Drift Express

Loop this 49 and 1/2 times and you've basically watched Polar Express. That engineer is MLG as fuck. Anyway, Here's how I'd like to see a drifting train again: In the next mad max movie. Now hear me out lol;
Think about it. Some gearheads got their hands on a steam train, put tracks on it and slapped a huge fuck all cannon to the front, and they use it to siege encampments by drifting and firing HE, why? Because these particular raiders have a coal mine. Not exactly gas but you've got to make do, right?
Running in the 90's - Max Coveri
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[@JohnBread69]

This scene is objectively incredibly stupid but it's just so fucking awesome that it gets more than a pass, it gets an award.

[@battlecruiserna]

BREEEEEEAD

[@MohanPainkara]

Suddenly remembered this video eh?

[@Divyanshugamer95]

Oh again!?

[@Masterpetegamer]

1 DAY AGo?????

[@vaibhavbakshi7876]

waow 1 day ago

[@TCOphox]

I love the fact that someone thought a kid's christmas movie should include drifting a steam train across ice as an action theme

[@infinillac3683]

it isn't a bad idea.

[@mariushuisman7087]

twas a brilliant idea actually

[@Potato-jn9tw]

Yep

[@solomagikarp7773]

This scene is the main reason I watch this thing to this day

[@FNAFgamrz]

Hey, it's certainly kept me entertained

[@Mattsimilate]

Big smoke:"All we had to do was follow the damn train CJ!" The train:

[@pikav.2.085]

No wonder he can't do it

[@USSLongIslandCVE1]

Underrated

[@suspresident7699]

and that is why it was not Cjs falt.

[@lovinescu7260]

HAHAHAXD

[@Ataurion]

True

[@bananblob7432]

“Why are the tracks underwater?!” “Why doesn’t the train break the ice?!” Because now we get to see the single greatest drifting scene in all of cinema, that’s why.

[@Titan14]

What about Eggsy's London drift in Kingsmen 2?

[@nirohiyu]

​@@Titan14you cannot simply compare that with this here

[@matthewhamilton9292]

the ice did break tho

[@darrickkoko2987]

@@matthewhamilton9292 the train didn't break the ice first but a metal stick(idk what that thing is) break the ice.

[@matthewhamilton9292]

​@@darrickkoko2987if it was a part of the train it's still technically the train

[@Matt_JJz]

Is this scene ridiculous? Yes Is this unrealistic? Yes Is this scene still amazing and very much cherished? YES

[@cristianiiv6418]

Bro the train is magical, is very explicit in the movie They doing impossible things is not a valid critic Is like saying superman is unrealistic because flying like like he does is impossible to a normal human being

[@LordReskiy]

​@@cristianiiv6418 He wasn't criticising, he was being realistic while still being positive.

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

@@cristianiiv6418to be fair nobody has tried driving a locomotive on ice so the realistic argument is purely theoretical

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

​@@dionjaywoollaston1349 I like this outlook, but let's drift one for science!

[@connorjohnson7834]

Because of it's design, a normal steam engine can't multi track drift. Polar Express: Screw the tracks then

[@LeslieB73]

You realize it's unrealistic? It's a Cartoon.

[@jewelsbari6675]

HOLY SH'T

[@dergenmusic2081]

Makia bruh It’s a joke

[@ZUnknownFox]

actually the only way the train could've been drifting is hitting the breaks and using the force of the cars/trailers to push the train off to the side and then pulling forward to have the cars/trailers pull back on the train to force it the other way. given they still had some traction it would work.

[@meepmeep1909]

Makia R/wooooooooosh

[@joldsaway3489]

When a normal conductor loses his cool, he keeps making mistakes, making it impossible for him to keep up. But this guy’s different... the hotter he runs, the faster he goes.

[@shit_name4097]

Joldsaway nice initial d reference

[@redflaminggamer9159]

Intial D reference I like it

[@InitiateDee]

This race is over, Shingo

[@Стефан-с2п]

@@InitiateDee *RAGE YOUR DREAM INTENSIFIES

[@doloresmartinez1677]

😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😠😠🕘🕤🕟🕔🕛🕛🕧🕧🕠🕕🕐🕐🕡🕡🕡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

[@nqrtzy8765]

Staff: “It’s impossible” Conductor: “No, it’s necessary”

[@m4rionettealastor702]

nlol, executive memer now I want No Time For Caution over this scene

[@joshuapark7219]

*Interstellar music intensifies

[@cjgreen4331]

Not probable

[@brandonchan5387]

COME ON KIDDD I tried to replace TARS with the name of the boy, but I don't think he was given a name in the movie.

[@sbravoo]

Philosophy 100

[@englishrival2020]

The train driver is overqualified for this job.

[@DrMissJess]

Considering the circumstances, I think they’re just qualified enough

[@andreagiagnorio5775]

What's your job? I'm a train racing driver. Wdy mean for train racing driver? The train:RUNNING IN THE 90s

[@daddyleon]

@@DrMissJess lol - exactly, how's there a question?

[@Achobreesh]

More like overqualified for life

[@an2939]

@Nicholas Olesen tf dude

[@HarmonicVector]

"This may be a magic train, but what you're seeing here is all human skill."

[@bitchasshoe8719]

Magnificent. Humans truly have peaked

[@josegabrielplaygames3121]

Rsrs

[@missinglinc2775]

The train driver has skills to pay the bills

[@simonerz2070]

This is not magic, this is our school bus driver...

[@stewartmoir9464]

Indeed, that train engineer is the real mvp.

[@Science_Fiction13]

If you can't drift a 700,000 pound steam locomotive with 5 coaches attached to it, you're not a real drifter. Edit: I want to mention that I'm including the tender as well.

[@-olivenicko-1749]

Ponyboy John you're fucking Jesus

[@synicyst8137]

Ponyboy John 5 cars to be exact, 6 if you count where the coal is

[@Science_Fiction13]

Thug Doge thanks m8

[@dumbfluff2453]

Ponyboy John not only that, but on cracking ice.

[@paulleal6419]

Ponyboy John they're called coaches

[@AV8R_Liam]

I just now realized that the conductor intentionally bunched the train up mid drift to condense the weight so they’d be heavy enough to crack the ice. He did it so they’d be able to hit the rails on the the other side of the frozen lake before going through the narrow pass 🤯🤯🤯

[@battlecruiserna]

nice

[@hagiharafam6731]

@@battlecruiserna do you just come back out of nowhere nice

[@HANKSANDY69420]

*That's actually frickin insane*

[@badateverything2931]

thats actually an insane detail

[@loremipsum9444]

10,000 IQ play 🥶🥶🥶

[@redtyto5399]

*Virgin Snowpiercer Train:* gets demolished by an avalanche *Chad Polar Express:* watch me casually drift on ice

[@crash4267]

Doesn't Snowpiercer plow through walls of ice? 😅

[@zcgamerandreacts2762]

​@@crash4267that's because the walls are in the way of the train. A avalanche derails it.

[@crash4267]

@zcgamerandreacts2762 actually, snowpiercer 2.0 will go through avalanches

[@M1551NGN0]

Snowpiercer is lowkey the shittiest sci-fi/post apocalyptic series I have ever seen.

[@crash4267]

@@M1551NGN0 bad opinion

[@チーズ-n7b]

Thomas the Tank Engine: “Was my father a great steam engine?” The Fat Controller: “ *He was the best* ”

[@ghostgabe81]

This is now canon

[@Hasselroeder]

I ifeel so much proudness right now!

[@mastersio3647]

This is now canon

[@TheFormalFools]

This is now canon

[@ColonialBoi]

"The Fat Controller" an accurate name for Sir Topinhat

[@tevonk98]

You know the most savage thing about this train drift is that they do it every year because its a scheduled route...

[@johnnyweissmuller5559]

Well, this time the pin caused it to be dangerous

[@goldprime118]

If you do the math right, this guy has drifted more times than any character on initial D. He...IS THE DRIFT GOD!

[@otakurailfan]

Its part of the tour XD

[@goldprime118]

Otaku Railfan yeah! Its totally normal to see Pe're Marquette locomotive drift like a toyota trueno apex. Totally normal! 👌

[@Papanza295]

i want to see the one time when the lake hasn't frozen over!

[@charles3840]

it's a damn shame we never saw what the other kids are going through on the inside of the cars.

[@calebjames5600]

I assume the insides are magic'd to not feel anything, it's why the train can go over tracks that bend/speed the cars to ridiculous degrees yet don't need seatbelts or anything. Now what they were seeing outside of the windows probably had them shook lmao

[@d.n.3652]

The know-it-all kid was kinda explaining what happened when the other kids finally went back to their seats. Although it didn’t seem as intense and the other kids didn’t seem all that phased

[@HANKSANDY69420]

@@d.n.3652 *You mean the* 🤓

[@Reiujibomh]

Maybe they are thrown around Inside

[@kakahtukat]

I think it’s that russian car video with a couple guys bouncing inside but make that a train car with more people and 100x more intensity

[@afallingtree9114]

*"Hey look buddy... I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems."*

[@Imthepinesinthetrees]

No problems like what is beauty but practical problems, like what happens when you drive your train onto a frozen lake. Answer. Use drift. And if that dont work. Use more drift

[@afallingtree9114]

chairit the kitty eyy

[@shines1990]

@@Imthepinesinthetrees Jesus christ this took some coordination

[@Shisnobi]

You see, 100 ton train built by me, made by me, and you best hope, *Not drifted at you*

[@shines1990]

@@Shisnobi or something like this: like this 100 ton train right here. Built by me, designed by me, and you best hope... Without you in it.

[@socialistteletubby3642]

Society: YoU nEEd tRAcks tO dIrVE A trIAN. Conductor: Observe.

[@Crystalwatcher]

Better phrase: Hold my coco!

[@StupidStuff62]

Crystalwatcher cocoa*

[@Crystalwatcher]

@@StupidStuff62 Thank you

[@StupidStuff62]

Crystalwatcher np

[@dimassyahadani42]

Observe,Adapt,Overcome

[@Magnus_Kass]

seriously though, this engineer deserves a fucking Medal of Honor for drifting a *FUCKING 400,000 POUND TRAIN ACROSS A FROZEN LAKE INTO A CANYON MORE NARROW THAN AN ASS CRACK.*

[@kittyhawk2352]

Some Guy on KZbin And for completing that reverse entry

[@seaboard18]

Some Guy on KZbin B-but.. The locomotive itself weighs more than 130 tons...

[@kittyhawk2352]

Railwaytube Who cares, it's still quite the accomplishment

[@SkaterMisterAxe]

The whole train weighs around 30 million tonnes...

[@Magnus_Kass]

DanKop Just like *your mum?* I'm sorry, i just had to.

[@non-existent0373]

Lets not forget to give credit to the guy feeding the train a constant supply of coal, this sort of drifting was probably disintegrating coal like no ones business.

[@redguirus]

That was Smokey.

[@vVRichardVv]

I'm impressed how the weight of the conductor's balls didn't cause the train to sink into the ice

[@luisfelipegoncalves4977]

If not even his own weight did it, I don't know what else would

[@xxoan.1613]

It almost did!

[@aixrozes]

@@luisfelipegoncalves4977 the kids

[@bro2390]

That joke is golden and deserves to be saved for the future generations

[@aixrozes]

@@bro2390 which one

[@Gaelverstappen]

Big Smoke : *"All We Had To Do Was Follow The Damn Train CJ"* Also The Train :

[@shrapnel8430]

Lmao

[@alx2900]

Best comment so far

[@Stung02]

Underrated comment

[@seb99342]

Mission Failed: The train has been sunk!

[@cellbuilder2]

Can't catch up with this train

[@NegaGandhi]

Universal Pictures: "We've run out of ideas for Fast & Furious" Vin Diesel: (gets recommended this) "I have an idea"

[@sk8terzane818]

LAMEZOR hahaha this got pinned and it was commented 4 hours ago lolol

[@ahmaqua]

Nice

[@somerandomguy227]

you have been chosen

[@jcplays3842]

Well all be coming back here when FF20 comes out and they’re pulling this shit off

[@Idkjustgothere]

Lmao

[@joshriley2936]

0:43 I just noticed how satisfying it is that the camera is almost completely stationary, letting the train come to us, before it fixates closely on that boss lever pull. Chef's kiss 👌

[@Mondayz408]

Cinematics as its maximum

[@mrdollyman5675]

Average maglev: -relies on magnets -not from industrial revolution -can’t drift Average steam train: -doesn’t rely on magnets is from industrial revolution -can drift

[@sleeplesswhipdcreme_nosleep]

Maglevs can technically drift on a large magnetic field, they just use the magnetic rails to hit those high speeds.

[@arghyaprotimhalder5592]

Yupppp

[@Mightymite1]

Maglevs: new Steam: still used to this day

[@danielhaire6677]

MAGLEV ENgineers: Press buttons and pull handles. Steam Engineers: Masters of the Engine and the rails.

[@Turles811]

Steam trains were used alot for passengers to but these trains were fucking torque beasts I think they put out more than a deasil train

[@gutsdw]

Imagine just casually hiking when you see a passenger train drifting on the lakes ice

[@sabyasachibhaumik8920]

Mind blown

[@tinus8233]

lol

[@Emilystar1095]

How would even hike at that time

[@hazydoom69]

And it's full of nothing but children.

[@TUGC]

thats cool

[@joetheinfant8891]

The Hogwarts Express is the most iconic train in cinema history Tom Hanks: hold my hot hot hot, hot chocolate

[@jaredmorales5130]

I would like this, but it's at 169 likes so I probably should just leave it, lol.

[@joetheinfant8891]

@@jaredmorales5130 respect

[@Emilystar1095]

Get this comment to 1112 likes thats the number of the polar express

[@Emilystar1095]

@CK124台灣蒸汽機 hehehe i forgot but thats what i remember but the likes still dont have 1225 on it

[@ASHE_ATTACC]

In my opinion I'd say the Sierra Nevada No. 3 is the most iconic. It's literally nicknamed the Movie Star engine, due to it's appearances in so many shows and movies.

[@kira-dk2mx]

Being the Drift King means that you're skilled in drifting all manner of vehicles on all kinds of terrain. That engineer is the real Drift King. You can tell this isn't the first time he's had to do this.

[@GodActio]

"I'm the Drift King. I've drifted so hard that I've drifted into another world. I will become the Drift God. This is my Story" The light novel

[@gladoseon4117]

The engineer: “If the tracks became frozen under the ice, I might have a little trouble.” Conductor: “So you wouldn’t make it on time?” Engineer: “Nah, I’d be early.”

[@mikhailkerman8323]

"THEY CALLED ME THE DRIFT KING BACK IN COLLEGE, AND YOU WILL NEVER OVERPASS ME!"

[@3ryuken]

As a kid I never realized how cool the driver was.

[@kevenguzman8081]

Honestly same

[@RogueWallEnthusiast]

Lmao same. I always ignored this scene honestly. then it popped up in my reccomended. Now I only want to watch this.

[@NWORails_Off_Topic]

Yes

[@KiriChan99]

Agh yes it's all so cool!

[@iknowwhoiam1456]

Fav scene

[@IvailoStoychev]

This is why they didn't bother with making a rail bridge over this lake.

[@Gabriel-he6ih]

It looks liem the tracks went into the lake So the lake didnt exist before?

[@seuchenvater5687]

It's a test to weed out those who are not worthy

[@yoshikiharo1020]

Environmental change or rise and lows of lakes. One days it was dry flat land, build the rails and done. Years later, heavy rain flooded the place, high dam built and the water went here, global warming, or etc.

[@ChutneyGames]

Are you guys really questioning why a rail that previously had a vertical drop followed by a vertical climb up a mountain also goes through a lake

[@yoshikiharo1020]

Some can explain with physics but some cannot because of anime logic

[@nathanbarnes7217]

"That's gotta be the best conductor I've ever seen"

[@insertname7750]

So it would seem

[@johnpaulabocad6941]

@@insertname7750 damn it

[@BZ0905]

So it would seem

[@BZ0905]

@@insertname7750 didnt even check the comments, just typed it out and checked after.

[@troy8349]

Hundredth like

[@RandomUnfunnyBean]

7 years later and it's still a masterpiece.

[@robertlamey556]

Great to se another veteran of the 2016 meme-scape

[@thanoss]

69th like here

[@GenralG7]

The driver and conductor were amazing, but lets give the guy with a shovel some credit too, dude didnt miss a single shovel load despite the train constantly changing direction and he had to walk out to the second car each time

[@GarthTheMighty]

And if he did, they all would have fallen into the ice.

[@CactusCarrot]

Absolute Mad Lad

[@jennytulls6369]

Dude was more chill than the other engineer

[@ryderplaysytofficial8018]

@@GarthTheMighty wat

[@jurassicsmackdown6359]

Polar Express fireman is underrated. How he could go from the cab to the tender and back to shovel coal into the firebox during all that hellishness, is only on par with Shaggy

[@brendonmcdoniel3684]

Me as a 5 year old: Cool I love this Christmas movie Me as a 14 year old: *H E J U S T D R I F T E D A 1 0 0 T O N T R A I N W T F*

[@krizalid2000]

Yeah

[@fritzlauren7991]

yea

[@highcaliburx3751]

A “magic” train

[@nathoj8213]

Yep

[@Bongod]

T r i a n

[@blackhat1018]

In all seriousness, can we just take a moment to appreciate the Engineer? He was able to navigate a derailed train, turning it around even, across an actively breaking ice lake. That is some skill.

[@marxxplaysgames]

And then you remember they do this every year, which makes it even more awesome!

[@Cheez321]

It's not just some skill, it's THE skill.

[@VoidPlayzGAMES]

and the fireman for shoveling the coal without falling off the train

[@blueberrymascarpone2786]

Engineer: Bunta Fujiwara

[@marcopohl4875]

@@marxxplaysgames They drive this route every year, but it doesn't usually go wrong like this.

[@VerbenaRP]

When I first saw this scene in the movie as a child, it was that moment I started to be obsessed with the idea of being on a train. I still have never been on one and I just want to be on one more and more lol

[@battlecruiserna]

go for it

[@Turles811]

They do give train rides still it's not like trains aren't obsolete the railroad business is thriving still actually just gotta find a station and some tracks and get some tickets sides I been on a train plenty of times and it's amazing I like taking the train sadly there's no more trains where I'm from that will take passengers but I will have fond memories of it

[@LukiKruki]

​​​​​​@@Turles811Come to Poland then. We still have passenger trains here. They won't disappear anytime soon if ever. We Polish people are very fond of keeping our traditions. Steam trains are still active here too.

[@Turles811]

@@LukiKruki I might have to one day I honestly always wanted to drive one of them giant locomotives

[@ZeranZeran]

Riding the train is incredibly relaxing to me if I can find a day when it's not busy and I can just sit alone and look out the window. The views are always so beautiful. It's a special feeling. Much better than a car.

[@pitechantropuserectus8307]

That guy is just amazing,drifting something that doesn't have steering

[@karan3952]

All that is ok ...but he had time for cho cho

[@CygnusLaboratorys2056]

Skilled Drifters do not require left and right Especially Engineers

[@qwdafy442]

Physics: "You cant drift a train!" The engineer: "Hold my beer"

[@Drippiest_menace]

The people who made this part hummmm well skateboards do this

[@SMBr0s]

This looks way crazier than Mario Kart!

[@user-ug4xf2rb1q]

Can we all appreciate the fact he drifted A STEAM TRAIN, not a car but A WHOLE ENTIRE TRAIN

[@sterlingbrummer2413]

imagine if it was a freight train

[@straightbusta2609]

He drifted something which had no steering lol

[@lydroofficial3689]

Must be really pro gamer

[@celestenavarrete8138]

With kids inside

[@Lolxlol21_]

ACHEVEMENT UNLOCKED: DRIFT MASTER

[@whackyjinak4978]

They deserve fricking medals. The engineer for driving a 400,000lbs 4-8-4 on a frozen lake with no track into a narrow ass canyon,, the conductor for guiding him to it, and the fireman for keeping the boiler hotter than the blazes of hell itself

[@fonk7661]

The conductor gets a medal for 0:42

[@harrimanfox8961]

WhackyJ in AK *2-8-4

[@creeperkid09]

Not to mention the fact that if they had been misaligned by less than half an inch they might not have landed on the tracks.

[@nahuelmontenegro8647]

best comment ever

[@possiblycrazy442]

You mean a T-8-6 Tofu Express

[@Godzilla20191]

Soviet Trucks going across frozen lakes to get to Stalingrad 1943:

[@waleedabdullahkhan5706]

Need more likes

[@Vorwatts]

Leningrad more accurately

[@yudhawidyanto5251]

This man wanted to create a meme, but in the end he created a masterpiece.

[@battlecruiserna]

i have pretty bad insomnia and when i dont feel like playing games i just play around with stuff in video editor. I put together and uploaded this eurobeat meme on a whim and had absolutely no idea it would become popular, and once it did I uploaded a few others. My only intention was to share something that I enjoyed, to share an idea that I thought was cool.

[@Wofotaco]

@@battlecruiserna Fucking gigachad holy

[@kakashihatake326]

@@battlecruiserna kino

[@aziza_ae]

@@battlecruiserna llll

[@thomastheminecrafttrain2339]

It's all just luck

[@Kianakaslanatunak423]

I just realised that the conductor has the most impressive balance ever, he literally is balancing on a 100 ton steam engine drifting on ice

[@fyodorkojevin5756]

His balls balanced him.

[@chuckles3116]

That's not even factoring in the fucking absurd grip strength he and those kids had at the start of the video, especially considering how icy those handrails must've been.

[@mr.noname9328]

And hes doing it only with braking, he has no steering wheel

[@alexanderedwards5810]

Bruh!

[@iplaygames8090]

@@mr.noname9328 he means the guy that was yelling at the engineers (controllers)

[@bitchasshoe8719]

The train driver: "this is only %5 of my power."

[@Lostmycologist]

*nothing personal kid*

[@snicka1886]

*breaks neck and deffault dances on top of the train*

[@MVGEN36]

The power of scooby snacks

[@qwdafy442]

Next up for the Train Driver: Drifting a plane on the Brick yard speedway oval

[@parthsaxena1028]

Their power is unmatched

[@kozmonauta0515]

I love how you looped it, suggesting that the entire track is made from rollercoaster and icy lake segments coming one after an another

[@battlecruiserna]

i liked it more as a loop because stuff really bothers me when it has a beginning and an end, idk why. This video was a complete accident and I was surprised to see how many other people also liked the idea of a drifting train.

[@blazikenking]

What's really crazy is that the video was designed to loop before KZbin added the loop function. Truly, it was retrofitted for the future.

[@TheAntarcticEmperor]

>can drift a train on ice and put it back on the tracks >can't install a cotter pin correctly

[@Cirno.mp4]

>somehow the cotter pin stays while drifting >falls out when the thing jams

[@yohannesmaputraalit4876]

Can you tell me the song name?

[@work3276]

running in the 90s

[@work3276]

running in the 90s

[@analucy2819]

A Toolbag in

[@claudcopter9784]

I can't remember if this movie was actually good or not, but it's the only movie I think I'll ever see with a train drifting on ice while Tom Hanks dabs on top of it. Absolutely magical.

[@qwdafy442]

Lol

[@straightbusta2609]

Exactly

[@bush3126]

This is a classic my man, polar express.

[@claudcopter9784]

@@bush3126 Bro ofc I know what the movie is, and just because its a nostalgic classic doesn't mean it might be as good as I remember (Tbh as a kid I knew this movie was fucking weird). But this scene is fascinating lmao.

[@JacobSmith-bv4bk]

It's too bad it got 56% rotten tomatoes.

[@Citydell]

Drifting with no steering wheel: NEW LEVEL OF DRIFITING

[@clayton8or]

DRIFTING WITH LEVERS

[@prosackmetheus5409]

The Engineer's swag cannot be contained by the Laws of Physics.

[@derliebeeugen5667]

Prosack Metheus he has his own physical rules!

[@prosackmetheus5409]

derliebeEugen 2.9 Damn right, he has!

[@clayton8or]

I reject your reality, and substitute my own!

[@Sanji_41]

Fast and furious characters: We are the best in drifting This train driver : Hold my BIG BOY 🥱

[@sarry__3736]

I am amazed to see that the ice doesn't even crack by the weight of the conductor's massive balls of steel.

[@shyryTsr2k]

All 3 of the men were very brave in trying to control the situation, the stoker is the name of the position in which a person shovels coal into the flames to keep the engine running and I can only imagine how much coal this burned off lol... The conductor is the dude on top of the train shouting orders (not irl of course, they manage the activities and passengers on a train) and the engineer is the one who physically controls the train.

[@masterdragon2698]

I mean, it didn’t crack under the weight of an entire freaking passenger train that weighs several tons put on the pressure of that part of the wheel that keeps it aligned with the track

[@Capdukeymomoman]

@@masterdragon2698 The reason to why it didn't crack is because the ice was perfectly capable of keeping the train on top of it. Only when the ice was cracked by the little rod piece is what caused it to buckle under the weight

[@Sky_fox_vrc]

LOL

[@regretevatorandbuses]

im sure it was the brakes

[@vonjt4077]

Some facts about the train driver: - When he was 11 years old he decided he was going to live alone and his parents moved to another house - He lost his virginity before his parents - He helped his parents give birth to him - When he was in school the teachers would raise their hand to talk to him - The train driver once missed two days of school. Those days became known as Saturday and Sunday. - Whenever the train driver had a doctor's appointment, he was the one asking questions and the doctors would tell him what their symptoms were

[@Brightrich26]

He is, "the most interesting (locomotive engineer) in the world."

[@andrewlance3898]

"I don't always drift trains, but when I do, I drift them across frozen lakes."

[@h3lblad3]

Reused Chuck Norris Facts? WHAT YEAR IS IT?!

[@siwnares_]

someone's about to get wooshed i can see it

[@mr_charki6004]

The driver gave birth to adan and eve

[@nikolakaravida9670]

The driver is easily one of the most badass characters in fiction history. The fact that he can drift a steam engine controlled solely by levers, with several passenger cars attached and perfectly allign it with the tracks at the end is insane. Also props to the guy shovelling the coal while everyone else would fucking fly off the train without holding on.

[@battlecruiserna]

smokey is the true hero of this story, he's responsible for making the boost.

[@M1nato-Mirai]

うぉすげえ固定されてる。しかも三時間前。

[@piotrm4853]

@@battlecruiserna in 0:44 you can see him shoveling coal while going sideways haha

[@tanhorn6597]

៨៩៩

[@lindavirgil3306]

Nbbuuuq

[@PigeonDude]

This is arguably the best action scene in history, from a Christmas movie, about a magic train.

[@RyuKyu.77]

It's soo badass inarguably

[@jkokashall5797]

Hey look, buddy. I'm an engineer - that means I solve problems. Not problems like 'What is beauty?' because that would fall within the purview of your conundrums of philosophy. I solve practical problems. *proceeds to drift a train on ice*

[@thecpmr6276]

this made my day.

[@pubfries5562]

I applaud you.

[@samjones7834]

Jkok Ashall I am Heavy Weapons Guy. And this is my train. She weighs 200 tons and can go 40.234 metres per second/90 mph. It costs $400,000 to drift this train for 12 seconds.

[@thevelocipastor1721]

Well that was idiotic

[@XxmatixX6videosdiariosdenadav]

:Drifting's a good job, mate. Challenging work, out of rails. I guarantee you'll not go out of the track. 'Cause at the end of the day, as long as there are two people left on this earth, Simeone is gonna want someone drifted. N- No-- not a really bad driver, dad, I'm a drifter! What would the difference be!?! One's epic, and the other's a Peugeot driver! Dad..da... Put mom on the phone

[@thedarkforce725]

0:41 most majestic and freaking epic dab in all of human history

[@billa9034]

Ikr

[@marvelcoderian243]

Y E P

[@Mr.Mosquito89]

The rare "actually warranted" dab. Truly majestic.

[@muscleman4799]

Lmfao dab on steam train

[@justyoureverydaydumbguyahl1487]

TheDark Force tha best oof

[@foxinabox_6626]

Engineer: saves everyone's lives by aligning the train That annoying kid: "it was just an optical illusion

[@legoclonetrooper4053]

yea but that kid was not invited to the train so dont worry

[@nobpyxl5389]

The annoying kid thought a train spinning was just a OpTiCaL oLlUsIoN

[@Marcus001]

@Agent Smith 🤣

[@314rft]

@@legoclonetrooper4053 Actually he was. He was the nerdy kid with the glasses and yellow pajamas.

[@bigironwithanarizonaranger9065]

Yes so was the gargantuan amount of shaking and drifting every single person would have felt as the train both drifts plus slithers like a snake toward that canyon AND the drop onto the tracks

[@MacheteToothpick]

Polar Express: the ONLY movie with a train that drifts

[@ITMenterprises]

Its funny seeing just how well running in the 90s fits with this scene, imagine if this played in the theaters, everyone wouldve loved it!

[@theholyduck6142]

Facts

[@ruddiestmanx5116]

The audience: I’m just running in the 90’s

[@blatantblasphemer7317]

It fits with any action scene kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnWxnaFoprF6oJo

[@assbeater]

you got 666 likes lol

[@yammmit]

I would’ve lost my shit if it played in the theater

[@tls083097]

*Train starts going out of control...* "Hey look buddy...I'm an engineer. That means I solve problems."

[@rndmzr153]

This is my train. Owned by me. Piloted by me. And you better be able to hold your lunch down.

[@tearex_8443]

Underrated

[@TheGamingPurin]

the engineer

[@bananaspice1967]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAWAW

[@JackSmith-bn6qj]

Not problems like what is beauty

[@theodensuhrie7915]

I love how the engineer's not got the typical "I'm a badass" face. He's just. concentrating on not dying

[@kevenguzman8081]

You can feel the stress he's under and it gives some real emotion. I love it.

[@sastrandfeldt1]

dude its because he got kid's lives in the back of the train

[@KiriChan99]

Hell yeah, I love his character as a kid. So cool.

[@angelocazorla3353]

"I have kidnappes 30 kids, I can't die now!"

[@Vitamin_protein_001]

Director be like: Fu€k the budget,I will create the world's most legendary scene in this movie.....💀💀

[@CraftyLamb]

What movie is this?

[@Vitamin_protein_001]

@@CraftyLamb Polar express

[@Dr_Weirdoo]

Kids on the front of the train: oh we getting a bumpy Road Kids on the back of the train: *KANSEI DORIFTO????*

[@neonblade8591]

the kids on the back drowned

[@keepfit10000people]

OMAOMA MOU XINDERU

[@nyancatplayz7585]

Driftooooooooo deja vu

[@yfjkyfyrdtchxd252]

Initial D reference

[@volibear9376]

IS NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW THE VIDEO IS IN A PERFECT LOOP?

[@n11ls]

yeah I just found out 😱

[@brandongreenland9632]

Wait... (One second after checking) WHAT

[@LedosKell]

*D E J A V U I V E B E E N O N T H I S T R A I N B E F O R E*

[@SetKat-Alex]

No, the music doesn't loop.

[@n11ls]

@@SetKat-Alex at the end, press the replay button and compare it to the beginning with the end of the video

[@jrmorrow2]

This is a movie about the magic of Christmas. And the most magical thing is managing to successfully drift a fully functional passenger train with no injuries or casualties

[@Baphelon]

Christmas magic is a hell of a drug

[@dustRat1]

Well if you think this is magic, you haven't seen russian dash cam videos

[@typowynieogar]

@@dustRat1 Russia is a state of mind

[@joaquincassagnetezcurra5875]

I'm surprised the passengers didn't notice the whole rumble.

[@100nodog]

This video is also a perfect loop

[@RANDOMstuffanimation]

Alien 1: should we invade this planet? Alien 2: nah, they're clearly superior

[@iroblix6199]

Alien 1: and why are they superior Alien 2: they drifted a fucking 500 tons train Alien1: mad lads.

[@christinabrown420]

@@iroblix6199 k

[@jebkerman5422]

Well we're clearly not superior if it comes to laying the tracks for our trains... Who the f**k even designed this track?

[@cpt.caboose1771]

@@jebkerman5422 .... Not my fault, Tucker did it.

[@27852]

Cpt. Caboose it’s not my fault, big jimmy did it and fell through the ice

[@smegmuhfondue3021]

"noooooo! you cant ride a train without tracks everyone will die!" "haha train go choochoo"

[@jakartagamer6188]

*train go running in the 90s

[@C3R341K1LL3R]

YOU NEED TRACKERINOS

[@チーズ-n7b]

MOU OSOI DORIFUTO TAIMU

[@tertiaritus]

My favourite comment on this vid

[@heathjake25]

NO TRACK DRIFTING

[@purgatorywaits]

my grandpa explaining how he got to school:

[@ard-janvanetten1331]

Why must you use that profile picture

[@abcdefg1343]

@@mr.potato3936 indeed Mr.Potato

[@dh2054]

@@ard-janvanetten1331 lmao i thought it was just some hair on my screen I keep swiping at it trying to get it off xd

[@cristyanfernandes5496]

Kkkkkk

[@milkmanlonglegs6234]

Ur profile looks like a piece of hair

[@sahilsrk42]

Noobs : I can drift my toy 😊 Pro : I can drift my bike 😃 Hackers : I can drift my car 😏 Meanwhile Legends 🤫 : I can drift a whole train 😎

[@Gxrlla]

So no one is going to appreciate the fact that the train conductor was the real hero of this movie not only saving a train full of children but also managing to get them to the North Pole to meet Santa on time

[@andrewrogers3067]

You have to credit the badass staff who controlled and steered the train

[@macmccallum8370]

The Polar Express is always on time my guy

[@joyc.e.7511]

Give that man a raise. Heck, give all the staff a raise

[@ThunderTheBlackShadowKitty]

Lmao right he deserves a huge bonus

[@ezrazbar5163]

I like ur name ;)

[@themaniac3811]

Now i know why CJ couldnt follow the damn train

[@jackr2272]

The Maniac i was playing this damn mission yesterday, damn cj

[@kixakii436]

Who made the achievement "better than cj" in the mission with the train on gta5?

[@kixakii436]

So cj steel a bus and kzbin.info/www/bejne/rWHKfoWfgc2Ni8k

[@imagitrax8392]

Cause the train was fucking drifting on the ice.

[@Japonezul75]

This train is level 100 mafia boss

[@arnolddeleon6674]

This is the equivalent of Samuel telling doom slayer that he can't just a put a hole on the surface of Mars.

[@sicklysphere8666]

mondo crow “haha BFG go boom”

[@blazermettro2059]

TRAIN GO SKKRRRRR SKRRRR

[@DanielAyy]

"You can't just drive a train over a frozen lake"

[@pauljackson171]

Yes :)

[@WDGen]

Same energy

[@JonsGarage89]

"Think about it. Some gearheads got their hands on a steam train, put tracks on it and slapped a huge fuck all cannon to the front, and they use it to siege encampments by drifting and firing HE, why? Because these particular raiders have a coal mine. Not exactly gas but you've got to make do, right?" Ill do you one better, look up the lombard steam log hauler.

[@battlecruiserna]

mother of log

[@Rataldo20]

and youtube put this on my recomendations. is scary how well youtube knows what i like

[@hannibalkills1214]

Sometimes they're assholes. Sometimes they're awesome.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

remember GOOGLE SEES ALL

[@Rataldo20]

i'm not mad if they keep recomending me stuff like this haha

[@rungcox4823]

there watching

[@atigerclaw]

When you put *_ALL_* your points into some skill everyone else in the party laughs at.

[@USSLongIslandCVE1]

And it finally comes into use

[@captainpasta901]

And that's from an anime

[@baconlord9062]

Pain Train from Fallout 4

[@angrygaming3442]

NATURE'S BEAUTY!

[@joachimsin1709]

ECU-SPLOOOSION!!

[@unrelatedshark]

Director: So we need some filler content that isn't boring. Writer: Another song? Director: There already is one, this ain't a musical. Writer: Well the throttle jammed, so how about we have the train loose control on ice? Director: Great! Animator (crying in corner): please stop

[@jackoutlaw3505]

Milkman karlson

[@lain-ih6jj]

To be honest, I would love to animate this

[@XD-iy4hh]

MILK MAN

[@AstralShot]

KARLSON VIBE

[@crazyboris0633]

the movie was made by tracking irl people do this so probably just the animator is mad of how much he does have to animate

[@batosalangit1438]

wait wait wait... IT LOOPS!! All these years! I never knew it has a perfect loop!!!

[@notleefy9837]

This is a true example of "music sets the tone of the scene"

[@battlecruiserna]

yes, and also In my small amateur experience I've decided that things tend to work better if you already have the audio and plan editing around the audio. Especially with action. You want the dance in-beat instead of being that awkward guy arrhythmically flailing his arms in the corner.

[@connorgolsong290]

It's tense in the actual movie (Thanks, Alan Silvestri), but this is legitimately hysterical.

[@sombizoldado8996]

original music : We will gonna die this music : Im the most badass train driver ever

[@Double-R-Nothing]

@@battlecruiserna This guy gets it

[@POTC_Oscarandfriens]

true dat

[@Enneamorph]

The Conductor and Engineer just tag-team drifted a mufuggin’ steam engine with a full load of _extremely precious cargo_ over an iced lake into a point the width of a person with _surgical_ precision and we’re only just starting to realize this now

[@duskastepanic2266]

W

[@Enneamorph]

EB Bisnar That is indeed what I meant

[@o-tuathail]

Jesus Christ seeing it all laid out like that, u right

[@83athom]

As children we just didn't have the mental capacity to fully grasp this scene. 16 year later, now we do.

[@danieltobin4498]

WHY DID I FORGET THIS SCENE???

[@OfficialMaxBox]

Look, the engineer got knocked on his butt, but boy howdy did the man regain control of the situation. Solid hire.

[@dexaphobia8085]

Make videos please

[@kevenguzman8081]

Mad respect for the recovery

[@Wheagg]

*cue the AAAAA from big enough "

[@snookertree5477]

Hello there max

[@sirpuffball6366]

A true professional

[@TooBaldeh]

Total respect for the engineer...

[@oof1824]

Rare footage of Soviet train escaping from german fighters and tanks

[@PigeonDude]

Flare Oil random.

[@Nomanjj]

@@flareoil533 your wrong blyat

[@eamonnduensing6153]

@@Nomanjj I agree because I'm part Russian and what he said pissed me off because I'm straight and part russian and I see this and I'm like wtf dude not cool

[@Nomanjj]

@@eamonnduensing6153 his jealousy burns deep within he only sees the flaws of his people and only sees the strength of other peoples nations he needs to open his eyes and see the wonder of every race

[@romancapulus5577]

I can’t even 😂

[@jamierg638]

the physics in this scene is more accurate than in any Disney star wars movies

[@thepamboys3048]

Yes

[@ThomasG2-Chuklenuts]

Imma be *that one guy* but physics here are everything but accurate to something. Ice having enough thickness and strenght to support a +750tons train? Metal train wheels having enough adherence/grip on wet ice? dRiFtInG a WhOlE tRaIn UsInG oNlY fOrWaRd/ReVeRsE? Single metal pin cracks ice yet train going +80mph hitting the ice does barely anything?

[@PlayerUzU]

@@ThomasG2-Chuklenuts r/whoosh

[@sethhu20]

​@@ThomasG2-Chuklenuts Actually, part of me felt like this is possible. At least 40% of physics can be accurate, hear me out: To set things out, since Polar Express is a magical train, it can have up to 20 passenger cars in some scenes, but usually, it's just 5 passenger cars like the frozen lake scene shown. That know-it-all nerd kid mentioned in the film that this "Baldwin 2-8-4 S-3 class Berkshire type steam locomotive" weighs 456,100 pounds, or 200+ tons, so it's still a lot of mass. I'm not sure how this mass is going to distribute on 62 wheels given with the cars, but based on charts and the train's area coverage, a 2-3 meters thick ice can actually hold up 200+ tons. (I also have seen videos of a 100+ tons cargo plane landing on antartica ice, but you'll have to search the video for that). Counter-arguments I can think of is that lakes don't have 2 meters thick ice, or that could be wrong lol. Metal train wheels do suffer from grip, but since train wheels can have these sharp outer rims, it can plant into the ice like ice skaters in this sense. But most importantly, as long as there's some grip, and the wheels spin fast enough, you can actually get going, but I'm not going to do the math for that, mainly because, I don't know lol. One interesting counter-argument is that while the wheels can have grip, the entire train's power only comes from the 4 pairs of drive wheel on the steam engine car thing, and it would be difficult to achieve the accelerations shown in the scene if these drive wheels have less grip, less downforce to plant the power, and pulling 200 tons of weight. I would say that a lot of weight transferring and momentum are used when the train performs the 180 spin and aligning to the exit. Sadly there's no sources on how drifting on trains work, and also mainly that there's no steering wheels on a train. So I guess it wasn't really possible, but hey, have to say that the momentum of the train looks very realistic, and the way that the passenger cars trail behind, which might also contribute to the weight transferring/momentum of the entire train. The train may be traveling at high speed, but since it's not going 80mph straight into the ice, but traveling on the surface, there's no extra forces produced downwards to the ice other than the 200 tons gravity, and some frictional force. The pin indeed cannot crack open 2-meter thick ice, although one argument I can make is that ice layer thickness can be irregular, and maybe the pin just happen to land on a very thin layer of ice, as in 3 inches or so, but that would be impossible. So, 40% physically accurate, I would say quite better than some other movies out there, since physics was never the main concern. I never watched star wars though so I can't compare it.

[@thefilipinogamertfg]

@@sethhu20 Great explanation! You deserve more likes!

[@zSTALKn]

KZbin's "Recommended For You" is *finally doing something right*!

[@XplodingTurtle]

zSTALKn Gaming IKR!

[@yeaiamtrill]

zSTALKn Gaming ikr

[@darudesandstorm1656]

zSTALKn Gaming Truuue

[@Crispy_pata]

zSTALKn Gaming yeah!

[@GamePro-fo7wh]

zSTALKn Gaming True

[@Tone_3]

I really like the fact that its the "normal" ways to pass this cause after you pass the water freeze again for the next train to pass + the way its fall right onto the track make it logical

[@operationmeh]

*MULTI-GLACIER DRIFTING!*

[@keeperofeurobeat8421]

The Guy above me needs some recognition .

[@operationmeh]

doubleutubefan5 69 likes bby :^)

[@mytale2904]

bren00x.tk/Drift-Express

[@void628]

The Guy Yo

[@operationmeh]

This Guy O shit waddup

[@erikferal]

My father, a railroad engineer, watching this scene in theaters: *Shaking his head in disbelief*

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

Yeah, my great grandpa fired the 844. This would probably make him cringe.

[@jotarokujo4787]

awesome astronaut Union Pacific 844?

[@armchairrocketscientist4934]

@@jotarokujo4787 It's a famous locomotive that the UP operated in the rockies in the end of the steam era. It also is still running as a heritage locomotive by the UP, along with the 4014 Big boy, the largest model of steam locomotive ever built.

[@itzjacob6460]

@@armchairrocketscientist4934 sick

[@c182SkylaneRG]

I think I was in college by the time this movie came out, but I spent almost the whole movie (and certainly this whole sequence) muttering "I don't like the physics" over and over again. :) It bugs me to no end that they did this with the movie. Roller Coaster simulator? Sure. Anywhere NEAR realistic? Hell, even Disney's Thunder Mountain, a LITERAL train roller coaster, doesn't go THIS crazy!!

[@Doomgath]

And boomers ask why we can’t stop staring at our phones

[@LipticZone]

Lmfao

[@tameronica]

lol

[@ThreeFingerG]

Ok zoomer

[@kayagorzan]

Ok Hoover

[@protalukoriginal4560]

@@ThreeFingerG ok broomer

[@Ferrous92]

'You can't drift a train! It's just not possible!' Polar Express engineer: hold my beer

[@bolton0348]

This scene always made me think what the fuck was going on in the passenger cars

[@kamikazekitten9231]

Me Too Lmao.

[@indayteray8647]

Everyone in the passenger cars possibly died.

[@paleface171]

Panicking, and bowel movements. Bowel movements everywhere.

[@TikiRoly]

Robot Chicken please do this!! We need answers!

[@josh_bartholomew_2530]

I’m pretty sure the nerd kid says that they didn’t even notice a thing in the next scene

[@Strelnikov403]

This is just a love letter to the stoker and engineer, let's be honest here.

[@battlecruiserna]

yes

[@figurez5779]

the vid is on a loop

[@PurpleBroadcast]

This expression sux

[@MerMes16]

This part breaks all logic, most of it. But doesn't matter, we were kids once.

[@mewtheprince]

Nacho Merino *yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss*

[@joelmammachen]

Somewhere inside we wish for such a dream.

[@cyberwolfy37]

you just have to believe.

[@Mishe_o7]

actually, it makes sense how the train steered

[@jimmybob7113]

666lieks

[@SDStudiosAnimations]

Bless the souls of whoever was in the last car

[@gladoseon4117]

There was exactly one kid back there and he was like 7 years old

[@Hi87827]

@@gladoseon4117LMAO

[@GeatanoLeone]

Fast & Furious 3 MC: "I'm the drift king!!" Train engineer: "How cute"

[@qwdafy442]

Train Engineer: Drift a 60 ton Steam train across a frozen lake an survive, then come back an try to say your the drift king.

[@ItzHonzula]

Meanwhile in Kharkiv: a tram literally makes perfect 180° u-turn

[@fungustheturd4004]

I know that this is surreal af but this scene alone made this movie one of my favorites as a child

[@daniellong8462]

Same

[@legendhimself9810]

This movie is one of the best Christmas movies

[@gubre2195]

Same

[@mackerel6099]

This scene was so thrilling an badass as a ked 💯💯💯

[@gubre2195]

@@mackerel6099 I mean your not wrong

[@itschaos007]

00:50 and 00:58 . According to the speed of the pistons moving in the beginning on the ice...the loc is moving about 85-100mph (137 - 161km/h).... ON ICE

[@muhammadalfarizy743]

Damn he pinned this

[@rudyvychodil623]

He pinned this 15 minutes ago meaning he still is active on a video he posted 4 years ago

[@muhammadalfarizy743]

@@rudyvychodil623 damn right, hello mister creator!!!

[@alkavonstra5479]

Cool

[@Castersvarog]

For those that use Metric that's the equivalent of 137-161 KM.

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

I like this scene cause it's not JUST the conductor doing this. He's calling directions but the engineer has to pull the right levers and whatnot to actually get it to do what needs to be done. They're both necessary for this to work

[@robokoopa500]

Trains can't drift The fat controller laughed, "You are wrong"

[@ultrixsoma2736]

Some guy: Ha! You called him fat Engineer: You seem to not realise that fat stands for Fucking Amazing Train. Now say it alongside my profession... Some guy: F-Fucking Amazing Train Engineer... Engineer: You're god damn right.

[@ejaymes00]

That guy needs a fucking raise

[@花村隼]

N…NANI？　FUKUSEN DORIFUTO？

[@martinlendacky1325]

The polar expres can drift when he wants to ok

[@paranixan]

Perfect, now I have an excuse to beg the Guinness world records company to make a moral for me!

[@officerchad1213]

Soviet soldiers delivering supplies to Leningrad across Lake Ladoga 1942 colourised

[@talktorch6005]

Stannis De Mannis underrated comment

[@George_Bulkin]

Heh-heh, nice joke!

[@justmerc1642]

@CJ BUSTA :D everybody gangsta until the anti tank guns show up

[@joshuatumambo5674]

@@justmerc1642 or the Luftwaffe

[@oskardrabikowski3780]

Mastermind comment.

[@jamesrenold259]

"You can't drift a Berkshire 2-8-4 S-3 Class Baldwin Steam Locomotive over a frozen lake" Conductor: *Hold my beer*

[@that-genz.gentleman]

James Renold The Polar Express was built by Lima locomotive works. Sooooooooo, “Do you know what kind of train this is, well do ya?.”

[@jamesrenold259]

CPTN Murkin Jr I... I don't know... I am just referencing the train it was modeled after

[@thereallincolntakanashi]

You cant drift a General Electric type AC440CW diesel engine over Lake Erie, PA. Drunk AWVR engineer: *Hold my vodka.*

[@samtinkle9076]

The fat engineer laughed, “You are wrong.”

[@nofrankrelax6593]

@@jamesrenold259 Yeah but the thing is the kid in the movie got it wrong or it was made up on purpose, the Real Locomotive was made in Lima Locomotive Works and not in Baldwin Locomotive Works....

[@KenanVonKaiser]

Big Smoke: All We Have To Do Is Follow The Damn Train CJ! The Train:!