Loaded cars up front empty's on the rear especially with large trains and steep grades. Just look at what happened at Horseshoe curve last year twice in a month ! It seems that the rail yards have cut so much on budget and time they forget about physics.
It would appear that it is a BNSF Intermodal train that has string lined the curve. You have double stacks, then Trailer on Flat Car (TOFC) followed by more double stacks. The weight difference between the two types is the problem combined with the length of the train and the placement of locomotives and DPUs. Management ideas may change but physics remains the same. If you want to increase the length of the trains, attention needs to be directed towards load locations and DPU within train.
Two empty TOFC cars liked the shorter route. The two behind had light loads and joined the party. Then the front and rear cars jut pulled off. Some folk never learn?
How many derailments are they having on that mountain? Before the merger, it would kill a yardmaster to put at least one lousy engine on the rear to help, load down the head end power right to the last ounce.
What was the reason of the derailmaint? Does anything at the Train or the track has been broken? And why are the trains so long? Wouldn't it be better, if there would drive several trains instead of one long train? Sorry, if I don't understand so much About American trains, I'm from Europe (Austria) and we don't have so long trains. Best regards Rudolf
I've wondered the same thing about the super long trains! I can't imagine the STRAIN on the "knuckles" of the engines with all that weight pulling on them.
It looks like classic string lining as the cause with light inter model well cars.It's not economically practical to always run short trains in the U.S. with it's almost 180,000 mile system and large consumer population,but trains will often have remote control mid train and or pusher locomotives at the rear of the train.
Shorter trains means the same crew numbers for each train = more labor costs. Lessening labor costs are Job #1 for any US business these days. Human workers get tired, need breaks, need time off for family funerals, need vacations, get sick, need health care, talk back to management, form unions. All very Inconvenient to the bottom line. Soon, all these trains will be self driving, just like all the trucks, in fact, probably easier to make trains self driving as they have to stay on the rails. You're now seeing the result of "human worker issues" in France with all this unrest over raising the retirement age. Fields foreign competition can't affect US industry or workers as much include transportation & construction. I was a civil engineer for a commuter rail agency, involved with both fields, same issues throughout these industries . . .
Loaded cars up front empty's on the rear especially with large trains and steep grades. Just look at what happened at Horseshoe curve last year twice in a month ! It seems that the rail yards have cut so much on budget and time they forget about physics.
It would appear that it is a BNSF Intermodal train that has string lined the curve. You have double stacks, then Trailer on Flat Car (TOFC) followed by more double stacks. The weight difference between the two types is the problem combined with the length of the train and the placement of locomotives and DPUs. Management ideas may change but physics remains the same. If you want to increase the length of the trains, attention needs to be directed towards load locations and DPU within train.
Two empty TOFC cars liked the shorter route. The two behind had light loads and joined the party. Then the front and rear cars jut pulled off. Some folk never learn?
How many derailments are they having on that mountain? Before the merger, it would kill a yardmaster to put at least one lousy engine on the rear to help, load down the head end power right to the last ounce.
Sometimes rolling stock, like to go their own way.
That was at Bealville and Allard
So that's what happened to all the toilet paper and hand sanitizer.
Any PRR videos?
String lined on the curve.
What was the reason of the derailmaint? Does anything at the Train or the track has been broken? And why are the trains so long? Wouldn't it be better, if there would drive several trains instead of one long train?
Sorry, if I don't understand so much About American trains, I'm from Europe (Austria) and we don't have so long trains. Best regards Rudolf
I've wondered the same thing about the super long trains! I can't imagine the STRAIN on the "knuckles" of the engines with all that weight pulling on them.
It looks like classic string lining as the cause with light inter model well cars.It's not economically practical to always run short trains in the U.S. with it's almost 180,000 mile system and large consumer population,but trains will often have remote control mid train and or pusher locomotives at the rear of the train.
If they would take care of the cars you would'nt have that problem
Shorter trains means the same crew numbers for each train = more labor costs. Lessening labor costs are Job #1 for any US business these days. Human workers get tired, need breaks, need time off for family funerals, need vacations, get sick, need health care, talk back to management, form unions. All very Inconvenient to the bottom line. Soon, all these trains will be self driving, just like all the trucks, in fact, probably easier to make trains self driving as they have to stay on the rails. You're now seeing the result of "human worker issues" in France with all this unrest over raising the retirement age. Fields foreign competition can't affect US industry or workers as much include transportation & construction. I was a civil engineer for a commuter rail agency, involved with both fields, same issues throughout these industries . . .
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