I will never forget this day. I am ashamed to say the anniversary passed so quickly I had forgotten. But I will never forget hearing about this accident. I lived in Hayes and was about 10 years old and at school. Looking back I think I heard the horn of the HST (that noise travelled far) that was involved, but I can't be sure. Then I came home from school and was told the news. Then my dad took me to see the wreckage a few days later. There were other people there, standing on the now demolished Southall footbridge (some of which has gone to Didcot). No-one said a word. It was silent. RIP to the seven who lost their lives.
Thank you for posting. In situations like that staring upon such a scene, there's really nothing to say and you can only stare in silence as well as in respect to those that lost their lives. I don't how I'd be able to sleep at night hearing or seeing a train that would eventually end up in disaster.
Hey thunder there’s a find me a game called jolly chapter 2, and when I heard particularly the jingle, I went… Wait, jolly? jolly: I smell a night guard over here. Me: *A-*
Ben Conway I think your missing the point, this crash is a extremely well known train derailment in UK history, it’s a crash that is shocking when it wasn’t when it wasn’t on his channel before, so I can understand his happiness that it’s on now. He’s not cheering over the fact that he can watch the crash, he’s just happy that the crash made it into his channel
If you can't pronounce Swansea, then I don't know what to say. Its not like other places in Wales, such as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
HST Intercity 125 is still in use. It was running until 2019 but only on Great Western Mainline operated by Great Western Railways. Other operators in UK are still using them like Scotrail or LNER
@@florjanbrudar692 See 13:25. Up until the accident, FGW was happy to let the safety rules slide, even to the extent of doctoring the rule book. It was only AFTER the accident that FGW implemented safety measures that, had they been in force at the time of the said accident, would have prevented it. Hence 'shutting the barn door AFTER the horse has gotten away.'
0:41 - Bit of a misconception there - the 125s are still in service - most of them have been transferred to Abellio ScotRail, while its Australian counterpart, the NSW XPT, is very much still going strong. It's also worth mentioning that the two people who died in the first carriage suffered an extremely quick, yet equally gruesome death - they were thrown out of the destroyed windows of Coach H, only to be crushed under the carriage's weight when it fell onto its side.
Sorry to break it to you, but in 2021, a Melbourne bound XPT, being pulled by XP2018 derailed in Wallan, XP2018 and all 5 passengers cars derailed, while the rear power car stayed on track. only the Driver and Conductor died, luckily none of the passengers were killed, but apart from that, the XPT is doing good!
It gets me every time when the 1st coach rolls over and the second coach collided head-on with the hoppers, thrown upwards and when is bent by the forces of the other coaches behind it while being pinned by one of the hoppers. I’d be surprised if anyone in the 2nd coach survived the collision.
I was on this train! Was 18 at the time. Crazy blast from the past. I forget about it then it suddenly pops up in my mind once every few years and I remember how lucky I was to get out of this unscathed!
@@RF-jr1od My mum's bestfriend's brother died in the crash that day. I was very young when this happened but looking back at the incident now is heartbreaking. Not just a number, he was a brother, father, husband. With the force of the crash, it's incredible that most people were safe. You are a lucky one. I wish the very best for you.
Great Documentary, your documentaries have inspired me to maybe start doing similar videos about scandinavian train wrecks (mostly swedish). Of course i will in that case credit you as inspiration!
Suggestion: do the Indianola, Nebraska train wreck (number here) years later in May 2020. Edit: Larry Harrison, not Larry Hamson. Edit 2: i actually requested this.
Wow! What a wonderful tribute. I was actually on this train, I was only 18 at the time. I had a very near miss that day and a very weird experience with someone I swear was my guardian angel!
I was 16 years old me and my dad and my neighbours saved a lot of people that day I will never forget this day R.I.P to the people that did not survive 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Isn't the intercity 125 still in service on a few lines? I thought it just didn't go to London anymore, and that actual retirement was only around 2024.
I know that First Great Western ,now known as great western railway, still runs them as stoping trains from cardiff to exeter in shorter sets (4 coaches known as castle classes) but dont go to london paddington anymore. GWR has given Scotrail the HSTs they dont need anymore. LNER are also stoping services to london Kings Cross to allow space for their new azumas (class 800 by Hitachi).
Something I've noticed in your videos...September is like THE month for train accidents it seems. Comforting considering I'll be travelling by train this month XD
Good video, and nice photo of our Australian osCAR Trains to explain ATP. All of our trains have ATP and not a single one in service doesn't have it from memory.
It didn't plow through anything it more or less bounced off one of the hoppers and was derailed it continued upright and intact for several yards. It was the 2nd coach that plowed into it .
Last night, I was looking at pictures of a certain engine with a "73" in it's number that was wrecked and scrapped, and then the next day, I get to see a video of the wreck of another engine with "73" within it's number... But no worry! The engine I was looking at, I'll get to see a video on the crash of in December! Also, when it's time several months from now, can you please do the April 23rd 2002 Placentia, CA Head-On Collision?
Harrison La time traveler it’s a remake of real footage. You can tell because there’s stock train noises that were used in Thomas & Friends in the audio
also there was a lot of talk of the signals being really hard to read visually at that velocity, readable at best at maybe 250 meters, at full speed it would give the driver just four seconds to visually react to the signal, not very much time...
Thunderbolt 1000, I just want to ask you something, to get a video or images of a wreck can't be that hard to find, but in some cases there is images of the actual engines, cars or hoppers involved in the crash, complete with number and all. Where do you get these from? And it must lake a lot of time and effort to do so. I appreciate the time and effort you put into all your videos, keep on doing that.
Tpws introduced introduced in 1997 didn't have as many many locations as current. The approved higher level of train warning systems on the Great Western lines in 1997 was ATP (advanced train protection) which is different to TPWS. HST on the great western lines had ATP and AWS fitted but not TPWS. 2 years later a crash at Ladbrook grove London further up the line proved the need for ATP to be fitted to all trains in the uk but Train Operator Companies and the national rail operator ( at the time Railtrack , now Network Rail) decided that TPWS(train protection warning system) would be cheaper and easier for all concerned to fit to the system.
Alegibly there were usable yards on the slow side of the main line into Paddington so there was no need for a slow freight to cross over from the 2 high speed up/down tracks to the 2 low speed up/down tracks. BR/Railtrack and now Network Rail are trying to avoid this delay to HST's.
Freight trains crossing pathways of other trains is nothing new. IF the AWS - and by extension the HST driver - had been doing their job correctly, the HST would have slowed down and avoided the freight train. But alas, everything went wrong.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS TO WATCH I LOVE THIS VID I have seen a lot of stuff a lot and i watch a lot of history so yea I have seen some stuff and I used to watch a lot of scary stuff when i was young even one where i got hit by a train for goodness sake
i remember this accident I was working for the Great Western train company at their call centre in cardiff and the message came in about the train i had seen that train departing Cardiff Central for Paddington and was wondering a friend of mine was part of the train crew but he was at home. My teamleader then asked me to work on to help out with the calls coming in
The intercity 125s are still in service the only stopped service from Paddington this year, they continue to run on other lines, and will still run for a few years yet
Just letting you know the power locos are pronounced 43 1 7 3. 43 is the train type (in this case a class 43) and the last 3 digits is a unique number. A multiple unit in the UK have class ### then 3 digits
I went into a ship phase after watching a bunch of documentaries on them, now I'm watching train documentaries and I feel as though I'll get phased again...
Can I please use some footage from NS and SEPTA in Norristown episode 9 for both my Clapham Junction documentary and my next Engines of Marc episode. I'm gonna credit you for that.
It may well be the fastest diesel, bi Ut it is still slower than Mallard which achieved 127*6 mph many decades ago. However, it is not accurate to state that these diesel locks are capable of any speed above 125 because current rail infrastructure will not support higher speeds reliab. Hence the blanket maximum speed of 125 mph. The grumbling Gricer.
Paul Lee service speed isn’t the same as record speed. A HST went 143mph between Thirsk and Northallerton on the ECML. Mallard never even got to 90mph in regular service, just like HSTs never reach more than 125mph.
@@paullee5573 You're wrong, the InterCity 125 is actually capable of doing 148 mph when not in service. Even then however, this isn't done on the UK railway system as most of the lines have a speed limit of 125 mph, and High Speed 1 (the only line which allows trains to go faster than 125 mph) requires that the train must be fitted with in cab signalling, which the InterCity 125 doesn't have.
@Brummiewellington Read my comment again, properly. Then you will, if you have any brain at all, realise that it is you that is wrong. As I stated, the INFRASTRUCTURE limits these locks. Or is that too big a word for you to comprehend?
I remember this crash. Theres strict speed restrictions when isolating aws now and a competent person, if available must be beside you. Ps.the dvd only sounds if theres been no input from the driver for a minute (ie no brake or power application, no aws acknowledgement) if it went of every minute as standard itll send everyone crazy!
In the early days of railways, to keep things simple and safe(ish) trains were classed, class 9 being the slowest, up to class 1 which were the fastest. The higher class was always given priority over the lower class. Too often, as here and at Harrow & Wealdstone , when that rule is broken calamity ensues.
All of the 7 people who died were in the first two carriages. The first carriage was coach H. 2 people died after this carriage derailed, they were thrown out of the carriage and crushed underneath. The second carriage (the one that went airborne) was coach G. Five people died in this car.
The aws switch on the back bulkhead of the cab has a change end switch and an isolating switch. The isolating switch has a safety wire that if broken Means the train should never have gone into service. This was an accident waiting to happen.
maybe you can do a video of a dutch train collsion as well, i would really enjoy it if you did since i'm dutch myself. if you deside to make a video of a dutch train collsion i sugest the disaster in harmelen back on 8 January 1962.
In the early days of these HST's, when it was permissible to run with ATP isolated, then a few old time drivers would tell you that running between Reading and Paddington then the occasional spurt from 125 to 140 MPH was nothing unusual.
I am so sick of reading all the comments about how Thunderbolt pronounces some place names. It's so rude! There is no need for it - especially as it's clear that most people haven't even read the five hundred other comments which contain advice on pronunciation. Give the dude a break. He makes great videos.
5:10 now while talking about AWS you were showing an image of TPWS (Train Protection and Warning System) that is a part of AWS, but for a train to stop after passing red, the signal must be TPWS fitted.
And even still, who the hell routes a slow freight in front of an IC125, the priority system goes passenger, freight, charter. Not freight, passenger, charter. The freight should have been instructed to wait unless obstructing the path of another passenger train, and then it would have to wait somewhere else
Not sure if you take request, but could you do Crush, Texas? The date unfortunately passed since the accident happened on the 15th of September 1896, but I would like to hear your take on it.
I will never forget this day. I am ashamed to say the anniversary passed so quickly I had forgotten. But I will never forget hearing about this accident. I lived in Hayes and was about 10 years old and at school. Looking back I think I heard the horn of the HST (that noise travelled far) that was involved, but I can't be sure. Then I came home from school and was told the news. Then my dad took me to see the wreckage a few days later. There were other people there, standing on the now demolished Southall footbridge (some of which has gone to Didcot). No-one said a word. It was silent. RIP to the seven who lost their lives.
Thank you for posting. In situations like that staring upon such a scene, there's really nothing to say and you can only stare in silence as well as in respect to those that lost their lives. I don't how I'd be able to sleep at night hearing or seeing a train that would eventually end up in disaster.
Hey thunder there’s a find me a game called jolly chapter 2, and when I heard particularly the jingle, I went… Wait, jolly? jolly: I smell a night guard over here. Me: *A-*
Hi, I’ll never forget this either, I was involved and injured in the crash.
@@carolbell3434are you ok
@@carolbell3434WOW! A person from the crash! I hope your okay :(
The 125 is still in-use - it was only recently retired from Paddington but is still in-use in a few regions around the UK.
BloomingOnion yeah they run out of Glasgow Queen St
Still run Edinburgh to London
GWR Cardiff-Taunton and Exeter/Plymouth-Penzance; LNER London-Leeds/York/Edinburgh/Sunderland/Inverness/Aberdeen; Hull Trains London-Hull; Scotrail Edinburgh/Glasgow-Aberdeen/Inverness; Cross Country Edinburgh/Glasgow-Plymouth
Cactus732 And on EMR services from St Pancras to Nottingham and Leeds, plus Hull Trains.
Weren't the HST's meant to go to scotrail as well as, and network rail have the flying banana, AND they do cross country workings.
It’s astonishing that only seven passengers died given the sheer amount of carnage:
Agreed.
Its rare dat the back was save OMG
Gs
Agreed
HST's were tough trains. Modern carriages are stronger and more durable in a disaster.
“He tried to accelerate his train out of the path of the high speed train...”
*But it was too late*
first
*Thomas "Danger" theme fading in*
I literally just played the thomas danger theme just to see how it would work
CRASH!
The only Thomas & Friends episode not to be shown on TV.
TrainLover 106 wut
TrainLover 106 ,Uhhh what?
@@OffTheRailsUK are you ok?
@@GewelReal Why are you pinging me for no reason?
Guys, stop. He’s saying that this was the only accident to never be referred in any of the Thomas episodes.
the Intercity 125 finally makes its way onto the channel... albeit in an infamous crash..
(Yes I edited my comment so I don’t cause a further stir)
Urm yes but in a bad way and you're yipping and hollering?😔😒
Ben Conway I think your missing the point, this crash is a extremely well known train derailment in UK history, it’s a crash that is shocking when it wasn’t when it wasn’t on his channel before, so I can understand his happiness that it’s on now. He’s not cheering over the fact that he can watch the crash, he’s just happy that the crash made it into his channel
@@ZNZDerby i do know you idiot i remember it happening i remember watching it on the news cos well lets see im from the UK fucking Muppet
@@benconway9010 you don't need to swear, child.
Novascone _ thats not appropriate bruv
01:00 Left where? LOL How do you get "swazz nee ahh" from Swansea?
That's hilarious.
Dyslexia maybe? He could've read it as "Swasnea", in which case his pronunciation would be pretty accurate, haha. Still hilarious though.
He's American, could be a different pronouncements
@@busesinthemidlands enunciations*
Swosnia
@@ShintyShinto Just a stupid American reading it off Wikipeads.
Were you trying to say Swansea? It is literally just Swan-see. Also, not much harder, is Southall, pronounced South-all
If you can't pronounce Swansea, then I don't know what to say. Its not like other places in Wales, such as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
Its just the two words swan and sea put together.And both are easy to pronounce.
I was so confused as well as how he couldn't pronouce Swansea and southall
Swanzy would be a better phonetic spelling. Pronounced as one word.
Swosnia
Swosnia-Swerzegovina
HST Intercity 125 is still in use.
It was running until 2019 but only on Great Western Mainline operated by Great Western Railways. Other operators in UK are still using them like Scotrail or LNER
We still have HST’s, they haven’t all gone yet. Regular stock over the midland main line.
As well as the South West region of GWR network as the short "Castle" and "Classic" sets, and in Scotland as similar.
These companies are always good at 'shutting the barn door after the horse has escaped'.
What are you talking about?
@@florjanbrudar692 something to do with me not knowing anything about this until now.
@@florjanbrudar692 See 13:25. Up until the accident, FGW was happy to let the safety rules slide, even to the extent of doctoring the rule book. It was only AFTER the accident that FGW implemented safety measures that, had they been in force at the time of the said accident, would have prevented it. Hence 'shutting the barn door AFTER the horse has gotten away.'
0:41 - Bit of a misconception there - the 125s are still in service - most of them have been transferred to Abellio ScotRail, while its Australian counterpart, the NSW XPT, is very much still going strong. It's also worth mentioning that the two people who died in the first carriage suffered an extremely quick, yet equally gruesome death - they were thrown out of the destroyed windows of Coach H, only to be crushed under the carriage's weight when it fell onto its side.
Sorry to break it to you, but in 2021, a Melbourne bound XPT, being pulled by XP2018 derailed in Wallan, XP2018 and all 5 passengers cars derailed, while the rear power car stayed on track. only the Driver and Conductor died, luckily none of the passengers were killed, but apart from that, the XPT is doing good!
Very much appreciate seeing explanations for existing crash footage- cheers, and keep up the good work!
Uhhh actually thats animation from a documentary
This is greatly appreciated and is really useful for my assignment on this rail crash. Very well made video!
It gets me every time when the 1st coach rolls over and the second coach collided head-on with the hoppers, thrown upwards and when is bent by the forces of the other coaches behind it while being pinned by one of the hoppers. I’d be surprised if anyone in the 2nd coach survived the collision.
I too did a documentary on this wreck, and yours is far better detailed and far better overall!
Yours was still good.
CameraManRailFan yours was good👍👍
Same here, and I feel the same.
CameraManRailFan I have seen your channel and it is true thunderbolt 1000 siren productions does all of his documentary’s better than yours
griffin rails never seen your channel
please do more Trainwreck documentaries outside of the US! keep up the good work
Shout out to that guy who ran towards the crash to save people when the incident happened
The *b a l l s* on that man. Not even letting the crash finish straight up sprinting to the crash
Thanks for making my dream of you posting this documentary come true! I wanted this video so bad! I wanted this since I was in your premieres. ;)
werido
@@longbar2344 I forgot I posted that comment a couple years ago. Now I see what you mean by that.
@@realrtot9138 lol
I remember this when I was a kid back in 1997
Next month, Paddington 20 years ago
I was born in 1997.
I was on this train! Was 18 at the time. Crazy blast from the past. I forget about it then it suddenly pops up in my mind once every few years and I remember how lucky I was to get out of this unscathed!
@@RF-jr1od My mum's bestfriend's brother died in the crash that day. I was very young when this happened but looking back at the incident now is heartbreaking. Not just a number, he was a brother, father, husband. With the force of the crash, it's incredible that most people were safe. You are a lucky one. I wish the very best for you.
@@olivianicholson8001 wow thank you for sharing that story. You're right, it was a complete tragedy. 💔
Before I watch: Waiting to see how an American deals with the British signaling system and TOPS numbers. Can wait tbh
I just kept thinking "they are on the wrong (left) set of tracks, they are going to crash!"
Funny thing is BR took the inspiration for TOPS from the Southern Pacific.
Great Documentary, your documentaries have inspired me to maybe start doing similar videos about scandinavian train wrecks (mostly swedish). Of course i will in that case credit you as inspiration!
if you need some train wrecks to make videos about, I can help with finding some danish one
You're remarkably well informed, sir. Good vid.
You did the best job explaining
Suggestion: do the Indianola, Nebraska train wreck (number here) years later in May 2020.
Edit: Larry Harrison, not Larry Hamson.
Edit 2: i actually requested this.
Are you stupid its 2019
@@evertonblake7320 he makes videos only on the anniversary of the train wreck in the video.
@@evertonblake7320 Are you stupid
Gewel ✔ fuck off
Can you imagine bif it happens? Psychic or what?
Wow! What a wonderful tribute. I was actually on this train, I was only 18 at the time. I had a very near miss that day and a very weird experience with someone I swear was my guardian angel!
Yikes! 😬
That must've been a nightmare.
Me too. I was injured, but grateful I’m here. I do hope you’re okay?
I was 16 years old me and my dad and my neighbours saved a lot of people that day I will never forget this day R.I.P to the people that did not survive 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Your dad and neighbour are heroes 🦸♀️ long live for thm
Thank you for all you did. I am a survivor from this crash and I’m grateful to everyone who helped.
Noice episode. Top form as always!! Could u plz do the Harrow and Wealdstone Rail Disaster next?
Isn't the intercity 125 still in service on a few lines? I thought it just didn't go to London anymore, and that actual retirement was only around 2024.
It does still go to London, look at LNER.
I know that First Great Western ,now known as great western railway, still runs them as stoping trains from cardiff to exeter in shorter sets (4 coaches known as castle classes) but dont go to london paddington anymore. GWR has given Scotrail the HSTs they dont need anymore. LNER are also stoping services to london Kings Cross to allow space for their new azumas (class 800 by Hitachi).
Thanks for posting a new crash video
I love your channel! Keep up the good work, but the Chatsworth one is scary
Something I've noticed in your videos...September is like THE month for train accidents it seems.
Comforting considering I'll be travelling by train this month XD
I forgot about this disastrous wreck, (mainly because I don’t live in UK) but dang... and may everyone involved rest In peace, great documentary!
Amazing work!
Yo hi from your channel
YEEEES THIS IS THE ONE I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
YES THANK YOU! I HAVE BEEN WAITING
Can you please do the 1999 Paddington Wreck
@@memyye No need to swear mate.
@@memyye how dare you swear on my minecraft server my dad works for minecraft
All of three boys are right
My father was meant to be on the HST from stroud, but slept in and missed it. So that was a relief
He ate marmalade sandwiches.
Good video, and nice photo of our Australian osCAR Trains to explain ATP. All of our trains have ATP and not a single one in service doesn't have it from memory.
I really enjoy your documentaries.
great video thunderbolt 1000 :)
How about doing the Lewisham crash in 1957 or Hither Green 1967?
Man, I remember as a kid standing on the platform when them 125s started off, the engine sound was crazy!!
I hear the weather is great in swaznea this time of year.
you are so underrated collision, your videos are similar to Seconds from disaster, national geographic and Smithsonian
Only their narration is better
Great video and information 👍😀
Rest in Piece to everyone who lost their lives.
I really like your documentarys
I was amazed that the locomotive of the passenger train survived plowing straight through a locomotive and several train cars
It didn't plow through anything it more or less bounced off one of the hoppers and was derailed it continued upright and intact for several yards. It was the 2nd coach that plowed into it .
Last night, I was looking at pictures of a certain engine with a "73" in it's number that was wrecked and scrapped, and then the next day, I get to see a video of the wreck of another engine with "73" within it's number... But no worry! The engine I was looking at, I'll get to see a video on the crash of in December!
Also, when it's time several months from now, can you please do the April 23rd 2002 Placentia, CA Head-On Collision?
so what train wreck documentary are you going to do next?
Another great video. Keep it up...
@@memyye you don't have to rude for no reason.
@@trainfanjpt6056 Read the description to find your answer.
@@memyye wow man you don't need to be rude
@@texasgamer2148 oh ok show he's heading to strasburg. i think im heading to strasburg too. but i don't what day?
That CCTV camera footage is from a documentary and not real. Still give us an insight in to what happened.
It looked real to me.
Harrison La time traveler it’s a remake of real footage. You can tell because there’s stock train noises that were used in Thomas & Friends in the audio
Wait how are the comments like more than 5 hours ago when it just started like 15 minutes ago
It's youtube what do you expect?
What that's totally normal
To youtube
You can actually comment before it premiers.
Could you do the Harrow and Wieldstone crash from 1958? (Not to bug you or anything)
that one is panned
*1952, but I'd love to see that.
*Wealdstone
I'm pretty sure I've seen it in my YT recommendations :-)
also there was a lot of talk of the signals being really hard to read visually at that velocity, readable at best at maybe 250 meters, at full speed it would give the driver just four seconds to visually react to the signal, not very much time...
Swasnea :D Please do a documentary on the 12:07 from YouNork to Wanishington
Thunderbolt 1000, I just want to ask you something, to get a video or images of a wreck can't be that hard to find, but in some cases there is images of the actual engines, cars or hoppers involved in the crash, complete with number and all. Where do you get these from? And it must lake a lot of time and effort to do so. I appreciate the time and effort you put into all your videos, keep on doing that.
The guy running in the footage must be terrified. He wants to help, but cant.
Next is Paddington/Ladbroke Grove. Truly a disastrous train wreck that.
Actual name is Ladbroke Grove, no idea why ppl call it the Padd wreck
Selby was also horrific too.
After that would probably be the 2004 Ufton - Nervent crash
@@griffinrails I knew the driver of that train, was a brilliant man
Great vid! Maybe the Selby Rail Crash would be a good one to do next?
5:09
**says aws**
*𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙩𝙥𝙬𝙨*
because if the aws is activated and the emergency brake is applied the tpws brake demand light illuminates.
Tpws introduced introduced in 1997 didn't have as many many locations as current.
The approved higher level of train warning systems on the Great Western lines in 1997 was ATP (advanced train protection) which is different to TPWS.
HST on the great western lines had ATP and AWS fitted but not TPWS.
2 years later a crash at Ladbrook grove London further up the line proved the need for ATP to be fitted to all trains in the uk but Train Operator Companies and the national rail operator ( at the time Railtrack , now Network Rail) decided that TPWS(train protection warning system) would be cheaper and easier for all concerned to fit to the system.
asha893 AWS and TPWS are still (mostly) separate systems
@@meesguyy TPWS piggy backs off the AWS. So if you isolate the AWS, you also lose TPWS. But if you isolate TPWS, the AWS will still be functioning.
I love the first song that plays. Reminds me of the old nes games. Love it.
Where do you have that THIS VIDEO MAY BE DISTURBING ETC Soundtrack from?
This actually had a clip of the crash thanks
Note: the intercity 125 was/is the fastest diesel train in the world
I have fond memories of these trains from when I played trainz on mobile when I was like 7. Those were the days
Same here. F7s as far as the eye could see, Deltics, Class 37s, SD40-2s, it was the stuff.
Alegibly there were usable yards on the slow side of the main line into Paddington so there was no need for a slow freight to cross over from the 2 high speed up/down tracks to the 2 low speed up/down tracks.
BR/Railtrack and now Network Rail are trying to avoid this delay to HST's.
Freight trains crossing pathways of other trains is nothing new. IF the AWS - and by extension the HST driver - had been doing their job correctly, the HST would have slowed down and avoided the freight train. But alas, everything went wrong.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE VIDEOS TO WATCH I LOVE THIS VID I have seen a lot of stuff a lot and i watch a lot of history so yea I have seen some stuff and I used to watch a lot of scary stuff when i was young even one where i got hit by a train for goodness sake
that remark about the train hitting me that was a nightmare.
i remember this accident I was working for the Great Western train company at their call centre in cardiff and the message came in about the train i had seen that train departing Cardiff Central for Paddington and was wondering a friend of mine was part of the train crew but he was at home. My teamleader then asked me to work on to help out with the calls coming in
The intercity 125s are still in service the only stopped service from Paddington this year, they continue to run on other lines, and will still run for a few years yet
Good luck on your trip , I lived in the area you will love it. Check out the sandwich shop across the street
What do you mean by ran from the 1970s-2019? They’re still running! And, by the way, it’s pronounced South-all and Swan-sea.
he means it's til running today
"All you had to do was follow the damn train, CJ!"
Have a good holiday thunderbolt 1000 siren productions
Just letting you know the power locos are pronounced 43 1 7 3. 43 is the train type (in this case a class 43) and the last 3 digits is a unique number. A multiple unit in the UK have class ### then 3 digits
One has to wonder, if the BR Class 43 HSTs are being replaced, what would happen to Pip and Emma's high speed service from Sodor to London?
I love your videos
I went into a ship phase after watching a bunch of documentaries on them, now I'm watching train documentaries and I feel as though I'll get phased again...
i remember the Southall Train Collision alot of overhead cables came down that year
This was an absolute tragedy, I read up about it
The CCTV just looks unreal
Indeed. It still stuns me to this day
Can I please use some footage from NS and SEPTA in Norristown episode 9 for both my Clapham Junction documentary and my next Engines of Marc episode. I'm gonna credit you for that.
You have my permission as long as you credit me
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren You mean it????
@@flopsyrailwayproductions1434 yes
@@Thunderbolt_1000_Siren oh, thank you.
If you can, can you do the Graniteville Accident? Your videos are truly the best and filled with details not given.
He's already done that.
*fastest diesel train in the world
wut
It may well be the fastest diesel, bi
Ut it is still slower than Mallard which achieved 127*6 mph many decades ago. However, it is not accurate to state that these diesel locks are capable of any speed above 125 because current rail infrastructure will not support higher speeds reliab. Hence the blanket maximum speed of 125 mph.
The grumbling Gricer.
Paul Lee service speed isn’t the same as record speed. A HST went 143mph between Thirsk and Northallerton on the ECML. Mallard never even got to 90mph in regular service, just like HSTs never reach more than 125mph.
@@paullee5573 You're wrong, the InterCity 125 is actually capable of doing 148 mph when not in service. Even then however, this isn't done on the UK railway system as most of the lines have a speed limit of 125 mph, and High Speed 1 (the only line which allows trains to go faster than 125 mph) requires that the train must be fitted with in cab signalling, which the InterCity 125 doesn't have.
@Brummiewellington Read my comment again, properly. Then you will, if you have any brain at all, realise that it is you that is wrong. As I stated, the INFRASTRUCTURE limits these locks. Or is that too big a word for you to comprehend?
Why Pip and Emma doesn’t appeared in Thomas the tank engine and friends
That got me
Good video, I love your choice of music! Where do you get it from?
So sad I💙Steam locomotives but I like high speed trains and I’m very sorry to the people who lost there lives 😔😔😔😔😭😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢😢😢
hope fully this train wreck does never happens again !
@@Brian_rock_railfan it did, 2 years later.
Will you doo the Granville disaster ?
I remember this crash. Theres strict speed restrictions when isolating aws now and a competent person, if available must be beside you. Ps.the dvd only sounds if theres been no input from the driver for a minute (ie no brake or power application, no aws acknowledgement) if it went of every minute as standard itll send everyone crazy!
Keeps you awake though
In the early days of railways, to keep things simple and safe(ish) trains were classed, class 9 being the slowest, up to class 1 which were the fastest. The higher class was always given priority over the lower class. Too often, as here and at Harrow & Wealdstone , when that rule is broken calamity ensues.
All of the 7 people who died were in the first two carriages. The first carriage was coach H. 2 people died after this carriage derailed, they were thrown out of the carriage and crushed underneath. The second carriage (the one that went airborne) was coach G. Five people died in this car.
The aws switch on the back bulkhead of the cab has a change end switch and an isolating switch. The isolating switch has a safety wire that if broken Means the train should never have gone into service. This was an accident waiting to happen.
maybe you can do a video of a dutch train collsion as well, i would really enjoy it if you did since i'm dutch myself. if you deside to make a video of a dutch train collsion i sugest the disaster in harmelen back on 8 January 1962.
Can you do the Villa Park train vs truck incident April 27, 2001?
In the early days of these HST's, when it was permissible to run with ATP isolated, then a few old time drivers would tell you that running between Reading and Paddington then the occasional spurt from 125 to 140 MPH was nothing unusual.
I am so sick of reading all the comments about how Thunderbolt pronounces some place names. It's so rude! There is no need for it - especially as it's clear that most people haven't even read the five hundred other comments which contain advice on pronunciation.
Give the dude a break. He makes great videos.
Sure but these who can't pronounce swan-sea? Also he missed the fact carriages don't bend in half, one hopper tore the side of the carriage.
If anyone here was in the crash, I just wanna say God bless.
@@markyoung614 I was. Thank you for your kind thoughts.
Are you planning to do a feature on the Potter's Bar accident? Happened in May 2002 so the 20 Year anniversary isn't too far off now.
5:10 now while talking about AWS you were showing an image of TPWS (Train Protection and Warning System) that is a part of AWS, but for a train to stop after passing red, the signal must be TPWS fitted.
And even still, who the hell routes a slow freight in front of an IC125, the priority system goes passenger, freight, charter. Not freight, passenger, charter. The freight should have been instructed to wait unless obstructing the path of another passenger train, and then it would have to wait somewhere else
@@khmcc5556Sometimes has to be done due to 'traffic jams' and trains backing up in loops etc.
Not sure if you take request, but could you do Crush, Texas? The date unfortunately passed since the accident happened on the 15th of September 1896, but I would like to hear your take on it.