CP Coal Train Breaks Apart !! Goes into Emergency (Drone)

[@tthinker9897]

I have never seen trains this long. Frankly, I'm astonished those couplers don't break all the time. The physical loads on those couplers must be enormous. Thank you for this video; it was enthralling.

[@steelwheels530]

Thanks

[@malcolmabram2957]

It is all about momentum. You are right ,to just pull this enormous mass with one link will break anything, even highest grade of tungsten carbide. However if the acceleration is gently applied then the gain in momentum is gently applied from truck to truck, and the couplings can cope. However it takes skill from the driver. Moreover, before staring, often a train backs closing all the couplings together to ensure an even delivery, one truck at a time, as it then goes forward. Also they accelerate from zero mph very very slowly.

[@2kanchoo]

This isn't even that big. Looked about 120 cars. I've had more than a few that were 3 miles long. Regularly get potash trains that are 186 cars and 54 million pounds.

[@sergeantbilko7070]

The train with the mountains in the background.....beautiful.

[@marktaylor1100]

I agree ... Would make a nice painting 😉😉

[@eltorocal]

Looks like Big Bear... the view from Johnson Valley, Lucerne Valley, Apple Valley into Victorville. Observed Motorcycle Trials riding area's.

[@tlong4577]

Or a hideous amount of diesel machinery polluting the pristine landscape? Yeah, real beautiful.

[@jamesmcnaughton9575]

@@tlong4577 you're absolutely right.....would be much prettier with the valley filled with broken abandoned freight wagons and the carcasses of the thousands of horses that would have died trying to produce that same amount of energy.......should I even mention the environmental devastation that would result from the use of land as animal breeding and feeding......or perhaps it could all be done with magical electricity.....ya know.....the kind of electricity that doesn't rely on coal , oil , river dams , or nuclear energy.... There are 7 billion of us on this planet.....the cell phones and computers we use to write these comments , as well as use of long life batteries and solar panels are being proven to be much more environmentally dangerous than modern rail service or the diesel they consume

[@kerryewen3624]

Spences Bridge

[@Napoleon_Blownapart]

My God, what a perfect catch! Must be like winning the lottery to have the drone straight in the action zone

[@AllThingsMech]

Most people have no idea how heavy these things really are - just the weight of one car is enough to turn a human into a pancake without even slowing it down. I worked in a rail repair shop for a couple years as a surface prep/repaint crewleader...really makes you appreciate the air brakes when you have to move uncoupled singles around without them. We had a couple of track engines but most of the time they were tied up or it wasn't practical to use them for moving just one car. We would usually shove the cars toward the blast booth with a skid steer to get them rolling, and we'd have to time the handbrake engagement to get it to stop within +/- 5 feet of where it needed to be so the blast hoses would reach. Kinda fun but nerve wracking at the same time - mistakes didn't happen often, but when they did it was usually expensive. 🤣

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Thanks for sharing my friend. THIS is where school kids should be taken to for field trips... rather than just museums and sporting events. Maybe then they'd appreciate the electricity in their homes... and the men behind the scenes who provide it. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇺🇸

[@terrygrossjr83]

20 thousand tons.

[@mrswampgass2186]

It's a train, I'm sure the folk have an idea

[@DSiren]

@@mrswampgass2186 Most people have no idea. They think the locomotive is the heaviest part, with empty traincars being comparable to semis in weight. They ain't.

[@onlyme112]

Very interesting, thanks

[@scottlin7876]

traveling out west from ohio earlier this year i couldnt believe how massive the trains were. 2 engines in the front. 1 in the middle and 2 at the rear. very impressive

[@Bennybobenski]

on the prairies in Canada, 5-6 locomotives up front is very common. Some trains are 2 miles long

[@olliefoxx7165]

@@Bennybobenski Holy cow! 2 miles long! That's alot of weight.

[@oneperson5760]

Nice to see that the safety features work, and nice of the company to show us.

[@thatfordguy2268]

Can we just take a step back and watch in amazement at hot much weight these engines can tow.😎

[@scentofcheese8030]

And Elon said his semis would beat freight trains

[@Dan-qt7kq]

Fauk! Pretty well says it

[@nathanh2917]

I was thinking about how much weight is on the first few couplers when the train starts and stops.

[@Bangpath247]

@Dream Chaser through the mountains.

[@terrywbreedlove]

These big Electric motors have a hell of a lot of torque.

[@slicaltimistic1]

Man. Talk about perfect timing.

[@nathangmanley]

slicaltimistical1 right on a hot box detector to boot!

[@jonhayden6235]

This occurs more frequently than most folks might imagine. No matter how skilled the engineer ("hoghead") is in managing "slack" (which is the key to how locos can move so much tonnage), the breakage of a coupling knuckle or, more seriously and far less frequently, a drawbar will occur. I saw this as a fireman when serving with one of the most competent locomotive engineers I had the pleasure to work with. Spare knuckles are kept in the locos that brakemen are taught to replace when this happens.

[@CH-pv2rz]

Thanks for all your hard work keeping these trains running. Our society would collapse overnight without them.

[@rodolfoplasencia4953]

Thank you! I guess they always stop after decoupling to recouple from probably years till now.

[@johnwayneaquaria8770]

That’s pretty cool, thanks for the nugget of info 👍😁

[@ryry187]

Just imagine all that equals just a few rods of uranium

[@president2]

@@ryry187 don't get hooked on uranium or any other radioactive material, it's just like eight-track tapes. Actually the universe is full of energy which comes from the spiritual side of our reality. The same energy that keeps the spirit in our bodies and leaves when we pass is tappable and usable for all our needs.

[@shaunelijah455]

With all the thousands of miles of tracks one has to wonder HOW and WHY that drone was in EXACTLY the right place to catch this on video ??? And can you imagine the HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of TONS that long ass train must weigh?? Absolutely amazing...

[@leemer1]

Pure coincidence. This area of track is a hot bed for rail fans.

[@justandy333]

If you look closely during the drone shot, the wagons are cg. Its clear as day. I gotta admit its very convincing to the casual viewer. But you look a little closer and its clear. It would certainly answer your questions about the chances of it happening right in front of him. A very clever blend of real world camera footage and a CG train overlayed on top.

[@leemer1]

@@justandy333 Think you may be right. Just watch the motion of the train as it passes, its not moving in a fluid like motion. It moves in frames per second kinda jerkiness. Another giveaway is the way the coal is spread inside the cars you can see like every second car has the same shape of cargo and the color of the left hand wall`s shadows is the same every second or so car.

[@justandy333]

@@leemer1 Yea, the coal spread also got me, its too uniform and the lack of soot or dirt on the wagons. But I gotta hand it to him, its very convincing at a casual glance. If I was a CG talent scout, he'd definitely get a job!

[@lookup49]

You would think we would see a pic of the broken coupler....ya think?

[@2kanchoo]

At 1:56 ish you can hear the slack run out or in. My guess is the engineer knocked down the throttle or backed off the dynamic and that force went through the train and found the weak knuckle. Changes in terrain over scanners can be difficult because you can't use the air brakes on the cars cause there's a good chance it will set off the detector with hot wheel alarms.

[@rmlectronicsuk2410]

Watched loads of these back in 2016 when we drove Calgary to Vancouver. Fantastic sight. Great video thanks for sharing

[@ltr4300]

I transport railcrews to and from jobs. Listening to them talk, apparently this happens a lot. Pretty cool to see. Thanks!

[@frederichore1890]

Amazing footage and a great perspective! You really were at the right place... at the right time!

[@steelwheels530]

Thanks

[@kaswhite1380]

This is as good as train watching gets ! Wow at the right place at the right time.....Wow !! The sounds, the scenary, again as good as it gets and this is comeing from some one who has visited Tehachapi, Cajon and Garland Pararie Crossing.

[@steelwheels530]

Thanks it was gold

[@mss59707]

Those mountains are so beautiful in the background

[@Stackedwithcash]

This a rare catch. But it’s cool you caught it! Especially with the drone footage!

[@therealrobertbirchall]

The American rail road system is something else. I have been fascinated with is since motorcycling across the USA. From Scotland its difficult to get a perspective the landscape. I was amazed the first time I saw one of those freight trains 5 mile long with 4 locos at the front, 2 in back and one in the middle. In Texas I rode along route 60 for a day Ammarillo to Albaque riding along next to the reack it took hours route pass this train me doing 70 and him probably 65. Astonishing to a Scot, who thought Edinburgh to London was a big trip.

[@richardhartman3671]

This use to be much more common then people think. RRs started using motion simulators in the 1980s to train engineers to deal with the forces faced with the chain of cars.

[@travisjankovic6725]

It's like if it was set up... You can never plan these type of captures to happen right in front of you. But like they say, gotta be in the right place at the right time and you my friend nailed it. Top shot.

[@welshpete12]

This is an extremely rare event in all my years on British Railways , I never had to deal with an incident like this .

[@BON3SMcCOY]

Don't UK railroads only run like 30 cars max to a train?

[@bettyboo9230]

Awesome video!!!

[@WildWestGal]

I love trains. Something so soothing and calming about... well, just watching them go by and hearing the whistle in the distance.

[@jasonjamrs7413]

You're not stop at a railway waiting for a kilometre-long train to go pass at 10kph

[@WildWestGal]

@@jasonjamrs7413 Anyone that's ever been on a train for more than an hour has had that happen. I've been on long-haul trains where we were 'parked' for over four hours while freight trains far longer than 1km passed at a snails pace. I still like trains.

[@avadeal345]

Was a truck driver for 40 years but this would have been my dream job. Love the no background music almost makes one feel that their there beautiful job.

[@steelwheels530]

Thanks

[@adriaannikken7519]

Thanks for the real sounds. That was a beautiful treat. Looks like the area around Kamloops.

[@ledgviewbiker]

It looks more like the canyon on your way to 100 mile

[@cavX2]

It’s ashcroft.

[@ryanducharme7505]

Yes, it does look like around Ashcroft area

[@sigmanfloyd7179]

~ Just east of Ashcroft.

[@ellieprice3396]

@@sigmanfloyd7179 Is that the Fraser river there beside the tracks?

[@J21ahudson]

Those pesky trucks always giving thomas a hard time Why am I watching this lmao

[@Manibanndz]

Jack 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@k5elevencinc0]

Damn Troublesome Trucks

[@ukbusman]

Childhood memories maybe...lol

[@EqualizerPG]

Wow breaking apart and stopping with the break right in front of you, that has to be a once in a life time catch right there

[@steelwheels530]

yah it was cool

[@RickTorn]

And two different camera angles of the same spot. Methinks this was a prearranged test.

[@Sugarsail1]

it is almost too coincidental

[@ralphcramdon3954]

CGI? Looks like a recreation of what actually happened.

[@MattyMatt80]

Great demonstration!!

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

Amazing clip. Just goes to show the effectiveness of braking systems to pull the cars up

[@Cnw8701]

Wow. That mountain range looks like something out of a Bob Ross painting!

[@fernleystephens2436]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@kellycutler621]

The locomotive in the middle of the train is a robot locomotive the engineer controls it from the lead engine

[@ralphaverill2001]

A good demonstration of built-in safety features of the air brakes; train breaks, air pressure drops, uncoupled cars stop themselves. I bey those breaks were hot.

[@edflemister2638]

Ikr

[@ColoradoStreaming]

Interesting to think Westinghouse came up with all these safety features.

[@Manaril]

Any chance the driver could miss the incident ? and does the signalling system detect if a train has lost a part ?

[@fantasticola]

he wont go over a signal pickup on track, so the signals behind wont change.

[@steelwheels530]

when the train comes apart it severs the airline. The brakes automatically come on.

[@mwara2444]

How many people are waiting for the decoupled cars to start rolling back downhill? Hell of a coincidence to happen right when someone's recording too. I love these drone footages in the middle of nowhere, That mountain scape in the background is so beautiful

[@CH-pv2rz]

No one that knows anything about trains would because once the pressure line is severed on the cars the brakes automatically cut in and stay locked until pressure is reapplied after the cars are reconnected… Been that way since the mid 1800s…

[@kmaassociates7999]

Amazing shots ! Thank God for all of the safety devices on these cars nowadays. Dad worked at Pullman Standard for over 30 years with a brake only for WW2 service. Most of the last 25 yrs were spent as a coupler hook on man, alignment duties of some sort, part time welder and trainer. I wonder what exactly failed here ? We aren't dealing with 'light weight' parts after all !

[@Guitarman7133]

THE CURVY PART OF THE KNUCKLE BROKE OFF. I WAS THE GUY WHO HAD TO REPLACE IT.

[@kmaassociates7999]

@@Guitarman7133 I'll bet that was fun ! Don't remember much about those things. Dad once said there was a special shop for repairs and a team trained for manning a mobile shop for on sight jobs. It's all gone now along with thousands of jobs.

[@Guitarman7133]

@@kmaassociates7999 APPLY BRAKES!! SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIOOOOEEEE. HISSSSsssss. I was kidding! I just said that so people can comment. I have "KMA" written on my ladders and tools.

[@Guitarman7133]

However, growing up in BC, we played in the railway yards, and ran across the roofs of the cars, and made friends with the 2 guys who ran the train. They let us ride with them on the put-put, and sometimes ride in the locomotive, and switch tracks for them. Spent most of my childhood playing on the logbooms, and railyards.

[@Guitarman7133]

Caught lots of sea-perch and seatrout off the booms. Tons of huge bullheads too!

[@tegoblue]

Amazing how the remnant stopped right in the middle of your steady frame. You were so i n tune with those machines!

[@securitytechnician]

That mountain backdrop is awesome.

Nah, that's one pissed off Conductor, and dispatcher! That Conductor gonna have to tied brakes from here to Christmas,...on grade too!! Lordy help him,..plus he got to get that knuckle back there somehow!! And it could have been a draw bar with that much weight!! Better him that me!!

[@Jhihmoac]

Coal trains are usually the biggest culprit for coupler breakage because the load can freely shift back and forth in the open hopper car during transport (usually to a power station or steelmaking facility), thus putting tremendous strain upon the coupler mechanism...

[@nealbeard1]

If that was in the UK the train would straddle two counties. Amazing.

[@Mr9Guns]

yeah we have lots of room in Canada

[@welshpete12]

nonsense it would have stopped in about the same distance . I should know , I dealt with them over here for nearly 60 years .

[@justanotheraviator2357]

@@welshpete12 he means the length of the train!

[@Stu-SB]

I'd say two COUNTRIES lol.... how many cars were there ?

[@clymtc]

I was thinking along the same lines, it would be passing through 5 or 6 stations at the same time!

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, like they did BACK in 1954. Still get a tear in my eye when I hear an old train in the night.

[@gillianorley]

3:30 Maybe the dude who lives in that little, silver house can help out.

[@Disciple_Of_Lerxst]

He did help. He went to the back of the train and pushed it up to the front part of the train. They coupled the cars back up a few zip ties and some duct tape. Good as new, off they went.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

@@Disciple_Of_Lerxst flex tape

[@francesluck6597]

Guys, "breaking" is when something "breaks" or falls apart. "Braking" is applying "brakes", the two words are completely separate and not interchangeable.

[@dermotomalley1495]

I just spell both those versions as brayk. Eliminates confusion.

[@tsmcraedy4564]

There was a "break" in the train which caused the emergency "brakes" to apply. When the cars separated the lines connecting the brakes were broken. With a broken air line the brakes apply. The OPs grammar might have been off a bit but his word usage was spot on. Give us all a break on the grammar lessons.

[@francesluck6597]

@@tsmcraedy4564 You clearly missed grammar at school and still don't want to learn.

[@edifyguy]

@@tsmcraedy4564 For someone who likes to critique others' usage of the English language while simultaneous complaining that others do, you have pretty poor usage yourself. I have corrected your post. It should have read as follows: There was a break in the train, which caused the emergency brakes to apply. [Using quotation marks like you did is completely incorrect, and generally used to imply "so-called." Were you saying "so-called break," and "so-called brakes," as though you thought that's not what they actually were?] When the cars separated, the lines connecting the brakes were broken. [Clearly you do not believe in commas, either.] With a broken air line, the brakes apply. The OP's [possessive needs an apostrophe] grammar might have been a bit off the mark, but his word usage was on point. [Ending a sentence with a preposition, while common even in the works of masters such as Dickens, is poor form. Additionally, how does one mount a bit to later get off of it?] Give us all a break from [unless you think taking grammar lessons IS a break] the grammar lessons. Consider yourself better educated now. :) I will say that the way you used both repeatedly in relevant sentences was funny and made me smile.

[@ronaldmcdonald9806]

wow glad you are educated enough to tell us that lol

[@getplaning]

You want to see logistical efficiency, look at railroads. Near my office, a train struck another stopped train on the same track and knocked three cars off a trestle onto the roadway below. Sounded like thunder. Two hours later, the rail cars had been cleared and the track was open again.

[@jochen_schueller]

So they just kept sending more trains into the spot until all of the remaining cars had been knocked away?

[@2kanchoo]

The one and ONLY thing railroads are truly fast and efficient at. Getting the rails back up after a derailment. Every single one I've ever seen is a spare no expense, any and all overtime, throw money and manpower at it till it's done as fast as possible, affair.

[@JohnMcMahon.]

The landscape is amazing. It looks like CGI, even though it’s real.

[@ListenWell]

Beautiful mountains. Love the sound of a train.

[@kenea3226]

I grew up in western Colorado, near the tracks and we could feel the vibrations of the coal trains coming before we could hear them.

[@A3Kr0n]

I love those whistle echos at the beginning. And ya, perfect timing.

[@uruiamnot]

Slapback reverb from that little hill in the background!!

[@Spetsop]

Aaand conveniently blocks the railway crossing with the last two cars lol... Perfect timing and placement indeed! Haha

[@CPWindsorsub]

Great video! Feel bad for the conductor who has to deal with that mess.

[@steelwheels530]

lol yah they were sitting for a while

[@belligerent-irony]

Hopefully that foreman had a knuckle in his truck

[@stevegabbert9626]

Yep, lucky catch, right spot, right time. In 2000 I was at Daytona for the Busch race when Michael Waltrip flipped. It happened right in front of me and I caught a picture of it a split second, and mere inches, before the car slammed back on the track. Perfect capture on film. It could have happened anywhere on the track, or not at all. I just got a lucky shot of it.

[@jamesgordon6862]

Thank you George Westinghouse!

[@blackhorseman]

This happens more then you think and not just hauling black rock. Used to be around trains in Northwestern Montana back in the Burlington Northern days. Derails from snow drifts and even the small trestle failures is pretty scary.

[@katt-the-pig]

Emergency brakes are released at 2:08. You can see the break at 2:30 and 3:15. As long as that train was (a helper engine can be seen in the middle at 1:30), I bet it took a while for the engineers to trek their way back. And I feel sorry for the people who got stuck at the railroad crossing. Just a little bit furthur, and they would've been able to go through.

[@steelwheels530]

There was a CP truck stuck at the crossing. A guy got out and closed the air valve so the train could clear the road.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

they didnt trek back ahaha... they went on and sent back engines from a siding ahahah

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

did you see the second train behind at 4 30

[@TheBiggestSqueeze]

johnny llooddte that’s a tail end remote engine. Not a second train

[@marks99999]

On a different track? Pulling ?

[@rickhinojosa5455]

4:15 PERFECT stop so that the last two cars block the intersection!!! That was a pro engineer conducting that train!! 😳😂🙏

[@AnthonyDMorrow]

This is the comment I was looking for. Happens Every. Dang. Time.

[@25mfd]

WOW... AFTER the train went into emergency (2:09)… it still went approximately 30 car lengths before it stopped

[@murphsmodels8853]

It can take a fully loaded train upwards of a mile to come to a stop.

[@crazyman762]

Wow there is no scenery like that here in South Jersey! What luck is that to have the broken train stop right in front of you, while running a ground camera and a drone. Thanks much for sharing.

[@MmeHyraelle]

2:25 would make a great horror movie sound effect!

[@MsDias2]

Scary

[@nzardoin]

Agreed!!!

[@ВадимСухоруков-д3к]

I will take it as a ringtone for my smartphone! No! I will take it for alarm clock sound!

It's a horror movie for that Conductor who has to fix that mess!! We use to say, it's a good day to be an Engineer. Way too fast for that much weight.

[@welshpete12]

I worked on the railway over here in Britain for 44 years and I never had to deal with one of these !

[@railpast]

I was standing right beside one when it broke apart. It was mostly multis and came to a stop without any squealing. Strange to see a train open up right as it was going by me. Great catch.

[@meatybtz]

Had this happen locally. Driving along the highway I hear a BANG. Loud as all else and then the squeal of brakes as the back half of a train disconnected.

[@jasonjamrs7413]

How would you know something went wrong 150 car at over 1km long or do you get to the station then realise you're a bit shorter then you started with

[@railpast]

@@jasonjamrs7413 The whole train goes into emergency when it pulls apart so you would know something is wrong.

[@fuffoon]

I closed my eyes and just imagined those last cars rolling back from where they came, reaking havok along the route like Christine. I was amused.

[@andrewaway]

I love this landscape.

[@kellycutler621]

To break a jar bar on a on a locomotive or car means the engineer was hit in the throttle on a Lil on the heavy side..

[@Teddy_Bass]

Truly gods country there. So scenic. Nice catch aswell

[@batvette]

Gods country OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF BUMFUCK

[@glacialmobbs7657]

One mile east of Ashcroft BC

[@timothyosborn1697]

A good friend of mine, who is a Conductor for UP, says that a break that far back on the train is a real pain the butt. He says the conductors have to carry the knuckles, or what ever they have, to fix the break. He says the knuckles weigh a ton... ( or so it seems when you've bucked it that far back!)

[@1980DEVILSREJECTS]

They dont carry the knuckle that far man trust me I do this for a living if you're smart you take knuckle that's still good put it coupler that broke get engineer to drop off knuckle at head end ride it up to it put it on coupler you replaced other 1 with and then ride back make joint boom done that's probably a 10,000 foot train with the break apart about 9000' ft back anyone who walks with a knuckle weighing 50lbs that far on uneven ground is an idiot lol

[@iceclimberGD]

What a catch dude! This is awesome! I'm glad nobody was hurt.

[@kenrudge8002]

Are you for real

[@littletraveller5428]

Seeing these trains and hearing the sound reminds me of the 80’s and that theme tune ‘until tomorrow I’ll just keep moving on’

[@ohmusicsweetmusic]

that's pretty good. light and shadows are the hardest and give you away here as well. Your shadows need work. See how the shadow of the train is a little too big and don't really match going down? Looks like you forgot the shadows for the two poles at 3.54, with the one pole after that showing way too tall of a shadow.

[@soapflakes]

... there really is a conspiracy for everything now isn't there?

[@steelwheels530]

I also faked the moon landing LOL

[@skliros9235]

That's some beautiful scenery there.

[@patrickmcleod111]

**Yeah, looking at this scenery, it's obvious why they chose to name it British 'Colombia'. Its practically identical to Colombia, South America** The sparse vegetation, the cold temperatures, the barren, snow dusted mountains with the Coca trees growing on top, and the obvious lack of wildlife diversity...... Yep, just like Colombia! Lol

[@dano4572]

The safety feature worked perfectly !!!!!!!! Smart people make these things happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bikerdude3r]

wow, great catch at the right place at the right moment

[@James_Knott]

I was on a passenger train that came apart. It was in the mid '70s on CN in the middle of nowhere in Northern Ontario. I noticed there were clouds of steam (most passenger trains used steam heat back then) and when I looked out the window, I could see the locomotives going around the curve, without any cars. The coupler didn't break, but the steam pipe did, which meant no heat in the middle of winter.

[@LarJgrip]

Still use steam

[@James_Knott]

@@LarJgrip Steam heat. The locomotives have a steam generator, which provides heat for the train. The locomotives are diesel. This was back in the '70s when a lot of the rolling stock dated from the days of steam locomotives. These days, it's electric heat.

[@LarJgrip]

@@James_Knott My mistake

[@tomatoes3]

Superb filming, and what a catch .

[@EvanDrinkwater]

This was a random video to stumble upon. Made me google longest coal train ever, and lo and behold it was here in Australia. Record was set in 2001 and the total length was 7.53klms, not surprising considering Western Australia is massive so. The total trip length was 273klms.

[@MrKfq269]

Finally, somebody using a drone to get rail footage. Nice.

[@jeffwesson8798]

Amazing shots. Drones are great!

[@steelwheels530]

They are!

[@ussakira7294]

The Train makes a really great sound

[@daddyrabbit835]

I could hear your "low battery" warning in the first segment of drone footage. I'd be like, "NOOOOOOO"... and push it to like 1%. LOL.

[@steelwheels530]

Yup it was getting low

[@prima808]

Holy crap, that’s one long ass train!

[@blackhatter011]

Yes The Doobie Brothers wrote a song about that train. kzbin.info/www/bejne/foHCf3hqjb96d8U

[@steelemedia]

Just had to leave a comment. Love the name of your channel

[@bigedslobotomy]

“1989 Helena train wreck” From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Helena Train Wreck occurred in the early morning on February 2, 1989, in Helena, Montana, United States, when 48 cars of a Montana Rail Link freight train that had been decoupled from their locomotives by a train crew on Mullan Pass rolled backwards down the pass, traveling nine miles back into the city of Helena and colliding with a work train at a railway crossing near the center of the community. The collision resulted in a fire and explosion that damaged Carroll College and other nearby structures, knocked out power to most of the town, and led to the evacuation of residents within an area of 2 square miles (5.2 km2) due to concerns of possible toxic chemical release. The event occurred during a severe cold snap, with temperatures below −30 °F (−34 °C) that morning and with a wind chill factor of as much as −75 °F (−59 °C), which froze the water that firefighters used to attempt to extinguish the fire.

[@bigedslobotomy]

I’ve heard from residents that the cars were traveling about 80 mph by the time they collided in Helena. I think that now cars have brakes that automatically engage if they get disconnected from the main train.

[@kbishop94]

bigedslobotomy kinda crazy to make you think that it would take a major tragedy like that before someone would finally say "hey, maybe we should install something like an automatically locking break mechanism on these trains Just in case they ever break a coupler or something..." And then his boss would be like "Carl, would you shut up!! That'll never happen. These trains *never* break couplers."

[@filanfyretracker]

I hear about things like this and wonder if a town had advanced warning would it be illegal for them to sabotage the tracks outside town somehow? That is force a derail away from people.

[@marklangmann2163]

To have 2 different cameras to capture this moment seems almost unbelievable.

[@steelwheels530]

yup it was a 1 in a million

[@AlainNaigeon]

Just at the right place to make the video... that's a well educated train !

[@victoroneschuck4139]

Man. That is one long train. Lots of tons! Good vid

[@WideWorldofTrains]

Wow thats a great catch

[@racekar80]

For a guy that lives on Long Island, and only seen commuters trains and a few 10-15 car freight trains, that unbelievable. That train seems as long as our whole island! That would screw up traffic for hours.

[@user-fs5lc2dl7t]

anyone with the inclination to cross in front of a train should watch this and see just how long an emergency stop takes...

[@blackhatter011]

Yeah. no one cares.

[@robertwalls5794]

Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Nice catch!

[@wocheiron9632]

Amazingly well shot, camera on a drone, I suppose. Thanks for good entertainment!

[@jbr496]

Or maybe a really tall cameraman!

[@T13-o7u]

Coal trains I ran had a 25 mph speed limit. Usually about 125 cars. Dynamiting the train can be dangerous as the heavy coal cars can tear up the track. I'd tell you a REAL scary story, but I probably shouldn't.

[@monsterworkscorp]

wow new train sim looks great !!!

[@gangstershovel]

What a great shot, beautiful backdrop

[@steelwheels530]

thanks

[@shadowbanned5164]

Damn those Canadian trains are freakin huge.

[@robm901]

These trains are extremely high tech worked to perfection when the train went into emergency, no derail, no one hurt

[@tpatcher63]

You sure you didn’t have something to do with that train coming apart 😂! Good thing everything stayed on the rail. Engineer did a great job bringing the headend and DP power to a safe stop. Looks like the separation was from a knuckle. Many things could be the cause. I question the placement of the DP power. The RR I worked for put it on the rear to keep such a heavy train bunched up.

[@2kanchoo]

It was in emergency. Engineer didn't do anything but bail and hold on lol. Couldn't see the tail end it most likely had a tail end remote as well as a mid-train. All the loaded ones I get in alberta do.

[@FlyboyUS]

I love the echo of the train horn in the mountains

[@nathanh2917]

Thanks algorithm for reminding me of the chem plant job I hated but made alot of money at. Also for letting me see all these comments where people fail to understand how air brakes on trains work. Hand brakes on rail cars are a backup in case someone leaves the airline valves closed while the car is parked... temperature change can create enough pressure to potentially release the brakes if the valves are closed. To who ever needed that your welcome.

[@sharpshooter012345]

Beautiful scenery, i love the mountains.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

Wow you picked the right spot to watch. Pretty video

[@Blue_Dingo]

I am a railroad carman, 24 years. It does not look like a coupler break, the knuckle broke. Common, I see several a month. We look for cracked knuckles during inspections, but it can happen online as well. If its a bad coupler or draft gear arrangement, car has to be set out on nearest siding. Carmen then come fix it. If its just a 75lb knuckle, well poor conductor, he/she has a couple on the locomotive pilot. its not too hard to change just really heavy, bad thing is getting knuckle to the place train broke apart. Conductor also has to walk full train, to make sure its all on the rail. Meanwhile other trains on the line are stacking up, may need recrews. Corridor manager is pulling his/her hair out, as the dominos start to fall. Then some poor carman gets a frantic call, grab a knuckle, drive to wherever, save the train. Phone/radio calls don't stop, till train is fixed, as each manager in the chain, gets more excited. That said, that's a good break apart, everything worked. Nice catch.

[@arthurwest6270]

I never had to carry a knuckle far. I would throw the spare knuckle on the ground, have the engineer pull the train forward, stop the last car near me, put the spare knuckle on the last car on top of the draw bar, climb on the ladder, and have the engineer shove the train back to the other half of the train where the separation was 👍🏻

[@Redoralive]

Drone cam just makes it look like GTA.

[@jhill4256]

That was super. Thanks. JD

[@droski33]

Right place right time. Great catch!!