CPKC 374 Rolling Through The Floodwaters.

[@JawTooth]

Wow, that is something you don't see everyday. Sure wish I was there. Awesome video!

[@buddyburtonphotography]

Go ahead and share it on your channel with credit from me.

[@jeffbrown3963]

Hard to believe they took that kind of risk. The roadbed could have been completely washed out! Great unusual video!

[@sanddabz5635]

I'm sure a MOW vehicle had traveled through earlier to confirm everything was okay.

[@KuvDabGib]

Or AC/DC engines which are literary all the way down could be shortened and fried...

[@RailPreserver2K]

​@@sanddabz5635 I heard that standard procedure they send a high rail through and only if the track is still in place do they send the trains through after it.

[@chiefguns1980]

Exactly

[@brianurban9654]

@@KuvDabGib Water 3 inches over the rail head requires mechanical dept approval prior to operating over the rail for that very reason--traction motors aren't cheap!

[@rodneycaupp5962]

Thanks for not overlaying music, or over talking the beautiful sound of that Engine, and train. I saw the Andrew Jackson completely above the Opre Mills parking lot in Nashville, Entirely above the parking lot, listing a good 15 to 20 degrees..., being pulled down by the sunken dock... Her Stacks Leaning over the roadway back in May of 2010.

[@chrish4977]

Thats crazy. Seems like an awful big risk to take.

[@cleasanna05]

The train was clearly holy, the railway Jesus Christ

[@Unknown_Ooh]

You can see in some parts the very top of the rail is still visible and you also have to think of the weight keeping those wheelsets pressed down on the track displacing the water as the train moves.

[@williamkelley7654]

@@Unknown_Ooh THe problem could be that the railbed is washed out.

[@buddyburtonphotography]

😂

[@kevenpinder7025]

Well, we're rolling on rails held in place by plates and spikes, resting on ties supported by gravel resting on water saturated soil, also known as,...mud. ugh

[@steelman86]

Now that's a brave engineer going over steel track, road bed and bridges not knowing if anything had been compromised by the flooding which was up to the top of the wheels!!! Glad it all went alright with no catastrophes to date!!! BRAVO!

[@sanddabz5635]

I think it's safe to say that a maintenance of way vehicle had traveled through their earlier and confirmed the track was okay.

[@beeble2003]

Er, what flooding was up to the top of the wheels? It was barely covering the rail.

[@williamjones4483]

@@beeble2003 The traction motors are mounted low. It doesn't take much to short one out.

[@ClutchTFS]

@@williamjones4483 I didn't think they'd be that susceptible to moisture? Snow doesn't seem to affect them at all.

[@beeble2003]

@@williamjones4483 The OP claimed that there was flooding up to the top of the wheels. I pointed out that this claim is completely false.

[@Kajuniter]

As a former railroader I can attest this is a true test of nerves, facing an abnormal is not easy!

[@highlife0586]

Oh wow. My grandfather worked on the old Pittsburg Shawmut & Northern RR for 41 years. When steam ruled.

[@atariforever2002]

@@gregcarnes80 spoken like a true snowflake

[@Sunset4Semaphores]

BNSF boating babie!!!

[@jamesburns2232]

Unlike flying an airplane, you only have one way to go and that is to follow the RR tracks wherever they take you. 🚂

[@sanjayadas4193]

@@highlife0586 ppp

[@captainotto]

Always refreshing to see a train in full compliance of a no wake zone.

[@donreed]

"Sir, Wit is unappreciated on You Tube. It is a severe violation of the terms of service that state, "You, peon, will service us with free material that enables Google to gross billions of dollars each month). Cease and desist!"

[@GenerallyGeneralLee]

Heck I'm just amazed that they can even make the damn things float!

[@petermasterson8276]

No woke is always good.

[@saJidKhan-cr9wq]

​@@GenerallyGeneralLee ❤😂 0:30

[@bagoquarks]

For non-rail experts the technical term for that train speed is "gingerly." One hopes that crossing was preceded by a railbed inspection truck. May your ballast remain true and silt-free CSXT and BNSF sure got a lot of free publicity out of what was nominally a CPKC operation. Yes, I understand that RRs swap locomotives routinely for efficiency. Congrats on the CP-KCS merger, BTW. You have built an impressive rail network spanning North America. FYI, the COER mark on at least one of the covered hoppers stands for the Crab Orchard and Egyptian Railroad, a short line in Southern Illinois with an interesting name.

[@rbfishcs123]

There is literally nothing to congratulate about. They treat their union employees like shit and shave costs anywhere they can for the sake of the bottom line. Don't fool yourself capitalist success for good well being of the public. The railroads will shove shit down the public's throat if they can get away with it.

[@amieflores381]

Wow amphibious train

[@sbrunner69]

What an awesome catch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@NorthCountryTrains]

This is incredible- thanks for sharing.

[@radhaa275]

Wow what a sight for eyes. I never saw before such a breathe taking rail journey.

[@luann7517]

That was really an awesome catch!

[@SteveH-TN]

Thanks for sharing this video. An aspect of the flooding I hadn’t thought about !

[@LibertyRailfan]

Great video and catch, you don't see that every day.. Hope the floodwater receded and doesn't affect any more people, hope anyone that was affected will be okay 🙏

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Amazing video, great images with train in wather! Big THUMBS UP

[@buddyburtonphotography]

Thank you 😊

[@chrisboyd4433]

When I lived in central Indiana, there were still some small timber b ridges over creeks. The lines would park loaded coal cars on them during flood events to keep them from floating up and moving.

[@garrett9271]

lol

[@joelinpa185]

Wow, I've never seen the like of this. Thanks for recording and sharing it.

[@RandomRailfan828]

Great catch! I have never seen anything like that, I’m shocked a train could even navigate through that!

[@aftabkhanize]

A great coverage. Thanks for sharing.

[@centraliowarailproductions2810]

Nice catches!

[@Lander484]

Great video! I've never seen something like that before. It almost looks like the train is floating through the water.

[@zackgeorge2575]

Great Video! Thank You!!

[@davidcowan4705]

Truly a remarkable catch. I've never seen anything like this in railroading and I'm 60 y.o. I'm sure the conductor was praying that no knuckles would break at this moment.

[@YoursSinceSheerly]

Phenomenal video, thanks

[@trainutjob]

Super cool video!! That’s crazy to see.

[@georgettedebuhr2660]

Awesome! Never seen anything like this before. Wow!!

[@MikeG42]

Excellent video , I think this is very interesting to watch a train running through a flooded area like this. It looks unusual but very cool and seems safe as long as the crew runs at restricted speed. I love how the wheels plough through the water like the Bow of a ship. Great stuff , well done. 😁👍

[@MattTheUPRailfan2006]

Wowsers, awesome video and catches 📸😊

[@fabiennechevallier2516]

Impressive pictures, very well captured in the video.

[@ohmyh2]

WOW!!! This is scary and cool. Thank you for this video, you are one intrepid photographer!

[@buddyburtonphotography]

Thank you.

[@leeroberts1192]

I believe that here in the UK the regs are that a track is complexly closed if the water is above the rail head, if it's below the rail head but above a certain height then I think it's a max speed of 10mph

[@suzylarry1]

I can not imagine what the feeling would be going across a bridge with this locomotive and not being able to see for sure what , if , anything was still holding tracks in place ! wow !

[@Gothix1066]

Percy was an inspiration to every railroader in these situations

[@bagwan]

A couple of weeks ago, a CPKC train derailed up here in northern Maine due to a washout. I don't know if the track was inspected prior to the train going through or not. The locomotives ended up off the tracks, and a diesel fuel spill resulted. Latest news is the railroad is having difficulties repairing the washout because the ground is so saturated and muddy due to recent heavy rains, heavy equipment can't get to where it's needed. And although I'm not a railroader, it seems to me that just because an MOW vehicle that weighs maybe 1-2 tons was able to safely navigate the tracks through flood waters, doesn't mean three locomotives weighing 200 tons each plus the weight of the hopper cars can safely do it. It worked this time, but how long will that kind of luck last??

[@davecruzen9352]

It was just a few months ago the Ol' Miss was drying up. Not any more. Great video and narrative.

[@davecruzen9352]

Like your midwest accent. Great video. Awesome!

[@annhaltiwanger3313]

Great video! I loved watching the train go through the water.

[@jeanhawken4482]

Staggering to see such a load go through such a complicated area. Thankfully there was no slippage of rails

[@SimonTog]

Wow, very interesseting.

[@norfolksouthernrailfan4262]

Now that is something you don't see everyday.

[@grandcrappy]

canadian plantation had us push-pull trains thru nasty Big Muddy floodwaters that were up to the trainman platform on rail cars, all qheels and trucks completely submerged.

[@grandcrappy]

Ha, how are those wheels bearings going to survive?

[@johnpollard4158]

​@@grandcrappy it's not even reaching the bottom of the journal boxes.

[@grandcrappy]

@John Pollard 2019, Davenport. Nasty waters, we hadda push-pull thru waters up to the trainmans platform on rail cars.

[@JodyBee]

Actually it's pretty common in that area but I wonder how does CSX feel about one of its ET44AH's going swimming 😂

[@jwilliams8210]

Wow!!! Amazing footage!!

[@TroublesomeSlateTruck]

Great Job.

[@evanhourican621]

That was unbelievable!

[@JohnNyren65]

Wow! Crazy, great video!

[@StephenCarlBaldwin]

Jaw-droppingly amazing.

[@daveinthewildOG]

It's pretty cool that coming around that corner, before he even touches the water, you can see the pressure wave generated by this large item. I guess it could be from the ground he's compressing as he approaches, but still, massive.

[@gmftrainvideos]

Wow, that's incredible.

[@gmoney5340]

i never knew that i wanted to see something like this until now

[@randymorris8786]

Very few of us could have thought this. Peace

[@johnstrube5854]

6.21.2 Water Above Rail Do not operate trains and engines over tracks submerged in water until the track has been inspected and verified as safe. Operate engines at 5 MPH or less when water is above the top of the rail. If water is more than 3 inches above the top of the rail, a mechanical department supervisor must authorize the movement. Running locomotives with the water above the rail can result in damage to the traction motors by creating electrical short.

[@blainenodes8182]

Some best/rarest footage seen in 70 yrs as railfan👍 MN

[@Erick-ve1jx]

Never seen that before, very interesting

[@BiscuitsandWar]

This is some amazing footage

[@CXensation]

A mighty sight watching a train sailing through the landscape 🙃

[@ابوسارةابوسارة-ز6د]

المخاطرة من ابصعب تصديق اخذوا هذا النوع من التضحية كان من الممكن انةيتم غسل قاع الطريق بالكامل ...فيديو رائع غير عادى❤❤ ‏‪1:23‬‏

[@TheMetGuy]

Awesome catch with CSX & BNSF power

[@lifewitharifali]

looks like train running in ocean... good capture. subscribed your *channel*

[@zbigniewteterycz1571]

SUPER. POZDRAWIAM .

[@railkrishana5071]

Wow fantastic 🙏🙏

[@ATrainVideo]

Awesome video.

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

Here in Australia max depth of water over the line is three inches.

[@johnniebellamy5912]

Surprised they didn't stop All train traffic until the waters receded -or they rerouted the trains

[@GMCGUY-]

Great video ❤😊

[@charliebrooks2570]

Very cool catches! Keep up the good work!

[@buddyburtonphotography]

Thank you @Charlie Brooks

[@gayehenley1550]

Very cool video!

[@helenramsdell1959]

Wow!! The stress must take it out of the conductor. It seems insane to have the train still go through.

[@edwinschwartz2472]

The engineer has already said his prayers before they got to the flooded tracks !

[@hmdmusic]

Amazing video

[@edgaranaya9290]

No derailment incredible work by cpkc

[@andrewthacker114]

Awesome footage

[@_PJW_]

Nice footage, bro! Like your accent.

[@nathanjplatt]

Its a fascinating sight to see, lived in western Indiana for awhile with low lying creeks,small rivers etc all over. With flooding There was always a MOW vehicle that ran it before they sent it, if it was bad they'd leave it in the yard or do a tie down

[@donreed]

Unfortunately, the entire shipment consists of 88,000 unprotected tons of plaster of Paris, all of which got wet. Which means that the train now permanently weighs 136,000 tons.

[@Diddley-js6lf]

CSX Runs North and South from Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I actually grew up one block west of their Huge Switch yard also the Loading Ramps and Yards of General Motors. Back then there was 24 Auto Plants in Genesee County so there was a running Joke that there Was a Cadillac in every Driveway. So North of The Beecher Metropolitan Water District where I grew up my buddies and I would play on those Trains Riding them to other Smaller Cities to the North or South of the Rail Yard. There were Tanker Chemical and Fuel Cars that went through or stopped and Switched to other Outbound Trains. We like those because their 10 mph. Maximum Speed was Because of what they were Hauling through a Populated Residential Area. Fast forward I Worked for the Fire Department that the Rail Yard was, Well one Winter Years ago one of the Propane Tanker Car Had a Really Bad Leaking Intake and Discharge Valve. In really Cold Temperatures Those Valves could Start Leaking so sure enough there was a Tanker hooked the 35 Tanker Cars Mostly Filled with Propane but a few car has Toxic Chemicals. Every Single Care Was Fuel of Something Flammable or Very Hazardous Chemicals. So the First thing was to Evacuate (1) One Square Mile in a Circler Direction. The Thing is You can’t Make People Evacuate unless they are will and my Dad Actually Refuse to Leave, Man didn’t I catch every kind of Hell over that. Anyway Our (Fire Department) Roll was to Standby In Case of Explosion or and Emergency. The Owners of the Tanker Cars ( @ Least Their Respective Companies Decision Makers ) They Flew in Trained Demolition men who were Actually Highly Trained on that Very Situation ( apparently it’s very common to Happen ) they landed in a Helicopter in the Huge Church Parking lot we all stood at Freezing because of the Extreme Cold. Then hopped Out of the Helicopter into a Pickup Truck was down there (1) One Hour then Hear they come back to the Staging Area, The Count Down From (10) Ten Down and Boom a Massive Mushroom Cloud also a Very Loud Explosion. As soon as that Happened back into the Truck Then Down to the Tankers Location. Was There probably (15) Fifteen Minutes Here They Come, Did a News Report on How They Blew The Fire Out By The Explosion Taking all the Oxygen away from the Fire. Then they Shook hands with Two Hob Nobers Get back one The Helicopter and Just Like They Landed They Flew Away. I Guess Back To Texas. Not Every Time I see a Train going Real Slow I know what Hooked to that MovingTrain. Now at (57) Fifty Seven Years Old I live literally 3/4 Mile West of The North South Line Through Vienna Twp./ Clio Area .

[@b43xoit]

What style guide are you using?

[@heyherb]

Nice way to keep the traction motors cool 😁

[@brandtfj]

The train is perfectly safe. Because of river backwaters year round, the whole bed substructure has been built on big chunky rock. The ties are not going to float up because steel rail is dang heavy. No washouts will occure as backwaters have little current, Water raised evenly on both sides of track due to bridges and culverts.. Stream under bridge little current as Mississippi backed up into stream. Traction motors fairly water resistant as they subject to rain and snow and ponding all the time....

[@jameshicks914]

Unbelievable Flood water camera footage!!!

[@bonnieketterman6542]

Love that train video it was different I was so glad to see that they was just taking there time

[@sugrimnishad9235]

Ok ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@LectronCircuits]

Per chance our narrator attended the Huell Howser school of speech. Cheers!

[@buddyburtonphotography]

Possibly. Or the Daffy Duck Dispicable School.

[@CSXOhioRailFanPlus752]

Nice Video

[@johndowner2196]

Unusual seeing a train where all the engines are other railroads.😊✌️♥️🇨🇦

[@poetmaggie1]

run tracks on a flood plain and I guess that is going to happen sometimes, lol. beautiful

[@geac9100]

That water crossing was surfin on the rails!

[@Marbleheadjed]

Nice video

[@stepaushi]

wad·dle verb walk with short steps and a clumsy swaying motion. "three geese waddled across the road"

[@GEVOlutionCPKC]

Awesome hunting broo 🥇👍🏽🔥new subscrib

[@FirstnameLastname-tp4zw]

Should have brought their fishing poles!🎣

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

You can see the powerful camera flashes reflecting of the distant trees..

[@youmadbro742]

GCOR rules say as long as it's not 4 inches above the rail it's good to go!

[@playballdr]

Hi I'm George Santos and as a train engineer/roadmaster/trainmaster/general manager/union rep/US secretary of transportation and I also wrote all regulations involving trains, I can attest this is very diffucult. I also was a trainer for crossing flooded areas

[@sebastiaosa7205]

Gosto muito desse trabalho,vídeo muito legal,sou aqui do Brasil, parabéns,DEUS abençoe,um abraço.

[@josephseverino674]

Wow! i never saw anything like this before, i see the bottom of the hopper cars just touching the water, what about the axel bearings being exposed unless their sealed very well.Great video.

[@ricklowers8873]

Talk about “walk’n on water”‼️🤣🤣🤣

[@b43xoit]

I would like to be a fly on the wall where the suits are evaluating the cost/benefit of running the trains through those floods.

[@jaygatz4335]

Good old Canadian Pacific. They did us proud!

[@mikedurhan9941]

...........and this is Howard Co-sell coming to you live from Bellevue, I-yo-wah.

[@plisskenationbackfromthede3657]

Train on the water, boat on the tracks 🎶

[@TailsFan369no2]

😑

[@bobcobb7719]

Really poor judgement considering the BN derailment in ND when the tracks were covered in water leading to a huge release in crude. Keeping ballast and the roadbed dry is very important in rail.

[@beeble2003]

OK but a huge release of grain is less catastrophic.

[@pmaitrasm]

The locomotives were waddling all right, but it was wading too.

[@waynebarnett7467]

Front loco said to the other ones …. Hang on we’re going to make waves in the industry.

[@MercOne]

Looks like something I did with my toy trains when I was a kid lol.

[@highlife0586]

Dang! Never saw a train go through floodwaters..