5 Trains That Woke Up and Chose CHAOS | History in the Dark

Occasionally, a locomotive or even a whole train will decide that meager existence and petty conformity is beneath them. They will break out of their routine and become agents of chaos. Madness. Anarchy. Here's five trains that did that exact thing. 🐝 The Diseasel -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltNrA... 🎵 Cover by Luke Pickman --    / instrumentmaniac   0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Belgian 2016 Runaway 2:26 - Indian 2017 Runaway 4:26 - Chester General Rail Crash 8:11 - Crazy 8's Incident 12:56 - Union Station Accident "An empty train travelled along tracks in Belgium for 30 minutes without a driver after the man left his cabin to investigate an engine fault." "Chennai-Mumbai train’s disengaged engine started moving on its own while at Wadi junction in Maharashtra, sparking alerts on the lines and a 13-km chase before a mishap was averted." "The Chester General rail crash occurred on 8 May 1972 at Chester, northwest England, resulting in extensive fire damage, but no casualties. It was caused by brake failure through human error." "The CSX 8888 incident, also known as the Crazy Eights incident, was a runaway train event involving a CSX Transportation freight train in the U.S. state of Ohio on May 15, 2001. Locomotive #8888, an EMD SD40-2, was pulling a train of 47 cars, including some loaded with hazardous chemicals, and ran uncontrolled for just under two hours at up to 51 miles per hour (82 km/h).[2] It was finally halted by a railroad crew in a second locomotive, which caught up with the runaway train and coupled their locomotive to the rear car." "The 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck occurred on January 15, 1953, when a passenger and mail train from Boston to Washington DC (the Federal) failed to brake sufficiently on its approach to Union Station, Washington, jumping the platform and plunging through the floor of the concourse. There were no deaths, but 43 people were injured." 🚂 Further reading 🚂 https://www.politico.eu/article/runaw... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe... https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c... https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSX_888... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Pe... 🟢Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @historyinthedark   🟢Patreon -   / darknessthecurse   🟣Discord -   / discord   🔵Facebook -   / history-in-the-dark-109003305113711   🟢Donations - https://streamlabs.com/edgerabbit/tip 🔴Reddit -   / historyinthedark   🔴Tiktok -   / historyinthedark   🟣Instagram -   / historyinthedark   🔵Twitter -   / darkthecurse   🟣Merch -    / @historyinthedark   🟣Twitch -   / edgerabbit   Other channels: 🟢Prehistory in the Dark:    / @prehistoryinthedark   🟣Gaming and Fanfic Readings:    / @darknessthecurse   🟣History Stuff:    / @historyinthedark   👔Merch: https://streamlabs.com/edgerabbit/merch --- I WRITE BOOKS! YOU CAN FIND THEM HERE: 📚Abyss: https://www.amazon.com/Abyss-Books-Pr... 📚Pryde: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08... 📚Abyss on Audible: https://www.amazon.com/hz/audible/mlp... #trains #railfan #top5