DERAILMENT AT FT. WORTH! EPIC CONSIST, TRI-CITY ENGINE, US ARMY SWITCHER, HORN SHOW, FULL MOON

[@OMRA]

The Army switcher at 5:35 is a Baldwin VO-1000 built in 1942. It is heading to the Oklahoma Railway Museum in OKC where eventually it will be repainted into its original Frisco livery.

[@stephenhudson8739]

Do they know yet what actually caused the derailment

[@brunobiava4833]

Just curious, was it just me, or is that switcher still riding on friction bearings?

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

Frisco Railway did repower some Baldwin VO-1000s with a 567 prime mover

[@jcoats1203]

@@OfficialSEIC2K6you are correct, I operated several starting back in ‘75. The braking system allowed very precise car spotting. Not very comfortable though.

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

@@jcoats1203 either way I'm still glad that VO-1000M is getting a good home at Oklahoma Railway Museum where some BUGX locomotives will call home soon

[@HighSpeedHauling]

11:56 is the derailment!

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Center beams in action again 😉👍

[@davescott2485]

Always so interesting to watch re-railing of cars. What a unique skillset! Great job....those workers are amazing!

[@donnaj9964]

It looked really dangerous--kudos to the guys who got the job done. They are indeed amazing!

[@donnaj9964]

That happy honker in Wichita sure gave those kids a thrill...it made me smile. Also, idk what it is about trains in sunrises and sunsets and rainstorms, but they make me smile too, and this Grab Bag had lots of 'em. The moon was beautiful...thanks for another great one!

[@jamesghiorzoe107]

What is that orange thing running next to the fence?

[@samh3029]

Centerbeams for the fail, again!

[@dewiz9596]

Empty Centerbeam, in the middle of a consist. . .

[@sithlordofoz]

@@dewiz9596 yeah - what could go wrong with that?

[@markbunge2457]

The pigeons caused the derail. I saw them push the cars over.

[@dodo1opps]

The Ft Worth derail looked like a unplanned derail on my home layout

[@lorid6544]

putting the cars back on the tracks remind me of model railroading.

[@xerenderstrongpaw2571]

The car at 4:09 is BNSF 83 "Canyon Diablo" research and test car. This car started life as 1914 built Pullman buffet-library car 1338 "San Juan". In 1961, it was converted to Dynamometer car 5015 to replace the famous ATSF 29 Dynamometer car. Number 29 tested and measured the performance of all Santa Fe motive power built between 1911 and 1961. Steam engines like 3751 and 5000 "Madam Queen" were tested by car 29. With the retirement of 29 in 1961, Dynamometer Car 5015 took over the Locomotive testing duties. It later became test and research car 83 in 1973. It's still in service with the now BNSF, and was given the name Canyon Diablo.

[@jacktaggart2489]

Great footage of the centerbeam re-railments. Doesn't look like a lot of damage. Nice to see the L&N car and the Seaboard Airline 'Sunlounge'. They look splendid! Thank you.

[@tomp8871]

Yes, looked like just 2 hrs to clean that mess. Don't know why the rails were still good though.

[@paulbergen9114]

The US Army unit bears a strong resemblance to a group of Baldwin switchers that were re-engined and some were former Frisco. They were redone by Chrome Crankshaft or NRE for the Navy in the early to mid 1980s

[@nicholashaines2802]

It was part of that group. It is an 1942 vo-1000. It should be at the Oklahoma Railway Museum this week.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

Nice bit of history. Glad it's being retired to be a working display rather than a scrapped

[@paulbergen9114]

@@nicholashaines2802 good to hear as the frisco Baldwin's worked in Oklahoma and that back during World War II the Army operated several at McAlister at the ammunition plant. There are still a handful of these in military service and should include Navy operations near Bremerton WA and Earle NJ and also the Madison Railroad in lower Indiana has one or two in a rather attractive paint scheme. Thanks for the info

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

Idk what condition that VO-1000 is mechanically.

[@the-terrible63]

Wow! Excellent catching all the trains in multiple locations, especially a train derailment in Fort Worth, Texas, I like them, they're awesome, @Virtual Railfan, thank you very much and have a nice day and night.

[@bradleythompson5622]

UP still hasn't learned their lesson about empty centerbeam cars in the front or middle of their trains those cars need to be at the end of the train.

[@norfolksouthernrailfan2006]

Isn't this like the 3rd derailment at tower 55 in Fort Worth within 3 years?

[@kens.3729]

Norfolk Southern is the King of Not Learning their Lesson with Center Beam cars especially around the Horseshoe Curve. 🤪👎

[@bradleythompson5622]

@norfolksouthernrailfan2006 3 at least on that track that I know of then I think 3 or 4 on the curve track near the camera

[@EricArmstrong-vo6dp]

@@norfolksouthernrailfan2006at least, plus 2 in Portland, exact same scenario

[@ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242]

Crazy 😮😳 Thanks VRF

[@Gargoyle2556]

Lets wave in all 4 directions, that way we're covered.

[@joepeach997]

LOL, It seems like they covered the entire compass. But, they were real troupers and found the camera!

[@FishKepr]

I think someone on their phone was telling them where to look.

[@lisabehe4546]

Directionally challenged 😅

[@ChainsawNW1218]

Lots of good Heritage Units and power, EMD and GE, nice shot of the center beam cars derailing!🛤🚂

[@Branddenthepinkgoldpeachfan]

*Awesome Video*

[@williamopalewski651]

All I can say us ooooopppps

[@BRIANumber7-RCandModels]

What happens when poor train build-up and too fast on the controls meet

[@gwharton68]

Thanks for the moon shot.

[@rickdee67]

@ 8:08 ish , thats ME! Thanks VR!

[@BVEWXR]

Hello! Nice to see you.

[@shawndye7751]

THAT CAMERA TIMING THOUGH

[@ivoneboettgerbatschauer2242]

😮 craisy Thanks VRF

[@gusjones9388]

Hope that's a Die-Hard battery in that autorack

[@donnaj9964]

Gonna be an unhappy surprise for somebody when they go to unload it...

[@frankely6378]

I wouldn't worry about it too much. They'll turn themselves off in a few hours. :-)

[@Trainboy1EJR]

Looked like a HUMMER EV to me…

[@TinkerTailor4303]

To the folks at FMD: Yoo Hoo, over here!!!👋👐🙋‍♂️🙋🙋‍♀️

[@donnaj9964]

Did anybody else try shouting at the monitor?

[@TinkerTailor4303]

@@donnaj9964 😄

[@nseasternrailfanner7775]

I thought the CM&Q was gone already, but I guess it will be after it reaches Irondale

[@davidbrown4823]

NBSR had derailment woes with former ore cars hauling rock. more times on the ground. great video work especially look here..lol

[@whiteknightcat]

It was the PIGEONS that did it, I tell ya! Look at all them pigeons flying off them centerbeams when they go over!

[@Stretch54449]

11:57 centerbeams, why am I not surprised.

[@Keikdv]

AHa! Flagstaff were they show you trains you can not see...

[@williamflowersrailfannerpr3808]

Action pack grab bag thx VR

[@richardfazio2417]

Just seen the Virginia passing through Pittsburgh around 6.30 pm this evening.

[@joshthetrainfan]

I caught that VO-1000 in my hometown a while back. Also 0:28 very sad to see 3987 go. I also caught that several years ago when it made a trip to the West Coast as CMQ 1002. I'm really gonna miss that thing. Also also 7:55 those UP SD70Ms were sold to BUGX.

[@TheWanderingRailfan]

i can just imagine the yellow spinning x's above those empty centerbeams

[@robertdshannon5155]

The Great Train Race

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

Empty center beam cars should not be in the middle of a long train at Tower 55. This has happened before.

[@tompaton1899]

Looked like a new N&S going through Jonesborough

[@327Erich]

And here I expected to see a boxcar with a truck misaligned with the tracks sliding along or sparking, not a whole row of centerbeams literally falling off the tracks and onto their sides. Nice catch by the FW cam.

[@gp3829]

US Army Switcher at Oklahoma looked nice and Vintage, whereas BNSF 151 GP60M-3 @12:50 looked very up to the minute, albeit she would also look nice in her original ATSF Warbonnet livery. The Boxcars at Deshler were good to see @19:30. Most of all at @16:30, the Township street-front at Sweetwater looked fantastic - like Norman Rockwell's famous painting of 'Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas', only in the summertime.

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

That's not the only VO-1000M preserved. Another one can be found at TVRM

[@nrd515]

I had quite a few of the same type of derailments on my layouts, both in N and HO scale. I had some great looking grey HO hoppers the short ones, I can't remember the road, and they would stringline with any real train behind them, or if they were being pulled at any more than minimal acceleration. I solved the problem with lead weights stuck onto the sides of the bottom bays. Other gems were depressed center flatcars, fixed with a couple of hunks of steel epoxied to the depressed area, and the one centerbeam car I had was always on the end of a train, no problems there. First derailment I saw in person was a Conrail train in the Walbridge yard at the end of '82 or early '83, that had two empty centerbeams flop over while pulling out of the yard to head to Pittsburgh. The scanner was very entertaining that afternoon. It fouled one of the mains for several hours. At least the Maumee River swing bridge wasn't being cranky that day.

[@golfberg1]

It wasnt a Derailment they simply Fell Over 😊

[@StarFleet_Tech1701]

Laying down on the job 11:57

[@robertdean9392]

Blue engines on way to Locomotive shop for new paint job. Part of a group of engines purchased end of last year

[@tompaton1899]

Those center beam cars seems like they are involved in a lot of derailments must be top heavy.

[@J3scribe]

@VirtualRailfan The old couple at 20:15 were waving at the Steel Highway Railcam located at the Lost Duck Brewing Co., just a few doors down from VRF's cam at the Kingsley Inn.

[@michaelpiatkowskijr1045]

I don't think they're watching the cam. Someone else is telling them where they are.

[@johnstafford4304]

across from that location is the apartments, Lost Duck is across from east end of platform

[@austinshannon4197]

Bo Nix is already an NFL Hall of Famer.

[@centralplains7608]

Can ALWAYS count on VR to be where real rail actions (and derailments) occur‼Can also track weather in different states thru their MANY camera site views✅👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@zunkman1]

Looks like another stringline. When will they learn how to arrange a train?

[@citxsd70m-2]

18:24 look it’s 5942!

[@TheMidgardViking]

Those two at Fort Madison were definitely directionally challenged.

[@albertcyphers1532]

Centerbrams stringing

[@deshaunstrains9962]

Ugh what is up with these train derailments! Im glad thats its the centerbeam cars, but if those we're tanker cars. The disaster would be inevitable

[@obnebur.soulrubber]

21:39

[@OfficialSEIC2K6]

5:35 that VO-1000 is quite rare. Its heading to preservation i guess.

[@Peter-mt6lg]

How hard can it be to put the mty center beams on the rear?

[@bowlinerailfan]

5:59 the car owner won't likely be happy with that. Especially if it ran down the battery.

[@musicman8942]

Nice thing is no single person owns that car with the lights on. It's either still on the manufacturer's billing or the dealer's billing.

[@paulkalff6408]

Those curves at Ft. worth seem to be a big problem! Any re-alignment possible?

[@-SkyCat-]

that turn in Ft.Worth needs to be removed.. SO MANY happen on that track and the one close to the cam... something isn't built right or trains are pulling to hard...

[@MrEricmopar]

Yeah, they seem to have a track engineering problem on those two curves. They don't realign them though, or maybe they can't with the highway overpasses all around.

[@robertlapointe4093]

Was thinking the same, at least the third derailment VR has shown on that curve. Looked like a classic case of "string lining" (imagine a piece of string arranged in a curve on a table-top, then pull on the ends of the string - the string straightens out, or, in this case, the train gets yanked right off of the rails). Basically, the empty center-beam cars were too light to resist the forces of the engines ahead pulling, and the cars behind resisting being pulled. Probably exacerbated by the tight curve in that spot. The usual way to prevent sting lining is to build the train with heavier cars near the engines and distributing the engines along the train so all of the cars experience a lower and more uniform pulling force.

[@donnaj9964]

@@robertlapointe4093 Terrific explanation--thank you!

[@robertdshannon5155]

Does the Army Baldwin have a BLW prime mover? Is it bound for a museum?

[@crazyman762]

Are the slugs getting scrapped?

[@Boots1282]

Not again what that the 3rd or 4th derailment on that track

[@jacksonpugh6423]

4:40 what is that? A new engine?

[@J3scribe]

It is a MOW power unit converted from a Dash 9 by the looks of the trucks.

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

I swear. Sometimes I think centerbeam railcars should be outlawed.

[@jamestappin4741]

What do they transport on those?

[@csrrjefflloyd6496]

@@jamestappin4741Anything really. I’ve seen building products like siding, insulation, roofing, etc.

[@michaelpiatkowskijr1045]

Are all of those SD70Ms behind the NS power sold off units? I've never seen a BNSF unit with a flag. Interesting catch in Wichita. Is there something on the radiator as well?

[@JoinMyAdventures_YT]

Good video VRF!!

[@hifijohn]

Empty center beams, in the middle of the train on a tight curve.

[@NateHarmony-wz5gh]

The derailment. Its only at that curve

[@waynereineke368]

You have shown many derailments in that location on different tracks; my question is why so many in that location?

[@wayneneher6362]

1o units....can we say "power move"?

[@Tolono]

A derailment is something people want to see - I don't understand why it's in a video with all of this other stuff where people have to scroll around to find it. Let alone split in two separate clips hidden randomly throughout the video. This is not a complaint but rather a suggestion on how to both get more views and make finding things easier and more pleasant. - David

[@MattDaugherty-jd7my]

Any new locations coming soon

[@silicon212]

12:30 stringlined ...

[@moodydon1]

about that derailment, you stopped too soon... what happened next? what condition were the tracks in? any need to repair tracks?

[@blitz0_rsps]

Looks like some unfortunate positioning on a parked train, train jolted forward to start moving and the entire corner lifted off the tracks.

[@TM-gm6zk]

Does anyone know where the tri-city tunnel motor is going at 10:09 ? Haven't got an update on where it is since this video came out.

[@PghDon77]

The Darwin candidates 🤦

[@arkansasrailproductions5507]

The private cars at 10:40 are owned by Rock Island Rail CEO Robert Riley, who happens to be onboard.

[@PatternOfFailure]

Hope no one at Amtrak sees this clip. Riding in open vestibule doors is strictly prohibited, including private cars.

[@briancooper562]

Center beams again. More low down weight and less high level weight required. Empty well cars are less (but not fully free of} trouble? Perhaps the basis for a center beam should be a well car with a high floor and not a flat?

[@ellexking9136]

Guess it would cost too much money to have the rail system to be configured like a Rollercoaster Train where there's not only road wheels, but side friction wheels and upstop wheels that would DEFINITELY prevent derailments.🤣🤣🤣‼️🎢

[@gregorygage541]

how would the trains switch tracks?

[@thomasboese3793]

@@gregorygage541 Very carefully! Set up like a monorail, the turnout, slides... Like an old-time stub switch. Fun & games!

[@timbucktoo1663]

IDK, what's up with the head light's staying on? Looks like new cars! I have an '06 Saturn, and the computer turns everything off after 10 minutes of inactivity!

[@gregh9975]

Not sure these days, but train hoppers (human kind) have been known to open auto rack end doors and climb inside one of the vehicles being hauled for a dry, comfy ride. Aren't vehicles shipped by rail loaded with their keys/key fobs left inside the vehicle? Might be the case here and the freeloader has left the engine running for a/c., radio, etc. Just saying.

[@thomasboese3793]

I've got an old Honda Fit. If the keys are in and the door is opened, or the lights are on, it screams at me.

[@musicman8942]

@@gregh9975 cars hauled like these have minimal gas in the tanks - assuming they're not ev's. I don;t think the railroads are allowed to haul something that has a full tank (AutoTrain being the exception I believe).

[@joeylawn36111]

‘’I have an ‘06 Saturn” - My Condolences! 😉🙃🤣

[@timbucktoo1663]

@joeylawn36111 it's a Vue Red Line with Honda's 3.5L Vtec J35 motor w/leather seats.

[@rjhuyck2905]

What is the item on the flat car at the 12:58 mark, it is shown until the 13:22 mark? I have seen them on other grab bag videos, but I do not know what they are. Thanks.

[@rjhuyck2905]

Does anyone know what the item is?

[@oldshep2695]

Was itm me or did the plane train have a lot of (flat) wheels 09.35

[@Trains_And_Planes]

I passed tower 55 that time it derailed

[@Rbnqss]

Is NS changing their color scheme or why thise blue NS locos

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Virtual Railfan & it's Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Virtual Railfan & Friends Randy

[@kens.3729]

Fairly common location for Derailments and the Center Beam Car has received more than its fair share of Derailments because of its poor Design. 🤔👎

[@jmream2618]

😢

[@poowg2657]

Come to think of it, a lot of derailments on sharp curved junctions are empty center beams usually pulling loads.

[@chipsrafferty8362]

Not a poor design rather it’s place in the consist,the design is perfect for its intended purpose,but empty they belong at the rear,blame it on the dispatcher.

[@kennethhanks6712]

​@chipsrafferty8362 Rather than dispatcher more likely the yard master and/or who generated the consist line up at the trains origination point.

[@dewiz9596]

@@chipsrafferty8362Bingo!

[@SangNguyen-ic8sr]

The August 17 2024 is Texas derailment for day centerbeam 24:47 few hours later After derailment workers to train going using day.

[@TheMidgardViking]

Who are the knuckleheads making up these trains? Basic physics should be a mandatory class for railroad personnel. Putting empties ahead of loads is a recipe for disaster.

[@zactherailfanner]

What is that lashup? 0:37

[@J3scribe]

GE Dash-9, SD70ACe, ES44CW, three unit slug set led by a GP40-2, and 4 more Dash-9s purchased from an equipment leaser.

[@587-z6i]

An unrealistic lash up

[@aldonco]

While they were working to rerail that train at the end. They should have not allowed that train to go that fast in their work zone.

[@gusjones9388]

What do you mean by "The cars leaving were missed" ?

[@joeylawn36111]

Not caught on camera.

[@TrainguyNCL]

What was that orange thing with NS lettering?

[@danbrubaker2275]

Those are new MOW locomotives.

[@donnaj9964]

@@danbrubaker2275 Was that the wrapped one on the airplane-fuselage train at about 9:15? I was wondering about it.

[@danbrubaker2275]

@@donnaj9964 No the one there wasnt a wrapped loco i think what your are refering to is the special parts container for the 737s that come out of wichita, there are on the boeing train as well as fuseloges, the one being referenced is 4:15 in the video

[@donnaj9964]

@@danbrubaker2275 Okay, a special parts container makes more sense--it was that big extra-tall orangey-brown one right behind the green locomotive. Thank you again!

[@twolive4utwo]

At the beginning what is that engine or is it a engine number is 934 can anyone explain to me what that is is it a remote engine cause I don’t see where anyone would be in it

[@abpsd73]

Probably a "slug" used for extra traction where the cab and engine are removed. Traction motors on the slug are powered by a connected locomotive.

[@gijim1968]

Again with the center beams,, on that same curve! Didn’t they just remove the last ones some time ago

[@roccolawson6703]

I wonder why the police in Sweetwater TN were doing to the railfans. It's not even 10:00pm there time. The video time is 16.:30. I hope the railfans did not get into trouble be there.

[@robertdean9392]

Probably someone complained.

[@gregh9975]

@@robertdean9392 They were rolling up the sidewalks in town and the fans got in the way.

[@joeylawn36111]

@@gregh9975 LOL

[@nrd515]

We had cops come and ask us train related questions and to visit our dogs all the time. At the places I mostly watched trains, they all knew my vehicles and my dogs. Sometimes they would bring them burgers and even ice cream. When my dog Gus died, one of the cops got all teary eyed when he came over and got out of his patrol car and saw two lunatic puppies instead of "Old Gus". Gus was 14, and it shouldn't have been a surprise to him, but it was. Last time I had contact with the police, I had parked and was looking at my phone, trying to see the screen in the bright morning sunlight. Someone called 911 thinking I was slumped over the wheel. When he tapped on the glass, I about put my head through the roof, I jumped so hard.

[@jonathanlarathetrainguy7788]

The main reason why center-beams should only be at the end of the train not the middle what is UP doing 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@MottyGlix]

Center-beams don't have to be only at the end of the train if they're loaded, do they?

[@Mcdaffodilhill]

Does anyone know where these airplane frames are headed to for completion? 10:28

[@Gargoyle2556]

They could be headed to Renton Washington.

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

The Boeing factory in Renton. They are 737s

[@stevegird7706]

From Spirit Aerosystems in South Wichita, KS to Boeing in Renton, WA

[@copperedgarfew]

see

[@Hamburger_Nation]

Train

[@ryeistoasted8577]

another fort worth derailment, eh? *sigh*

[@gusjones9388]

NO, turn to your OTHER right.

[@wardy98px1]

Those cars can't be up front to light