Spectacular 1913 Train Collision

[koolestkid3000]

Why would they do that?

[grayfox455]

Man, they could party one hundred years ago or what?

[doyouwantfries20]

Really? 90 mph. More like 15 those trains wernt designed to go that fast

[zpunk81]

@doyouwantfries20 Yes, 90mph is possible if both trains are doing 45 then the combined speed would be 90mph.Also, remember that steam power is not the same as internal combustion power. the limiting factor is the weight of the train and how fast you can boil the water to feed the cylinders.The original land speed record for an automobile was originally set by a steam car. In 1940s PRR had a train, the T1 that would hit 140 between stops from NY to Chicago

[xoxksa]

0:13 DANG if that train's going 90 that guy must be running at least 45mph.

[geomodelrailroader]

Publicity stunt and illegal people got hurt from all the shrapnel

[RetroCaptain]

Good day

....The price of scrap iron dropped the following week!

[albear972]

Footage of Herman Cain's 999 Express.

[dmttsn]

@albear972 Good One !

[kauaipower]

Its the Cain train!!!

[smoothmiles24]

@kauaipower damn you beat me too it! hahahahaha

[MrB17FlyingFortress]

Entertainment for t baggers even way back then

[KeeperOfTheKitten]

As I just remarked on another version of this clip uploaded elsewhere, I think the confusion over the speed is because the "Crash at Crush" in 1896 really was at a combined speed of at least 90mph, this is not the same staged crash.

[MrsSarb]

Boy, they knew what good entertainment was back in 1913! haha

[thejeffharter]

Not even 90mph combined speed!

[mtlassen1992]

I'am a little surprised they didn't have a massive boiler explosion. And this state fair, does anyone know if it was at the old fair grounds off Stockton Blvd right next to where U.C. Davis Med Center is now?

[dcowboys107]

the movie seems overcranked. watch the impact. some of the shrapnel flies too slow to be "live speed" Remember this was all by hand so appearance can be deceiving . 

[polioman5000]

the other guy was supposed to get out

[neobiki]

please upload a hd quality version thx

[Supergungun]

Looks like that ended better than the 1896 Crush collision.

[IanTheCameraGuy]

This is the most famous train crash ever I've seen it on like every tv show

[1madaboutguitar]

90 miles an hour PMSL, I would like to see a driver casually hopping off the train at 90mph Ha Ha

[kkkerdokk]

No HD quality? darn ..

[dadsoldtapes]

@kkkerdokk There actually was such a thing as HD before 720p/1080p... in fact it was mentioned in the 1930s somewhere about having more lines on a mechanical TV set.

[sugarjacki]

For real why would you waste 2 locies on this still it isinteresting

[ChrisisBass13]

@sugarjacki they were old and probably had something wrong with them

[odineirog]

90 miles?Hahahahahah,stupid.

[NationDumb]

how was that 90mph! he jumped off it and started running, max 15mph  :] combined 30.

[5bananas1]

jolly good show i say

[sodimite]

Thats not 90 MPH! Thats about 30 MPH!

[jonnyawball]

The prequel to the NCAP crash safety tests... except without the dummies!

[TehWinnerz]

these guys are the OG jokers

[amehu]

90mph?? FFFUUU

[papatoony]

Fake

[cyberhendrix]

@papatoony Fake? How is fake? You are ignorant.

[Roboman2121]

@papatoony Um, excuse me, but this is so NOT FAKE! The people who staged this made history for doing these stunts! Of course, they made a public nuisance every now and again, but that's a different story.

[priceman141]

Proof that over 100 years ago, people loved to blow sh!t up just as much as the current generation.

[unabonger777]

amazing how the guy jumped out of a train going 90mph and landed on his feet.

looks to me like they were going about 25 mph tops.

[goblue3785]

90 mph? That engineer jumped out and kept his footing. Drama queens.

[rynob777]

that dude that jumped out of the train knows how to live!

[XYtruck25]

they should do it even today. But we have the ACLU, NAACP and EPA all say its horrible and other BS. People back in the early 1900's to 1950's had all sorts of fun and didn't give a rat's azz about nothing. Today is no fun, we have to have permits, we got to get permission from who knows what. Then we have someone will want to put a tax on that.

[Vuldemurt]

This is when they found out that it's not a good idea to do a chicken race with two trains

[DerPanzerjager]

The engineer's like "Fuck this, I'm out."

[MRDEADLYSNIPER1]

first fail in history

[nelsonafonso1]

crash test

[wierdwesterner]

This is what they used to watch for entertainment before TV spread to the Mid-West.

[swazi001]

90mph????the guy jumping from the train must hav been "FLASH".......NO WAY THATS 90MPH even if u take both trains into perspective..

[caxtonman]

And the point of that was...............?

[UnarianSpaceCadet]

@caxtonman F. U. N.

[luis3826]

@caxtonman shits and giggles...

[dfirth224]

This was sort of a fad back then. It was done at a lot of fairs. Take two obsolete locomotives that are going to be scrapped and have a destruction derby. The crowds loved it. The fairs made lots of money . Everyone was happy. Remember this was before most people had cars.

[McLarenMercedes]

@dfirth224

Couldn't they have sold those workable old locomotives to countries in other parts of the world who would pay good money for them? I mean, even today they use old steam trains in certain African countries, although I think they have converted them into burning crude oil rather than coal.

I suppose these locomotives were ancient by the standards of 1913. In the 20's and 30's anything old was seen as "outdated" and preserving something for future generations was unthinkable.

[thresher4]

where are the crash test dummies.

[TheBeechingAxe]

so ?

[NJPurling]

Amazing that they did that sort of thing as a attraction at a public event.

They'd have been screwed if even one of the boilers had exploded after the crash.

[undertaker7800]

bet you women were driving those trains...

[LiverpoolfcEPL]

is this recorded with a toothbrush? they should buy hd camera or something

[pongboy1100]

@LiverpoolfcEPL you are making a joke right? you know this is a recording from a time where camera's where operated by a handel that the operator would turn to record it???

[rexx1234567]

@LiverpoolfcEPL Yeah, in 1913, what were they thinking! LMAO!!

[julius923]

90 mph? Sounds like a slight exaggeration.  Look like 35 mph.

[jarettrobak]

@julius923 multiply that by 2 and your close to what they say

[sookster54]

@julius923 when this baby hits 88 mph, you're gonna see some serious shit

[graficsfx]

You can get a Train Wreck T-Shirt or cap at Yowzers.com

[Orgasmorator]

don't know if anyone noticed..but there weren't going fuckin 90 MPH!! the way the guy bailed of in the beginning..id say 15 or 20 MAX

[Harkonis]

@Orgasmorator He opens the throttle to full, jumps out, then the train continues to speed up until the collision.

[TahreyUK]

@Orgasmorator perhaps the engineer said "eighteen or nineteen" and the guy writing the title plates misheard?

I could credit maybe the footage of the engineer jumping off being a quarter mile down the track, and he propped the regulator wide open... the cameramen then overcranked quite a bit and so we have slow motion footage of two engines doing an estimated 45mph each.

(but not very much, given the carnage even low speed train crashes can produce)

[estesoyojajaja]

@Orgasmorator why did they even do that ?

[gojewla]

@Orgasmorator I noticed that too, but it looks like the train continues to speed up later. I still wonder if it was really traveling that fast. Perhaps it was a combined speed of 90 mph between the two trains

[Mewtario]

@Orgasmorator They were told to have the trains go at LEAST 40 mph each. The ninety comes from the combined speed.

[agwhitaker]

@Orgasmorator You are right !

The engineer bailed out at a low speed,

right after he rammed the throttle against the stop.

These locos take time to build up momentum, you see.

[saustfootball]

They just wanted to mate, to make little trains.

[RayVal53]

Hey, what do you call it when old people fuck? The slow poke!

[akulkis]

The cue cards claim that it was a 90-mile an hour crash, yet the one engineer jumps out of his locamotive and nearly keeps up with it.... call it 10 MPH for the one engine, and 10 for the other... 20 MPH collision tops (notice that neither engine was even derailed.)

[Jimboticon]

For all we know, that guy was probably texting on the world's first cellphone prototype. I guess it had to start somewhere.

[KE4RWS]

That had to be something to see back then. Heck, it would be cool to see even today.

However, that wasn't "90 miles per hour" though. And it's been proven without a doubt that even if each train were traveling 45 mph it still wouldn't be equivalent to a 90 mph crash.

[Superarne245]

Awsome !

[canadianentropy]

Is this what they did before monster truck rallies?

[47of74]

@canadianentropy Yes.

[salemcripple]

maybe COMBINED 90 mph. But each, i don't think so.

[acenace24]

I think they were both going 10mph....a world record in the 1400's

[TezukaKohei]

Damn do you see how strong those fucking things were, just like a 74' Caddy vs. a 2011 Kia Sedan, guess who would win....The sedan would be obliterated and the Caddy would have a fender bender. LMAO

Motor Vehicles and transportation modules used to be made out of REAL shit back in the day.

[wattman72]

@TezukaKohei Check out the 1959 Chevy Bel Air verses the 1999 Monte Carlo head on crash test. It might change your mind.

[batvette]

@wattman72 think the difference in years was 50. However as many times as I have seen that I still want to know where the hell the engine in the old car went. It doesn't look right.

[JBofBrisbane]

@TezukaKohei - modern cars are made to crumple in a controlled way in the correct places, to reduce the decelerative forces on the occupants. Run into a Kia with a '74 Caddy, and the Kia is expected to provide the crumple zone for BOTH cars. Try running another '74 Caddy into the first one and see how well off the occupants are.

Crashworthiness is about how undamaged the car's occupants are, not how undamaged the car is.

[caxtonman]

The point of that was.........?

[BigRedChester]

hi, im johny knoxville senior, this is the train wreck

[alielmir2]

R.I.P THOMAS

[alenoguerol666]

rock n roll train !

[Thebestever441]

Don't breathe this.

[mattlb92]

90 mph? ha

[02mustangboy]

@mattlb92 45 m.p.h. each- combined speed 90 m.p.h -- I think ?

[0001Virus1000]

This is what people did without internet.

[lasoo88]

Whats with all the spectators in the background? It looks like this was done at a fair for purposes of entertainment. A deliberate and stupid act.

[lasoo88]

Why are both trains on the same line and why are both trains carrying no carriages ? It looks deliberate even if it really wasn't.

[3t9l]

And thus, the American spirit was born in a fiery collision of jack-assedness.

[ALAJOHNSTONE]

If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?

[Mewtario]

This used to be an event that people would gather to see. I think they stopped it because of the danger that flying metal presented.... All in favor of bringing this sort of thing back?

[NetDevilVZLA]

Now that is something spectacular... take note, Jhonny Knoxville, LOL...

[mistersmith6000]

This was created by Gomez Addams for Uncle Fester's birthday.

[MrDeerecub1977]

back before credit cards

[warlordx94]

why dont they do this shit anymore for entertainment?

[mkarnerfors]

@warlordx94 You never watched Mythbusters eh? :D

In any case, YouTube search for "Operation Smash Hit" for some intentional train-smashing fun.

[kodack10]

no two trains of equal mass traveling at 45mph is still an impact of 45mph. An impact as if it hit a brick wall though. Classic physics problem. What is amazing is that neither boiler was breached. Good engineering (no pun intended).

[azsako]

@kodack10 ?, so if one train was stationary, and the other was going 90MPH, would the damage be the same(equal mass of course). as two colliding going 45MPH. I kinda see what your saying, but I still think it should equal 90 either way, right?

[kodack10]

@azsako Note exactly because of 2 reasons.

1. The stopped train is free to move when struck so crushing energy is redirected into backwards motion (think crumplezone in a car or punching a punching bag vs a brick wall)

2. The amount of kinetic energy in a moving object goes up by the square of it's velocity. That means an object at 45mph has 1/4 the energy it would have at 90mph. Twice the speed = 4 times the energy.

One train at 45mph into a reinforced wall would equal the energy.

[kodack10]

@kodack10 note exactly = not exactly

[elucidative]

Why?

[starstruckstarfuck]

1913 railroad yankee rebels!

[myuutsuuCMCE]

Precious machines, what a waste!

[appleintosh]

@myuutsuuCMCE that was 1913. they had steam locomotives in abundance

[ARCHERY61]

noo i think the combined speed is 40kmph ,, the man was a part time horse chaser and runs 20kmph lol

[davidevgen]

who would have thought that almost 100 years later this video would end up on youtube! XD

[d9andy992]

@davidevgen what is this magic picture box with demons in it !!!

[davidevgen]

@d9andy992 what do you mean?

[d9andy992]

@davidevgen thats what they wouldve thought a computer was 100 yrs ago

[davidevgen]

@d9andy992 oh lol i get it

[RRboyLEGOboy]

@davidevgen *thumbs*

[sallytwodicks4fun]

@AriShaban00 yes

[vettebecker]

What a waste of equipment!!!

[AcaAllertor127]

@AriShaban00 still lonesome?

[joytech23]

Aww cmon you can buff that out! just bring out the spit'n shine and good o'l hammer.

I wish the camera man caught the collision head-on in the middle of the camera's view but i guess he couldn't tell what he was recording through a eyepeice.

[branek52]

Some guy actually did this for a living, setting up some fly track and crashing junk locos together at state fairs and such. I don't know his name, but he did this for years.

[DontScatter]

@branek52 John Crush was his name

and the event was called The Great Crush Crash

[jworcester92]

why did they do this?

[GeorgeSmiley77]

The train on the left isn't going any faster than the man who jumps off can run. The train on the right isn't going any faster than the train on the left. So that's 10mph + 10mph = 20mph = 32 km/h combined speed.

WATCH - LOOK - SEE - STUDY - LEARN - LOL

Sorry to ruin yer fun, nerdos.

[jworcester92]

@GeorgeSmiley77 the man probably set the throttle up to max and then ditched the train

[bjiintx]

@GeorgeSmiley77 Hmmm ..Steam engines were not known for rapid acceleration. He sets throttle, at a high throttle setting, then jumps off AS THE LOCOMOTIVE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE.

THINK- THEN WRITE...

[tingtongpoom123]

Oh how I wish the Rockefellers would've been onboard this train. 1913 the federal reserve act

[beerdeddi]

80´s "Headbanger´s Ball"!!

[aaaarrrgggghh]

THe man jumping off it actually carried on running, so i'd say maybe 15mph

[beeroosterm]

90 miles an hour, my ass....

[pardomtlca]

actually looked almost safe to be in the cab

[CleoTheSim]

Yep. This is the sort of thing we do for fun in Sacramento.

[grasshopperNOmore]

Its like watching the Obama administration handle the economy.

[MariktheChao]

A man was in that train along with his wife and two kids. His name was Doctor Emmett Lathrop Brown, his wife's name was Clara and his kid's names were Jules and Verne. Witnesses said the train just came out of no where. After the crash the man came out of the train and said, "Great Scott!" and collapsed and died.

[henrynevins]

@MariktheChao I hope that train engine was powered by 21.1 jiggawatts.

[jakubkrcma]

I guess the driver needed to practice running at 45 mph for a while... :-)))) OK, so he probably let the train run up to speed on its own and was filmed jumping off e.g. a mile earlier.

[TankMurdock]

awesome movie...when is the sequel?

[Alexela56]

Awesome! It was a test?

[SolarEXtract]

Must have sounded terrifically horrific in person.

[MrSpike13]

* did so

[altobiotero]

Ancient Jack ass ??

[josegomez101]

@altobiotero

No, this was the earliest known demolition derby.

[jordimikado]

Awesome video!!! :o)

[BMWLDRider]

Testing air bag prototypes

[lbergeronbubamule]

The G.O.P. wanted to give the railroads 200 billion dollar bailout after this.Too bad railroads do'nt pay taxes.

[navyveteran11]

EXTREME TRAIN RIDING!!!!! Man they ahead of their time!

[houshidar558]

lol at the dude running out like fuck this im diping

[zelek80]

1st crashtest ever? :)

[DevinL16]

we even had high-speed trains in 1913!!!

[daphill]

that'll buff out

[VicTheMouth]

That's crazy

[j6983455]

Is it possible to watch this in 720p.?

[wifiman1]

@j6983455 lol

[murilobranda96]

Crazy americans!

[fintogive]

i bet that was fun to do XD

[luckysod04]

needs the piano music

[fallingup90]

what was the point to intentionally crashing trains in the heyday?

[mrtripf4f]

@fallingup90 The same as the point of demolition derbys.

[mrBman]

that's not 90 mph..... more like 30-35 at most.

[luckysod04]

@mrBman combined speed of 90 dude

[blackhawkpictures15]

that fuck is SO lucky he jumped

[hellvelle24]

i bet they were both amtraks lol

[LGTheOneFreeMan]

@hellvelle24 Asskrak wasn't around until 1971.

[hellvelle24]

@LGTheOneFreeMan "Asstrak" whats wrong with amtrak? i like amttrak. i take it quite frequently. its better than slowhound

[flieger315]

it was the first crash test ?

[hellvelle24]

@flieger315 they were testing if you make a 200ft track and put 2 engins on them pointing at each other and run them at full speed what will be the outcome.

[strilight]

America grew up blowing up shit.

[cheeswisz]

worlds first viral video

[53chevyman]

there is no god damn way it was 90 miles an hour or the guy jumping and RUNNING at 15 seconds was the fastest man on earth cause he didnt just fall and eat dirt! Retards!!!!

[RadialSkid]

@53chevyman

He jumped when the train was just starting. Notice it's going a lot faster at the time of impact.

[sjtom57]

Decent vid but what a waste of some great equipment.

[Paublo79]

That brings a tear to my eye. 2 perfectly good steam engines destroyed.

[wildstein22]

ow thats gotta hurt

[2strokeRider4Life]

that was awesome lol at 0:28 looks like a two cab train in one almost perfectly fit together

[horsepower101995]

modern engines do more damage, that was only minor.

[PoetryonMusic]

where did the sound go? i wanted to hear choo chooo boom!