The Crazy Eights Incident and the Pumpy Thing: Citation Needed 8×05
I realise we never actually define “pumpy thing” in this video. I’m not going to define it here either.
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@TomScottGo
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
I don't know if that anorak-zipping gesture will translate outside the UK, but then a lot of the jokes won't translate outside the UK…
@belgaer4943
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Not only do they have the runaway train on video but they also have footage of the police trying to stop it by shooting it.
@billythomas2932
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
They never got a train to stop it
@davidioanhedges
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Just culture, which is why airtravel, and railways are safe…. And roads are not
@Voriki2
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
The Train of Theseus, would be a good movie title.
@TrainBoi227
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
6:18 I must point out that there is, famously, a story where Thomas runs off without a driver, cannot stop, and crashes into someone's house
@annalisestott8252
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Ive just realized after watching this for the nth time that no, museums are not retirement homes for objects, they are graveyards; hidden away only to be looked at but never used again. Archives are retirement homes for objects
@meechisminners
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
I love how all of the intros here revolved around gary's joke
@Yewtewba
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
I saw Runaway in China, without subtitles. I don't understand Chinese.
@nicflatterie7772
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Something like that happened in Quebec Canada a couple years ago and the center of a whole town was blown up since the train was transporting petrol.
Look at Lac Mégantic incident.
The train was parked on top of a hill and the engineer did not apply enough brakes and went away for the night…
@yellowflowerorangeflower5706
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
cool
@jlit3160
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Confusion and delay
@yellowflowerorangeflower5706
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
cool
@sambarker7930
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
If I remember correctly the fuel cut-off switch required to be held down for a few seconds, so even if the police had managed to shoot the switch properly it wouldn’t have even worked
@Dusterisp
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Did it win any volleyball matches perchance?
@Elliottblancher
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Idk if you already know this but the pumpy thing Gary was referring to is a Hand pumped cart
@hotelmario510
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Fact check: CSX 8888 did not travel 100 miles, it only travelled about 65 miles. No runaway train has ever travelled 100 miles – the furthest a runaway train has ever travelled, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, was on 27 March 1884, when a runaway train travelled 97 miles due to stormy weather conditions.
@Goofycritter4399
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
3:00 Gary, yes there is a city named Stanton in Virginia
@americanoil69420
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
666k views💀💀💀
@__-jt4tv
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
The chat on Hump Shunting Yards reminded me of a conversation I had with my an associate (who shall remain anonymous) years ago.
On rail journey, we passed an engineering wagon with NOT TO BE HUMP SHUNTED stenciled on it.
My associate, reading this, jokingly said "Well, that's no fun, I want to Hump" fairly loudly.
Before realizing what exactly they'd just said.
They might live that down eventually.
@__-jt4tv
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Given current events in Ohio, this appearing on my recommendations now is darkly ironic..
@johnpee458
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Unsuccessfully shot at…
@jeffreyw901
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
of course csx8888 happened in ohio…
@definitely_notme4112
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
3:01 there is not a city of Stanton, PA but there is a city of Scranton, PA which happens to contain one of america’s largest railroad museums called Steamtown.
@williamtrfar1830
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
12:08 "I'm banishing you to the shadow realm."
@hippietoughcreations1663
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
“They’ve got quite a bit of america too” 😂 epic
@Volt5482
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
THIS IS AMAZING
@Wolfie_Vi
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
10:25
"Unsuccessfuly shot at"
Nah, they very successfully managed to shoot at the train. It didn't amount to much, but the shots definitely landed.
@beth12svist
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Wait a minute. Brunel. Catching up with a runaway engine. That actually happens in The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage!
@OldIronVideo
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
It went through some of my local towns!!
@OgreWithanIronClub
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Do the American police operate on video game logic where if you hit a switch with bullet it turns off or on?
@joshyoung1440
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Joke's on Gary; Gaviscon is actually an acid itself.
@Spook_Gurl
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
i love how Gary assumes american brakes use inferior vaccum brakes instead of air brakes that actuate cylinders also 10:20 they did hit it or got very close to it, but didnt realize you needed to hold the button.
edit: they didnt hit the switch, they hit the red cap of the fuel tank
@promiscuous675
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
Thank you.
@peterweatherley7669
March 15, 2026 at 10:23 pm
14:07 in answer to “a retirement home is not a museum of people” someone very clearly (and somewhat worryingly!) in the audience just goes “Well…” :p
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