Tornado vs. Train

http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/7769081/124862335/name/Tornado1.wmv

I would have sped up... inertia... maybe...

is correct

OK, cool crash video, but I don't see any reason to conclude it's a tornado that caused it.

I almost crapped my pants when that tank car was coming right at the camera. Dayum.

GNARLY!!!

foxtrapper wrote: OK, cool crash video, but I don't see any reason to conclude it's a tornado that caused it.

I think maybe someone left a penny on the track.

I used to love putting pennies on the track....

I can beleive it was a tornado.. right before the car goes over, the wind REALLY picks up.

that will buff right out

VanillaSky wrote: I almost crapped my pants when that tank car was coming right at the camera. Dayum.

I kept waiting for the BOOM from the tanker car...

It's on youtube as well. I think it's mentioned over there that is footage from a tornado vs train encounter.

Here

BradLTL wrote: I would have sped up... inertia... maybe...

Inertia works both ways... speeding up a train takes FOREVER,, same as it does to slow it down

foxtrapper wrote: OK, cool crash video, but I don't see any reason to conclude it's a tornado that caused it.

It's a tornado that the train catches...

look at the foliage in the trees.

initially the leaves are gone, i.e, tornado/high winds already been there then he catches up to it and over she goes.

uhhhhhh.... damn.

See how the tank car shell wiggles like it's made of paper?

Out trail riding several years ago, some buds and I came across the partially cleared site of a derailment. It's mind boggling the amount of destruction that is done.

There was a big derailment in defiance Ohio last year, it took weeks to open the track and there are still pieces of the bogeys laying around the area

ohioboy wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: OK, cool crash video, but I don't see any reason to conclude it's a tornado that caused it.

It's a tornado that the train catches... look at the foliage in the trees. initially the leaves are gone, i.e, tornado/high winds already been there then he catches up to it and over she goes.

That's what I did look at. I've cleaned up after a number of tornado touch downs. There is nothing in that video that looks like a tornado. The trees are not twisted, nothing is ripped up, nothing torn out. Just a rail car blown over. Looks like thunderstorm wind to me. Thunderstorm wind can be darn strong and most certainly can knock a train over.

My uncle used to work for a company that specialised in cleaning up after derailments. When the engines go over, you cannot just pick them up and put them back on the tracks. You have to build tracks under them and pull them back onto the main track.

That's a LOT of weight

foxtrapper wrote:

ohioboy wrote:

foxtrapper wrote: OK, cool crash video, but I don't see any reason to conclude it's a tornado that caused it.

It's a tornado that the train catches... look at the foliage in the trees. initially the leaves are gone, i.e, tornado/high winds already been there then he catches up to it and over she goes.

That's what I did look at. I've cleaned up after a number of tornado touch downs. There is nothing in that video that looks like a tornado. The trees are not twisted, nothing is ripped up, nothing torn out. Just a rail car blown over. Looks like thunderstorm wind to me. Thunderstorm wind can be darn strong and most certainly can knock a train over.

Microburst?

They are often confused as Tornados. Circular patterns - Tornado, strait blowovers - Microburst

Looks like a microburst to me, too. Still...

not sure a microburst could knock over a train.. we are talking hundreds of tons of metal

Microbursts can have the same or higher wind speeds as tornadoes. If a twister can do it a microburst can too.

I think the train engineer had a microburst in his pants when that tanker came screaming at him...

Wow. Cool to watch, I just hope no one was seriously injured.