The MythBusters Implode a Railway Tanker Car With a Powerful Vacuum Effect

The MythBusters, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, imploded a railway tanker car with a powerful vacuum in a clip from an episode of their show’s final season. The tanker is now the largest prop the team has ever used on the show, and it was sacrificed to test a myth about whether under the right conditions a tanker car could implode itself.

Glen Tickle
Glen Tickle

Amelia's dad. Steph's husband. Writer, comedian, gentleman. Good at juggling, bad at chess.

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