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We build machines that weigh 15,000 tons, and we push them to 70 miles per hour. But an object in motion wants to stay in a straight line. When an American mega-train hits a mountain curve, the only thing forcing that apocalyptic weight to change direction is a single, one-inch lip of forged steel biting into the rail.

When the math is perfect, we conquer the mountains. But when the speed is too high, or the torque is too heavy, the unyielding laws of geometry turn into a weapon.

From the terrifying physics of "String-Lining"—where a train pulls so hard it drags its own cars off the inside of the track—to the apocalyptic devastation of high-speed centrifugal roll-overs, this is the forensic breakdown of the 10 deadliest lateral derailments in US history.

Witness the war between American horsepower and centrifugal force, the thermal nightmare of sun-kinked rails, and the brutal reality of what happens when the heaviest machines on the planet push past the geometric limits of the earth.