Central Ave. Derailment

Rail fan trip to Metairie LA. Who would of known our trip would have ended this way. What are the chances of catching something like this on video.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• things caught on video
• train
• derailments
• Train
• wrecks
• railroads
• railway

[Squarerig]

If there were an "Oscar" for railway shots I would very definitely award it to you,cnwtrain for this truly extraordinary film clip.But what caused this wreck?

[cnwtrain]

@Squarerig We've been told a broken rail. We think it was a bad wheel flange. There was some metal shavings found in the frog. We saw the officials picking them out.It wasn't the switch points like most everyone here assumes. The first car came off the track long after the switch.

[MrPaintBall879]

This is one of the best videos on youtube for derailment i've seen...simple railfanning gone chaotic. Good camera work, this should have a lot more views than it does.

[cnwtrain]

@MrPaintBall879 Is there another video out there catching a train in the act of derailing?

[joeylawn36111]

@cnwtrain There is the one of a tornado causing a derailment on YT.

[cnwtrain]

@joeylawn36111 Oh yeh, forgot about that one.

[megadog200]

Damn! My heart was racing too! :O

[IrishEddie317]

@stellarartwars07  I did the search and nothing came up but a bunch of English Sikhs. Could you provide a URL for the site you mention? Thanks

[IndisputableAttitude]

Kermit did this shit.

[1885dr]

holy S that was awesome !

[leafyutube]

I was expecting to see a high speed train wreck like in The Fugitive.

[thepotatovagina]

Better get those carriages back on the tracks before the boss sees it.

[stellarartwars07]

@Squarerig if you're into trainwreck videos, search out Southall in England on Youtube. Very poor taste, but like this an amazing piece of film.

[Tiscando]

The switch indicator can be seen again for a split second at 3:42 on the right of the video (in the previous comment, I meant RIGHT, not left)

[Tiscando]

At 3:07, the point switch (in the middle of the graffiti'd wall) is far outside the left of the video (it goes out of view at 2:50) so it definitely derailed a distance after the switch.

[theath7]

And thats why you don't put pennies on the railroad track...