Wreck of the Sunset Limited

[travelplus1]

Wednesdays are unlucky days as many accidents happen on Wednesdays

[RailfanningRulez]

thumbs up if you watched the whole video!

[theshugchannel]

1:10 um that is grand central terminal

[jfsa380]

@theshugchannel Union, Los Angeles, the train is a Metro Rail Red Line train. makes sense because that is where the train departed to begin the journey, and so on and so on as the narrator states.

[theshugchannel]

@jfsa380 no that is metro north in grand central @ 1:10

[wileyk209zback]

People may have died, but that wreck was EPIC!

[MrZebrati]

Well thanks for refusing to spend money on safety, federal government. Thanks for looking out for us.

[sankat100]

penis.

[ufofan1980]

Did he say that the barge was full of coke? Cocaine? lol

[chernobleman]

@ufofan1980 Not cocaine you dummy lol, coke is a derivative of coal, and is used in the steel industry.

[jfsa380]

..see personally i'm with John Turk, i always try to sit in the last sleeper closest to the rear of the train.

[y2knoproblem]

why didn't the boat have a radar?

[jfsa380]

@y2knoproblem it did, but the pilot could not read it

[jfsa380]

@MattesonHaglund1998 what was number 47?

[TheMantisTycoon]

Funny, he says K not insdea of knot.

[Lespoir07]

@TheMantisTycoon He's actually saying Canot not Knot...Big Bayou Canot.

[KartKing4ever]

36:32 Wouldn't do much good since it is about 2 feet behind it... I see what they mean though.

[superkillerpanda1]

i like turtles

[Grimgerde]

I'm surprised that some people commenting on this video think a train can simply stop so easily.

[ShermanTankKiller]

Who's Kirt 45:41

[Shirehorse148]

@ShermanTankKiller Kirt was the barge pilot I believe.

[mark10788]

Coach 34040 is easy to see its the car thats hanging off the bridge Behind it was a EL Capitan Lounge car that was used for the el capitan Coach 34040 Is A Superliner I coach 34040 Is now At beech Grove 34040 has to wait 17 years till its running again with a set of fresh thin amtrak stripes Some of it was damaged. Damage was on the left side Of 34040 The EL Capitan Lounge Car Became a Parlor car for the Coast starlight for train #11 AND #14.

[jfsa380]

in an odd way, i think the barge should have not slowed, if it had hit any harder, it would have broken the bridge, stopping the train. irony huh?

[jfsa380]

all that diesel should have only come from the 2nd and 3rd engines, not the 1st, the first, a p40dc has armoured and devided fuel tanks, the 2nd and 3rd, f40PH's do not.

[jfsa380]

wow, what luck, the sleeper car passengers, for a nominal fee, gets a sleeper birth, free food, and safety from collisions. they were lucky, as most of the time the sleepers are at the front

[20PINKluvr]

thats why bridges need to be built higher..

[Shirehorse148]

@20PINKluvr The issue is, the bridge was built as a swing bridge without the swing bridge hardware. Apparently, they failed to properly secure it in the event of a barge hit because this was not a waterway on which barges were forbidden to travel.

[360Nomad]

Barge Pilot needs some fuckin' glasses.

[mmandmcb14]

Making a video about Amtrak 819 and his friends.

[TrainGuy18]

I lovethe fact how they blame it on CSX

[Scitech101]

The leftmost girl at 19:10 has a fappable face

[gaycowboy31]

I ran out of space a minute ago she and I were origionally on a Sleeper so its likelly she and I would have survived if we went beyond New Orleans that night but no way of really knowing I was in a recent Amtrak derailment in July on the Texas Eagle but no where near the sevarity of this one I was sleeping when it happened and used to rough Amtrak rides so when I heard the announcement the train derailed I went back to sleep untill hearing the second announcement thus realizing it was real

[gaycowboy31]

I remember that wreck like it was yesterday my mom and I were on that run traveling on a US railpass and she and I decided to get off in New Orleans to explore we were headed all the way to Flordia from LA I am so glad we decided to get off in New Orleans if we had not I am not sure I would be here today to type this she and I saw it all on the News and she just started to pray my reaction was holy shit that was fate

[GeneralKenobiSIYE]

John Turk really loves his job. Total train buff.

[Streetcar1743]

The time of the disaster reminds me of the Titanic in 1912. Both happened at around 2:30 AM. The pilot of the barge had no authority of being on that section of waterway. Not only that, the freight railroad that owns the track the train was on should have been alerted and if he was, he should have thrown the signal from green to red.

[Streetcar1743]

The time of the disaster reminds me of the Titanic in 1912. Both happened at around 2:30 AM. The pilot of the barge had no authority of being on that section of waterway.

[presnelmba]

I remember this accident, I was a research assistant for Dr. Joseph Metcalf & Dr. Rich at the University of South Alabama when he received the call for assistance. We were doing Ophthalmic Research for the Mastin Eye Clinic...and I wondered why there was a need for an Opthalmologist. Later, I found that diesel fuel was damaging the eyes of most of the injured who were submerged in water. Triage was setup on barges....

[Sodiumreactor]

The lead engine mustve jumped nearly 100ft. Did the crew survive? The NTSB conclusion is complete bullshit. There seeming to blame the whole thing on the long dead bridge designers. The barge pilot was in a restricted waterway, he lost control of his barges, and couldnt read a radar. If it wasnt for that, there would have been no accident.

[dylanbobby1]

@Sodiumreactor 5 crew members died so yeah the guys in the locomotive died I think becuase of the crews being in the locomotives.

[jfsa380]

1:36 'it has three engines' you can clearly see that this train only has one, and now has two.

[abillings4]

Such A Tragic Event,Yet We Could All Learn Something From This

[117amtrak]

Pause at 21:32. That is Superliner I coach 34040. Even though it was slightly damaged and part of it was hanging over the bridge, it survived the wreck, and today is the last remaining superliner in phase III paint. I found this out in a Trains Magazine. And now, 17 years after being wrecked, it's currently in Beech Grove, finally being repaired!

[Coasterrider210]

@117amtrak i thought that superliner looked familiar 

[CoastStarlight11]

This Sunset Limited train has not run east of New Orleans, Louisiana since hurricane Katrina. Prior to hurricane Katrina it ran round trip between Los Angeles, Ca to Orlando, Fl. After Hurricane Katrina it only runs round trip between Los Angeles and New Orleans.

[CoastStarlight11]

This is quite a tragic evnet

[whoohaaXL]

What the hell are you talking about? Amtrack didn't install the bridge, it was built nearly 100 years ago by the railroad in that area. Amtrack just runs on the old trackage.

[dylanbobby1]

@whoohaaXL Amtrak never builds or owns their own trackage.

[TrainGuy18]

the only thing Amtrak owns are the stations and the entire Northeast corridor

[dylanbobby1]

@TrainGuy18 Though freight and other commuter trains run on the corrider.

[TrainGuy18]

I know but they all have trackage rights. Amtrack owns and maintains the line

[dylanbobby1]

@TrainGuy18 Everywhere else Amtrak has trackage rights.

[TrainGuy18]

yeah



[Frankieaz60]

Very good Video,very sad.Its hard to understand why this Bridge was not installed right in the first place.they knew that it could pivot,too bad it took this misfortune to wake them up.This could have been prevented had they Braced that Girder right.

[alan850627]

"Disasters don't just happen. They're triggered by a chain of critical events."

[givemymouseacookie]

I used this as an example on my SAT, but she said "Nineteen Years Ago"... im only 17 and this was the year i was born.

[Sabrewulf007]

yeah I wish I had his voice,,,,,,,in a movie,,,where nothing seems like is

[Reevesinator]

At 2:20 someone failed because that train is going over the Susquehanna River on the Rockville bridge in Marysville PA which is right outside of Harrisburg.

[crazysoccerman14]

MORE!!

Can you pleeaassee make a contract with Hulu to post full episodes on their site?

[Razzlewolfflight]

This show is intense. It's so sad, but something just makes me want to watch it.

[jakob243]

@Razzlewolfflight i agree i watch this show all the time

[trainz34]

to bad this train doesnt go to orlango anymore

[FranknessProductions]

ok I don't get this. if only about 20 people were rescued, and about 40 died, and there were 200 people on the train at the time.... wtf?

[grovurover]

well 17 by 1 boat 20 by the other plus some sleeping cars didnt go over, and some swam to shore about about 1/4 died so... yea thats what happened. o and dont forget coast guard.

[SantaFebuff]

@FranknessProductions The front cars are usually the coaches and material cars. The sleeper and dorm cars are near the rear of the train. Most of the people were not thrown into the water. Sadly, some cars with people where.

[hlnews7]

I like how there are no ads. the barge pilot was the one to blame. Amtrak had nothing to do with it.

[BboyOcean0]

@hlnews7 yes but remember the bridge was not put in correctly anyway, it was not bolted down right

[hlnews7]

I guess you're right. But did Amtrak install the bridge?

[dylanbobby1]

@hlnews7 Amtrak wasn't around 80 years ago prior to the accident when the bridge was built.

[Streetcar1743]

@hlnews7 Yes indeed. They act like they were scared and they really were not! I wouldn't be a bit surprised that they load those barges with a boatload of lies for when disaster strikes!

[Weiberts]

@hlnews7 CSX did. They should have done the stuff to the bridge. But the tug captain was 75% to blame.

[mark10788]

It was really the fog not the barge pilot or the train it was the fog.

[PriceTveyron]

@hlnews7 I think that it was the fog's fault. Blame it. Safer for everyone involved. :-)

[trainman2816]

@PriceTveyron Flanged steel wheels on steel rails, fog wouldn't really be an argumental factor...

Daniel

Railfan/Railroad Photographer

[trinityct]

@trainman2816 The Barge Pilot couldn't see the bridge, because of the fog. The engineer had a clear view of the tracks ahead.

[trainman2816]

@trinityct The pilot of the barge didn't know how to read radar, it was dark out anyway in which case, I don't believe the barge would be able to see it regardless.

[trinityct]

@trainman2816 Oh yeah, I forgot about the radar bit.... Either way, he hit the bridge. :P

[trainman2816]

@trinityct haha, yeah, right. But either way, the U.S. did learn from this situation, so it shouldn't happen again.

[trinityct]

@trainman2816 Haha yeah that's a good thing that came out of this.

[antidiz]

@hlnews7 I agree, if he had been on the right course this never would have happened.

[jfsa380]

@hlnews7 especially that they have an alibi, they don't even own the rails, CSX does

[CasimusxPrime]

Who's narrating? He narrates alot of movie trailers.

[trainz675]

he said 12:55 PM, and its still dark, so he messed up.

[CasimusxPrime]

@trainz675

What does that have to do with who's narrating the show?

[trainz675]

just, sumthin i spotted...

[trainmaster844]

@CasimusxPrime - The narrator is Ashton Smith :)

[Fairhelen]

@CasimusxPrime True - this voice is familiar! I thought I'm listening to commercial first.. only seconds later realized that he is actually narrating a movie!

[bigfootrsbuddy123]

I have always considered this the best show on Nat Geo.

Now this is the way to go! No commercials!

[PIisCONFUSING]

Seconds from Disaster is my favorite show. I have seen most of the episodes. I even wrote an essay on one of the episodes

[imcrazy534]

I love NatGeo! I don't have a cable subscription on tv so I gotta come to youtube in order to watch my fave program: Seconds from Disaster.