Department of Transportation - Amazing Train Crashes

[MultiShotgunguy]

groovy music...too bad nobody died :(``

[siemenstraffic]

The first locomotive hiting the trucks is a former EMD SD45T-2 fitted whit a SD70M cab.

[legokyle01]

umm?

[RezRailroad1]

the test at 6:16 what is that suppost to represent?

[Showgirl7able]

Love the music, and very interesting video. Was this locomotive used time and time again? If so how long did it last?  I noticed the poor truck only lasted two times.

[MrAwesomedude13579]

2: something... HOLY CRAP

[PLACEBOgarbage]

0:34 my favorite 

[GangsterCallejero01]

seems like this train has a very strong armor like hummer! or is it a dream to buy an armored hummer train???

[jpvizzio]

Porn music background !

[killallianceftw]

Those logs were snapped like twigs

[sparkygl0s]

Those logs are thrown about like a box of matches.

[Shazzamnwithoutus]

musta been expensive

[hanke55]

Its so rare that we get good quality, well shot, slow motion videos of trains crashing into other trains at high speeds with the excuse of safety :)

[imoon001]

whats with the music??

[Engineer9736]

What a waste of good working locs/cars/containers. For the money they stuffed into this they could have reinforced every drivers cabin in the USA. And it might be a idea to put people in the drivers cabin who are able to think logically and don't crash in the first place.

[darkyoda]

@Engineer9736 This was a test being done to check the survivability of the new wide cab design.

[captainawesome4398]

5:21 i saw people

[gbarnewall1]

whats the tune called?

[ScatmanJoeButt]

Train says: "move bitch, get out the way. get out the way, bitch, get out the way"

[bobadavet]

my dad used to go to mdot

[DaveWVideo]

Yep that's 70s disco music all right. I think it was called "Soul Express," and there was a dance troupe called the "Locker Dancers" that had an amazing routine to this song. Also, it takes a lot of forces to get a 200 ton locomotive to stand up on its hind legs like that.

[gbarnewall1]

@DaveWVideo that kind of music could make ten 200 ton engines stand to attention lol,what a tune

[fatguy600]

hmmm cool.

[juvmol]

sd70 mac engine model impresive to see the fotage of teh stelll roll hiting straight in the cab , look @ 2:29 aprox 15 tons of pure stell straight in the cab , tath was the heaviest damage on cab

[sirhc141]

Hmm, very sexy,.LOL, the music made me think ov trains in a whole new way LOL

Thanks

[aeroloco1967]

name of the melody please

[joytech23]

Wow these trains sure do take more damage than i first thought..

I guess they could always armour the cockpit with thick steel, it's a train it isn't like it's going to impact it's load capacity or anything, they're virtually unstoppable anyway unless it hits another train head-on then armour would likely be useless.

[lanasa8]

this music + the way the train mounts the other train... looks like an old 70's train porn.

[JCDakarM3]

@lanasa8

6:00 "DTFR" # 2003 "Down To F*** Railway" # 2003

[geoff4130]

@lanasa8 @ 3:15 it is perfect.

[sundaydriverfromhell]

aw i would of loved to of been one of the engineers involved in this.

[PintSizedSlasherJr]

At 0:23, I laughed because the music is obviously sex music and it looked like one train was mounting the other train

[ACLTony]

@PintSizedSlasherJr - Good grief NO, it's not sex music! This tune was from the 1970s during the disco era. I was a teen then and had this song on cassette tape. I forgot its name. People used to dance and/or rollerskate to this tune. Nothing at all to do with sex or porn. Compared to today, the 1970s was a much, much cleaner time period as far as music goes. I sure miss those days.

[thedjelectron]

Phew! I'm glad I made it to the end of that... The music had me considering suicide by the end of that video!!! Great crashes, horrible music!!!

[MrCrispybake]

AMAZING!!!!!!

[masonclan]

what would win a army tank or a train????

[ualien42]

@masonclan train

[killallianceftw]

@masonclan A train engine can way on average of 250-400 tons a piece. a tank only weighs 40-60 tons, The tank would more than likely lose, but the train would take extreme damage. I also would like to say that tanks can have armor up to two feet thick. the crew inside would probably live but would be shaken.

[legominifigure7]

@ 0:17 - look at that poor old chessie hopper :(

[mortensen1961]

@legominifigure7 Poor Chessie hopper?! Look what they did to that poor SD45T-2!

[skullcrusher301]

what kind of locos were used?

[machineunit]

FAKE.

[skullcrusher301]

@machineunit now you tell me how the hell is this fake

[machineunit]

@skullcrusher301 FAAAAAKE.

[KTrocks57]

that would be a fun job

[Airportchris2]

Are the flashes on the truck with the logs, charges going off?

[MyEarbot]

No - the flashes are from cameras that are recording the moment of impact. This video is from the Department of Transportation who was testing the effects of the collisions on the train's driver.

[iluvyurbles]

@MyEarbot What Camras? all III see are smosed plasstic and maetal

[LivingDog94]

Great choice of accompanying music... funkadelic! (I'm still groovin' man... peace out.) 5*

[USkicksass]

nice haha

[rowdon]

love crashes ;D