Train going through a tornado

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

Trains now have cameras mounted and here is one facing the rear as a train passes through a tornado. At about 40 seconds the rain starts and it goes from bad to worse from there.

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

 

[LZclone]

SWEET!

my only question for you engineers out there... Why does the camera face backwards?

 

[ISUKyro]

SWEET!

my only question for you engineers out there... Why does the camera face backwards?

I wondered this too and then thought maybe it was a set up with more than one engine and this one was facing the other way like you often see???

 

[Chad]

....sounded like a freight train...

 

[stvfarmboy]

....sounded like a freight train...

Well said sir.:biglaugh:

 

[BigBake]

Was he blowing the whistle at the tornado as if telling it to get out of the way?

 

[price26]

That was ridiculous to watch it come off the tracks like that. I was expecting it to get really bad there at the end there though (trying not to ruin it for those who haven't watched it yet).

 

[whirlybirds]

pretty cool video, but like others said, there should of been a front camera too.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Very cool, and yeah, I was wondering just how violent that was going to get. An odd note.....I played this in media player, and shut everything down, and the damn train sounds from the video are still coming through my speakers. Weird.

 

[BigBake]

Gordon: What has happened to me?! I feel so weak!Driver: You drove through a tornado and got blown the heck off the tracks!Gordon: Oh, dear! We were going so nicely, too! And look! There's Henry laughing at me! Narrator: Everyone came to see Gordon.The Fat Controller: Hmph! These big engines are always causing me trouble! Send for another engine at once!

 

[Cyclone62]

Didn't this happen in January of 08 in Illinois?

 

[3TrueFans]

SWEET!

my only question for you engineers out there... Why does the camera face backwards?

So it can catch awesome footage of trains beings blown off the tracks of course.

 

[deadeyededric]

I have to say that is pretty amazing!!!!:yes:

 

[cyclonedave25]

2 things:
1) Notice the tops of the trees how they go from calm to breezy to windy to freaking wild.
2) At about 1:26 would be one of those times in your life where you yell, "OH ****!!" and then poop your pants.

 

[twojman]

Gordon: What has happened to me?! I feel so weak!Driver: You drove through a tornado and got blown the heck off the tracks!Gordon: Oh, dear! We were going so nicely, too! And look! There's Henry laughing at me! Narrator: Everyone came to see Gordon.The Fat Controller: Hmph! These big engines are always causing me trouble! Send for another engine at once!

 

[price26]