High-Speed Train Crash Kills At Least 68 People In Spain

I'm pretty sure that Rome, as it crumbled, experienced many accidents such as this.

Dying nations like dying people experience a lot of injuries before they pass.

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Absolutely horrifying footage coming out of Spain.
A Rente high-speed train carrying 397 passengers rear-ended a stationary Iryo train carrying 147, with the death toll currently at 64 and rising and injuring dozens more among the 544 passengers aboard.
This tragedy marks the second major crash on the corridor this year, following a January collision at Adamuz that killed 46.
Accidents like this are easily preventable and utterly unacceptable in the first world. What is going on in Spain? Pray for the victims and their families.

A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped in central Spain, derailing two cars and killing at least 68 people Wednesday morning. https://t.co/i9vGczB1tt https://t.co/t1dKdYp18g
— CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil (@CBSEveningNews) October 28, 2026

An Iryo train carrying 146 people and a Renfe train carrying 397 people, have collided near Toledo, Spain.
This is the second catastrophic high-speed rail accident on the Madrid-Seville line to occur this year. https://t.co/RGTDgpCusY
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 28, 2026

Video shows the immediate aftermath of a deadly high-speed train collision in central Spain on Wednesday that killed at least 64 people and injured 80 others, authorities said.
The crash occurred in the province of Toledo when a high-speed train slammed into the back of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars. Both trains were traveling from Madrid to Seville, carrying a combined 544 passengers. The cause of the crash remains unknown.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 28, 2026

You know who's to blame?

Foreign accounts already know who arranged this collision: Jews.

And the terrorist propaganda network Reuters tries to link the collision -- which occurred under a Socialist PM who's not spending enough on maintenance so that he can give freebies to nomads -- on "far right" groups.

Far right groups who think the government in power is responsible for what happens under its maladministration. What racist crazies.

Look at them, "clashing" with police even during this tragedy! The left would never exploit a tragedy like this for political purposes.

Far-right groups clashed with Spanish police in Madrid during a protest demanding the government's resignation following a high-speed train crash that killed at least 68 people https://t.co/QGmB3qDJa2 https://t.co/HyKXPgFyaq
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 29, 2026

NBC "News" similarly can't believe the "far right" would politicize a tragedy like this!

It's unseemly! It fails to seem! It's completely lacking in seem!

Protests erupt in Spain after train crash kills dozens

Far-right demonstrators clashed with police outside the country's transport ministry where they had gathered to call for the prime minister's resignation.
Spain began three days of mourning Thursday after at least 69 people were killed and dozens more injured in the country's deadliest train crash in decades. But anger is mounting about the alleged incompetence that allowed the accident to happen and protesters clashed with police overnight outside the country's transport ministry.
Once considered one of the country's crowning achievements, Spain's high-speed rail network had not endured a deadly crash since it came into service over 30 years ago.
After the second train accident in less than a year, the tragedy has deepened the feeling among many that there is something broken in Spanish society. The crash follows weeks of protests.

Oh right, I forgot, Spain as endured three weeks of violent rioting, looting, and arson at the hands of the Islamocommunists, but now "far right" groups protest in a perfectly appropriate place -- outside the offices of a government official credibly accused of deadly incompetence -- and all of a sudden protesting is Treason.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:10 PM

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1 1st?

Posted by: National Guard Fashion Advisor at October 29, 2026 07:12 PM (MWfyi)

2 2nd

Posted by: notalawyer at October 29, 2026 07:13 PM (fR677)

3 Coming to a state near you.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

4 Siesta at the switch

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 29, 2026 07:14 PM (r7+Q7)

5 Don't these trains have automatic lockouts?

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:15 PM (XMwZJ)

6 Aw geez, man.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)

7 Spain needs to import more scientists and engineers so these sort of tragedies will no longer happen!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (XMwZJ)

8 "Accidents like this are easily preventable and utterly unacceptable in the first world. "

You have to expect this kind of thing every now and then in the interest of diversity and inclusion.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (MWfyi)

9 48 hour rule...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:16 PM (l3cgK)

10 I am amazed that suck mishaps are possible in 2026 and it definitely affects my comfort level with such trains, at least in Europe. Japan has many issues but basic competence is not one of them. Chy-nah? Are you kidding? Fortunately don't have much interest in traveling in Chy-nah.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:17 PM (U/Byj)

11 "Three days of mourning" just contributes to the farce. A people capable of three days of sincere *morning* would be capable of running a government where events like this don't occur.

I'm not suggesting mistakes never get made. I'm just saying that "three days of mourning" is practically the chef's kiss to not taking something seriously. There will stuffed animals and candles and drawings on the sidewalks...and nothing of significance will change.

Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:17 PM (TN0g+)

12 CA bullet train has ZERO such incidents in all the years of its existence. So take that, h8trs.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (U/Byj)

13 Remember when the Spanish government sent out the riot squad with rubber bullets when a horde or muslims invaded Ceuta?

Nobody else does either.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (viF8m)

14 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (SaoqG)

15
I'm pretty sure that Rome, as it crumbled, experienced many accidents such as this.

VDH, fervent admirer of the plucky cruelty on regular display here, has said that the fall of a great civilization was not due to one or two great battles or upheavals as much as it was due to a prolonged decline in competence and knowledge, and erosion of the element of trust in interpersonal dealings.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (ixS3i)

16 High speed trains should have autonomous braking like cars. The braking distance adjusted with speed.

Or do they already have it and it failed?

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (Ti9vn)

17
Be more like Europe, they said.
They're so much more advanced than us, they said.
It'll be so much better, they said.

Posted by: They don't even have Ranch dressing at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (dX+L6)

18 All those years, Biden was taking his life in his own hands riding the train.

Even after Beau died that way...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (Sco7b)

19 Spain's parliamentary elections will be held on November 29. Polls indicate the Partido Popular together with the Vox party will win a bare majority of votes and a larger majority of seats.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (ilf0f)

20 I was drivin' that train,
High on Cocaine!

Posted by: Engineer Casey Jones at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (EdP2u)

21 Odd how the "far right" group looks just like a bunch of regular folk who are dissatisfied with their incompetent government...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (XMwZJ)

22 I wonder if Mohammad Sanchez was manning the switching line.

Posted by: Bosk at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (VMFAF)

23 12 CA bullet train has ZERO such incidents in all the years of its existence. So take that, h8trs.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (U/Byj)

And that's for a very good reason.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (l3cgK)

24 Posted by: They don't even have Ranch dressing

It's called America sauce.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (YZ0Fo)

25 This wouldn't have happened if they had hired Amtrack Board member and International expert Hunter Biden as a consultant at €50,000/month.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (B0NCh)

26 22 I wonder if Mohammad Sanchez was manning the switching line.

Posted by: Bosk at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (VMFAF)

In his S&M dungeon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (l3cgK)

27 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (ixS3i)

Idiocracy

Posted by: polynikes at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (Ti9vn)

28 It's unseemly! It fails to seem! It's completely lacking in seem!

It is bereft of seem.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Riz8t)

29 176 But Lloyd Austin was totally competent, haters...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

The sandals of the Hector of Afghanistan are hard to fill...

Posted by: Auspex at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (Y8DZL)

30 24 Posted by: They don't even have Ranch dressing

It's called America sauce.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 29, 2026 07:20 PM (YZ0Fo)

"He covered the salad with his America sauce" just doesn't sound right...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (l3cgK)

31 Very sad for all.

I've ridden high speed trains in Europe and I do have a nanosecond of thought of a wreck, then have another glass of wine. We've always arrived alive and enjoyed the ride. Now? I don't think so! Not because of this crash but because of barbarians.

Other than the obvious physical injuries, other things occur to human bodies when hit from behind with force and are often fatal quickly. These poor people.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 29, 2026 07:21 PM (hzuYO)

32 "High speed trains should have autonomous braking like cars. The braking distance adjusted with speed.

Or do they already have it and it failed?
Posted by: polynikes"

Old Charlie stole the handle.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (MWfyi)

33
It's unseemly! It fails to seem! It's completely lacking in seem!

It is bereft of seem.
Posted by: Archimedes

"Tell me about it -- I was bereft of seam"

-- R.M.S. Titanic

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (ixS3i)

34 Who is in charge of the clattering train?
The axles creak, and the couplings strain.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (88C+u)

35 Have to wonder sabotage, get one train to stop for some warning and BAM! another up their ass

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

36 The term "far right" keeps showing up non-stop in "press" coverage these days. Of course it's absurd, none of the targets of this distortion bear any resemblance to a "far right" element if the term is used accurately. Just another ridiculous distortion in the ceaseless pathetic cheap transparent propaganda on which millions and millions rely to preserve their dumb ignorant worldview.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (U/Byj)

37 It's unseemly! It fails to seem! It's completely lacking in seem!

It is bereft of seem.
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It goes without saying that there is NOT a plethora of seem.

Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (TN0g+)

38 To give California credit, this could never happen there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (XeU6L)

39 17
Be more like Europe, they said.
They're so much more advanced than us, they said.
It'll be so much better, they said.
Posted by: They don't even have Ranch dressing at October 29, 2026 07:18 PM (dX+L6)

Since Canada feels snubbed by America and President Trump, we've been trying to cozy up to Europe - out new lover.

It's going great. Carbon taxes on Canadian goods maybe. No word if we'll get the amusement of foreigners destroying crap. We probably brought in the laziest.

But aside from this, love can pull us through this..

The school beauty queen rejected us but there's always disease-ridden prostitutes.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (Sco7b)

40 What is going on in Spain?
=====

Se llama La Socialisma

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (RIvkX)

41 Old Charlie stole the handle.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM

He's the Man Who Will Never Return.

Posted by: The Kingston Trio at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (dX+L6)

42 22 I wonder if Mohammad Sanchez was manning the switching line.
Posted by: Bosk at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (VMFAF)

Yes! that's exactly what happened.

Posted by: Gomez Adams, Renfe/Iryo trainee at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (r7+Q7)

43 >>I am amazed that suck mishaps are possible in 2026 and it definitely affects my comfort level with such trains, at least in Europe. Japan has many issues but basic competence is not one of them. Chy-nah? Are you kidding? Fortunately don't have much interest in traveling in Chy-nah.

Took a high speed train from Shanghai to Beijing. Pretty nice. But I was a bit uneasy cause China.

Took a couple in Japan. No such concerns.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:24 PM (viF8m)

44 38 To give California credit, this could never happen there.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:23 PM (XeU6L)

Indeed. See #12 & #23

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 29, 2026 07:24 PM (l3cgK)

45 I really don't understand why it's so difficult to avoid such accidents. Put an tracker on each train, and sensors every 100 meters or so, and let software stop the train if it thinks there's a chance of a collision. It isn't like the trains aren't on a known route. I suspect union "workers" are a big part of the problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (Riz8t)

46 Don't see how this could happen.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (XeU6L)

47 Also, nothing like that ever happened to the Hooterville Cannonball.

Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (TN0g+)

48
Rockin', rollin', ridin'
All along the bay
All bound for
Morning T... KRRRRRAAAAAASSSSSSHHHH!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (ixS3i)

49 I am a person experiencing seemlessness.

Posted by: My Kingdom for a seem! at October 29, 2026 07:25 PM (dX+L6)

50 33
It's unseemly! It fails to seem! It's completely lacking in seem!

It is bereft of seem.
Posted by: Archimedes

"Tell me about it -- I was bereft of seam"

-- R.M.S. Titanic
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:22 PM (ixS3i)

Silence! I keel you!

Posted by: Achmed being fisted at October 29, 2026 07:26 PM (r7+Q7)

51 Fun fact:

The State Motto of NC is "Esse Quam Videri", "To Be Rather Than To Seem."

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 07:26 PM (B0NCh)

52 Don't see how this could happen.
Posted by: HAL 9000

I do.

*Imagines the 'call me' sign*

Posted by: Colossus at October 29, 2026 07:26 PM (SaoqG)

53 To give California credit, this could never happen there.
I'm a bit surprised Gov Brylcreem isn't out touting this very obvious fact...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (XMwZJ)

54 Indeed. See #12 & #23
Posted by: jim
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Horde mind.

Posted by: HAL 9000 at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (XeU6L)

55 Charlie stole the sensors too.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)

56 3 Coming to a state near you.
Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:14 PM (MWfyi)

Nope, I can comfortably predict there will NEVAH be a HIGH SPEED Rail crash here in California!

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (mP0Kj)

57 Missed the last thread. And, I think this is valid information to include:

Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia was involved in the strategic planning of national security policies during the Afghanistan drawdown while serving as Vice Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy (J5) on the Joint Staff from 2021 to 2023.

That should have had him led out to pasture before his leaking.

Posted by: Orson at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (dIske)

58 And all the copper wire to the sensors.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)

59 The CA bullet train has a long history of existence to its contractors, grifting political leaders, and locals disrupted by its activities.

To actual customers, not so much.

And remember this atrocity was yet another one demanded by the voters.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)

60 Nope, I can comfortably predict there will NEVAH be a HIGH SPEED Rail crash here in California!

But if there is, it'll be Trump's fault.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Riz8t)

61 Relevant from GatewayPundit...

JUST IN: California’s High-Speed Rail to Nowhere Chief Abruptly Resigns Amid Questions About Multi-Billion Dollar Boondoggle

Ian Choudri, the CEO of California’s high-speed rail to nowhere abruptly resigned late Wednesday night amid questions about the multi-billion-dollar boondoggle.

Originally greenlit by the voters with the promise of linking Los Angeles to San Francisco in a modern, efficient bullet train system for a mere $33 billion with a completion date set for four years ago, the project has ballooned to an eyewatering $128 bilion to $130 billion, with no clear completion date in sight, according to abc30.

Ian Choudri, who came on board in summer 2024, claimed last year that the high speed train might be finished in twenty years. That would be the year 2045.

LOL.
Twenty year.
Powered by cold fusion.
What an amazing world that will be.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Sco7b)

62 I'm a bit surprised Gov Brylcreem isn't out touting this very obvious fact...
Posted by: Angzarr
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Action through inaction!

Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (XeU6L)

63 59 The CA bullet train has a long history of existence to its contractors, grifting political leaders, and locals disrupted by its activities.

To actual customers, not so much.

And remember this atrocity was yet another one demanded by the voters.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)

Sooo... just before the election, the Governor is trying to lock in a TEN YEAR contract, from 2030 to 2040, to BUY and maintain 3 High Speed Trains from Siemons.

The graft, must flow....

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (mP0Kj)

64 The CA bullet train has a long history of existence to its contractors, grifting political leaders, and locals disrupted by its activities.

To actual customers, not so much.

And remember this atrocity was yet another one demanded by the voters.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)
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Considering the voting irregularities in CA, I suspect the atrocity was demanded by the "ballots" rather than the voters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (FZ29D)

65

Ian Choudri, the CEO of California’s high-speed rail to nowhere abruptly resigned late Wednesday night amid questions about the multi-billion-dollar boondoggle.

Ian Choudri. Why am I not surprised.

Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (lCppi)

66 I am not joking when I say people stampeded out to blame Israel for this on Twixxer

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (TMNW7)

67
Well done, Gavinsville!

At least two cases of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, have been confirmed in Stanislaus County, according to health officials.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (ixS3i)

68 21 Odd how the "far right" group looks just like a bunch of regular folk who are dissatisfied with their incompetent government...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:19 PM (XMwZJ)

I agree that it's odd. Further, I wonder what constitutes "far right" and what makes it extreme, because I never hear specifically what makes the far right bad except perhaps for made-up smears.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 29, 2026 07:30 PM (OlzlW)

69 Action through inaction!
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM

Leading from behind!

Posted by: B.O. at October 29, 2026 07:31 PM (dX+L6)

70 Ian Choudri, who came on board in summer 2024, claimed last year that the high speed train might be finished in twenty years. That would be the year 2045.

LOL.
Twenty year.
Powered by cold fusion.
What an amazing world that will be.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM (Sco7b)

By which time he will be dead. So suck it, suckers!! (See also, King County.)

Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 07:31 PM (lCppi)

71 Considering the voting irregularities in CA, I suspect the atrocity was demanded by the "ballots" rather than the voters.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Ran into an interesting Saul Bellow quote today:

"In Los Angeles all the loose objects in the country were collected, as if America had been tilted and everything that wasn't tightly screwed down had slid into Southern California"
Saul Bellow

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (XeU6L)

72 12 CA bullet train has ZERO such incidents in all the years of its existence. So take that, h8trs.
Posted by: rhomboid

*snort

Posted by: nurse ratched. at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (mZLuT)

73 Originally greenlit by the voters with the promise of linking Los Angeles to San Francisco in a modern, efficient bullet train system for a mere $33 billion with a completion date set for four years ago, the project has ballooned to an eyewatering $128 bilion to $130 billion, with no clear completion date in sight, according to abc30.

Ian Choudri, who came on board in summer 2024, claimed last year that the high speed train might be finished in twenty years. That would be the year 2045.
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IF...the next governor of California, regardless of party, wanted any of us normies to ever take California seriously again, they could do one simple thing upon taking office: simply announce that the high-speed-rail experiment was over and no more money would be allocated to it.

They could then go right back to grifting, but for at least 30 minutes the rest of us would be left wondering "What the hell got into California?".

Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (TN0g+)

74 Twixxer is bots.

Posted by: From Botswana at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (dX+L6)

75 90 minutes from New York to Paris /
Well by '76, we'll be A-OK...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 29, 2026 07:33 PM (B0NCh)

76 Sooo... just before the election, the Governor is trying to lock in a TEN YEAR contract, from 2030 to 2040, to BUY and maintain 3 High Speed Trains from Siemons.

The graft, must flow....
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:29 PM (mP0Kj)

He thought they meant semen and he wants a lot

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 29, 2026 07:33 PM (NtVYv)

77 When Paxton wins, do you think a lot of the Freak0 supporters will finally leave this great state of Texas?

Posted by: LASue at October 29, 2026 07:33 PM (lCppi)

78 Am I correct in my assumption that a "far-right" group in Spain is about as far-right as David French?

Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 07:34 PM (oqH4h)

79 I think Colorado is trying to get a High Speed Rail Line funded this Election

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (Qugny)

80 90 minutes from New York to Paris /
Well by '76, we'll be A-OK...
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I was still in my hard-rock period of music appreciation circa 1983 when a friend put that album on the turn table. Its brilliant--there's not a clunker anywhere on that one.

Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (TN0g+)

81 Bet millions of those billions are just pocketed by layers of bureaucracy

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

82 @77 -- LASue, one can hope...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (XMwZJ)

83 Action through inaction!
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM

Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!

Posted by: Kamala at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (XeU6L)

84 Where the Hell can uou go from Colorado?

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

85 "I've ridden high speed trains in Europe and I do have a nanosecond of thought of a wreck, then have another glass of wine. We've always arrived alive and enjoyed the ride. Now? I don't think so! Not because of this crash but because of barbarians."
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

The last words many will hear will be "Allahu Akbar", as the terrorists try to obtain their 64 virgin (goats). Unfortunately USA has also incentivized thousands of such crazy Islamic terrorists, as even "clever" Ilhan revealed in her terrorist song.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (vbXSk)

86

The Skipper drove the Cannonball Express

www.imdb.com/title/tt0051263

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (Cqx++)

87
Passenger rail: 19th century transportation at 21st century costs.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (eRlcH)

88 From what I'm reading, there was a sensor/control system failure over a 60 km length of the line. The system automatically stopped all trains on the dead stretch.

But, operators in Madrid, overrode that automatic system and restarted the state-owned train and sent on down at full speed. The other train was still sitting there stopped.

Why the hell they did that, there is no clue. Mistakes were made.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

89 Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:32 PM (TN0g+)

The idea that I will somehow drive to Merced (7 miles from me), and get on a train to go to Bakersfield, where I will then have to rent a car to do anything...

Instead of driving the 2.5 hour down 99 Highway to get to Bakersfield, in my own damn truck?

We left Realityville a loonnnggg time ago.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (mP0Kj)

90 When Paxton wins, do you think a lot of the Freak0 supporters will finally leave this great state of Texas?
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No. I think the freaks will continue to be freaks and all of the money spent on Freak0's campaign will have ended up in all of the right pockets and those pulling the strings will move quickly to pretend none of that campaign ever really took place.

Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (TN0g+)

91 Action through inaction!
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM

Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!

You know...the thing!

Posted by: Joseph R. Biden at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (XMwZJ)

92
When Paxton wins, do you think a lot of the Freak0 supporters will finally leave this great state of Texas?
Posted by: LASue

Nah, they'll spend a year wandering aimlessly on the Llano Estacado, and then emerge to proclaim the Crazy, Crazy Crockett will be the One to Lead Them Out of Their Wilderness

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Vote! Vote! Vote! at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (ixS3i)

93
Know how all this could have been prevented? By the rail workers going out on strike.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 29, 2026 07:37 PM (eRlcH)

94 Action through inaction!
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM

Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!

I got my butt wiped!

Autopen

Posted by: JackStraw at October 29, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

95 Importing a bunch of foreigners with "Inshallah" as their reaction to every close call or actual accident, rather than taking competence seriously is bad for first world transportation and industry. Coupling that with communism 'I should get a big piece of the pie because I need it, never mind that I have developed zero skills to make myself valuable as an employee'. It is a wonder that Europe is not experiencing a lot more of these tragic accidents.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 29, 2026 07:38 PM (PV+Zw)

96 >>Action through inaction!
Posted by: Newsome at October 29, 2026 07:28 PM

Leading from behind!
Posted by: B.O.
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Unburdened by what has been!

You know...the thing!

Si, Se Puede!

Posted by: garrett at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (Qugny)

97 El socialismo.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (h86Sx)

98 wonder if Mohammad Sanchez was manning the switching line."

His uncle was listening to a soccer match while manning the tower at Tenerefe...

Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (pfXMo)

99 81 Bet millions of those billions are just pocketed by layers of bureaucracy
Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:35 PM (Ia/+0)

My Older Brother was an accountant for KPMG on that project...

Yeah, his retirement account if substantial.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (mP0Kj)

100 "We have plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean,"

Joe Biden

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 07:39 PM (XeU6L)

101 But, operators in Madrid, overrode that automatic system and restarted the state-owned train and sent on down at full speed. The other train was still sitting there stopped.

Why the hell they did that, there is no clue. Mistakes were made.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 29, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)
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So, Chernobyl but with a train.

Good to see the layabout lazy-assed Spaniards learned from the layabout lazy-assed Soviets.

Posted by: ballistic at October 29, 2026 07:40 PM (oqH4h)

102 wonder if Mohammad Sanchez was manning the switching line."

His uncle was listening to a soccer match while manning the tower at Tenerefe...
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"He passes it...passes it...HE PASSES IT..."

Posted by: Crusader at October 29, 2026 07:40 PM (TN0g+)

103 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 29, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

104 Look, I was on the Board of Amtrak. These things just happen.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 29, 2026 07:41 PM (XeU6L)

105 What term are they going to use when "far right" no longer has legs? ULTRA far right? Nazi Right? Omega Right?

Posted by: Max Power at October 29, 2026 07:42 PM (SwyyQ)

106 36 The term "far right" keeps showing up non-stop in "press" coverage these days. Of course it's absurd, none of the targets of this distortion bear any resemblance to a "far right" element if the term is used accurately. Just another ridiculous distortion in the ceaseless pathetic cheap transparent propaganda on which millions and millions rely to preserve their dumb ignorant worldview.
Posted by: rhomboid

To read/watch the MSM is to be misinformed. Not to read it means one is uninformed. Easier on digestive system to simply be uninformed. X has better and faster coverage than the dying fake and gay media with its endless dog and pony narrative crap.

Even in Europe, which is why the Eurotrash hates Elon, X is now the trusted source for news worldwide rather than the old decaying standards of the MSM. And smart bloggers and substackers recognize that and use links with summaries of their stories on X so you can go more into detail.

Posted by: whig at October 29, 2026 07:43 PM (E4rtv)

107 The problem with Spain is that the didn't kill enough commies back in the '30s when they had a chance...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 29, 2026 07:43 PM (XMwZJ)

108 Sorry to not post this until now, I saw the mentions of students expelled for Charlie Kirk stuff in a previous thread...

I checked on updates for the "kirkiversary cake" story from the University of Utah (not the school Charlie was murdered at), about the horrible girl that marched up to the college republicans table on the one year anniversary of his death, with a "happy kirkiversary" cake.

It will surprise no one, since this is a very liberal school, that the only students that went through disciplinary measures was the college republicans. Because they posted video of it and it went viral.

Luckily it sounds like the school dismissed all allegations against them. But they could have been expelled. I think public pressure forced the school to halt going any further.

Also, one of the college republican kids present at the cake incident had previously been threatened. Someone has told them at a previous event they were going to "Kirk them." So IMO they have every right to expose anyone promoting violence.

The girl that baked the cake is apparently the daughter of a tech bigwig, and is going into medicine for kids. I wouldn't want her anywhere near kids of mine.

Posted by: LizLem at October 29, 2026 07:44 PM (Toos7)

109 Instead of driving the 2.5 hour down 99 Highway to get to Bakersfield, in my own damn truck?"

That was the Houston Dallas fantasy...

An hour drive, park, 30 minute wait, 90 minutes ride, 30 minutes to uber or rental, 45 minutes to wherever...

For a 3 hour and change drive.

Posted by: man at October 29, 2026 07:45 PM (pfXMo)

110 88. publius. That’s what I heard as well. Human error.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 29, 2026 07:46 PM (2NHgQ)

111 Too early?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcB43bQl5gI&

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 29, 2026 07:46 PM (vzuC7)

112 As a Spaniard I am beyond infuriated because it didn't use to be like this. We used to get refunds if it was so much as 5 minutes late.
Now we're lucky if the train even shows up, doesn't get stranded in the middle of the railways, doesn't catch fire, and we survive, all while paying through the wazoo for the privilege.

For some reason Spain has a unusual amount of very bad train crash fatalities, look up incidents between 2000 till now. It's unnerving.

Human error, underpaid and overexerted workers, no one complaining when one is fired and their work has to be done by the rest.

Kind of amazing that this happened today when there was already a strike called for tomorrow because of safety issues.

There is simply too many people visiting Spain and too little money invested on renovating aging infrastructures. Either we tax tourists more to pay for it or set a maximum number of tourists so there is less deterioration (and less chances for a disaster to happen).

On the face of it, it seems that the privatization of trains still is a flawed idea. what we saved on budget cuts we are now paying in lives

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 29, 2026 07:48 PM (6nZo9)

113 Sounds too crazy even for Ayn Rand to write. Oh ... wait.

Posted by: Keyser at October 29, 2026 07:48 PM (BSkyy)

114 84 Where the Hell can you go from Colorado?
Posted by: Skip

The Front Range used to be hip and happenin'. 23 skidoo between Colorado Springs and Fort Collins.
That was before the Blueprint drove out everybody productive.
I suspect the new train job will go down in flames because the survivors see the Californication and want none of it.

Posted by: vote against NN at October 29, 2026 07:50 PM (88C+u)

115 Too early?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcB43bQl5gI&
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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The train to Grinder's Switch is running right on time.

Posted by: Charlie at October 29, 2026 07:51 PM (XeU6L)

116 "That’s what I heard as well. Human error.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine "

Maybe even subhuman error.

Posted by: fd at October 29, 2026 07:55 PM (MWfyi)

117 High speed rail is so sacrosanct for lefties that even flinching at news that incompetence by its administrators resulted in the deaths of several dozen people is heretical.

Posted by: mea culpa at October 29, 2026 07:59 PM (iN6fC)

118 Reddit posters never disappoint.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 29, 2026 08:03 PM (XeU6L)

119 If you want to see a REAL Civil War watch these people when they get going.

Posted by: torabora at October 29, 2026 08:11 PM (Wt1Rs)

120 Reddit posters never disappoint.

Yep, *somehow* it's all capitalism's fault.

Posted by: RandomDave (who, me, cynical?) at October 29, 2026 08:14 PM (aJQbY)

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