Crushed Locomotive at CP's Bensenville Yard!

[@amtrakrules52]

The derailment back in June involving the UP units was not RC, it was manned. It was a three man crew.

[@SamLovesTrains]

Oops.

[@amtrakrules52]

@@SamLovesTrains it’s all good!

[@darrelgibbs4898]

I am sorry to Say this but Union Pacific has been In more Accident then CP so that said Union Pacific has been in 3 Derailment Start in June and Aug

[@amtrakrules52]

Did you not read my comment? I mentioned nothing about the number of derailments between the two companies. I’m talking about the train in this particular derailment was one that was a manned crew and not remote control...

[@ddblink02]

I didn't know that. The initial report I heard was the UP train had a crew and the CP switcher was remote.

[@erict5234]

Precision railroading hard at work... maybe it's time to get rid of the remotes and put guys back to work in the cabs!

[@iangerahty3422]

I can see the validity of unmanned/remotely monitored passenger services on low speed routes but for freight and yard work there is too much variability requiring the sensitivity of cab crew to feel and observe. Check out the high degree of safety engineered into the new driverless passenger services in Sydney Australia. www.sydneymetro.info/about

[@grandcrappy]

Maybe the General was busy, someone is tryna talk to him e'ry minute. Otherwise U'd think the crew woukd have him protect the long aggressive pull ahead via camera. PTSD like a bitch for the crew no doubt BOOM!

[@greatlakesrailfan586]

Remote control jobs have been around before psr.....

[@erict5234]

@@greatlakesrailfan586 yeah, youre right, remotes have always had a job in the bigger yards around the system... but psr pushed remotes into small yards that used to have crews!

[@IFLYBELL]

The thing that amazes me is if you run a remote your untouchable! We had a guy in St. Paul slam his remote unit into the side of an inbound train at 15mph damaging his unit and derailing the inbound train. They told the FRA it was a "box failure". The Conductor operating the remote didn't even serve a day. I run thru a switch, not on my locomotives within 10 minutes of being on duty, or do not have my power out of the round house in 20 minutes I looking at time. It's total crap!

[@williamphillip9749]

Not surprised the yard jobs work on their own channels and the CP Yardmasters always treat you like you know everything about the yard and make everything seriously confusing. Typically they won’t even get you a cab ride to the yard office.

[@SamLovesTrains]

Note: the photo used at the beginning of the video is not owned by me, but I could not find the original photographer.

[@ijxrxmy]

You should pinned this comment

[@jeremylowth1749]

The photo at the beginning is my photo. Please remove.

[@SamLovesTrains]

@@jeremylowth1749 Thanks for letting me know. I’d be happy to give you credit.

[@josel8173]

@@jeremylowth1749 how did you get that shot?

[@thomasmackowiak]

Thank you for this video of the aftermath of this accident at Bensenville Yard, Sam. There was a lot of damage to the cab of CP 4450 in that accident. I wonder what CP will end up doing with that locomotive. Thank you for sharing this video with us!

[@valeriebassett3107]

Wow what a mess. Great video. Thanks for sharing!

[@jw4620]

The gritty side of switching.

[@RailBrothersProductions]

Old Canadian Pacific's in trouble now how many crashes is going to happened there.

[@stevenelleby8685]

CP needs a safety audit at that yard. They are a dangerous railroad as this is happening too frequently at their yards.

[@geoffmorse4366]

I used to ride past this yard when I rode the Metra Milwaukee district west line.

[@beepbeep3000]

I haven't seen 4450 in my area in years. Didn't know that it got reconditioned and had "SOO" when I last seen it.

[@decompoza]

4450 "Traded" to the red side of the roster along with most of its Soo siblings years ago.

[@amtrak3501]

Hmm 6450 was a wrecked unit that got rebuilt into a cabless B unit. Could 4450 follow suit? 🤔

[@tomcline5631]

I'll watch for it up here in KC MO! CP shares a yard with Kansas City southern on Front Street! They got a big ol locomotive shop there.

[@iatif1995]

Lucky you theres BN SD60Ms!

[@kindcake]

Uh oh CP might have jinxed themselves

[@grandcrappy]

Howdy, they deserve it. The Big Muddy flood, Spring 2019, hell we were shoving long ass trains thru nasty polluted river water up to the trainman's platform, with CO DR inches from that crap.

[@kindcake]

@@grandcrappy I take it you had a bad day experience working @ CP

[@grandcrappy]

Hi kindcake, no it was great but intense experience for me, did have two times that if I didn't get that train stopped now Ida made the Evening News. But I hadda protect ENGR, CONDR and RC vacancies unpredictably and self-qualifued at all of it. So I was a good pinch hitter, just got sick of being their chump.

[@natestrains1166]

I've seen 4450 in person, before it wreaked. It was trailing on a manifest on the C&M. Nice coverage.

[@trainboy4024]

Wreck

[@donnebes9421]

@@trainboy4024 wrecked

[@BossSpringsteen69]

I have a poster size picture of it. Glad i took it 20 plus years earlier.

[@TonyVRailfanning]

Nice editing work, thanks for the info on the derailments

[@davejustice7464]

Looks like somebody's in trouble oh that's right depends on who you are

[@kennyspry5189]

This is One of Many Reason WHY There shouldn't be Remote Controlled Engine's And it's Not Cost Effective Run the numbers and it shows it's Not at all

[@jacojasso9901]

I caught those ex BN units on the Chicago line. Kinda surprised that they were heading to bensenville yard.

[@SamLovesTrains]

I believe they are going back to their owner (CIT).

[@tunes699moon2]

Too bad they sure are parody..

[@tunes699moon2]

Disregard that last remark. I hate this phone

[@decompoza]

@@SamLovesTrains CEFX, CITX and CBFX are all Loco reporting marks assigned to CIT GROUP/EQUIPMENT FINANCING INC. They also have 21 marks for rolling stock. www.rrpicturearchives.net/Railroad.aspx?id=CEFX

[@grandcrappy]

canadian plantation hadda couple of big bang ups in Chicago, 15 mph r/c, no one watching the point , and collide with incoming tazins wtf!

[@jamesstallings2007]

Great catch

[@railsofchicagoandbeyond8832]

When I heard about this, it was originally thought that 198 had collided with the IHB. How wrong we were...

[@seven8n235]

So Tesla auto pilot is now available for locomotives?

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Sad that it was ex-Soo Line GP38-2. It wasn’t damaged that badly. If I can see enough details to make out what it is It’s repairable.

[@railfannerguy1381]

I seen 4450 in River Grove before it got wrecked.

[@AndreiTupolev]

To be quite honest, I've often wondered how safe this remote control switching is. I mean, if the operator's at the other end of the train they can't possibly see what might be in the way at the front of the train can they.

[@NoVaRedacted]

Two people are working in unison when Remote Switching and the point must always be protected just like having an engineer.

[@BossSpringsteen69]

They are very dangerous. Many under reported incidents that could have been worse.

[@joehnunya]

CPs newest B unit. The Instaslug modification kit.

[@galaxyrailfanning7860]

Woah! Great video though man! Some awesome catches of locomotives in this one!

[@jimzeirke1127]

Cripes! How fast are those remote-controlled locomotives going? That's a lot of damage for the comparatively low speeds they move in the yards.

[@terrywallace4109]

You'd be surprised at how easy and dangerous remote controlled locomotives are!it would be BETTER if the RAILROADS would scrap this remote controlled devices and take it out of the cans of the locomotives. And instead,put FULL CREWS IN THE CABS OF THE LOCOMOTIVES!THIS WILL SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEATHS AND DAMAGE TO THE LOCOMOTIVES AND THE EQUIPMENT.AND UNTIL THIS REMOTE CONTROLLED EQUIPMENT IS REMOVED FROM THE LOCOMOTIVES, EVERY RAILROAD WHO USES THIS WILL SOON REGRET PUTTING THIS UNRELIABLE AND DEADLY JUNK IN THEIR LOCOMOTIVES!AND THE COST OF DESTRUCTION WILL SKYROCKET TO MAMMOTH PROPORTIONS!

[@RailBrothersProductions]

So what was the number of black Indiana Harbor locomotive?

[@milissathreatt8014]

Damn that cab got fucked up but could've been worse

[@epicrailfannersproductions551]

That’s a bad wreck

[@annmaryIM]

What for speed we're looking at? Man that sollid train looks like a ripped open tin can

[@zachmalcolm6342]

Question what were the IHB units that were in it

[@terrywallace1327]

It is safe to say that human error are the major cause of a whole lot of these train crashes! Along with drugs,alcohol usage and fatigue from a lack of proper rest! The hours of service laws does not help train crews like it should.train crews working with defective rolling stock,locomotives that. Needs to be given maintance,track conditions as well as weather conditions.all these. Will gang up on a train crew and in most cases can be fatal!in order to cut down on these fatal crashes,more training as well as being aware of your surroundings and watching out for. Possible trackside hazards is essential to preventing these fatal crashes from occurring.Follow the Rulesof the rail! Always watch out for the signals along the right of way!stay alert stay alive!

[@railsimsproductions]

Nice stuff!!

[@allohiorailfan6123]

The cab on that SD60 was shredded to bits, good thing nobody was in there.

[@ddblink02]

The SD60M's are fine. The GP38-2 plowed into the IHB GP40-2. I can't believe they did this twice in five months. They obviously didn't address the core problem, that remote engines are inherently dangerous.

[@allohiorailfan6123]

@@ddblink02 oh, at first glance I thought the CP unit involved was a SD60. But I would agree with what you said, they probably jinxed themselves last time the had a wreck in that yard, which for some reason was not long ago from this one. Since they didn’t address they core problem that caused this, its inevitable that another derailment like this under these circumstances will happen again at some point.

[@theraildudefrank7697]

Ouch 😬

[@ryanb2980]

Remote controls.. see the issue?

[@paulwarner5395]

Maybe CP should employ some loco cleaners. Some of those locos look real dirty.

[@haroldreardon8070]

Lots of trains moving around but the video/audio seems to have nothing to do with what happened and what the investigation came up with. So what was this about, a wreck or just a train video?

[@SamLovesTrains]

Just a look at the crushed engine. I never found an official investigation about the incident.

[@multicolorfilms]

Cool! I railfan around Tampa, FL, and to see that ethanol train, [CSX] K423-17 is really awesome! That train is bound right here, for the port of Tampa gasoline terminal!

[@davidharlow8614]

It can be repaired at the NS shop in Altoona Pennsylvania

[@davidmeagher1212]

I lived in Bensenville when I was a kid right by the yard there the homes are no longer there I believe it's all O'Hare Airport now

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Post office is still there.

[@davidmeagher1212]

@@BossSpringsteen69 I was on the other side by the townhouses Clark gas station was like 3 blocks from me

[@captainecho764]

How fast were these things going that they were destroyed that badly?!

[@shanejones7587]

All of 15

[@amtrakfan4068]

What happened to that end with the crushed cab?

[@terrywallace4109]

Let me give you a simple arithmetic equation! REMOTE CONTROLLED LOCOMOTIVES, +THE INABILITY OF THE PERSON WHO IS IN CONTROL OF THE LOCOMOTIVE PLUS THE EVER PRESENT DANGER OF PRESSING THE WRONG BUTTON, EQUALS DEATH,DESTRUCTION AND DISASTER,AND A HUGE LOSS OF LIFE!

[@jeffskene42]

when i was watching remotes at CP's Agincourt yard in Toronto years ago (GP9 SW 9 slug pairs)it was a 2 man crew with one doing most of the work i the bow and genneraly there was somone in the cab that would do all the head end stuff while being protection is this happening at Franklin park or do all the crew of a yard set walk the yard

[@SamLovesTrains]

I’m not sure exactly.

[@ohboy2592]

They walk or ride. It’s a one man operation. Inbound trains must talk to the rc operator for permission to enter their zone and permission to do any switching moves

[@jeffskene42]

@@ohboy2592 interesting is one man crews normal in marshaling yards now compared to my earlier comment ^^^ when GP9's and slug sets were king...Maybe 2 man crews were a Canadian regulation

[@ohboy2592]

@@jeffskene42 the Brc uses two man remotes. They swing it from one guy to another. One is in each end.

[@jeffskene42]

@@ohboy2592 good to hear... it be risky not having a headend remote person to watch things as they work as you can't trust another crew to not miss align a switch

[@royburns651]

WHATS THE SPEED LIMIT IN THAT YARD?

[@pancuroniumpete5171]

Somebody is getting fired.

[@tomcline5631]

Are you kidding!? Nobody died nobodies getting fired! Come on man,why you think they got that union?

[@haulin-rick642]

I’m guessing another long hood bites the dust. RIP

[@terrywallace4109]

So ,you still think that remote controlled locomotives are safe?take a look at what they are capable of doing!very dangerous and very destructive, and expensive!there isn't no economical way to use locomotives that's equipped with remote control systems in them!AND ,THIS PROVIDE ALL THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT REMOTE CONTROLLED LOCOMOTIVES!

[@robertross804]

back in the day they had a restraunt called the b beanery

[@yasnac7576]

No wonder you got to crash in that yard. You got RF all over the place with the freaking aircraft radar the LED lights . I wonder they ran into each other they couldn't hear each other.

[@casanova419]

I guess the Radar is use for unauthorized flying rail cars.

[@tomcline5631]

No kidding! Like at 2:30! What the hell?

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

nice video

[@DarkVoidIII]

I wish content creators wouldn't double up on ads at the end of the video. The first ad will get played but I will as often as not simply pause the second ad and go to somewhere else. If the first ad is extremely boring I may even pause that. Ad doubling does not necessarily mean you will double your ad revenue, as often I will exit before both ads get played. Just a FYI for anyone setting up ads on their videos.

[@theraildudefrank7697]

How did this happen

[@KDubielak]

Hi sam from sam loves trains

[@AndreiTupolev]

is that an airport radar just the other side of the tracks? Gosh, yes, there's got to be all manner of potential radio interference going on there hasn't thjere.

[@ohboy2592]

Yes, that’s ohare international I believe

[@skidoorulz4914]

What is what I assume to be radar for?

[@erict5234]

Bensenville yard is adjacent to Chicago's O'Hare airport... terminal radar is for that.

[@rateyesmertz3785]

On Union Pacific, they gave those boxes to switchmen and when they did they wanted to be paid like engineers. They thought they should be paid more for taking an engineers job. UP and even the UTU didn't buy that. So when they got rid of the hog heads, and gave them boxes, we called them organ grinders. They would show up with a kid and little switchman mini-me to pull pins and run up to the tower for switch lists cause they weren't gonna get out of a warm car.. They had to bring a kid because try as they might a monkey wouldn't work in the rain or snow. No such thing as an unrested switchman. media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/07/07/be041633_vert-79f7276bee56ea737ded23dcfc346c43a423cb21-s800-c85.jpg

[@epicrailfannersproductions551]

Dam

[@pedalingthru2719]

Man I bet thst crap hurt

[@fairwayrailproductions3239]

Very cool

[@ironcityrailfan8467]

Damn that looks bad

[@dennisbundy3042]

Hhmm!!!..... yeah I think I can fix em, might be a few bits left over when I'm done, probably don't need em though, il put em in a box for you.

[@stinkychroma]

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