BOOM! Railcars hit train and couple hard!

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Күн бұрын

On June 29th, we were watching crews shunting railcars at a railyard in Galesburg Illinois. While most of the workmen were backing up their train into their designated tracks, one crew was doing it a little differently.

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@CodeResp Ай бұрын

They must be luggage handlers

@kmcc01 Ай бұрын

That wasn't too hard of a hook. That's why they are made out of steel.

@SlapthePissouttayew Ай бұрын

Back in 2006 we were kicking cars at a chemical plant I worked at. Plant security stopped us and said people at a new apartment complex were complaining about the noise and could we please stop doing what we'd done for years. We said we would and after he left I asked my engineer "Donnie? You okay with making some hard couples?" He was fine with it and we made the same amount of noise. Railroad was there LONG before the new neighbors...lol

@matthewwilson5019 Ай бұрын

Also its i assume impossible to be switching railcars with next to no noise haha

@David-yo5re Ай бұрын

And that is how you deal with Kens and Karens. It's like the people who buy houses next to the tracks, highways and airports. That was all there before you moved in so shut the fuck up.

@Handle1969 Ай бұрын

Went to school for MBA. Learned in Business Law the FEEDLOT CASE. Feedlot there first, then came houses. Owners complained. Feedlot had to move. True case. Bet railroad’s lawyers got exemption.

@RR70actionTRS Ай бұрын

Some people are too sensitive for some of the most petty things. Worked on a hot tar roofing crew and some residents complained of the tar smell in their neighborhoods. Nothing we could do about that. A job is a job. Some folks have way too much time on their hands and moan for some of the dumbest reasons.

@ThePaulv12 Ай бұрын

Im a big rig driver for a blood processing plant. The smell is disgusting no question. Its been there for decades. Out the back are brine ponds. The brine ponds make sewerage farms smell good. Brine is the by product of blood after its been broken down. Its salt water. Some of it is desalinated and purified and gifted to the local golf course, some of it is collected to turn into industrial salt and the majority of it is discharged to sea after processing. There are no houses in the area because of the smell. On frosty mornings in winter thats when the smell is utterly appalling - which is saying something coming from me. Recently, motorists driving past started complaining to the EPA The first fine was $250,000. So they put a pipeline in to transfer desalinated brine, which is now treated water to the city treatment farm but passing motorists are still reporting us to the EPA. The smell of the drying process to make blood plasma powder is the problem now. Its a multinatational company with very deep pockets so Im not thinking theyll close. They pay all of us nearly double the minimum wage and that has clout in a regional city. Recently local motorists

@deerslayer59202 Ай бұрын

You can hear them bang cars all day and night at the ADM plant in Clinton Ia..

@fjb4932 Ай бұрын

Living right next to the train yard in Missoula Montana, i can tell you some of the old Engineers can couple a train so gently, like a surgeon. While some of the new guys, well...sounds like elephants mating ! You'd swear they hate. Hates, Denny Wa(r)ington. ☆

@cdavid8139 Ай бұрын

I've had 'old heads' couple so hard that cars jump regularly. As one conductor yelled at me back in the 80s when I was learning to run...."come on man, we ain't making watches out here"

@georgethornton3728 Ай бұрын

Was watching many years ago, watched a short tank actually jump off the rails and land on them again from coupling a string of tank cars.

@Conky011 Ай бұрын

Thats what the draft gear is for !! funny its called the "1 Spot" , our shop in Canada was also called that, we had 4 tracks with electric floor jacks, we did all cars with 40 man hours or less.. i am a Carman

@danshobbies13 Ай бұрын

Must have an uncoupling magnet under the track. 😂😂

@garyb6219 Ай бұрын

I like when someone uses a telephoto lens to watch me doing my job and picks out what I did wrong. Amazing.

@keithsuggs7935 Ай бұрын

I especially hate it when management is looking KZbin and writes me up a week later.

@25mfd Ай бұрын

@@keithsuggs7935 if you work for the railroad then you should already know they are watching you... with and without youtube... so you can't blame a random youtuber for you not acting accordingly

@keithsuggs7935 Ай бұрын

@@25mfd True, but I like 'em to work hard to put me on the street.

@mshum538 Ай бұрын

I worked in the RR industry for 40 years and when you work outside in that environment and your doing what you are trained to do you have nothing or camera/phone to worry about, you are paid to “ take your time to do your job safely “ … good day .

@keithsuggs7935 Ай бұрын

I saw a railfan video on the news explaining a train separation. The Conductor walked in the gage for 5 or 6 of the 8 cars. Management saw it and insisted the Trainmaster find out who the Conductor was and terminate him.

@vettebecker1 Ай бұрын

Looks like locomotive is a radio controlled unit, the handler also appears to have the control unit on him.

@jackfrost3254 Ай бұрын

Nope. There's an engineer in the loco and a conductor working the cars. They communicate via radio. I see this all the time in the yard near me

@jackfrost3254 Ай бұрын

In fact if you look close at 3:24 you can see the engineer's arm in the window

@opiumextract2934 Ай бұрын

@jackfrost3254 it's remote, the timestamp you mentioned you can see the guy messing with the box.

@j.padron8531 Ай бұрын

@@jackfrost3254 Its remote. No engineer anywhere in the video.

@beeble2003 23 күн бұрын

@@jackfrost3254 Not sure what you're seeing that you think is the engineer's arm, but there's no engineer's arm visible in that window at that timestamp.

@MrEricmopar 11 күн бұрын

It's called "kicking the cars" but they kicked it a little too hard... It happens occasionally, like sometimes misjudging a stop and rolling a little over the limit line. 🤣

@lawrencebrennan3122 28 күн бұрын

Obviously the person filming this has never worked for the railroad. Nothing wrong there, not switching cars of eggs.

@locoman44.86 26 күн бұрын

Not switching cars of eggs,that's awesome dude.

@rrsteamer Ай бұрын

And that folks is what flat switching is all about.

@jlg823 Ай бұрын

Seen harder hits in my time out there. The only thing I recognize is the "One Spot", the car repair building with the tracks passing through it. Every thing else I knew and worked is gone. Yard D, Innisville, West hump, Prospect, and damned near every other site, buildings, and track yards, are gone.

@espeescotty Ай бұрын

That looked to be at the recommended 4 mph or less, but that sure was a lot of energy transfer to get those 7 other cars rolling that far. Cool video.

@IronWheelProductions Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Paul070 Ай бұрын

The 2 rolling in are probably loads up against empties, makes noise but that was by NO means a hard hook!! I flat switched cars for 20 + years before going on a road job retired in 2016 from the well known CN!

@Mach11976 Ай бұрын

I live in Biggsville Illinois they come through here halling ass all day. Heading to Burlington Iowa RR bridge.

@timeforbeans Ай бұрын

So the crew was kicking cars, that's normal switching operations, but I can't tell what kind of track they kicked into, was that a spur track, or like a RIP track? I know on the UP we are not supposed kick in to spur tracks. 01:24 Everything's coming up Milhouse .....nice!

@opiumextract2934 Ай бұрын

Don't know where you are at but down here in Houston we kick into stub tracks all day. We can't kick into industry tracks. Been a conductor on up for 21 years

@KimiWallrus Ай бұрын

3:48. Good sounding Hemi/Challenger?

@radoslavglavonjic3985 26 күн бұрын

One could have been a little more careful ‼️

@sanddabz5635 Ай бұрын

I wonder if they go by a particular calculation or it's just skill for when they know when to release cars in motion from the locomotive so they connect with other cars just right?

@cdavid8139 Ай бұрын

lots and lots and lots of practice.

@sanddabz5635 Ай бұрын

@@cdavid8139 I guess👍

@j.padron8531 Ай бұрын

Depending how far the kick is, its usually under 4 mph, but if its a long kick, an extra boost wouldn't hurt.

@cdavid8139 Ай бұрын

@@j.padron8531 So many variables. Track conditions. Tonnage you are kicking. What are you kicking into. WHat are you kicking in to. Generally though a kick is pretty much going to be not much faster than a fast walk.

@sanddabz5635 Ай бұрын

@@j.padron8531 I have never heard the term "kick" before used in railroading, but I can visualize it and it makes sense now. Thank you.

@HenrikSweden1 Ай бұрын

nice video. No that doesn't look so though. Watch cars going over the hump, on the remaining humpyards , and they have retarders, that's hard hitting. And any softer the car wouldn't go all the way. Thanks !