Not so professional because the video shows NO SOLUTIONS for these accidents. Spend yr money to build tunnels or bridges for traffic to avoid all those accidents.
@@koosvanpetten5567It’s not a freakin infrastructure documentary. It’s a Train Crash documentary. Some people just get off on whining about everything.
who got here because of tiktok! (UPDATE) 7 Minutes in and I already have freakin chills! this feels like such a premium education video that a school would play, top quality information already stuff that I was unaware of. I love history so thank you! I love the intro especially with the DJI Phantom 4 take off and zoom out clip and seeing the drone shots an amazing job, already loving the video! happy new year! 💜
I worked several train wrecks back in the 70’s when I worked for Duncan Machinery Movers in Lexington, KY. The cranes we used would just barely span the tracks and when we crossed joints in the rails the square bolts the railroad used would tear chunks out of the sidewalls of the tires. The rail workers actually didn’t like us( not personally) because they didn’t get to use their wreck crews and equipment. Those old rail cranes they used were converted from steam engines to diesel. They would bring their wreck equipment in and they brought with them a cook car, a diner car and a sleeper. The work was slow but they made good money and were well fed. When I worked for them they would have a guy that would go out and find a restaurant and would constantly bring food to the site. It was hard work and we were tearing up a lot of equipment working these wrecks. We eventually gave up these jobs and I think we were indirectly responsible for getting RJ Corman started. At that time they were a small company with just a few backhoes. We were located in Lexington and Corman was about 15 miles away in Wilmore, KY. It’s amazing how big Corman got and he eventually got into short line railroads. The company has some of the nicest equipment you’ll ever see in a short line and their tracks are well maintained. I didn’t know RJ very well but had several conversations with him. Seemed like a nice guy. When the University of Kentucky hired John Calipari as it’s head basketball coach, he was picked up and flown to Lexington in Corman’s private jet. I last saw RJ just a few months before he died an early death from cancer.
An absolutely outstanding info video. This type of video gives a window into the operations rarely seen by the public and can provide a greater appreciation for the men and women who work this sometimes very dangerous industry in order to provide the consumer goods needed for everyday living. I learned a lot, great job.
But NO SOLUTIONS in building tunnels for the traffic so it will be much safer for everyone. More than 2.100 accidents can be avoided IF your Government WANT to do something for yr safety. It's all about MONEY MONEY MONEY, not SAFETY.
I wasn't remotely interested in this topic, but that has now completely changed! I watched the entire upload and it was simply excellent. Thank you, from London, England.
Very informative and interesting video. Thank you. As a lifelong rail enthusiast and a retired electric commuter train driver in the UK, I am increasingly fascinated by the rail operations in the US. One of my main spheres of interest on both railways and air travel is the causes of accidents and how each one has led to better safety procedures and improvements in the construction of rail vehicles and aircraft. It is interesting what you say about the number of accidents on grade crossings (we call them level crossings in the UK) - because here that is one accident type the rail companies have always struggled to reduce. Most accidents here occur on crossings where the barriers can be dodged, or on what are known as user operated crossings on farmland or private roads - I saw the result of one where the locomotive was covered in potatoes, even the cab was full of them. The other BIG problem we have here is with large trucks or double deck buses smashing into bridges that are too low for the vehicle to fit under. I had one of those happen literally right in front of me - the entire top deck was torn completely off a double deck bus, bits of metal, plastic and glass flew absolutely everywhere. Fortunately the bus was empty, but it was a hell of a mess to clean up. Anyway, keep up the excellent work. I always enjoy your videos.
I am a sri lankan where weid accidents of this type occur frequently in our country. Most level crossings here are unprotected but stiil a great proportion of accidents involving trains And road vehicles occur due to careless ess.
I wonder how many Truckers Lose their CDL’s when they Obviously Don’t follow US Laws regarding Safely Operating Motor Vehicles. NO Excuse for Collisions. 🤪👎
They won’t lose their CDL, but good luck getting any decent job after. Getting a low boy hung on the tracks, or pulling through the track to wait on a red light are both inexcusable.
@@thetowndrunk988 This has always been one of the things you have to be conscious about. I drag a low profile step deck 50’ trailer behind the tractor I drive for work. Not to mention your landing gear is just a few inches off the pavement. If I have to cross over a set of tracks that are heaped up in the middle of the road, I won’t go over it. I try to anticipate my route to my destination before I take it.
Great content! I know of two accidents on the railroad I worked at where the anti-climbers failed on EMD SD70's. In both accidents the locomotive struck a flat car which climbed and sheared off the cab of the lead locomotive, killing the crew in both cases. I don't trust them at all. Luckily when a train I was running struck a vehicle, I was in a GM AC4400, and the car was thrown to the side. Minor injuries to the driver of the car, and no injuries to the crew.
Before they come out with the modified engine cabs and before they got rid if the caboose . they once had three SD's cut off to shove Train over a mountain something went wrong and the train derailed and that 24 ton caboose sliced that SD into little bitty pieces I would have never thought such . I seen the engine after they had loaded it into a gon and it passed through the yard it was pitiful it cut that engine up in about seven pieces . it sheared the control stand off at the floor the engineer survived I don't see how but it killed the head brake man
I do feel the safety cab layout out is such a great thing! Over the pond in the UK we used the Class59 and Class 66 freight locomotives on the vast majority of our freight trains. These units are cut down versions of the EMD SD40-2 to fit within the UK loading gauge. However the cabs very exposed, basically a flat front where the engineer's knees are the crumple zone. This was quite apparent during the Selby Rail Crash in 2001 when the engineer was killed after running into a derailed passenger train which had in turn been derailed by a car that had crashed down an embankment and onto the tracks.
Thank you for this video. I learned quite a bit that I didn't know, considering that I was born and raised in a railroad town. Mojave California was a small desert town of about 3,000 where two highways met, and three railroads went through town- Santa Fe, Southern Pacific (Sometimes labeled Cotton Belt), and Trona Railway. I grew up listening to trains blast through town every 10 minutes and fell asleep at night listening to the whistle of turbochargers from idling train engines. When I moved away in 1996 I had a difficult time falling asleep at night in my new community because I had actually grown used to hearing locomotive engines at night. Although I don't know nearly as much as the creator of this video, once you grow up in a railroad town, you come to love locomotives. One thing I never understood is how any automobile driver gets hit by a train. It actually happened quite often in Mojave, especially with people that lived there and should know how frequently trains cross the tracks. If there was ever a ranking for stupidity, getting hit by a train would be near the top. And here is something that a lot of people should know, especially if you live in California- getting caught going around active crossing gates is one of the most expensive traffic tickets a person can get, and most auto insurance companies will drop you like a hot potato. You would be much safer driving down the road throwing money out the window. I only saw one train derail in the 31 years I lived in Mojave. It wasn't a bad derailment because the train wasn't going very fast; only about four cars went over while most stayed upright. One of the cars was carrying lumber, once the railroad deemed it was safe to be near the tracks, they allowed people to haul away the scattered lumber. It was a win win for the railroad and the local residents. The railroad didn't have to clean up the mess while those of us living in town scored some free lumber. I filled up my pickup truck with enough 2"x6"s to frame out a nice shed.
THANK YOU for such good coverage, accurate narrating, and good clear pictures & a nice, easy to listen to, voice ! As a matter of fact, the ditch light controller is built into a steel lockable box, usually mounted in the Short Hood Nose (SHE) of the locomotive and hooks to the horn magnavalve, so when the horn blows, it gets a feed from there on pin 10, (on the panel), if I'm not mistaken. It also is connected to the SHE/LHE set-up switch, for which-ever end is in the lead position. Pin 10 is also hooked to a push-button on the control stand, for JUST momentary alternating lights without sounding the horn, (mainly for use around hospitals or to test the lights. The set-up switch tells the box which end the headlights will be using, so the opposite end of the unit won't have head lights not Ditch Lights in operation. If NS ditch Lights are operating properly, when the headlight is on, and the control knob and end selector is positioned properly, the ditch lights will be on constant. FRA calls it the "TRIANGLE LIGHT PATTERN, for railroad safety". Once you tap the horn, or tap the button, the Ditch Lights will flash alternately for a set number of seconds, (18 seconds, if I remember correctly), and then go back to either on constant, (if the headlights are on), or if the headlights are off, after the Ditch Lights time out, they turn off, awaiting a signal in the main panel. < I know a little about them. I helped design the procedure to install them on locomotives, as well as designed and built the testing equipment to qualify the control box for ditch lights. I made one for each of the major shops. > ( The ditch lights are the same bulbs as the headlights are. 75Volts, DC.) You mentioned what kind of damage does a unit get, if there isn't much of anything showing from the outside...Imagine having a flatbed truck with heavy boxes sitting on it, doing 50mph and running into a solid concrete wall. What would happen to those boxes? They would keep going the direction and speed they were previously going. If they were bolted down, the weight MIGHT be enough to sheer the mounting bolts off, moving control equipment around. There are lots of 1/2" and 3/8" copper tubing, carrying air for brake systems, all under the floor of the cab. They hook to the control stand for Train brake and Automatic brake, Dynamic brake magnavalve, PCS, horn, directional Sand. etc. Sometimes loose items, like possibly a bad coupler knuckle that wasn't put on a storage peg after changing it out, or special chain, might be thrown into the piping and flatten it out, or any number of shearing problems. ( In each end of the locomotive, there is a big sand box," its called, actually a funny shaped steel tank, built like a shute at the bottom, that holds DRY SAND, for sanding the track for better track adhesion, when WSA, (Wheel Slip Action), is detected. Air magna-valves shoot a fine spray of air and dry sand in front of the two lead wheels. This acts to GRIP the track when the steel wheel is under great strain, to pull the train up a steep incline.) The unit has to go to a "Back Shop" and be picked over and all the wreck damage, be hand repaired and painted. If its a major amount of wreck damage, they'll run it thru the system paint shop, when they get done and check it out good. Then, you can't tell there was ever anything wrong with it !!! I used to love working on wrecks and burn-ups !!! I've been retired over a decade. I was looking over the comments, and a fellow was speaking about room echo. My Dad did his radio show in Moms studio and he had the engineer that was building our TV channel 12, to order him some of that same acoustical tiling that he was using for quality sound for early TV. and he paid him for It. Theyer 12" x 12" squares with 400 1/8" holes in each one. They use it in Radio and TV studios as well as Band Rooms. It's a soft "Beaver Board". Hope this helps.
I am a new subscriber, I love trains, I have been on a train twice in my life. I would love to experience riding in the cab of a train just to experience the the power of it and the beautiful scenery. Thank you for the amazing video, much respect from Vancouver Island BC Canada.
I absolutely appreciate the high production value in your presentations! You have the best upcoming channel on RUclips dealing with trains! Please take it one more step higher by using a Lav mic or a close proximity shotgun mic. The room echo could be greatly reduced by using either one. Acoustic treatment of the room would also help. Please understand that this is not a negative comment. I have worked in broadcasting for over 40 years and have encountered and corrected similar problems. I only mention this in a spirt of encouragement. Keep up the great work and Happy New Year!
i'M SO GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE MENTION THIS TO A POSTER. THEY DON'T LISTEN WHEN THEY EDIT AND PLAYBACK THEIR OWN VIDEOS. i LEARNED IN MY FIRST WORK 50 YEARS AGO. tHESE PEOPLE DO VIDEO AFTER VIDEO AND NEVER SEE OR HEAR HOW BAD IT SOUNDS. JUST SAYIN'
I'm a traindriver in Denmark - If an object is blocking the gates we have a signal that tells us to stop before the crossing - on newer crossings there are coils in the road telling if vehicles are stuck between the gates, and that triggers the same signal telling us to stop.
Call whatever you want, this is a fact. It's just a matter of proper timing - the gates must be lowered and secured in time for the train to sop if they fail to do so. We even have crossings that'll tell if a vehicle is stuck between the gates on the track - it's just a simple magnetic sensor under the asphalt. I know we are a much smaller country, but we only have around a handful of collissions between rail and other traffic yearly.
This video shows what I'm talking about : The sign @2:21 tells me a Crossing is coming up - the flashing white light at 2:27 tells me the Crossing is secured, if it isn't, there will be two solid Yellow lights and I know I have to stop at the crossing. You can see an example of two yellows @12:30. ruclips.net/video/1zM9cgoosf4/видео.html
@@W210E50AMG That's cool. Wouldn't work for giant freight trains in north america though, unless the bond was 2 miles long. I drive some that are 27, 000 tons. Takes a couple miles to stop.
@2kanchoo Our trains are limited to 835 metres length, that's a bit over half a mile - we also have a weight limit of 2500 metric tonnes - so a bit smaller trains than yours :)
I wanna say thank you in this new yr. I used so many your video to show my students how the railway work go. Cause of Covid, it is hard for me to let my student to see the real railway car. I have already finished last automn semster, hoping my student learn so much via your video!
Of all the jobs I have had. And even my time in the military as a patrol dog handler. I can honestly say. Working for the railroad was the biggest highlights.
Now that was one great and interesting video , your presentation Was absolutely fantastic , I’m a big fan of trains , it all started when I worked for the rail road back when I was a 17 year old buck about 48 years ago , I just seen your channel for the first time and yes I definitely did subscribe , THANK YOU for this excellent video so please keep up the great work . 🇨🇦
Nicely done sir and thank you for contributing some fine information to the railroad conversation. A lot to process and follow up on here. Happy New Year from Cumberland!
oh dear..I will carry on from below........built, stabled and serviced a huge number number of steam, diesel and electric locos for home and export. Loved it as a kid but there's not so much now. I remember steam cranes on various rescue trains but didn't really know how it all worked or how they do it on the UK's weird system since they denationatlised the systems.(Currently they are striking so often to be reliable for my use). I will look up how we do it here but I suppose rails is rails anywhere.
As someone from the UK I can't believe how well built you're US locomotive cab design is. European trains ,although getting better have minimal to zero protection for engineers in the event of a collision. One UK Rail expert describes the cab of the class 43 hst as being so inadequate it resembles an upturned fibre glass bathtub with a window!
Thank you for such an educational video. You really did a great job here explaining things. I had to laugh when I saw the vintage 250 ton cranes because it was my Christmas present to myself this year for my train layout which is finally done. Happy New Year. Cheers from Ontario 🍁
My brother-in-law was a conductor whose life was saved by the anti climber on the unit he was riding in when it collided with a stopped train. The anti-climbers do save lives!
WOW -- I'll bet you put a lot of time putting this together. As is always the case, there was a lot of useful information in this video along with video to illustrate the point being made. Very professionally done. I've learned a lot about railroading from watching your channel.
watched this from England on my wife's account and found it very interesting. We live not far from Crewe which in its day builtand stabled a huge number of
Great video! The Big Hook reminds me of the Big Berta canon the German had on their train in WW2. Those things were massive. If I recall properly, a Big Hook was able to lift a locomotive completly by itself off the ground.
In Texas back when I worked for the RR we called the "rerailers" - frogs and they made one frog that would retail a car where the trucks had split the track - as in one axle of the truck was on one side of the track and the other axle of the truck was on the other side of the truck- it was called a batwing frog... little derailments around these yards is practly a dayily activity...
Fun fact: Ditch lights were required on mountain grades in Canada as far back as the early 1960s so crews could spot and report potential rockslides. I remember my grandfather showing me the temporary ones CN would hook on to the front of their FP9's that ran on the SuperContinental from Montreal to Vancouver (they were only required from Jasper Alberta onward)
I’ve been watching your videos since 2019, and all of those train wrecks, how safe are they, and how they work. Thank you for all of that! Happy new year, V12.
“Re-railer” vs “Re-tracker”: both are a single piece of metal, but where the one you saw used on Southern 630 was only placed on one side, the other kind straddles both sides of a rail and catches the flange, forcing it where it needs to go. They used one when NKP 765 had a derailment problem a bit of time back. They are also on the lower side of the tenders of the K-28, K-36, and K-37s used on the D&SNG and C&TS and at the Colorado Railroad Museum and are painted white / silver. However, they carry both kind of these tools on said narrow gauge steam locomotives, and I think (don’t quote me) the kind you saw used on Southern 630 is what they in Colorado call a “shim” re-railer, and is more commonly used on coaches or cars since the locomotives have the bigger “V” type that straddles both sides of the rail while also sitting over it and locks in between two ties to keep it from moving as it’s better for heavier equipment like modern cars and older steam locomotives. It’s kind of works like the HO scale power terminus/retailer seen with train sets using Bachmann EZ-Track. (I bet the UP crew wish they had a few in Sacramento when UP 844’s tender derailed a decade ago, since all they had were blocks of wood and it took 6-8 hours to get the one tender wheel back on since centipede tenders are notoriously for derailing when backing up in a curve.) The exact name, however, escapes me.
This was a good watch, TV quality watch that seems like it was also put on RUclips. Those metal coils are lethal. I drive trucks and I've seen the damage they cause on trucks.
Rail roading will always be dangerous. Happy New year. Ditch lites are under the cab so the engineer can see to measure low speed ground distance especially when performing switching out cars
I don't know about that . I think that was more of an effort to warn the public at grade crossing they made.them so when you blowed the horn they would come on and flash alternatly and would shut themselves off after so many seconds after you stoped blowing the horn originally .
Great video! I was wondering how the accident happened with the truck with the concrete beam. Truckers complain about vehicles not respecting them on the road yet they have no respect for trains what so ever despite trains helping them stay employed. I use to work for a company that made the running boards that you see on the top of the hopper cars years ago. Those things are heavy but we would crank them out along with other parts of the railcars.
I use to operate the side booms on train wrecks and it was very challenging and hot work had 17 levers to operate them . I enjoyed the work 4 quite a few years.
The CSX 4568 engine was actually involved in an at grade crossing accident last month, it was only on the rails for a whole two months before it had the accident.
Excellent review of unfortunate incidents. The concrete beam load/big rig accident video has gone viral on Instagram. It was interesting and a relief to see the outcome details here, specifically that no one was severely injured and the environmental mess kept to a minimum.
My Grandpa worked on the railroad so did my Uncles. One uncle continued to wear his stripped overalls all the time. Carried his own smoke materials and used a part of the paper bag to roll up his tobacco. Miss him alot
Watching this with my toddler who’s happily going “Yay trains!” and then upon seeing them wrecked goes; “Oh no, poor train! It needs to go to the hospital!” XD
Fun fact: if you are parked next to the tracks, make sure that yoru car is a little farther than the ties as the locomotive is about the same width as the ties are long
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures 📷enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. As I sat rear passenger side of the car. Looked right into a blinding train light. The driver almost didn't beat the train -! 😵. One late night 🌙 in Tulsa Oklahoma. Viewing this presentation from the comfort zone of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast " of Florida 🐊🐊. Wishing viewers/R.R. Employees a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 ) 🌈🎉😉.
I''m always amazed at the power of heavy equipment, hydraulics make modern life possible, of course steam did a lot for the industrial age, and thank you sir for putting this very entertaining and professional video together and sharing it....Javi G.
I worked for RJ Corman for about 8 years. We did some pretty big accidents. Lifting engines like that was pretty easy job. It was being on call 24/7 that was no fun. The work was fun and interesting though.
Trains are probably the most efficient and most dangerous vehicles in the world, they are good when things go right, but when stuff starts getting bad. These vehicles are heavy transport, it takes a while to start up and gain speed, and takes even longer to put on full brake at a short notice.
This feels like I am watching a professional documentary that would be on cable TV. This is such a high quality production.
Nah, not enough late 90s animation and crappy jump cuts
@@MommyKhaossay whatever it's amazing
Not so professional because the video shows NO SOLUTIONS for these accidents. Spend yr money to build tunnels or bridges for traffic to avoid all those accidents.
It is very well made isn't it? It kind of has a late 90s vibe to it.
@@koosvanpetten5567It’s not a freakin infrastructure documentary. It’s a Train Crash documentary. Some people just get off on whining about everything.
Thank you! I grew up with steam trains and was educated about crossings. A great grandfather was career MOW - 1870's to 1930.
Excellent compilation. Thanks for reminding us: When you see tracks, think trains.
I have total respect for each and every person envolved with theses trains. What a gift they have.
who got here because of tiktok! (UPDATE) 7 Minutes in and I already have freakin chills! this feels like such a premium education video that a school would play, top quality information already stuff that I was unaware of. I love history so thank you! I love the intro especially with the DJI Phantom 4 take off and zoom out clip and seeing the drone shots an amazing job, already loving the video! happy new year! 💜
Amazing production quality. All the cameras, diff angle shots, drones, and video editing. This is some of the highest quality Ive seen! Great job
I worked several train wrecks back in the 70’s when I worked for Duncan Machinery Movers in Lexington, KY. The cranes we used would just barely span the tracks and when we crossed joints in the rails the square bolts the railroad used would tear chunks out of the sidewalls of the tires. The rail workers actually didn’t like us( not personally) because they didn’t get to use their wreck crews and equipment. Those old rail cranes they used were converted from steam engines to diesel. They would bring their wreck equipment in and they brought with them a cook car, a diner car and a sleeper. The work was slow but they made good money and were well fed. When I worked for them they would have a guy that would go out and find a restaurant and would constantly bring food to the site. It was hard work and we were tearing up a lot of equipment working these wrecks. We eventually gave up these jobs and I think we were indirectly responsible for getting RJ Corman started. At that time they were a small company with just a few backhoes. We were located in Lexington and Corman was about 15 miles away in Wilmore, KY. It’s amazing how big Corman got and he eventually got into short line railroads. The company has some of the nicest equipment you’ll ever see in a short line and their tracks are well maintained. I didn’t know RJ very well but had several conversations with him. Seemed like a nice guy. When the University of Kentucky hired John Calipari as it’s head basketball coach, he was picked up and flown to Lexington in Corman’s private jet. I last saw RJ just a few months before he died an early death from cancer.
Great video. It’s good that you pointed out that trains are wider then the tracks… never thought about that.
An absolutely outstanding info video. This type of video gives a window into the operations rarely seen by the public and can provide a greater appreciation for the men and women who work this sometimes very dangerous industry in order to provide the consumer goods needed for everyday living. I learned a lot, great job.
Yeah, nice video, but NO SOLUTIONS. Build tunnels instead of railway crossings. The US has money enough.
IMO, this video really impressive. Camera work, post production, narrative, sound quality, research and attribution are all pro-grade. Strong work!
But NO SOLUTIONS in building tunnels for the traffic so it will be much safer for everyone. More than 2.100 accidents can be avoided IF your Government WANT to do something for yr safety. It's all about MONEY MONEY MONEY, not SAFETY.
I wasn't remotely interested in this topic, but that has now completely changed! I watched the entire upload and it was simply excellent. Thank you, from London, England.
Very informative and interesting video. Thank you. As a lifelong rail enthusiast and a retired electric commuter train driver in the UK, I am increasingly fascinated by the rail operations in the US. One of my main spheres of interest on both railways and air travel is the causes of accidents and how each one has led to better safety procedures and improvements in the construction of rail vehicles and aircraft. It is interesting what you say about the number of accidents on grade crossings (we call them level crossings in the UK) - because here that is one accident type the rail companies have always struggled to reduce. Most accidents here occur on crossings where the barriers can be dodged, or on what are known as user operated crossings on farmland or private roads - I saw the result of one where the locomotive was covered in potatoes, even the cab was full of them. The other BIG problem we have here is with large trucks or double deck buses smashing into bridges that are too low for the vehicle to fit under. I had one of those happen literally right in front of me - the entire top deck was torn completely off a double deck bus, bits of metal, plastic and glass flew absolutely everywhere. Fortunately the bus was empty, but it was a hell of a mess to clean up. Anyway, keep up the excellent work. I always enjoy your videos.
Thanks for watching!
I am a sri lankan where weid accidents of this type occur frequently in our country. Most level crossings here are unprotected but stiil a great proportion of accidents involving trains And road vehicles occur due to careless ess.
I love listening to the KL5A horns on CN and AMTRAK lines South of me, especially on still nights.
Nailed it! Fantastic video and footage! Great work...........
Your videos are much more informative than most videos that just show trains passing by.
I wonder how many Truckers Lose their CDL’s when they Obviously Don’t follow US Laws regarding Safely Operating Motor Vehicles. NO Excuse for Collisions. 🤪👎
Highly doubt any lose there cdl im sure they get heavy fines. But who knows
They won’t lose their CDL, but good luck getting any decent job after. Getting a low boy hung on the tracks, or pulling through the track to wait on a red light are both inexcusable.
I hope the speed is set to 100km/ hr until total replacement of LD trucking finished by 2035.
@@SovereignTroll replacement of LD trucking? Good luck…..
@@thetowndrunk988 This has always been one of the things you have to be conscious about. I drag a low profile step deck 50’ trailer behind the tractor I drive for work. Not to mention your landing gear is just a few inches off the pavement. If I have to cross over a set of tracks that are heaped up in the middle of the road, I won’t go over it. I try to anticipate my route to my destination before I take it.
Waited for another special. I'll be watching this again to help me prepare for railroad emergencies.
Great content! I know of two accidents on the railroad I worked at where the anti-climbers failed on EMD SD70's. In both accidents the locomotive struck a flat car which climbed and sheared off the cab of the lead locomotive, killing the crew in both cases. I don't trust them at all. Luckily when a train I was running struck a vehicle, I was in a GM AC4400, and the car was thrown to the side. Minor injuries to the driver of the car, and no injuries to the crew.
Before they come out with the modified engine cabs and before they got rid if the caboose . they once had three SD's cut off to shove Train over a mountain something went wrong and the train derailed and that 24 ton caboose sliced that SD into little bitty pieces I would have never thought such . I seen the engine after they had loaded it into a gon and it passed through the yard it was pitiful it cut that engine up in about seven pieces . it sheared the control stand off at the floor the engineer survived I don't see how but it killed the head brake man
Correction.... "GE" AC4400.
I do feel the safety cab layout out is such a great thing! Over the pond in the UK we used the Class59 and Class 66 freight locomotives on the vast majority of our freight trains.
These units are cut down versions of the EMD SD40-2 to fit within the UK loading gauge. However the cabs very exposed, basically a flat front where the engineer's knees are the crumple zone. This was quite apparent during the Selby Rail Crash in 2001 when the engineer was killed after running into a derailed passenger train which had in turn been derailed by a car that had crashed down an embankment and onto the tracks.
Thank you for this video. I learned quite a bit that I didn't know, considering that I was born and raised in a railroad town.
Mojave California was a small desert town of about 3,000 where two highways met, and three railroads went through town- Santa Fe, Southern Pacific (Sometimes labeled Cotton Belt), and Trona Railway. I grew up listening to trains blast through town every 10 minutes and fell asleep at night listening to the whistle of turbochargers from idling train engines. When I moved away in 1996 I had a difficult time falling asleep at night in my new community because I had actually grown used to hearing locomotive engines at night. Although I don't know nearly as much as the creator of this video, once you grow up in a railroad town, you come to love locomotives.
One thing I never understood is how any automobile driver gets hit by a train. It actually happened quite often in Mojave, especially with people that lived there and should know how frequently trains cross the tracks. If there was ever a ranking for stupidity, getting hit by a train would be near the top. And here is something that a lot of people should know, especially if you live in California- getting caught going around active crossing gates is one of the most expensive traffic tickets a person can get, and most auto insurance companies will drop you like a hot potato. You would be much safer driving down the road throwing money out the window.
I only saw one train derail in the 31 years I lived in Mojave. It wasn't a bad derailment because the train wasn't going very fast; only about four cars went over while most stayed upright. One of the cars was carrying lumber, once the railroad deemed it was safe to be near the tracks, they allowed people to haul away the scattered lumber. It was a win win for the railroad and the local residents. The railroad didn't have to clean up the mess while those of us living in town scored some free lumber. I filled up my pickup truck with enough 2"x6"s to frame out a nice shed.
THANK YOU for such good coverage, accurate narrating, and good clear pictures & a nice, easy to listen to, voice !
As a matter of fact, the ditch light controller is built into a steel lockable box, usually mounted in the Short Hood Nose (SHE) of the locomotive and hooks to the horn magnavalve, so when the horn blows, it gets a feed from there on pin 10, (on the panel), if I'm not mistaken. It also is connected to the SHE/LHE set-up switch, for which-ever end is in the lead position. Pin 10 is also hooked to a push-button on the control stand, for JUST momentary alternating lights without sounding the horn, (mainly for use around hospitals or to test the lights. The set-up switch tells the box which end the headlights will be using, so the opposite end of the unit won't have head lights not Ditch Lights in operation. If NS ditch Lights are operating properly, when the headlight is on, and the control knob and end selector is positioned properly, the ditch lights will be on constant. FRA calls it the "TRIANGLE LIGHT PATTERN, for railroad safety". Once you tap the horn, or tap the button, the Ditch Lights will flash alternately for a set number of seconds, (18 seconds, if I remember correctly), and then go back to either on constant, (if the headlights are on), or if the headlights are off, after the Ditch Lights time out, they turn off, awaiting a signal in the main panel. < I know a little about them. I helped design the procedure to install them on locomotives, as well as designed and built the testing equipment to qualify the control box for ditch lights. I made one for each of the major shops. > ( The ditch lights are the same bulbs as the headlights are. 75Volts, DC.)
You mentioned what kind of damage does a unit get, if there isn't much of anything showing from the outside...Imagine having a flatbed truck with heavy boxes sitting on it, doing 50mph and running into a solid concrete wall. What would happen to those boxes? They would keep going the direction and speed they were previously going. If they were bolted down, the weight MIGHT be enough to sheer the mounting bolts off, moving control equipment around. There are lots of 1/2" and 3/8" copper tubing, carrying air for brake systems, all under the floor of the cab. They hook to the control stand for Train brake and Automatic brake, Dynamic brake magnavalve, PCS, horn, directional Sand. etc. Sometimes loose items, like possibly a bad coupler knuckle that wasn't put on a storage peg after changing it out, or special chain, might be thrown into the piping and flatten it out, or any number of shearing problems. ( In each end of the locomotive, there is a big sand box," its called, actually a funny shaped steel tank, built like a shute at the bottom, that holds DRY SAND, for sanding the track for better track adhesion, when WSA, (Wheel Slip Action), is detected. Air magna-valves shoot a fine spray of air and dry sand in front of the two lead wheels. This acts to GRIP the track when the steel wheel is under great strain, to pull the train up a steep incline.) The unit has to go to a "Back Shop" and be picked over and all the wreck damage, be hand repaired and painted. If its a major amount of wreck damage, they'll run it thru the system paint shop, when they get done and check it out good. Then, you can't tell there was ever anything wrong with it !!! I used to love working on wrecks and burn-ups !!! I've been retired over a decade.
I was looking over the comments, and a fellow was speaking about room echo. My Dad did his radio show in Moms studio and he had the engineer that was building our TV channel 12, to order him some of that same acoustical tiling that he was using for quality sound for early TV. and he paid him for It. Theyer 12" x 12" squares with 400 1/8" holes in each one. They use it in Radio and TV studios as well as Band Rooms. It's a soft "Beaver Board". Hope this helps.
I appreciate all that info! Thank you!
I am a new subscriber, I love trains, I have been on a train twice in my life. I would love to experience riding in the cab of a train just to experience the the power of it and the beautiful scenery. Thank you for the amazing video, much respect from Vancouver Island BC Canada.
I absolutely appreciate the high production value in your presentations! You have the best upcoming channel on RUclips dealing with trains! Please take it one more step higher by using a Lav mic or a close proximity shotgun mic. The room echo could be greatly reduced by using either one. Acoustic treatment of the room would also help. Please understand that this is not a negative comment. I have worked in broadcasting for over 40 years and have encountered and corrected similar problems. I only mention this in a spirt of encouragement. Keep up the great work and Happy New Year!
Thanks! That's great feedback! I will definitely start using a lav mic going forward.
Either you work for the guy or it is the guy with a fake email or you have a Brown nose and a shoe because I can smell the BS from here
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i'M SO GLAD TO SEE SOMEONE ELSE MENTION THIS TO A POSTER. THEY DON'T LISTEN WHEN THEY EDIT AND PLAYBACK THEIR OWN VIDEOS. i LEARNED IN MY FIRST WORK 50 YEARS AGO. tHESE PEOPLE DO VIDEO AFTER VIDEO AND NEVER SEE OR HEAR HOW BAD IT SOUNDS. JUST SAYIN'
I'm a traindriver in Denmark - If an object is blocking the gates we have a signal that tells us to stop before the crossing - on newer crossings there are coils in the road telling if vehicles are stuck between the gates, and that triggers the same signal telling us to stop.
You can stop the train in the time between when the gates lower and the lead engines reach the crossing? I call BS…
Call whatever you want, this is a fact.
It's just a matter of proper timing - the gates must be lowered and secured in time for the train to sop if they fail to do so.
We even have crossings that'll tell if a vehicle is stuck between the gates on the track - it's just a simple magnetic sensor under the asphalt.
I know we are a much smaller country, but we only have around a handful of collissions between rail and other traffic yearly.
This video shows what I'm talking about :
The sign @2:21 tells me a Crossing is coming up - the flashing white light at 2:27 tells me the Crossing is secured, if it isn't, there will be two solid Yellow lights and I know I have to stop at the crossing.
You can see an example of two yellows @12:30.
ruclips.net/video/1zM9cgoosf4/видео.html
@@W210E50AMG That's cool. Wouldn't work for giant freight trains in north america though, unless the bond was 2 miles long. I drive some that are 27, 000 tons. Takes a couple miles to stop.
@2kanchoo Our trains are limited to 835 metres length, that's a bit over half a mile - we also have a weight limit of 2500 metric tonnes - so a bit smaller trains than yours :)
I wanna say thank you in this new yr. I used so many your video to show my students how the railway work go. Cause of Covid, it is hard for me to let my student to see the real railway car. I have already finished last automn semster, hoping my student learn so much via your video!
Looking forward to a new year of incredible V12 Productions videos
Wow, this was a pretty fascinating video. And I DID learn some cool stuff. Really informative, and well done. Thanks for posting!
Excellent report! Just subbed. We had a few derailments in 2022 in my area (Harrisburg, Pa.) but nothing as bad as these!
Of all the jobs I have had. And even my time in the military as a patrol dog handler. I can honestly say. Working for the railroad was the biggest highlights.
Great video! Thanks for all your efforts. The explanations were easily understandable.
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video! Very interesting and educational. I enjoyed it very much. Keep up the good work. I hope to see more soon. 😊😊😊
Now that was one great and interesting video , your presentation Was absolutely fantastic , I’m a big fan of trains , it all started when I worked for the rail road back when I was a 17 year old buck about 48 years ago , I just seen your channel for the first time and yes I definitely did subscribe , THANK YOU for this excellent video so please keep up the great work . 🇨🇦
Thanks for watching!
Amazing video, great captures! Mega LIKE
Happy New Year
Andrew
Nicely done sir and thank you for contributing some fine information to the railroad conversation. A lot to process and follow up on here. Happy New Year from Cumberland!
oh dear..I will carry on from below........built, stabled and serviced a huge number number of steam, diesel and electric locos for home and export. Loved it as a kid but there's not so much now. I remember steam cranes on various rescue trains but didn't really know how it all worked or how they do it on the UK's weird system since they denationatlised the systems.(Currently they are striking so often to be reliable for my use). I will look up how we do it here but I suppose rails is rails anywhere.
NICELY DONE
Nicely done and presented.......
Outstanding footage...
Keep up the good work.....
James Hennighan
Yorkshire, England
As someone from the UK I can't believe how well built you're US locomotive cab design is. European trains ,although getting better have minimal to zero protection for engineers in the event of a collision. One UK Rail expert describes the cab of the class 43 hst as being so inadequate it resembles an upturned fibre glass bathtub with a window!
This is great, awesome! Thank for the content giving great understanding for what goes on, in these mishaps.
5:47 hold on, 777? Kinda like the type of plane or the train in the Unstoppable movie? I know it’s CSX but I just figured I’d point that out. 😅
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I was standing right next to you when you shot this! I had just gotten out of the REDI Center for the day and saw that train sitting there.
Thank you for such an educational video. You really did a great job here explaining things. I had to laugh when I saw the vintage 250 ton cranes because it was my Christmas present to myself this year for my train layout which is finally done. Happy New Year. Cheers from Ontario 🍁
تجميع ممتاذة شكرا لتذكيرنا عندما ترى المسارات فكر فى القطارات الضخمة والاوناش التى تعمل عليها هناك اشخاص تخدم هذا القطاع كبير
My brother-in-law was a conductor whose life was saved by the anti climber on the unit he was riding in when it collided with a stopped train. The anti-climbers do save lives!
People shooting at train cabooses was common, as was hanging the cider blocks on the entry and exit from tunnels.
What railroad does your brother in law work at he seems a nice person
@@jacobdubielak UP and he passed away 4 years ago. He was a fun guy!
@IowaGrandpaTrain nice and we are sorry for your loss of your brother and yes he is a great guy
WOW -- I'll bet you put a lot of time putting this together. As is always the case, there was a lot of useful information in this video along with video to illustrate the point being made. Very professionally done. I've learned a lot about railroading from watching your channel.
Your videos are the best v12 productions.
watched this from England on my wife's account and found it very interesting. We live not far from Crewe which in its day builtand stabled a huge number of
Wow, I love this channel, AMEZING
Excellent video, I definitely enjoyed it and learned a few things! Hope you have a very Happy New Year. Looking forward to more videos
im a new viewer to your channel. great job - love your special reports - subscribed!
Thank you! Excellent content! I definitely enjoyed this video!
great video, the part about cleanup equipment was especially interesting, love the look at history there, too
Thanks!
Great video! The Big Hook reminds me of the Big Berta canon the German had on their train in WW2. Those things were massive. If I recall properly, a Big Hook was able to lift a locomotive completly by itself off the ground.
In Texas back when I worked for the RR we called the "rerailers" - frogs and they made one frog that would retail a car where the trucks had split the track - as in one axle of the truck was on one side of the track and the other axle of the truck was on the other side of the truck- it was called a batwing frog... little derailments around these yards is practly a dayily activity...
There's actually an as-it-happened video of that December 20th at Collegedale, taken by a car passenger near the crossing . . .
It’s weird I live in Cherokee County and rarely hear of train accidents. It’s neat to see a video where most of these take place here in Georgia
Wow can't stop watching thank you sir
Very professional channel! Awesome work!
Fun fact: Ditch lights were required on mountain grades in Canada as far back as the early 1960s so crews could spot and report potential rockslides. I remember my grandfather showing me the temporary ones CN would hook on to the front of their FP9's that ran on the SuperContinental from Montreal to Vancouver (they were only required from Jasper Alberta onward)
5:49 - Look at that wheel set... look closely at the can balanced on top. Is that a beer or an some ice cold Arizona tea?
Those side lift tractors are amazing! 😊😊
I’ve been watching your videos since 2019, and all of those train wrecks, how safe are they, and how they work. Thank you for all of that! Happy new year, V12.
Thanks!
Just found your channel. Very interesting and good coverage of the incidents. I have now subscribed to your channel. Regards from Denmark
/Adam
3 step = engine brake, generator field down, throttle centered. The only time the train (big brake) is applied when conductor is applying hand brakes.
You do a great job of putting videos together. Very enjoyable to watch, informative, and I look forward to next time!
“Re-railer” vs “Re-tracker”: both are a single piece of metal, but where the one you saw used on Southern 630 was only placed on one side, the other kind straddles both sides of a rail and catches the flange, forcing it where it needs to go. They used one when NKP 765 had a derailment problem a bit of time back. They are also on the lower side of the tenders of the K-28, K-36, and K-37s used on the D&SNG and C&TS and at the Colorado Railroad Museum and are painted white / silver. However, they carry both kind of these tools on said narrow gauge steam locomotives, and I think (don’t quote me) the kind you saw used on Southern 630 is what they in Colorado call a “shim” re-railer, and is more commonly used on coaches or cars since the locomotives have the bigger “V” type that straddles both sides of the rail while also sitting over it and locks in between two ties to keep it from moving as it’s better for heavier equipment like modern cars and older steam locomotives. It’s kind of works like the HO scale power terminus/retailer seen with train sets using Bachmann EZ-Track. (I bet the UP crew wish they had a few in Sacramento when UP 844’s tender derailed a decade ago, since all they had were blocks of wood and it took 6-8 hours to get the one tender wheel back on since centipede tenders are notoriously for derailing when backing up in a curve.) The exact name, however, escapes me.
This was a good watch, TV quality watch that seems like it was also put on RUclips. Those metal coils are lethal. I drive trucks and I've seen the damage they cause on trucks.
Rail roading will always be dangerous.
Happy New year. Ditch lites are under the cab so the engineer can see to measure low speed ground distance especially when performing switching out cars
I don't know about that . I think that was more of an effort to warn the public at grade crossing they made.them so when you blowed the horn they would come on and flash alternatly and would shut themselves off after so many seconds after you stoped blowing the horn originally .
I absolutely love your channel and videos. Thank you!!
Great video! I was wondering how the accident happened with the truck with the concrete beam. Truckers complain about vehicles not respecting them on the road yet they have no respect for trains what so ever despite trains helping them stay employed. I use to work for a company that made the running boards that you see on the top of the hopper cars years ago. Those things are heavy but we would crank them out along with other parts of the railcars.
Your in my Top 10 Channels. Great job.Thank You!
Excellent Video. You did well! Thank You!
I use to operate the side booms on train wrecks and it was very challenging and hot work had 17 levers to operate them . I enjoyed the work 4 quite a few years.
Very informative, well spoken, educational video. Thank you! I learned stuff I never knew about.
The CSX 4568 engine was actually involved in an at grade crossing accident last month, it was only on the rails for a whole two months before it had the accident.
Wow really? How ironic 🥴
I can't find any news or reports about it. Do you have a link? I'm interested to see how the journalists handled that. Thanks.
this was super well made! great video to end the year off!
Excellent video with all the descriptions! 👍🏾
Any body know what those flashes are when the locomotive impacts at 17:52 and some of the other test videos?
Excellent review of unfortunate incidents. The concrete beam load/big rig accident video has gone viral on Instagram. It was interesting and a relief to see the outcome details here, specifically that no one was severely injured and the environmental mess kept to a minimum.
My Grandpa worked on the railroad so did my Uncles. One uncle continued to wear his stripped overalls all the time. Carried his own smoke materials and used a part of the paper bag to roll up his tobacco. Miss him alot
Watching this with my toddler who’s happily going “Yay trains!” and then upon seeing them wrecked goes; “Oh no, poor train! It needs to go to the hospital!” XD
At about 31:00 - 31;59 note the excavator is pressing down on the counterweight of the sidewinder. Neat way to add needed counterweight.
Fun fact: if you are parked next to the tracks, make sure that yoru car is a little farther than the ties as the locomotive is about the same width as the ties are long
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still -motion photography pictures 📷enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. As I sat rear passenger side of the car. Looked right into a blinding train light. The driver almost didn't beat the train -! 😵. One late night 🌙 in Tulsa Oklahoma. Viewing this presentation from the comfort zone of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast " of Florida 🐊🐊. Wishing viewers/R.R. Employees a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 ) 🌈🎉😉.
Excellent report. Always fascinated by all of your videos.
Happy New Year, Charlie! 👍
I''m always amazed at the power of heavy equipment, hydraulics make modern life possible, of course steam did a lot for the industrial age, and thank you sir for putting this very entertaining and professional video together and sharing it....Javi G.
Excellant video, and I did learn some new RR details. Many thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Very enjoyable video to watch. Just the facts and to the point. Thank you.
Great video footage i love watching those pipe layers working thank you very much look forward to watching more of your videos 👍
Great information thanks for the knowledge and awareness!!
Thank you. Very well done. Very informative and interesting content.
I worked for RJ Corman for about 8 years. We did some pretty big accidents. Lifting engines like that was pretty easy job. It was being on call 24/7 that was no fun. The work was fun and interesting though.
Glad to see you back again. Most interesting videos yet.
Thanks!
Exceptional great footage and explanation. New subscriber from New Zealand. Keep up the great work.
Isn't CSX 777 that one train that was running way (and the movie)
I really enjoy watching RJ Corman crews. They get busy and get it done.
This is a fine railroad show and I enjoyed watching trains that I may not get to see.
Trains are probably the most efficient and most dangerous vehicles in the world, they are good when things go right, but when stuff starts getting bad. These vehicles are heavy transport, it takes a while to start up and gain speed, and takes even longer to put on full brake at a short notice.
Great work; thanks!
I live in Georgia so I enjoyed seeing so many in Georgia.
How the hell do you turn onto the tracks. Did you not see the rail crossing signs