People do stupid things all the time i went to a construction site once and stepped on a huge rusted nail lost a lot of blood but managed to get home safe and treated nobody exept my brother knew i was there i was about 150 meters from home
mark olivares I’ve raced a train on a bike. I was about 2 feet from getting hit when I crossed the tracks. It’s terrifying, but I bet there are scarier things out there
Those guys are very lucky to survive as Union Pacific comes baring down the tracks. They would’ve been crushed soda cans if the tunnel was a bit more narrower.
If it did that then no need to worry about getting run over by a train you'de be dead anyway but it appears to be at least 4 feet of space on each side of the tracks to allow passage of the train so no need to fear death !!!
This is how young people get killed everyday. Had one of these young fellas panicked and attempted to outrun the train back through the tunnel, the train could have hit them. The fact that the engineer blew his horn inside the tunnel would suggest that he saw these young guys and was himself scared shitless about the possibility of hitting them. Not a good situation for either party.
Maybe he meant "people get killed doing dumb things like this every day," which is accurate. It's the reason we have the expression "play stupid games, win stupid prizes." This was a very stupid thing to do. They got very, very lucky.
Got any proof that it's common to blow horns for tunnels? How about making your point in a mature fashion instead of coming across as a piece of shit. And actually this is how young people get killed every day by not using their brains and thinking of the consequences of doing completely stupid stuff like this. Kids should face some jail time for this stunt. They could of been cut in half or dragged down the rails and turned into a bloody pulp.
One eyed sissy: you're actually incorrect. I'm an engineer and there's no where in GCOR that states you have to blow for bridges and tunnels. It's all personal preference of the engineer.
Then yours is the only one. We've got 8 tunnels on my bnsf line and a fuck ton of bridges. We only blow for crossings. If it's not addressed in GCOR it's personal preference here, same with most Class 1's.
At 6:54 the bright light starts coming to them At 7:26 they start hearing the horn At 7:40 ITS COMING, starts hearing wind from the train For real if the guy does not want to get killed he then he would of really changed his mind and stayed outside the tunnel and off the railroad tracks period, extremely dangerous and dark, I would of been distressed and utterly terrified, would LITERALLY run out the tunnel at 30 mph like SERIOUSLY from such a great adrenaline rush
The pessimist: I can't see anything inside this tunnel; There's nothing but darkness! The optimist: I can see the light at the end of the tunnel; I will make it out of the tunnel in no time! The realist: The light is actually caused by an approaching train; I think it's time to hide or run for my life! The train driver: Get three coffins ready!!
@@benknowsit9155 A Darwin Award is an award given for playing your role in natural selection by stupidly dying. If you die you won't be able to have stupid kids and they won't be able to have even more stupid kids, so humans will get smarter over time as stupid people will continue to stupidly die.
@@matveisoykin4182 Unfortunately, it isn't true for us anymore. We have lower and lower average IQ's every year. As a whole, we are getting more stupid.
As a railfannner, the deafening rumble that the SD70ACE creates before it comes is terrifying. I can't imagine the terror of being in a tunnel while that happens.
@@Ethan_the_RailfanI'm a rail fan too but that is an extremely trivial thing to focus on, how about focus on the idiots trespassing and almost getting run over?
on average there are roughly between 20 to 25 trains per day on this Union Pacific north / south mainline that runs from Portland, OR to Los Angeles, CA. I wouldn't be caught dead in that tunnel. Usually there is a siding not too far from either end of the tunnel and another train coming the other way could be coming in a few minutes after that one. Find a old spur line or abandoned secondary line if you want to tunnel explore. Not the most busiest mainline on the West Coast.
I know US trains are run completely differently, but it the UK we can have up to 24 trains an hour, that's 2m30s from the end of one train to the front of the next. Yet we still get complete idiot who try there luck on the track
Trains here in the UK are much more frequent because they're mostly passenger trains and are much smaller. The trains OP is talking about are likely freight trains like this one, which can literally be around a mile long. The size of this one surprised me but this isn't even the limit. I agree that it was stupid to explore a busy train tunnel but I think it was even more stupid of them to sprint down the tracks. The risk of tripping over and being stranded on the rails with a train hot on your heels isn't nice to think about. If you're ever going to explore a train tunnel, have a lot of light, walk at a leisurely pace and stick to the sides to minimise risk. Trains are hard to miss but if you manage to miss one you might just lose your life. This has been a PSA from some random guy on the internet. You're welcome.
HitsTownUSA I live basicly right in between Portland and Los Angeles and there are only like two trains a day and I live right by the union pacific railway..
Year 1943, i was 11. Me and my brother explored a train tunnel that lead from Virginia to Tennessee. We were seeing how long we could walk for and a few hours after, we saw a dim light in the distance. We ran back but it was no use. The giant steam trains roar came closer. The whistle blew 4 times before it was only around 10 meters away. We dove in the side of the tunnel. I had a small slit in the wall i slid into. My friend was on the opposite side. He had nowhere to go. James F. Miller, lost his life on October 18. 1943. In Virginia. He was hit by the giant. An his arm was flattened and severed. I made it out with a scar from not physical. But in my mind. Im now 88. And live with him, Always on my mind. Never enter a tunnel. The Richard west tunnel collapsed in 1957 and that train, was nicknamed the Dust Devil. But i called it The Night Light. In 2006, i went back to the tunnel. And camped there on the tracks. At night, i swear, i heard the haunting deep whistle. I woke up and screamed. My son asked what happened. And he said my face was, "paler than snow". I yelled out "RUN!" And the rocks moved from the pile of collapsed tunnel and i saw the faint blue train powering toward us. My son looked at me and the train turned to mist. He looked at the tunnel and said nothing changed. I never returned to the Richard west tunnel. Steer clear of there. I warned you. I hope i can be free now. But remember. I warned y'all.
im so sorry about what happened to your brother such a sad story ,im also sorry for what you witnessed that day ,i appreciate you warning others about the dangers of going through these tunnela,may your brother rest in peace
3:20 - Okay we’ll just slowly jog on these things. 4:09 - Hold on, I thought I heard something 4:45 - Hold on hold on, the last thing I want to see is a train behind me 5:39 - What if a train started coming right now?? 5:47 - Do you feel that vibration? Yeah I do. 6:33 - ITS A TRAIN!!! OH SHOOT! 7:25 - Train Horn 7:52 - laying down on the gravel
Imagine if there was no room to hide at the side, but there was an alcove with only enough space for a single person to stand in. Would everyone turn against each other?
That was cool. years ago I used to go in the train tunnels with my friends in Jersey City on the Northeast corridor tracks that lead to New York City and we hid in a room everytime a train went passed at 60 mph during rush hour they were 5 minutes apart. lots of fun back then in the 80's
Caleb Favela me and my dad used to go to these train tracks by my house every week because I loved trains and I remember 1 time we were walking a different than usual path, and there was 2 trains coming, 1 was already there and we ran across the other tracks before the other train came and there was a wall of trees on the other side the other side we didn’t see, so we were like a foot and a half away from a half mile long freight train.
Some information: The name of this tunnel is Tunnel 3 which was built in 1925 for the Southern Pacific Railroad (Now Union Pacific). The tunnel is 3,655 ft long! You guys are so lucky to be alive
...boy I know _that_ feeling. When "hey, it'll be fun" instantly turns into "oh f*ck, we're all gonna die..." Hey, I know you knew a live train was a possibility in this case, but I've seen numerous videos where the dumbasses can't figure out if a section of rail has been recently active or not. Tip: Look at the rails. If the inside, top-surface of the rails is shiny, it's an active line. The shinier it is, the more recent and/or active it is. Heavy, crusty rust instead - not been used in a while. Just sayin'...
BluntForceTrauma666 true. i live near a EXTREMELY active (used by union pacific and Kansas even though i live in Austin tx) line, the tracks are mirrors... literaly
Exploring can be fun, but here are 5 tips to help save you, your friends, and your life: 1. Look ahead of time to make sure that it's ok to explore. 2. Make sure it's either abandoned or used but with special permission from the railroad. 3. Stop and listen for any trains, your life depends on it! 4. Bring Flashlights 5. Have Fun... SAFELY!
Here in Australia (I assume more san than the US), many level crossings in the countryside lack boom gates. A person got hit by a high-speed XPT train here a few months ago. I'm not sure of the speed it was doing at the time of impact, but those trains operate at a line speed of up to 160 km/h while in service. Fast trains are a bit of a magnet of collisions, as crossing incidents have also happened several times with Tilt Trains in Australia's state of Queensland. Just goes to show that trains have right of way and everyone should be reasonably careful around them. I hear that train/car collisions are pretty common in the US with all its level crossings. Thankfully, the only instance of a driver putting himself at risk on the Sydney network I recall from my recent searches was an old man somehow driving his car over the platform and onto the tracks. Apparently he thought the accelerator was the brake, but thankfully no trains hit his car.
Come on Nino, get back to helping out your family with the restaurant. You didn’t pull the wool over anyone’s eyes when you said you spend all that time just “cleaning”...
There are a lot of ways you can go out while still having a bit of fun. Being trapped inside a narrow tunnel with a freighter hauling ass towards you is not one.
Ace of Spades We're not "full of salt." We're genuinely concerned for the safety of these quite moronic people. Not only for risking their own safety, but also that of the engineer and the train, all the while inspiring younger kids to do the same thing. And the last thing we need is a bunch of kids running into mainline train tunnels like retards.
@@Marii2yt Don't apologize to me... apologize to yourself. Having a childhood ≠ death. All of my day ones are still alive to share our crazy experiences
alienrefugee51 and you think that’ll stop them how? Think about it. It’s like touching Wet Paint When you see a sign that says, “Don’t Touch: Wet Paint”
jαͼk X when I was a kid this ski mountain we went to had a skull and crossbones at the top of a double black and i sure as shot didn't wanna go down there it was freaky as shit to me
There are signs here in the UK that depict a man being cut in half, electrocuted, sunk into quicksand/wet concrete, being crushed by a crossing barrier, drowning, falling off a cliff, being crushed by falling rocks, falling through ice into a frozen lake, etc. Kinda gruesome but gets the point across.
My grandad talked about how they used to shortcut the walk to town by walking through a train tunnel in Nottingham, UK, and if the trains came and you didn't make it to the little shelter areas that are wider then you had to get properly against the wall as flat as you can. And back then they were still using a lot of steam trains, so you would get all the steam blown into your face, lol.
Don't stand up against the wall. If there is no, what I call 'cubby holes', in the wall, the best and safest option is to lie down and roll up against against the wall. There is less overhang from the wheel assembly (called trucks) providing more open space between the trucks and the wall than there is between the body of the rail cars and the wall
This is known as Tunnel #4 on this particular rail line just near the willamette pass summit at Odell Lake, Oregon. One of the longest if not the longest tunnel on this rail line. There is a sign posted just at the front of the opening indicating that it's about 3/4 of a mile long. Very familiar with this experience myself, but that tunnel is lined with "cubbies" staggered on each side spaced out about every 50 or so feet (which you can see at the beginning of the video) which workers would use to stand in during construction/maintenance in the event a train approaches. On a hike down this rail line, there is another tunnel (#7 I believe) that I decided to run into when a train was approaching, but didn't realize it didn't have cubby holes in the wall so I had to lie down in the little trench on the side just like these guys did.
So I imagine this must be the UP mainline that runs north/south from Roseville yard in California through Redding, Klamath Falls over the pass into Eugene. Not smart going in that tunnel since that is a very busy freight corridor with a couple Amtrak Coast Starlights mixed in.
Hehehe, must have really felt the adrenaline rush when you realized a train was actually passing by. But it looked like there was more than enough space between the wall and the train. So it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. Then again, i'm watching through a camera. You guys were there
vishnu n A lot of trains are Diesel Electric, which are engines that run on burning liquid diesel fuel. Fumes come from burning this fuel, which can sometimes clog longer tunnels. Tunnels that were used by coal-fired engines would have shafts for the smoke and steam to blow out. You can suffocate if exposed to diesel fumes for long enough.
Depending on the tunnel and engine driving the cars. Some tunnels have such narrow walls that the engine has to go just the right speed to not smoke out it's own combustion. making the oxygen behind the train extremely low. only the draft after the very last car is going to bring fresh air in. And as you saw sometimes it can take a while for all the cars to clear the tunnel. In some tunnels many workers have died from asphyxiation. Don't assume all train tunnels are safe based on speculation.
You're in the middle of a pitch black and really long train tunnel when you suddenly feel the tracks vibrate. You look behind you, hear the ear rape version of Thomas the Tank Engine, and see a faint red glow approaching from around the bend.
Back in the 60's my uncle had a 300 acre piece of land 40 miles NE of Spokane, WA. The main N/S rail line ran close to his place and a series of lakes were next to the track. The northern end of the lakes was fed by a small river which went over a waterfall into a pool and after about 100 feet, into the first lake. The best fishing was right at the base of the fall. One could walk 1/2 mile along the track and reach this choice fishing spot, but the track went through a fairly long tunnel and the walk around wasn't easy and took a lot more time. One could carefully listen for a train and still get caught in the tunnel. I walked through that tunnel many times and never had a train come while I was in there, but my uncle did get caught once and found a beam he stood behind while the train went rumbling through....an experience he said he had no desire to repeat.
Fun times times being a young kid. Lay off. Like you never did anything stupid before. I was always around trains when I was young. Never got hurt. Why everybody is so uptight about everything is beyond me.
Yeah, but I never tried exploring a train tunnel because of the fear of once I enter, I won't come out. Also, aren't you kinda rolling the dice, I mean you're putting your life on the line by doing that. Just because you *didn't* die doesn't mean others *didn't* . The last thing, I would want to see in my last moments is a big bright light coming at me.
Don't know about America but generally in the UK in the older tunnels there are small inlet access shelter areas every few feet for just this type of occurrence.
Don’t know what’s more frightening an approaching train in a tunnel or the bloody train stopping and a bunch of hardened train crew jumping off and running after you in the pitch black?
They got better things to do than stop and chase after folks in the dark of a tunnel. Like maintaining their "schedule" . Most likely just radio it in so someone can go look for the bodies.
Seriously, when the diesel freight trains rock through you can easily become incapacitated by the exhaust fumes that fill the tunnel. A TH-cam train hopper Hobostobe I followed recently was killed in Nov '17 when a high speed Amtrak train hit him after he cowered in low clearance. The last thing he ever said in his last video posted to Patreon that morning was, "I don't know what is going to happen". RIP Jim
That was a really long train. Then he really sped up to make sure they didn’t try to hop it. If I didn’t crap myself then, I would have right after. Looks like they found an alcove or duck door.
It was hard to count all of those railcars because it was too dark inside that tunnel to see each one real good. It'd be easier to count them outside in broad daylight.
11:10 --That expression on your face is the closest thing to a death mask that I've ever seen on a living person. Wish you had kept recording so we could see how you all were when you finally made it out of the tunnel. Congrats, you made a horror movie without even trying. You should try to sell this to the railroad or some production company to use in a safety film about the dangers of trespassing on railroad property. Hope you've all recovered from the experience.
if you ever are in this situation lay down in the gravel. There is room for the trains wheels and brake assemblies to go over your back even if you are pretty much right at the tracks. I was a freight conductor and the old hands talked about how to handle situations like this all the time. just dont wear a back pack it will get hung on wheels and low hanging assemblies
I'm not sure if any other country does this but in Australia, when a train is about to go into the tunnel, they have to blow their horn. Just for safety precautions. All trains in Aussie have to do that, commuter trains, freight trains, light rail, all of them!
If this was in Europe, IIRC, most train tunnels have these little "shelters" i.e cavities in the tunnel, so if a train comes by the people inside can basically hide in there and get out after the train went past...
AwesomeDesertTrains I find it kinda creepy if your just casually walking in a train tunnel then you here a freaking bell getting closer and closer and I just find that so creepy
You know what's funny about this video? Nothing. There are 3 kinds of trains: 1. 1013 screaming up Chestnut street at 5 mph. I was 2 feet away and perfectly safe. B. Acela 2257 approaching Mansfield at 151 mph. Stand behind the guardrail. And finally there is any train in a tunnel. There is no escape, no doors (why would there be in the middle of Oregon) and you might survive by crouching into a corner. Thankfully there was no dragging equipment on that manifest, a loose tarp or shifted bulkhead could take your head off.
That was INSANE! And AMAZING! Especially that eerie hum you could hear even before the train even blew its horn. Looks thrilling and terrifying all at the same time!
I’d say the noise alone would be terrifying. The noise between the powerful engines and the sound of the horn enclosed in an echoing tunnel would be extremely loud (close to deafening)
I'd say things got really intense around 8:45 when the train started picking up speed. With very little space between the tracks and the tunnel wall, the box cars had to be swaying a bit with the train's acceleration, as well as factoring in that it was a LONG ass train, had to have made this an experience these guys wouldn't want to repeat.
The moment you realize the light at the end of the tunnel really is an oncoming train.
BLACKMONGOOSE13 this comment is underrated
I’ve never really had that feeling before
The ironey is that the light at the end of the tunnel is only speculation after you have a near death experiance!
Ikr
BLACKMONGOOSE13 OH FUCK 😟😨
What's the bigger crime here? Trespassing on railroad property or uploading 240p in 2017?
Brandon Bennetzen nahhh its 240p
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This should be uploaded to Tosh.0. and for that, we thank your stupidity LMFAO
Brandon Bennetzen r/whooosh
144P 4me
"What if a train started coming right now"
one minute later
"IT'S A TRAIN"
Train : *"G o o d E v e n i n g."*
He manifested that bitch 🤣🤣
Ironic
That's why you don't say I hope I don't have a heart attack today!
The devil: OH YOUR WISH IS MY COMAND- even thoe it wasnt a wish U-U...I granted it doe-didnt i? JIMMY?
Well, you didn't follow the damn train, but the damn train sure followed you.
😂😂😂😂
*All you had to do was follow the damn kids, train*
All you had to do was kill the damn fools train
*All you had to do was run over the damn teens train!*
Anytime is train time. Lol
*Natural Selection* : "Mission failed, we'll get them next time!"
Ha
Lol.
Dark but funny
@@joey_556 yeah
😂😂😂
"Last thing I want to do is get a train behind me"
*gets train behind him*
Patrick Star Nothing personnel kid 😎
*ALL HAIL PATRICK*
patrick watch out!
OH NO
HE CANT HEAR US HE HAS AIR PODS IN!
You got no business in that tunnel, you mom didn't raise you right.
Patrick Star *seinfeld theme plays*
Didn't you know? Trains live on train tracks.
h31212 WHAT!? No way!!
h31212 no way
h31212 lmfao
h31212 I'm a train and I live on the wrong side of the tracks so I never get presents for Christmas
h31212 thanks Google
Dude I’ve been in your shoes . Words can’t even begin to describe how terrifying it is to see that dim light get closer and closer
mark olivares for real! A giant unstopped metal train is the scariest thing when it’s coming right at you.
Why would you go in there?
People do stupid things all the time i went to a construction site once and stepped on a huge rusted nail lost a lot of blood but managed to get home safe and treated nobody exept my brother knew i was there i was about 150 meters from home
The first thing i saw about this entire comment was that your profile pic was Butters. Im obbsessed with South Park
mark olivares I’ve raced a train on a bike. I was about 2 feet from getting hit when I crossed the tracks. It’s terrifying, but I bet there are scarier things out there
7:26 is where anxiety starts.
The sound of that K5HL horn really does seem Erie in a tunnel.
I was anxious way before that lol
That's the train? The little dot? I thought it was just the way they came from
Those guys are very lucky to survive as Union Pacific comes baring down the tracks. They would’ve been crushed soda cans if the tunnel was a bit more narrower.
No kidding, seeing a a SD50 blowing its K5HL air horn coming down at 70 MPH through the tunnel is terrifying
hear that horn while im in a tunnel and my hart would fall to my gut, then out my butt and onto the ground.
+brett cheeseman - I think you perfectly nailed the feeling of our four heroes when they heard the train horn. LMAO!
@@Inflec That is scary. Very scary.
@@SuperheroJunior - Yup. I'd have a tough time keeping my heart in my chest as well if I were in that spot. 😱
If it did that then no need to worry about getting run over by a train you'de be dead anyway but it appears to be at least 4 feet of space on each side of the tracks to allow passage of the train so no need to fear death !!!
This is how young people get killed everyday. Had one of these young fellas panicked and attempted to outrun the train back through the tunnel, the train could have hit them. The fact that the engineer blew his horn inside the tunnel would suggest that he saw these young guys and was himself scared shitless about the possibility of hitting them. Not a good situation for either party.
In reality, code is to blo horns before a crossing, tunnel, or bridge to move animals and people out of the way.
Maybe he meant "people get killed doing dumb things like this every day," which is accurate. It's the reason we have the expression "play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
This was a very stupid thing to do. They got very, very lucky.
Got any proof that it's common to blow horns for tunnels? How about making your point in a mature fashion instead of coming across as a piece of shit. And actually this is how young people get killed every day by not using their brains and thinking of the consequences of doing completely stupid stuff like this. Kids should face some jail time for this stunt. They could of been cut in half or dragged down the rails and turned into a bloody pulp.
One eyed sissy: you're actually incorrect. I'm an engineer and there's no where in GCOR that states you have to blow for bridges and tunnels. It's all personal preference of the engineer.
Then yours is the only one. We've got 8 tunnels on my bnsf line and a fuck ton of bridges. We only blow for crossings. If it's not addressed in GCOR it's personal preference here, same with most Class 1's.
7:25 having been in that situation when messing around with friends, I can say from experience that that horn is a haunting sound
Explain
@@mabufang2217 he still doesn't know
A K5HL horn is supposed to sound creepy. That’s why they made them to keep people off the tracks.
@@Mrcharles. and its an iconic sound from lots of movies, would send a chill down your bones easy
It’s a k5hl horn es44ac ge
"I dont want to get killed" says the guy who is in an active train tunnel.
@Kurian Binu These guys should not have went into the tunnel in the first place if they know that trains pass through there.
With barely enough space on the sides of the track to stand while the train goes by.
At 6:54 the bright light starts coming to them
At 7:26 they start hearing the horn
At 7:40 ITS COMING, starts hearing wind from the train
For real if the guy does not want to get killed he then he would of really changed his mind and stayed outside the tunnel and off the railroad tracks period, extremely dangerous and dark, I would of been distressed and utterly terrified, would LITERALLY run out the tunnel at 30 mph like SERIOUSLY from such a great adrenaline rush
7:10 is that the sound of him pissing himself XD
Nah
He is laying down on water
The pessimist: I can't see anything inside this tunnel; There's nothing but darkness!
The optimist: I can see the light at the end of the tunnel; I will make it out of the tunnel in no time!
The realist: The light is actually caused by an approaching train; I think it's time to hide or run for my life!
The train driver: Get three coffins ready!!
This comment is pure gold! 😂👌 I bet you forgot you even typed this because no one commented on how funny it is.
And do the coffin dance when its over
You know it got me thinking, at least the train was coming from behind them and not in front otherwise they would be screwed ducks!
Mr Hoppe has the talent and golden possibility of success as a creative prose (like novels and stories) writer
Omg 💀💀💀
Horror movie producers take note: you DON'T ALWAYS need fancy CGI effects and creatures and a huge budget to create terror
con5243 ya actually do this is trash can’t see what’s going on
Blair witch
@@trapphone8991 I guess you never saw The Blair Witch Project, that Movie is scary as hell
Lol
Honestly when it's worst quality it's scarier, take BO2 zombies for example
Interesting part starts at 6:30
thanks bro
Thx
I was looking for this lol thank you
Thx
7:26 for the horn
Explore the tunnel they said... It will be fun they said... 🏃🚂🚋🚋🚋🚞
SpicyWeegeeBoi LOL I LOVE THE EMOJIS😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Why is the emoji person walking TO the train though
@SpicyWeegeeBoi. It could’ve ended like this 💉☠️💀
The guy emoji looks like the guy that was walking on the tracks same colored shirt and all lol
Keep playing chicken in the train tunnels and one of these days you'll win the Darwin Award.
That is if they're still alive to achieve it
BenKNOWSit !
I think you missed the joke
@@benknowsit9155 A Darwin Award is an award given for playing your role in natural selection by stupidly dying. If you die you won't be able to have stupid kids and they won't be able to have even more stupid kids, so humans will get smarter over time as stupid people will continue to stupidly die.
Well then. Thx for the explanation. They can always get the award in heaven Or HELL!
@@matveisoykin4182 Unfortunately, it isn't true for us anymore. We have lower and lower average IQ's every year. As a whole, we are getting more stupid.
As a railfannner, the deafening rumble that the SD70ACE creates before it comes is terrifying. I can't imagine the terror of being in a tunnel while that happens.
Thats a ES44AC.
Thats an ES44AC.
Hey uhm. That's not an ACe. That's an ES44AC.
The locomotive is not an SD70ACe. It is an ES44AC. It has a K5HL.
If it was an SD70ACe, he would’ve had a K5LLA.
@@Ethan_the_RailfanI'm a rail fan too but that is an extremely trivial thing to focus on, how about focus on the idiots trespassing and almost getting run over?
on average there are roughly between 20 to 25 trains per day on this Union Pacific north / south mainline that runs from Portland, OR to Los Angeles, CA. I wouldn't be caught dead in that tunnel. Usually there is a siding not too far from either end of the tunnel and another train coming the other way could be coming in a few minutes after that one. Find a old spur line or abandoned secondary line if you want to tunnel explore. Not the most busiest mainline on the West Coast.
I know US trains are run completely differently, but it the UK we can have up to 24 trains an hour, that's 2m30s from the end of one train to the front of the next.
Yet we still get complete idiot who try there luck on the track
Trains here in the UK are much more frequent because they're mostly passenger trains and are much smaller. The trains OP is talking about are likely freight trains like this one, which can literally be around a mile long. The size of this one surprised me but this isn't even the limit.
I agree that it was stupid to explore a busy train tunnel but I think it was even more stupid of them to sprint down the tracks. The risk of tripping over and being stranded on the rails with a train hot on your heels isn't nice to think about.
If you're ever going to explore a train tunnel, have a lot of light, walk at a leisurely pace and stick to the sides to minimise risk. Trains are hard to miss but if you manage to miss one you might just lose your life.
This has been a PSA from some random guy on the internet. You're welcome.
HitsTownUSA I live basicly right in between Portland and Los Angeles and there are only like two trains a day and I live right by the union pacific railway..
Your probably thinking passenger trains I'm guessing they have two main tracks. These trains do meets and have only one main
LOL they could try the Moonville Tunnel in Ohio. It hasn't seen a train since 1985!!!
you trespass, you take your chances.
^^^^ say that to my 12 gauge
snowflake alert, gotta have his 12 gauge to be tough
double Nickel shut the fuck up maybe? Fake ass keyboard warriors these days. I swear.
truth speaks i know
small peen alert, got anymore gun threats wuss
Scarier then any fucking found footage movie.
Holdington and it appears that these hot shot TH-camrs have no brains for safety when it comes to the dangers of trains, tunnels, bridges and yards
Like in the bridge scene in the movie Stand By Me.
TRRAAAAAAAAAIIINN!
🏃🏃🏃🏃 🚂
Year 1943, i was 11. Me and my brother explored a train tunnel that lead from Virginia to Tennessee. We were seeing how long we could walk for and a few hours after, we saw a dim light in the distance. We ran back but it was no use. The giant steam trains roar came closer. The whistle blew 4 times before it was only around 10 meters away. We dove in the side of the tunnel. I had a small slit in the wall i slid into. My friend was on the opposite side. He had nowhere to go. James F. Miller, lost his life on October 18. 1943. In Virginia. He was hit by the giant. An his arm was flattened and severed. I made it out with a scar from not physical. But in my mind. Im now 88. And live with him, Always on my mind. Never enter a tunnel. The Richard west tunnel collapsed in 1957 and that train, was nicknamed the Dust Devil. But i called it The Night Light. In 2006, i went back to the tunnel. And camped there on the tracks. At night, i swear, i heard the haunting deep whistle. I woke up and screamed. My son asked what happened. And he said my face was, "paler than snow". I yelled out "RUN!" And the rocks moved from the pile of collapsed tunnel and i saw the faint blue train powering toward us. My son looked at me and the train turned to mist. He looked at the tunnel and said nothing changed. I never returned to the Richard west tunnel. Steer clear of there. I warned you. I hope i can be free now. But remember. I warned y'all.
Sounds just like a scene out of Ghostbusters II, but not funny. 😮
Sounds like you have PTSD 🙁 Have you gotten any counselling?
im so sorry about what happened to your brother such a sad story ,im also sorry for what you witnessed that day ,i appreciate you warning others about the dangers of going through these tunnela,may your brother rest in peace
jesus
So if that's the case how are you using a computer or phone. As old as you are I don't think you would be able to use TH-cam.
3:20 - Okay we’ll just slowly jog on these things.
4:09 - Hold on, I thought I heard something
4:45 - Hold on hold on, the last thing I want to see is a train behind me
5:39 - What if a train started coming right now??
5:47 - Do you feel that vibration? Yeah I do.
6:33 - ITS A TRAIN!!! OH SHOOT!
7:25 - Train Horn
7:52 - laying down on the gravel
Legend
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Legend
8:56 After a scary occurrence like that, make sure to check inside your underpants.
lol
William Gottlieb a
William Gottlieb lmao
BIG SHOT a
I think the inside pants would have blown out the backside of my outer pants......no need to look im scared s#itless lol
Imagine if there was no room to hide at the side, but there was an alcove with only enough space for a single person to stand in. Would everyone turn against each other?
yup
UncleFeedle Lie down as small as you can on the floor in the corner and you will be fine
Inmagine ur to fat to fit in one of those
dang that should be in a movie
TGK300 Xx no room to hide means you can’t hide there
That was cool. years ago I used to go in the train tunnels with my friends in Jersey City on the Northeast corridor tracks that lead to New York City and we hid in a room everytime a train went passed at 60 mph during rush hour they were 5 minutes apart. lots of fun back then in the 80's
We're was the diesel smoke from the engine
ALL WE HAD TO DO, WAS TO FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ!
🤣🤣🤣GTA LOVE IT!
But the train followed cj and big smoke
Lol hi
All we had to do was to follow CJ and Big Smoke!!
Fat controller: *YOU HAVE CAUSED CONFUSION AND DELAY*
Good one
Play stupid games. Win stupid prizes.
I also like "don't go to stupid places with stupid people to do stupid things"
The initial sound of the train passing by, groaning, would be absolutely horrifying, especially if the train is like a foot from my face
Its a beautiful sound
Caleb Favela it’s a General Electric locomotive, they aren’t quiet at all when they are pulling something.
Caleb Favela me and my dad used to go to these train tracks by my house every week because I loved trains and I remember 1 time we were walking a different than usual path, and there was 2 trains coming, 1 was already there and we ran across the other tracks before the other train came and there was a wall of trees on the other side the other side we didn’t see, so we were like a foot and a half away from a half mile long freight train.
This looks like a horror film.
I had to think of "Sometimes they come back" throughout the whole video...
CJ
Especially the Nathan air chime K5HLL Horn, Those two solid blasts Were terrifying.
Tomas strikes back
my face looks like a horror character
Yes. Shot in the classical stylings of the Blair Witch Project
Some information:
The name of this tunnel is Tunnel 3 which was built in 1925 for the Southern Pacific Railroad (Now Union Pacific). The tunnel is 3,655 ft long! You guys are so lucky to be alive
They are so lucky to be alive. Trains like that are known to crush people like soda cans.
7:26 "You hear that Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of inevitability...."
My name is Neo!!
...boy I know _that_ feeling. When "hey, it'll be fun" instantly turns into "oh f*ck, we're all gonna die..."
Hey, I know you knew a live train was a possibility in this case, but I've seen numerous videos where the dumbasses can't figure out if a section of rail has been recently active or not. Tip: Look at the rails. If the inside, top-surface of the rails is shiny, it's an active line. The shinier it is, the more recent and/or active it is. Heavy, crusty rust instead - not been used in a while. Just sayin'...
BluntForceTrauma666 true. i live near a EXTREMELY active (used by union pacific and Kansas even though i live in Austin tx) line, the tracks are mirrors... literaly
the true
You can also put your ear on the track and hear it coming.
DeansVideoClips I did that once, my ear was so dirty afterwards. XD
BluntForceTrauma666 Thanks. 😊
It would be interesting to hear their conversation after the train had passed.
definitely the bit we really missed from this video.
They had no time for talk afterwards......they were too busy pulling the crap out of their underwear.
-so... Burger King, Freddy?
-hell yeah Larry!
the end
Exploring can be fun, but here are 5 tips to help save you, your friends, and your life:
1. Look ahead of time to make sure that it's ok to explore.
2. Make sure it's either abandoned or used but with special permission from the railroad.
3. Stop and listen for any trains, your life depends on it!
4. Bring Flashlights
5. Have Fun... SAFELY!
6. Don't walk into a fucking train tunnel.
Don't follow this "advice".
How about this...
Don't fucking trespass on railroad property!!!!
Here in Australia (I assume more san than the US), many level crossings in the countryside lack boom gates. A person got hit by a high-speed XPT train here a few months ago. I'm not sure of the speed it was doing at the time of impact, but those trains operate at a line speed of up to 160 km/h while in service.
Fast trains are a bit of a magnet of collisions, as crossing incidents have also happened several times with Tilt Trains in Australia's state of Queensland.
Just goes to show that trains have right of way and everyone should be reasonably careful around them. I hear that train/car collisions are pretty common in the US with all its level crossings. Thankfully, the only instance of a driver putting himself at risk on the Sydney network I recall from my recent searches was an old man somehow driving his car over the platform and onto the tracks. Apparently he thought the accelerator was the brake, but thankfully no trains hit his car.
Hey look a foamer
Train on a train track... who would have thought!
But they didn't know they train would come through Sherlock
Fox da Wa but that’s why you don’t walk on train tracks, genius. Because you don’t know when or if a train might be coming through.
Come on Nino, get back to helping out your family with the restaurant. You didn’t pull the wool over anyone’s eyes when you said you spend all that time just “cleaning”...
Anytime is train time.
It's like the old saying "there's always a light at the end of the tunnel"
2020's light is this
There's always light. Whether it's the train or the sky, that's the question
They put "No Pedestrian" signs at train tunnels for a reason.
Scott Hayes and these hot shot TH-cam wannabes have no brains about railroad dangers and safety
Where is the fun in listening to signs? Better to die and have fun than to live and have no stories.
There are a lot of ways you can go out while still having a bit of fun.
Being trapped inside a narrow tunnel with a freighter hauling ass towards you is not one.
Ace of Spades
We're not "full of salt." We're genuinely concerned for the safety of these quite moronic people. Not only for risking their own safety, but also that of the engineer and the train, all the while inspiring younger kids to do the same thing. And the last thing we need is a bunch of kids running into mainline train tunnels like retards.
We are not full of salt, we just know how Darwin's theory works :^)
"what if a train started coming right now"
Hehe
Oops....
Any time is train time.
ALL WE HAD TO DO, WAS FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ
In soviet russia, damn train follow you, CJ
my name is CJ :(
Sarge_m16 yeah I’m thinking the same
Who is dumb enough to go into a active train tunnel AN ACTIVE TRAIN TUNNEL
even dumber how about the repair men that eat there lunch in them without setting Barricades a mile before And after the tunnel
You clearly didn't have a childhood
@@danielskrskr exactly
@@danielskrskr welp sorry for trying to stay alive
@@Marii2yt Don't apologize to me... apologize to yourself. Having a childhood ≠ death. All of my day ones are still alive to share our crazy experiences
This is giving me so much anxiety why am I watching this
What nightmares are made of
11:10 The face of terror.
For trespassing signs, they should show pics of what happens to your body when you get run over by a train. That may deter a few from entering.
alienrefugee51 and you think that’ll stop them how? Think about it. It’s like touching Wet Paint When you see a sign that says, “Don’t Touch: Wet Paint”
Lol but what if there was s five year old and they saw that
jαͼk X when I was a kid this ski mountain we went to had a skull and crossbones at the top of a double black and i sure as shot didn't wanna go down there it was freaky as shit to me
There are signs here in the UK that depict a man being cut in half, electrocuted, sunk into quicksand/wet concrete, being crushed by a crossing barrier, drowning, falling off a cliff, being crushed by falling rocks, falling through ice into a frozen lake, etc. Kinda gruesome but gets the point across.
Think about the kids 😂😂
Best cardio motivation I've watched since a while!
Is any one else wondering HOW LONG IS THE TRAIN
Freight trains in the us can be extremely long
Tbh in For America this was kinda shorter than most
es44ac
In Canada they can be up to 4 miles
In America they’re usually a mile long or so
My grandad talked about how they used to shortcut the walk to town by walking through a train tunnel in Nottingham, UK, and if the trains came and you didn't make it to the little shelter areas that are wider then you had to get properly against the wall as flat as you can. And back then they were still using a lot of steam trains, so you would get all the steam blown into your face, lol.
Don't stand up against the wall. If there is no, what I call 'cubby holes', in the wall, the best and safest option is to lie down and roll up against against the wall. There is less overhang from the wheel assembly (called trucks) providing more open space between the trucks and the wall than there is between the body of the rail cars and the wall
awizardalso great advice😁
So your grandpa got steam blown in his faces
That last part would be cool
The thing i found scary was when the train sound off the horn now that freaked me out
XD
T. T99 bro Same
More terrifying was the upcoming rumble of the train 🚂
I hope you guys are OK are you guys OK a lot you guys get hit by a train
T. T99 do any of you guys know english? ANY OF YOU?
This is known as Tunnel #4 on this particular rail line just near the willamette pass summit at Odell Lake, Oregon. One of the longest if not the longest tunnel on this rail line. There is a sign posted just at the front of the opening indicating that it's about 3/4 of a mile long. Very familiar with this experience myself, but that tunnel is lined with "cubbies" staggered on each side spaced out about every 50 or so feet (which you can see at the beginning of the video) which workers would use to stand in during construction/maintenance in the event a train approaches. On a hike down this rail line, there is another tunnel (#7 I believe) that I decided to run into when a train was approaching, but didn't realize it didn't have cubby holes in the wall so I had to lie down in the little trench on the side just like these guys did.
Oneill5491 glad you are ok. Jesus was with you. I think many times in my life He was there watching over me too
redbutterflynine Ooooor he's a human. With a brain.
At least you knew this and had the common sense, seems like these guys really didn’t.
So I imagine this must be the UP mainline that runs north/south from Roseville yard in California through Redding, Klamath Falls over the pass into Eugene. Not smart going in that tunnel since that is a very busy freight corridor with a couple Amtrak Coast Starlights mixed in.
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This might be the most anxiety-inducing video on this website
This is pretty good...another is a guy scuba diving and ship goes over him
"What if a train started coming right now?"
One minute later
"IT'S A TRAIN!!"
such a scary sound hearing the rumbling.. and then the horn
@Kaitlyn Nightflower. I wonder if that engineer with his Nathan K5HL horn meant he saw those boys in the ditch? It’s possible.
Trains can come on any track from any direction at any time.
What a freaking scary video. Turned my volume up to experience it like I was there and now my heart is pounding.
Aren't there holes in the tunnel walls to hide in if the train is coming, like we have in less developed areas?
EDIT: It appears you do...
Demolition Mike Yes for workers even subways have them, but most homeless will not have the luxury of flashlights
Hehehe, must have really felt the adrenaline rush when you realized a train was actually passing by.
But it looked like there was more than enough space between the wall and the train. So it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be.
Then again, i'm watching through a camera. You guys were there
Best video on TH-cam - the fear in your voices and the frantic panic!
Glad your all OK.
Amazing memory made
Not sure if you guys already do, but you should wear air filtration masks when you're in tunnels like that
LFCATFE why is that?
It’s a train tunnel it’s not that bad to where you need to wear one
vishnu n A lot of trains are Diesel Electric, which are engines that run on burning liquid diesel fuel. Fumes come from burning this fuel, which can sometimes clog longer tunnels. Tunnels that were used by coal-fired engines would have shafts for the smoke and steam to blow out. You can suffocate if exposed to diesel fumes for long enough.
Depending on the tunnel and engine driving the cars. Some tunnels have such narrow walls that the engine has to go just the right speed to not smoke out it's own combustion. making the oxygen behind the train extremely low. only the draft after the very last car is going to bring fresh air in. And as you saw sometimes it can take a while for all the cars to clear the tunnel.
In some tunnels many workers have died from asphyxiation. Don't assume all train tunnels are safe based on speculation.
The Average Railfanner a mask won't save you from carbon monoxide poisoning and asphyxiation
those two long blasts Of that K5HLL Horn was chilling. (May have commented before, Sorry if I did)
The amount of adrenalin and anxiety I got from this is dangerous
Not gonna lie, part of me was rooting for the train.
Jezus christ dude
Bruh what the fuck
they shouldn't be on the tracks, thats why, natural selection kills retards
I was hoping a train appears
You're in the middle of a pitch black and really long train tunnel when you suddenly feel the tracks vibrate. You look behind you, hear the ear rape version of Thomas the Tank Engine, and see a faint red glow approaching from around the bend.
Back in the 60's my uncle had a 300 acre piece of land 40 miles NE of Spokane, WA. The main N/S rail line ran close to his place and a series of lakes were next to the track. The northern end of the lakes was fed by a small river which went over a waterfall into a pool and after about 100 feet, into the first lake. The best fishing was right at the base of the fall. One could walk 1/2 mile along the track and reach this choice fishing spot, but the track went through a fairly long tunnel and the walk around wasn't easy and took a lot more time. One could carefully listen for a train and still get caught in the tunnel. I walked through that tunnel many times and never had a train come while I was in there, but my uncle did get caught once and found a beam he stood behind while the train went rumbling through....an experience he said he had no desire to repeat.
Steamer
I ate a bowl of whole grain cereal, it was ok, i guess 🤔🤔
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Original
cool
My mom bought whole grain cereal
this makes no goddamn sense and that is why i now love you
Wow this is crazy. Glad you guys made it through. I would never go through a long tunnel like that for that very reason.
Anytime is train time.
🏃🏃🏃 🚂
Honestly, the scariest part of this video was at 11:08
Yeah, why he wearing a creepy mask
spooky
Fun times times being a young kid. Lay off. Like you never did anything stupid before. I was always around trains when I was young. Never got hurt. Why everybody is so uptight about everything is beyond me.
Post 9/11 paranoia.
Alex Suess something like this isn’t fun
Because while you never got hurt, others end in tragedy. I even know a mother that lost her son on the tracks. I knew him as a kid.
Yeah, but I never tried exploring a train tunnel because of the fear of once I enter, I won't come out.
Also, aren't you kinda rolling the dice, I mean you're putting your life on the line by doing that. Just because you *didn't* die doesn't mean others *didn't* .
The last thing, I would want to see in my last moments is a big bright light coming at me.
@@Random_AnimeWatcher23 Yes, refer back to the term "stupid". Thanks
Don't know about America but generally in the UK in the older tunnels there are small inlet access shelter areas every few feet for just this type of occurrence.
Excelsior Entertainments isn’t it for railroad workers incase they’re monitoring the tracks and a train comes? And they have to get to a safe area
I believe the US has them too, to be fair, I've never been in a train tunnel, because it not an idiot, but I've seen them before.
Yeah my local tunnel in uk has about 50 on either side ots about 1 mile long
almost won the Darwin awards
nunya bizznazz This comment is a sparkle of beauty in a sea of stupidity.
OK, why in god's name were you walking on active tracks?
Inside a tunnel
Because why not, why does it bother you
YOLO
The Senate that’s suicide my friend.
EpicCSX exactly... why of all places, why in a tunnel?
Rare footage of CJ trying to follow the damn train.
Don’t know what’s more frightening an approaching train in a tunnel or the bloody train stopping and a bunch of hardened train crew jumping off and running after you in the pitch black?
They got better things to do than stop and chase after folks in the dark of a tunnel. Like maintaining their "schedule" . Most likely just radio it in so someone can go look for the bodies.
This all started after watching a thomas the dank engine vine. *R.I.P*
Seriously, when the diesel freight trains rock through you can easily become incapacitated by the exhaust fumes that fill the tunnel. A TH-cam train hopper Hobostobe I followed recently was killed in Nov '17 when a high speed Amtrak train hit him after he cowered in low clearance. The last thing he ever said in his last video posted to Patreon that morning was, "I don't know what is going to happen". RIP Jim
Wait, why am I watching a bunch of train videos?
Some Guy idk I just went
Walking dead telltale > nuke pranks > tornado sirens > train horns > thus
Because trains are awesome
have fun looking at your recommended!
Cuz Trains are the Best :P
Because trains are the best mate
That looked like the longest train in my damn life
That was a really long train. Then he really sped up to make sure they didn’t try to hop it. If I didn’t crap myself then, I would have right after. Looks like they found an alcove or duck door.
It was hard to count all of those railcars because it was too dark inside that tunnel to see each one real good. It'd be easier to count them outside in broad daylight.
I got an ad about train safety before this.
It’s really scary hearing the echo of the K5HL in the tunnel at 7:27
@RailfanWill. I know! I feel the same way! It’s like a ghost/Monster that’s about to devour you before you collapse!
RailfanWill those two Long blasts Gave me chills! Because I love those horns, and I love hearing them echo.
i suddenly developed an interest in trains in the past few weeks, how can you tell what train it is by the noise alone?
11:10 --That expression on your face is the closest thing to a death mask that I've ever seen on a living person. Wish you had kept recording so we could see how you all were when you finally made it out of the tunnel. Congrats, you made a horror movie without even trying. You should try to sell this to the railroad or some production company to use in a safety film about the dangers of trespassing on railroad property. Hope you've all recovered from the experience.
That face litteraly scared the living hell of me!
6:53 the light of death!
7:00 Hear the sound of flowing water? That's actually him pissing himself.
if you ever are in this situation lay down in the gravel. There is room for the trains wheels and brake assemblies to go over your back even if you are pretty much right at the tracks. I was a freight conductor and the old hands talked about how to handle situations like this all the time. just dont wear a back pack it will get hung on wheels and low hanging assemblies
If Stand By Me was a found-footage horror flick.
I'm not sure if any other country does this but in Australia, when a train is about to go into the tunnel, they have to blow their horn. Just for safety precautions. All trains in Aussie have to do that, commuter trains, freight trains, light rail, all of them!
07:21 from this point you can tell the train driver saw the flashlight of that guy in the darkness.
If this was in Europe, IIRC, most train tunnels have these little "shelters" i.e cavities in the tunnel, so if a train comes by the people inside can basically hide in there and get out after the train went past...
Imagine being the engineer and just seeing people in the tunnel, probably scared the crap out of him 😂
He said the last thing I want to see is train right behind us and there was one
AwesomeDesertTrains called it.
AwesomeDesertTrains I find it kinda creepy if your just casually walking in a train tunnel then you here a freaking bell getting closer and closer and I just find that so creepy
That train is sexy (might sexy shoul that train be me (&) or you.
You know what's funny about this video? Nothing. There are 3 kinds of trains:
1. 1013 screaming up Chestnut street at 5 mph. I was 2 feet away and perfectly safe.
B. Acela 2257 approaching Mansfield at 151 mph. Stand behind the guardrail.
And finally there is any train in a tunnel. There is no escape, no doors (why would there be in the middle of Oregon) and you might survive by crouching into a corner. Thankfully there was no dragging equipment on that manifest, a loose tarp or shifted bulkhead could take your head off.
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1.
B.
Finaly.
Thats how you make a list!!!
Good points.
That was INSANE! And AMAZING! Especially that eerie hum you could hear even before the train even blew its horn. Looks thrilling and terrifying all at the same time!
2:44 listen really closely, and you can hear the train in a far distance
You can hear it again, faintly, at about the 3:55 mark (not long after that, our narrator makes them pause because he "thought he heard something".)
I think I could barely hear something at 3:5x or somewhere around there...I didn't hear much around 2:44 tho
I’d say the noise alone would be terrifying. The noise between the powerful engines and the sound of the horn enclosed in an echoing tunnel would be extremely loud (close to deafening)
Don’t listen to these amateur tips. What you do is put your hand on the rail, and feel for vibrations. You can feel a train coming from a mile away.
Depends on the track .)
I tried that recently but I got nothing, since I don’t think the train was close enough, but it came 20 minutes later
On a cement track you will hear the rails chirrup at 300m but on a wooden tied track, nup.
Great sound! The distant rumble is just spooky. And that light approaching...
The light at the end of the tunnel is either an oncoming train or the end of the tunnel.
Oh my god, that sound. 7:30
potyliczne sld No mama jokes kid
Milo B remind me of train on standby me movie
@Milo B. That’s a Nathan K5HL train horn. A standard for most BNSF and CSX engines
@potyliczne sld stop acting like a badass.
I'd say things got really intense around 8:45 when the train started picking up speed. With very little space between the tracks and the tunnel wall, the box cars had to be swaying a bit with the train's acceleration, as well as factoring in that it was a LONG ass train, had to have made this an experience these guys wouldn't want to repeat.
No Trains were harmed in the making of this film