'It was getting to me:' Train left idling for days near South Portland homes
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- Опубликовано: 29 фев 2024
- For days, a train has been driving a South Portland woman up the wall.
She's lived by the tracks for decades, but that's not the problem. Her issue has been a train sitting there idling, she says, for more than 48 hours.
STORY: wgme.com/news/local/it-was-ge...
#maine #news #train #pollution #noise #trains
If it’s left for more than 24 hours you’re legally allowed to take it out for a joyride.
Excellent! Let’s take for a rip around the yard!
Sounds like a easy way to get some time in prison
I think i heard the same thing. somewhere
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@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606 So afterwards, you're getting free food and drinks, too!? Sounds like a great day out! 🤭
That shit would put me to sleep dawg
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The amount of people who can't tell the difference between a train going by and a train idling behind a house for days is disappointing.
Bunch of nerds. Probably a bunch of those 40 year virgin types who are obsessed with trains
Disappointing how? With how many people who are ignorant and narcissistic of their self-genius and have little to no care for the railroad and how it operates is more disappointing. The locomotive was probably parked there because the crew of the train went off the clock and had no other place to park it because they were off duty. The railroad has priority over the civilian populace by law you know...
Maybe if wgme actually did some research they would have reported the truth about why the locomotive was there. Which was due to a derailment which had to be fixed before it could be moved.
@Maine_Railfan can you prove that?
@Maine_Railfan Regardless of the reason, it wasn't moved due to complaints, it was moved because it was time to move it, that's all.
I remember one-time years ago when I was told by a nearby railroad tower operator (CSX) to hold my 6000 ft. freight train (Soo Line RR) at a certain point while rail traffic up ahead cleared. Often this stop could last for hours before we moved again. This took place on the Grand Trunk Western (GTW) Railway on Chicago's south side in a nice residential area. After a few hours of our three locomotives consist idling, at around 8 AM (summer), a woman from a modern, bungalow type house across the street came up to my engine and asked if I could move the train as "the running of the engines causes my house to vibrate." We complied with her request by moving the entire train another 500 feet or so down the tracks where the homes had their back yards facing us. Since that time, I would always stop my train, if so ordered, at this second spot in order to avoid what we came to know as "the house of the vibrating woman."
Haha
Fun fact: the name of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad was inspired by the Grand Trunk Railroad.
@@Milesco. How long did it take you to figure that out?
@@douglasskaalrud6865well he’s been on the road for 40 days sooo
@@douglasskaalrud6865 Probably most people out there don't know the Grand Trunk Western Railway ever existed and that it was and still is part of the Canadian National Railway.
Man said “why did you call us” 😂😂
😂😊
"thats why i thought of YOU PEOPLE"
The cops probably said that, too
I'm surprised that no one saw this train sitting there fully running and thought "Free Train! 😄"
if that was in Los Angeles either homeless be in it or a 9pm news of a train chase 🤣🤣
In FL a few weeks ago someone did...except it was hooked to a train and not running. They unhooked it, got it started, and ran it 10 miles
Florida-man strikes again😮
Good way to earn a free Darwin Award 😂
Where the hell would you run away with it xD
I would've slept like a baby. The reason it was left running is because they use straight water as coolant. There is no anti freeze. However, it was a very strange place to park a locomotive.
Newer locomotives are antifreeze compatible so they can be safely shut down without freezing. There are also auto start stop mechanisms that can restart the prime mover as needed to keep the water from freezing up but save fuel over letting the prime mover run continuously.
@@1575murray ok great. So, does this unit have anti freeze and auto start?
@@SocialistDistancing Looks to be equipped with auto start, but it could be inoperative, manually cut out or inhibited by low temp/bad sensor or low battery charge. From what I understand, it’s quite uncommon to use antifreeze in locos even when it’s technically compatible, because the radiators don’t cool as efficiently and may become load limited in hotter weather or in tunnels, can cause serious engine damage if it leaks into the crankcase and there are disposal issues. Given that only 2-5 gallons is burned per hour of idle time, it doesn’t really make sense.
It has not been cold enough for freezing to be a concern.
@@chickenwing111 ok. What were the temperatures?
That was an administrative oversight on the part of the railroad. It was probably used to switch out a local customer and management didn't feel the need to pay crew hours to bring it all the way back. That was a convenient spot to tie it down, it was out of the way of any other train movements, and that's all the yard master cared about. The locomotive was also a remote control unit, signified by the orange light above the operator's cab. Normally these units are used in the yard for switching so the railroad can save money by not having an actual operator in the locomotive. One person on the ground can throw switches and operate the locomotive with a remote pack. Not really the safest thing in the world but the Feds allow it and it saves money which is more important than literally anything else.
I mostly agree, the thing that's weird is that it's just been left idling and at the end of the video you see 2510 with a crew inside so it don't think it was being used as a remote unit, I do think its a unit equipped with that tech though. Running a yard without remote units is kind of a pain, ends up being a game of telephone to relay commands to the engineer over radio and hope he reacts in time. Usually they're locked in but having the engineer outside of the cab is sometimes actually better, not always but sometimes.
Or the crew ran out of time and there were no additional crews to move it. Can't get people to work these days.
@@MatthewMelloyeaaaa that makes me curious if this is a point where they typically do crew swaps. old crew left to catch up on sleep, left it idling for the next crew to take over, next crew no-showed and the eye of sauron (railroad management) never noticed engine 2510 never returned back to the yard.
@@kjchaifisch I just got word, there was a derailment blocking it from getting back to the yard. Since I am not qualified up there, I don't know if that was the only place the crew could have been picked up.
Thankfully I didn't take a job with CSX. After hearing reviews about all the railroad companies here in America. I decided to pursue another career in aviation due to the crap going on in the railroad. However, aviation is becoming the same bureaucratic dump as the railroad industry.
Everyone in a position to do something about this just pointed their fingers. The city just said “its a federal issue leave us alone”. The city could have called up the rail co and politely asked them instead. The rail yard just yammered on about how the locomotives need to stay running for safety reasons but wouldn’t just move the damn thing. Why are people like this?
"Not my monkeys not my circus" being abused by people who don't want to deal with what they believe to be another NIMBY complainer
It’s always difficult when you are asking people who have no power to do anything. The only people who did, the rail operator, were uncontactable.
@@tuppyglossop222 You could call the dispatcher from the bright blue sign at the railroad crossing 🤷
@@keonyang3332 I think the lady tried that and could not get through
@@tuppyglossop222 I doubt she even knew why there's a blue placard at those railroad crossings
The locomotive wouldnt bother me at all. As railfan, It'd be therapeutic. But not everyone is the same.
Agreed
Same here!
I agree as well, but could see her issue with the diesel fumes.
Yea although im certainly with you guys, it wouldn’t bother me in the least but if i were a boss of that railroad i certainly would not leave it in a residential area
Agreed 💯
A single locomotive without being coupled to any cars is not considered a train.
What do you expect from the "news"?
An engine with or without cars displaying markers is the definition of a train.
Sitting on a siding somewhere you're probably right. But a single locomotive moving with crews without cars 'can' be considered a train. I've dispatched hundreds of locomotive only trains
@@jimbarnes4053 ...or engines coupled, powered by any form of energy....
For the layman, it's a nit-pick.
My neighborhood has a barking dog that starts up every morning when the owner goes to work, it just barks and barks, can hear it through walls and windows. I might play a recording of a dog barking very loudly someday on some 100 watt speakers starting at 10pm, see what happens.
And how exactly is this related to the video?
I fashioned a device using a cardboard tube used to roll wall to wall carpet. Place a speaker on one end, aimed it at neighbor house and played a loop of a crying baby. Sound was inaudible unless standing directly in front of tube. Played it for weeks. One night neighbor yells out, ”Shut that kid up” so, I maxed the volume. Sheriff’s show up, explaining they got a call about a crying baby and left when I expired have no kids.
@@almabatekert_villanykorte3387 It's very relevant. If that dog was there before he moved in does he have a right to complain. Look through the comments about the line being their first & the lady complaining which quite frankly isn't unreasonable since there is a yard it should be parked in
You made my cat laugh.
I think we had the same neighbour. Was it 2 yap dogs and she would go out at 05:58 and return at noon ?
I would get home from shift work at about 03:30 , sneak in , quickly nuke my food in the microwave, eat it and go to bed just to bed (just to be woken up 2 hours later)
And this is federal, a police officer can not dictate the railway UNLESS there is injury or a derailment....21 years as a trainman IC
What does, dictate the railway mean?
@@BigRed35U tell the railroad what to do, police don't have that authority. Never have, probably never will. The railroad owns the US.
That is not entirely true. Railroad companies have been fined for violating local ordinances, such as blocking a road for more than a set amount of time. Who has jurisdiction doesn't really matter when armed police are boarding your train and threatening arrest.
It's largely true, but not entirely.
@@kitsuneneko2567 yes they can give the railway company tickets for blocking company streets, my dad's crew in Cicero would get 13 to 21 fines a month, then the BN would have a official take the congressmen for a steak dinner...tickets were gone...but a idling locomotive on their property they can't do anything except for city hall to ask them to move it...read my statement a little more there....
@@kitsuneneko2567 damn autocorrect, public streets
Awesome journalism WGME… Not mentioning the fact that the only reason it was there was due to a derailment and it couldn’t be moved until repairs were made…
I'm kinda surprised they'd leave it running though. Gotta park it to allow repairs to be made? Fine. But what advantage is there to leaving it running instead of shutting down for a few days? Is it hard to start up?
@@aj3751yeah they are a little hard to start up it’s been awhile sense I’ve been in one but it’s like a whole control panel to start it up instead of turning a key like a car but it can sometimes cost less to leave it run and doesn’t
Unless there were two derailments the locomotive wasn't trapped.
@@aj3751 it was below freezing most of the days when it was parked. Unlike normal diesel engines, locomotives don’t use anti-freeze but rather water for coolant. Meaning if they stay shut down in cold weather, it can cause the block to suffer permanent damage.
@@t1m3f0x please explain to the rest of us how it wasn’t trapped, because the line is a two or so Mike dead end spur, and the derailment took out the only way on/off of it… That whole area is residential, so no matter where it was parked, it would be in someone’s yard.
They'd leave locomotives running for days where I lived in Reno back in the 80s and 90s. Loved that low rumble! It was the sound of a humming economy.
Hang out at the Cal-Neva, get some steak and eggs and catch out
More like the sound of a waste of diesel
facts @@82NeXus
Dumb
@@82NeXus If the temps are cold they can be really hard to start though
This is no joke. That type of low frequency noise is impossible to muffle out. I live in large apartment and some people game or watch movies or whatever that generates that noise, fans want even block noise. It'll drive you insane at night
Yeah, a lot of the people saying they wouldn't mind this really have NO idea how much those sub-sonic frequencies would rumble your walls and eventually the brain inside your skull (I'm completely serious about that). All kidding aside, prolonged exposure would absolutely have consequences. Hell, even the train engineers themselves aren't exposed to that for as many hours non-stop as this woman has had to endure. They get to go home and escape it. She can't.
But I fall asleep on ships, planes, busses and trains all the time... the best sleep I ever had was between a railway yard and a harbour... 😅
@@georgesears2916 Ung, huh... And HOW MANY hours (in total) are you exposed to that all at once WITHOUT reprieve? It's been a constant 168+ hours for HER. I'm betting none of your "sleeps" went on that long.
@@NorthernChev I dunno, how long is two months? That's on one boat with one exhaust note BTW 🙂 A3508TAat idle for 8+ weeks. I'm not gonna lie, any boat at idle can sound bad from the outside in some locations due to harmonics but I'd also say that you're usually fine once you're attuned to it. If you can't fall asleep to a diesel motor... I'm sorry but there are other factors in your life to blame and I hope you resolve those issues so you can enjoy the consistent sound of a diesel engine as much as I do... 😏
@@georgesears2916 You win this one, sir, but you know the best part? She bought a house next to a railroad, and then bitches about the noise coming from the railroad...
As someone who worked for a freight railroad for multiple years, i can tell you straight up....they do not care about their employees, the communities they travel through, or their impact on the environment. As long as their freight gets where it needs to go, thats all that matters to them. It was a truly disgusting industry to be a part of, which was the main reason i chose to leave for other employment opportunities.
I grew up in a small railroad town in NJ.This was a common occurence.If I remember right,the EPA? got involved and found alot of engines with bad starters and various problems.The companies were force to repair them so they could be shut off.This happened back in the 70"s.
Locomotives don't use starters
@@hamiltonsullivan6563many of them do. Some of them have pneumatic ones.
They don't idle them because of "bad starters", they do it to keep the motor warm during cold weather. Diesel engines can be very hard to start in cold weather and they also use water in the engine instead of antifreeze. If the water freezes, it cracks the engine block.
@@kman-mi7su I had a CSX machinist tell me once that antifreeze attacked the main bearings in the two cycle locomotives, plus they are fairly loose engines. That’s why they run straight water with a rust inhibitor added.
@@kman-mi7subad batteries is why an engine will be tagged “ do not shut down” …
I'm a train fan .. I would love to listen to this in my yard! Love the sound of a locomotive! 😅
Sound is one thing, fumes are another. Exposure to diesel exhaust can put you at risk of developing Leukemia.
@@JMLolleh who cars when you have the sound of that sittin next to you all the time
Love that diesel smell and people call that fumes.
@@maxrshelltrack7443 I sure wish I lived by the railroad! Karen can watch trains from her home, lucky!!
@JawTooth I don't live next to the tracks but I live close enough to walk to em' and not have to worry about my vehicle parked somewhere.
They did that to me too! There was at least 1 mile of track ahead of and behind the damn thing, but they parked it on the track DIRECTLY behind my house. The thing was out there for nearly a week and a half idling. Same thing as her, I got no where calling closest rail yard. Finally I called the mayor. He had a hell of of time dealing with railroad but finally got them to move it. There needs to be better laws!!
Funny enough truckers have idlin laws about being near resident homes. Why would that not apply to trains a well? There is a big difference to a train traveling versus a train left idling for days.
@@geronimo5537 agreed! I would be MUCH less aggravated listening to a Semi idling than a Train engine that revs then idles down constantly 30’ from my house!!
Norfolk Southern doesn't care about local citizens either. Norfolk will not only block up ONE residential roadway, but two parallel roads nearby. That's THREE roads that Norfolk blocks up multiple times daily with stalled trains, and they sometimes block the road all throughout the night. Don't even TRY calling them cause there's no getting through. The closet way to cross the tracks is through a railroad tunnel a mile down the other direction but even that much further if an E.M.T. or firetruck needs to get around while jeopardizing the lives or homes of someone in emergency need. I hope someone sues the hell outta Norfolk.
As a railfan that sound would have probably put me to sleep.
I'm a Railfan but Train noise always wakes me up
exactly, I have to listen to some kind of noise to fall asleep I can’t really fall asleep with no noise
If it was consistent just idling diesel that wouldn't be so bad, but have definitely been around a locomotive idling for a long time and hear the compressor kick on and off and air relief valve blow for a second before it kicks off which is loud as hell. May not be a problem without a string of cars tied in (likely multiple leaky air connections along the train)
Ok buddy
Fanboy 💀
That locomotive should have been parked somewhere else.
I live in a "Train Town" in NE TX and trains going by, the low roar, the whistles and such a mile or so away does not bother me at all. If one of those Trains was parked by my house idling, it wouldn't take a hour or two to start getting to me...
That just really messed up behavior by a large corporation, and no concern for residents.
Dennis
63 years
Marshall, TX
Wow, a reasonable person in the comment section.
Amazing... so rare
as someone who used to live next to train tracks, these noises are calming to me
its likley the fumes from the engine ot into her house. a diesel engine smells like an old kerozene heater that needs a new wick.
No they’re not. An idling Diesel engine in winter sounds like trash. Up and down, up and down, and occasional bad high pitches. It’s not the same as a nice consistent humming like when it’s actually running.
Had this a few months ago in Thorndale, PA. MOW Amtrak workers. It was not loud, smelly or obnoxious in any way, just unusual. I wrote an e-mail to someone from Amtrak and got a nice response. It sat there 4 days, just idling.
Yet tractor trailer trucks cannot idle over 15 minutes in some places by LAW.
It would become beyond annoying if it was idling there for days. But according to a popular movie there is a fuel shut-off on the side of those things.
As a child I’d listen to the old Seaboard Coast Line trains and others rolling through the small Southern town in which she lived.
We had this shit happen 40 years ago in the middle of the night and there was a air release every 10 minutes that was extremely loud. My Dad finally got ahold of CSX and told them to either shut it off or move, or he would. 30 minutes later it was nice and quiet.
Former Conductor here, yeah they usually don't shut them off mainly because it takes a bit to start them back up again and its easier to leave it on if you know your gonna be using it again the next day or if there is a crew change, though not gonna lie i personally loved the sounds of the locomotives so this wouldn't have bothered me nearly as much.
Tracks were there before anyone moved there
Racetracks have the same issue.
RIP Houston Raceway Park
Like buying a house across the street from an airport and complaining about the jets. 😆
@@ge2623 I worked at a power station that was there since 1970 and recent move-ins complained constantly.
That would be fine, if they drove past. But idling there for days is unexceptable.
The amount of people missing the point here is astounding.
When you buy a house by train tracks, expect train noises.
@@ucfsub Someone with half a clue would understand that a parked running train sitting outside a house for days is different than one passing through. I dunno man. This is pretty basic stuff.
@@jacobjohnson3200Some people pride themselves on their willful ignorance and stupidity. No one will ever understand why, but it’s still true.
Its hard to take you seriously
Ass Burger syndrome
@@ucfsubwhen you buy a house next to a road, expect road noises. Doesn't mean a semi idling outside your house for all hours, causing your windows to rattle can't be frustrating.
EPA - We must reduce emissions from internal combustion engines.
Federal Agencies - We can't do that
EPA - Don't worry...we're all exempt from the regulations....
I used to drive my SD 70 train to the market for groceries.
I never could find the turn signal, though.
It wasn't on the side of the steering wheel...
Have your conductor put his arm out the window and do old school hand signals.
There's usually a black guy standing on the front bumper holding a lantern to one side or another. That is your turn signals but He musta went home.
Is it made by BMW?
@@someoneelse7629 I don't know. I bought it at Harry & Ed's used train sales and service outlet. They said it was an Extra Mayonnaise, Dumbass train. Or something like that...
Jamesburg, NJ is infamous for pizza stops. A track runs down the center of the main road. A small town.
It’s always amazing how seem to get resolved as soon as it’s on network tv.
Myself, after becoming aware of the news spot, were I in charge of things, would have sent a locomotive back to that spot, with 2 more locomotives, just to let them idle for a few more days.
Some horn testing would take place there, as well.
This is not a train. This is a locomotive. There's a difference.
Why couldn’t they park it in a rail yard? That site looked pretty isolated.
More than likely that could have something to do with the derailment in Pa. The tracks are currently being repaired. Trains just can't use em yet.
driver lived there. lol
When you live next to train tracks expect noise from trains
My buddy complained to the RR about an engine sitting near his house that was running very rich causing fumes that would make your eyes water. After a few days of them doing nothing, he called them and said all trains are banned from coming though our town. Of course they laughed. He went to a hill the RR tracks went up just outside of town and put oil and old grease on the tracks. It took them hours to clean off the tracks. He did it about 10 different times. They never could catch him and he denied telling them anything. I think they ended up charging him with threatening on the phone or something like that. But they moved the engine. It might have been coincidental.
@@Bryan-Hensleythat idiot lucky that a train didn’t travel on that section.
I live next to train tracks and I’d be just as pissed off if a train was just there idling for days. You can’t compare trains passing several times a day to a train just sitting there running.
@@carolynriley-tw1ok Think of it as a form of “white noise”
@@carolynriley-tw1ok 100%
Used to live near a rail yard and the sound of old EMD locomotives idling was music to my ears
Imagine that. You moved into a house next to a railroad, and suddenly, trains are doing train things.
This comment is underated 🤣
Locomotives passing by is different then haveing open track where one would not expect a locomotive to idle for days. Idling in a yard is expected. Open track for days... not so much
She said one has never stopped and idled for days before but listening and comprehension is difficult
@@MartintheTinman it's a train. A motor run ing isnt as bad as tha clack of the wheels on the track and the horn.
@@RedPillRealist that still comes with the package if you decide to live near tracks. They were there before the houses were even an afterthought… idling on a side switch near houses for days is apart of the deal. If people don’t like that then they need to move
From what I’ve been told they don’t use antifreeze, just water, and need to run to to keep optimal engine temps. They aren’t like cars where you can just turn them on and off, those giant engines need to stay warm.
Yes, they need to stay running to also keep up air pressure for brakes and circulate oil. It’s hard on a locomotive engine mechanically to start up from a “cold and dark state” several videos on RUclips of some being started up and you can hear the chattering and clanking of the dry cylinder walls rubbing against piston rings which obviously isn’t a good thing for the long term life span of the engine.
Our case in Ireland was batteries being short lived for frequent startups (or so was the apparent reason given). Well beyond that though, but the locos in relation were GMs of similar age
@@emily1 GP-9's, know as GEEPS. Run forever. They were built in the late forties and are rebuilt they're so strong/efficient/cheap to run. Most are still running today, and will be running around the world after I'm gone!!
There's no regulation but that doesn't mean you can't be considerate to the neighbors
I've lived near a train yard for years, you get used to it and even find comfort in that sound after so long
Sounds like the railroad told the news to f-off. “We can park wherever we want! And youuuuuu can’t stop us!” 😂
Could have at least told them they would look into the location and why it was left there so long.
There was a derailment, And the high and low idles are just responses from the locomotive maintaining air pressure and for keeping the engine in a proper manner in such temperatures.
👍agree
Prevent wet stacking
Awesome! A GP38-2 equipped with remote control!
first time hearing about leaving them on for days, i wonder how long it would last in idle
Love trains. That sound would put me to sleep like a lullaby
That would be music to my ears! Im a railfanner
Me too lol
It’s like a lullaby except some people complain about it.
EMD's amazing sound I would actually love having it by the bedroom window. Putting me to sleep 😴
Any reason why they left the engine there in a random spot in the first place?
What was the reason for extended idling for days?
it must have been a really SLOW news day there
Railroad work here… they turn on themselves… and if it get cold it dumps its water
So it doesn't just idle, it turns off for 30 minutes, then when the temperature reaches a threshold, restarts the engine.
Is that what is happening?
0:53 was so sweet. Glad she has her peace and quiet now 👍🏻
Locomotive ASMR
Who abandoned CSX 2510 💀
She should hear the sound of the old E44’s idling; I worked for Conrail from 1979-1984, before they were taken out of service, I think, due to PCB’s - those things practically howled, which I found comforting; I also liked the smell of the diesels in the morning
I know how they feel, It happened to us back in the early 1990s, we were on a corner lot a the tracks weren't even a quarter of a mile. After two days CSX moved it down the tracks we could still hear it but wasn't as bad.
Don't try to watch this with headphones.
Oh, my right ear sure loved this one!
How is this news? “Next up, trash trucks slam trash cans to the ground on trash day. What one person thinks about it.” “Man gets too much morning sun glare on his windshield, calls on Mother Nature to fix it, but no answer.”
We had a trash company that would slam the cans and dumpsters, and came by in the middle of the night, and so filed a grievance. Change drivers, and come by at a reasonable hour, or we change companies. A week later, we changed companies.
@@jaysmith1408 i feel you there as I do this woman and the train, but is it news?
@@dogyerf21 not even remotely. However, it seems that once the PR department hears about a public complaint, they get operations into gear about solving it, even through the town can’t really evict a railroad, and shippers rarely cancel service over a citizen complaint about their supplier.
Yes it's news. It provides information for those in similar situations they don't have to tolerate this nonsense when there are options. Also the company wouldn't respond to her, but did with the news channel.
@autumnarianna the railway was probably there 100 years before they built houses next to it. The railway will have the right of way and to conduct business as necessary. Trains run 24/7. They don't stop because one person complains. What about the people that complain they didn't get their goods? Meaning, you can stop Trains because one person is inconvenienced. If you don't like Trains, don't move next to a railway and then complain about it. You had to have known it was there. Having said that, it was a strange place to park a locomotive. There had to be a reason for it. Although that reason may have been stupid.
I've dealt with the same crap for years. I live very close to the train tracks and trains sit there idling a lot. Most for a few hours but some times for a couple days. I can deal with the noise, but the fumes are horrible when they blow directly towards your home. It seems into your home and you can't get away from it. Having COPD makes it even worse.
I remember years ago in the New Jersey ports I hauled a load in and the building was close the next morning the doors opened on a building and I was sitting on the tracks a sign there said don’t park here I jumped in the seat of the semi and trailer and got out of the way just in time .they hit a lot of trucks there the guy said .
That’s not a train, that’s a locomotive…
Hold up, us truckers get slapped in the face with anti idling laws and signs everywhere we go but a train can idle for 3 days with no issues and probably without having to install any type of aftertreatment crap
I do understand and feel for the poor woman, that is kinda ridiculous regardless of regulations to park it in a heavy residential area like that. I however would be ecstatic to have this 😅 id probably sit outside and listen being a train enthusiast.
I love the sound of a train 🥰 we lived in a train Depot for years, we sold the tickets and took care of the building 😂 I loved it 🥰
She bought a house next to a rail line then complained it's too noisy? That's like the people who complain that the airport or highway next door is too noisy. Those tracks look older than her, she made the choice. Sucks to be her.
She said she didn't have a problem when they kept going. On the other hand you don't expect them to leave a train idling for 3 days in your back yard. They should have parked it in the rail yard. Seems to me they were asking for someone to vandalize it, or worse, take it for a joy ride.
@@MajorKong1 she has no problem, but then calls everyone she can think of to tell them she has a problem with it? It's an PU on a side branch being stored. Doors were probably locked, as well as the reverser handle removed, so it wouldn't be very easy to move by the lay person. The revving she complained about may indicate there was actually a problem with it and it required a tech to get it rolling again. They must keep the engine on when the ambient falls below freezing, or they won't be able to drive it away under it's own power as all of the cooling water will drop out of it automatically.
@@MajorKong1With all due respect, they are railroad tracks and are private property. The railroad can conduct railroad business on their tracks. If they let a train sit for any reason they have, as long as they want, as long as it isn't harming anything, they have that right. Not just ruffling feathers with the neighbors, but actually creating a hazardous situation. They could even increase the number of trains on a normally quiet track or change schedules to more nighttime hours and need no input from you, me or anybody else to use their tracks safely as they see fit. Noise or normal exhaust (considering wind could come from any direction and change often) aren't generally considered a hazardous situation like blocking a crossing. If people don't like trains, don't live within earshot of a track. Plain and simple.
@@MajorKong1 you cant take it for a joy ride you need a special key
@@MajorKong1 as I live in South Portland I can give some good context as to this. 1. that siding is fenced in with locked gates at both ends. 2. that rail line was laid in the 1850's. 3. temperatures get very cold here in the winter so it is common practice by all railroads in the state to leave the engines running while at idle to prevent severe engine damage.
Trains don’t “park next to your house.” You chose to live by a railroad. Not only are they critical infrastructure but they preceded most all small-to-large towns in America as it grew. Diesels specifically idle most of the time; that specific loco was a GP38-2 which dates back 50 years, easily, and has kept running due to many upgrade and refurbishment programs over the years.
I'm sure you would complain about your neighbours playing music on a 24 hour loop, whether or not they were living there before you moved in.
Don't you think that in the preceding 50 years, this loco would have received the upgrade that shuts it off after so many hours to save fuel. Why then was this locomotive left to idle, for days at a time, on the main line? It doesn't look like there was anything wrong with it. Why couldn't it be driven back to the yard in the first place, instead of leaving it running in this woman's backyard? I'll tell you why; because we're the railroad, and we can do what we want.
That train, umm.. parked next to a house
@@kitsuneneko2567tracks were there first
She chose to live by a rail line, not a siding for storing running locomotives.
@@mratsfrailfan1894 Yes, with the expectations of the the train moving through. Would you be upset if cars took over the the street in front of your house and revved for days and days for no reason when they could easily be moved?
UHHH DUUUHH DUUUH RODE EZXISTED DERE FERST!!!
Every weekend in Guelph ON, CNR had a loco idle in its station, every weekend during the whole year.
1:07 left idling to prevent damage. I can see why they would do that on a Tier 4 engine, because the DEF system will freeze up and take serious damage, but an older engine such as the EMD-645 in this is probably a Tier 2 without DEF and you won't have any issues with it being shut off. My company Halliburton uses Cummins QSK50 (50 liter V16's that are Tier 4) for it's pump trucks and when we shut them down when it's cold we have serious issues getting them back to running properly due to DEF issues.
Everyone saying trains qere there first and for her to move remember this when they build a road that lets trucks run by rattling your windows and keeping you awake or a truck driver moves into the neighborhood and runs his truck all hours with no respect.DONT SAY A WORD.
Yeah uh I live next to a csx line and a live by a NS line and there are UPS trucks slamming the roads every morning and nobody has ever complained, yk you do? You shut up and get used to it
Maybe if wgme actually did some research they would have reported the truth about why the locomotive was there. Which was due to a derailment which had to be fixed before it could be moved.
Been on the RR for 4 years now. I assure you they give zero fucks about things like this. So many times, when I've been about to outlaw "hit my 12-hour working limit," they will just tell us to stop wherever and tie it down or sit and wait for a relief. I can't count how many times I've blocked roads for hours or just straight up had to tie down and leave a road train blocking 1 or more crossings. I asked if I could go out and cut the crossings the first few times when I was new, but they always told me no.
I did 40 years and now retired for 11, good luck…360 months for a “full” pension…
@mshum538 I'm counting down the months. I don't hate it and cry about it like a lot of them do though. It's not an easy life, but it pays off in my opinion.
i would just shut it off.. Im pretty sure that if you you tube how to shut down an engine.. there is some helpfull video out there about how to do it. If the RR gives zero fucks.. then so do I. :D
@fogdelm they have a red fuel shut off button above the fuel tank. We keep locks on the doors so people can't get in the cab.
right at the dead end of Minott street, south portland. you can see the 2 big green tanks in the video and google maps. not sure why they didnt specify where it was.
I live down the street from her. Thankfully not close enough to hear it! I felt for her.
I worked on that railroad. The railroad has been there since 1849, long before Karen moved there.
And when she bought the house there was a reasonable believe that the line would not be used to store a running locomotive.
@@t1m3f0x eh. No
@@t1m3f0x yea no… that’s not how it works
That doesn't matter if it's a farm that's been there since 1849, so why does it matter if the RR has been there since then.
Wrong, she moved in that house in 1845.
If its a single locomotive, it's not considered a train...
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So what, who cares
@@Syclone0044 railroad workers and fans
@@Syclone0044you don’t call a motorcycle a car.
The standard rulebook definition of a train is "a locomotive, or more than one locomotive coupled, with or without cars, displaying markers." So yeah, not a train if one or more of the headlights was off.
As a railfan, this locomotive would put me to sleep
Idling for days is a bit excessive but these giant diesels don't start with the push of a button. Some of the larger engines actually have gas engines that are used just to start the diesel. They also use really low amounts of fuel at idle. Still..
Railroad was there BEFORE you, get used to it.
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I worked for the 'rayroads' for 30 years. That "we were here first" attitude has gotten a lot of viable branch lines ripped up and turned into rail trails. If the community the railroad "serves" hates the railroads guts, its only a matter of time before they win and you are working the trash can detail on a rail trail... The railroads and their employees can be their own worse enemies. How many railroad shippers and rail lines are lost now because the railroads told the shippers "We are the railroad and we do what we want"? Loose the attitude and have some empathy for your neighbors or they will eventually get your tracks ripped up..
Not parked and idling in a residential neighborhood for days at a time.
Engineers used to be a little more conscientious than that.
Trains passing through is one thing, parking it for extended periods should be done at a depot.
@@crm6270....sure you didn't...
@@drwheycooler8423 ....??? My Form BA-6 says I did.
Yet another shining example of how useless the Federal government is to the average citizen.
Help me help me i live next to the tracks and THERE IS A TRAIN REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Move its your choice and if you want more government power go live in canada or asutralia im sure you would fit right in with the folk that think your life choices is someone elses problem.
I'm surprised nobody stole it to scrap it!
I saw 2510 rolling through Bangor last week on its way to Old Town.
On either side of the locomotive is a big red button called a fuel cut off switch. If this happens again, give some kid 20 bucks to hop the fence and push the button. That will shut off the locomotive.
Tampering with RR is a Federal crime.
@@user-jp7rk1uf2n only if you get caught…
@@user-jp7rk1uf2nHit the road...
@@user-jp7rk1uf2n Party POOPER
@@user-jp7rk1uf2nthat’s why you pay the dumb kid 😂
Man, I will love to have a locomotive idling outside my house! I love the sounds the engine makes and as a railfan, it's not only music to my ears but it's a therapist! Trains and their sights and sounds are like a therapist for me and other railfans and if you don't like trains or living by the tracks than just move away and let the house for a train lover to live because of you don't like trains than don't live near a railyard, tracks or the main line. Just simply move and let a railfan live by the tracks because that's like a therapist for us railfans, train lovers and railroad historians.
An elderly woman can't just move homes like that lol. Weird nerds on this page...
Well when ya smell that putrid diesel they use you won't be so ansi for a choo choo outside your front door.
@@thekingsilverado3266 I like the smell of diesel locomotive exhaust especially from a SD40-2 and a SD70ACe, that doesn't beat the smell of steam locomotive smoke. That's the best smell for a train lover especially they love old steam engines.
@@Vicvines Well, if an elderly person can't just move, there's a such thing as learning to deal with things. Over the years that I dealt with things like listening to the same annoying sounds from others and people talking on the phone and other stuff, you just either tune it out the best you can or just go somewhere else. People just bitch about things that are beyond their control and that just pisses me off. A lot of people need to learn to not be so petrified of things that are beyond their control and just learn to deal with it.
@@ns4270railfan You're weird...
I’m laughing like hell as they call it a train!!!! It’s a locomotive!
My granddad worked the railroads and my dad would tell me that was how they did that back in the day . Fuel was so cheap it was cheaper to run it 24/7 than the cost of starting and stopping the engines and the wear and tear of it
That's not a train, that's a locomotive. A train is what the locomotive pulls.
"Trains are typically defined as one or more locomotives coupled together, with or without cars."
Not in my backyard - Karen
Such a calming sound
Lol, just hearing the engine humming, idk its not that bad. What is more jarring is when the crew cranks it up, I think to charge the air and it sounds like a full on jet engine powering up.
Or if the crew actually comes back at 3am and blows the horn.
Seriously, so you bought this house were the tracks have been for 150 years! This locomotive was built sometime between 1973 and 1975, it does not have smart start ....
She bought a house next to a rail line, not a house next to a rail yard. When she bought the house there a reasonable believe that the line would not be used to store a running locomotive.
@@t1m3f0x hey when crews die CREWS DIE....with that said we're ever it happens is were it stops or the crews can get into trouble and even fined ......
I bet it does have auto start …
@@mshum538 who cares! I got better things to worry about....and if it did have it it would be in use....there is a number series on CSX of 4 axle locomotives not in current rebuild status. I think this is one of them....
@t1m3f0x one in the same the Railroad can do about what they want with their property... The transcon line in my town has a mile long plus train going through every 10 to 12 min every day no let up... If you build next to tracks you are responsible for any inconvenience that may cause that is Railroad related.... Dont like it move where there's no tracks....
Also train and locomotive are not interchangeable terms. A locomotive pulls a train. Thats a locomotive.
That's the engine car, the conductor drives it!
@@MilwaukeeF40C Not a conductor. An engineer/or driver if you're a European. Engine and Locomotive are interchangeable. Locomotive is more of European term. Engine is an American term.
@@MilwaukeeF40C Locomotive engineers drive passenger and freight trains, while conductors manage the activities of the crew and passengers on the train.
Young reporters today don't know nothin'
@@MilwaukeeF40CNOT!!!!
pretty sure those tracks were there before her house... that is like moving close to an airport and complaining about noise.
It might be possible the RR might have a phone number listed for the nearest yard. They did in my area, I loved chatting with the yardmaster.
What a beautiful sound. How could anyone now enjoy this?❤
When you are trying to sleep and have work the next morning.
All the people saying they'd like this noise and the fumes outside their home are full of sh!t.
bUt Im A rAiLmAn
“But I lived near trains as a kiiiiid”
Oh no diesel fumes its gonna cut your life short by 30 years and idling noise oh boy its just unbearable. Please this sort of thing is incredibly rare not to mention if you decided to live by the tracks then you have no one else to blame but yourself.
Sad day for you woman. I used to live next to the railroad near Colfax outside of Sacramento, and the train would stop near my place and idle for a long time sometimes, aand it would put me to sleep. I loved it lol
Who asked you?
@@asbestosfibers1325 Why the negativity? Nobody asked me anything, I was just stating a comment. Freedom of speech, bitch. You didnt have to comment that. You could've just kept scrolling.
Why would they park it there in the first place? Were they outlawed and just decided to ditch it there?