I knew you were going to make a documentary about the world’s worst train crash in history, thanks for making this, and RIP those 1,700 people who died.
That literally happened on my 2nd birthday. I’m now 20. It’s a miracle that 591 survived. I hope it gets preserved after its retirement some point in the distant future.
After years of watching the Wreck of ‘18, Quintins Hill collision, Fox River Grove wreck, Crazy 8s runaway, Chase MD collision, The Big Bayou wreck, and the 3 El Cajon Pass incidents, it feels like we have reached the biggest one of them all…
I knew you would cover this one and I gotta say that you tackled it very well. I feel sad for the 1,700 lives lost that day and I pray that God will be with them and their families. Nice work Thunderbolt and R.I.P to the 1,700 people that lost their lives.
So sorry for missing the premiere! I am curious about all the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami but at the same time the wreck is something that shouldn't be forgotten.
Well this is it, the worst train disaster of all time. It's sad to think but there was absolutely nothing anyone could have ever done to stop this from happening it was just nature being nature. I think this must have gotten the same level of respect as the Tangiwai disaster considering both were caused by nature and occurred on a holiday
Sadly I will never forget this for two personal reasons - on the morning it happened a friend said to me as we entered church, "There's been a bit of an earthquake in the Indian Ocean." With hindsight, the greatest understatement ever made. At that time we had no idea just how serious the tragedy was; the full news hadn't reached us. The other occurred a couple of weeks later, at the office where I worked. An important payment hadn't been made by another company - it was found awaiting action on the desk of a secretary who'd gone to Sri Lanka for Christmas, and never came back....... the ripples from that tsunami spread as far as central England. "No man is an island."
My sister was on a plane to Sri Lanka when the Tsunami hit after her flight was delayed for 3 hours from the uk, someone was looking out for her that day
You should do a video of the Wellington disaster in 1910. It was the deadliest avalanche in America. I've been to the sight a couple of times. My Dad even composed a song for the disaster's 100th anniversary.
This was so devastating to hear about. thank you for covering this railing disaster. I've been watching your videos for almost a year and i must say i enjoy your commentating. I hope to see more of your amazing videos in the near future .
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren I hope you had a great Christmas and I did too. Question, are you gonna do a 1 year anniversary of 475 and the Excavator incident on November 2nd 2023? Cause I might but not sure if I’m doing a video maybe a community post with few pictures from the 2022 accident and then pictures of it now in 2023, but I’ll think about it for now.
Fun Fact: India's railways is known to have the most collisions with animals (Instead of Car vs Train in the US), there were collisions with Elephants as well.
I always remember when i visited cuba and i asked a friendly local about my age about tsunami's and he said if you are in a earthquake prone area and the sea has receded then get to high ground as quick as possible i have heard stories where tourists have not known this and just stand there in awe
I would say that this documentary was your best and well put documentary that you have posted. It was very informational, and interesting. I can't wait to see what your going to come up with next!
The fact this happened a day before my birthday which is tomorrow now It’s sad that hearing this happened 4 years earlier I was born so my condolences are for the victims 😔
It's crazy to think that this disaster happened in my lifetime cause i was born in 2003 so i was 1 when this disaster happened and i hope that the families who did find the bodies have some sort of peace knowing that their loved ones were found but the ones that didn't find them all my prayers go out to all the families and the residents that were all affected by this disaster
Having been to Sri Lanka several times, I have visited the site, the Sunami Museun, the mass grave and even walked the track. There is a Monument 18 Metres high, which represents the height of the wave. RIP to all!
Looking at that area on Google Earth is interesting. It looks like paradise. The train tracks run about 200 feet or so inland along the coast. Those poor people were just stuck. Very sad. I want to see a video on the Russian gas explosion. I've never heard about that.
Got up early that morning, and logged onto our company network, and the news was just reporting a BIG earthquake, but not a tsunami yet, but I wound up on the web ALL day as we had a cable modem then and I could watch the net's on the pctv tuner and surf the web concurrently. Great post!
I love these videos. I've been watching since last year (no pun intended just to make it clear)I hope you keep making these for a long time. I love your vids❤️
I have watched this channel since I was 5, this channel got me into trains. Keep up the good work! Can you cover some kind of wreck in my home state of Michigan? I don’t know if there are any wrecks worth covering tho
It's a good thing there aren't too many train disasters, but in a strange type of way I wish there were more so you could make videos about them. Maybe ones where no one gets hurt, however that's rarely the case when millions of tons are involved..
Hi. Could you make videos on some of India's worst train disasters like Dhanushkodi bridge tragedy, Bagmati river disaster, Dyaneshwari express derailment?
“This is familiar wasteland and grieving fates and becoming World’s natural disasters since Hurricane Katrina Disaster in 2005….” From this moment, *everything changes. Forever.* God is given blessed and salvation of all victims… to see our humanity in gracious world…
Can you make a documentary on the Bintaro train collision? It was very very dramatic, the collision was a head on collision with Train number 220 vs 225, 220 was Lokal Rangkas, and 225 was Patas Merak.
Good documentary, I am intrested to see spain's worst train disaster of torre del bierzo in 1944. I am also waiting for the 2012 once rail disaster too. It would be good to see your coverage of them.
I remember that countries were filled with travelers who enjoy their holiday time with their families and friends until this tsunami killed everyone they know and some were injured and killed. It was on the news when I heard about and my thoughts and prayers for those who were killed and injured in those countries.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Somehow, in all the news and devestation this flew under the radar. I don't recall the papers in the UK covering it much or maybe it was different papers, I just remember the pictures all over the front pages but not too much about the train. I knew the train disaster but not all the other details. For some reason I thought a second train was swept out to sea, though that may have been misreported at the time however. 1700 wasn't even that high compared to some places or events but it is still absolutely incredible, and to think that could happen again within our lifetimes. Nobody knew in 2003-2004 that the plates were gearing up for a 9.0 quake and what it would entail. Not train related but the tsunami itself is absolutely incredible as to how far it traveled and just how many countries were impacted directly and indirectly by the tsunami. The images of the beaches afterwards are burned into my brain and they are absolutely haunting, so are the images of the flood hit towns and industries as well. This was truly a once in a lifetime event but I feel like with the way things are going, it may well happen again. At least the tsunami warning system came out of this for the Indian Oceanwtsusnami EDIT I thought I read somewhere that people were on the roofs or clinging to the sides before the tsunami hit, though again I'm not 100% sure on that claim. Also I thought you did a vid on Ufa, I know someone else did and I don't remember who, but I thought you did though as well?
I knew you were going to make a documentary of the worlds greatest train wreck but not the 2004 earthquake and tsunami and rip those 2000 people who died
legit, people that go back to what almost killed them are built different man if i was in a train and i almost of all almost's died in that, i would never go back
Not really human error but I watched another video and the guy mentioned that they tried to reach the crew to stop the train but the phone in the main office of the last train station before the accident happened was too quiet to hear as it was really busy and the train was complete maxed out with so many people cause this happened during a huge holiday in the area so this could have technically been prevented
Worst Train Disasters in December: Tangiwai Train Disaster in New Zealand on Christmas Day & Sri Lanka Train Disaster in the Country itself on Boxing Day
I don't want to spoil anything about the wreck, but I will tell you something else about the background. So, this is 2004. The Indian Ocean was about to have the first and the worst tsunamis ever. Countries like India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka have been affected by the situation. The reason why it happened for obvious reasons was due to the high magnitude. The Earth's crust violently shook the Indian Ocean waters leading to a Tsunami on the South side of India and Bangladesh. But the entire of Sri Lanka. Not to mention, it happened on Christmas Eve. Which lead to the worst train wreck in history.
your should really make a video about the Rameswaram express train disaster it would be nice because there are not many good videos explaining the disaster
Intense descriptions of death and destruction set to *Thomas the Tank Engine Music* and being played straight kinda...removes a lot of the value of what is being presented.
I know a story you may wanna know its called Bintaro indonesian train disaster The story goes that on .. i forgot the year a train on a station called kebayoran ... You know you should google it because alot happen on that day they even made a movie
I knew you were going to make a documentary about the world’s worst train crash in history, thanks for making this, and RIP those 1,700 people who died.
or more
I had an acc with the same amtrack pfp
OHHH dam so many deaths. Most of the time there's only around 5-50 deaths
RIP SRILANKENS
Same here
We can hope that no accident in the future is ever worse than this one was. Great job, Thunderbolt.
Didn’t expect to see u in the comments.
I'm surprised to see you here Dark
Hey darkness!
Good to see you darkness
But seriously, 1,000? Dear god, it's horrifying to hear.
That literally happened on my 2nd birthday. I’m now 20.
It’s a miracle that 591 survived. I hope it gets preserved after its retirement some point in the distant future.
Yeah
nice to se you here
also hope 591 is preserved
Now the m2a 591 is a legend of coastal expresses
Those GM EMD G12s are running since 1954, they will keep running until the world runs out of diesel or coconut oil.
After years of watching the Wreck of ‘18, Quintins Hill collision, Fox River Grove wreck, Crazy 8s runaway, Chase MD collision, The Big Bayou wreck, and the 3 El Cajon Pass incidents, it feels like we have reached the biggest one of them all…
Dont forget Hinton
What about Tangiwai?
Quintinshill*
My heart goes out to those that died in both the accident, and the tsunami. Though it’s impressive they managed to restore the locomotive.
At least the locomotive survived and the train person survived the tsunami when the train hits.😢😢😢
Man that's a horrible disaster, rest in peace to all that died, also you are getting really good at these documentaries this is awesome
I knew you would cover this one and I gotta say that you tackled it very well. I feel sad for the 1,700 lives lost that day and I pray that God will be with them and their families. Nice work Thunderbolt and R.I.P to the 1,700 people that lost their lives.
So sorry for missing the premiere! I am curious about all the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami but at the same time the wreck is something that shouldn't be forgotten.
Well this is it, the worst train disaster of all time.
It's sad to think but there was absolutely nothing anyone could have ever done to stop this from happening it was just nature being nature.
I think this must have gotten the same level of respect as the Tangiwai disaster considering both were caused by nature and occurred on a holiday
Sadly I will never forget this for two personal reasons - on the morning it happened a friend said to me as we entered church, "There's been a bit of an earthquake in the Indian Ocean." With hindsight, the greatest understatement ever made. At that time we had no idea just how serious the tragedy was; the full news hadn't reached us. The other occurred a couple of weeks later, at the office where I worked. An important payment hadn't been made by another company - it was found awaiting action on the desk of a secretary who'd gone to Sri Lanka for Christmas, and never came back....... the ripples from that tsunami spread as far as central England. "No man is an island."
I hope everyone will rebuild every single area.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Rest in peace those who lost their lives that day, you have my prayers😢
Great documentary. I really hope we don't get a train accident worse than this. I feel so bad for all the people who died in this accident.
Didn’t expect a documentary tomorrow, this is gonna be epic
In memories of all those that lost their lives that day and their families. :(
I was wondering if you'd make one on this, and lo and behold, I returned at the right time! Great job, and rest in peace to all that died.
Sodor (Thomas and friends) would double this number if they didn't have "luckily nobody was hurt"
My sister was on a plane to Sri Lanka when the Tsunami hit after her flight was delayed for 3 hours from the uk, someone was looking out for her that day
You should do a video of the Wellington disaster in 1910. It was the deadliest avalanche in America. I've been to the sight a couple of times.
My Dad even composed a song for the disaster's 100th anniversary.
Thank you for making this video, even this many years later it’s so heartbreaking 😢.
I remember reading about this in 2015 or so, but i never heard about how bad it was.
This was so devastating to hear about. thank you for covering this railing disaster. I've been watching your videos for almost a year and i must say i enjoy your commentating. I hope to see more of your amazing videos in the near future .
this video is very well made and i enjoyed it very much. Kept up the good work
Thanks, will do!
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren I haven’t seen this yet but the comments looks like it seems amazing
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren I hope you had a great Christmas and I did too. Question, are you gonna do a 1 year anniversary of 475 and the Excavator incident on November 2nd 2023? Cause I might but not sure if I’m doing a video maybe a community post with few pictures from the 2022 accident and then pictures of it now in 2023, but I’ll think about it for now.
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren do the 1970 crescent Illinois derailment and fire and Murdock Illinois derailment and fire
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren Don't Forget This is Indonesia On 1987 Train Crash Deadly over 100 People
Fun Fact: India's railways is known to have the most collisions with animals (Instead of Car vs Train in the US), there were collisions with Elephants as well.
Not so fun fact, eh?
They might have the most collisions with animals but they don’t have the most deadliest animal related rail accident
I always remember when i visited cuba and i asked a friendly local about my age about tsunami's and he said if you are in a earthquake prone area and the sea has receded then get to high ground as quick as possible i have heard stories where tourists have not known this and just stand there in awe
Truly horrific, this disaster.
Great job with the video btw.
I knew about it for years, but never the full story behind it.
@@florjanbrudar692 same
I would say that this documentary was your best and well put documentary that you have posted. It was very informational, and interesting. I can't wait to see what your going to come up with next!
My parents were there very soon before on a world trip and just barely missed the tsunami by getting on a flight out of the country a day or 2 before
The fact this happened a day before my birthday which is tomorrow now It’s sad that hearing this happened 4 years earlier I was born so my condolences are for the victims 😔
It's crazy to think that this disaster happened in my lifetime cause i was born in 2003 so i was 1 when this disaster happened and i hope that the families who did find the bodies have some sort of peace knowing that their loved ones were found but the ones that didn't find them all my prayers go out to all the families and the residents that were all affected by this disaster
Having been to Sri Lanka several times, I have visited the site, the Sunami Museun, the mass grave and even walked the track. There is a Monument 18 Metres high, which represents the height of the wave. RIP to all!
That’s a fantastic video. The wave on the locomotive is touching
WTH I WAS CHECK-IN YOUR CHANNEL BUT UNEXPECTED SAW THIS PREMIERE COMING LATER
Great documentary. I never knew about this til now. Thanks for making the documentary
Looking at that area on Google Earth is interesting. It looks like paradise. The train tracks run about 200 feet or so inland along the coast. Those poor people were just stuck. Very sad. I want to see a video on the Russian gas explosion. I've never heard about that.
He already made one about Ufa(the gas explosion)
6:19
The wave was reported at 30 feet, not 30 meters. It's still a huge wave and more than large enough to destroy a train.
I am a Sri Lankan and was 6 when this happend. I had to stay in hospital for 2 years till I recovered
I can't wait to hear this interesting story man how railroads have changed
Got up early that morning, and logged onto our company network, and the news was just reporting a BIG earthquake, but not a tsunami yet, but I wound up on the web ALL day as we had a cable modem then and I could watch the net's on the pctv tuner and surf the web concurrently.
Great post!
I love these videos. I've been watching since last year (no pun intended just to make it clear)I hope you keep making these for a long time. I love your vids❤️
Thanks, will do!
The death toll was so bad and the watery graves most people have this can be called titanic II
I have watched this channel since I was 5, this channel got me into trains. Keep up the good work! Can you cover some kind of wreck in my home state of Michigan? I don’t know if there are any wrecks worth covering tho
i think there was a big one in battle creek MI, around 30 deaths
@@RH1N0______13 ah, I only herd of one from pere Marquette with just a derailment
@@micoasters yea it was a head on collision just searched it up
a rail ferry once sank in lake michigan iirc
@@germansteamlocomotive I know. The pm 18 I think
Can you making the "Harmelen Railway disaster" The Worst Train Wreck in History of the Netherlands 1962
It's so tragic to hear that they did call to make station staff stop the train, but the station staff was too busy with the overcrowded train.
It's a good thing there aren't too many train disasters, but in a strange type of way I wish there were more so you could make videos about them. Maybe ones where no one gets hurt, however that's rarely the case when millions of tons are involved..
This is one of the most horrifying accidents I have ever heard of. Its sad how it happened.
This was really the most terrific and horrifying train wreck I ever came across, still remember the images from the newspaper!🕯
I knew about this one but didn’t know any details. Thank you.
Hi. Could you make videos on some of India's worst train disasters like Dhanushkodi bridge tragedy, Bagmati river disaster, Dyaneshwari express derailment?
“This is familiar wasteland and grieving fates and becoming World’s natural disasters since Hurricane Katrina Disaster in 2005….”
From this moment, *everything changes. Forever.*
God is given blessed and salvation of all victims… to see our humanity in gracious world…
Man I've watched all these I really enjoy them I always watch for new ones!
This has got to be one of the worst train incidents in the whole world and one of the worst train accidents involving an earthquake
I'm glad the people made that livery to honor those people who didn't make it out of the storm. That is what I called a tribute.
Wow I forgot about your channel till this video popped on my recommended
Merry Christmas Thunder
Dam, I never knew that a wave could overpower a whole train, but after this video, I was very wrong. May all the dead passengers rest in peace
Oh my gosh when I see the video pic oh this video will be *EPIC* but also *SAD* .
My father was one of the people going to work on that day but luckily he was in one of the trains that were halted in Colombo
Finally Sri Lanka’s Most deadly disaster
Wow that crash happened a couple months later after I was born in January.
man, what a grimm episode for chismas, but anyways, merrry chrismas, thunderbolt! hope u have a festive time!
This has to be the worst non-pathogenic natural disaster of the last 50 years, surely
I have a friend from sri lanka, fortunately we weren't born at that time
Despite the tragedy
I still managed to smile whenever you got confused reading the names and then pronouncing them
Rip those 1700 people that died. I hope nothing like this ever happens again to any railway but anyways you did great job on this document Thunder
this was so good! and this was an awful wreck. but in my opinion.. the hinton train wreck was the worst.. (in damage)
Can you make a documentary on the Bintaro train collision? It was very very dramatic, the collision was a head on collision with Train number 220 vs 225, 220 was Lokal Rangkas, and 225 was Patas Merak.
I believe this was also called the deadliest tsunami in the world too.
Day before I was born 🥺 smh rip to everybody
Utterly brilliant yet again off you
In Phuket island Thailand Tsunami in total 5,400 people killed.
For the record it's pronounced "shri" Lanka
Doesn't really matter just figured I'd mention it
Keep killing it you're doing great
9:43 Just a quick heads up, it should be " _Only_ ten buildings", as using "all but" indicated that those 10 buildings were swept away
Good documentary, I am intrested to see spain's worst train disaster of torre del bierzo in 1944. I am also waiting for the 2012 once rail disaster too. It would be good to see your coverage of them.
This is the moment we’ve been waiting for!
I remember that countries were filled with travelers who enjoy their holiday time with their families and friends until this tsunami killed everyone they know and some were injured and killed. It was on the news when I heard about and my thoughts and prayers for those who were killed and injured in those countries.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
that really was the worst, that sucks man.
Somehow, in all the news and devestation this flew under the radar. I don't recall the papers in the UK covering it much or maybe it was different papers, I just remember the pictures all over the front pages but not too much about the train. I knew the train disaster but not all the other details. For some reason I thought a second train was swept out to sea, though that may have been misreported at the time however. 1700 wasn't even that high compared to some places or events but it is still absolutely incredible, and to think that could happen again within our lifetimes. Nobody knew in 2003-2004 that the plates were gearing up for a 9.0 quake and what it would entail. Not train related but the tsunami itself is absolutely incredible as to how far it traveled and just how many countries were impacted directly and indirectly by the tsunami. The images of the beaches afterwards are burned into my brain and they are absolutely haunting, so are the images of the flood hit towns and industries as well. This was truly a once in a lifetime event but I feel like with the way things are going, it may well happen again. At least the tsunami warning system came out of this for the Indian Oceanwtsusnami
EDIT I thought I read somewhere that people were on the roofs or clinging to the sides before the tsunami hit, though again I'm not 100% sure on that claim.
Also I thought you did a vid on Ufa, I know someone else did and I don't remember who, but I thought you did though as well?
Same music from "Toby and the Flood!"
Good ear
I knew you were going to make a documentary of the worlds greatest train wreck but not the 2004 earthquake and tsunami and rip those 2000 people who died
legit, people that go back to what almost killed them are built different man
if i was in a train and i almost of all almost's died in that, i would never go back
Not really human error but I watched another video and the guy mentioned that they tried to reach the crew to stop the train but the phone in the main office of the last train station before the accident happened was too quiet to hear as it was really busy and the train was complete maxed out with so many people cause this happened during a huge holiday in the area so this could have technically been prevented
im pretty sure we hit the mother of all train crashes an im pretty sure i know what's next that is the australian granville train disaster next
I live in México and there was a worst crash it was the 1972 Saltillo,Coahuila killing 234 passangers it happend just 50 years ago
Worst Train Disasters in December: Tangiwai Train Disaster in New Zealand on Christmas Day & Sri Lanka Train Disaster in the Country itself on Boxing Day
Thunderbolt: "I'm sorry in advance if I mispronounced names or places. "
Me: Ahh! Camon mate, how bad can it be?
Thunderbolt: "Siri Lanka railroad..."
you should make a documentary about the Ciurea rail disaster
I don't want to spoil anything about the wreck, but I will tell you something else about the background.
So, this is 2004. The Indian Ocean was about to have the first and the worst tsunamis ever. Countries like India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka have been affected by the situation. The reason why it happened for obvious reasons was due to the high magnitude. The Earth's crust violently shook the Indian Ocean waters leading to a Tsunami on the South side of India and Bangladesh. But the entire of Sri Lanka. Not to mention, it happened on Christmas Eve. Which lead to the worst train wreck in history.
Amazing work
It must have sucked to be on that helicopter when they found it
Agreed. My heart would sink to the earth's core. Can't imagine the PTSD the helicopter crew felt
I still am hoping you are going to do the Gare de Lyon train crash.
Can you do a video of what if train numbers 591 escape from the tsunami
your should really make a video about the Rameswaram express train disaster it would be nice because there are not many good videos explaining the disaster
Have you thought of doing: Hohenthurm train collision 39 years later next?
I feel like there needs to be one more British train documentary and I got the perfect one called Singleton Bank Rail Crash
Intense descriptions of death and destruction set to *Thomas the Tank Engine Music* and being played straight kinda...removes a lot of the value of what is being presented.
I know a story you may wanna know its called Bintaro indonesian train disaster
The story goes that on .. i forgot the year a train on a station called kebayoran ... You know you should google it because alot happen on that day they even made a movie
Thunderbolt 1000 siren productions. Do you use the videos from pen central670 to use in your videos
Use to with his permission. I've met with him in person before, we're good friends.
Are you planning to do the granite canyon train crash?
Aaah crap. I missed it. Anyway, great video thunder.
Love this video 😎