Train Crash Test @ 160km/h (99.4 Miles) into 50 tonne Metal Block

[MrMoorkey]

If in other vehicles it's called 'carnage', is this 'trainage?'

[MrMoorkey]

The *actual* cure for RROD...

[DavePhillips671]

Love the old school 186 floppy disk computer

[wolfe1970]

how the fuck can anything survive that ?

[hosselaarthuglife]

awesome test is awesome

[pvccat1]

sod the container - how can they do this to a deltic ?

[hihat101]

@pvccat1 , i know !, B.R murdered a class 45 and got away with it ! lol

[j69buckjumper]

@hihat101 Not a Deltic or a 45, but a 46.

[Bigfinlach]

@j69buckjumper Why waste a good deltic? haha

[AnGillemor]

I actually saw this in real life. A journalist friend got me tickets. What they didn't mention was that the coaches on the train contained blue asbestos which was spread around as a result of the crash.

[SpencerAK74M]

This just in, the crew members in the locomotive still haven't been found...

[JeepGuy80]

I was on that train and survived... LOLZ

[Laffenist]

Wait, was this a test for trains or nuclear containers?

[danlefou]

@Laffenist A nuclear flask, carried by rail, was being tested for integrity. The train was old and due for retirement, but British Rail did test new seats and tables in the coaches. There's film of crash dummies flying about somewhere, but it hasn't turned up yet. For all viewers who say they wouldn't mind being in the flask in case of an accident, the dummy fuel rods ended up crushed and buckled in a heap at the bottom.

[baishengren]

@Laffenist Nuclear Containers. :)

[GoldMindStudios]

now we know were all the debt came from! Crashing these!

[daleksean100]

What's the name of the programe this was taken from?

[danlefou]

@daleksean100 It's from an ITV series called "Crash Test", of which I've seen only the French dubbed version on YouTube. Lots of spectacular tests!

[MoFoFoRillDo]

this isnt in the UK you god damn liars

[danlefou]

@MoFoFoRillDo It was a uniquely British locomotive, hauling uniquely British coaches in British Rail colours, at Old Dalby in Leicestershire in front of over 1500 spectators. The design of container being tested is used by British power stations, and no others. Methinks you troll. Only the first few seconds are of an American test.

[Oilerfan1961]

I wonder if they told the engineers that they were going to crash the train?

[ATSFAsbel98]

0:27 -  FUS RO DAH!

[igc4lifecuzz]

i would hate to be the one to have to clean up that mess

[chromosome24]

can the container withstand a nuke?...didn't think so.

[danlefou]

@chromosome24 Just what has that to do with whether or not spent nuclear power station fuel can be safely transported by rail?

[chromosome24]

@danlefou i was making a funny...building a nuclear waste container to withstand a nuclear bomb...kind of pointless ya know.

[danlefou]

@chromosome24 Exactly. That's why they built it just to withstand accidents such as train crashes. Only the poster of this clip has ever suggested it was indestructible, which is obviously not true.

[MetalFan10101]

"the nuclear container emerged intact" Yes but i doubt the train driver would of.

[rafizg]

nice laptop btw:)

[johnnyfarnham]

So that's how they retire British train drivers

[Duurlanddaani]

is that really

[randomdotification]

0:40 "Its strong walls same was sent-bly deflected the kinetic energy"

Wait what?

[NIGHTSKYE1]

Correct me if i`m wrong but i think it`s a nuclear flask, not just a 50ton block, it`s what they transport nuclear waste/materials around the country, just testing it for and cracks or damage so it wont leak radio active material into the air.

[4trayable]

lol what kind of train is that,its tiny.....



[danlefou]

@4trayable It was a full-size main-line train, with a locomotive as long and powerful as its American equivalent, but not so tall and wide in the body because we're stuck with small-bore tunnels left to us by the 19th century pioneers, who underestimated the volume of traffic. There were only three coaches because adding more wouldn't have increased the energy transmitted to the flask; that energy would have been absorbed by buffers and automatic braking when the train pipe ruptured.

[baishengren]

@4trayable We don't need huge trains like the US does. Our country is smaller, so our locos are too. :) I actually love both British and American trains. I'm not sure if your American but judging by your comment, you must be from that continent. I could be wrong though. ;)

[159aym]

Metal block:F*** YOU!

Train:YOU SAY WHAT?!?!

Metal block:BRING IT ON B***H!

[impact]

Metal block:MUHAHAHAHA!!! NOW HE IS DEAD!!! >=))))))))

[Daniel96sj]

who was driving the train

[hoppinonabronzeleg]

If only we still made trains like this!!!

[Androandroandrica]

1:03 "start skyrim goddamit!!!!!!! maybe if i plug in this little wire hmm..."

[RavenDestroyer]

@Androandroandrica You with your Skyrim let me play Volfied on that pc

[mDoel0401]

Any driver would still be fucked :L

[mist8k]

they were just doing tests for chuck norrises  lunch box

[matelot95]

completely true...it was even on the BBC news

[hjuu1]

0:28 RC?

[danlefou]

@hjuu1 No remote control. The engine was run up against the brakes nearly nine miles away, and the train was released by a guy turning a valve on the outside, below the driver's door. The loco accelerated away and ran by itself until stopped by the flask.

[36blackout]

well that 45 got fucked up

[sonnyboythethird]

@36blackout Not quite. It was 46009

[PonyMeganPaige]

poor train!

[eXcluzivy]

дизаста

[eezy1972]

Were the passengers told this would happen? Is this legal?

[AtholAnderson]

@eezy1972 There was no one on board.

[TdotSoul]

mindblowing



[JakobPTP]

Such new Computers!

[clearpigeon]

no fake. genuine crash test. i'm from that village.

[Psychedelia1969]

how is this fake?

[drbackjack]

The British sure have ugly trains, no offense.

[chris746568462]

waste of a train

[XTGEcolditz]

@chris746568462 Indeed it is, but they need to conduct experiments somehow :(

[mauricio8347]

that fabuoso !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11

[carefreeforever]

fake



[detijdVLOGD]

@carefreeforever lolfail

[eezy1972]

@carefreeforever Idiot!

[brownbrador45]

poor locomotive i say



[steamfandan]

THE CONTAINER COULD TAKE THE DAMAGE BUT IT KILLED THE TRAIN THO

[RealRoulette]

yellow thing made out of cardboard? lol

[sha71608]

hihi I`m good looking babe

[roversnolan1]

I have seen one of these nuclear waste containers at Heysham Nuclear Power station. If I remember rightly i'm sure on the tour of the plant we were shown this video and that it was this actual container. I was very young so I can't be too sure

[grahamgregson]

what a waste of a peak!

[mearc100]

well is a driver in there????

[goldie103103]

@mearc100 it be remotely controled.

[ghostmanwill]

I like trains

CRASH!

[grpxfrrr]

WEEEEEEEEEE

DESTRUCTION

[scott310578]

Hope the driver was wearing a helmet

[MrGeewiz1]

I know they need to do these tests to ensure everyone is safe but still thats such a waste of money to just use for a test

[roversnolan1]

@MrGeewiz1 Its a waste of money using an old train to test if a nuclear waste container could withstand the hit? Do you suggest we just throw a bit of nuclear waste in it and just leave it to chance. 'Ah it will be alright lads, just chuck the old nuclear waste in, we don't need to bother testing it'

[MrGeewiz1]

@roversnolan1 Like i said despite it being a waste of money doing this to a perfectly good train, i know they need to do these tests to ensure everyone is safe, i never said we shouldnt do these tests

[kwvrkay]

Peak Thrash!



[htc6600]

.......no "SIGNIFICANT" change........., which means that there WAS a change and the container did not survive unscathed. A change in pressure means there was a leak somewhere. They are lying once again and this media outlet was nothing more than a PR tool.

[elfabyanos]

@htc6600 No, a slight change in pressure could be due to deformation of the container which caused it to change volume. No leak necessary.

[soundseeker63]

@htc6600 The important thing is that it remained impenetrable, which it did. A small amount of compression would be expected under such extreme conditions.

[TahreyUK]

@htc6600 You fail at statistics. Take a night class to learn the technical meaning of significant and insignificant variation in the data.

Insignificant here meaning that, though the collected data may be a little "noisy" and waver around, the measured variation was small enough that they could say with some confidence that the impact hadn't affected the pressure.

Or, alternatively, it could be that it changed a little but not enough to be dangerous. Like a tyre being 31 instead of 30 PSI.

[tomcht24]

also somethin u never forget lemme show you how far i can go

[Tristanvash38]

0:27 FALCON PAUUUNCH!!!!!!!

[COMPASSION2611]

WOW!

[StumbledAcross]

1:03 wip out ya laptop!

[soundseeker63]

@StumbledAcross In 1984 that WAS your laptop!

[TahreyUK]

@soundseeker63 Yes - I'm not sure which but it's either an Osbourne Portable or a Commodore C65 (might not even have got that name right ;) --- the genesis-level predecessors to today's laptops. State of the art, at the time.

[smpowned]

i wanna be in the container at the end of the world :)

[JasperLee93AiMasterz]

now try it with the MAGLEV train in Japan

[alexoprel]

1:02  LOL

[trainzaholic]

what class engine is it

[danlefou]

@trainzaholic It was a Peak, 46009. Scrapped on site. All Class 46 locos were retired by the end of that year, 1984.

[XSatansHelperX]

This took place in the USA in New Mexico and like GhostRider4186 said it is a nuclear flask.

[danlefou]

@XSatansHelperX The first sequence, with a yellow rocket-propelled loco, was of a test in New Mexico. The rest is of a test at Old Dalby, near Leicester in England, except for the last few seconds, which show various tests of crumple zones on French and British coaches..

[MrStig691]

@XSatansHelperX Are you deaf? UK

[TahreyUK]

@XSatansHelperX So why are they using a UK-spec locomotive and carriages painted in British Rail colours?

[skillsFORkills100]

at 00:06 look at the train it ate the cargo thingy...... mmmmmm rawr!

[ShadowRSonic]

Stick one of those containers on the front of the train as well as sticking one on the tracks. What happens when 100mph Container meeets stationary container?

[TahreyUK]

@ShadowRSonic First you need to figure out how that would even happen, given that the flask transport trains are double-headed (so two locos would end up hitting the toppled flask first) and haul nothing but a couple of flasks, so they can probably need little more stopping distance than an average car.

[OmegaPirate]

The train driver won't be spared at all but the container will be ok.....Great..

[TahreyUK]

@OmegaPirate The engine's crashing into a stationary object at 100mph, the driver is pretty much so much meat paste no matter how well the loco or the object is designed or what he does, even if he throws on the emergency brake and tries to run to the back...

[Danny0815]

"Uhm... Well, the cameras were not running - ehm - can we do it again? Maybe?"

[MrRWJP]

@Danny0815 BR did set aside a spare loco just in case, so they probably could have done it again. That would have bee a hell of a test, hitting the same container twice...

[MrHappySnacky]

this is de 80S

[koswix]

I think my school used those computers :'D

[JackDaScarecrow]

I had a Thomas the Tank Engine figure that looked EXACTLY like that train.

[eezy1972]

Did the driver get out before impact?

[danlefou]

@eezy1972 He got out almost 9 miles away, before the loco started to move, and released the brakes with a lever outside.

[roversnolan1]

@eezy1972 Why are people asking questions like this. Do you seriously think that in a staged test they are going to have somebody driving the train???? Really, I can't understand these comments

[eezy1972]

@roversnolan1 Wouldn't the loco be strong enough to protect the driver in this type of crash ?

[roversnolan1]

@eezy1972 Have you even watched this video. Surely you can see the catastrophic damage caused to the train during the impact

[devious00]

But can it blend?

[43177VP185]

What a waste of a class 46

[PfhUkJiu101]

Fuck man, I love these kind of test videos.

Plus the haircuts are just awesome beyond words.

[edtheevil1]

so what who gives a shit aholes only peasants use trains

[danlefou]

@edtheevil1 Only the rich can afford British train fares.

[pktomi]

Was it good to destroy these nice locomotives?

[GhostRider4186]

not a train crash test... a resistance test for a nuclear waste container

[larebz]

@GhostRider4186 then we're all doomed

[ChegzGT1EB]

@GhostRider4186

And the reason they did this in the first place is because the container failed the drop test from 5m onto it's corner.

[Apjooz]

@ChegzGT1EB

Serious?

[ChegzGT1EB]

@Apjooz

Im so cereal. This was basically a PR tool to make the uneducated public feel safe. More inertia involved with coming to an instant stop from acceleration, than from a point of rest to rapid acceleration. You can actually see the water vapour escape on the drop test. @htc6600 has it right.

[TahreyUK]

@ChegzGT1EB Are you suggesting that nuclear flasks somehow violate newtonian physics to become deceptively weak & satisfy your irrational paranoia? Two objects colliding at a certain combined speed, it doesn't matter what the balance is on each side. If anything, given that the considerably more massive object (locomotive frame + big diesel engine inside + several carriages, vs one canister that has to be light enough to not damage the rails) is the one going 100MPH, won't it be WORSE this way?

[soundseeker63]

@ChegzGT1EB That wasn't leakage. That was metal and dust from the shockwave. You can see it come off the floor and also every surface of the container on impact. If it was leakage then the all 6 sides of solid metal suddenly became penetrable.....in your opinion.

[DasKloputzer]

@GhostRider4186 it is a train crash test

[AdmLeviathan]

That was a perfectly good Peak -.-

[belfast479]

I think that was my grandpa's 1st computer. How old is this clip? I thought it was great. anyway.

[superjock68]

CAB RIDE MANCHESTER TO CHESTER GO TO

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[geordierocker44]

its shocking that trains were invented in newcastle but uk has some ancient trains still running

[MrMoorkey]

Cinders and ashes!!!

[MrDjNickone]

but will it blend?

[soraw434]

I Like Trains.

[audis2quattro1]

Death of a lovely Deltic...

[danlefou]

@audis2quattro1 Not a Deltic; a Peak, Class 46. Deltics have two-pane windscreens and six-wheel bogies.

[audis2quattro1]

@danlefou Thank you for that, those Napier engines are remarkable, did the Peak, Class 46 have the same powerplant?

[audis2quattro1]

@danlefou it's ok, i have googled the class 46, it had a Sultser engine.thanks for the input though!!

[JackDaScarecrow]

@audis2quattro1 NO ITS D119 DONT YOU KNOW ANYTHING???

[hop208]

@CrazyLilBiscwit There wasn't anyone in the train. It was a crash test.

[SerArea]

Mythbusters ?

[1madaboutguitar]

FAKE 

[danlefou]

@1madaboutguitar Troll who thinks lt's funny to post "fake" on everything.

[1madaboutguitar]

@danlefou Oh, so Im not entitled to an opinion now, like everyone else?

[danlefou]

@1madaboutguitar Where and when did I say that? Of course you're entitled to an opinion. How about explaining *why* and *how* you think this test was a fake? You never know, someone might then take you seriously.

[roversnolan1]

@1madaboutguitar You always have to get one idiot that either thinks its funny to post the 'FAKE' comment or actually believes its fake. Not sure what reason you would have to believe this is fake so it must be an idiot

[1madaboutguitar]

@roversnolan1 What are you talking about dude lol? Stop trolling.

[roversnolan1]

@1madaboutguitar Are you retarded? You post the 'fake' comment and then try to call me a troll?

[1madaboutguitar]

@roversnolan1 No sir, I'm not retarded. Now have some respect and stop trolling.

[roversnolan1]

@1madaboutguitar So let me get this right. About 2 months ago you post the comment 'FAKE.' This is the favourite post of a troll (which its becoming clear you are) Now you have the nerve to refer to me as a troll? You my friend are a first class idiot

[TheLanMandragoran]

@roversnolan1 No I think you are the idiot for feeding the troll. You did exactly what he wanted you to.

[meshift]

27 people die,

R.I.P [*]

[The170460]

english trains are the worst trains of the world.

[danlefou]

@The170460 Most BRITISH trains these days were made abroad. There is only one factory left in the UK. That's Canadian-owned and the "government" is hell-bent on closing it.

[The170460]

@danlefou came to France. We have the best trains of the world and the most securised. of course we used also canadian bombardier trains but most of the material are made in France. I remember travelling by train in england from Dover To London in the seventies and the english train i used was surely in service from the world war two.

[danlefou]

@The170460 I have been to France, many times, and the trains on average are much better, or at least newer, than those in Britain. Trouble is, we're not given the opportunity to build better ones because of underinvestment. For example, a new bogie was designed in Britain and given away to, IIRC, the Germans, while technology used in the Pendolino was developed for our APT, which the "government" abandoned because it was "costing too much". Blame short-sighted politicians, not engineers.

[The170460]

@danlefou of course it's not an human or competences problem. It's a political problem. Here in France and i hope for a long time (if we can fired the smurf sarkozy next year) the french railway is a public society and it's the best way to stay the best with high speed trains and intercity trains.

[danlefou]

@The170460 Absolument d'accord. Renationalise and get the obscene, unaffordable fares down. The money's going into rich men's pockets, not being invested.

[j69buckjumper]

@The170460 That would be the war the we Brits (and Yanks) fought to give back France it's freedom yes? (and sent our trains over to help rebuild your country and railway system yes?)  Our railway system paid a heavy price for that war and that's one of the reasons why it took time to build new trains and lines.

[The170460]

@j69buckjumper bullshit. the british trains were always bad. 

[baishengren]

@The170460 But we invented them. ;)

[The170460]

@baishengren a long time ago. if i remember well it's a french train the Shuttle no ?

[j69buckjumper]

@The170460 If that is so, why did the french railways need to borrow British diesels to help in construction works recently (and Spain also), could that be because the 45+ year old class 37's are rugged, reliable and cheap to operate compared to over complicated modern crap? YES.

[BikerDarren24]

Was the train driver o.k?

[danlefou]

@BikerDarren24 Read previous post.

[AniDroid]

@BikerDarren24 - remote control from safe distance

[danlefou]

@AniDroid No remote control. Just started, released from outside and allowed to run by itself.

[formatkiller100]

what about the driver

[danlefou]

@formatkiller100 He turned a tap on the side of the loco nearly nine miles away, then went for lunch.

[dmoneytuttle]

No significant leak, does that mean it did leak?

[danlefou]

@dmoneytuttle Very little, just detectable.

[aintnunbutapenut]

anybody?? what are these containers used for?? please!!

[danlefou]

@aintnunbutapenut Transporting spent nuclear fuel from power stations to reprocessing plants, mostly by rail. Search "Operation Smash Hit" on YouTube for details and history of the test programme.

[aintnunbutapenut]

@danlefou ok thank you

[shedontanks]

Does anyone know the headcode of this working?

[solidsnake2234]

A train wreck is the ultimate disaster? No, no. If you want to see a nuclear flask withstand a disaster, then drop a nuclear weapon on it

[danlefou]

@solidsnake2234 Would anyone be around to care? A train crash was the ultimate disaster the flasks faced in everyday use, and that was what they were testing for, to reassure the public. Actually, a train crash in a tunnel followed by fire would be worse, but flask trains are never scheduled to meet inflammable cargoes near tunnels.