Can Heat DERAIL a Train?

Trains operate in all kinds of weather, including the heat. But railroads have to be extra vigilant as the temperatures start to rise.
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[@nikerailfanningttm9046]

The rubber tires on that Silverado HiRail: *”I WANT TO DIE”*

[@TealGuy]

i wonder if the tires could blow out

[@blaydCA]

​@@TealGuy Mine never have when it hits 120°f in the SHADE.

[@TealGuy]

@@blaydCA thats crazy that it gets that hot in the shade...

[@blaydCA]

@@TealGuy It's getting more typical in the South West with Global Warming. Thankfully, the humidity isn't high as a rule. If it's windy it's like being in a Convection Oven.

[@maryburton3315]

Anyone when the temp is over 90 (except Florida or the southwest) LOL

[@bowlinerailfan]

There was a bad heat wave here in south Georgia two years ago this month. The temperatures were regular in the low 100s for two weeks. The trains along the CSX bowline were on restricted speed of about 15-20 mph during the day time.

[@ArkansasTrainz]

Dawg it’s hot like 108 in Arkansas man can’t imagine what’s it’s like in Georgia

[@modded_2t22]

The heat wave was so much worse here in WV. We had heat index values between 100 and 105 and in PA they had 105-110.

[@jerrysinclair3771]

Good info and a short video which is always nice. This was a HOT topic!

[@susanlua4792]

😂😂😂 I get it

[@jordonfreeman166]

There’s a reason it’s called Hot-lanta.

[@me734]

Great footage, great topic, we really enjoy your content V12, Thanks!

[@Cnw8701]

Glad I don't live in Atlanta anymore! The humidity is unbearable!

[@kens.3729]

The St. Louis Cardinals are Hosting the Hotlanta Braves in St. Louis today (Monday). In STL, 97 degrees on Monday and 99/100 degrees forecasted Tuesday.

[@johnlang4198]

32°C/90F is the speed restriction trigger for freight trains on lighter lines here in Victoria, Australia. Across all of Australia, blanket speed restrictions apply from 36°C/96F

[@c23onrails]

That NS autocracy with that one engine leader must have been 321

[@mygins5820]

"It's hot but the trains keep on running" - not in New Jersey

[@Texasrailfan9021]

Not even in Texas!

[@SkylarsTerribleMemes]

bc amtk isnt given funding to upgrade shit from 1932 lol

[@JerseyRails104]

Only Amtrak and NJT lines that connect to the NEC. Not NJT’s fault btw

[@F40M07]

1:40 MOVING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD!!!! (Top left)

[@truckinpoppop6777]

The NS4822 unit is a thing of beauty. I saw it come through VA on its maiden voyage down to Atlanta.

[@captainmorgan757]

Usually temperatures above 90°f is the threshold for speed restrictions, but always consult the timetable of the subdivision that one is traversing.

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for this information about what can happen to train tracks when the temperature gets hot in the summer months. Union Pacific had a derailment near Willow Road and Shermer Avenue in July 2012 due to a problem with the rails near the bridge over Shermer Avenue. Derailed loaded coal hoppers caused the bridge to collapse. An elderly couple was driving under the railroad bridge at the time of the bridge collapse and did not survive. The location of the bridge was on the former Chicago & North Western Railroad tracks. The loaded coal train was heading to an electric generating plant in Wisconsin. (2024-06-24 at 2332 CDT)

[@bentheidioticnerd8993]

It derailed my local shortline, the Chesapeake and Albemarle. Recently, the heat warped the rails causing the last five cars, on a southbound to derail. This is because they were the only empty cars on the train, the way the rails deformed meant that the heavier the car, the less likely it would come off, hence only the empty cars derailing.

[@subnormality5854]

It's hot as balls, nice video btw.

[@kens.3729]

Absolutely, YES! More Often then people realize. 🤔👍

[@user-yb9sr8pp9o]

Very nice show 👍 thanks

[@MottyGlix]

Against the possibility that your viewer is outside the USA, when you give temperatures, you really should include the word "Fahrenheit." Railroads used to put expansion joints into the track, in the days before Continuous Welded Rail. Some of your images make that look like a good idea that shouldn't have been discontinued.

[@THE_IRON_HORSE]

I actually just seen NS 4822, and a high rail doing a heat run, it's cooler today but yesterday it was around 97 98

[@Davids_Hobbies]

I live in New Jersey and NJ Transit, as well as Amtrak, have been having tons of problems with the overhead catenary wires due to the excessive heat over the past week. I got a wave and a horn show from a NJT Hi-Rail Ford F350 on Friday that was cruising by a departing train. Today I saw a set of Arrow IIIs back up into my local station after having a near miss with sagging wires.

[@adeptusslugusgaming]

I don't know what they do in the US, but in the UK where there are known heat issue areas they paint the rails white to try and keep them cooler.

[@blaydCA]

In the USA they just derail. White paint costs money.

[@Talldarkhandsom]

When the rail is laid it's pre-heated to expansion rail then secured. In the winter it shrinks.

[@Txloganc]

5:06 And your in jeans?Man how are you not sweating like crazy in those

[@737Garrus]

you're*

[@RanexzProductions]

I see you saw the new Red Devil , its a great ns unit

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

I always say I learn something new every time I watch your videos. I never thought about how the hot weather effects the rails. Thank you for showing us! Stay cool!!!

[@JonathanColemanMoreTrains]

This past Saturday at Tunkhannock Pennsylvania while the railfans were waiting for Reading and Northern 2102 steam locomotive to head back to Nesquehoning Pennsylvania I got a tractor trailer to honk and also an ambulance did a famous horn show and it was shave a haircut. The tractor trailer did the first half and the ambulance did the other half and that was rare to see and hear

[@SouthernCaliforniaRailfan]

That ain’t rare

[@Athenstrainman]

Awesome video Charlie. Thanks for including the slug set 😉

[@Talldarkhandsom]

20 years in T&E service in the central US and I've never seen a heat kink. have had the heat restrictions. 15MPH slow orders

[@stretchlimo7275]

Great information in this, definitely learned something new about heat/rail issues. Have a great evening 👍🏼😎🇺🇸

[@the101stdalmatian8]

At 7:14, the 6216 has an engine room door swinging open and shut. Might be from a quick check of the water level in the radiator tank to be sure that the locomotive has plenty of water on such a hot day. Humans are not the only things that can overheat.

[@warthog23]

Thanks for attending my meetup! Great video too!

[@RODALCO2007]

Great video. Thanks.

[@mcpr5971]

great video, thanks. It's also interesting considering the shock rails must experience when it rains after high temps, and causing a very sudden contraction of the rails. btw did you buy a shuttered TV station? Your production quality is among the highest I've seen on youtube.

[@Kirkpatrick82]

Las vegas get up to 116 to 120

[@Straight2_OfficalGaming]

Could you cover the Matteson train derailment when more information comes out?

[@davidstewart5694]

I see our chip loads on that csx job at 1:00

[@johnmorehead5008]

Well thank you. Now i know our outdated trucks in the tx panhandle needs to catch up with ga.

[@tarnishedknight730]

A bit of trivia: For humans, permanent tissue (skin) damage begins at about 125⁰f. Your milage may vary.

[@WesleyEast-RRfan]

My local BNSF line has reduced speeds in hot weather.

[@unpasaro]

EXCELLENT VIDEO, THANKS FOR SHARING

[@SD40Fan_Jason]

Sun kinks are a big deal!

[@toshihitsu1989]

i should check out the track out here in the Mojave desert all bnsf where i am. temps out here get well above 100F/37c. parts of barstow and lugo(Hesperia) can get temp in the low 110F/43c to the high 115f/46c.

[@Top-Trains-1943]

I live in El Paso, and it gets really hot here. For the last month, we've got 109 up heat here. I was railfanning and my phone shot of due to the heat and it was a day when a heritage was coming. But I caught it. But heck, I can't imagine how it is in Phoenix.

[@Boxpok]

Last week until today we were in the upper 90’s, almost every day going or coming home from work I saw a hirailer looking for sun kinks.

[@TimLindsay]

all commuter rail service is adhering to slow orders up here in Toronto due to exessive heat..

[@tedtuttle6527]

When I went 2 work as a train man in the early 70"s they were called sunkinks but later on the RR wanted 2 b more scientific they called them thermal misalignment. Either term meant danger.

[@frzstat]

Sunkinks sounds like something in Key West

[@25mfd]

good comment... i worked for chicago and northwestern back in the 90s... they were still called sunkinks then... but "thermal misalignment" does sound a bit more smartly, i guess

[@train_man5975]

One time I got to see the result of a rail buckle. A loaded coal train was scattered all over the place. I got there before emergency services too

[@vuurvrrailfanner4656]

being in a CNW Dash 9 at this time WAS torture.

[@DairyNS]

Do You Know Any Good Spots For Inman Yard

[@H3avyHaul3r]

what was that csx loco at the end …had a squared off looking can

[@deaddevilxd8473]

40°c is also here in India 😊

[@LegendaryLycanthrope]

According to Thomas gets Bumped, absolutely.

[@BNSFES44AC]

Wow NS 4822 1:43

[@MiddleTennesseeRailfanning]

Nice!

[@innskin]

Hell yes, heat can do that! I have been on the receiving end of a heat derail!

[@stanpatterson5033]

01:32 to 01:36 ....... is that a cactus starting to grow by the tracks ??

[@leonperry123]

Are you allowed to just walk over the tracks? In uk, that's a no and track is fenced off to People

[@marinablueGS]

Never thought about it until now....are the locomotive cabs air conditioned?

[@kenrhodes948]

Yes

[@HansRegenburg]

Typically

[@abecks8093]

So if there is rail buckling due to heat, how do they fix them?

[@RWOUTDOORS-zv2it]

Yes heat can cause a train to derail. That's why railroads run heat inspections

[@fluxthelycanroc9603]

Not uncommon to see multiple mile long slow orders. Just a few weeks ago there was a 25mph for nearly 20 miles

[@user-th6hv8hx9c]

Wooooaaaahhhhh in that temp. Literally it will fried egg and bacon well😅

[@mdnsubdiv]

Does anyone see 4822 at Inman at 1:43?

[@brandonharristsw7516]

Oh

[@RailsofTX1845]

I like horns and smoke shows on the rails

[@michaelhband]

👍👍👍❤❤❤🚂🚂🚂

[@donaldwantola5800]

The answer is yes, ask me how i know?

[@theswiller85]

Idk about yall. But its just summer. These “heat warnings” for normal temps are a joke. Par for the course

[@zhiracs]

Bro has never heard of wet bulb temperature

[@gallydex3566]

It ain’t normal having this many and this strong of heat waves.

[@snewsom2997]

@@gallydex3566 There isn't a normal climate, its constantly swinging up and down, has been for Several Billion Years. Even the Holocene Climate Optimum was warmer than today. Yes we are changing the environment, but fewer people will fix that, and fewer people all over the world are having fewer people generation after generation.

[@gregblanton9386]

​@gallydex3566 the dinosaurs wouldn't agree with you.

[@snewsom2997]

@@gregblanton9386 To be fair that was really sudden, and without warning, not that they had the opposable thumbs to do anything about it.

[@ghostgardenfarms]

Heat from the sun kinks up assault, why wouldn't it streach steal rail road iron and buckel the steal

[@HansRegenburg]

Sprechen Sie Englisch??

[@ThePennsylvanianRailfan2K24]

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