r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Legend_of_dirty_Joe • 2d ago
WCGW when a crane lifts an overweight load too closely to an active rail line
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u/OptimusPrimel984 2d ago
"Then there was trouble."
(Watched way too many Thomas the Tank Engine episodes with the kids.)
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u/robo-dragon 2d ago
Is everyone on the train ok? Really concerned about whoever was up front driving it.
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u/rpgnoob17 2d ago edited 2d ago
Yeah, Chinese news stated that no injury and no death “immediately reported”. I don’t really believe the no injury part but the no death part is probably true, since the train didn’t derail.
I saw another video where the staff just let the passengers off the train and the passengers had to walk to the closest station.
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u/BigDaveATX 2d ago
You would think the crane operator would wait a few seconds for a train carrying hundreds of human beings to clear out.
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u/CantaloupeCamper 2d ago
You would think someone should be coordinating the crane and train factors.
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u/ajax5686 2d ago
That's all that I've done at work for the last 2+ years. Coordinating train traffic with cranes and other construction equipment so this doesn't happen. Frieght railroad, though, not passenger.
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u/Shaggyninja 1d ago
Doing it with passenger trains. We only do a lift over (or near) a track if the whole line is shut down.
Theres no "oh we have a gap of X minutes, we can do it". It's full closure until we're finished.
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u/Bloodsplatt 2d ago
Not the crane operators job, they have 3-4 spotters, project manager, safety managers, and who knows how many laborers are just hanging about. It will be put on him but this is probably China so he'll be fine.
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u/Trustoryimtold 2d ago
Fast trains means big pop, means probably another train in 2-3 mins. Not saying a loft couldn’t be done in that window, but timing hundreds of lifts that way is probably unrealistic
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u/hokeyphenokey 2d ago
Looks like something had dropped earlier. The crane cable was barely waving around. Whatever it was (more crane parts?) had been there several minutes at least.
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u/rufotris 2d ago
I believe that is a separate crane from the one that was hit. Maybe I’m wrong but the cables you seee swinging are not the same as the crane being hit. It appears it was a crane on the other side that had collapsed or was too close over the tracks. As the train hit it, you could see it thrown from the other side of the track to this side and it then lands in front of the crane with swinging cables.
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u/Seldarin 2d ago
Yeah, that's the block, hook, slings, shackles, etc on a totally different crane.
If that had been part of the lift, those would've been swinging like crazy.
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u/penalozahugo 2d ago
It's been a while since I've been on Universal studios lot tour ride. It looks like this new version is crazy!
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u/k4tastrofi 2d ago
This happen in Shanghai, China
From article linked below:
A fallen arm of a tower crane from an external construction site crashed into a running train on Shanghai’s Metro Line 11 on December 22, 2024. Authorities organised emergency repairs and evacuated passengers after the incident. No injuries were immediately reported on the scene. Shanghai is a major Chinese city and home to more than 24 million people.
Also has some video of the aftermath from rider POV.
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u/Affectionate_Tax3468 1d ago
"Look how in china, everything is getting built fast and without that many rules and regulations and bureaucracy! They are so advanced!"
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u/Bosonstime 2d ago
Wow im surprised the train kept going
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u/JoeBoredom 2d ago
Hopefully the crew in the train engine survived.