Had a friend who did this kind of work. They have to bulldoze trees to make a path in the country, and sometimes have to build a temporary track to allow traffic to continue on single tracks. It's hard work and they travel the entire USA depending on the size of the crash. The RR sends out an 18 wheeler with bathrooms and showers, plus bunks. A cafeteria trailer with a kitchen gets sent out. They work around the clock to get the trains back on track!
Thanks for this excellent video which will educate those of us who want to learn more about railroads. I was impressed by the precise skill of many of the machines and people working to fix the damage done by the derailment.
One of the best videos of derailment scenes I have ever watched. Thanks for the time spent taking the video and doing the editing. The cars into the building were crazy.
@@NYTrainzchaser Hi, This is the first clean up I have seen. But it would have been much more interesting and informative if someone would have explained what was going on in cleaning up! Besides the wind howling. Nobody explained how the wreck happened! I hope somebody reads this and responds to me! So I know something about it.
Nice vid. Good footage. I worked here in this yard back in the early 90s. The involved track is called the "grain yard lead". Also good to see an old CNW AC 8800 series still haunting the rails. CNW used these on the coal trains. The 8600s were used in general freight and potash trains.
@@25mfd Milwaukee isn't the same anymore grew up watching the C&NW and Milwaukee Road passenger trains. Lots of stuff from the 50s rail lines is gone. I know where the Butler yard is..
@@Og-Judy yea i remember those elevators... those were the schlitz elevators... as a student condr on the granville job, we switched that place back in late 93... an old switchmen told me that when it was still schlitz way back when, they had vending machines in there, that dispensed beer... never seen that before... he then said that schlitz stopped letting "outsiders" (what they really meant were the drunk switchmen) get beer from the machines because the switchmen would empty the machines out
Great catch on the clean up! Such a shame to see rolling stock damaged, especially new hoppers! I find this very interesting, been to a few myself to repair signalling equipment, but not as much damage as this one. Thanks for capturing the process. Cheers Gregg.
I’m one of those picky PITA-types that are quick to rag on someone when they post a crappy video. But I’m also the first to stand up and praise you when you do good - and dude, you did GOOD! Your pans were masterful; not too fast, mostly smooth with a good leading edge. Sound really could have used a windsock, but weather can be a real bitch, even for pros. Editing was right on, not stupid and lame. Your camera positions were well-planned and resulted in effective story-telling shots. Having the right equipment sure making getting the shot easier, with less post production, but requires that big dose of preparation you used to its max benefit.What a joy to behold such a professional production. Out-freakin-standing, Brother! We want more…
The utility was very quick on the pole replacement. This would've been a cake walk for them: daylight, blue skies, calm conditions. Think of when they do this in the middle of the night, in winter, with the elements howling all around them. That's usually when they have to do repairs.
@@g.r.4853 Except these lines are not by public streets. I'm sure Penzey's Spices were real happy with freight hopper cars in the side of their building
Your video quality is simply outstanding in clarity. The camera you use must be top notch stuff . The picture looks as if Im standing right there. Thanks for the great videos.
I second the “Wow” comment. It may work out to be a lack of maintenance, but not always. Sometimes rocks get caught in the points or a wheel will pick the points and damage the throw bar enough to cause a mess like this. I saw some workers in Hulcher safety gear. They don’t short-crew any job. There was an article in Trains magazine about Hulcher and the other derailment cleanup specialists. It can get quite involved. This was probably very simple since it was sand cars.
This would not have had anything to do with a switch, it was mostly likely a rail cause like a broken rail or wide gauge. It's obvious they were moving at least 25mph to cause such damage. "Picking a switch" isn't a thing. Not sure why foamers keep that myth going. Rocks dont get into a switch point either. I've cleaned up hundreds of derailments in my career, and never seen it be a cause.
It would be interesting to know, after everything is restored, what the total cost of the derailment was, including damage to the building, lost revenue to the building owner/lessee, and the cost of the utility repair. The railroad repair contractor crew and equipment alone had to have been $75 grand to $100 grand a day.
Bendito y maravilloso país, tienen todo previsto ,preparado y todas las máquinas requeridas para reparar y subsanar cualquier falla, son maravillosos,gracias.
Pretty cool seeing the long rails on the work train. I haven't seen UP's before. The railing on a section, I'm guessing isn't used anymore, looked like each section was porpoising pretty bad.
Rain likely washed out the underground. But did you see the massive rail length ? continual rails for the big track laying / replacing machines. Takes out the old track and ties and replaces both on the fly.
the derailment crew numbers have been cut to small size. before there used to be 7 to 8 working. now you will see 3 and the those standing around are managers. this is the only time these managers do something and that is stand around.
Some questions: 1. Are the cars involved scrapped or are parts of them salvaged? Who determines what parts are safe enough to reuse? 2. After the cleanup, does NTSB or some other agency pass on the repair work to track and infrastructure? 3. Does this derailment go on the record of the train crew that was handling the train at the time?
1: I would imagine everything involved is scrapped once insurance releases it. 2: No entirely sure. Someone obviously inspects the track after the work is finished. 3: That depends, if the derailment was the fault of train handling, then it goes on the engineer. Or if it was something such as the conductor watching/riding the shove, running through a switch, and then pulling back through it. If it's a fault of the car/wheels/picked switch/rolled rail/etc.. then no, the crew is not at fault. Unfortunately, most carriers now days WILL find someone to blame.
1. All scrapped. You cannot steal parts off a car owned by a private entity or another railroad. There is a value assigned to the car, each railroad has a department that does this sort of stuff. The car owners are contacted and asked what they'd like to do. In this situation the cars are obviously mostly scrapped, so the railraod will buy the car for it's depreciated value from the car owner and then sell it to a scrap contractor. Sometimes they are loaded up and sent to a heavy repair shop. There is no insurance. All railroads are self insured. 2. NTSB is not a regulatory agency. They only get involved in the biggest of derailments at the FRA's request. Only people saying the work/cars is ok is the railroad's own people. Track inspectors, signalman, car dept, etc. Rerailed rolling stock either have to have a roller bearing inspection or replacement depending on how far they were on the ground per AAR rules. 3. If the crew is at fault, absolutely it would be on their record. It all depends on the cause of the derailment. If it's a track cause, it may be a track inspector written up.
@@TheNemosdaddy Thank you. I posted that awhile back, didn't think I'd get a response. I used to work in a mill environment. Management pushed safety and maintenance as far less time consuming and cheaper than major downtime from a breakdown.
We used to go out & cleanup derailments. Take a D8 & push the cars off to the side so the RR could quickly repair the rails and get the line open again. Then we would cut up the cars. RR salvaged the trucks. Many times there were cars that looked minimally damaged, but they got cut up anyway. Sometimes we got some good salvage from the contents. I was surprised at the # of derailments there were. Just getting a D8 to some of the remote locations was a challenge given the state of rural bridges.
I worked on the Clinchfield RR, when there was a Clinchfield. We had a D9 with a push cat blade so it wouldn’t hang over the sides of the flat car. We set it off the car right at the wreck site with our 250 ton Derrick. Good efficient set up but CSX got rid of all of that old timey railroading
I like to watch about mega building , destruction, repairing , this is interesting to watch and human can do almost anything , except death !! Very good filming !!!!!
imagine working in a warehouse and suddenly you hear loud crashes and bangs from outside followed by a rail car just crashing in through the wall behind you.
Joe Vidal in the early ‘80’s a train wreck at Pigeon Roost, N.C., we cleaned up a wrecked coal train that put a draw head through the living room wall of a house, right beside of a lady sitting and watching tv.
if you have to ask,,,,,,,,,,,,,you don't know what the heck you're asking...............if you were a part of that crew do you think there wouldn't be a time somebody saw you standing around,,,,,,,,you must work at a computer of push a pencil,,,,,,,,and i bet you still waste a lot of time EVERY DAY.............BESIDES,,,,,,,,,,ARE YOU PAYING THEM..............
I've worked 3 vehicle vs train wrecks one was so busy bout 5-6 trains an hour, while investigators did their job and prior to me removing tractor trailer combo, rail gang arrived tracked bout 300' bypassing wreck site, allowed me much needed time to remove truck and trailer that was struck by Amtrak.
Imagine working away in a building isolated (or so you thought) from the rail tracks beside you by a solid wall. When, suddenly, a couple of railcars break through that wall. I hope there were no injuries or fatalities. I wish I could have seen how they removed those cars with further damage to the building.
US rails are hitting the shitter in terms of maintenance and use. Given the many hundreds of miles of track I've seen in my lifetime, I've only seen about 10 trains running, each a separate occasion, with either regular passengers or cargo. We need to rebuild our network so shit like this doesn't repeat as often as it does. Like if you agree
After watching the entire video, it's a document on how it's done. Some of it seems to be machines that are a bit small for the job, resulting in some awkward lifts. Really enjoyed it.
What a brave job. Each in its square . I hope that in this derailment there were no injured people. After this hard work, the way is to take that chilled chop. LONDRINA PR BRASIL
Ryan Duffy they are in newer subdivisions. There are areas where it is simply not practical to run distribution circuits underground (like areas prone to flooding or unstable / rocky ground), and underground transmission lines are far more expensive and cannot carry as much load as overhead lines. If properly maintained, overhead lines can be as reliable if not more so than underground lines. One municipal utility in my area decided to put their system underground and they had to hike their rates 60% to pay for the project.
For one thing, most "utilities" in the United States are underground. Water and gas service is underground. Sewers are underground. Most cable TV and telephone services are underground. Some power lines are underground. Underground electrical service has its pros and cons. Its 'cons' include much more expensive installation and maintenance, much longer time to complete repair and maintenance, harder to modify and/or tap into, and much more planning and overhead involved in construction. The big 'pros' are you don't have to look at it, and it's not usually affected by weather. Unless there's a flood, then you're still out of luck.
I had a derail in a RCL yard. Exactly the same spot and result as another rcl job derail a few weeks before. Since the managers cannot find a way to pin it on switchmen, and Maintenance won't admit to the track being at fault. Then they just blame the car and do nothing.
@@robertgift More that LIKELY, jumped the 'Frog' at the Switch, while 'Remote Controlled' Locomotive Operation. Like I said in my Other comment, This happened before last Year Almost in the Same spot; Only it was on Track2, going into the Yard. I, Sometimes, go to that Location(BehindToppersPizza), and watch them in Action! They Move those Hoppers HARD into the Yard, with those SD40-2'S&GP38'S!
Thank you. They should know how to move railcars without causing derailments. (Some ain'too smart.) My great uncle was a locomotivengineer. (Saw a photo of his huge 4-8-4 freight locomotive.) Train-handling is important, he said Try to be too fast - you'll spend hours cleaning up thexpen$ive mess.
Just like a memory capsule. Few years' bac. I saw this video under an old yt)a.- I was like my goodies' I know these engines..... Then I saw her in the cab of one of the mixed manifests heading to butler that day..... My father and I were in complete disarray. Like how? How??? We saw her on the ground before she ihre was in the cab 😮😮😮
Were you able to secure any footage of the cars being removed from the buildings? That must have been exciting for anyone watching how these crews do the delicate work of lift and remove with their humungous machines! The linemen have a difficult time also.
lol Hobo lives. Hobo done bought the big one somewhere up in the NE. Walking between two trains with a backpack on and it snagged on a train. End of Hobo. He did however put a lot of interesting videos up
Erik Max Q Mcc Utility pole is the correct terminology these days. The phone companies took down almost all their overhead line construction in favor of cable over 50 years ago.
Yeah, a bunch of men stand around at a train wreck, I know first hand, I’ve worked plenty of them during my 31 years on the railroad. That standing around is about all of the rest ye get till it’s cleaned up. Track crew waits till mechanical gangs get a car out of the way, then mechanical waits till track gang build enough track back to get the next car. Train crew waits till they’re needed to move a car. Welders wait till they have to cut something free. Equipment operators wait till somebody crawls up under an unstable car to attach a 2 inch cable that they drug under there on their hands and knees. Everybody has to wait their turn to do their job, but very few of these videos show them actually doing their jobs. Union jobs? Yes. Safety first? Yes, because that safety first was written with somebody’s blood. Dangerous situation? If ye ain’t worked a wreck ye’d think I was lying if I explained it to you.
was man bei der deutschen bahn an schienen austauscht könnte man in den USA als neu verkaufen wenn man solche bilder sieht. in der ganzen welt sich militärisch aufspielen aber für die eigene Infrastruktur keinen müden Dollar übrig. mir tun die leute leid die dann die ganze scheiße wieder richten müssen.
Building brand new things is one thing but fixing broken things that big where they were wrecked is something else. Great job.
Had a friend who did this kind of work. They have to bulldoze trees to make a path in the country, and sometimes have to build a temporary track to allow traffic to continue on single tracks. It's hard work and they travel the entire USA depending on the size of the crash. The RR sends out an 18 wheeler with bathrooms and showers, plus bunks. A cafeteria trailer with a kitchen gets sent out. They work around the clock to get the trains back on track!
Thanks for this excellent video which will educate those of us who want to learn more about railroads. I was impressed by the precise skill of many of the machines and people working to fix the damage done by the derailment.
Remarkable work crews from all entities! Their coordination in finishing the repair and rebuilds is impressive.
What a well choreographed operation from everyone. Congratulations, you should all be very proud of yours kills 👌
One of the best videos of derailment scenes I have ever watched. Thanks for the time spent taking the video and doing the editing. The cars into the building were crazy.
Thanks!
Penzey's spices was happy I'm sure. SHEESH. Does CP have to pay for the damages? 🤔🤷♀️
@@NYTrainzchaser
Hi,
This is the first clean up I have seen. But it would have been much more interesting and informative if someone would have explained what was going on in cleaning up! Besides the wind howling. Nobody explained how the wreck happened! I hope somebody reads this and responds to me! So I know something about it.
Nothing more dangerous than a recovery job, some great team work shown by the plant operators and the lines men.
awesome crew clean up, just getting on with the job, tyvm for posting
You did a great job filming this. Thank you
Nice vid. Good footage. I worked here in this yard back in the early 90s. The involved track is called the "grain yard lead". Also good to see an old CNW AC 8800 series still haunting the rails. CNW used these on the coal trains. The 8600s were used in general freight and potash trains.
@milo milo i hired on oct 93... butler yard ain't the same no more
@@25mfd Milwaukee isn't the same anymore grew up watching the C&NW and Milwaukee Road passenger trains. Lots of stuff from the 50s rail lines is gone. I know where the Butler yard is..
When I was a kid , they called it the beer line . Grain elevators east of Port Washington rd. and south of Hampton Ave. been gone a long time.
@@Og-Judy yea i remember those elevators... those were the schlitz elevators... as a student condr on the granville job, we switched that place back in late 93... an old switchmen told me that when it was still schlitz way back when, they had vending machines in there, that dispensed beer... never seen that before... he then said that schlitz stopped letting "outsiders" (what they really meant were the drunk switchmen) get beer from the machines because the switchmen would empty the machines out
What a mess! But all credit to the people who cleared it all up, they certainly didnt hang around.
Great catch on the clean up! Such a shame to see rolling stock damaged, especially new hoppers! I find this very interesting, been to a few myself to repair signalling equipment, but not as much damage as this one.
Thanks for capturing the process.
Cheers Gregg.
Thanks!
Excellent footage, I'm glad the crew let you video them at work.
I’m one of those picky PITA-types that are quick to rag on someone when they post a crappy video. But I’m also the first to stand up and praise you when you do good - and dude, you did GOOD! Your pans were masterful; not too fast, mostly smooth with a good leading edge. Sound really could have used a windsock, but weather can be a real bitch, even for pros. Editing was right on, not stupid and lame. Your camera positions were well-planned and resulted in effective story-telling shots. Having the right equipment sure making getting the shot easier, with less post production, but requires that big dose of preparation you used to its max benefit.What a joy to behold such a professional production. Out-freakin-standing, Brother! We want more…
Thanks!
Ditto to the above statements. Just ran into your channel, must say ... outstanding!!!
Much respect to the crews..... tough job.... safety first ......
Love all of the coverage. You got it all.
Thanks for sharing.
Not the car being removed from the building!
The utility was very quick on the pole replacement. This would've been a cake walk for them: daylight, blue skies, calm conditions. Think of when they do this in the middle of the night, in winter, with the elements howling all around them. That's usually when they have to do repairs.
And far to often there is a car wrapped around the damn pole.
@@g.r.4853 Except these lines are not by public streets. I'm sure Penzey's Spices were real happy with freight hopper cars in the side of their building
Top class vid showing the grittier side of railroading really enjoyed this regards from england
Thanks!
Thanks!
And dangerous 2 I appreciate the gentleman doing what they're doing and it's dangerous work. God bless them.
Your video quality is simply outstanding in clarity. The camera you use must be top notch stuff . The picture looks as if Im standing right there. Thanks for the great videos.
I second the “Wow” comment. It may work out to be a lack of maintenance, but not always. Sometimes rocks get caught in the points or a wheel will pick the points and damage the throw bar enough to cause a mess like this. I saw some workers in Hulcher safety gear. They don’t short-crew any job. There was an article in Trains magazine about Hulcher and the other derailment cleanup specialists. It can get quite involved. This was probably very simple since it was sand cars.
I bought one of Hulcher's 977Ls in 1983...They upgraded to 973s with hydraulic winch and camera to see the winch..
This would not have had anything to do with a switch, it was mostly likely a rail cause like a broken rail or wide gauge. It's obvious they were moving at least 25mph to cause such damage. "Picking a switch" isn't a thing. Not sure why foamers keep that myth going. Rocks dont get into a switch point either. I've cleaned up hundreds of derailments in my career, and never seen it be a cause.
@@TheNemosdaddy My friend put a penny on the track once by a curve. Bet that was it.
It would be interesting to know, after everything is restored, what the total cost of the derailment was, including damage to the building, lost revenue to the building owner/lessee, and the cost of the utility repair. The railroad repair contractor crew and equipment alone had to have been $75 grand to $100 grand a day.
That was easily a million dollar plus derailment. Wrecking contractors alone was probably 250k.
Would have been nice to see how they got the cars out of the building. Nice video anyways because it showed what goes on around a derailment site.
Bendito y maravilloso país, tienen todo previsto ,preparado y todas las máquinas requeridas para reparar y subsanar cualquier falla, son maravillosos,gracias.
Excellent video, especially interesting to those of us who are newbie Railfans.
Thanks!
Pretty cool seeing the long rails on the work train. I haven't seen UP's before. The railing on a section, I'm guessing isn't used anymore, looked like each section was porpoising pretty bad.
Rain likely washed out the underground. But did you see the massive rail length ? continual rails for the big track laying / replacing machines. Takes out the old track and ties and replaces both on the fly.
Worked a few derailments in my 27 years with the BN and they are not fun.
Butler yard is in Milwaukee Wisconsin
why does that matter
Charlotte Whyte ...Cuz.... Location, location, location....lol
@@charlottewhyte9804 Ummmm, so we know where in the United States this happened!!
AND it is very WINDY.
the derailment crew numbers have been cut to small size. before there used to be 7 to 8 working. now you will see 3 and the those standing around are managers. this is the only time these managers do something and that is stand around.
yea dagnabbit.
Some questions:
1. Are the cars involved scrapped or are parts of them salvaged? Who determines what parts are safe enough to reuse?
2. After the cleanup, does NTSB or some other agency pass on the repair work to track and infrastructure?
3. Does this derailment go on the record of the train crew that was handling the train at the time?
1: I would imagine everything involved is scrapped once insurance releases it.
2: No entirely sure. Someone obviously inspects the track after the work is finished.
3: That depends, if the derailment was the fault of train handling, then it goes on the engineer. Or if it was something such as the conductor watching/riding the shove, running through a switch, and then pulling back through it. If it's a fault of the car/wheels/picked switch/rolled rail/etc.. then no, the crew is not at fault. Unfortunately, most carriers now days WILL find someone to blame.
1. All scrapped. You cannot steal parts off a car owned by a private entity or another railroad. There is a value assigned to the car, each railroad has a department that does this sort of stuff. The car owners are contacted and asked what they'd like to do. In this situation the cars are obviously mostly scrapped, so the railraod will buy the car for it's depreciated value from the car owner and then sell it to a scrap contractor. Sometimes they are loaded up and sent to a heavy repair shop. There is no insurance. All railroads are self insured.
2. NTSB is not a regulatory agency. They only get involved in the biggest of derailments at the FRA's request. Only people saying the work/cars is ok is the railroad's own people. Track inspectors, signalman, car dept, etc. Rerailed rolling stock either have to have a roller bearing inspection or replacement depending on how far they were on the ground per AAR rules.
3. If the crew is at fault, absolutely it would be on their record. It all depends on the cause of the derailment. If it's a track cause, it may be a track inspector written up.
@@TheNemosdaddy Thank you. I posted that awhile back, didn't think I'd get a response. I used to work in a mill environment. Management pushed safety and maintenance as far less time consuming and cheaper than major downtime from a breakdown.
Good clean up job. I have no complaints.
We used to go out & cleanup derailments. Take a D8 & push the cars off to the side so the RR could quickly repair the rails and get the line open again. Then we would cut up the cars. RR salvaged the trucks. Many times there were cars that looked minimally damaged, but they got cut up anyway. Sometimes we got some good salvage from the contents. I was surprised at the # of derailments there were. Just getting a D8 to some of the remote locations was a challenge given the state of rural bridges.
I worked on the Clinchfield RR, when there was a Clinchfield. We had a D9 with a push cat blade so it wouldn’t hang over the sides of the flat car. We set it off the car right at the wreck site with our 250 ton Derrick. Good efficient set up but CSX got rid of all of that old timey railroading
@@nonickname9930 Our D9 had a cushion push blade also but it was too heavy for a lot of the rural bridges.
Larry Schweitzer well that would put a hitch in your git-along. Clinchfield was overbuilt for it’s time, And didn’t have that problem
That's not how it's done anymore.
The train that came through at 10:30 did not have a buffer car between the locomotives and the tank cars. I thought that was required?
It looks like the cars were empty so it would not need a buffer car.
NY Trainzchaser Thanks. Nice video and I learned a few thing too!
@ 42:33...so if going round a curve..does the rail being carried sort of Bend too???..
Hey Boss the Door you wanted in the wall is done , just have to until train car is removed.
Well that was different, thank you for the upload
Awesome video keep up with a great work and be safe out there.
Thanks!
How about that building with those happens one through the wall of that block building, would of liked to see it pulled out
Can't imagine US freight railroads ever really wanting large-scale electrification. A derailment would be an even bigger pain in the neck!
31:54 So, what is this truck? And why is it dumping sand?
Thats a vacuum truck, it sucked up the sand that spilled out of the derailed cars and moved it out of the way.
Thanks for the info.
Were they careful to only suck up sand, or was it filtered out separate from dirt somehow?
@@jovetj Looked like a load of golf course bunker sand.
Thank you soooooo much for the video. I watched and enjoyed from beginning to end.
I'd give this vid a 10 if it weren't for the wind. Lol
Very impressive! Everyone just doing a great job. Great video too, engineering noises not irritating irrelevant background music.
Thanks!
at 43:00 how are those straight steel rails (on the green rack cars) riding on a curved track? that always fascinated me
Awesome Metallurgy !
The rails are flexible they are made that way.
I like to watch about mega building , destruction, repairing , this is interesting to watch and human can do almost anything , except death !! Very good filming !!!!!
Same as in the UK-2 guys working, 20 watching!
Whoop! There it went! The train fell down and broke his crown and Amtrak came tumbling after.
That was funnier than it should have been.
imagine working in a warehouse and suddenly you hear loud crashes and bangs from outside followed by a rail car just crashing in through the wall behind you.
We are watching The SILVER STREAK ! Right now on TV...
My Girl and I goto sleep listening to train videos ... even like this one..
What do they do with the 'broken' cars? Haul them off to be scrapped or repair them?
17:28 Nothing's worse than sitting there enjoying your lunch and a train barges in.
Superbe travail effectué en finesse avec des monstres d'acier et au millimètre près. C'est une entreprise d'artistes...
WhaT A BIZZARE DERAILMENT , IT CAUSED THE HOPPER TO GO THRU THE BUILDING? great video thanks for posting.
Joe Vidal in the early ‘80’s a train wreck at Pigeon Roost, N.C., we cleaned up a wrecked coal train that put a draw head through the living room wall of a house, right beside of a lady sitting and watching tv.
I wanted to see what happened when they pulled the hopper out of the warehouse, whether the building would collapse or not!
Why are there so many workers milling around?
That's Union work for ya!
Someone has to supervise!
if you have to ask,,,,,,,,,,,,,you don't know what the heck you're asking...............if you were a part of that crew do you think there wouldn't be a time somebody saw you standing around,,,,,,,,you must work at a computer of push a pencil,,,,,,,,and i bet you still waste a lot of time EVERY DAY.............BESIDES,,,,,,,,,,ARE YOU PAYING THEM..............
@@yardlimit8695 If you DON'T, then you must ASK! If YOU can't answer a simple question, then YOU don't know, and shouldn't have responded back!
It amazed me they’re working on top of each other. Who choreographs all that all that?
I've worked 3 vehicle vs train wrecks one was so busy bout 5-6 trains an hour, while investigators did their job and prior to me removing tractor trailer combo, rail gang arrived tracked bout 300' bypassing wreck site, allowed me much needed time to remove truck and trailer that was struck by Amtrak.
at 31:50, is that absorbent.?
Imagine working away in a building isolated (or so you thought) from the rail tracks beside you by a solid wall. When, suddenly, a couple of railcars break through that wall. I hope there were no injuries or fatalities. I wish I could have seen how they removed those cars with further damage to the building.
UP has entered the building
Well, Ollie, this is another fine mess you've gotten us into.
Homer Simpson at the controls
@@gregjeffcoat4258no joe biden
US rails are hitting the shitter in terms of maintenance and use. Given the many hundreds of miles of track I've seen in my lifetime, I've only seen about 10 trains running, each a separate occasion, with either regular passengers or cargo. We need to rebuild our network so shit like this doesn't repeat as often as it does. Like if you agree
Wow, what a lot of work.
Excellent steady work with a very steep telephoto! What camera / lens?
Always fascinating to see how they rig the lifts.
Great video!
After watching the entire video, it's a document on how it's done.
Some of it seems to be machines that are a bit small for the job, resulting in some awkward lifts.
Really enjoyed it.
Thanks! The camera is a Sony DSC-HX80 with 30x zoom.
seems like ahold lot of people watching a few people actually work. What is this, highway construction?
What a brave job. Each in its square . I hope that in this derailment there were no injured people. After this hard work, the way is to take that chilled chop.
LONDRINA PR BRASIL
does anyone know where is the Butler yard is located?
Caltraintherailfanner2020 in Wisconsin
near/ in Wauwatosa
15:00 Is that where you needed the new door ?
rail loading/unloading deck
I thought there was a city job 16 guys standing around two guys working
At least the linemen were better at making themselves useful than the railroad guys were.
Sounds like a job anybody would want.
I worked for a city. It would have been one working, 14 watching, one supervising. 😂
They pay me to stare out of a window for 12 hours.
Same as is Germany! I wish all of you a happy new year!
One of those great union jobs...a couple guys working while the majority stand and watch.
You have never had a real job have you?
Wow. That is a mess. Was anyone hurt? How did that happen?
There were no injuries, and no one knows how it happened but it was most likely because of high winds and heavy rain.
@@NYTrainzchaser good there were no injuries. Where was this at?
Thank God no one was hurt or killed.
Un Bel casino, ma come e' successo?
Maybe you could tell us where Butler yard is...
It's in Butler Wisconsin.
Nice action video well put together.
Thanks!
You are very welcome.
As a non America can someone tell me why the utilities are not underground?
Ryan Duffy they are in newer subdivisions. There are areas where it is simply not practical to run distribution circuits underground (like areas prone to flooding or unstable / rocky ground), and underground transmission lines are far more expensive and cannot carry as much load as overhead lines. If properly maintained, overhead lines can be as reliable if not more so than underground lines. One municipal utility in my area decided to put their system underground and they had to hike their rates 60% to pay for the project.
For one thing, most "utilities" in the United States are underground. Water and gas service is underground. Sewers are underground. Most cable TV and telephone services are underground. Some power lines are underground. Underground electrical service has its pros and cons. Its 'cons' include much more expensive installation and maintenance, much longer time to complete repair and maintenance, harder to modify and/or tap into, and much more planning and overhead involved in construction. The big 'pros' are you don't have to look at it, and it's not usually affected by weather. Unless there's a flood, then you're still out of luck.
Anyone know what type of CAT those side-booms are based on?
0:37 HEY I SEE CSX 4695! IT WAS RETIRED BUT WAS IN THE 2004 Zephyrhills collision.
Do they have to go under that leaning car?
Douglass Wilkin Yes, no other way to get them cables hooked up to move it.
"Hobo Lives" I like the lack of graffiti art. Original! 3:58
Why did they tip over that one grey car onto it’s side ?
Probably just to get it out of the way.
Why do the tracks look like Twizzlers?
Because they use a rail called a ribbon rail one long piece of rail that's why it twisted. Thanks
I wonder how much Hulcher gets for a cleanup like this ? I bet they don't come cheap..
This Same thing Happened last year almost in the Same Spot!
Cause?
I had a derail in a RCL yard. Exactly the same spot and result as another rcl job derail a few weeks before. Since the managers cannot find a way to pin it on switchmen, and Maintenance won't admit to the track being at fault. Then they just blame the car and do nothing.
@@robertgift More that LIKELY, jumped the 'Frog' at the Switch, while 'Remote Controlled' Locomotive Operation. Like I said in my Other comment, This happened before last Year Almost in the Same spot; Only it was on Track2, going into the Yard. I, Sometimes, go to that Location(BehindToppersPizza), and watch them in Action! They Move those Hoppers HARD into the Yard, with those SD40-2'S&GP38'S!
Thank you. They should know how to move railcars without causing derailments. (Some ain'too smart.)
My great uncle was a locomotivengineer. (Saw a photo of his huge 4-8-4 freight locomotive.)
Train-handling is important, he said Try to be too fast - you'll spend hours cleaning up thexpen$ive mess.
@@robertgift Yep! And He is RIGHT! This is Perfect Proof, Especially since they operate the Locomotives in the Yard, the Lazy Way(RemoteControled)!
Great catch of the EMD lashup.
Did 'they' ever publish what cause the derailment?
Hey no nickname that was very well explained yes a lot of waiting around
From a french fanrailroad: it is a very interesting and good movie...
Thanks!
How did it derail
Just like a memory capsule.
Few years' bac.
I saw this video under an old yt)a.-
I was like my goodies' I know these engines.....
Then I saw her in the cab of one of the mixed manifests heading to butler that day.....
My father and I were in complete disarray. Like how? How??? We saw her on the ground before she ihre was in the cab 😮😮😮
Nice job on 1 million views!
Thanks!
What is a PRLX engine?
PRLX is Progress Rail Leasing.
Were you able to secure any footage of the cars being removed from the buildings? That must have been exciting for anyone watching how these crews do the delicate work of lift and remove with their humungous machines! The linemen have a difficult time also.
Surely the "Bell" ringing on loco's is long past it's sell-by date by now?
No. That's an alert everyone on the ground knows that means a train is in motion. Not everyone can see the train that is in motion.
lol Hobo lives. Hobo done bought the big one somewhere up in the NE. Walking between two trains with a backpack on and it snagged on a train. End of Hobo. He did however put a lot of interesting videos up
Well, that corn meal is unedible
wow amazing. thats messed up it took out building and a telephone pole .I know some people where mad with no lights or telephone.
Erik Max Q Mcc Utility pole is the correct terminology these days. The phone companies took down almost all their overhead line construction in favor of cable over 50 years ago.
Doesn't matter, yankee. Here in The South they will FOREVER be referred to as "Telephone poles"!
*Power pole
would it be cheaper to just fix the tracks to begin with?
Yeah, a bunch of men stand around at a train wreck, I know first hand, I’ve worked plenty of them during my 31 years on the railroad. That standing around is about all of the rest ye get till it’s cleaned up. Track crew waits till mechanical gangs get a car out of the way, then mechanical waits till track gang build enough track back to get the next car. Train crew waits till they’re needed to move a car. Welders wait till they have to cut something free. Equipment operators wait till somebody crawls up under an unstable car to attach a 2 inch cable that they drug under there on their hands and knees. Everybody has to wait their turn to do their job, but very few of these videos show them actually doing their jobs. Union jobs? Yes. Safety first? Yes, because that safety first was written with somebody’s blood. Dangerous situation? If ye ain’t worked a wreck ye’d think I was lying if I explained it to you.
i clicked on the thumbs up 10 times but it only registers once'''''''''good comment.
was man bei der deutschen bahn an schienen austauscht könnte man in den USA als neu verkaufen wenn man solche bilder sieht. in der ganzen welt sich militärisch aufspielen aber für die eigene Infrastruktur keinen müden Dollar übrig. mir tun die leute leid die dann die ganze scheiße wieder richten müssen.
Same thing happens backstage for a Broadway Musical. The various departments may sit awhile while one department does a task.
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Did I miss it or do we never get to see the train car pulled free from the building??
I didn't catch that part happening.
@@NYTrainzchaser thanks!
Wow great footage I heard about this
Thanks!