This is a 2 year old post, but the video is still working, and is an interesting thing to watch the derailment unfold. Some mentioned a tie at the crossing, but that looks more like a section of concrete pavement on the edge or in between the track. There is another interesting WW II training film you can view on Youtube that show how to sabotage rail lines, and it was found that simply blowing up the track did not work in some cases. The video shows a section blown up, and the train from loco to last car traverse the gap with hardly slowing down, much like these cars did in the spot the rail was obviously out of gauge, that is until they rolled over.
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