Amazing how cars don't move when you forget to untie ALL of the brakes on the cars!
@danielhutchinson660417 күн бұрын
How do you start a train? One car at a time. Stopping is sometimes important, when spotting cars as well. I was taught that principal, by a Locomotive Engineer who once had a seat, on the Right side of the Cab, on the Empire Builder for a while before the end..... You are correct about sticky brakes.....
@markh.6687Ай бұрын
Alco: "I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I think I....need a little help!"
@lineshaftrestorations79032 ай бұрын
Releasing the hand brakes might help, yes? 😮
@DetroitDiesel6713 ай бұрын
He's trying to shove against brakes. The first few cars are released and are rolling freely, but when he tries to shove, you can hear the squealing brakes on cars further back. Shoving on brakes is against the rules, at least on Class 1 lines, and is a good way to find yourself derailing cars, pissing in a cup, and standing before The Man.
@fishlickmustaches80882 ай бұрын
Pee cup tradition. I sense a Hyce fan
@pootispiker28662 ай бұрын
This isn't a class 1 mate
@DetroitDiesel6712 ай бұрын
@@pootispiker2866 It doesn't matter. The point is that the video suggests the load is too much for the locomotive. It isn't. The locomotive can't pull the cars because the handbrakes are applied or the air isn't cut in. The trainman is breaking rules and cutting corners.
@HansRegenburgАй бұрын
The wheels can squeal on curves and through junctions, the movement you see is the slack in the couplings
@Paul070Ай бұрын
I'm a retired switchman/conductor and @DetroitDiesel671 is right on with his explanation. You can hear the brakes on a string of cars farther back out of sight.
@peters1127Ай бұрын
Love the sound of the Alco's
@roydrinkАй бұрын
That’s me trying to wake up in the morning…
@albertcyphers1532Ай бұрын
You can hear the brakes dragging
@joeMW284Ай бұрын
sounds like the brakes are on
@rj4590Ай бұрын
I smell hot traction motors.
@EditGuy66104 ай бұрын
C’mon, little fella! ❤
@WS-1Ай бұрын
Continued , this would probably have disappeared from shot ( in the wrong direction ) .
@MrThatnativeguyАй бұрын
He must’ve thought it was an SW1000 😆
@user-mr3ct1dm9pАй бұрын
That Alco might have more guts than the SW .
@KandiKloverАй бұрын
@@user-mr3ct1dm9pit does
@cdavid813925 күн бұрын
@@user-mr3ct1dm9p I would rather have an EMD switcher. Easier to maintain. Great units. But I've run those Alco switchers in the past and they often do have more 'guts'.
@markbass9639Ай бұрын
All on a crossing too. Let’s see how much damage we can cause to rolling stock.🙄