Woah ... Train smashed into Semi truck in Pecos, video

[Hornius Emeritus 12,885]

NOT GOOD!

 

 

[Pato del Muerto 53,767]

Train, or Pecos Bill’s penis?

[Jameslaw121 4,499]

Jesus. Anyone killed?

[atomheartbevo 90,848]

God bless twitter for popping up an ad for this keychain immediately after the video.

 

[Iceman 2,999]

Wait.  Why do oversized loads have escort and tail vehicles again?

I've never driven either the oversized( like in the pic) or the escort vehicles, but it seems to reason that the lead vehicle fucked up, in addition to the truck driver.

[elfenix 34,842]

2 minutes ago, Iceman said:

Why do oversized loads have escort and tail vehicles again?

they do?!?!

/s/ houston traffic

[WBT 21,216]

holy shit

[Blotto 24,111]

24 minutes ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Jesus. Anyone killed?

1 dead, 4 injured according to CBS

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/one-dead-at-least-four-injured-west-texas-train-derailment-chamber-of-commerce/

[Wally Fairway 5,684]

9 hours ago, elfenix said:

they do?!?!

/s/ houston traffic

now imagine that accident occurred on the track in Bellaire

[Lat22 4,110]

9 hours ago, Jameslaw121 said:

Jesus. Anyone killed?

He was ok. 

[Your Mom 4,986]

13 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

He was ok. 

You’d think his lazy ass could’ve miracled that truck off the track. 

[Brisketexan 107,146]

1) Trying to figure out what that cargo was.  Maybe part of the post for a commercial windmill?
2) WHEW.  That came close to hitting the West of the Pecos Museum, which is a freaking treasure.  Seriously, lots of cool shit in there, definitely worth a stop.

[texashorne 1,219]

It seems like the train was going to fast through a town, but maybe small towns like Pecos they don't have to slow down. 

[Brisketexan 107,146]

Damn near stole this form the museum to wear to a football game.

[Trey3216 15,465]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Damn near stole this form the museum to wear to a football game.

Were you 12??  

[Brisketexan 107,146]

1 minute ago, Trey3216 said:

Were you 12??  

Well, the sizing....plus the whole "crime" thing....was a big part of the reason I opted against such theft.

However, am I interested in having a replica made in a more appropriate size?  Hell yes I am.

[Pato del Muerto 53,767]

Might suggest, for the sake of your seat neighbors, swapping the sombrero for a lucha libre mask?

[Brisketexan 107,146]

16 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Might suggest, for the sake of your seat neighbors, swapping the sombrero for a lucha libre mask?

The hat is necessary for the full charro outfit look.  I will not denigrate my heritage by mixing fashions.  Plus, for those early season games, a good shade-providing hat is important.  Pinche gringo.

[bolverk 30,410]

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The hat is necessary for the full charro outfit look.  I will not denigrate my heritage by mixing fashions.  Plus, for those early season games, a good shade-providing hat is important.  Pinche gringo.

Personally, I think you'd be more effective in making a public display of your fan support in a different kind of charo outfit.

[Pato del Muerto 53,767]

11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The hat is necessary for the full charro outfit look.  I will not denigrate my heritage by mixing fashions.  Plus, for those early season games, a good shade-providing hat is important.  Pinche gringo.

Listen here, AMIGO, take off the hat or I’m calling La migra. COMPRENDE?

[High Plains Drifter 11,197]

1 hour ago, texashorne said:

It seems like the train was going to fast through a town, but maybe small towns like Pecos they don't have to slow down. 

 

I live in a small town with a busy track. They do NOT slow down. 

In the 20 years I've lived here, three people have been killed by a train- 2 were walking on the tracks, one was passed out on the tracks. I assume fell down while drunk and just didn't get up. 

 

[Pato del Muerto 53,767]

3 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

I live in a small town with a busy track. They do NOT slow down. 

In the 20 years I've lived here, three people have been killed by a train- 2 were walking on the tracks, one was passed out on the tracks. I assume fell down while drunk and just didn't get up. 

 

At least they died doing what they loved- having a train run on them. 

[Sawbonz 28,275]

If you’re ever become a bum (or hobo) don’t make enemies and then drink near tracks. Apparently one way fellow bums get revenge is wait until you pass out and then drag you to where your legs are on the tracks and the rest of you isn’t. Took care of a few patients that had that happen to them over the years 

[Degenerate Gardner 4,161]

That is exactly why I always share my vittles.

[Armybrat 41,601]

38 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The hat is necessary for the full charro outfit look.  I will not denigrate my heritage by mixing fashions.  Plus, for those early season games, a good shade-providing hat is important.  Pinche gringo.

Palabra, Guey.

[Deej 78,076]

2 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Damn near stole this form the museum to wear to a football game.

"More chips and salsa, por favor."

[bolverk 30,410]

Several photos of the aftermath. It appears the long tube that was slammed into the old train depot (now chamber of commerce ruins) an entire block from the intersection was part of an oil field construction project heading north of town.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/317939620330/permalink/10170505863115331/

[Brisketexan 107,146]

Whatever that tube is.....they're gonna have to get a new one of those.

[Pato del Muerto 53,767]

It does look like a wind mill uh post.  I’m no commercial pilot but I think that driver might should have stopped in front of the tracks when waiting for the light. 
 

also I’m more than a little surprised that a flat bed trailer and load would cause any derailment.  How did the locomotive not just kick it to one side or break it in half, and keep going?

Edited December 19 by Pato del Muerto

[jimmyjazz 47,500]

If there was someone up front in the engine cab when they hit, that's my vote for "dude who died".

[Herbie Hancock 7,530]

Conductor of the train died at the scene. The engineer passed a few hours later. That truck had been stuck on that crossing for 43 minutes and not a single phone call had been made to any emergency entity or even the railroad to alert them of the issue.

[High Plains Drifter 11,197]

2 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Conductor of the train died at the scene. The engineer passed a few hours later. That truck had been stuck on that crossing for 43 minutes and not a single phone call had been made to any emergency entity or even the railroad to alert them of the issue.

 

Pilot car driver(s) should go to jail for that bullshit. 

[RPM 26,707]

That's definitely a blocking foul.

[Pato del Muerto 53,767]

1 minute ago, RPM said:

That's definitely a blocking foul.

How so?  The truck was stationary for 43 minutes!!

[RPM 26,707]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

How so?  The truck was stationary for 43 minutes!!

But it was in the paint.

[Blotto 24,111]

10 minutes ago, Herbie Hancock said:

That truck had been stuck on that crossing for 43 minutes and not a single phone call had been made to any emergency entity or even the railroad to alert them of the issue.

I used to buy into that myth that the average IQ was 100, and there was a bell shaped distribution centered around that point. Now I'm convinced that its all bullshit, and  about 90 percent of this country is running around with an IQ of 70 or less. 

 

[Herbie Hancock 7,530]

I used to buy into that myth that the average IQ was 100, and there was a bell shaped distribution centered around that point. Now I'm convinced that its all bullshit, and  about 90 percent of this country is running around with an IQ of 70 or less. 
 

Come to work with me for a day and you’ll up that to 96%

[Deej 78,076]

[Nivek 17,486]

15 hours ago, Iceman said:

Wait.  Why do oversized loads have escort and tail vehicles again?

I've never driven either the oversized( like in the pic) or the escort vehicles, but it seems to reason that the lead vehicle fucked up, in addition to the truck driver.

Oversized commercial vehicles/equipment should only be transported at night.   

[Parliament 14,655]

3 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

If you’re ever become a bum (or hobo) don’t make enemies and then drink near tracks. Apparently one way fellow bums get revenge is wait until you pass out and then drag you to where your legs are on the tracks and the rest of you isn’t. Took care of a few patients that had that happen to them over the years 

 Noted

[Surly Bevo 25,985]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

The hat is necessary for the full charro outfit look.  I will not denigrate my heritage by mixing fashions.  Plus, for those early season games, a good shade-providing hat is important.  Pinche gringo.

[Kennythetiger 9,721]

4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

1) Trying to figure out what that cargo was.  Maybe part of the post for a commercial windmill?
2) WHEW.  That came close to hitting the West of the Pecos Museum, which is a freaking treasure.  Seriously, lots of cool shit in there, definitely worth a stop.

Man, you weren’t shitting. REALLY close. 

[Lat22 4,110]

I’m guessing Monty got another call from Tommy. 

[Armybrat 41,601]

41 minutes ago, Blotto said:

I used to buy into that myth that the average IQ was 100, and there was a bell shaped distribution centered around that point. Now I'm convinced that its all bullshit, and  about 90 percent of this country is running around with an IQ of 70 or less. 

 

You are being generous.

[bolverk 30,410]

1 hour ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Conductor of the train died at the scene. The engineer passed a few hours later. That truck had been stuck on that crossing for 43 minutes and not a single phone call had been made to any emergency entity or even the railroad to alert them of the issue.

Don't get me wrong; I believe you, but that's just fucking unbelievable. My understanding is that the flatbed became high-centered while crossing and got stuck. How the fuck does someone from the haulers, the City, the police, and/or the sheriff's office decide NOT to contact Union Pacific.

That's a pretty busy rail crossing in downtown Pecos where thousands of trucks drive each day to and from the oil fields around Orla, so it's really hard to understand how local emergency services (I assume that includes the PD and/or SO) wouldn't find out quickly about the big fucking obstacle blocking the tracks on the only road leading north out of town.

That's a degree of incompetence I find incomprehensible. 

 

[DallasHorn26 592]

This will be next week's disaster on Landman.

Edited December 19 by DallasHorn26

[bullzak 438]

1 hour ago, Herbie Hancock said:

Come to work with me for a day and you’ll up that to 96%

Which law firm?

[atomheartbevo 90,848]

6 hours ago, texashorne said:

It seems like the train was going to fast through a town, but maybe small towns like Pecos they don't have to slow down. 

Nope.  If you want to kill somebody without getting caught, get them drunk/drugged, and dump them on train tracks near a small town. You can be miles away when it happens.

[jimmyjazz 47,500]

3 hours ago, Herbie Hancock said:

That truck had been stuck on that crossing for 43 minutes and not a single phone call had been made to any emergency entity or even the railroad to alert them of the issue.

Wait, what?  If that proves to be true, there are more than one persons who need to be prosecuted.

[SurlyGator 962]

15 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Nope.  If you want to kill somebody without getting caught, get them drunk/drugged, and dump them on train tracks near a small town. You can be miles away when it happens.