HEAVY Train STALLS, Helpers Come To The Rescue!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Even with todays modern locomotives, and railroads ability to run MASSIVE, HEAVY trains, they can stall tackling stiff grades. Such is the case in this video, where a heavy sand train had to be rescued with helpers, in order to make it up hill.
Beginning at Parkway Jct, we'll see train 645 starting to move again after stalling at Soo Line Jct. Due to a mechanical issue, and the heavy tonnage of the train, it couldn't make the hill with said issues. After a little while, two SD30C-ECOs came to the rescue, were added to the rear end, and the train was on the move again. After getting it at Parkway Jct, we'll see it again at Cardigan, and with the helpers staying on all the way to Humboldt Yard. It was neat to see manned helpers working this section of track! The erie haze was thanks to Canadian wildfire smoke.
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Trains are way too long now. This train had no hazardous materials however the weight and length was too much for a standard set of locomotives to move. Companies need to cut down the length of these trains to promote safety over corporate profits.
Sure is nice seeing the KCS units working. Their colours are awesome.
Some of the tonnage, and trains they haul, and HUGE!! They really push the limits sometimes, and it doesn't always workout.
nice video and I like your narration too many videos on RUclips just show trains going by and I like to know more about where they are going or coming from and other interesting info!
Thank you so very much for the kind words! I strive to deliver top tier content to those who watch, and make it worth your time. :)
On the DB blister of the SD40, when railroads added extended range capabilities to standard range, the extra equipment had a bulge similar to the one you noted.
I appreciate the information, and insight on the extra DB blister. That explains why the retrofitted ones are larger on the former Soo units. Thank you for the comment, and watching!
SAND. That is heavy as heavy can be!
Those trains are HEAVY! So many times I've seen these trains nearly stall as they struggle up the Soo STP Sub. Thanks for watching!
Very frigging heavy 😂😂😂😂
nice rare catch bro! and also getting two KCS SD70MACes is sick!
Thanks for this interesting video. Do you happen to know if the helpers were trainlined to the DPU so they too would be controlled by the lead unit?
The SD30C's were being ran manually, but the KCS SD70MAC's mid train, and the DPU, were all controlled by the lead locomotive. Thanks for the comment, and watching!
Nice!! New sub 👍👍👍
Awesome, and thank you! Glad you liked the video too!
I saw 3943 like 2 week ago it was on a power move with 2 other sd70maces with a sd70ace leader
Neat stuff; where did you catch them at? That sounds like a good set of power.
@@SD457500 I saw them on kcs beaumont sub at the Leesville yard
Ah the good old hardened flat spot on a train tyre. I spent many happy hour machining a new profile on tyres with flat spots from braking. Broke many inserts too.
I recall seeing the inserts, and machinery needed to reprofile wheels on locomotives. Its impressive, and they can remove a lot of material at once!
Hey Great catch! Looking at the CP Withrow sub it looks like it’s all downhill through Arden Hills - more specifically from snelling all the way to New Brighton Blvd. Do you know if that’s true?
Not really; while its mainly down hill going west, there are a number of large grades trains have to tackle. The climb towards New Brighton, and from Silver Lake Road to Stinson is a challenge for west bound trains. Thanks for watching!
@@SD457500 thanks for the info. Yeah, I’ve been told it’s quite the nasty climb on the Soo St. Paul sub. Is it like that all the way to Cardigan? Also, where does the hill to get to new Brighton start approximately?
@JuggaloKev89 My understanding is that it starts around New Brighton Blvd, and goes all the way to the diamond. It has quite the profile.
@@SD457500 thanks for the information. Keep up the great work as always!!
Awesome catch!
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching!
This reminds me of an older video of a CN freight struggling to climb out of the Niagara escarpment in Southern Ontario a few years ago. The head end had an ubiquitous wide cab, one of the former UP C40-8s and a chop nose GP9....all of which were clearly working- but it wasn't enough, so somewhere along the way they tacked onto the end a Canadian Cab GP38-2 and a GMD-1 that was assigned to the yard, and it was glorious seeing that GMD-1 working as a helper.
I bet that GMD-1 sounded GREAT working as a helper. Did you happen to get any video of it?
@SD457500 Unfortunately this was something I didn't see in person, but it was posted on Local Railfan's RUclips channel. I think the video is from 2012.
ruclips.net/video/ug1RUErldE8/видео.htmlsi=irYOsW6qKE3bmjHh
Great video.
Great video Douglas! ;)
Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching!
Great catch Douglas! That one AC is probably what caused them to stall. 🤣
Thanks for the kind words! I bet you're right with that. :p
I'd wager more on the 2 SD70MACs and the ACe stalling out, they don't hold too well when pulling up grades like that. That AC was probably doing most of the work trying to keep it moving. I've had more MACs and ACes stall out on me and engineers I've worked with compared to AC44s, and my territory is mostly mountain grades. Modern GEs are great at pulling heavy freight up hills, but any of EMD's post SD45 equipment don't do to well at it.
Great catch and video
Thank you for the kind words; hope you enjoyed it!