Tornado vs. 20,000 Tons of Steel Freight Train

[noahsark2012]

and the ref awards a point to the Tornado.

[ame=http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=82d_1246651100]LiveLeak.com - Freight Train vs Tornado[/ame]

 

[offroadkarter]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! :uh oh:

 

[s|ck]

Dayum!

 

[shrike]

haha, and these things have WEIGHT behind them. Where I used to work, they carted ore in such trains. For those who are interested it was 2 locos, 1 rake of 120 cars (each with about 27 tonnes of ore), another 2 locos and another rake of 120 cars. this was the standard configuration. Usually about a mile/mile and a half long, and there's that much weight, that if they see a cow, person, car, something on the track, they actually have to weigh up whether they're able to stop in time.

That makes what the tornado did even more impressive to me.

 

[SIr RicCuS]

Sucks for the conductor, for sure!

 

[bscarberry]

Sucks for the conductor, for sure!

Sucks worse for the guys who have to clean all that shit up

 

[tt54l32v]

uh check please
that was pretty scary watching the rest of the train catching up

 

[Daniel]

fascinating

 

[CobraBob]

Was the train trying to outrun the tornado, or did it just surprise them? Would be interesting to know. Man, tornadoes are powerful!!

 

[30th T/A]

wow that was crazy.

 

[noahsark2012]

Was the train trying to outrun the tornado, or did it just surprise them? Would be interesting to know. Man, tornadoes are powerful!!

a train going full speed could not outrun a tornado.

maybe the Japanese version of the Amtrak could that goes like 200 mph could, but yeah, a freight train like the one in the video could not.

ideally what's supposed to happen is the Railroad is supposed to be monitoring weather for all trains and advise them to stop and let the weather pass, but someone dropped the ball on this one.

not that tornadoes are predictable because they can form at anytime during the life cycle of a thunderstorm. but just the same, that's why the NWS puts out watches, and warnings, and someone wasn't paying attention.

 

[baginoman]

mother nature > Train

 

[Murder Snake]

and in the latest Deadliest Warrior episode, Train vs Tornado.......100% of the time....TORNADO!!!!!

 

[spitin venom]

mother nature > Train

Damn. I will stick to a major earthquake every 10 years.

 

[ScreaminRedZ]

That's awesome. The power of nature at work :devil:

 

[G-STANG]

I would have shiat myself when that white car was coming towards the camera.

 

[Satan's Snake]

wow wasn't expecting all that

 

[Nvr_Spds]

mother nature > Everything else

There, i fixed that for you. lol

 

[03stang74]

And thats why I have a job, Sh!t like this...Gotta love Train Derailments.

 

[03stang74]

and the ref awards a point to the Tornado.

LiveLeak.com - Freight Train vs Tornado

Great POST!!