Washington Metro Train collision 10 years later
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 มิ.ย. 2019
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4:42 There is blood on the side of the train. Crazy.
Dear lord your right
There's also blood at 7:21
@TrainCarAddict, you may be right I guess.
@@gaminganimate4442 Nah man that shit is blood. Good eye
@WeDontNeedYou no it’s not, it’s dripping down the side of the train.
Nobody:
Not a soul:
Not even a ginger:
WMATA Train: 7:38 - 8:02
Milk man shut up it got him 69 likes
Milk man you’re just a millennial
@@brodster7042 i concur with this statement
you are putting out content at rates i havent seen before and its good
while im delaying everything because of my fat arse not going to work
No CitroenRenault?
no thats my alt
My neighborhood has a walking trail to this metro station. I remember the sound it made when it happened.
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This is why you don't trust computers to drive your vehicles for you.
yes
Don't trust automatic systems, like ever.
This incident would have happened with a classic signalling system. It's also hard to quantify the number of incidents that this system has prevented, but it's quite likely non-zero.
Me who use A.I. on openbve LITERALLY EVERYTIME: hi
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At 4:44 you can see blood form the roof down *CREEPY*
Yeah. Never watch that scene at 3 AM!
I was 11 years old when I first heard about this train collision. I’m now 21 and I still remember every bit of it. It’s a shame for what happened on that day.
Can you do the Toronto Canada 1995 subway collision? Love your videos❤️.
That would be nice, the 1995 Russell Hill Subway Accident. Though I wonder if buddy would have enough time to get the video done by August 11th since buddy prefers to release these accident videos on the anniversery of the accident which would make it something like "1995 Russell Hill Subway Accident 24 years later"
I know I am not Thunderbolt, but if I made one on my second account would you be opposed to that?
@@nekomasteryoutube3232 good idea
Do it do it do it
Ice cream trucks of toronto. 101 oh yeah
finally someone who makes a video about this train crash. keep up the awesome work mate
you made my love for trains come back thank you
Can you do the Paddington train crash 20 years later as it is one of the deadliest rail accidents in uk. Love your videos btw
If done, that would probuably be in a while since it happened in October I think.
Yeah October but it would be great to see more uk stuff
This will be premiered on Oct 5th, 2019.
Quintinshill. I go on anniversary at time and date it occured. Probably not this year probably still on lock down.
I've been watching your videos all day today. I remember when this happened. A few weeks later I went to DC with friends to go to the museums and such and my one friend refused to sit in the front or back cars, only in the middle. I've ridden the metro dozens of times and never worried about my safety, but I do still find myself picking a car in the middle of the train.
I can see blood on one of the cars at 4:43 probably a passenger R.I.P. to that person
bruh
Holy shit... damn that’s crazy. I’m kinda used to gore so, it’s not bone chilling .
Used to gore, Do you play violent games like I do?
@@Lambo.18, I do too as well.
@@gaminganimate4442 cool
Thanks Man. Nice coverage on the crash.
I remember this accident I was young then it was on the news
Based on the comments both of you are still young only 10 years had passed.
Hey bro. Thanks for making this documentary. I remember this incident like it was yesterday, and I was in the vicinity of the area when it happened. A very tragic day for the Washington region, and I hope lessons have been learned to prevent this from ever happening again.
The image of the operator in the cab at 6:48 is the cab of a 7000 series rail car. Those cars did not enter service until 2015.
One of the solutions to the used to correct the parasitic oscillation issue in the Potomac River tunnels in 2005 was to increase the gain in the track circuit amplifier.
Thanks for many great videos, and happy birthday several hours late. Good luck with your current derailment and getting back on track.
I know you aren’t gonna see this Thunderbolt, but god, you make some of the best videos about train collisions. I wish you luck on your future endeavors.
Just want to give you some helpful criticism, I could hardly hear what you were saying between 7:40-7:58. Nice vid though. Have you seen "Ryan's Colorado Rail Productions" train disaster videos?
He knows, Ryan drew his inspiration from Thunderbolt
I had watch his viedos
@@DarkLink1996 not only did ryan draw inspiration from thunder, he got expressed permission to use the style
@@brendancross2767 oh good, I was a little worried haha. I think it's sweet that Ryan says he is inspired by thunderbolt on all his vids
Fun Fact: the Washington Metro has a track gauge of 4 ft 8 1/4 in, which is technically narrow gauge, as it’s a quarter of an inch narrower than 4 ft 8 1/2 in
My father worked for WMATA for 23 years before he passed in 2016 and he wasn't surprised when this incident occurred. Fortunately the Red Line is slowly going back to ATO. Automatic door openings is the next phase and that should be starting soon.
The words DC and shady Grove remind me of my childhood cause I live in MD but not near there anymore
I learn so much from your channel!!
Yeah, me too.
I remember this accident clearly, I had just moved to the DC Metro area, and my dad took Metro. I saw the 2 wrecked and 7 year old me flipped as I thought my dad was on the train. Luckily, he wasn't. I mean I love WMATA and all, but we still use our good old 1970's ATO technology that came around when the system opened in 1976.
Think I was about the same age when this crash happened. Don’t live in DC, live an hour away, but I remember seeing it all over the news.
I love your train crash videos, ThunderBolt 1,000 Siren Productions.
My patience has been rewarded
I have to go get popcorn for this one
For context:
At the time, the classic-style Metro train was usually a combination of Rohr (1000), Breda (2000, 3000, 4000), CAF (5000), and Alstom (6000) models. However, the 1000, 4000, and 5000 series trains were replaced by the more modern Kawasaki 7000 Series in the late 2010s. This is due to the 1000 Series being old and the 4000 and 5000 series being unreliable. The 2000 and 3000 Series were upgraded and refurbished to 6000 Series specs around 2005.
The new 7000 Series train has more comfortable seats and automated announcements. Hitachi will make a similar model (the 8000 Series) to replace the rest of the classic models.
I love your documentaries
My family and I were actually on that train, we got off just before the accident happened. The first thing that came to our minds was "That could've been us!".
7:39 - 8:02 I can barely hear you! Can you please write out what you said within that timeframe?
WMATA announced a policy of no longer placing 1000 series trains at the end of train consists to prevent the telescoping collision cause they were the weakest car structurally. All of 1000 series cars were put in the middle of train sets and served for another 8 years until retirement in 2017.
Maybe some grammar errors here and there
Early
Plus i’m real excited about this one cause it’s local.
Mandy Plodek yoooo!!!! Same for me
Hi thunderbolt I commented on ALL your vids love you man
Thanks and keep up the great work.
I’m happy to not see you gone yet
Hey buddy I love your channel keep up the good work there
7:38 - 8:03
You needed to lower the audio for that video sequence of the metro train pulling into the station, because we could hardly hear your voice talking over the top of it. Next time, watch your video at least _once_ before uploading it to TH-cam in order to correct any audio problems and/or mistakes.
Happy birthday Thunderbolt 1000t Siren Productions
Great video! Hope you will still be able to upload In the future!
This day was especially scary for me because I had ridden the Red Line train that very day on the same route. Needless to say when I saw on the news what had happened it really hit home for me. I was 19 yo at the time. I remember being freaked out for days after the accident.
Amazing Train Collision And You Are Awesome
Is it weird that I miss the Bredas? Thanks for the upload.
There's another important lesson to take from this crash.
When it happened, the comments on the websites of the Washington Post, WTOP, WJLA, and other local news providers were filled with absolutely brutal venom towards the conductor of Train 112, the overtaking train. So many people -- most people, really -- assumed she was in the wrong, wasn't paying attention, etc. There was an awful lot of stuff along the lines of "I'm glad she's dead" and "she got off easy". Then, the investigation made it clear that no part of the accident was her fault, in fact she lost her life trying to lessen the severity of an unavoidable collision for which she was blameless. I saw not one person say "Wow, I was totally wrong," let alone voice any regret. She deserved better.
The moral of the story: when something bad happens, if you can't swear that you know all the pertinent details for certain, shut your fscking mouth and walk away from the goddamned computer until you do.
I'm so happy take your time so you can do well in collage and have a great day
these videos are fantastic, you are better than national geographic.
can't wait for the viareggio accident
Great video! I live near the red line metro and I remember when this crash occurred
I went on 5000 series before it retired cause I went to D.C and wanted to ride the metro I did not know they retired last year
I love these train wreck video man there awesome keep it up
God I remember when this happened back when I was a kid who would ask to ride the metro for fun... I was scared of riding it for quite a bit after this...
New subscriber. Loving your videos
I’ve taken the metro a lot, and never really thought that something like that could happen
Same bro
When you can do an Aussie train wreck actually a lot of crashes
Oh I would be so into this. You guys have a lot of trains in the unliveable areas yeah?
10 years ago being 8 years old, I wanted to go on the red line that day but my mom said no that day, I turn on the TV and I see this red line crash and my mother says "you wanted to go on the train today but look at what happened", I can still remember the very day looking on that TV seeing at the CVS news
Ooooh some more amazing content
I love your channel
I'm sorry for missing out. I'll pay my respects here.
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Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions
What?
Thunderbolt 1000 Siren Productions
I'm being serious
That "Meme" is not funny and I personally find it disrespectful for the victims
A little editing suggestion: Try muting or turning down background sounds when you are talking and watch your videos all the way through to make sure the viewer will be able to hear you. Also, when you put text in your videos, make sure you can comfortably read each slide before its set time runs out. It's really annoying to the viewer when a slide disappears before they can read it because they have to pause the video and back it up to read the slide.
Today marks the 11th anniversary of this collision and may all 9 people we lost that day (same count from graniteville train disaster) Rest In Peace
The track circuit system sounds VERY similar to the MAPO system on the monorail at WDW. Unfortunately, a problem with such caused the death of monorail pilot austin wunnenberg 10 years ago (as of July 1st). I am very impressed with your work as someone who enjoys a good story. Have you considered maybe going into the film industry as a documentary maker?
As someone who’s been riding WMATA trains for many years, I can say this is the most horrifying crash in the history of WMATA.
4:45 Who else can see all that blood on the door? CHILLING.
I ended up saying a shaky "oh god." It unsettled me that much.
ArcTrooperSmoke(DTQ) Yeah. Well, this crazy world, I guess.
I can’t believe I never heard of this incident 10 years ago
This video was much closer to home than all your others, literally, I vividly remember when this accident happened. For years people refused to sit in the front car or didn’t ride the Metro at all. Also I can’t believe it has been ten years it feels like it was just three. Something else, I was always told it was a head on collision not like a Casey Jones accident where a moving train hits a stationary one, was that just bad media or what.
P.S. you got something wrong about the retirement of the older car classes cause I still see them in June of 2019 running on the metro lines.
wow this show is f*cking amazing😃😃 could you maybe do a 1953 pensylvenia railroad train wreck?
You finally did it! :D
Luckily, my experiences of the Washington Metro the following year did not include a crash, but it is one that I never wish to use again-very poorly designed for users (and I have used quite a few metros around the world). Congratulations on your excellent, informative production.
I'm not into trains anymore like I was but I remember turning on the TV wanting to take the metro that day on the red line and I saw that train crash right there
When will your next documentary be about, and where will it be. The D.C. Metro is my local subway system. Also, I know that you've probably have gotten this a lot, but will you do the 2013 Santiago de Compostela Derailment?
Will you do the 1979 BART transbay tube fire? Btw your documentaries are really amazing!
P.S you know that 2 ex Amtrak AEM7s are on the way to California for electrified track testing on Caltrain?
Your work in this clip is awesome.🖒. Its sad that some people lose their lives through someone else's carelessness. Could you do one on the Granville train disaster in New South Wales Australia. A bridge fell onto a train. It happened in 18/1/1977. Thank you.
I remember seeing this on the news all to well
This train accident is similar to an accident that occurred outside of London, where a high speed train smashed into a slow moving train.
I rode the Washington Metro in April 2019 with my dad to see what Washington D.C had there.
Rode this train when I visited Washington. Accidentally got off the stop before the crash. We found out our train crashed when we got back to the hotel and saw the news.
If you haven't already, can you do a video on the Kismet Train Collision?!
Great video showing the accident happened, pity the train sound arriving at a platform drowned out you voice over at around 7.30 to 8.05
What the HELL did he say from 7:44 to 7:52
I rode on the Metro Many times which might be surprising from a person that lives in NC. I never thought a metro incident would happen.
Everyone reaches the final destination, my young amigo.
Not always. Don't think that train crashes don't exist
Don't think that crashes don't exist. This train right here was about to reach it's destination,but it crashed. Moral for this comment I made is don't be an optimist when a bad accident just happened.
@@user-vn8uu2xu9n You're an idiot. So, don't be an optimist in bad situations? So you are saying you should sit around in despair? You missed the point, which was that we all die. What a waste of life you must currently be. Pick yourself up and quit bitching.
@@user-vn8uu2xu9n do you know what a metaphor is?
All right,I didn't know it was a joke at the time. If a youtuber that has Reddit saw this,that youtuber would've said "r/woosh". Charlie ND,this was made 6 months ago,not 1 hour ago. I won't start ww3 because of this argument,let the memers do it.
How did I miss this?!
YES THANK YOU
I live just about 2 miles from the wreck site. I wasn’t there to witness, but knowing that something like this could happen in your own backyard… I’d be terrified.
I remember I was maybe nine or ten when this happened. All that was on the news the next few days was the same pictures over and over. I was super nervous about riding the Metro for a couple years after that.
No way, shady Grove was my favorite station when I visited
I was 9 years old on vacation in DC with my mom, I was at the Smithsonian museum of natural history and my mom really wanted to go back to my aunts place. I was begging to see the hope diamond again and so we took the extra time and did. Afterwards, we made our way down to the Metro station, I was excited as ever to ride in the front seat and watch. When I got there we waited and waited and then learned that there had been a crash. The train directly before the one I took had been the one in this accident. The one I would’ve been in the very front seat of. I still struggle to get on subways, I always ride in the middle, and I still feel very lucky to be alive. I still remember my aunt calling my mom sobbing because she saw the news and she said “I was so scared you weren’t going to pick up.”
Seeing the hope diamond again saved your life and your mom's life. I was on the metro several times in 1993 when I visited DC and I was not comfortable on no matter where I sat. RIP to the ones who died that day
@@shaunstrasser1 It’s kind of ironic given the diamonds reputation with bad luck. I was just in DC in November and was still a little nervous.
nice vid but why does it sound like you have something up with ur mic?
After this incident, WMATA began complete manual operations with a speed cap at a 59 mph. The big factor here was telescoping, which you will not likely see in a collision in continental rail network because locomotives are designed with anticlimbers. Cab cars, EMUs, and DMUs usually lack anticlimbers, although the WMATA coaches have a weak anticlimber consisting of the end-door walkway.
What is the difference between manual and automatic operation modes? I haven't heard of any other trains that use a system like that.
Wow! This is crazy because I occasionally ride the DC metro. (I live in Northern Virginia)
Darn, I missed the premier.
When I lived and worked in the D.C. area, I would ride in the seat on the opposite side of the driver's position and look through the cab at the front view. I knew it would be the most unsafe passenger position in the train, but I did it anyway.
I hated this story when it happened. I work for MTA New York City Subway as a Train Service Supervisor. At the time of this, I was a brand new conductor, and I served as a C/R for four and a half years. I was also a train operator for six and a half years. The reason why I say that I hate this story is because when it first happened, the Washington Metro did EVERYTHING in their power to try and place blame on the operator. They leaked that she was on prescription drugs, and so the press speculated that she was high or drunk while operating. They dragged her name through the mud, even though she was NEVER at fault, and they knew it. She was a 40 something year old mother of two, and I'm sure her kids had to witness all the crap that they spewed about their mom, especially since she was no longer alive to defend herself. I remember saying to my coworkers that the way they are treating her could happen to any one of us. Now, in our system, they have the Automatic Train Operation and CBTC (Communications Based Train Control) on two of our lines, the L and the 7 lines. They are also installing the system on the Queens Boulevard corridor, the exact same system which caused this horrific accident.
Today marks the 12th anniversary of this collision and hopefully now with many trains around America with ptc installed we won't have another repeat of a collision like what happened in Washington, D.C. 12 years ago today.
Hey Thunderbolt. Someone posted a video similar to the Frankford Junction Accident. (Kind of like a news thing, Tomo News is the channel name) I posted a link to that 👆 in the comments telling them to check it out because it explains more. Is that ok with you?
This accident occurred at the time I was 11 years old and in Meadowbrook Elementary School in Starlight City, FL. I was a 5th grader at the time. But due to summer occurring, I transitioned to Piedmont Middle School in Piedmont, FL for 6th grade since this was my last year in Meadowbrook Elementary in Starlight City.
Signed, Heather Worcester.
I suggest the 1980 Oostanaula ga collision and 1990 sugar valley collision both happened jusgt a few miles down the tracks from each other.
What about the Great Dismal Swamp Train Derailment? That's a disaster that's not really discussed much.
Can you do the Hoboken Terminal Crash that happened just a few years ago? I'm curious about what happened.
Please do the 2004 woodley park dc metro accident, that would be a good addition to the series
Since you’re making vids of subway collision, can you make a vid about the 1995 TTC subway crash that happened in Toronto. There’s a whole bunch of info about it
Yes another documentary