Railroad Needs The Fire Department, Plus A Close Call At A Railroad Crossing!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- When ELS 1221 and 502 left their train at H Street and came through town alone I figured they were heading to the fire department for help.. After getting what they needed, they headed back for the train. A pickup truck nearly plowed into the side of the train as they crossed H Street.
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The bigger story is you caught an old SD-9 that's still in operation (1954-1959). I thought they were all gone.
@@RealJeep The Cadillacs of locomotives.
Many small railroads still use them because they’re cheap plentiful, cool and they can still interface with modern diesels to do EMU
A gravel pit in Great Valley N.Y. Ex B&P loco
Engineers could have offered to roll up the hoses.
Actually in vehicles now days you don't want to put water in the cooling system......
I had a close call in 2002 in Edinburgh, IN when I didn't pay attention. Had a train going by and I had only 40 feet to stop at 30 MPH. I came within 2 feet of hitting the train. I have been a lot careful since then.
The Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad (reporting mark ELS) is a Class III shortline railroad that operates 347 miles (558 km) of track in Northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.[1] Its main line runs 208 miles (335 km) from Rockland, Michigan, to Green Bay, Wisconsin, and it also owns various branch lines and out-of-service track.[1] In 1897, the Escanaba River Company built a seven-mile (11 km) railroad from Wells, Michigan, to tap a large hardwood timber stand at LaFave’s Hill.[2] In 1898, the company name was changed to the Escanaba & Lake Superior Railway (E&LS).
Well aware of the history of the ELS. In fact my wife worked for the ELS in management for 20 years.
Where’s does Milwaukee Road figure into it?
@@Jleed989 the ELS took over the Green Bay to Ontonagon line when the Milwaukee Road retrenched back in 1980. This was under a directed service order.
I remember filling passenger trains here in Canada in the winter normally it be minus 40c without the wind don’t miss those days as a Ff
Much better than a fire truck and locomotive is, “My favorite things, trains, planes, and girls. Not necessarily in that order.”
I think its awesome to see running 1955 vintage equipment working as it is built for. I'd love to see that unit down here by Green Bay.
That would be cool, but... They say it won't happen.
Love seeing old SDs still in operation
One would think the railroad would check the coolant level before leaving the depot. Unless it's extremely poorly maintained, it shouldn't drop enough to need refilling in a day.
Normally I’d say this town needs gates but we all know where that would go! I’m out in California and even with gates the scofflaws just go around them!
Jason: “They need water.”
Fireman: “Who are you?”
LMFAO.. They all know me.
@@jasonasselin 👍🏻 😁
Filmed MANY fire scenes, including one where the building fell on a firefighter. They know me.
That would have been a hell of a note...see IMFD refilling the locomotive, then responding to a Train vs Truck Crash with entrapment. Now, that would've been one exciting video.
If it was a steam loco with a pre-arranged stop for water on a long route, I could understand that, but for diesel loco to need water? Didn't the crew check their loco before the day's work?
Nice to see the local drivers practicing for the Darwin award.
Altogether, a fascinating video.
you can see the rust streaks on #502 up and down from the radiator leaking water
That was close
From the staining on the hood of 502, looks like she might need some serious time in the shop.
FD responding to Walmart pan handler pileup. Over the years this was a typical thing for steam excursions and back in the day the railroad would take care of the Diesels but today with virtually no facilities left a call for assistance went out and IMFD to the rescue
I've seen Breitung Township do it too.
Sweet, more SD#1221 video, I caught some of this on Facebook!!! Great video as usual!!!👏 An amazing relic!❤️
I'm used to taking water from the Firefighters but for steam locomotives. With diesels I usually filled them up in the morning at the depot and that was enough for one or even more days of operation. But with a relatively light passenger train. So I assume the coolant consumption here is higher (while in automobiles you have hardly any)
Nice catch of the old SD-9. Awesome video.
Good to see that the crossing beacons get ignored over there, great advert for barriers to be introduced over in the US
Haven't seen a SD-9 in a while. Much larger than its GP brothern. Great video with the fire department watering an engine. Thanks for sharing. 👍
A close call and a long train with an orange freddy on the back thanks Jason !
That SD9 is in pretty good condition for its age
I thought 1221 would need the water stop, not 502. That was a surprise. Interesting to note that 1221 still had the metal sign showing the locomotive's model designation.
it really is an incredible safety hazard to have all those crossings as a "no horn zone" and have no gates!
Awesome to see 2 classic EMDs together
Had to do this on the Indiana Transportation Museum FairTrain. The local fire department obliged.
a close call! keep the clips coming
That SD 9 still has it's E-M-D Builders Plate - Very Cool
502 looks like hell, wonder how often they keep it maintained since they need water so much......
Water leak at the radiators, various piping, air compressor or diesel engine internal water leaks.
Do you know it's a water leak or simply someone in mechanical not checking fluid levels?
Thats the best way to tank water for the motor. Nice catch. Greetings from Berlin/ Germany. Sven
Having grown up in the vicinity of EMD SD9s, the 1221 sure is awesome! Thanks Jason!
Thanks Jason, no Centerbeams on this train, one day, Jason, we will witness a horrible accident in this no horn zone
I thought the fire department wasn't allowed give water to business but great video thanks Jason
I watched a crew refill a LORAM tank car from a fire hydrant.
You’re going to witness a collision happen one day after what you saw at 9:31. This quiet zone should be abolished
If drivers are too incompetent to not see the flashing red lights, perhaps they shouldnt be driving. Im all for quiet zones in the city
Gorgeous video! I have long wondered why the Escanaba & Lake Superior doesn’t use SD38-2s instead of SD40-2s. At the low speed operation of the E&LS, the SD40-2 turbo really doesn’t add any value to the performance of the locomotive and is just an expensive maintenance issue. The roots blower on the 38 is simpler to maintain than the turbo and likely lasts longer as well.
There have been a lot of SD40-2s available on the used market for cheap, SD38-2s are rarely available and more expensive when they are. Small railroads typically have to buy what they can afford, when they need it.
I enjoyed that! THANKS!
Hmmm, flashing red lights usually mean something, either a fire truck responding to an accident or returning from a run, or a train coming down the tracks! Could you imagine trying to fill a train engine with water using a garden hose?
Actually a regular garden hose is used quite often to fill or top off radiator water for a diesel locomotive. I have used a garden hose to fill the 10,000 gallon tender on our steam locomotive.
I can say from experience some ppl don’t pay attention several times while responding to a call in both an ambulance and fire truck blasting the siren and horn ppl don’t see or hear some how and take forever to pull over
Could you imagine explaining that water usage to your water company, and the bill that would come with it filling up a diesel locomotive from your home garden hose?
Because that just happened to be convenient for the crew to access and use.
I wonder if the railroad would pay that portion of a homeowners water bill if a train crew had to do that under an emergency situation?
And just the homeowners luck they'd get fined if it was a time while under water restrictions, and weren't supposed to use water on the day the locomotive needed the water.
Geez, what a nightmare mess that could create for a homeowner whose home was directly next to the train tracks, and let the train crew water their locomotive.
Red also means Klingons off the starboard bow, Jimmy....😁🖖
@@billmorris2613I filled many a expansion tank and would rather have the smaller hose when an engine is low on water which usely trips the “ low water “ button …👍
Thank you Jason. Loved the walk around
Thanks for the very cool video of the SD9 working, I thought that white pick up was going to get a kiss from sd9
You and me both!
I’ve only ever seen my local FD putting water into a steam engine. None of the diesels have ever stopped looking for water. 3:23
I’m a water plant operator. Our FD has had to put water in a CSX locomotive atleast once.
well it gets a tad better, those fire fighting rail tankers. -- pretty cool.
That SD9 was born the same year as me.
My guess about unhooking from the consist is that the engines don't overheat as much when there is no load.
How long were the engines waiting for the fire dept, the town would be over-the-moon if the 25 wagons were blocking the level crossings for that time!
My guess is they cut off from their train to keep from blocking the crossings.
Great catch Jason!! Ya made my day brother!😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Greetings Jason, just seen your video. Great closeup of the SD9 and SD40. Excellent! I hope you make more videos
Thanks, will do!
They’re like:
Why is this guy always filming? 😂
Who the railroad or the firedepartment the fire department knows who he is. The railroad knows he records too nothing new here
I know most of the FD members and they know me too. The RR better know by now.. LOL
It's the only game in town. Walmart panhandlers got run
Left the train so it wouldn’t be blocking crossings for an indefinite period of time
With all the no horn zones, ELS needs to get that Pyle Gyralite doing its thing and not just lighted up.
A legit ex SP unit! Odd they took the red lens out of the gyro light! But, still cool
Another good video Jason!
They will fill up a train but they will not fill your pool.
Fantastic video showing something a bit different.
It still surprises me that a no-horn zone is allowed in the city...usually all crossing need to be upgraded under FRA rules including gates. This is either grandfathered in or something is a-miss. I wouldn't think these crossings meet regulations - a minimum shoudln't there be crossing gates at each crossing?
Really should be 4-quadrant gates or a 20-30' barrier between lanes with 2 gates.
That was my first thought, but local government clearly does not care.
Wow, you don't see a high hood very often.....
I've always found it interesting trains don't use antifreeze. I understand the reason behind it, but interesting.
That guy is lucky he had good brakes. Ya almost had the headline news reel right there. I understand the want for no horn zones, but I honestly believe it would be best to have some kind of warning horn as well as the bells and lights. It would be much safer. Especially in areas like here where they have multiple tracks, for freight, amtrax, and commuter trains. We have an area here where 6 trucks cross the road, 4 are very busy with commuter trains, and two are for freight. I can't tell ya the number of Tim's I see folks jump the lights only to have a close call with a train coming the opposite direction, or to have a freight train narrowly miss them.
Antifreeze destroys the bearings on older EMD engines. Some engines even had valves that automatically drained the cooling water onto the ground as the temp approached 32 degrees F.
Train (almost), fire truck and mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* Great! Water for what? Coolant leak? No locomotive hornoise pollution! Slow meets requirments for Quiet Zone Crossings? Like the (NO LEFT TURN) lamp below the flashing yellow *(o)* . Thank you for your videos, Jason.
the sheriff should stay at the level crossing !! Makes 5.000 $ fines together !!
Great video Jason. Boy weren't those firemen rude.
Probably would've helped if those rads were not leaking on the 502.
The SD-9 is magnificent! Great catch and share Brother! 👍
Fun fact,locomotives do not use antifreeze due to possibly damaging internal components.
That’s why they leave them running 24 hours in winter I guess
Man on a bike 😊
You can see the rusty water stains on the side of 502 near the radiators.
Something else to fix on 502, I gather. If it's operable, E&LS should pair their orange and green GP38 (401?) with 1221, and send 502 to the shop to fix the water leak. The SD9/GP38 combo would sound great!
All engines have those water stains from operating 20-30 years …
I love seeing the SD-40. My favorite still to this day! Is this area a quiet zone?
Yes
I heard that I looked at that S9 and I said that's definitely old school
Tons of idiots ignoring the crossing
the SD 9 has new spare parts built in !
very very cool video thank u for the hard work
They need water and the crew needs a meal !!
Chickened OUT !!!
2 engines and 25 cars
I love that SD9! Not many left in that original condition. Sounds real good. I wonder about the other two that they have?
💜💜💜💜 thanks for sharing. Whew! Two close calls running out of water and a near accident.
Interesting that they've got the Gyralight but fixed center of track and not wobbling.
Please add to your videos some parrot and garden updates. Thanks Jason. 😊
Thanks for the video!
Locomotives; "A loose conglomeration of unrelated parts moving together in close proximity to a leak."
I agree 👍💯
@@capitolabill1921 I have heard almost the same definition to describe a helicopter.
@@billmorris2613 I'm pretty sure that's where I got it from.
I thought locomotive engines used some sort of borate solution for cooling the engines.
Maybe to reduce the corrosive effects of water? Not sure.
I wonder if 1221 is going to become a (semi)-permanent fixture on these trains, or is it just helping out for awhile?
Jason should’ve got the liscense plate of that white pickup truck and sent the video to the Fuzz
If you pay attention to the shadows from the sun, they probably can’t see the crossing lights due to the angle of the sun. Then look at the blue building, there is an on-sight office trailer parked right next to the road. The driver wouldn’t have seen the train until after they passed that trailer. Can’t really blame the driver this time.
good train video
Thank you very much!
Sensationalism in the media at its finest. That truck wasn’t anywhere near getting hit. Lucky that cameraman wasn’t closer….he almost got ran over
Must be blind because at the rate he was going, the truck would have hit the train. So yeah, he never would have been hit dummy.. LMAO
Great catch! Wow truck 🛻 driver- where was he looking? Probably a cell phone!
Safety violations to of no crossing gates also
Definitely needs to lift the no horn zone and put in blow horn signs.
Awesome video
That has to be the closest crash I ever seen you film
That EMD 567 sound (16-567C, specifically). You should go down to Manitowoc, WI, see the USS Cobia, check out the prime mover, it was also made by GM. A 248. Then head over to Muskegon, MI, check out the USS Silversides prime mover. Made by Fairbanks-Morse, another loco engine maker.
Nice video. Great catch❤
Excellent
That looks like a small supply line, so it should be about 250-400ish gallons per minute...400gmp = 8 large normal fish-tanks each minute from like Walmart or the local pet store...
502 is loosing water can see the rust streaks on the radiator grid
Those are pretty unique crossing signals traditional alternating red for cross traffic and a single flashing amber for parallel traffic. Never seen that before
They must have different operating rules, last time I checked your suppost to BLOW FOR THE CROSSINGS 😮.
Remember that city governments do enact quiet zones, that could potentially apply here.
@@scottfw7169
They must like taking risks for collisions.
Is there signs stating that train doesn't blow for crossing 🤔 ?
@@scottfw7169it does apply there
This entire town is a no train horn zone. They’re also used out here in California but instead, there are stationary horn mounted to the crossing poles. You get a horn no matter what. I’ve never understood that!
I don't sew how this can be a quiet zone. The fra establishes rules to even make quiet zones possible. One of them would require newer upgraded crossing signals and dual gates and signage. These are not legal quiet zones.
So many questions....
All day I reply.. lol
Quite an eventful day for that fire crew.
Taking on water boss!
Supposed to be a mixture of either antifreeze fluid or antifreeze/water mixture never put straight water in any engine bad results can happen
Straight water with rust inhibiter. They never shut down, therefore can save expense of antifreeze. Also, under the (apparently) likely case of significant coolant leaks, neither the water nor rust inhibiter, are environmental hazards.
If an engine were to shut down, with weather below, or forecasted to be below about 10c, the system would need to be drained, fairly quickly, to prevent sudden, violent, and irreparable metal enlargement.
Older locomotives used straight
water. Newer locomotives can
use anti-freeze, from what I
understand.
@@TPW900GP35 oh they can, they all can, but unless you are in a freezing environment where you intend (or expect) to shut them down, like our local railroad (we call it the OT&B) that only goes Over There and Back, a couple times a week, it’s not worth the massive expense.
Hundred gallons from the fire department, couple cents.
Hundred gallons of antifreeze, almost a grand.
EMDs cannot use antifreeze, the glycol will destroy the seals.
Nice catch
@ 9:25... *definitely* needed some whistle action here
Thinkin the same. The amount of people running the lights is crazy