WHEEL SLIP! Sparks Fly on the Fulton County Railroad as Locomotive Stalls on Hill

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Жыл бұрын

This is not photoshop, I promise. GMTX 2235 stalls on a hill and throws sparks in epic fashion. The second motor died, leaving 2235 as the only power to shove this heavy train up a steep grade. Click to see how the crew was able to get the train up the hill. Posted with permission from the train crew.
This is not a normal occurrence by any means, but it can happen under the right circumstances. The crew needed to push five covered hoppers loaded with granulated sugar up a steep hill to get to the industry. With two engines, this would have been relatively easy to accomplish, but the second locomotive (OMLX 2001) ran out of water and had to be shut off to avoid serious damage to the engine. The heavy hopper cars and 250,000lb paperweight (that was now engine 2001) proved to be too heavy for the lead motor. To see the wheel slip immediately, visit minute mark 5:45.
A wheel slip like this occurs when the wheels lose traction on the rail, causing them to spin out of control. The intense friction between the rail and the wheel causes sparks to fly until the engine red-lines and throttles back down.
The Fulton County Railroad is a terminal railroad located southwest of Atlanta, GA. They operate 21 miles of track that connect to 68 customers. Because of the short mileage, this railroad is relatively undocumented by railfans. This is one of 27 railroads across the U.S. that are operated by OmniTRAX Corporation.
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@whitedovetail 10 ай бұрын

This was a 1 in a MILLION video!! I have never seen a video that showed how difficult it was to move cars that are heavy up a small incline. Thanks for sharing this. I was amazed!!

@ICE6365 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!! It certainly was one in a million - I doubt I'll ever see anything like this again. It really puts into perspective how heavy railcars are. Oftentimes modern locomotives make it look effortless, but it's truly amazing how much weight they can pull (with proper traction)!

@zayyanjamali6202 9 ай бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😊

@TrainmanSky Жыл бұрын

Holy hell! I thought the sparks were fake until I watched. Wow that was more insane than I thought!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Yeah man, it was unreal!

@michaelmcdougall4527 Жыл бұрын

That was great. Enjoyed it. You don’t see that every day hats off to the crew and the guy that filmed it. Thanks.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael!

@josephcrowshaw950 Жыл бұрын

Excellent action and great that the crew were so cool about the situation.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Joseph! Yes, the crew was very friendly. I asked them afterwards if they were ok with me posting this, and they approved.

@Xalerdane 7 ай бұрын

1:38 That is some really banged-up looking track.

@ICE6365 7 ай бұрын

It's got a few bumps lol but it looks worse because of the low camera angle. As you saw, the train had no trouble running through that stretch at 10-15 mph

@crypto-radio8186 Жыл бұрын

As a Retired "Hobo" train hopper (Moniker: Boxcar Johnny) I really enjoy your videos. Contrl Chief stuff was not on any Locomotives I rode, I quit in 2017 turned 62 got Deep Low Cost riding Amtrak! Yes, I went from F.T.R.A. to Amtrak Preferred Customer.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it Johnny! Haha hard to believe anyone would switch to Amtrak instead of finding a better alternative. Low cost is about the only thing going for them. Those long distance routes just can't compete with the airlines.

@larrydockery7201 Жыл бұрын

when i was clinchfield railroad back in 70s 80 thes units were the best ever built i love the sd40s they had a sound of there own and power great vid s

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry. I agree - the geeps are great but the sound of an SD40 definitely wins in my book

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

Larry, right before I "retired" we had an SD40-2 on the property, briefly. It was accidentally ordered as a leaser. They were terrified of going into curves with it for obvious reasons so it stayed in the yard about 3 months before it was returned. While I have operated many of them on the road, I had never switched a yard with one until then and it was a switcher's dream come true. Of course the alternative was the 2000 and 2001 seen here in this video so anything probably would have been better. But being able to actually move cars around the yard and climb the hill towards Selig instead of slapping it into 8 and praying was a wonderful change of pace.

@ericsturniolo Жыл бұрын

You caught some crazy action!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Yessir! It was unreal

@waynemielcarek3224 Жыл бұрын

Awesome footage and great catch of the Wheel slip action! 🚂👍🙋‍♂️

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Wayne!

@waynemielcarek3224 Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 You're welcome!

@titansbricksproductions Жыл бұрын

Yet another amazing video from ICE6365!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@nigelterry9299 Жыл бұрын

Well, the track's giving the suspension a workout!

@kevinballuff1164 10 ай бұрын

Wow! I've only experienced seeing that one time, I was close enough and the breeze was just right, I could smell the steel grinding😮

@ICE6365 10 ай бұрын

It's a cool experience for sure! The wind was to my back, so I couldn't smell the steel grinding

@atlantaterminalproductions5167 Жыл бұрын

Great video John! I remember you telling me about this but now, actually seeing it is really cool!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you my guy! Yeah it's hard to put this into words lol

@sector5514 Жыл бұрын

Looks like 1206 from Unstoppable

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Yes it does lol

@baltothewolf 10 ай бұрын

Love the locos design. GP38's are my fav I think, besides the classic CSX EMD's lmao Beautiful wheel slip EDIT: also the train groaning at around 10:30, just a bit past, is amazing

@ICE6365 10 ай бұрын

Me too. Thank you!

@wishusknight3009 6 ай бұрын

I think my favorite has always been the SD38-2. But they are so rare.

@BorisZech Жыл бұрын

Spectacular. And nice that you provide a direct jump to the "action".

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Boris. I know most people don't have the desire to watch a 16 minute video just to see the 10 seconds of action - especially those who don't like trains as much as I do.

@BorisZech Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 Coming from a railroad family, I'm surely not one of those people. I can watch these movies for hours. So keep them coming. ;)

@stephenwilliams1364 Жыл бұрын

Worked around this track frequently....great footage and I’ve never seen this! Atlanta has an amazing amount of rail and I’ve seen some of the old rail in Smyrna

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Stephen! Agreed, Atlanta has a lot of tracks. It can get very confusing on what goes where especially in downtown lol

@dogyerf21 Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Looked them up on the map and was REALLY impressed with the extensive amount of spurs for former and current customers. There’s a lot going on on that little short line railroad. Keep making videos of them.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Jason. I am impressed with how many customers they serve as well. I will try to film them more in the future.

@LancesLens Жыл бұрын

First video I've seen of Fulton. I live in Marietta and didn't even know about them till about two months ago location scouting on Google Maps for crossings to shoot at over there. Nice catch!! Subbed!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

@@LancesLens thank you Lance! They definitely fly under the radar. I would have never known about them without a friend telling me. Glad you enjoyed!

@YaofuZhou 5 ай бұрын

I could watch this all day...

@ICE6365 5 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@geertvandermeer4938 Жыл бұрын

Nice wobbles, beautifully filmed.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kevinrichards3288 Жыл бұрын

I like the paint scheme on that GMTX engine number 2235.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Me too. It is a former Paducah and Louisville (PAL) paint scheme

@chuckwilkerson9034 Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 I thought it looked like a P&L. I live in Dawson Springs KY. I see this scheme almost daily.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

@@chuckwilkerson9034 Yep, it's a sharp looking scheme. I have family in Missouri, and when we visit we pass their yard in Paducah. Several times we have photographed the power sitting by the shops, but I've never seen one of their trains move.

@bluegrassman3040 Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365at one time, they operated mostly at night. I beside the CSX Henderson Sub, between the PAL and EVWR at Robards, KY.

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

and on OmniTrax property, anything but the wish d tcom CSX version of paint looks amazing!

@utinker Жыл бұрын

That was cool...Thanks for sharing 👍

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you William 🙏

@nhantalltv6699 Жыл бұрын

Have a nice day, thanks

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@kevinrichards3288 Жыл бұрын

Awesome to see several of those boxcars in a row.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

It's an everyday occurrence on the Fulco Rwy. Two customers get beer imported from Mexico and one stack goes to General Wholesale off Camp Creek Pkwy, while the other stack goes to Saddle Creek down off Westgate Pkwy. Anywhere from 8-25 boxcars a day, if they are still seeing the traffic I handled up till about 3 years ago.

@andrewspence8100 Жыл бұрын

Them tracks have seen better days.

@richardbranco 11 ай бұрын

I watched the video without reading the description and got a big surprise! I've never seen such a thing! Kudos!

@ICE6365 11 ай бұрын

I guess it had a shock factor haha! I'd never seen anything like it either

@joseluispereznicolas615 Жыл бұрын

Excelente video saludos desde Queretaro México 🚂🚂🚂👍👍

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Saludos Jose! Me alegro de que hayas disfrutado el vídeo. Muchas gracias 🙏

@nolancain8792 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see an old EVWR engine here.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's a very nice paint scheme

@AllianceB95 Жыл бұрын

Awesme footage! And no clickbait !!!! Well done Sir!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! I always make sure to use thumbnails that are actually in my videos. There are too many channels that lure people in with fake thumbnails and I don't wanna be that guy.

@AllianceB95 Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 Apreciate the Truthfull images :) Ill be watching them sparks flying a couple of times :) You can really see the power coming onto the rails :)

@RODALCO2007 Жыл бұрын

Great railway footage.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@TomPauls007 27 күн бұрын

Hill: Harry, where's "Ludicrous Notch?"

@Bob-bm3pd 4 ай бұрын

2235 is a beautiful locomotive.

@ICE6365 4 ай бұрын

Indeed it is

@robadams5799 Жыл бұрын

"Beans don't burn in the kitchen. Beans don't burn on the grill. Took a whole lotta tryin' just to get up that hill."

@RailFanRob Жыл бұрын

Nice footage man and great catch on the wheel slip action 👍👍

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Hey Rob, thank you! This was a once in a lifetime witness so I'm glad I got it

@joserefe5950 Жыл бұрын

6:35 @ICE6365 when we were kids in the 70s we made fun of trains by putting grease on one length rails at the middle part of the hill climb. Then we discovered we can use candles but we have to apply it on rails at the middle of the day when the rails are hot. 😊😁😂

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Gollee that's hilarious! Did it ever cause a train to slip? For anyone reading, do not try this yourself.

@joserefe5950 Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 always😄

@tonyb8660 6 ай бұрын

when I lived in Pacific Grove in 1971, the Southern Pacific(?) still ran all the way towards Asilomar. The tracks were 200 yards in front of our house. I'd run out everyday when I felt the rumble and heard the horn to wave to the engineer... They always waved back.

@ICE6365 6 ай бұрын

That is wholesome Tony, thank you 🙏

@ricksadler797 Жыл бұрын

Cool video thank you. Nice spark show

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Rick

@OccasusRaven Жыл бұрын

1:55 so old Rails just look at them

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

They are old rails, but the camera angle certainly makes them look worse than they really are. The rails are laid in 20-foot sections (offset by 10 feet on either side) and there are small dips at each joint. When looking at them from a low angle you can really see those spots. Side note - this is what causes the "rocking back and forth" motion that many people associate with trains.

@DutchRailroads Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thumbs up!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👍

@irelandbloke Жыл бұрын

Awesome shots !! 👍

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@irelandbloke Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 You're very welcome !

@andyconnrock Жыл бұрын

They are SO LUCKY those sparks didn't start a fire in the bushes and trees near the right of way.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. I was surprised there weren't any small fires in the pinestraw or crossties too

@guyfranks4354 Жыл бұрын

I saw 2 Conrail GP40-2s shove 4 Covered Hoppers loaded with sugar up the grade into the Ferra Pan Candy factory spur in Forrest Park, IL. The crew dumped all the air from those Covered Hoppers. All of the wheels were sliding. A side note, this happened in the mid 1980s. The Candy factory has several silos for the ingredients to make the candy and has big winches to position the cars for unloading. Some of the candies they make are Red Hots, Atomic Fireballs & Lemon Heads.

@happycommentator6773 Жыл бұрын

I'm definitely a fan of GP 40-2's and Atomic Fireballs. 👍🇺🇸

@longwindingroad Жыл бұрын

Is the factory still operating?

@guyfranks4354 Жыл бұрын

@@longwindingroad As far as I know. I left the Chicagoland area in July 1997. They re-opened a retail store at the factory in April 2017 and their website is still up and running.

@OutdoorsSC 5 ай бұрын

Very cool, wish we had some of that excitement here in Clemson. We love our train videos in Clemson SC, Go Tigers! Keep it up.

@ICE6365 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, and Go Tigers!

@waldemarogandotrens.8063 Жыл бұрын

Vídeos muito bacanas imagens lindas parabéns amigo pelo excelente registro 👏💯 locomotivas muito lindas 👏👏

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Gracias, muy apreciado!

@christopherstory2136 Жыл бұрын

Holy 🚬 smokes! Literally....(got this in my feed, subscribed...awesome action!)

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Christopher! Yes, quite literally LOL

@TooMuchMiddle 4 ай бұрын

I'm watching this while playing with my model trains. I think I may have a sickness.

@ICE6365 Ай бұрын

Not a sickness. Healthy!

@ThePaulv12 Жыл бұрын

I read your description. In a Diesel electric locomotive, the engine doesn't redline if the wheels spin. The engine governor controls the RPM at the notch the driver selects. The driver selected notch setting is the throttle. There are usually 8 notches. Each notch has a known RPM which the governor holds which is why a tacho is redundant. In a given notch what happens is the amps on the amp gauge begin to rise as the train slows. This is indicating more and more work is being done since traction is electrical. If the wheels break traction then the amps go down to nearly zero and the load comes off the Diesel engine. The governor just holds the engine RPM no matter what. If the governor detects any over RPM it reduces fuel to maintain the set RPM - more fuel for more load, less fuel for less load. EMD Diesels aren't like smaller Diesel engines in cars or trucks. They have quite a lot of internal mass, so if the electrical load is suddenly released by the spinning of the wheels the governor acts faster on the fuel rack than the revs can rise (there is a tolerance but that's the principal of operation) maintaining the set RPM. With full traction before wheel spin, if train speed reduction continues then the traction motor's electrical configuration automatically changes in a process called transition. This is usually where the wheel spin is likely to occur. Why transition is required is a complex topic but simply it changes the connection of the traction motors between series and parallel depending on whether the train speed is increasing or decreasing. Back EMF is the enemy of speed in Diesel electric locomotives. As speed increases the traction motors begin to behave like a generator (the back EMF part) reducing the traction motor windings capacity to absorb current from the generator, so the electrical cabinet changes the way the traction motors are connected to the generator. When wheel spin occurs it is the engineer that throttles down otherwise the governor would hold the set RPM for the selected notch and the generator would keep supplying just enough current to keep the wheels spinning - except there are some fancy systems that drastically improve locomotive traction so that doesn't occur. These systems are so effective they allow greater weight (more cars) or less locomotives for the same train weight or length. As we can see these locos don't have any of that equipment. Also some yard only locos have their transition disabled so they can never go faster than about 15 or 20mph. You might like this rather dry vid on locomotive transition but it is interesting. If you want to skip the first part, the description of Transition begins at six forty: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7OEa9SH29Sdp6M.html

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Hi Paul. Thank you for taking the time to write this. This is cool stuff! I watched the video to learn a bit more about transition too. I am going to favorite your comment so others can learn what is happening with the engine in an instance like this.

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

Definitely a great explanation of the inner workings. And assuming the governor is working properly but no matter what, it will never exceed 900 RPM so long as the governor has oil in it.

@metalinmotion Жыл бұрын

That was a good catch!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975 Жыл бұрын

Wheel slip circuitry not working for sure. Awesome vid.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Thank you!

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

Wheel slip circuit catches when one axle breaks away. In the video all four suddenly break away and probably ran away at a balanced speed. To the wheel slip monitor it looked like the train suddenly rolled uphill at 40mph. It's not going trip the wheel slip indicator for that. Modern engines have the same problem if the same results are achieved. I can show you what track looks like when a mid-train DPU ran away like this for several minutes in run 8.

@masswolf Жыл бұрын

Great video…I really enjoyed it!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@tractorsmachinesro1405 Жыл бұрын

Great work

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@ElectronicsTech09 Жыл бұрын

What State is this ?

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Georgia, USA

@dennisyoung4631 Жыл бұрын

2001, a Soot Odyssey!

@knobsdialsandbuttons Жыл бұрын

Superb shots !

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@knobsdialsandbuttons Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 You're welcome !

@FrogandFlangeVideo Жыл бұрын

Wow ! really cool to watch this. I am a big fan of the last mile type of action. Kudos !! James.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Hey James! Very glad you enjoyed it. I like the "final mile" shortlines too. It's fun filming the switching ops and funky power that these railroads tend to have.

@FrogandFlangeVideo Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 I have made a few videos of this type of railroading in the past. And I too find it a lot of fun. But it is definitely (IMHO) more challenging that filming mainline action. I am intending to try to do more of it when the weather cooperates to give me better flying weather. Stay safe. James.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

@@FrogandFlangeVideo I also think it is much more challenging to film the regional railroads. The most challenging part for me is their limited schedules. I'd love to see aerial footage of last-mile switching on your channel. I'll be looking out for your videos. You be safe as well!

@FrogandFlangeVideo Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 I agree 100 %. I'll try to round up the links for several of my favourite ones and send them to you. They are all on the channel, but none done in the last number of months due to the weather. James.

@FrogandFlangeVideo Жыл бұрын

Here are some of my favourites: CN L580 SERVICES REMBOS AND BLASTECH ON HAGERSVILLE SUB - SHISA KANKO kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrZ2lNCizMulpac.html A DAY AT GARNET YARD + HYDRO SPUR kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8-RjLiess6pn5s.html END OF AN ERA - ORANGEVILLE & BRAMPTON RR A FALLEN FLAG kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nruIobqYvLHDnmQ.html A DAY WITH THE ORANGEVILLE & BRAMPTON RAILWAY kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbaDY7OHrc25fZs.html CN - A DAY OF SERVICING HAMILTON INDUSTRIES kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jKxjq9l9qLHWYZs.html Stay safe. James.

@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx 4 ай бұрын

way to go guys.good job.

@ICE6365 4 ай бұрын

Thanks team 👍

@trumanlewis8237 9 ай бұрын

Wonder how many 5 bags of sugar that was. Great video and kudos to the to all pushing up that hill and the videogpher as well.

@ICE6365 9 ай бұрын

Would be curious to know the same. Thank you!

@espeeboy 6 ай бұрын

Answer: 221,540 bags of 5 lb sugar That’s 5 fully loaded covered hopper cars in the video at shown added up LD LMT commodity capacity = 1,107,700 lbs (553.85 tons) / 5 lbs = ~44,300 lbs of sugar per loaded covered hopper railcar = ~8861 bags of 5 lb sugar per railcar The tonnage capacity of each covered hopper railcar is visible in the video if you slow down / pause footage. For example, at 3:13 mark it shows FURX 851014 with stenciled data under the reporting marks (these days UV resistant vinyl transfer graphics are used, not masked paint) showing interior contents cargo weight capacity for the 286,000 maximum loading rated freight railcar: LD LMT (contents Load Limit) = 222600 lbs (111.3 tons) LT WT (empty “tare” Light Weight) = 63400 lbs (31.7 tons) Total Weight Capacity allowed by FRA for 4-axle railcar / locomotive = 286,000 lbs (143 tons) Hope this helps!

@Merl-co2nd Жыл бұрын

The rails looks like in India. Nevertheless, cool video! Thanks for sharing!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Haha yes they do. Thank you!

@kennyt1674 Жыл бұрын

Wow that's amazing and it's like a Ho scale model that dose the same thing

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Must be a Tyco model :)

@kermit5079 10 ай бұрын

"good garly the sparks" said the engineer LoL

@ICE6365 9 ай бұрын

Yes lol I thought that was funny too

@karyssonnatan984 Жыл бұрын

Tanks Brasil 🌟🇧🇷🙏👍

@Semparo Жыл бұрын

Nice footage! Love the captions for the coms too. Looks like some of the track on that run needs a bit of TLC but then again I know a whole lotta nothing about that stuff!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the scanner coms. I know the scanner can be hard to understand which is why I add the captions. Makes it fun to follow along with what is happening.

@StormySkyRailProductions Жыл бұрын

Cool switching video (Dave).

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave

@MSwolfdog158 Жыл бұрын

The GMTX 2235 Was going up the hill was going up the hill to struggling, throwing spark was very epic I just looking up on Wikipedia.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Very epic indeed :)

@JD-8-1971 10 ай бұрын

Perfect video to ask this. I am 52 and have wondered these questions for a long time. Okay railroaders what is the mechanical clicking sounds at the first of this video. Sorta sounds like popping off an air tool from an airline. But click, click, click, click sound? Another sound is the sound of something spinning up. Like a "wherrip" normally I hear it when a locomotive is powering up to move. Silly questions but I just have always wondered.

@ICE6365 10 ай бұрын

@JD-dw8cc Hey JD, thanks for your comment! Definitely not silly questions - I have wondered about these sounds for a long time too. The clicking you hear is the air compressor on the locomotive spitting water out of the air reservoir. The compressed air causes condensation to collect in the tank, and it has to be spit out to prevent it from rusting. The "wherrip" noise on modern locomotives is the turbo kicking in to give the locomotive extra power. I don't know exactly how the turbo functions, but hopefully someone can answer that more in-depth.

@JD-8-1971 10 ай бұрын

@@ICE6365Thank you, I deal with air compressors alot. I drain the the tanks daily and the airline driers. I wonder now how they know to drain automatically. I would have assumed the turbo were constantly running like in tractors. I learned something new today. Thank you

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

@@ICE6365 on these engines, they have Roots Blower systems, and do not have a Turbocharger. They would be a GP40 if they had turbo. I am not keen on the noise you are identifying but you may be hearing the sound of the generator, or the roots blower. And the clicking is not the air compressor. These have static air compressors that are directly driven from the motor. The device you are speaking of is called a "spitter" and does exactly as you explain. They are located at the bottom of each reservoir tank. They are electronic, and when they detect condensated water, they open the valve to eject it. If the tank had a gallon of water in it, they would remain open constantly and there would be a stream of water ejecting from the spitter. Also if the voltage ever gets low or the pressure in the tank drops to a point that the valve can no longer close, it emits a very flatulent sound for a couple minutes.

@noahlogan4651 Жыл бұрын

Really nice catch there!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Noah!

@keplergso8369 Жыл бұрын

On Google Earth we can see that this line serves many factories on a large area,, but some sections are abandoned. Jacques, from France.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Correct

@frankp8828 Жыл бұрын

Great train video.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Frank

@user-ug9ju6jd8k Жыл бұрын

빨리와요 😢😢😢😢😢😢

@tracksidemike Жыл бұрын

Great video New here Keep them rolling Thanks 👍🏻🚂

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@mikem.8487 Жыл бұрын

This looks like a lack of maintenance, A locomotive doesn't need to run out of water. Now you're putting extra wear and tear on the locomotive that works.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

I agree. I had never heard of a locomotive running out of water until this instance.

@andrewschannel4259 9 ай бұрын

@@ICE6365It might have a leaking radiator, or worse, a head gasket leak.

@ICE6365 9 ай бұрын

@@andrewschannel4259 that would be nearly fatal to the unit, wouldn't it?

@andrewschannel4259 9 ай бұрын

@@ICE6365 Yes it would. A leaking radiator is one thing, but a head gasket leak would require tearing apart the prime mover.

@AmtrakFlareon Жыл бұрын

Sheesh! Now that’s some hot wheelslip!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Yessirrrrrrrr

@aceadman Жыл бұрын

Very cool. Don’t see that kind of thing very often. At least I don’t! 😊👍👍

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Fortunately, I don't either 😂

@EntertainmentWorldz Жыл бұрын

great video bro

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Steve-xf4uv Жыл бұрын

That was very interesting; don't think I ever saw anything like that. Saw an engine stall out but the wheels did not slip and throw sparks. Nice catch !

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! I've seen locomotives stall too, but never like this. I believe modern locomotives have technology built in that prevents major wheel slips like this.

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

The problem here is, all four axles cut loose at the same time. A Wheel slip indicator will only show , and the throttle is cut when one of the wheels cuts loose. If it cascades and all four or six wheels break loose at the same time, then the traction motors run away with everything the generator has waiting for it. And even when the engineer cuts the throttle, those wheels are still going to spin for a while! If the engineer wasn't about to crap himself, he would have grabbed the independent and helped them slow down. But I've been in his position, and I know how frustrating it is when the wheels just decide they're going on a trip without me! I also worked for this railroad for about 8 years and I know exactly where and how he had the problem. The second engine, the OMLX 2001 has some serious mechanical issues. Between the frame damage, several connections on the main gen and other problems, if they weren't so hard up for power, they probably would have scrapped it for parts by now. But the Bama Boys (Mechanical dept from the ATN) never have had any intentions of fixing or scrapping it. However it is one of the reasons they have had to rent power. I wonder if the OMLX 2008 (SW-1200) is still on the property? Man that thing couldn't get out of its own way and yet it contributed at least another 300 HP to the consist if we had a big cut of cars going out to the South end. It too was a piece of junk and spent most of its time stuffed and mounted at the end of Track 13. Other times we hid it back int he woods behind Kapstone so the kids would stop vandalizing it.

@kishascape Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised it didn’t make much noise. When it snowed where I live couple week ago a train went by uphill and the squeal nearly blew my ears out.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Looking back, I'm also surprised it didn't make more noise. You can hear the grinding noise of the wheels, but there were no loud squeals. The squealing sounds trains make are usually caused by the wheel flanges rubbing against the inside of the rail.

@christinaangelopoulos6955 Жыл бұрын

@@ICE63659

@user-mt8rk3ox6v 9 ай бұрын

My boy Charlie made it to the Big Time!

@RailJapanStory Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video😉👍️✨

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@JohnnysTrainVideos Жыл бұрын

This was a great video...

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Johnny!

@way75mit9 Жыл бұрын

My Buddy Josh works for that line , he might be the engineer on this cut , third times a charm !!!!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Nice! Not sure what the engineer's name is, but he was a cool guy

@ronaldsummons6100 9 ай бұрын

good work guys

@ICE6365 9 ай бұрын

Great work indeed. Thanks Team 👍

@--marshy-- Жыл бұрын

Very nice! I see there is an EX-PAL Unit as well.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Yep! A lot of people (including myself) like the look of the PAL scheme. I've received a lot of comments on it.

@ArissonMercinova Жыл бұрын

That spark very amazing 6:33

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was crazy to see

@krzysztofjaskulski6022 9 ай бұрын

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@ICE6365 9 ай бұрын

💥

@javassmart Жыл бұрын

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@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! 😁

@vernonmatthews181 Жыл бұрын

Wow 👌 👏 thats some sustained loss of traction by GMTX #2235.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely haha

@user-gk8gg1zt7l Жыл бұрын

Good video, like !

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@tonyplokes12 11 ай бұрын

Ótimos registros.

@ICE6365 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@jasonpetersrailadventures Жыл бұрын

Cool video

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jason

@bepisman128 Жыл бұрын

The GMTX2235 that could

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Bepis Man

@dangeary2134 Жыл бұрын

Engineer: Hey, buddy, she can’t do this, we may have to double it!

@treystewart544 Жыл бұрын

@@ICE6365 ouch those wheels on the diesel train it looks hot

@KirbyTrain Жыл бұрын

That was cool 😎

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kirby 😎

@vincentrobinette1507 Жыл бұрын

Goes to show...Third times the charm!!

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

Yessir!

@lilricky2515 Жыл бұрын

That track definitely needs some attention.

@SD40Fan_Jason 10 ай бұрын

It gets attention twice a day from the crews and twice a week from a qualified track inspector. It doesn't have to look like your model train set to get freight to it's customers.

@IamtherealSam Жыл бұрын

It is now a Rail grinder.

@JelMain Жыл бұрын

And if you want an explanation of why you keep having trans derailed, look at those tracks. I've seen straighter corrugated iron.

@nathanjplatt Жыл бұрын

Well A. This a shortline not a mainline, they aren't going to have the best rails.B.....Derailments are common seeing how over a thousand happen every year.

@ICE6365 Жыл бұрын

The tracks do look crooked, but that is largely due to the camera angle and zoom. These tracks are only used several times a week at low speeds, so there is no need for them to be upgraded. Most railroads use continuously welded rail that is much straighter and can tolerate higher speeds.

@bluegrassman3040 Жыл бұрын

the wreck in Ohio was caused by overheated wheel bearing, nothing to do with the rails. The mainline that accident happened on was on better maintained rails that the short line in this video.

@williammcclain8438 11 ай бұрын

@@ICE6365😊