Viral video shows curved railroad tracks in Ohio in 2017

A video released after a train derailment in East Palestine does indeed show a train moving on “curving” tracks in Ohio. Video 2017, tracks repaired.

After 38 wagons, some of which were carrying toxic chemicals, derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, in early February, many people began to think about rail safety and infrastructure.

Shared a viral video on social mass media in the days following the East Palestine crash, claims to show a freight train traveling on “curving” railroad tracks in Ohio.

“Honestly, it’s a miracle when a train carrying something remotely dangerous drives through Ohio unscathed,” one person tweeted. “That’s what American infrastructure is.”

CHECK reader Jan L. asked if the video posted on social media is real.

QUESTION

Does the viral video show actual bent railroad tracks in Ohio?

SOURCES

ANSWER

Yes, the viral video shows real bent railroad tracks in Ohio. But the video was originally posted in 2017, and the tracks have since been refurbished.

WHAT WE FOUND

A viral video shows real, bent railroad tracks in Ohio, but it was first released nearly six years ago and has since been refurbished.

Scott Taipale, who makes railroad videos in northwestern Ohio and eastern Indiana, originally posted the video to YouTube on March 31, 2017. Taipale noted in the description that part of the video was sped up during editing, writing that he “squeezed 6 minutes”. train sliding down the rails” in about 52 seconds.

The track shown in the video is located in Defiance, Ohio, along the Napoleon, Defiance and Western (ND&W) Railroad, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said.

The railroad spans 58.2 miles from Woodburn, Indiana, to Liberty Center, Ohio, railroad owner Patriot Rail says on its website.

A Patriot Rail spokesperson confirmed that the tracks shown in the viral video are on ND&W rail, but since the video was first released in 2017, there has been “significant investment in improving conditions” on the tracks.

Patriot Rail shared this side-by-side image showing railroad tracks before and after the renovation:

Wende Jourdan, public affairs officer for the Ohio Railroad Development Commission, also said the railroad “has been rehabilitated.”

“The rails in the old video clip have been improved as part of the 2020 Integrated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) project completed last year,” Jourdan said in an email.

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