Same in Hungary lol

Believe it or not, but leaves are actually among the worst enemies for trains. That is because the leaves get crushed by the train wheels and it sort of forms a layer on the rail that makes it extremely slippery. It gets slippery because of the very low friction between rail and wheel, and also the contact area is much smaller compared to for example a car tire against a road surface, which means that not much is needed to disrupt that contact area. Braking distances will be much much longer than usual, and trains already have very long braking distances because of the already low friction. Also, the heavier the train is there's more mass to get stopped which in turn means even longer braking distances. This is a very challenging thing for train drivers/engineers and can potentially be dangerous if for example a train can not stop in time in front of a signal. I am talking out of experience here, as I am working as a train driver/engineer in Sweden.

@@radioplane813 That's why I said leaves lol. By the way, how's it like to be a train driver?

It's a nice job, you get to see places and get paid for it. Driving a train is a fun experience although as with everything it becomes a habit after a while. But what I personally like is that nobody tells you what to do, you are your own boss on that train, which of course also means a big responsibility. If something happens it's you as the driver that makes all the decisions onboard. That does not mean there are no downsides to it. For example, sometimes working on weekends and the times you work can vary quite a bit from early mornings to nights. So you have to be quite flexible and be able to adapt.

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You're kidding right?

TheKing0fHalo Bwahaha!

HA

Spark, most people know how a train operatives in 2017, I think hes being sarcastic haha

John Goldstien I dunno, like I said in another post I've had plenty of people argue with me saying "train drivers" should ​be locked up for not steering around obstacles lol

Designed? Nooo, no, no, no... They are just yough as f...k. They just accidentaly made a snow tank.

the are not designed for that, but when the tree is not too big, they can plow thru it, it seems.

yeah we're talking about thousands of pounds of pure steel .. those trees aint hurting that train .. i'm sure if it was some massive bastard with a nice round trunk .. it'd probably knock the train off the track .. but it'd have to be a big bastard

@@joeytrimble1558 I don't think people are worried about the train being hurt than the train derailing, if one car goes off the tracks, it takes them all.

The US Marines and the US Army have helicopters that will slice trees to pieces with the rotor as they land in a jungle or forest.

Nothing like it!

@@JakeDaly good job taking out the trees

@Mister Master wow, you know absolutely nothing about running a train. Yes, any well trained monkey can blow a horn but it takes a great amount of skill to handle a mile long tonnage train. Try running a freight up, around and down a mountain. I’ve had men riding with me put their head down because they couldn’t handle not seeing anything in pea soup thick fog and you still had to maintain the normal speed to keep a train on time. I worked out of nyc where out average speed was 125mph. Do you slow down in your car in inclement weather? Well bozo, you can’t do that on a train. We are trained to know each mile by the tenth, on every route, so we know were we’re at no matter how bad the weather. Although I wouldn’t expect the average McDonald’s worker to know or appreciate our unique skills. Good luck in your career. Maybe you can humble yourself now.

Silly question and I know a train outweighs a tree by a million times but it seems like a really big tree on the track could cause an accident or ice on the track as well. But that isn't the case?

@@marowelli5466 you made him delete his idiotic comment

stover77 *loud bang* AnOtHeR gOoD oNe

Git r dun

Apprentice versus a man of experience. 😂😂

Kandi Klover hahaha

DIRECTLY QUOTED NICE WORK HAHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOLOL SMART

We have the same phenomenon in the Netherlands during the winter... though it's not trees; it's human beings that got into that winter depression. I go by train a lot and seriously, during the winter how many times you hear of a delay because the train ran over a person is staggering.

@@stijnvdv2 thanks for that 😕

@@stijnvdv2 why would u say this

they took the abuse.. so: theyre better than those on my car.

210 tons per unit. The entire train might've weighed 15 - 20,000 tons.

Acually each locomotive is about 225 tons

@@tacticalpatriot-fq1xd it depends. Most of the GE's weigh about 420,000 lbs. Some are built a little heavier. Thats's being stupidly nitpicky

P kranz ok so 210 tons for the G.E. sd80ace locomotive not like I was far off of the weight

They are tougher then you think and they are bullet proof, not saying they won't break but it takes alot

Those windshields are bulletproof.

That’s a obvious

I know, but it’s still funny as hell

How tf would they stop

User death imminent.

Half life reference?

​@@ultdiscvery observant.

It'll buff right out.

Comes with fresh wood scent 😂

You might need a large hammer to remove those dents.

Grill

No low ballers I know what I have

They`re probably on the inside, lol.

@@mybluebelly Think about that for a second.

@@trickyhi The storm raging inside you needs wipers as well. Think about that for a second.

@@mybluebelly Well, if the wipers even were on the inside, what was removing the damn snow off the windshield? Or are you going to tell us it was on the inside, too? :D

@@MrCh0o Idk, the windshield wiper fluid ? ;-)

I have always loved trains and grew up not far from a main line. Then I started working for Canadian National Telecommunications, which was part of the railway. In the mid 70s, I spent a couple of years in Northern Ontario and often rode trains, usually freights, to get to my work locations. I'd ride in either the engine or caboose (van as the crews called it). One thing I recall was hoping on or off a slowly moving train, as the engineer didn't want to come to a full stop, if he didn't have to.

Ur gay

Ur gay

3D Modeller all three of you are he he

@@user-ow5xl8ug5u ur ultra gay.

Jituu Miyiuu hey we don’t go thare he he

Steven Wrigley Same in germany. "Oh look, a snow flake!" Trains stopped. 😀

Ya well this is Canada, snow can't stop trains or they would be stopped for 6 months of the year.

Steven Wrigley UK's trains get cancelled when there are frickin hailstones

You have to consider the type of train, a lightweight DMU or MU train like used in most UK passenger transport for short distances, might derail with such big trees on the track... Same with germany.. Most lightweight trains cant run over trees... IN usa however, the locomotives are like 200 tons heavy.

Steven Wrigley we got a foot of snow last Tuesday, the trains were running by 7am

It splits Them Into Woodchips

@@Runawayrack choodwips

Ragemutt Right??

This video is oddly satisfying

Another one

same

Ragemutt yup

check out brave dave’s freight hopping adventure. not a train driver, but you get a great look at untouched canadian countryside

I’d like to do that... I wonder how I can.

It is, some of these trains take journeys with a length up to 30 days of constant driving without stopping. You can literally just do whatever you want and get payed for it. Only thing you have to do is stop the train every 15 days

TimDaOne really!? Holy cow

@@tankunicorn134 Yes, but I advise you won't go alone. That'd probably get boring really soon

It's not the snow. It's getting to smack trees with a 100 ton hunk of metal!!!!!

@@themonkeyhand more like 400 000 tons but yeah

put four of thos big ol dump trucks in front of the gta 5 train and it'll sound just like that

Fair enough

*parks dump truck on track* "another one"

you think the driver's laughing that hard for no reason as well?

Actually, the train in GTA 5 moves in the same way regardless of what's in front of it.

Get out of my trash can please

Yep. Even a tank stands no chance against a train

@@FlorenceSlugcat As long as you disable the gun :)

If you count sea vehicles, then freight ships are definitely the apex predator of momentum.

@@wedmunds I hate to be that guy, but the largest boat is a cruise ship.

@@GreyKnightsVenerable but how does it compare in terms of displacement

Canadian engineering at its finest!

The windows are made to be shatter proof but yeah I'm kinda surprised myself about the wipers lol

ke4cpc its an American made locomotive.

windshield? bullet proof polymer glass reinforced with fibers from chuck norris' beard. wipers? Captured wiper Technology from old Mercedes W124s. just my theory though

ishouldgetalif3 hahahaha

Seán O'Nilbud it’s a leased loco their current one is getting repaired!

HA!

@@mikelowery5741 no wonder it needed repairs if they drive like this!

"Gentle Rental"

Gotta love those canadians

Repairing the damage however...

Phil M that's my job. it's a pain in the ass.

Luckily they're built better than a brick shithouse.

ikr, so where do I apply?

TheAero1221 not until you start running over suicidal people

Tim the Tool Man "Euuuuuuurrrrr" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7enjLGUxprNn5s.html

how can they be so sure the train won't derail ???

@@pooorman-diy1104 dude that train is dozens of tons heavy and those trees are maybe what 500 1000 pounds trust me the trains will not derail

@@moneymonkeyman8280 makes sense ....but the faster the train .. those trees will become 'heavier' ...

@@pooorman-diy1104 the faster the train goes the harder it hits I think I what you mean but yeah that's true

That's gotta be a piss off eh.

Well in India they don't even say a thing. They just announce train on platform when it arrives 😁🤣🤣

Ah yes, a fellow german who can relate to my pain

1. That’s a specially built train 2. It’s a worldwide known fact German public transport is crap and I feel your pain. I have to deal with stupid metro and works going on strike n crap

Scypher better than the US transport hahaha

folks are well aware

BluntForceTrauma666 Wood vs Metal, brother.

I think the plow might be pushing the fallen trees out of the way. Sitting on the snow, they're probably high enough up for it to move them. I think wood might be dense enough to lift a locomotive off the tracks if the wood got under the wheels. But yeah. It was pretty damn enjoyable to listen to them cary on.

The engine is half million pounds itself, never mind all the cars behind it!!!

@Allosaurus 67 Yeah, your on to something there. These are smaller trees or treetops of larger trees that reach the rails. The track corridor is brushed back from the rail bed. Actually, I'm used to seeing a much wider brushed corridor than what is showing here.

nah no tims or moose

@@itsyehippohd8312 truuue

Oh Canada!

Hit er hard bud

Nah, they didn’t kill any First Nations people

ToonandBBfan AHA! Nice joke! I'll give you a thumbs up for that good joke.

(Thomas the Tank Engine theme intensifies)

Then let's see some trunk line action.

@@MrChugwater I didn't choose the trunk line; the trunk line chose me.

im dead

Haha nice

Hahaha

hawtchick69 lmao

Holy fuck, kids settle down

lmao this agurment

What are you on?

Where is the part where you woke up from your dreams

Huzzah! We have our own meme now!

untill they hit that patch of line where the tree is covering ground thats washed out under the tracks, then train derails and people loose their jobs/lives/ cargo

But there is no cargo >:3

fhhsvnggbh - look up the word 'pessimist' & then have yourself a better day - it's more fun : )

TB LG he literally just said that about Canada you can’t steal his joke it’s the internet

They're Canadians. They don't have to be responsible in life. Of course they're happy.

"here's another one" *bump* O_o

Think Different there is actually an anime about that lol

The first bad thing about trains in an apocalypse is your limited to the rail roads which are too plentifull.

wildwilie and train can derail to

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress it's on Amazon Prime. It's made by the same guy who made Attack on Titan.

F U N

CEOkiller HaHaHa

Hilarious 😂

Most underrated comment evee

That cab looks like a teardrop GE.

Western Washington Rail Productions whatever enjoy the joke. JK DO WHAT YOU WANT

That's because it is EMD powered!

@@DonVideoGuy007 That's a GE lol

I thought the same thing. But I work at O’Reillys I change blades every day.

Allen McKinney agreed

Me too! I’m currently doing Lego trains but have done N scale in the past. I think it would be amazing to be an engineer! 😊

It’s not a good job, at one point In your job there’s gonna be 1 suicidal person standing on the tracks and you have no way to stop the train in time,there is nothing stopping you from him splatting,that’s why it’s one of the most depressing jobs that you can have

@@bobo9328 what if you're a sociopath, best job ever?

@Bo Bo yes I'm well aware. I had a friend that did it here in corning ny in the 90's. His girlfriend that meant the world to him broke up with him. She said if you can't live without me then kill yourself...rest is unfortunate...

All we had to do was following the damn train CJ

It's all the way up

Its interesting because you also cant break trees. I actually would like to know if the train would stop

I used to love hopping onto the flat cars with friends and leading cops and the military on a merry chase around San Andreas. Good times! =)

I just made the same content lol. It is such an extended game. There are videos on KZfaq about attempts to stop the train.

I have seen first-hand what they do to a person. Anything that is sitting on or between those rails, is instantly creamed.....and i mean that quite literaly. You never forget it.

Slippery Storm will remember to show videos and pictures of people ran over by trains to my kids if i ever get any. Thanks for the advice. Have a good Easter

Alister Sibley “oop here comes another one”

Just replace the guys laughing with suspenseful music.

whats the point? theres not a kid alive that thinks they can survive getting hit by a train

bobbyrutz Same

I was watching a clip from Dumb and Dumber... Can't really explain that one.

Scott Sanford this is why I love Canada

Wait you mean you guys don’t talk like that?

I thought he's saying "hit ir hard" xD

I realised they were Canadian when the temperature readout was in C instead of F.

Waiting for something like....Oh, deres another 'un eh!

Honestly, a train wouldn't be a bad place to hide from zombies if the tracks stayed clear

lol, are you two experts on unicorns too?

lol a train would only make a good fort, expressionally if you had another on the second track lined up so you can cross trains, but its gonna be virtually trash if you were to move it since you'll have other trains in the way plus the possibility of the tracks being out but parking the trains on a nice bridge over a body of water with a ladder that goes down would be the best since you could have a boat down there incase your fort got over run

"expressionally"? Misspellcheck at it's finest.

@@Maxid1 ethpethially

2 or 3 inch tree will not break 2 inch thick glass.

Mohammed Zain hate to tell off all you morons but it’s regular glass with .223 glazing meaning it’ll stop a .223 bullet OR a cinder block at approximately 80mph... not really “bullet proof” or 2 inches thick...

It's got Part 223 compliant glass in it, which is designed to shrug off a lot. it's actually tested to be bulletproof and to shrug off corner impacts from thrown bricks.

Ever seen a mechanical woodchipper chew up huge branches and limbs? It's kinda like that. Most trees, especially the dead and rotted ones explode when impacted.

That sounds neat. But it would still be interesting to see it actually happening. I know the engines are heavy enough. But can a large branch derail an empty flatbed car knowing they would be the lightest? Or would they still be able to mage the wood explode too.

I suspect there's a cowcatcher, and anything thicker than an inch or two never goes under the wheels.

Another Freediver Four inches between the bottom of the pilot/plow and the top of the rail.

yea.. these trees were definitely being tossed aside in pieces. not going under

this model weights more than 400k lbs, is a Big phat Lady

Road Runner don't think those trees weigh 1000 lbs

They actually weigh about 430-450K lbs. They are large bois

Despite the difference in weight and sheering power of the wheels every tree he went over I was worried about a derail

yes and I was often told as a kid never put a 2 x 4 across the tracks as it could derail a train . And you have to wonder if one of those trees is big enough eventually it probably would

Ron Swanson approves!

North American trains aren't EMUs.