Blasting down bad track Doubleheader on the ND&W Railway (Maumee and Western)

PREX 1603 leading PREX 3054 blasts down the former Wabash Railroad's 5th District! Lol actually I condensed 6 minutes of the train crawling down the track! This is only the third time I've gotten a pair on one of their trains so I was pleased to see them. The line was most recently the Maumee and Western Railroad (MAW) before being purchased by Pioneer RailCorp. Maintenance was deferred for decades on this stretch of track. Pioneer has done a great job rehabbing the worst parts but some pockets like this still exist.
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[@leokimvideo]

The degraded track is so bad even the driver is leaning over to compensate for the tilt of the train

[@lucianene7741]

This is an optical illusion. The train is filmed from far away with 10x zoom, and then the film is played at 7x speed.

[@lone_wolf1869]

@@lucianene7741 Whooooosh!!!!

[@Винета-древнийгороднаНеве]

😂😂😂

[@darkangel7820]

@@lucianene7741 Thanks for explaining that. Thought I had to be crazy. Ain't NO way a train is going over something that bad

[@lewstone5430]

Damn, y’all don’t even believe your own eyes! Good luck with that!

[@-APTX]

I never knew a train ride could possibly have an 'off-roading' feeling to it.

[@nareshwildbones]

LOL

[@蔡_徐_坤]

LOL🤣🤣

[@rkgaustin]

I took a train ride like that from Aberdeen proving ground to Baltimore once at high speed. Absolutely terrifying.

[@fridericusrex9812]

@@rkgaustin Same between Toronto and any nearby city.

[@smw381st]

Like with an ATV or dirt bike?

[@u06jo3vmp]

Before watching this: How can the US have so many train derailments? After watching: How can the US have so few train derailments?

[@likemostthings]

the answer is Joe Biden... when the railroads tried to stike which was partially abotu pay but also abotu repairing the infrstructure Biden told them he wouldn't allow them to and then gave Ukraine even more money. Biden litterally cares more about Ukraine than about America

[@upwardpython6142]

I can't escape Touhou

[@hurley7789]

Yeah this isn’t an accurate representation of most track lmao, it is surprising they would allow a train to run down that line though

[@wickett7078]

I have never seen track this bad in my life here in the US

[@SkaN2412]

@@hurley7789 the track doesn't need to be in such disrepair to be accident prone. Pretty much whenever the train has considerable visible tilt passing on tracks, those tracks are poorly maintained. I live in Canada - very similar rail situation as in the US, and man, it's not good lol

[@BelialsGenuflect]

Railway lookin' as though the conductor was like "hey we're takin' an offroad shortcut I know".

[@raven4k998]

Railway lines with all those pot holes in the tracks🤣🤣

[@dennismcgough9476]

I’m utterly amazed that the train passed over that section of track. I’m appalled that the RR allows the train to attempt to pass over that section of track!

[@rpurdy4821]

I'm appalled that the RR doesnt FIX the track. I'm sure they wont bother until a bad derailment happens and toxic fluid gets spilled into the ground. Until that happens every one turns a blind eye and pretends not to know about it. When a disaster happens, suddenly every one is pointing their fingers at some one else. Happens every time.

[@Kill0trocity]

@@rpurdy4821Like the one in Ohio I believe it was. Tracks in a condition such as this one and still allowed to drive over it is completely unacceptable. Though most greedy companies and city management will wait until an unfortunate death(s) will happen then fix it afterwards.

[@richarduhde9624]

Deregulation!

[@Craig52-zq1bt]

​@@richarduhde9624 Not for railroads.

[@Craig52-zq1bt]

​@@Kill0trocity This appears to be an industry lead and the train, an older engine, appear to be owned by a local company or the industry itself. Still, FRA shoud be called.

[@MrWc867]

A 423,000 pound locomotive falling off the track is not like driving a car on a muddy road and sliding off into the ditch. There is absolutely no excuse for this track to be this bad.

[@bobdole8830]

A broken society sounds like a good excuse

[@michaelking2270]

Those trains are way more heavier than that. More like 1,000,000+ lbs

[@bobdole8830]

@@michaelking2270 that's a lot of liquid bear spit!

[@madisonbrown8851]

@@mikenodine6713 The American Way™! 😃

[@HumbertoSqualavarez42069]

Build back better. We have all these new traffic cameras and Tesla charging stations and you're not happy?

[@sheepsnoopshep]

1970: We should fix that 1975:We should fix that 1980: We should fix that 2020: We still haven't fixed that

[@mirror_8]

2020: it's still works... Why need to fix it? 😂

[@mirror_8]

@Agent J not Bush, not Obama, not Clinton, but Trump... Yes! L - LOGIC!

[@mirror_8]

@no post and still working 😂

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Oh they fixed it alright: just post a slower speed restriction in the timetable.

[@cdavid8139]

@@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont You really don't get much slower than how they have operated this line over the past 10 years.

[@PiotrBarcz]

This is the most nerve wracking rail operation I've ever seen. I'm surprised the locomotive was able to not only get over the track but also pull all the cars behind it over that stretch too!

[@raven4k998]

yeah I mean this is something out of a dream literally those tracks look like shit😱😱

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@raven4k998 Yeah man, it's like walking across a stair case tilted over 70 degrees with no railing and having the walking dead chasing you 🤣

[@raven4k998]

@@PiotrBarcz explains why you would have a derailment if you go to fast on those tracks🤣🤣

[@PiotrBarcz]

@@raven4k998 Indeed!

[@anithafating1369]

Which country

[@lausd3562]

I cannot believe they are even allowed to try to pass a train over those tracks.

[@doitdan2354]

Wouldn’t even try in Australia

[@elbuenjoel2268]

What I can't believe is that the company hasn't fixed these rails

[@elbuenjoel2268]

@Old Iron you're right I don't know much about companies but what I do know is that I wouldn't like to be the one operating that locomotive hell no!!!

[@lachlantrainvideos]

@@elbuenjoel2268 no maintenance has been deferred for decades nothing the train company should do. They are doing their best to rehab the line but there are still sections lime this.

[@tcampbell5028]

@Old Iron yes, they'd say, "they went too fast" or "no one told us it's that bad." The entire time knowing and telling them they have to keep a schedule that makes them go too fast.

[@frankpinmtl]

It's like a 4 year old who has set up their model train set from Christmas on the shag carpet in the living room.

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

I'd struggle to model this and keep the train on the track!

[@campbelladz86]

Frfr

[@OldDogNewTricks_at_60]

my Bachmann couldn't do it! lol....

[@SeanPatric_Colwyn]

Ha! Good one!

[@emmahiginbotham7057]

Best comment yet

[@thesalmonslayer2880]

He’s just offroading with his train

[@bleepbleep1961]

It's 4 Wheel Drive !!

[@r8rdarklord]

Looks like a driving test for the train driver.

[@BAKU2K2]

Offrailing

[@z.z.onichi5365]

​@@BAKU2K2i was looking for this comment lol

[@raven4k998]

lol and you wonder how derailments happen with tracks like that how can they not🤣🤣

[@DarkSygil666]

In northeast Ohio, CSX and Norfork Southern have trains where Conrail used to run. When I looked, the tracks always looked perfectly aligned, and I often marveled at how the could lay them so neatly. I never ever imagined a train could run on a track this bad. It looks so mangled.

[@rodneypidcock6903]

I don't know if I'm more surprised they let the track get in that condition, or that the train will actually navigate that track and not derail.

[@ArtStoneUS]

The US military did some experiments for World War to find out just how much it takes to derail a train. It was pretty amazing. They took out entire section of one rail and the train didn’t derail

[@deathless3518]

I’m from the future. It derailed

[@jlt2693]

@@deathless3518 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rauberhotzenplotz6657]

Thats the dilemma you are faced with in *this* video...

[@ВладЛивенский-в2т]

Если двигаться со скоростью 15 км/ч, можно ехать, даже если и произойдет сход , на малой скорости последствия будут минимальные. Я сам работаю на трамвае в Харькове Украина. Линия у нас ещё хуже чем на этом видео!

[@iandocwra1169]

As a UK resident, this is hilarious! No train in the UK would be allowed anywhere near track like this - even our private preserved railways have to meet high standards of track condition. Even allowing for the effects of the zoom lens, this is staggering. It's the equivalent of off-roading for trains! Great video, well shot (I imagine you were able to jog to each location and still easily beat the train!).

[@claudevieaul1465]

I've been on the overground trains in London from Stratford towards Hackney often enough (before that all got modernised in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics), and those were actually quite rough - you would be bouncing in your seat like a pingpong ball 🤣🤣🤣 But that definitely wasn't as bad as this track looks! This is shockingly bad...

[@giantaxe3958]

@@claudevieaul1465 not sure where the part was but I go between Stratford and Hackney Wick quite regularly and it’s perfectly smooth. Maybe they’ve fixed it now. The district, circle/h&c and overground are all much smoother than the deep lines like the central or northern.

[@herubinoevc737]

and they have Democrazy(TM) to thank for that!

[@maximedesrosiers6581]

Im a railroad track inspector and there's no way that track was legally kept in service. That's criminal negligence right there.

[@WTP_1776]

This isn’t common. As a US resident I’ll take a few bad rail lines over having anything to do with the pedomonarchy.

[@gauravkumargupta9622]

The train is challenging all physics, gravity, laws of motion, forces, friction, Einstein, Newton, Jesus, Satan and holy spirit, all at the same time

[@johnlee6080]

Lol

[@dennismelton2261]

LoL you can't remove Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit because they don't deal in crookedness. Dennis church of Christ minister

[@sharispencer9611]

🤣🤣Thank you for making my day. Lol

[@NH4x4Jeep]

I bet that Engineer is a PRAYING MAN! 🙏🤣

[@LelaE34]

And common sense

[@sachinthakaabeywardena581]

Wow 😮, Unbelievable... Hats off to the Locomotive engineer. Cool and calm like cucumber... Thank you for sharing.

[@theproplady]

Keep in mind: there were actually stretches of track that were WORSE than this, that they had to fix first...

[@jlt2693]

That's scary

[@ronniepaulinc]

this guy gets it

[@razzaus1570]

Thats disturbing.

[@supertornadogun1690]

Probably not worse but higher priority, rails that are used more frequently and ran at higher speeds need to be replaced more often.

[@SalmanMentos]

Probably on the ex penn central lines

[@Dippinonthis]

Those tracks are miiiiiintttt. I’ve seen lines that have been abandoned for 30 years in far better shape than these rails. This engineer definitely drew the short straw.

[@it5221]

it is USA, they are successful only on paper, in fact their roads, railroads sucks

[@edgarasvas]

They are in better shape, because they abandoned for 30 years

[@fendysuryanto]

Somehow I realize why this country is the best country in the entire world. They're just smart at hiding rotten meat. Their citizen also often talking bad about China's HSR with debt trap and so on but really.. looks like a mirror hasn't being invent in the US. While China building a lot of HSR tracks to revolutionize long distance travel without airplane and became less dependent on US and European made airplane, US still stuck with garbage train. While China build less carbon intensive transport system, US has superior moral to impose their freedom so that nobody would talktrashing them with environmental issue like carbon emission percapita. What a nice plot twist story for China, what a shame to you all yanks..

[@MultiPurposeReviewer]

I'm amazed that's even physically usable.

[@rudiwinkelspecht4930]

The tracks are actually straight, that's an optical illusion, you just have to put the camera in the right place.

[@Nikhilus_yadavus]

It is bad yet still usable but the camera perspective makes it look disastrous.

[@kevcom000]

Ed Houghton no it’s not the tracks are straight just not flat and because of the bumpy nature of the tracks offsetting it at the right angle makes it look like the tracks distance from each other varies when it’s actually an optical illusion caused by the differing heights along the track. If you want proof then the train not derailing is all the proof you need

[@paulbeck6410]

If those tracks are straight, why is the train only doing about 5mph?

[@Hambone571]

Almost seems impossible. Clever photoshopping??

[@davidhussell8581]

I'm amazed and astounded that such a mangled, twisted track is being used. Whoever decided to send such a train down that truly appalling section of track, is most certainly taking a huge gamble.

[@TheOpryman65]

“Blasting” down the track? At 5 mph. That train is lucky to be able to STAY on the track!

[@skrimper]

I would say relative to the conditions and type of train, it is indeed blasting the fuck down that bitch

[@V8chump]

@@skrimper LMFAO

[@Sal.A]

Lol true

[@andypandit1]

With that condition of track, it is surely blasting down the track. My congratulations to the engine driver.

[@roykreutler8769]

Shouldn't even be permissible. It should either be fixed or repaired or abandoned

[@ekcoasters1266]

that track looks even less stable than my mental health after this year

[@radhakrishnanpk7230]

Omg....

[@holvingar4375]

Oof size large

[@anglerfish8278]

Stop excusing urself. Why? wuhan bird flu has nothing on the conditions of many a freight railway in this nation. And now ur president wants to fund more public transportation via the railroad. What a fucking joke. What a fucking joke you are as well for voting for him

[@fostoriadistrictrailfan3907]

@@anglerfish8278 JESUS GOD OH MIGHTY GET THE JOKE

[@electric7487]

@@anglerfish8278 r/woooosh

[@AQLandscaping]

Most of the freight is just the engineers balls.

[@calvinpagac5931]

Just stop and think; what's he going to do if he derails 😆🖓😨😲

[@darkstorminc]

And the ding ding ding would be his balls of steel swinging side to side on that bumpy track! lol

[@grayson1946]

Crash Overide 🤣🤣🤣

[@grayson1946]

You guys are too much! 🤣🤣🤣

[@cdavid8139]

He's just bored. Part of the job.

[@kalima046]

1:30 LMAO I don’t know why I imagined, walking through the woods and hearing some crackling in the bush and turning around to see a train just creeping up on you at two miles an hour

[@buixrule]

"Yeah we're about a half a mile away. You can expect delivery Friday. "

[@usmale4915]

Daaammmnnn......that's good!

[@naughtyskweet6]

"tomorrow?" "No... Next"

[@zianeshkasparen4358]

This is the reason why when moving and your stuff goes by train if they are not correctly packed the reach i confetti form. 😄

[@GiantsFan1734]

This made me laugh

[@beornthebear.8220]

The driver should get a medal for getting through this.

[@GenerationGap69]

I bet if it didn’t go well he’d get the blame for even attempting it.

[@Timutubetv]

​@@GenerationGap69exactly

[@its-_-foxgrrr6041]

Why? Trains are ridiculous easy to drive. All it has is a lever for speed, nothing else.

[@christianrobloxserver7282]

​@@its-_-foxgrrr6041 lol it's... a LOT more than that

[@its-_-foxgrrr6041]

@christianrobloxserver7282 no, it's quite simple. You pull the lever, keep foot on switch. Lean back, take a nap and feel your ass grow.

[@bobk5665]

Good JOB for not inserting loud, irritating background music.

[@kentallard8852]

Johnny Cash singing Hurt would be appropriate however

[@sonyaskogstad3849]

Great precision to get that train over that stretch of track and kudos to the driver. 🥰

[@reggiep3369]

How tha F**K did that train even make it over those Ramen noodles 😳

[@Dinco422]

I think you wanted to say the word "FUCK" ? Why censor yourself ? That was so pointless.

[@Buzzlightyear-sq9rb]

Dinco422 there is such things as sinners who want to be saints.

[@reggiep3369]

@@Dinco422 You're right the word was "FUCK" I wanted to say. Is that better? 👍 Am I cool now? Although you did know what I meant, so either way it was spelled or "censored " the point was made.😒

[@WizardMower]

Some beer and a hand

[@Napoleon_Blownapart]

Watch your fucking mouth, boy.

[@EastBayFlipper]

I always wondered what off roading would look like with a train 🤦‍♂️

[@theoutdoorschannel3599]

Offroading naw off railing

[@elizaevans3736]

The bosses need to be on that train every time it has to go over that track. Let's see how fast it would get fixed.

[@tomorrowsendpodcast7228]

all you have to do ia make the train executive personally liable for any derail on track he doesnt have taken care of. Make executives responsible for everything. They get obscene wages, they also get to carry the liability personally.

[@krisberntzen]

Bosses be like "so, this went well, didn't it? No need to fix it. Carry on!"

[@filonin2]

@@tomorrowsendpodcast7228 Should be simple if that's all you have to do, but those same executives use those obscene wages to bribe those who make and enforce the law, legally.

[@sheepdog457]

As a former maintenance of way employee with Norfolk Southern, this is beyond cringe.

[@collinschofield808]

The train wobbling back and forth at the beginning reminded me of when the trains in Thomas The Tank engine were nervous or scared going down the track 😂

[@Ash-gtr32]

If a badass freight train can get nervous, imagine how the driver would feel!

[@Destroyer94100]

That’s genuinely shocking that they would let a train actually go over rails like that!

[@magicmulder]

That’s because they’d rather give tax breaks to billionaires because that will “trickle down” so you can buy a car and won’t need a train anymore, or something.

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

Magic, stop regurgitating leftist talking points.

[@magicmulder]

@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 Trickle down is literally the GOP platform. Are you saying it's not?

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

@@magicmulder Not even close to their only message. They also have the message that "You can succeed!", "You're not a victim!". Less government is better. Etc. What are your thoughts on the size of the government? When Trump cut taxes it was the first tax cut I had received in a decade. I'm still paying around 40% of my earnings when you add up all of the taxes I pay yearly. It's ridiculous.

[@magicmulder]

@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 Where did I say "only message"? It's a core tenet of their fiscal principles.

[@lepeejon2955]

Even the train engine horn sounds tired.

[@CrazyMonster-bz9th]

Yeah it sounds like my old Elmo toy when it was water damaged

[@3-piece129]

4:16... the horn sounds like something out of Thomas & Friends tv show. Or a car running through the streets of India.

[@achmedgoldblatt766]

I'm feelin it 🕷🤕🕷

[@earlhollar1906]

Go up and read my comment and I'll tell you why before they delete it. Emphasis on they!

[@OdhranMurray]

Sounds like an irish class 111! :))

[@EngineerDaylight]

How the locomotives havent fallen off the track yet is beyond comprehensive

[@zeendaniels5809]

And I was thinking the thumbnail was just clickbait 😵

[@snavisTM]

It really was, unless you consider the train going super slow "blasted".

[@rontimber8566]

@@snavisTM I was going to say the same thing. Those tracks were terrible. You can't take away from that. But that train was not 'blasting' down the track.

[@ken_caminiti]

I did aswell.

[@bamahammer3660]

As a former CSX manager I am in total disbelief that a private RR company would allow their tracks to even fall in this condition where it puts train crews and cargo at 90% of derailing. When I was working for CSX it cost one million dollars just to replace one mile of track. Replacing tracks is part of any RR operating cost. As you can see in the podcast the tracks are so far out of alignment I dont see how this train does not derail. The FRA and OSHA should have shut this RR down if the tracks are in this condition. On the other hand if these are SPUR tracks and belong to a company then I would immediately cease deliveries until the tracks are replaced.

[@RichardFStripeRendezvous]

Lol don't pretend like CSX actually cares about safety

[@soldier716]

​@@RichardFStripeRendezvousseems slightly better than Norfolk Southern after the year we've had haha

[@photoniccannon2117]

Is it really that expensive? That would put it at a staggeringly high $1 billion just to cross 1,000 miles.

[@slimbo3774]

as someone who works in an office that just pays fines to the fire marshal instead of fixing the problems they're being fined for, i have a creeping suspicion that the mundane horror on display here comes from a similar thought pattern. it's good that this Pioneer Railcorp is finally doing maintenance, and i hope for the safety of everyone involved that they can wrap up the repairs as soon as possible.

[@clseairsppt]

Well look at that guy that got sued for doing his job was an inspector. He won then they decided to not pay and sue him. His own company.

[@SpeakerWiggin49]

The banality of evil.

[@melchezi8818]

MAGA

[@Scott-sx1bf]

Good thing the gov’t doesn’t regulate them.

[@Craig52-zq1bt]

That track has not had ballast regulated or track lined in decades. Where is the FRA and state inspectors? Paid off, I'll wager.

[@mgpanther81]

This looks like an LSD-enhanced nightmare that a railroad Engineer might have.

[@vincentdarsch6429]

How this train can make it down that without derailing is beyond me..

[@PopEye2384]

Its a 4x4..... 😎😎

[@pinemtnstyle]

Unless you work for the railroad, it's def beyond you.

[@Ufos4dahoes]

Very carefully

[@nikkib5753]

The train can make it down that only because of an excellent, very experienced engineer!

[@samdorsey4590]

@@nikkib5753 Yes Nikki B! I agree! The engineer went slow & easy!! Like making love to a beautiful woman!!

[@kenny228s]

One can only imagine what would happen if they had hazardous materials and a bit more speed

[@SkaN2412]

Why imagine? We have an example right in front of us! 🥲

[@genedejong5513]

@@emrythompson No, The Former Guy gutted railroad safety guidelines, this is big corporate America, greedy politicians and useful idiots fault, not the fact that current government is rightfully helping stop Russia at the first attempt to reestablish the Soviet Union. The mindless look at our government as a 'can't do two things at once' type entity when in fact it is lax enforcement and regulation that cause the problems we have. Go ahead, work toward shrinking government so you can save on taxes, you're rich right? Oh, I forgot billionaires don't watch KZbin videos.

[@Most_Trustworthy_Weasel]

😂😂 A political opportunity ripe for exploiting!

[@Rareplymouth]

@@SkaN2412 my thoughts exactly

[@OldPapaBear]

They would have another attempted Gov't cover up. That's what would happen.

[@KB-rm6pt]

Impeccable steering by the driver! Well done 😂

[@justsumguy2u]

I'm amazed that it doesn't derail, even at that slow of a speed.

[@kenster865]

Exactly my thoughts....

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

justsomeguytoyou well you see, that's how the railroad decides to fix track like that. As long as it holds gauge it's good, even if the engineer can reach out his window and pick flowers from the ground as it sways... Instead of wasting money (sarcasm) repairing track that's in working condition, they save money until it needs fixed when the wheels fall off the rails. Sadly a lot of terminals and short lines budget this way.

[@getmemybleach742]

To be fair, small roads like that don't really have a choice. Money is tight and you've gotta save what you can, even if it means a hazardous working condition.

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

That's not necessarily the case. Railroads that are not making a profit don't stay open. There are subsidies for railroads who are suffering as long as they have customers who benefit from the rail access

[@justsumguy2u]

I would never prioritize making money over safety. And what happens if a derailment occurs, cars overturn and the merchandise inside is damaged? Sure, insurance will cover some of it, but there's still going to be a big out-of-pocket expense for the railroad.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Getting through that without derailing was a miracle.

[@earlhollar1906]

I would say a milk cow, Maybe . butt not a miracle.

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Damn spell checker. I wrote derailing and Google changed it without my noticing it. Sorry people.

[@hashbrownburgeryt2120]

IKR

[@mazdaroadster-mx5]

chemicals moment

[@kdwaynec]

Hi Scott! Greetings from Ohio! Did you ever imagine one of your videos would ever get 9M views? Congratulations! I'll bet this hits 20M before too long!

[@keepsnbits]

Gimme some money. I need it

[@EternalShadow1667]

10 million now !

[@meenakshibhattacharya4579]

Nearing in at 11 mil now!

[@anb7408]

If anyone ever says they don't believe in miracles, show them this video. A miracle that train stayed on the rails!

[@CannonFodder873]

These new locos have MUCH better handling than those 1970 models. The way it handled on that SLALOM course.....AMAZING.🤣

[@PatriotAndAlbanyProductions]

this is a 70s loco…

[@mickmeadows]

As others have said: A) can’t believe the train actually works on this track. B) can’t believe this is allowed and has not been repaired! Crazy!!

[@trevorgarner5803]

The owners should be fronted up in court of law for endangering the lives of their staff to start , this is just plain rediculious likened to a suicide mission .

[@markturner4425]

Glad to see the upkeep stopped after the civil war

[@W7ENK]

Mark Turner 😂😂😂

[@wrcvtm8227]

W7ENK fake

[@richardmendez7204]

Nicolae Lucian Paraianu this is not fake by any means, I live 10min from this railroad, it is a track that does from defiance, ohio to Woodburn, indiana

[@Z06redvett]

Nicolae Lucian Paraianu--- Asa ceva nici în România nu vezi!!!!

[@samsonian]

Mark Turner I think they made this track out of Sherman's Bowties.

[@susannaviljanen1708]

Holy schmokes! I cannot imagine a track in so bad condition anywhere in Finland! (Listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar, as she glides along the woodland, from hills and by the shore...)

[@weeaboobaguette3943]

That's really cool how the train can stay on track on that man-man horror beyond imagination.

[@light-s-art-photography6107]

I will never complain about the german railway again

[@bernhard4764]

If you're german you have to!

[@pandabaerhellas]

Lol! There you see! There the trains go even under this circumstances, and in germany......?! More reliable please!

[@61riaz]

Me too for Pakistan

[@jonnyxd]

Same

[@longbow6416]

Roads in Colorado....

[@hibiskus2872]

Mein Glauben fällt ab, was für ein Zustand das es trotzdem noch läuft ist ein Wunder.

[@1CharlieWolf]

Amerika ist das leider egal. Wir haben eine schreckliche Infrastruktur.

[@GlitchManPlayyz2]

That horn is so chill (gives chill vibes)

[@PeterOekvist]

"You can't go down that track!" "Hold my beer!"

[@Casca1997Berserk]

Lmao.

[@mugendrewable]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[@raquelamores4394]

Ukkpc

[@FrostyAUT]

*Hold the beer* *Drops the beer from all the shaking*

[@travishinton9829]

Did he hold your beer only you can go down the tracks like this

[@godman5043]

Engineer is like" So they haven't made it better yet? Hmmm...I get paid by hour."

[@zianeshkasparen4358]

I will take my time!

[@djmussy18]

they make Union wages

[@Statalyzer]

The estimation of this train's arrival time probably looks like Windows estimates for file transfers....

[@SunsetValleyArt187]

Random question: what is the most simple freight car? ( my answer is boxcars, just a big shipping container on wheels for train tracks)

[@mugwump242]

When my grandma can walk at the same pace as your train's max safe speed on your tracks, you have a problem.

[@tylerbonser7686]

How dare you say that about gam gam

[@davideb.4290]

unless you are a gym teacher, then your grandma is so fast it could outrun a bullet, so it's no problem if your train is slower

[@outhere8690]

Only problem is, I don't think your grandma can pull the freight. I won't completely count it out though, she is from a tougher time when snowflakes weren't a thing.

[@mugwump242]

@@outhere8690 😅

[@101jir]

@@davideb.4290 My track coaches in a nutshell.

[@Guillaume2606]

I've been a railway man for over 40 years, but I've never seen anything even remotely close to this. I'd absolutely refuse to drive a train over these rails or send another driver over this!

[@geronimo5537]

it is the train version of offroading I guess. lol Dunno how these tracks are in the US and still active...

[@ryanhuang3875]

You opinion does not matter and you are fired 😜

[@Noitisnt-ns7mo]

They have programmed our young to say yes to anything.

[@filonin2]

@@geronimo5537 Greed

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

"Deferred maintenance" - a money-saving idea until your train falls off the rails . . .

[@SalmanMentos]

Another Penn Central traditions still being in used today

[@515ventures3]

Location?

[@MrGutfeeling]

How on Earth can that track be considered usable???

[@cdavid8139]

How can it be considered usable? By the fact that they haul hundreds of cars a year to the customers on this branch operation.

[@basantkumar8642]

.ad

[@spaceage1060]

Shouldn't they be replacing segments of track?

[@cdavid8139]

Of course they would love to be able to afford to do significant repairs Space Age. But if there is no money to do so...then they can't

[@spaceage1060]

C David,you know I was actually gonna say that but then I thought of saying this.

[@_Meriwether]

Pioneer: "Send a train." Train Driver: "My Lord, is that.. _Legal?"_ Pioneer: "I will *make it* legal."

[@TheUnatuber]

Infrastructure without the structure.

[@sarveshmishra2663]

बहत...खूब ...मजा ..आगया

[@dynamiczna11]

Infra?

[@MsKidCuddy]

It’s like building a sledding hill in snow. You just gotta go back over it a few times to smoothe it back out again, then it’s off to the races. Lol

[@cryptearth]

dispatcher: "how well can it handle bad track conditions?" loco: YES

[@deeznuts-nq3ze]

Looks like some tired iron.

[@Debbie-zy9vb]

How in the heck after seeing this has the RAILROAD COMMISSION not shut them down for this?! The conditions of this track is nothing short of "DANGEROUS"!! If the new company who bought this route is doing a: "GOOD JOB" at repairing sections of this line, I would be terrified to what was worst than this section that had a higher priority!

[@zeroshepard9513]

The tracks are privately owned. Guarantee the railroad commission is bought off. Vote blue. This is why we dont need uncontrolled capitalism.

[@txag007]

Because it’s a private stretch of track.

[@Kathleen-pl9pu]

I would not get close enough to even film this.

[@55nimrod55]

If they were hauling tank cars of milk they would have butter by the end of the journey!

[@thavvolf9157]

IBStevieB LOL

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Lol good idea!

[@thegreene4106]

The railroad should start a butter making industry and hopefully be able to make enough money to actually fix their rails! XD

[@analyzingfunny]

If they were handling tank cars of organic peroxide there would be nobody left by the end of the journey; they'd all be dead. This is a serious problem. Why isnt a federal agency doing anything about this?

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

Thankfully they don't handle anything more hazardous and waste oil. Mostly tomato paste, plastic pallets and powdered cement

[@RenoLaringo]

Whoever put these tracks down seriously need to consider buying a new ruler.

[@BenLA5]

those tracks are NSFW

[@richhoule3462]

I had to look up what NSFW meant lol

[@milanstevic8424]

that means you're SFW

[@MushVPeets]

...literally NSFW. Unfortunately, people have to work with them anyway. :|

[@ashbridgeindustries380]

You mean... ND&W?

[@patrickm5217]

They should put flextape over the tracks. It's triple thick adhesive virtually welds itself to surfaces, instantly stopping the toughest problems

[@TheSchmed]

And “May Pillow”, that is machine warshable, to pad the bumps.

[@tonydobek8908]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Ok, Phil Swift.

[@sykessaul123]

I think even this is past flextape.

[@ThisIsWheelLife]

Hector and it’s completely waterproof 👍🏼

[@floridianrailauto9032]

To show you the power of flextape; I sawed this train in half!

[@arjunbose7753]

It's like Salvador Dali laid the tracks

[@nativenuggets76]

Absolutely😂😂good one

[@GIGABACHI]

😆😂👌👍

[@marcomiranda6574]

🤣😂🤣😂 You made my day!

[@mickfunny4185]

Arjun Bose yes😂😂😂👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿💰💰💰💰

[@wilbertcook5076]

That is the best comment so far....😂🤣😂🤣

[@squatchykrislapuma4611]

The Engenier of that train deserves a raise,dont you think!

[@spacecookie5730]

Its amazing what some people would actually call a railroad.

[@zee6810]

Of course it is a railroad, just in a bad condition...

[@jimdarby5908]

I just started watching railroad videos maybe two hours into them. Very cool. This video is unsettling.

[@DuckOfRubber]

Sometimes I think of trains as sentient beings, a la “Thomas the Tank Engine” etc. And I gotta tell you that locomotive is clinically depressed.

[@Tomek4917]

We must also draw positive aspects. Driving slower is safer, animals crossing railway tracks are safe, the train driver has more time for internal reflection on the world around him

[@Mck499]

How is it legal for a train to use tracks like that

[@01superduty89]

1603 the engine is numbered the same year this track was made.

[@kenboiidabarber]

Brine Gill 😂😂

[@matrox]

Wrong...Trains were not even invented until1605.

[@gemmyboi3143]

I think trains were made in 1830

[@Hackanhacker]

@@matrox woosh -_-

[@SalmanMentos]

​@@matroxwhat about those horse drawn vehicles that use rails?

[@boostaddict_]

I live next to a fairly busy freight line and there are a few abandoned branches near here, none of them are anywhere near this bad. This is insane lol.

[@jeffreyperkins8860]

How was there not a derail? That mid point was way out of line.

[@camerondartez9190]

Crazy how we’re now facing the repercussions of the neglect

[@Denier97]

Now? Over 1700 trains derail annually. What were facing is a government that doesn't give 2 sh*ts about the catastrophe coming out of Ohio. Several have derailed since New Palestine but aside from people freaking out, you won't hear about those.

[@sayaandyangsaya2756]

Government: Being the international leader is most important.

[@richies7977]

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[@richies7977]

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[@askee79]

This is not from Ohio, isn't NS, and has no bearing on a mainline like the OH derailment.

[@PaulHojda]

So this is the train equivalent of going off-road

[@jfellowskats]

Paul Hojda would appear So. Surprised the train doesn’t derail...

[@peteremig6244]

The engineer has to get out and lock the hubs...

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

Paul Hojda basically yes lol

[@Mmoose74]

He must be delivering beer! Desperate times take desperate measures.

[@haihua7914]

Adam Lackey I agree

[@terriwebb5093]

Drugs!

[@kdrapertrucker]

Campbell's soup at napoleon, GM at defiance, Goodyear at woodburn, Indiana.

[@chrischrispypiceynskicritt3164]

haha! or something else desirable.

[@louisianagator95]

Just let it sit for a few minutes once it gets there.

[@CNJL_Productions]

The FRA: watches this: We don't give a **** The FRA: sees a steam locomotive: TRIGGERED

[@maddawg6446]

All the graffiti was done to the train while it was moving 🐌🐌😂

[@calvinpagac5931]

You just got my vote 😆

[@BKNPhotography]

Mad Dawg moving out my way

[@BKNPhotography]

Lol

[@jamesorozco1243]

I can hardly believe these kind of railroads exist in US.

[@commentatron]

@@jamesorozco1243 Rebuilding large swaths of the rest of the world with foreign aid has its costs apparently.

[@phobosnation4685]

It's funny because as Americans, we would make fun of other countries for having infrastructure so bad, without realizing that ours is just as neglected.

[@Hedefiskeri]

Exactly. How many people go without clean drinking water in the US? Is it something like two million? Kinda rough!

[@ЛарисаПономарёва-ч4ч]

В России точно таких железных дорог нет.🤣🤣🤣

[@chasedettwiller3909]

@@ЛарисаПономарёва-ч4ч maybe...maybe not. My dad wasn't aware of this, and we live in the same state. Doubt you know the conditions of all rails in Russia.

[@mrwednesdaynight]

These tracks haven't been maintained or improved since John Henry laid down the rails 170 years ago. I'm sure money was allocated to improvements but somehow it never finds its way to the targets in need. Bureaucrats steal it all for themselves and then cry crocodile tears when a disaster happens.

[@Kycirion]

But hey! At least the feds are giving $500B of my stolen tax dollars to Ukraine so our infrastructure can continue to be neglected.

[@kindredhawk]

When google rails gives you alternate directions due to traffic on the main line 😂

[@HarristonRichardson]

THAT train and THAT track have a BEAUTIFUL love affair and as you can see it,s STOOD the test of time , WOW just look at the track, man if it could just TALK about their times together,

[@kinggremlin4574]

I think the most shocking part of this video is that the thumbnail was not photoshopped. I genuinely thought this was one of those videos where the thumbnail was a clickbait photoshop and the actual video would look nothing like the picture. I can't believe they would let freight trains travel over tracks that bad. I don't know why, but the way the first part of the video was filmed, all I could think about was the storming the castle scene from Monty Python's holy grail.

[@rotunda57]

There was no photoshop. The camera does distort the rails though and makes things look much worse than they actually are. When I went through Liberty Center last spring, the track was taken up though. It's not there anymore.

[@CampElk]

Long zoom lens zoomed in compresses the track which highly exaggerates the curves.

[@catvideos777]

I came to this video because I saw a picture of the video's thumbnail on a forum where we were speaking about bad infrastructures and I googled it to make sure it wasn't photoshopped.

[@23GreyFox]

Just seeing how much the train tilted shows how bad it really was, the thumbnail was spot on.

[@horatiohuffnagel7978]

Looks like spaghetti.

[@centralctbench6843]

Me: “Mom can we use the train tracks?” Mom: “No honey, we have train tracks at home” *the train tracks at home

[@martyd5819]

The rail in the scrap yard I worked at was in better shape than that!

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

I'd imagine so

[@mrmidnight32]

Marty D right? We have a track at our yard that was put out of service over 30 years ago and is 200x better than that shit.

[@KeshiaFowler]

Marty D sadly I believe it. Were I live there's an old steel mill and the rail look as good or even better the. The one that's in use

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

Scrap yard track is probably buried to the railhead and held in place by dirt and slag. The ties are long gone.

[@allenstayduhar7139]

That looked sketchy! I wanna see the track after it rolled through! Any difference? Also I imagine that the train pushed those tracks into the ground twice what they already were! Guessing that stretch of line is never used? Why were they on it? Recovering cars? Bringing stock out from a factory that's closing? We need a bit more! 2 and 2 aren't quite adding up!

[@barneyphife6998]

You should have seen it before they worked on it.

[@eoinpkav152]

alcogm i don't get how its funny its kind sad

[@shaleknight6224]

MetroNorth RR fan actually THAT'S more scary than sad in a sense

[@SilverMe2004]

It funny because it subverts your expectations, and because the idea that it could be worse is absurd

[@tamaraschmidt7231]

Bahahaha!

[@azraelis1218]

It's funny because the "greatest nation in history" spends hundreds of billions for it's wars to "fix" other nations but is obviously unable to fix even a damn railroad at home. Just watch it together with people chanting "USA! USA! USA!". Seriously, it is sad to watch. But a perfect symbol for that nation.

[@nolanwhite1876]

Hey! Ever see a train go offroading!? Me: "What kind of crack smoking questions is......" *Me immediately seeing video* Me: !!!!! O_O "Dafuq!!!"

[@earlhollar1906]

Yup many times. They don't go very far only about 50 feet. Then they fold up like an accordion. I got a picture of a coal train doing that at a Crossing. All that's sticking out of the coal is the crossbucks at the top of the post the one on the other side got took out by a coal car. And the times when I say," vert der ferk", is when I see cars parked right up at the crossing gates. With two or three more right behind them. A coal car is roughly 50 ft long. You do the math!

[@AdiBrudasca]

Same here man .. 😯

[@vincentrobinette1507]

Forget 4-wheeling. Let's go 16-wheeling in a pair of coupled train locomotives!🤣😝😁

[@earlhollar1906]

That's what trains do all the time. Sometimes they go 60 Wheeling! Most bridges on the US system won't allow any more weight than that in it's consists!