RUNAWAY TANK CAR!!! Real Runaway Train in Bethlehem, PA!

[@sarge6870]

Can you imagine, you're sitting at a crossing with the gates down when THIS and only THIS rolls by?

[@jacobcornelius1278]

I came here to say this.....I see I was beat to it!

[@sepruecom]

as long as the gates are closed, all good. If I am crossing the gates while open and suddenly a runaway tank car hits my car... not so good...

[@matthewwilson5019]

@@sepruecom yup especially since its probably not going to be stopping soon lol

[@stahlight]

I'd definitely pour my beer out...

[@kellygervais3440]

It was a ghost train...

[@Big_Not_Good]

Meanwhile, back at the yard: "I'm fired, aren't I?" "Yup."

[@benhudman7911]

Better have a couple of job insurance policies for your vacation.

[@Tamburello_1994]

I actually laughed out loud reading that.

[@jcraigshelton]

Nah. He’s a union member so he’d get a promotion into a position where he doesn’t have to set hand brakes anymore.

[@joeyknight8272]

@@jcraigshelton honestly seems like a great decision

[@thethomasj1795]

nah not fired. My boy worked for NS and ran a woman over in East Greenville PA that was crossing the tracks in the middle of the night. He didn't even stop! He was like fuck that noise I got a schedule to keep. He got a paid 2-year vacation for his PTSD and they ruled the woman's death a suicide by train.

[@tbob8212]

Where is Denzel Washington and Chris Pine when you need them?

[@kyleSD70MAC]

My thought exactly

[@Antiquetractorsetc]

Haha

[@Mr67chev]

That was a good movie.

[@Gryphon1-1]

We need Kirk!

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@Gryphon1-1 and Troi!

[@10p6]

Probably the only thing that arrives on time.

[@kevinrichards3288]

Lol

[@Senna-78]

Italian railways: bitch please

[@solarfire1025]

lol

[@sterlingbrummer2413]

Lol

[@10p6]

Note that these are not runaways. They kick the cars from one location to another to save having to move them with some sort of locomotive.

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

“Screw you guys, I’m going home!”

[@fatturbo7680]

Hahahaha like it Simpson 👍👏😎

[@Svartsejd]

@@fatturbo7680 No, that's Southpark!

[@JustinVenture-]

South Park is the best cartoon ever made

[@EZ-cz5en]

Locomotive: COME HERE YOU LITTLE BASTARD YOU ARE STILL WORKING FOR US!

[@AMT1345]

No Family guy is better than South Park because South Park have bad graphics

[@KandiKlover]

I would've loved to hear the scanner traffic on this one.

[@rearspeaker6364]

as from: Approach Medium Productions 2 hours ago "GLNX 24103 Clear Signal At Bethlehem"

[@Conrailfan2596]

@@rearspeaker6364 lol

[@anscrailfanner6812]

rear speaker I laughed a little too hard at that. I laughed equally as hard when it “cleared” the signal.

[@twilightfox4503]

Agreed and hi there :P

[@Ashley_van_Schooneveld]

Knocks a clear a signal without it being called on the radio. Dispatcher would panic a little

[@maxm2317]

This runaway tanker wagon has caused, dare I say it, confusion and delay.

[@leonkernan]

Just another day on the Fat Controllers railway.

[@antiussentiment]

Gold!

[@Luis-kg6ds]

Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him. *Baby I'm yours blasts*

[@Gabriel-he6ih]

*C O N F U S I O N A N D D E L A Y* legendary times

[@ninjaclarkson3723]

Yep

[@JawTooth]

So..... I guess that was a no train horn zone crossing

[@josephnadler5521]

Jaw Tooth lol

[@rearspeaker6364]

actually, its a NO LOCOMOTIVE ZONE.

[@trainmanjosair]

I was going to say the SAME Thing!!!

[@victoraguilarl3605]

holy pickles that tank car is invisible

[@victoraguilarl3605]

Somebody had to be stop that tank car

[@dad1442]

Why didn’t they just shoot the tires out?

[@KristianBennett]

Time to take one for the team bois Because the wheels are metal they cant be shot out

[@rearspeaker6364]

@Craig F. Thompson yepper!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rearspeaker6364]

yepper!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------anyone got their tank nearby to shoot those tires out????????????

[@charimew3745]

Cause trains don't have tires

[@digimaks]

@@KristianBennett You guys don't know what is joke? LOL

[@munky123jw]

Well that's something you don't see everyday!😂

[@mattk3385]

Barney Rubble agreed

[@connormclernon26]

Barney Rubble like a horse running down the opposite Interstate road as you’re driving through Missouri.

[@matthewwilson5019]

Lol

[@WINCHANDLE]

...What's that Edgar? ...Rocky and Bullwinkle

[@alexanderpoirier3350]

All I can think of are those Troublesome Trucks from Thomas The Tank Engine whenever they yell, “ On! On! On!” after running away from the locomotive that was pulling them. Guess this tank car took note.

[@flyboy2610]

My kids loved those Troublesome Trucks!

[@NariNaraga22]

That exactly what I was thinking too!

[@ninjaclarkson3723]

Yas

[@theguyintheworks8838]

Cheeky little shits.

[@danibelu6306]

You can call it troublesome tank car

[@TrainiacProductions]

At least it had a clear signal Lmao!

[@MaxwellAthcirb]

TrainiacProductions Yea!! I believe the dispatcher was doing that to try and control the situation

[@Honeydwarf85]

Cool seeing you here!

[@rustyshackleford3263]

High ball.

[@tucobenedicto109]

@@MaxwellAthcirb he saved the interlocking giving it a safe route!

[@bfsproductionsytp]

And it knocked it down lol

[@jeffhartman7000]

There’s an engineer somewhere in Pennsylvania who thinks he has a tankless job.

[@PaulCashman]

Now THAT was funny.

[@geoffreybradford]

I’m just thankful there’s one more like me lol and just noticed the first name as I’m typing this wow!

[@renakunisaki]

Now he has no job.

[@BLACKMONGOOSE13]

Underrated comment

[@draccoonxcii1288]

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

[@STL-Railfan]

Something like this happened in Arvada, CO about 15 years ago, although it was far more dangerous. It somehow released from the other cars it was connected to on a siding, got on to the main branch line, went rolling down the track and gained speeds of 55-70mph on a track that is limited to 20mph. It did activate crossing signals but gates didn't even make it down in time and did clip some vehicles at a couple crossings. It eventually got to a curve and rolled down an embankment stopping just short of a major road thanks to trees that acted as brakes. Police got called and they tried to pursuit but they were only able to actually stop traffic at one crossing, which was the last one before it rolled down the embankment.

[@engineerskalinera]

*Runaway train, never coming back* *wrong way on a one way track*

[@bustedaxleoffroad9408]

I gave you the thumbs up..i guess no one gets it but us

[@renakunisaki]

Just lucky it wasn't going off the rails on a crazy train.

[@jshepard152]

I'm guessing the Fat Controller was very cross.

[@ninjaclarkson3723]

Yep

[@runawaytruckstudios2255]

Lol.

[@jamesmilligan8024]

I'm glad I'm not the only dad that knows all of the Thomas the train characters

[@jshepard152]

James Milligan 😁

[@ericlanegen]

James Milligan **cough cough** tank engine **cough cough**

[@mylesspear]

CSX *How tomorrow moves*

[@rearspeaker6364]

does CSX have stealth locomotives,or does removing the paint from NS locomotives makes them see thru????

[@mylesspear]

rear speaker hmmm... I’m not sure ;)

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@mylesspear I had to throw that out there for the humor.

[@MFXdump]

CSX is “How Tomorrow Moves on it’s Own”

[@mylesspear]

rear speaker I know :)

[@cathy9160]

the tanker car broke away he needed some me time alone..

[@rearspeaker6364]

he wanted to go to shopping before 'black friday'-afraid he would be painted white.

[@flyboy2610]

He was just looking for his "safe space"!

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@flyboy2610 never thought of that one!!!!

[@blueburro9226]

Naw! He's looking for his blanky

[@jordiruizylamafiarusayserb8432]

Thomas runaway theme would have been perfect for this occasion.

[@MFXdump]

Jordi Ruiz Thomas the Tank Car.

[@quillmaurer6563]

William Tell Overture. Between Thomas the Tank Engine and that Lone Ranger movie with Johnny Depp, that piece will always bring to mind runaway trains.

[@gorillaau]

Wait untill the Fat Controller hears about this... He ain't going to be happy about it.

[@ninjaclarkson3723]

Yeah

[@andrewscubes2147]

You mean *the* runaway theme

[@nicolasgoldring7128]

Heh heh. Imagine stopping at a railroad crossing, with the bells ringing, the lights flashing, and the sticks down, and it turns out that it's just a single runaway tank car flying by.

[@hrissan]

Lights and sticks work in this case due to automatic railway circuit sensing lower resistance between rails due to wheel pairs (in place in former USSR since 1960-s). So if this wagon rolls head on to incoming train, red light will automatically trigger and incoming train driver will engage brakes (hopefully😾).

[@thecpmr6276]

This is a really good example of why trains run on steel rails. There's way less friction, so less energy is lost.

[@NS6677]

Glad the dispatcher lit it through. And the Grade Crossings activated.

[@renegadeoflife87]

Grade crossings use sensors mounted to the track a set distance from the crossing, and a timer circuit to keep the crossing active for so many seconds after the last set of wheels passed through the sensor. So that would always work as long as the crossing was working properly. It is interesting to see that it had a clear signal though. Cases like this the dispatch will often intentionally divert it into a siding to catch it on a buffer or a derail block so that scheduled trains can get through.

[@jacobcornelius1278]

OdinYggd I was wondering how they would catch it! Thanks for the answer

[@charlesmurphy1510]

OdinYggd most likely too fast for the buffer. Dispatcher was probably waiting for it to slow before switching it off the main.

[@cple1]

@@renegadeoflife87 not all crossings use track circuits. One line near me uses radio activation.

[@cple1]

@phillyslasher it's a well traveled mainline of a regional railroad. The also use radio activation for switches.

[@prnjrr1783]

I think you're the only person to have caught it on video!

[@MaxwellAthcirb]

PR&NJ RR I think so too! Glad I was ther

[@SimpleMechanic931]

Defect Detector: total axles 4, length of train, 53 feet, you have a defect!

[@jameshall3371]

either the brakes were really hot, or really cold.

[@DogeBoi-ut6kv]

Sometimes train cars want to go places too i guess lol

[@kevinrichards3288]

Lol

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

clear signal, HIGH BALL!!

[@mgr_video_productions]

You don't see something like this every day. I would love to hear more about how this happened.

[@jarensonger2501]

Probably accidently kicked it down a clear track

[@CairnTerrier69]

Legend has it, the car was recently seen rolling through the outskirts of Wisconsin Rapids on its way to Bloomer.

[@rearspeaker6364]

went thru NYC and the LIRR onto Chicago on the NS!

[@Cosmetic_Astro]

Tank car: welp I’m guess I’m going back the oil refinery

[@UnitedRailfan]

It has a high green. Clear thru Stanton. Denzel Washington must be the dispatcher

[@AllanLoveJr]

Did they give the car a fine for not blowing it's horn in the crossing? LOL

[@rearspeaker6364]

and a fine for no ditch lights!! and a fine for no PTC on board!!

[@imnoobshit]

Allan Love Jr no the tanker car is a new immigrant and he thinks it’s ok not to follow the horn rules at America.

[@kansascitysouthernfan6966]

Jamie do we really need to bring politics into this?

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@kansascitysouthernfan6966 considering some steel comes from Canada, maybe the tanker is coming from Canada!!! i doubt the tank car companies are using steel from china......but I could be wrong.

[@rearspeaker6364]

@Craig F. Thompson its a good thing that i am not a comedian, because i would not last at all!! the comment was to suggest in a humorous way that the tank cat immigrated from Canada, and was running from the law.

[@jrewing5886]

Tank cars are my favorite rail car. Especially UTLX Cars. This little guy obviously thought it better if he took a trip and go sight seeing. lol Honestly, I'm glad nothing happened, but it was sure cool to see this guy running around like he just robbed a bank or something. lol Excellent video. My compliments for catching that little criminal in action, the poor thing......lol lol😄

[@digimaks]

If your favorite traincars are tank cars, I think you might love the Russian 8 axle tank car. They are so awesome- check them out!

[@Gabriel-he6ih]

Yea, I also have a circle and spherical fettish

[@RomeKG471]

Shoulda jumped on it and set the brake, would have made a Hollywood stunt man! lol

[@andrewscubes2147]

Or would be part of the top ten Hollywood deaths

[@EasternRailfanProductions]

I can't believe that car had a clear signal. Someone's in trouble!

[@MaxwellAthcirb]

Eastern Railfan Productions Yes... BIG trouble... I believe that the fire department spotted it before I caught it and notified Norfolk southern, so the dispatcher was lighting signals for it to try and possible keep it under control

[@Wildfire86872]

Might have been hilarious if the dispatcher had to cross it over to the other main to get it around a train that was stopped XD

[@josephnadler5521]

graywolf rob LOL

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@josephnadler5521 if so hope there is a video, and the crews reaction....

[@TrainSounds]

It’s a troublesome truck, lol

[@josephnadler5521]

TrainSounds *troublesome tanker but lol anyway

[@privateerbouncher9622]

Tanker: “The engineer is late again, screw it I’ll get there my self then”

[@jsallscales7856]

Oh, those sneaky tankers, always up to something

[@twistedaxles9126]

" *IVE BROKEN AWAY! IVE BROKEN AWAY!* " shouted the runaway tank car. "Come back here!" said the SD40 unit that was chasing the tanker

[@bbybby91]

A year later and this pops back up in my recommended

[@ChooChoo93210]

I like how the signal still went down for the runaway train car

[@TrainTrackTrav]

First drone airplanes, then driverless cars, NOW THIS?!

[@thomasboese3793]

I'm from your future... No! One very bad idea.

[@Zombie0010101]

“Hahahahaha!! I’m free!” Cried the tanker as he broke away from the train and rolled back down the line. “On! On! On! Faster! Faster!”

[@northrailproductions]

The locomotive was invented in 1804 Trains in 1803:

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Wow 👏

[@slicaltimistic1]

At least he arrived on time at the destination. Customers like: Where's the locomotive?

[@Amrepdude499]

Excellent job demonstrating the capability of the EPA'S new emissions standard "To hell with locomotives!" 😂😂

[@Vien1275]

"Hurrah Hurrah" laughed the run away tank car

[@aviationman4237]

New improved, Auto Pilot system for your tank car P.S. : who watch this on 2020

[@fireteamalpha3754]

That tank car will probably arrive faster than any Amtrak on the east coast

[@SouthCoastLevelCrossings34]

Very good video. If this was the UK it would be detailed on trap points very quickly! In fact one train yesterday did just that!

[@renegadeoflife87]

Normally US railroads do the same, a situation like this it would have been diverted into a spur with a derail or buffer to trap it and get it off the main. There must not have been anything suitably convenient on this stretch of track, so they highballed it through until it stopped and then sent a locomotive after it to take it away.

[@d.heller7038]

In 1978 I was stationed in Atwater California. Stopped at a crossing for a train. Train passed. 15 seconds later the caboose passed! lol

[@lcs3491]

That’s a weird place to put a hump yard

[@chiefdan07]

Crazy. No engine, no conductors or engineers,... just a freight car in its natural habitat

[@thomast8539]

I keep hearing Roger Daltrey screaming..."I'm free!!! I"m free!!! And freedom tastes of reality!"

[@CH67guy1]

Positively ZERO emissions! And positively out of control!

[@onecolossalrubikscube2554]

Trains before locomotives were introduced

[@MrUnknown-dn9zx]

"Runaway Train never going back, Wrong way on a one-way track, Seems like I should be getting somewhere, Somehow I'm neither here nor there"

[@VideoCyberspace]

Now that's something out of the ordinary. 🤣

[@gorillaau]

No just extra ordinary.

[@FishingTheBank]

there was a caboose that passed where i work one time. it went for miles before it stopped. thanks for sharing

[@brianphilip7518]

"We've gotten away! We've Gotten away! " Said the Troublesome Trucks.

[@Gypples]

New self driving train looks good

[@iatif1995]

Lol the tank car got a green signal 0:17

[@BeingRomans829ed]

Tanks for the upload👍🏻

[@railfangraham4182]

Well someone got fired most likely

[@gregdolecki8530]

Doubt it. Union, you know.

[@jrwash1962]

A high green!!! 🤣🤣 Even carries on like a formal train!

[@DH7409]

At least the dispatcher let him have the green!

[@renakunisaki]

Well he certainly wasn't gonna stop.

[@unionpacificomaha]

It’s funny how it has a clear signal, oh the abs

[@MFXdump]

This is how this happens. There is an operating rod that extends across the width of the rail car. It is attached to a bleed valve at the controller. In a flat yard a switchman walking along side cut of cars as it is being pulled out for switching, grabs the rod on each car as it nears him/her. As he walks along pulling or pushing the rod, the bleed valve releases the air from the brake system. Now the car is free rolling. In a hump yard a similar operation must be done at some time before the cars reach the crest of the hump.

[@OntarioRails]

The fact that the tank car had a clear signal made me burst out laughing.

[@TheBestTrainsAreReal]

A aron dun messed up again lol I wonder how that happend great video!

[@kswift672000]

Damn It Jim , I’m a Runaway tank car... Not A LOCOMOTIVE!!!

[@whiteknightcat]

Is this the part where one says "Sir Topham Hatt was ever so cross!"

[@darrylowens59]

Milk through my nose!🤣

[@C-J-Outdoors]

Tanks a lot for posting this.

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Well, you never know what you will see sometimes!

[@CPAlburtisRailroader]

Wonder who is getting fired for this? Was ESPN at fault? NS for not tieing it down properly? Or was it kids playing around? ADAM? Will we ever find out?

[@MaxwellAthcirb]

Central Penn Rail Productions I could hardly believe my eyes when I realized it was just a run away tank car!

[@CPAlburtisRailroader]

Jordan Schoening it rolled off the end of their line!

[@cherokeecoyoteoffical4625]

Tank car: making my way downtown walking fast and I'm home bound

[@northrailproductions]

*WHEN YOU CLICK SAME DAY DELIVERY AT 11:59 PM*

[@bigkiwimike]

They must have known what was going on because the tank car had a green light.

[@davidstewart3337]

Somebody got fired lol

[@blueticecho5690]

Had they been with the UPRR would of been promoted..

[@Eyetrauma]

Tank Car out here living its best life.

[@roachaximus5899]

Imagine you're an engineer and you see this rolling straight at you on the same track you're on.

[@rearspeaker6364]

no, don't want those nightmares!!!!!

[@imnobody363]

I would just go backwards and carefully couple to it

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@imnobody363 hahaha!! not with a 60 car train behind you!!

[@glennman0922]

That tanker car thinks it can get away but all they gotta do is follow it’s tracks.

[@amjkodaz]

Did Pennsylvania actually think they were safe from runaway trains?

[@tomkow2014]

@@JackWProductions were

[@Cartoondude135]

Forget that locomotive, I'm gonna be late, so I'm gonna have to go to the refinery myself!

[@RaisedLetter]

There's something to be said about that smooth track and Lehigh Valley's right of way.

[@jimmd68]

Well, at least the crossing gate worked!

[@williamgottlieb8723]

They need to flatten that hump yard a bit....

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

William Gottlieb question: what is a hump yard?

[@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002]

Who likes beans wow, thanks very much!

[@billnye45]

At our hump yard, the locomotive is on the end, and usually has a slug attached to the rear of the engine, for traction power, and pushes up the hill, and at the top is a person. They watch the screen board and make the cut by pulling the cut lever, and it goes down the hill, and is controlled by automatic switches. It is separated into 72 different tracks it can go to. All we do is cut the cars where the screen says to

[@tonytan8721]

Isn't that's the purpose tho? They got some gradient so carriages can be shuffle around without a shunt loco

[@Automcanic]

Just need more retarders or maintain them.

[@smolengine6897]

If you listen very closely. You may here the tanker gigging.

[@rearspeaker6364]

GOOD ONE!!!

[@thomast8539]

My guess is Mr Tank Car's feelings were hurt, so he collected his marbles and went on home.

[@athanpaulalconcel8449]

Hobo : Take a break, Kid! How bout a nice good chocolate joe?

[@j.b.335]

Somebody got FIRED .

[@Allen21758]

It even knocked the signal down lol

[@evilduane73]

Legend says the cart is still going to this day

[@rearspeaker6364]

like a "where's waldo"!!

[@builditwecan2082]

Even the tanker has a high green!

[@robertgift]

When a runaway knifes through a closed switch, does it damage the bar which moves the switch points? In 1967? a gondola car carrying scrap metal rolled from well south of Denver, Colorado north to the D&RGW North Yard north of dowtown Denver. Somehow the train crew discovered thathe car had bad brakes. It was set out onto a siding (in Sedalia? , Colorado) and the train continued south. The railcar knifed through the closed siding switch onto the main line and rolled 40? miles north. Littleton Police closed their three grade crossings. (The mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* likely activated because the main line rail was well used and the gondola car holding scrap metal, heavy.) It stopped rolling up hill into North Yard. How did they prevent it from rolling south after it stopped?

[@starpawsy]

Any number of possibilities come to mind. The train would have been going very slowly at that time. And they would have had time to think of solutions. You did say it had brakes.

[@robertgift]

@@starpawsy Theavy runaway scrap metal gondolapparently had bad brakes. Was left on a siding. Starting rolling north and knifed through the closed siding switch onto the main line. Rolled many miles to D&RGW North Yard north of Denver. Up grade to North Yard. When it stopped, how did they prevent it rolling down grade south. (Maybe it goto the level area of North Yard.)

[@paravos7770]

I'm glad that little tank car finally got his freedom

[@Jim-hw1xr]

What does "The car was six to have reached speeds of up to 50MPH!" mean?

[@MaxwellAthcirb]

Jim I accidentally mistyped it. I mean to say the car was said to have reached speeds of up to 50MPH. I know for a fact it was going 49 through Allentown after it was tracked by a Norfolk Southern official.

[@cymbala6208]

@@MaxwellAthcirb haha... thx for your correction. I'm German and I just thought 'ok another special technical phraseology I don't understand' 😂 .

[@Joshua79C]

These days it not impossible or difficult to edit a comment or description or even the video title.

[@ir8free]

MJB Rail Productions Can you revise the description please? Thanks.

[@shiftintohigh5564]

Autonomous Tank Cars...what will they think of next? Rumble strips ineffective? On a serious note, thats scary as Hell! Nice catch!!!

[@rearspeaker6364]

spike strips failed!!

[@jetboyx180]

Meanwhile... CSX: where’s my 24th train car? This isn’t funny but I tried );

[@ns_guy5149]

jetboy X tanker: yea..... No I’m out fam

[@TexasRailfan2008]

At least it had a clear signal

[@aIex_ander]

It's funny how he even got a green signal :D

[@northpennvalleysteamrailroad]

Good catch! Someone probably got fired!

[@rearspeaker6364]

soon to a mcdonalds nearby!