WOW! These guys are the ultimate EXPERTS! My Uncles worked MOW on the Gainesville Midland when I was a young man. They were True Engineers!

Educational and informative. Glad they didn't ask you to leave as we all gained new knowledge watching this. Never too old to learn something new. At 73, I agree! Thank you. Grandma Smith in SW Kansas.

This crew has done this before, I don't know how long it took to get things right but between good editing and heavy equipment operators seemingly not wasting any efforts this is more entertaining than a football game.

What a treat! You rarely get to see so much of the actual recovery in derailment videos. Thanks for taking the time to share so much of the details with us. Really interesting and I enjoyed it very much.

My dad worked at the Havelock shops in Lincoln for 40 years as a welder and just a couple of weeks ago I had asked him about what the process of getting a train derailment corrected or cleaned up was, he described it the best he could but seeing it made everything he said so much clearer. Thank you for taking time out of your day to make this video. 🙂

My beloved late Father worked 38 years for Southern Pacific and worked at cleaning up many derailments. R.I.P, Dad.

And the train rides the rails again! Amazing that the engines and cars remained upright and able to operate again. 🇨🇦

I'm a retired engineer and have worked that line for years. You're following of the consist with the 2 cars brought back memories of all the times i worked from Lincoln Nebraska going thru the Ferry Yard and on into the 18th Street Yard into Sioux City. Thanks for your idea to film all the way from derailment to roundhouse lead.

Anytime I see or hear of a derailment I become sad. It's takes so much to get things back to the way they were. Tons of man hours are taken to fix a mistake that generally shouldn't happen. I hope everyone is safe. Really superb filming as well Tykell, A+.

The old pipe layers worked well. Nice they had access in the flats of Nebraska. I used to got out on derailments to clean up after the RR got what they wanted to salvage. We cut up a lot of RR cars.

You have to be impressed with the sidewinders that puts the cars back on the track and the drivers that operates them to. Good job men

Stumbled upon this thanks to the algorithm. First time seeing a derailment sorted out. Those CAT D’s with the sideways jibs are the oddest CAT’s I’ve ever seen and have some grunt to lift a loco with fuel back onto the rails. Also, took me by surprise that they lifted them forward of the torn up rails - good corordination between either side CAT whilst with the loco wheels off the ground. Big boys toys to the max.

"It's not my place to run the train, the whistle I can't blow. It's not my place to take on water, I don't make it go. It's not my place to build up steam or even clang the bell. But, let the damn thing jump the track and see who catches hell." - Author Unknown.

What a great job on the video, much appreciated on filming the rerailing of the equipment. The chase was an added bonus! 👍👍and ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thanks for sharing!

That was an amazing video. This crew handled this easily it appeared and I was dumbfounded how easy they made that look. I didn't realize what pushed that locomotive off the rail until I saw the right side picture. Amazing the damage that locomotive suffered too. Thank you for following this through to the end. Great video!!

EXCELLENT VIDEO !!! VERRRY WELL FILMED ! You got a perfect parking spot, twice ! Then chased the Lead End, & cut of cars, till they were Sided ! The first time I ever saw one of those tractors, with the crane on the side of it; I was 22 years old, watching the guys pull loco trucks out of a creek and then onto the rails and then set the loco onto them....that was over 45 years ago ! I have always been a fan of those pieces of equipment...! Thanks again for an excellent video !

Great video, well done, and thanks. The first derailment I filmed (back then in color S-8) was approx. 1974, on the Soo Line's Belgrade to Superior branch in MN. The wreck consisted of a few grain cars (no engines) laying on their sides along the ROW, just a short distance north from a highway crossing near the town of Isle. The crew had been using a diesel engine (GP-7 or 9, as I recall) to maneuver a steam powered crane to right the cars on their trucks as the tracks were apparently undamaged. At the time I hadn't realized the crane was, in fact, steam powered, although I had seen photos of such and had an interest in railroads from the time I was a kid. Since then I have taken dozens of photos, slides, color movies and videos of many RR activities wherever I could find them, but none quite like this. Anything steam was and is exciting to me, as the last steam powered revenue freight through my hometown (on the NP) was in 1959, just after I'd turned thirteen. Not having a camera until the early '60s, I have no photos of steam from those earliest days of my interest. One day, if not now, you will be more than glad you were able to film your experience with the BNSF wreck as you did, and with the quality of camera work in which you did it. At times, timing and sheer luck in filming works wonders, too.

As a former Hulcher Professional Services employee, someone who did this kind of work, I really do appreciate this video. Been looking for a long time for a video that shows the full winch line. Hard to describe, so nice to see it. It is a heavy SOB, the hook, the 4 or 5 links of holy crap they call that chain and the inch and a half winch line. Not a fun ordeal when you have to lift that over a railcar that has derailed on its side. (we went over the top so when we pulled it over the coal contents would dump out and the car could be scraped.)

Great job, Tykell. We don’t often get to see the behind the scene work that goes on in a recovery. Am always impressed with the level of experience these guys bring. Fascinating! Love your still photos, also. Lots of time to get a really good look at each one. Thank you

Thanks for sticking around for all of that. Had no idea what was required to get things right. That crew sure knew what they were doing. Amazing.

@13:00 wild Hemp right next to the track! 👌💨☕🚂✌

Thank you for taping that whole process, quite enlightening. I've never seen anything like that before.

Thank you from the UK, great video and being able to see the recovery, you certainly gave a lot of your time up to film , appreciated. Stay safe .

I've seen those sidewinders pull cars out into the woods but I didn't know they could pick up a road unit. Quite the machine. Great video by the way, thanks for posting!

Fantastic job of sticking with it through the whole ordeal! Fascinating video!

Wow - this was interesting how they got those trains up and running especially and that massive equipment. Thank u for all ur time to record this and share with the world.

Videos like this make me glad I'm retired. I've worked that line with a MOW surfacing gang many years ago. Derailments like this are a pain in the butt when sections of both rails are pulled up. The sidewinders make pretty quick work of it anymore and instead of putting the usually bent rails and broken ties down now they just cut the section out and lay down panels. Dump rock, do a quick surfacing, get it up to 25mm and open it back up. The next day after proper surfacing it's put back up to normal track speed.

Great to see such a well organized crew putting it all back on track👍 Looking like they didn’t even break a sweat

Wow!! Thank you for educating us on what it takes to free this train. Long, hard tedious work for those nen.

Excellent and very efficient work by this team to sort out a fairly straightforward derailment.... With no damage ...and therefore leakage from any tanks......both the tank cars and the locomotive fuel tanks... Shift the cars still on the track .........back in the direction from which they came. Re-rail the damaged cars....and the locomotive.....then let the locomotives and the two re-railed cars run forward clear of the location.....after cutting out the damaged and buckled rails... Location then clear to repair / replace the damaged track...... Testament to the 'can do' abilities of the railway workers. No drama....just fix it... James Hennighan Yorkshire, England

Thank You for stopping to record the after work. I never knew how the track workers and their equipment worked.

Great job by the brotherhood of railroad workers. It is totally amazing how they orchestrate getting such heavy equipment back on the rails and return the rails to service.

What makes me laugh from a UK perspective is: 1. how quickly that was recovered, in the UK that probably would have taken 24-48 hrs 2. The way they just put the train back on the track then drive it back to the depot, in the UK often derailed units are put on trucks back to a depot or at least have an undamaged pilot engine on the front with the others dead in train.

Is quite relaxing seeing public workers doing clean-up jobs after incidents or accidents... It lets you have a sense of calm that everything will be put back in order soon enough...

Good job Tykell!! Thank you very much for share this experience

The repair - rerailing crew did an excellent job. Good footage.

Damn...that's one hell of a derailment. Great job catching it! 👍

I watched a recovery years and years ago. Amazing. They make it look so easy. Obviously know what they are doing. They have some very big toys, too!

Great video! I have seen a couple retail operations, but at a great distance. It was a treat to see the work, close up. Hulcher does a smooth job with those sidewinders. It's like the loco & cars weigh nothing. Thanks for the video & your time!!! 👍👍👍

That was very interesting to watch. Now I know how things are put back together after a derailment. A lot of sweat and hard work went into that. Good job.

I always wondered how they fixed a mess like this. Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

Fascinating video! I can't believe you sat in your car for 10 hours. What dedication! I'll be sure to watch you. I just discovered you today am now a new subscriber! Good luck Tykell with your channel! SGG

Wow!!!! I'm impressed at how quick they sorted out that mess👏🏻👏🏻, nice camera work as well.

Awesome video man! Im the guy in the white hard hat managing that jobsite. That crew is out of Grand Island Nebraska and we work for Hulcher. If you have any questions man feel free to ask. But great video i seen you sitting there was wondering what yall were up too. lol

*Montrer une operation de rétablissement de la voie avec l'évacuation des wagons endommagés, c'est rare !!! Merci pour ces images précieuses...*

From an engineering perspective, that was an incredible rescue operation. Like nothing even happened... 100% impressive 😎🤙🏻

Thank you so much for this video. I always wondered how things were done. Fascinating.

An awesome reportage. From start to finish it presents a clear point of view. It could be a lesson for any railway company on how to deal with problems like this effectively and efficiently. Thank you so much for this very impressive video. The huge 5 Stars from me..

The ingenuity of man to design machines to repair machines

I've seen how rail can spring wildly when cut through with Oxy and when I saw the Recovery machine put his track on the rail I think he was doing it for that reason.

Formidable en si peu de temps !! Super travail,bravo á ces équipes ...

Ten hours onsite, wow!!!! Thanks for your dedication.

Nice catch! Especially like the effort you put into following to get good views of the damage.

It's amazing how fast and efficient these guys are they really know what they're doing

Awesome video. I was wondering at the beginning of the video how they were going to replace the track. Very informative. I enjoyed it thoroughly. Thank you.

I like how he parks the crawler on the rail to prevent it sproinging on him once it's cut.

Great Coverage after the Derailment, Tykell. 👍

It always amazes me how quickly those Hulcher machines with excellent, qualified crews show up after a problem. They must have them hiding behind every bush out there somewhere. Excellent video of the process!

Nice documentation of the cleanup and aftermath. I've driven trucks through this region for years and am even now transporting wind generator blades through here (from Newton, IA to O'Neil, NE), on nearby NE35 (no, I have no comments or connection with the recent TX grade crossing/blade-truck accident). It's sad that drivers here treat grade crossings with so little care but this is what ultimately happens. smh Kudos for sticking with it until they finished up!

I am mesmerised watching the two big cranes on either side of the engine, working in unison to get it derailed. Awesome.

They’ve been there and done that before it’s really nice to watch them move in and take over and fix the problem it takes time, equipment, supplies and most importantly intelligent people highly trained.

Hats off to these guys who know what they are doing and don't ass around like city or state workers.🇺🇸

Wow that was awesome to watch. I've always wondered how they handled derailments. We had one derail several years ago and the tracks were closed for a couple days I think. I'm surprised it doesn't happen more as fast as they come through here.

Your description is clear and concise. Thank you.

Great video and great work by the crew - made life a lot easier happening beside a road.

What's truly amazing is that there doing this job the same exact way they've done it for nearly 80 yrs. Even those old Cat pipe layers that they modified still do the job. Can you imagine how many times those things have paid for themselves??? And there probably 50 -60 yrs old. They where built back when we had pride in what we made. And built them to last.

Thank you for filming. Those CAT sideboom Short lifts sure are POWERFUL. It's amazing watching them. There is one of those stand by yards by my home. They have a big Excavator And 977 or bigger CAT Loader on Trailers with sidebooms in a yard. All ready to go out.

Highly educational. Awesome job Tykell

That’s some pretty sizable damage on the front of that locomotive. Looks like he must have been moving at a pretty good speed when the collision occurred.

Those side booms are tough machines. it was amazing how quickly they were able to clear all of this up. I watched a derail recovery in Southern Illinois a bunch of years ago. Two coal hopper cars derailed. They sent out a 100 ton Holmes stiff boom, he had to be right up against the side of the car, but they were able to reset on to the rails. I ask, what happens if they couldn't do the job. The supervisor said that they would send for a rail crane out of St Louis. It was steam powered. They didn't know what it's capacity was. Every time they had a lift, it either came up or the rigging broke. The old steam machinery never stalled.

Another thing is impressive, this is the ejection of the track, which was allowed due to the lack of control and poor fixing of the track, plus high temperatures !!!

That's pretty cool how they lift them and put them back on the tracks!! Never knew that. Thanks great video!!😊

That could have been a WHOLE lot worse than it was!

a new breed of trainspotter: the trainstalker !

Never enjoyed a video so much as this one. Thank you sir it has been fantastic.

I am fairly impressed the strength of those thin steel cables from the cranes. just several those cables are able to hold the majority of the weight of this gigantic locomotive, which is 200 tons!

Thank you for taking the time to show the recovery process. I watched an engine derail on a siding, it was a minor incident in the darkness of the night. Only the front set of traction motors (all three axles) were what that derailed as it happened during a switching operation. I was the transport for the crew. I had a crappy cell phone and couldn't get any good pictures. The derailer was left engaged oops.

That crew was johnny on the spot and handled business. That was the most interesting video I’ve seen in a long time. I would have loved to see them replace the track; that would have been interesting too. At the end, did the engineer think you were stalking him? Thank you for a very entertaining video! Well done!

To those who say that it is always the train that "wins" in any collision with a road vehicle, I'd say that it's almost always the train or railway that loses once all the repair costs are paid.

The crossing at 31:33 brings back lots of memories. We used to hop on there when we were kids to get to SSC.

Excellent video, also a good ad for Hulcher services. Like any job like this it requires 10 supervisors for every worker. When you are dealing with this much weight safety is more important than speed. I'll give you a subscription for this and a like for standing waist deep in ditch weed without lighting up.

How many hours did it take for the Hulcher crews to arrive to begin the clean-up? Looking at their listing of locations, they probably came from Grand Island, Nebraska which is 3+ hours away. Of course, they would have to get the crew together and load any equipment that isn't already on the lowboys. Nice video! You must have stayed there for a number of hours.

Thank you for a great video. Rerailing is an art and these guys are masters. Great catch

This was an amazing video; I would never have thought that those four crawler cranes would have been able to lift the train engines and or train carriages. I would have liked to see how they repaired the rail none the less still an outstanding video, thank you.

"The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli."

I simply amazes me that people are so inattentive, that they can't see a train, or actually believe that they can beat a train through a crossing. This is not a 'new' occurrence. I have seen this happen countless times, and it baffles me even today, why people continue to be so foolish. I guess their driver's ed class didn't bother to tell them that they can not win an argument with a 400,000 pound piece of steel moving at any real speed. And, I didn't count the 1 or 2 million pounds that is chasing that locomotive.

Awesome , Excellent Video , Thanks Tykell Truitt

Great coverage start to finish!

Realy nice video! But I have two questions: 1. Where did those 2 Loco´s go with the 2 Fright cars? To maintenance and check? 2. How could the Rails go like THAT? Never seen something similar before. Great work filming and driving btw.

Great coverage. Hulcher did the recovery.

Thanks for the dedicated video effort!

Great job bravo! Great pro in her job very fast intervention👏👏👏👍👍👍🙏

What happens to drivers (engineers) after they strike a vehicle or a person ? Are they relieved of duty immediately, for the sake of stress and counseling or are they allowed to continue the journey ?

You call that a “big mess!” All the equipment is still upright, coupled together, the locomotives are still running, there are not cars all over the place. All I can see in your video is a couple of hundred feet of rail that’s rolled over. All derailments should be so clean!

The side-booms look like CAT 583s and have specially adapted tracks to move on paved roads, originally pipeline tractors.

Good coverage, thanks for sharing

Looks like the company that owns the truck is going to have a big bill.

Good things. the only rail is damaged but every box and engine are not damaged.

This is a very good way to get people to understand just what goes into recovery of Tran locomotive. And I don't believe the Insurance company is going to be happy after they get the Bills Because of the tight deadline that Trans Have. Some one is going to have to pay the bills. Great content keep up the great work. Real Talk 101 !!!!

It impresses me as to how quickly they can get all that heavy equipment to the site to get things cleared; sometimes in very remote locations.