Locomotive Fire....GE AC4400CW Blowing a Piston...UP 6741(Stabilized)

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12 жыл бұрын

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This video was shot on 3-11-06 in Kirkwood Missouri. The train is train CNAAE-08 From the Powder River Basin to New Madrid Missouri.
This video was almost missed...I got out of the house on an excuse of a Job Interview and went down there to see if I could catch Train I-LADU-09.
I missed ILADU09 by 5 minutes, but I decided to stick around since there was a green on Main #2...hoping that it would be a manifest with SD40-2's.
As it turned out, it was this train, CNAAE08 with UP 6741. You can hear me groan when I see that is a plain jane AC4400CW. I can't remember what I said afterwords....the next words I spoke were....
..."HOLY CRAP!"...
This clip eneded up on the 10:00 news on Channel 2 KTVI St. Louis and Channel 4 KMOV St. Louis...
GE AC4400CW....This means.....
GE= General Electric (Builder)
AC= Alternating Current Traction Motors
4400= Hourspower rating (UP's are rated 4350 HP)
C= 3 axel trucks (12 wheels)
W= Wide Saftey Cab
For a reunion of me and 6741 in Rochelle, IL...Click here • Railfanning The Rochel...

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@mr.sir. Жыл бұрын

Gotta love GE. Never had or saw this on EMD as well as burning turbos and runway prime movers like these 4 strokes

@brendenburke272 Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not EMD's suffer this same thing but they tend to blow their whole engine killing it immediately while some GE's had to be manually shut down.

@Kingphotosonline 11 жыл бұрын

This locomotive exploded right in front of me!

@senorkaboom 9 жыл бұрын

That engine is running just a little hot.

@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын

Huh interesting. Shot in 2006 but it looks like the early 90s. Almost VHS-like instead of MiniDV or even Video8 looking.

@GoatzombieBubba 5 жыл бұрын

My left ear enjoyed this video.

@High_Green_Productions Жыл бұрын

DAMN, THAT'S SOME HEAT

@Cnw8701 11 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's the exact same unit which caught fire several years later in another video on here!

@dst28ims 11 жыл бұрын

at the repair facility they would just replace the bad power assembly and or bend piston rods and ship it out the door, about 12-24 hours worth of work, GE won't replace a engine unless it has parts hanging out the side and sometimes then they will just weld them back up... UP Machinist

@aslawnscapes1253 9 жыл бұрын

I wired the fuel injection conversion kit that unit, GE supplied us on this unit back in 2000.

@danilopeterson3467 10 жыл бұрын

As marine engineer, my assumption was crankcase explosion. This can happen through poor maintenance of piston rings and scraper ring when pistons are not pulled as scheduled. Also possibly to scored or scuffed liner. When lub oil in crankcase becomes vaporised through overheating and ignited by bad piston rings and scraper ring and when combustion in any given cylinder leaks through below to crankcase. This has happened on marine diesels (fortunately not so often). This is considered in maritime standard as medium speed engine mainly utilised for onboard electrical generation and governed at fixed rpm (to produce 50 or 60 Hz). Marine engines are generally water cooled principly by desalinated sea water. I am not certain on cooling arrangement for railway usage.

@strobx1 5 жыл бұрын

Water cooled through a radiator just like a car.

@bjoe385 2 жыл бұрын

Nearly all are water cooled with wet liners.

@LongIslandRailfanner Жыл бұрын

I thought that the explosion was from it Overspreading and Eventual Runaway

@AviationMetalSmith 12 жыл бұрын

Wow! What Luck you had! Being in the right place at the right time! Congratulations on getting on Television.

@kishascape 3 жыл бұрын

Shame he didn't pan with the lead locomotive.

@zacharycalgher3978 Жыл бұрын

This video was filmed during the weekend of the March 2006 Tornado Outbreak.

@Boots1282 12 жыл бұрын

looks great cant wait to see this placed my order today for the 24 hr Kirkwood bluray

@SoulPurposeGarage 4 жыл бұрын

Just another train.. HOLY CRAPPP!!

@35RSkyline 3 жыл бұрын

That piston didn't get along with the other pistons and said fuck it ima go over here.

@KyleVideoDesigns 12 жыл бұрын

Wow! Very lucky to be in the right place at the right time!

@daro2262 5 жыл бұрын

Don't let a little fire bother you. When the fuel is gone the fire will go out

@MidwesternRailfan 2 жыл бұрын

External combustion XD

@exconrailproductions8840 5 жыл бұрын

No one is asking the question, How did the firefighters get there so fast

@Random.Channel_ 4 жыл бұрын

Ex Conrail Productions because it’s edited and cuts out the part when they were coming

@mathuetax Жыл бұрын

That's because most people can sense a jump-cut.

@Thunderfucku2 Жыл бұрын

Fire station is right near the station. This is in Kirkwood Mo

@user-cv2ud6yf2j 6 ай бұрын

😂 running little hot 🔥 boys

@poohlo1211 4 жыл бұрын

that train engine exploded for bad

@Thorgious 3 ай бұрын

....thats y shes spittin.......

@thomasnutt2488 Жыл бұрын

They called the fire department a long time ago

@ironmatic1 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like the crew could have just put it out with a portable extinguisher.

@thomasnutt2488 Жыл бұрын

If too much fuel blows by and goes into the crankcase absolutely you can have a fire

@Sa59vely 12 жыл бұрын

This to me, too, was ... I have a photo with the consequences.

@fluffychicken383 11 жыл бұрын

Holy Crap!

@petroldevo9934 5 жыл бұрын

Engine decided to lose some weight....

@Anthony_therockstar 4 жыл бұрын

Did anyone call the fire department

@Jhihmoac 11 жыл бұрын

What exactly happens in the repair facility when a big diesel like that goes? I'm sure they have spare engines, but it looks like you have to strip off a whole lot of panels just to get at the mechanicals...Looks like something very time consuming......

@jdpancoast1790 2 жыл бұрын

@crazcompart sorry for the late reply but the pressure wash the motor and replace everything that is no good anymore

@mightyocelot 9 ай бұрын

Sorry for the late reply as well, but I’m fairly sure that many of the side panels are either doors or otherwise designed to be removable

@mow4ncry 4 жыл бұрын

Should have used EMD LMAO

@HesJustSteven 10 жыл бұрын

Another reason why I don't like being near locomotives

@killman369547 10 жыл бұрын

i used to work around them all day its not so bad unless they blast their horn when your not expecting it then u jump higher than u ever thought possible

@HesJustSteven 10 жыл бұрын

Oh god I hate that I live in New York City and I hate when the subway operator blasts the horn out of nowhere thats why we get heart attacks

@strobx1 5 жыл бұрын

@@killman369547 The railroad club I belong to owned an NW2. While a crewman was on top of the hood, someone blew the horn. He still has ringing in his ears to this day.

@ironhorsemedia2881 5 жыл бұрын

strobx1 wow

@caindobro4565 5 жыл бұрын

I think I would have a long chat with the crew. They watched it burn and let the fire department put it out? No excuse, they have a fire extinguisher on board but seemed to lazy to use it.