Santiago Train Wreck 11 Years Later

[@SpeedBird6780]

Update: two days after the posting of this video, the driver and the then safety director of Adif both received a 2.5 year prison sentence for not preventing this accident.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

Every time I make one of these videos new info always creeps its way out on said incident!

[@Mrsteel1807]

Wait, they receive charges now?

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

@@Mrsteel1807 yep. Figures they'd finalize after my video is out 11 years later! Whatevs

[@ALCO-C855-fan]

​@@Thunderbolt_1000_SirenCan I maybe narrate in a video like otheres before? (That would be cool.)

[@nedcovington4731]

Hello this clark speaking 😱 that’s crazy my guy i love your vids!

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

This is the wreck where that one surveillance video is in almost all of the videos of train wreck compilations in the 2010s.

[@NelsonMiranda-uw8er]

Hi Harris

[@Britannica-Productions]

True, I’ve seen that footage hundreds of times back then.

[@RailsofForney]

I don’t even remember this…that’s quite interesting it even exists.

[@Argo1a2a3a]

oh yeah

[@gloryannbatista6211]

Yeah for that 1 I can actually comply

[@citxsd70m-2]

That one video from the front of the train crashing down is honestly horrifying.

[@Fomersunite]

What is the video called

[@calebtrains2261]

Yeah, I Remember Seeing That And The Aftermath Of This Derailment On The News Back In 2013.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

@@Fomersunite Its literally just the actual crash footage via CCTV camera

[@lachlanjenkin1659]

@@Thunderbolt_1000_SirenI saw it too as a kid also nice how your doing international train wreaks again also as a request of the Granville train crash in Australia please if you can also rip to all those lifes lost

[@ExpressRailfan]

​​@@Thunderbolt_1000_SirenThe rear generator car exploded in flames and caught fire. Carriage 5 suffered the most damage with the entire side being torn out. Carriage 3 suffered similar damage. The rear half of the bristo car, Carriage 7, was crushed by the carriage behind it, when it hit Carriage 5 hit the concrete wall. It flipped over and landed on top of Carriage 8. Carriage 4 ended up on a road beside the railway line.

[@natevince3154]

Speed has never killed anybody. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you. -Jeremy Clarkson

[@carolinarailfanning]

I was going to say the same thing, it's true. You can go fast and be safe, you just have to be safe...

[@GhostSheep96]

Just wanted to add the same quote here :D

[@Arkay315]

Wise words of a wise man.

[@RBMapleLeaf]

Speed doesn't kill in a plane. Lack of speed sure or control does. I mean in most circumstances in a plane if you crash you're not going to feel the impact if you die from blunt force trauma

[@GhostSheep96]

@@RBMapleLeaf in Planes, often missing speed leads to death 😁

[@HistoryintheDark]

Truthfully, I can't find it reasonable to blame the driver alone in this case. Yeah, he got distracted, but he got distracted by his own supervisors. By that logic, they're just as much to blame as he is, not to mention the lack of modern equipment that would have slowed the train automatically. I can understand why they didn't make him serve time, though I think his license should have been taken away *forever.* Six months is almost an insult.

[@railroad9000]

My thoughts as well!

[@daseck69]

I was just about to write that. This plus the obvious safety violations in disabling the ATC system and the known dynamic instability of the generator cars at high speeds due to their heavy weight and unusual axle configuration did significantly raise the severity of this accident. You can even see in the video that it's the leading generator car tipping way before the rest of the train and thus forcing the rest of the train set to tip over with it. Still at the correct speed it wouldn't have happened but there should have been more than enough safety margin to prevent such a catastrophic outcome.

[@RobertFunk-x6p]

THE KING OF RAIL DISASTER DOCUMENTARIES HAS RETURNED

[@JackGero-hd6mo]

LETS GO!

[@Dee-nu4il]

ALL BOW TO THE KING OF THE RALL KZbinR 😌😌😌😌

[@SPRailfan4449]

That footage of the train crashing gives me goose bumps every time I watch it. It’s just so terrifying to watch. 😢

[@rainierbagatsing1073]

This is the 1st ever train wreck documentary from another country in a while

[@MetxsightseerRailfan]

Yep. The first one he did was in Russia, then Ireland, and then the UK.

[@Wolf-rk6jq]

@@MetxsightseerRailfanthen chile

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

@@MetxsightseerRailfan No UK came 1st

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

@@Wolf-rk6jq Haven't done one from Chile

[@rainierbagatsing1073]

​@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren that was the clapham junction train collision

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

Put your phones on silent when you drive. When I was a truck driver, I ingnored my fleet manager while driving. I'd get stupid messages like "Have you started moving? Your GPS says you're moving..." Not even worth responding to most of the time.

[@den_bla_gripen2080]

He couldn't put it on silence. It was a company phone that he was forced to pick up, if he didn't he would have gotten punished by the company. And the company was telling him that they had deactivated the failsafe on the train. Also it is a very badly signaled curve

[@Trey-i9h]

@@den_bla_gripen2080 you make a good point

[@osasunaitor]

Train driver here: we are given a company phone for internal calls that we are meant to answer during our shift, and our personal phone is the one that should be silenced and kept away. However, they insist that we should only pick up the company phone when it is safe to do so, so we can always ignore the call and call back later if it comes during a vulnerable moment

[@den_bla_gripen2080]

@@osasunaitor It wasn't like that in Spain, that came after the crash

[@osasunaitor]

@@den_bla_gripen2080 yes, I'm talking about nowadays

[@maiyo8518]

That’s got to be the scariest train crashes on KZbin! Man, if you made a train crash compilation on your channel. I will say if you put that on there, I would say that part of the compilation is the scariest part.

[@channelsurfer00]

I actually was on this train that day, I almost had no time to react and almost died that day if it wasn't for one of the Firefighters actually finding me before I passed out. they also managed to rescue my tablet, which was still intact but the only thing that I remember is that I passed out before someone had found me

[@leagueG5]

That's crazy. Glad you made it out safely.

[@michaeltischer7195]

I remeber this crash. In germany in my house was in the kicthen with my parents and onces the news breaks out of this spain crash i was shocked!! Now 11 years later i still Remember the train comeing of the rails like a runaway train...

[@mrpro538]

Spanish here. IIRC the reason the train driver was called in the middle of the route was to discuss in which track they would place the train for the next station in the route, which was near the curve. Very good video

[@trainlover16]

I remember hearing about this when the news first broke very clearly. I was on holiday in Portugal at the time. Huge coincidence how I just happened to be in Iberia at the time of the crash.

[@messermustang3]

Hope you good luck thunderbolt and hope you continue this series of wreck document videos cause your the king of it.

[@OldIron2188]

It's not speed that kills, it's the sudden stop that gets you. -Jeremy Clarkson

[@hobog]

Higher speed reduces time to react

[@jacobrodrigueztx]

Wow I completely forgot about this wreck. Nice documentary on this one Thunderbolt!

[@LegoMiester14]

I actually remember seeing this crash in a waiting room TV as a kid. It's interesting to come back and learn about it all these years later.

[@Adinosaurandtrainlover]

0:14 that footage caught me off guard

[@Estolcles]

Narration: "Planes, Trains, Automobiles" Me: Man, Steve Martin and John Candy really had a lasting impression on the world. Video: *Car slams into traffic, explodes in ball of fire.* Me: Yeah, John Candy. Now you see where Chris Farley got it for "Tommy Boy".

[@mattsceilingfansandmore2573]

Lol I remember watching that movie with my dad. Remember when they drove around in that torched car?

[@Stev417]

I remember watching train fails compilations in like 2017 when I was like 8 years old and seeing the clip of that same train smashing into the camera

[@MangoTheOne]

I totally remember seeing the footage of this wreck. Can’t wait to see the video!

[@deshaunstrains9962]

I remember seeing it to

[@SPG69]

This wreck has to have one of the most haunting crashes to ever be captured on video

[@datguymiller]

I say this recent Nebraska wreck is more haunting because it was fully intentional

[@unclej2763]

Another very interesting story, Thunder. You do such a great job with these documentaries, man, I enjoy hearing about these train wrecks as much as any time you post a normal video of just trains in general either giving excursion tours or going on about their business in our country.

[@DinosDragonsYT]

1:57 bro really said "renf"

[@ConorDaRobin]

renf

[@ThéoBoulianne-l5q]

You should make a video on the infamous Almonte rear-end collision on the 17 of December of 1942 in Ontario Canada

[@calebtrains2261]

I've Been Waiting For This Since 2018-2019. I Also Remember Seeing The Footage And Aftermath Of This Derailment On The News On T.V. Back When It Happened In 2013. Great Video And Keep Up The Great Work. Lastly, R.I.P. To All Those Involved.

[@DinosDragonsYT]

@@calebtrains2261 almost 80 people were killed unfortunately 😔

[@calebtrains2261]

@DinosDragonsYT Yep, As I Said, R.I.P. To All Those Involved.

[@DinosDragonsYT]

@@calebtrains2261 RIP

[@siltstridersftw]

Never heard about this one but now I know about it thanks to you covering it. May we wish those ones lost a peaceful moment of silence.

[@nathancorcoran5347]

I remember this crash on the news back in 2013. I even remembered the one footage of the crash on train crash compilations too. Rest In Peace to the high speed train (possibly) and 79 People aboard.

[@Conrail-w5f]

Thunderbolt you did a great job on this I seen these documentaries sense 2020 keep this up p.s hope this comes out the day of the wreck

[@ThéoBoulianne-l5q]

A good next train crash topic could be the Almonte rear-end collision in Almonte Ontario which at the time was the worst train crash in Canada

[@Freddybear437]

You have mastered the ability of portraying the severity of a situation

[@YukariAkiyamaTanks]

Man I remember when this happened. I didn't think much of it but man looking back this was bad.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

Truly among the worst in recent years

[@pashon4percushon]

i was in Spain for a few years they love their Talgos. I traveled a few times on the Talgo it is a very nice smooth ride and cuts the time in half compared to local/overnight train rides. I was surprised when this accident happened Spain has a very safe rail system.

[@Kelso2003]

Was always wondering where this came from.... all those train crash compilations later

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

The clip much like Southall really made its rounds back in the better days of the Internet.

[@carrieslantern9224]

Great to see a new video. Hope you are doing well.

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

Ah yes. Spain, Pain with extra Suffering. Management calls an employee knowing full well said employee has to pay a LOT of attention to his work, and when he loses focus due to the 'distraction' in the shape of call from management and screws up, gets punished more severely than management. How typical.

[@EricKNYShinzoOCHudson]

Nice documentary on this crash, have seen the footage of that famous cctv shot a lot of times and kinda know most of the story but glad to see your take on it.

[@Jmcd1986]

This is why in the UK, mobile devices *MUST* be switched off when in the cab of a train. Control can't distract you if they can't call you. They should have gone through the signaller or guard to relatly any necessary info to the driver or wait until a station call.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

Why they didn't tone up dispatch like they do in the states is odd...

[@Jmcd1986]

@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren poor policies from RENFE this was an avoidable incident.

[@den_bla_gripen2080]

He had to pick up that call. It was a company phone and if he didn't pick up he would have been punished. Also that call was to tell him the failsafe system was deactivated

[@fhs7838]

LOL, I just checked the report on why ERTMS/ETCS was switched off in that section. It was the same because of improper implementation of ETCS transition. During entering L1 from L0 (basically NTC), train do not have enough time to configure for L1FS settings. causing a trip. Though Spanish SR mode speed limit is whopping 100kph. (Poland SR mode only allows 40kph)

[@DennisLora2001]

This is a really scary story but great work as always Thunderbolt 4:56

[@spencercorby4571]

Yeah I remember this, I was maybe 5 years old and it was all over the news. Good video

[@naw611rules6]

I’m glad to see another documentary may I make a request to do the “wreck of the old 97”? (I live in Danville and I am a descendant of the crew) glad to see you back

[@ianisaacs2340]

As a person who is taking flight lessons, my instructor told me speed is life. Too little and you fall out of the sky my friend. Point taken though.

[@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren]

True but too much and you rip your wings.

[@DanTDMJace]

What about when landing

[@CoolGrovyle]

I believe "renfe" is korrectly pronounced with "e" on its end. The way it is written.

[@deaddevilxd8473]

I want to say u thank you 😊 you finally posted a new video for us I really thank you bro 😮😅😊

[@Driftking0311]

This wreck was something I’d never seen happened besides the Frankfurt wreck. Trains derailing from high speed curves. That’s a terrible thing to ever happen on trains. I feel so sorry for the passengers who perished in this accident. When I heard this wreck on ABC news in 2013. They’d said that 80 passengers died in this wreck. I didn’t expect that the death toll was that high. I feel so sorry for those ppl and their loved ones who are suffering with this wreck. And I don’t blame the engineer for not coming back to drive a train. He just couldn’t take it. I think the cause of the incident was bad management on railroad, the speed not decreasing or applying the brakes from the moment it hit the curve, and the engineer being on the phone and not seeing the bend up head caused the disaster.

[@Aviation129]

I love these documentary’s, they are so dark, but amazing to listen to! Thank you for uploading this!

[@brooks9661]

I watched a documentary about this wreck and they interviewed one of the victims of it and he and his wife were the only ones who stood up in their car after the wreck. Sadly, his wife passed from her injuries in hospital. My guess is that she had internal bleeding.

[@thetester243]

Great documentary as always, I was wondering if you'd like to cover the NMRA Speedrail wreck of 1950?

[@JasonTrew2018]

It seems like the engineer could have waited to answer the phone after going through the curve, and not before the curve

[@Random_Sh9945]

I definitely remember watching that clip on a train crash compilation when I was little, definitely a scary crash

[@awx5598]

Whoever called the engineer at the perfect time to distract him had clearly premeditated this whole thing.

[@Yaboicamarama]

BABE WAKE UP THUNDERBOLT POSTED

[@shaggy4583]

I remember seeing the footage of the wreck for several years when i was younger. I never quite truly grasped how insane and how horrible the wreck truly was

[@leonnehaaijman4709]

Myself, my husband and our two young sons travelled over that exact section by high-speed train only a few days before. That sure gave me goosebumps all over ....

[@Trippy-Trains]

A friend of mine had a harrower one: He booked that exact train to go to Santiago, but later he decided to get one a week before. Thing is, he forgot to tell his family, and when the accident happened, he was still in Santiago, dinning in a restaurant with no cell reception, which also wasn't far from the curve. When he came out, his phone was flooded with missed calls from his family, thinking he was on the train, that was when he knew about the accident. He went to the crash site and located the seat he had canceled. To his horror, he would had been sawn in half, and there was a dead family on the seats next to his.

[@Ianisachristian]

Can’t wait for this video I have liked trains ever since I was a toddler and still do ❤

[@codename-limbo]

Ive seen that one clip so many times, but for the first time in my life, i jad to look away. It just seemed, more horrifying that ever.

[@emiliorisso2947]

very good video, very complete and interesting, keep it up. And I would appreciate it if you could do one about the 1981 Firefly Railway accident in Brandsen Argentina.

[@xr6lad]

We call them train drivers. Almost no one calls them engineers.

[@Ruvssians]

Man I still remember seeing this video When I was 7 Never really understood the whole Context with this Derailment… but Now I Could find out

[@csxtrainfan319]

That footage of the train derailing is truly one of the most horrifying to watch. RIP to all 79 people

[@Cpr1234]

When train wrecks feature on news stories especially from other countries you know it's bad. In fact, I can kind of recall this incident being on the news here in the UK

[@patrickhuot001]

TBH, you the first person I know who’s narrated this train wreck.

[@natethetrainboy9864]

Good video. Nice you did a video on this accident, cause I've know about this crash when I first heard about it, and good thing you mentioned the 2013 Metro North train in New York. Do you think you could do a video on that crash as well?

[@HOwNOTthink]

I've been waiting for you're return.

[@AgentCelestia2]

0:14 FedEx Flight 14 Date: July 31, 1997 Location: Newark Int’l Airport, Newark, NJ, USA. (40.6872*N 74.1742*W) Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-11F “Joshua”, registration N611FE Occupants: 5 (3 passengers, 2 crew) Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 5 Survivors: 5 Cause: Hard landing into a bounce, second impact snapped right main landing gear, causing right wing to fold whilst going inverted.

[@fhs7838]

The reason why ETCS did not kick in maybe because it is under ETCS STM mode (in baseline 2), NTC mode (in baseline 3). Where on board ETCS equipment will need specific transmission module to translate legacy ATP signal to show in cab. And it's just a transfer layer. ETCS stuff do not fitted here, and do not act here. (ETCS FS only available at L1 L2) Also what's more tragic is, seems ASFA can do up to 200kph. So that highspeed line ATP do not need ETCS, rather just ASFA to protect the train. So here we go. In Poland, ETCS L1/L2 is mandatory in sections >160kph. As legacy ATP (SHP) can not do faster speeds. ETCS can safely prevent train from overspeeding in FS mode. I thought this was due to dangerous ETCS transition period. which if implement is not very good, can cause lots of dangerous stuff happens. ETCS FS supervision ends too early, and train can still travel at very high speed. And driver failed to monitor signals that outside ETCS/ERTMS coverage.

[@oj_main_channel]

I don't mean to invade the comments section and I understand if this is Deleted... However The Engineer (Driver) and a former safety chief have been handed 2 and a half year Jail sentences after a 10 month trial. Also the actual Death Toll was 80 as one person died weeks after in Hospital. (According to Sky News (In the UK))

[@florjanbrudar692]

8:33 Because that's not the driving age in Spain. Anyway I've seen the footage before but didn't think you would make a video about the accident.

[@captainminecraft631]

I remember seeing the moment of the crash as a gif back in 2013-2015 when I was 5-7 years old. It's the one train crash that has stuck out in my mind, I randomly found it by punching the word "train" into google, and letting autocorrect finish it.

[@Oqweisha]

Awesome video, only a few people have talked about this incident, also it’s pronounce Ren-Fey not “Renf”

[@tommcglone2867]

I remember this accident. It was all over the news across Europe. It was absolutely horrific

[@TheEmpressMouse]

Can you imagine living with that on your mind and heart forever.

[@AtlyswithaY-tv3iz]

I still remember the news Report on ABC news. And its one I will never forget

[@coconutmall333]

I’ve heard the tragedy before, I’ve once used to document it on Google Docs on my Chromebook, I’ve used to documentary with related-train-disasters, like the ‘188’ Crash, Duffy St, (idk if I remember this), so yeah. When I was somehow 15 or 16. All Seriousness, That documentary is *100%* perfectly fine.💯

[@Capybarafan84]

THE GOAT IS BACK

[@stuff___idontknow2610]

I remember when this happened. I was only a kid and my mom was watching the news. I remember the horrer in her voice when they played the video of the train rolling over and slamming into the wall

[@legend_darkstar]

There's a difference between ETCS and ERTMS, ETCS being the actual train control system whilst ERTMS is the larger technological standard containing ETCS, GSM-R and ETML (payload management system)

[@nathancook1404]

I've heard about that Train Wreak before, New Reporters did a Story about it saying that the Driver was Recklessly Speeding due to him being on his Cellphone and being distracted on the job while Driving the Train, And yes he was trying to show off how fast he could go, unfortunately his reckless mistake got him into trouble in the end but at the Cost of People's Lives.

[@iMAXsProductions]

0:15 FedEx 80 is a good example of how speed is a killer but there are also ones like Guardia Indonesia flight 200 or Air France flight 4590

[@SalmanMentos]

Youre finally back!

[@Zadieandsonic]

Finally you mentioned planes!

[@grambo4436]

Could you the train wreck of Coramandel Express & The Greek train collision of IC62

[@RAlanMead]

I remember seeing the video of this accident many years ago!

[@epa_42a]

"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you." - Jeremy Clarkson

[@ChessieSystemFan]

WAKE UP NEW THUNDERBOLT VIDEO!

[@AlexandrosRista]

This is sad. You should talk about the train accident at tempi, greece. Ιt was tragic.

[@CreeperTheLord]

one of the few wrecks covered by this man that happened when i was alive i was still a smol snot nosed toddler though.

[@Cupertinorail]

Did you do a video on the Spuyten Duyvil wreck? I remember is clear as day because I was working in public transport in the US. Word on the street is the driver assigned is supposedly a night shift guy. I also suspect inadequate training to be a cause. FRA/FTA law requires that anyone who operates a rail vehicle should be trained to work all time zones even if they are only assigned a night shift.

[@masongamerd2981]

the video i was looking foward to seeing

[@Bigsussibaka]

5:20 you forgot to say, "but it was too late"

[@WGAFAH]

I was only 2 years old when that crash occurred and i still remember the day it happened 😢😢😢

[@Duster_WCUE]

"santiago dee comp osteela","a corunya", "Renf", "out rense","Anoonsio di senyales hermetico" was absolutely hilarious

[@รชภรณ์ศิธรวัฒน]

youtube thought you were speakin another langauge

[@Raprada]

Oh wow a non-native speaker having a hard time pronouncing things, big deal. Fix that unemployment rate first before complaining about non-native speakers pronunciation.

[@canonbehenna612]

Plan on doing a Thomas wreak next April fools

[@freyathompson592]

Amazing work..

[@Rails-Of-Illinois]

My dad showed me a video of this derailment when I was much younger

[@nimbly1693]

It isn't speed that kills ya. It's suddenly becoming stationary. -Jeremy Clarkson

[@Rittersport88]

Thanks for the copy and paste comment

[@nimbly1693]

@@Rittersport88 I did that from memory.

[@InfiniXDerg]

Similar thing happened on Valencia, except that the guy wasnt on a phone and the reason of why is still not known at 100%, the accident happened on the metro of Valencia on day 3 of July of 2006

[@DillianTrainzStudios]

The footage of this wreck is so mortifying to see.