One rock stops two trains

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12 жыл бұрын

I heard some scanner traffic where 4944 told the dispatcher he'd just had someone throw a rock at his windshield as he was leaving Liberal, Ks westbound. The rock shattered the engineer's side windshield and it was difficult to see through, especially heading west into the sun. The dispatcher contacted 8654 west who was behind 4944. 8654 was a Ztrain with a 2x1 setup and the dispatcher asked if his second unit was facing forward. 8654 said it was, so it was decided that 4944 would stop at the first siding in Tyrone, Oklahoma and they would swap it with the Z train's second unit. The act of one vandal caused two crews to be delayed by over an hour and the line to be tied up during the change. the item handed from the cab at the end was a timetable and siding info booklet.

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@AJ67901 11 жыл бұрын

you could almost hear the Homer Simpson "DOH" when he bumped..

@BBT609 8 жыл бұрын

3:29...boy he SLAMMED into the train lol. but he can't really see lol.

@6yjjk 8 жыл бұрын

+BBT609 Yup, there goes the other windshield!

@grasscutter88 7 жыл бұрын

Probably just pissed off. lol

@SolidCold 6 жыл бұрын

BBT609 RIP coupler

@rhettscal 5 жыл бұрын

I think they call that a collision.

@Firestorm2814Sector 4 жыл бұрын

Conductor did a terrible job slowing him down for an easy coupling 🤦🏾‍♂️

@TrainLover_79 11 ай бұрын

I've been looking everywhere for this video!! I've been watching this since my childhood!! Truly amazing!

@BollocksUtwat 8 жыл бұрын

What is it about railroads and their operations? Watching this stuff makes me feel like a 7 year old all over again.

@jasonsage1417 7 жыл бұрын

BollocksUtwat i know what you mean.. i have a decent trainz simulator... and im like model railroading and that program are silly and a waste of time boring.... so boring.... but they look so cool.... the i fi d myself all into them again... these videos help the spark..... maybe itll make me want to play my game hAha

@Rockstar-td8mh 7 жыл бұрын

Is English your second language?

@mikem8277 6 жыл бұрын

BollocksUtwat zv

@rxrcond4life 6 жыл бұрын

Two rule violations so far... Employees must not ride lower rungs of ladder or car over road crossings. Brakeman failed to 'stretch' the hook when coupling back against his train. We won't tell anyone!!!

@richardpiper940 5 жыл бұрын

P*Funk nn

@MidwesternRailfan 4 жыл бұрын

Ah man... They threw a rock at an SD70M.

@trainzguy2472 3 жыл бұрын

"Shattered windshield stops a train and the rescue train crashes into itself"

@AJ67901 11 жыл бұрын

It would be fascinating to see where a container goes during its lifetime. All over the world I'm sure.

@DFWRailVideos 2 жыл бұрын

What’s funny is that this video is still being recommended ten years later. Really goes to show how the algorithm works!

@AdmiralCreideiki 9 жыл бұрын

Gotta say I love the number on the loco that replaced 4944. Anyone else a fan of M*A*S*H?

@ZachPumphery 8 жыл бұрын

+AdmiralCreideiki That engine has asterisks done with a sharpie between the numbers on the inside of the cab. The only reason I know that is because I'm the one that did it.

@jamesholcombe435 6 жыл бұрын

AdmiralCreideiki that would be 4077

@thatpurpleshortbed3097 5 жыл бұрын

LITERALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE REPLACEMENT CAME IN ME WITH MY ADHD SELF STARTED THINKING ABOUT MASH AND WONDERED IF THWRE WAS A TRAIN NUMBER 4077 AND THEN IT HAPPENED.

@charleskettering2626 5 жыл бұрын

You caught that too!! What is the chance of seeing this loco?

@jamesedwards7241 8 жыл бұрын

Had a Driver (Engineer) I worked with turned into a cabbage by children throwing bricks at locomotives near Leeds (UK), spent his final years like that and never recovered. I often wonder these days if those children and there uncaring parents ever knew what they had achieved for that moments amusement.

@robertgift 8 жыл бұрын

+James Edwards Was this made public (news media) so the children learned the harm that they unintentionally did?

@stavinaircaeruleum2275 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear...

@BallistaTheDeer 7 жыл бұрын

STOPPING THE TRAIN IN GTA 5: CAN A ROCK STOP IT???

@afizhafranrakyatkungkingka4078 7 жыл бұрын

yes

@picobyte 7 жыл бұрын

It's why we have video games in the first place.To stop idiots doing this stuff in the real world :D

@datbich2436 7 жыл бұрын

Grifimus No

@maxvilla5558 7 жыл бұрын

Putting anything on the train tracks is a federal crime

@dethklokemployee 7 жыл бұрын

Max Villa obviously have no clue what the comment meant you replied to...

@kevins1114 9 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many tens of thousands of dollars were wasted because of the actions of one cretin?

@-BUGZ- 9 жыл бұрын

not any. maybe 10s of dollars.

@kevins1114 9 жыл бұрын

Brett Graham Try learning a little about transportation costs in these times before automatically dismissing such things. Stopping trains needlessly affects more than just the individual train itself.

@BandoBeastUrbanExploration 8 жыл бұрын

Brett maybe not because trains are worth a LOT of money.

@-BUGZ- 8 жыл бұрын

+Kevin S i admit defeat and i thank you for the newfound knowledge my friends. respect.

@josephfoster3819 8 жыл бұрын

+Brett Graham probably alot for a new train window for than 10s of dollars

@NewEnglandFoamer 4 жыл бұрын

ITS CRAZY HOW JUST 1 tiny ROCK CAN STOP 2 TRAINS!

@fjb4932 3 жыл бұрын

Ryan Wickes, "...tiny..." Reminds me of the guy that wore a 5.56/.223 bullet on a thong around his neck. Had done his tour in 'Nam and when asked what the bullet was for, said it was to remind him how little it takes to fuck up your whole life ...

@krzysfilip3127 2 жыл бұрын

True

@animehaven886 4 жыл бұрын

that slam when that train hits the front of the consist rocks that front cab😂

@ZombieTide 10 жыл бұрын

That is a hard slam recoupling to that Z train. Very abrupt. lol

@kleetus92 10 жыл бұрын

Wow no kidding... whiplash anyone?

@MasterTech58 6 жыл бұрын

Anything under 5mph is acceptable for pinning

@stuff_n_thanngs7552 5 жыл бұрын

@@MasterTech58 under 4. But 4 with light power is pretty firm.

@Milwaukeeroadfan 10 жыл бұрын

look carefully everyone. The SD70MAC's windshield is damaged at 0:38 along with the opened door through the first few seconds of the video from 0:00 to 1:32. But the brand new SD70ACE is seen at 0:00-0:59, 1:56-4:14 and 4:55-7:34 which is undamaged and stopped to help, and engine 4077(SD70M) is the replacement engine for 4944(SD70MAC) with the broken window!

@Milwaukeeroadfan 9 жыл бұрын

***** oh yeah, those ones look simular

@aznspdrcr 10 жыл бұрын

Man,what an unforunate situation,hope they find the person that threw the rock.

@msj191961 9 жыл бұрын

That's some great teamwork on the crew's part!

@CPWindsorsub 8 жыл бұрын

That was a hard coupling at 3:24!

@SMOBY44 8 жыл бұрын

+CPWindsorsub About as bad as the one at 5:22.

@CPWindsorsub 8 жыл бұрын

+SMOBY44 You could definitely tell the crews wanted to get the hell out of there asap lol.

@SMOBY44 8 жыл бұрын

***** Agree. Awesome to see a 200 ton locomotive jump like that. Wonder what the cab view was like.

@CPWindsorsub 8 жыл бұрын

SMOBY44 Lol. I thought the cab came off of the SD70ACe at first.

@sowegarailproductions4089 8 жыл бұрын

+CPWindsorsub Lol

@AJ67901 11 жыл бұрын

he's telling me I did a good job of filming the incident

@NashRailfan 4 жыл бұрын

3:27 that SD60 in the rear hit the intermodal HARD and the SD70 bounce lol

@AbelG8781 4 жыл бұрын

Both SD70s no 60s

@pennsylvanianrrfoamer 8 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it's a federal crime to throw anything at trains

@ph11p3540 8 жыл бұрын

I would guess it carries the same penalties as causing mischief on an airliner. The penalties are pretty heavy up here in Canada at least with $75000 fine plus up to 5 years in a federal prison. You can bet it's more serious down there in the US.

@tokahontas9990 7 жыл бұрын

yea you don't want to get caught doing something like that in the us lol, we give out insane fines for some of the smallest thing's lol

@HobbyOrganist 7 жыл бұрын

Only IF the thug is caught which is real unlikely, chances are it was some teen thugs playing one of their so called "pranks" as the media calls it

@HobbyOrganist 7 жыл бұрын

Except in the case of a juvenile their name doesn't even get published and they can KILL someone and basically get a slap on the wrist and be out of jail age 18

@sun1052 6 жыл бұрын

Can i throw air at trains?

@tm13tube 6 жыл бұрын

There is another video of a young man who threw a rock at a train, it ricocheted, hit him and knocked him out with an arm and leg over the track. He lost his arm, leg, and some fingers. I think it was part of a series of clips from Australia showing the trauma the engineers suffer when their train hits a pedestrian or vehicles with fatalities.

@Primal67060 11 жыл бұрын

Damn, he must have been pissed. He hit those cars hard as hell at 3:30.

@RajaRhodes 5 жыл бұрын

One thing I’ve learned working for UP is an Intermodal train is only classified as a “Z” train (ZNPOA-09 for example, the train symbol) if it is carrying one or more UPS or FedEx Trailers. Other wise it is only an “I” (Intermodal) Train (ILAG3-11 for example)

@cartersol38 9 жыл бұрын

On the old BCR in Canada,(formerly the PGE-Pacific Great Eastern), we had similar problems. Locals would place ties across the rails along with fish plates and tie-plates and wire them down, in the hopes of derailing a train. I invite Engineers and brakemen to share their stories with us. It's something the Public -at-large , needs to read and hear about! You never know if you are going to get home safely!

@tejasnite 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah we were taught by parents and school teachers to stay away from the train tracks, which means that if you screwed up some thing, and the neighborhood rumors came back,,, YOUR BUTT WAS BUSTED,,, BY DAD,,, NO IF MAYBES,,,, Dead beat PARENTS TODAY

@generaltophat5877 8 жыл бұрын

Welp instead of using the phrase "hitting 2 birds w/ 1 stone" I will say "delaying 2 trains w/ one rock

@fighting17chicago 10 жыл бұрын

Was it just me or when the Z locos were hooking back up, did he slam that coupler a little hard?! The whole lead loco bobbed like a dolphin!

@jpatt1000 9 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the guy inside got whiplash! It made the locomotive stop pronto!

@conpump 9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's not a switch yard engineer and he didn't have a ground guide to watch his approach. He isn't very good at hooking up without eyes on the ground, for sure!

@Kentucky_Trainiac 9 жыл бұрын

The train was like"Owwww!! That hurt!!"

@conpump 9 жыл бұрын

JakesGP35 Nice troll...

@doubleutubefan5 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he was just testing the suspension

@pjt759 9 жыл бұрын

I loved it.. I love the sound these big babies make.. My hats off to the men who run these engines...

@billhibbeler 10 жыл бұрын

The trailing locomotives can point in either direction. The last one in the set, if positioned correctly, should point "backwards" so when the set gets to the terminating point for the train, the set does not have to be "turned", which saves a little time. Some terminals don't have a "wye" or turntable so the inbound set is just moved to the next train, and the set is positioned correctly.

@penncentral8885 10 жыл бұрын

Had some kids throw a rock at me one time in a SW1200 and 15 loads, I was going about 15 mph, I grabbed a hand held radio, bailed off the engine on the firemans side (Conductor thought I'd lost my mind) told him on the way out (You're runnin' now!) bailed off in a run BACK on the other side of the train, and CAUGHT the kids riding the side of the grain cars!

@almostserious75 6 жыл бұрын

At the very beginning I read, 'A liberal threw a rock' haha...Thanks for the vid!...

@alvinshakoor787 4 жыл бұрын

Love the way the diesel engines sound. Especially at night. You can here it for miles

@RattleCanRickey 6 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing, that sd70ace backed into his train aweful hard, saw the entire engine jolt. awesome to see how maneuvers like this are performed.

@southnashvillerailfan Жыл бұрын

I agree. He really slammed into that thing. the crew mustve gone flying across the locomotive cab!

@AJ67901 11 жыл бұрын

I agree, he hit it harder than he expected to. BTW, I don't think UP ever bought any SD70M-2s. I believe theirs are all ACe's. Thanks for watching :)

@LSZocker2009 5 жыл бұрын

3:25 Slowly, slowly, slowly.....OUCH!

@blowemall 9 жыл бұрын

@8:48 Dash 9 is like here u go EPA!

@raquel8756 6 жыл бұрын

emall low lol

@desertbob6835 5 жыл бұрын

GE = Garbage Engines

@ns_guy5149 4 жыл бұрын

DeserT BoB not all are garbage Just some are old and are starting to give out

@northstarstatepolitics1652 4 жыл бұрын

EPA is Trash

@WasatchGarandMan 4 жыл бұрын

it's trying to Channel the ghost of ALCo

@espeescotty 11 жыл бұрын

Neat video and great quality and shooting. The engineer on that Z-train must've been feeling the pressure to get rolling judging by that hard coupling. If you look closely, you can actually see the Isolated cab of that ACe jumping in a different plane than that of the nose. I didn't know those cabs could move so much. And the smoke from that -9 was nice to see. Just like GE's of old. Great video!

@RaisedLetter 9 жыл бұрын

Good god when 8654 & 4944 coupled to the Z-train. They really shook.

@AJ67901 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I suspect the vandals were way more garden-variety than any terrorist sect :) The engineer was not happy when it happened. It's the first time in 5 years I've ever heard of such a thing around here. Oh well, I thought it might make an interesting video.

@AJ67901 11 жыл бұрын

He dropped me an expired book showing the sidings and their lengths for this division. The UP crews on this sub have always been pretty cool to me :)

@BNSF7776 12 жыл бұрын

Neat catch Jim, GSR sure does have alot of nice crews and always fun to see power swaps. 5*****

@railfanwill3450 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome catch, it looked like EMD SD70ACe #8629 and SD70M #4944 hit those intermodal cars pretty hard when recoupling

@DieselElevators 8 жыл бұрын

Very kind conductor there at the end.

@brucemoose9587 5 жыл бұрын

at first i was thinking a large rock was in-between the 2 tracks so it "stopped" two trains,,, but someone crashing a windshield with a rock can clearly tie up 2 trains, as they SWITCH the engines out,,, nice vid and complete story as well

@tggarfieldgaming6950 4 жыл бұрын

UP diesel: exists Rock: im gonna stop you right there.

@HankJr. 6 жыл бұрын

You gotta love it when Dwayne Johnson gets in the way of your trains.

@marvinwilliams535 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck you

@davidmathay7117 7 жыл бұрын

Damn! That lash-up after the engine swap was a little harsh. Sheesh!

@gravelydon7072 7 жыл бұрын

As we would say: " That'll do when you get her stopped. " One very hard coupling indeed.

@oilersridersbluejays 5 жыл бұрын

You're safe under 5 miles an hour. But yeah, I bet these crews were pissed right the fuck off in the first place (I know me and my engineer would be) and were tired of needless fucking around because of vandals.

@AJ67901 11 жыл бұрын

thanks for the nice compliments. I'm sure the engineer wished his coupling would have been a little smoother since he knew he was on cam.

@godlyhiddeneagle6179 10 жыл бұрын

I hope they find that dips**t and nail him with the expense of the replacement windshield as well as a hard fine

@KevinBenecke 5 жыл бұрын

And they should've also made whoever did it pay for the wasted time. Especially if it made the trains late.

@neilwildeboor514 11 жыл бұрын

It means put the brakes on in maximum (emergency)position. It makes reference to the size of the port on the air brake control valve. This is a very old expression among rails.

@AJ67901 12 жыл бұрын

yes, I think he was surprised when he realized his reconnect wasn't exactly graceful. Of course he's probably smooth as silk when the camera's not on him!

@nbagoats4819 Жыл бұрын

3:24 - coupling was brutal. He was def over 7 mph for that coupling. My dad is a retired engineer and have said that the safest coupling is at 3 mph, to avoid damaging or even breaking a coupler. Anything faster and you risk damaging a coupler. 5:20 - was the picture perfect way to couple.

@JaredDunbar 9 жыл бұрын

Quite a bump for that locomotive crew at 3:29

@bigmoneygreen2037 6 жыл бұрын

Two Trains, One Rock.

@nssteampunk4865 4 жыл бұрын

Whoever threw that rock has NO respect for Class I, II or III railroads!!! This will NOT be tolerated!!!!

@redbarnz 4 жыл бұрын

That was some rough coupling at 3:30!!! BAM!!!

@ronselliers6951 9 жыл бұрын

Never a dull moment in the Dispatch Center.

@tchnofile 12 жыл бұрын

The z train is one of the biggest money makers for UP. When that thing gets delayed, the executives in Omaha know about it right away. Bet they weren't too happy about this!

@Mas4449 6 жыл бұрын

Two trains with one stone

@AJ67901 12 жыл бұрын

I'm sure you're right on that. It was the fastest way to get the mhnep back in business. The Z train was stopped for about 40 minutes, which is very rare.

@mywhittleshortlinetrains3774 6 жыл бұрын

Dang, that AC4400 is smoking.

@MothNation 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Phil Swift here for Flex Tape Clear!

@allendavis8568 11 жыл бұрын

Your videos are really great and fun to watch! I enjoy your railroad videos after a long day at work. Please post more.

@Basicbill 12 жыл бұрын

Right place and right time for you. Nice narrative and editing. Bill

@krzysfilip3127 2 жыл бұрын

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@BNSF1571RailfanProductions 6 жыл бұрын

Geez, both couplings were hard.

@blowemall 9 жыл бұрын

Big SLAM at 3:30!

@AJ67901 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting, It surprised me as well, I'd have been way too chicken when I was a kid to try anything like that!

@AJ67901 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice compliment. I recently moved and hope to get started making some more videos.

@Railfantastic Жыл бұрын

5:22 oww! Unfortunate for the engineer of 4944, some teen probably delayed everything by around 3 hours.

@TriStateRailfan 8 жыл бұрын

Engineer: Ahhh a rock just flew at us Conductor: ROCKS HAVE WINGS?! :O Engineer: I THINK SO AHHHHHH, FLYING ROCKS WITH WINGS CONFIRMED

@AviationNut 8 жыл бұрын

What???

@TriStateRailfan 8 жыл бұрын

+Will Givenoname it's the Flying Rock Theory

@debnathmukherjee2965 6 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha good joke

@PlaneBoy2520 6 жыл бұрын

Tri State Railfan ProductionsTM Flying rocks op please nerf.

@davedennis6042 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like that "Guns kill people" thing...

@BOXAXIU 10 жыл бұрын

I was talking about the locomotives behind the leader one, anyway you answered my troublesome queston, Thanks a lot.

@oregonianrails7176 8 жыл бұрын

This is an AMAZING video. great channel.

@frankbrazil7918 8 жыл бұрын

thats some advanced railroading right there lol

@AJ67901 12 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the compliment!

@secludie 10 жыл бұрын

my mother told me about when someone in our family put rocks on the tracks and had one of those pump cars tip over.

@stereopolice 8 жыл бұрын

Very professional footage; nice work!

@zackboone15 8 жыл бұрын

I thought these windshields are suppose to be rated to stop .22 bullets and cinder blocks

@AJ67901 8 жыл бұрын

the windshield performed as expected and remained intact, it was just impossible to see through with all of the cracks, especially heading west into the sun.

@Mr.PudgeMuffin 7 жыл бұрын

wait they're actually small arms proof!?! for what exacly? besides shit thown at them

@AJ67901 7 жыл бұрын

review some bullet resistant glass videos and you'll see that they all break and have spiderwebs. The clear plastic membranes between the layers of glass keeps any projectiles from penetrating. This windshield held its integrity and did not collapse into the cab, but its visibility was compromised and it was not legal to proceed with it in that condition.

@RC-nj1by 7 жыл бұрын

they fracture just the same. They just don't shatter into pieces. Check how bulletproof glass works.

@jasonsage1417 7 жыл бұрын

Brandon Oreto they added the, dead man switches at least if an engineer passed out or something... when the buzzer rings , and they dont hit the i am alive button, the train stops. its still a runaway until that happens though

@levicats123 11 жыл бұрын

I have to say you really did a good job filming the scene

@Thej611 8 жыл бұрын

8:54 man that engineer is having a really shitty day. First his windshield is shattered by some idiot with a rock and now his number 2 unit is starting to smoke heavily.

@ZachPumphery 8 жыл бұрын

+Justin Newhall If there were a list of things that engineer doesn't care about, that smoking second unit is at the bottom of it.

@shorelinerailproductions 4 жыл бұрын

He smokes tobacco

@x_dba 3 жыл бұрын

Ik this comment is 5 years old so you may already know what I'm gonna tell you. It is normal for trains to have black smoke and sometimes even a few flames coming out of the exauhst. It's just materials stuck to the exhaust heating up and burning away and it's usually nothing to worry about.

@spacerconrad 8 жыл бұрын

Seems like it'd be worth it to make the screens field-replaceable, and carry a spare on the loco. Sucks to have to think of stuff like that, but there will always be childish jerks with rocks.

@Gbody-ey8eh 8 жыл бұрын

Normally the crews keep going to their destination unless it is really smashed.

@jeffreymurray4691 3 жыл бұрын

Did you notice at the 5 minute mark that there is a person about 20 feet off of the track hiding in the ditch?

@blueticecho5690 5 жыл бұрын

Back in the late 70's just west of Omaha we had a bucket of white paint dump on us from a overpass .. we just traded out with a trail unit... lucky..

@carmichaeltrainproductionc9663 8 жыл бұрын

Hay there I just stumble on to the video great stuff love the smoke show at the end and very proud to be a subscriber also!!

@AJ67901 8 жыл бұрын

+Carmichael Train Production Channel 327 Thank You very much!

@conpump 9 жыл бұрын

There are two windshields in the locomotive. Why not use the other side? **I was just informed that the controls are not the same on both sides so I was wrong and have deleted my previous comment**

@AJ67901 9 жыл бұрын

Engineer's controls are on the right side only - facing forward. The conductor on the left side has a horn button, emergency brake lever and speedo. The loco cannot be driven from the left side.

@conpump 9 жыл бұрын

AJ67901 I stand corrected. Thank you for info. I'll edit my post.

@KristianBennett 6 жыл бұрын

but still the guy on the other side if there is one can tell them to slow down, stop, red light, train coming, etc

@eoinpkav152 6 жыл бұрын

Since lacmagantac it has been illegal to to run a locomotive without a conductor. Even if the conductor could tell the engineer to slow down (which we do) what use would it be if the engineer was deceased or injured? We are trained to operate locomotives and do so on occasion.

@robertbrotherton1375 4 жыл бұрын

They should’ve just used the old procedure for a problem with a freight train. Stick 844 on the back.

@HustleMuscleGhias 10 жыл бұрын

I saw something like this happen once with a Norfolk Southern coal train in the early 1990s. The two trailing units were facing rearward. It didn't seem to phase the crew any, they ended up having the second unit run "elephant style" ( long hood forward ). It has been a long time since I have seen a C-39-8.

@everettrailfan Жыл бұрын

Elephant style is when all the locomotives are facing forward, not LHF.

@HustleMuscleGhias Жыл бұрын

@@everettrailfan I find it funny that this comment should get a notification 8 years later. The classical definition of what was "forward" was entirely different on Norfolk Southern for the first decade of its existence and throughout the history of the Southern, and Norfolk and Western than what what most railroads defined as "forward." Referring to the my original comment mentioned above, on the C-39-8 the long hood was designated as forward, and thus qualifying running elephant style. Chris R. Toth has a book called "Norfolk Southern Diesel Locomotives" ( ISBN 188308914X ) that shows a picture of I believe two C-39-8 running long hood forward with a caption of "running elephant style". Being that I'm on the road at the moment and won't be home for several months, I can't cite the specific page number, or link you to a scan of that page, but if you go to his FB page, NSDash9 DOT com, and mention this particular book, Mr. Toth I'm sure would be more than happy to share with you that specific page and caption with you. We can debate the meaning of elephant style, but it is generally assumed to mean in a uniform direction - circus elephants trunks grabbing tails, or as the military would say, "@$$es to belly button."

@Shane-Singleton 6 жыл бұрын

Cool that he tossed that out to you at the end. I wonder if they ever caught the shit that threw the rock.

@darianroscoe1017 7 жыл бұрын

Look at all the black smoke coming from that second attached train! All the other engines were running without that black smoke.

@amtrak706 7 жыл бұрын

well all the other engines are EMDs

@cellogirl11rw55 6 жыл бұрын

Why on Earth would anyone even think of doing that?

@wompwomp14 4 жыл бұрын

They slammed hard into those cars 😂

@ThePostal67 5 жыл бұрын

Vandal should be happy I did not see him/her! Tire tracks would be all the found.. Nice video, glad to see someone using a tripod and not freehand.. Very nice..

@jodyreeder4820 8 жыл бұрын

Cracked windshield can be extremely bad. Hope they catch the vandal(s).

@krzysfilip3127 2 жыл бұрын

They canch him look under 4077 after deploy 😱

@AJ67901 12 жыл бұрын

@BNSF7776 Thanks Sylvester, I had to see if I'd forgotten how to shoot video. This was a good subject to get back to it. The crews are great on this line for sure!

@purplealice 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the person who threw the rock was never caught nor punished...

@steveyoung8876 10 жыл бұрын

Lucky one train had the two front locos elephant-style, or theyd've been screwed

@tigertiger1699 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing how the US allows that units to smoke like that... it’s just poor maintenance

@amtrak706 4 жыл бұрын

Not really, it's turbo lag on the 4-cycle GE locomotive that's inherent to its design. It will occasionally do that. Check out older UK locomotives if you want to see some truly massive clouds...