ineffecient rocket of all time

[PhantaseeCS]

The truck is fine, probably just needs a new fifth wheel and a bit of paint.

[omgitzsteg]

Worst waste of good Nikes. The train was barely moving and the cask was free to detach and "miss" most of the force.

[uswine]

tracks cheap and they have semi-automated equipment to lay it down.... the military test sites are covered extensivly with track for all sorts of payloads ... including an air breathing nuclear reactor powed train (actually a prototype missles on a train sled for testing -Project Pluto).

Also while the C5 is big its not big enought ... looking at GE Evolution Engines they weigh in at 450,000 pounds and are too big in both height and width to fit into the cargo hold paletized

[MaryStewart]

cool! the truck's totalled, but the loco's a fixer-upper.

[omgitzsteg]

no, you could definitely fix that truck!

[ianmarkdizon]

i didnt know nike makes rockets too... lol

joke XD

[AndrewNeilFalconer]

This is the worst case scenerio, because as we all know, rocket powered trains are so common place now that we are in the "Future".

A string of Boxcars moving 45 miles per hour into the trailer and containers is a realistic test of the damage.

[broadCaStEr991]

cool but when u think about it most trains will go about 90-120

[joeferrito]

umm, no, in the U.S. freight goes only up to 79MPH

[uswine]

I doubt that the decision to attach rockets to the train was driven by insufficient track length. The fact that they had a train engine available to use would indicate that the track already existed and was attached to some other mainline track. Train engines are mammoth beasts .... when have you ever seen one transported on a highway via a truck. Its just not done... you want a train engine ... you run a track to get it. The test and any reasons to do it the way they chose to is absurd.

[pikomega]

Best moment IMO: "... the test that simulates one of the worst possible situations such a container might encounter..." followed by the test description.

[wazzupwazz]

rockets on a train, ive now seen everything

[TheSaltyAdmiral]

@wazzupwazz

Have you seen a man eat his own head?

[GModPlaya]

wow

after reading inderval's comment i thought the truck assploded and flew up realllyy high XD

i need to go to bed XD

[indeveral]

Train on moon.

[Z3H0S]

If I had [i]more[/i] time I'd put a human in the container, & ask them how it sounded.

[Roflcopterv1]

That was pretty cool. I wish i could have one.

Also i would hate to be the gut that is at the end of the video that is filming the train coming at him.

[limpioo]

SEXY VOICE

[7ych0]

True, but you fail to see the real significance here:

Rocket powered train!!! ^^

(Also, did you see that it ripped the trains nose off?)

[ptscao]

thats one tough ass container!!!

[SodThisGiveMeABeer]

Still, wouldn't it have been cheaper to just build more track? They probably did have a good reason, it's just funny.

[SodThisGiveMeABeer]

hahaha, why were rockets necessary?

[Brian86992DH]

they look pretty

[sparky4444444444444]

nice

[JimPrower]

Waste of a perfectly good Baldwin, if you ask me.