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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The CSX Crazy Eight's Incident of 2001
01:34 • 5min
The Davenport Hotel Is a Brick Over Steel Frame Building
06:05 • 3min
Why You Don't Paint Brick
09:17 • 4min
The Zankaster's Brick Wall Collapsed
13:13 • 3min
The Cost of Fixing a Party Wall
16:26 • 4min
How to Save a Building
20:12 • 3min
The Dangers of Urban Decay
22:55 • 4min
The Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles Bus Shelter
26:40 • 2min
The Cost of a Bus Shelter
28:46 • 2min
The Demographics of La Sombritos
30:45 • 2min
The Disadvantages of Taxpayer-Funded Vacations
32:16 • 2min
How to Plant a Tree to Provide Shade
34:32 • 2min
How to Switch Cars in a Rail Yard
36:56 • 2min
The Importance of Speed in Flat Switching
39:11 • 2min
The Dangers of Polling
41:34 • 3min
The Stanley Yard in Walbridge, Ohio
44:05 • 2min
The SD 40 Dash Two
46:01 • 2min
The SD 40 Dash Two: The Most Leninist Vehicle
48:21 • 3min
The Coast Guard's Locomotive Control Stand
51:24 • 2min
How to Use the Dynamic Break on an Old Fashioned Control Stand
53:16 • 3min
How to Use Dynamic Breaks to Save Energy
56:03 • 4min
CSX SD 40-2, Number 8888
01:00:27 • 5min
The CSX 888's Dynamic Break Disables It
01:05:00 • 2min
The Conflict Between Maximum Thrasal and Maximum Break
01:07:03 • 3min
The Failure of the Portable Derailleur
01:10:28 • 2min
How to Derail a Train Remotely
01:12:25 • 2min
The Asteroid Gravity Suggestion
01:14:31 • 5min
The World's Most Fun and High Stakes Carnival Game
01:19:37 • 2min
The Derailment of the Whirlpool Factory
01:21:29 • 2min
The Dark Horse and the CSX
01:23:03 • 2min
CSX Q636 and 888 Passed the Siding
01:24:33 • 3min
The Autonomous Train
01:28:00 • 5min
The Unstoppable Train
01:32:41 • 2min
The Dangers of a Runaway Train
01:34:48 • 2min
The Day I Punched a Pigeon in Zurich
01:36:36 • 2min
The Dangers of Working Alone
01:38:17 • 5min
How to Escape a Fire
01:42:53 • 4min