DERAILMENT recovery progress on the Union Pacific "Spine Line", drone view! 2 UP detour trains!

09/09/2022 Hampton, Ia. Got to the Spine Line just in time to catch the ballast train leaving along with the large crane! Seems impressive to me how fast they got this bridge and track section repaired!! On the way home caught a UP detour train in Shellrock, Ia. Cedar Falls, Ia. 09/07/2022 Great to catch this UP detour train at the Cedar Falls Junction. This East bound mixed freight was just coming off the IANR line and on to the CN!

[@v1-vr-rotatev2-vy_vx31]

These railroad crews are always amazing how quick they work. Imagine if our highway workers work that fast.

[@Max-eh8gk]

Imagine the bill though. Railroads do it fast because it costs them money every minute a mainline is closed. Its pretty rare for an interstate (equivalent to a mainline) to be fully closed, they do maintenance one side at a time. Also its very rare for an interstate or major highway to have a bridge failure like this. Happens relatively frequently with railroads. They probably find it cheaper to have an acceptable level of failure and greatly lower maintenance costs. It would be nice if they could do highway work that fast at a decent price though.

[@PCBill0622]

Last I heard-RJ Corman gets $5,000.00/hour from the moment they answer the phone. No problem moving along at those rates.

[@OregonCrow]

Imagine if you used your brain.

[@timothystevenhoward]

RJ Corman are on call 24x7, so it's what they do. Just imagine the equipment they have all over the country. Quite the operation.

[@july8xx]

takes two years just for the contracts.

[@fraukatze3856]

That was a big derailment. But they’ve really done a lot on it. New bridge, new rail line. I’m impressed.

[@garymiller5937]

I always hear about the derailments because everyone wants to complain about them. This is the first time I've ever seen such an in depth view of a derailment sight and repairs being done. I find it quite interesting. Thanks for taking the time to show this part of the industry that many don't get to see. You're the best😊😊!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Gary! That was a big video for me to catch. I'm guessing you saw the derailment video too👍

[@paulbergen9114]

Excellent follow-up on the derailment and they made good progress. They were very fortunate it did not rain during this time otherwise that would have been a sea of mud. The wrecked cars sitting in the field looks like a small Cemetery and they will have an outside contractor come in and cut them up. While some cars didn't look that bad their age and remaining years of service are not worth the cost of fixing. On the ballast train the first group of cars look like they had fresh UP stencils but note the balance of them had SI reporting marks for the long gone Spokane International which UP. acquired in 1959. With all the abandonments and downgrading of Rail lines in Iowa they were very fortunate to have a detour out close by. Another Factor on detours is the pilot crew for the line that is taking your train. On the 1st detour the car behind the SP boxcar was one of those old CLSX age waiver cars! Thanks much for walking down to the IANR. CN. JCT for the detour train to help make the story complete. Looking forward to the next installment

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Paul B! I was thinking the same thing on the weather. They had sunny dry weather long enough to get the line back up. If the old M&STL were still there the UP would have had a very close detour. The UP may start looking really close at some of these bridges. Many of them are a century old.

[@siduramaxde]

It's amazing how fast they have that rail up and going. Just the amount of rock they have hauled in is amazing...I've worked for an owner of a short line RR and he said when there's a derailment "just get the checkbook out"! Lol

[@paulsmith5398]

Yes! "The Rock Island line is a mighty fine line, the Rock Island line is the road to ride".............and a brand-spankin'- new bridge!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Yes Paul S! The old RI lines are still very useful!

[@paulsmith5398]

@@redsiowatrainvideos6645 those are the first two lines of a song written for/about the Rock Island railroad.

[@tonyclack5901]

That is impresive and thank you for the follow up.

[@zman_o7]

What a mess to clean up. Thanks for the drone view on accident and cleanup it really is the only way to get a clear perspective of how big a job this will be to get done.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome Zman!

[@alankjkj1]

I appreciate the information that you pass along about the trains and railroads' history. Keep up your outstanding work. Thanks

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome AFJ!

[@cncpgreatlakesdiv4896]

AWESOME COVERAGE .😊😊👍👍👍

[@shmoop2481]

Now this is a great video. No overcommenting, or overspeculation about what happened. Just a great video of whats going on at present. Great job. Hats off to the engineering department.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks SH moop!

[@icecold1950]

Great to see a progress video on the derailment. The bridge looks great. Thanks again Red

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome Dennis!

[@jamesbullard4897]

That’s amazing flying you are the best drone flying man I ever seen great thorough coverage

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks James Bullard!

[@marcireale]

Your videos on this derailment are fascinating. Thank you!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Glad you like them!

[@brianwilson7314]

This is incredible video. The progress is nothing short of amazing.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Brian W!

[@PlanetMojo]

They just finished a train bridge south of LaCrosse Wisconsin made from those same pre-fab concrete sections, and they have been working on it for many months. I guess they can work a lot quicker when it's a single track like that 😉

[@olddogg60]

I was looking forward to your followup. Great job. Thank you. 👍

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome olddog!

[@steve-o981]

Amazing what good old American ingenuity and teamwork can accomplish. That's textbook mitigation in record time even in kind of the middle of nowhere.

[@vivianveradavis161]

Just AMAZING that they have worked so fast and well. What a nightmare, but those people are obviously pros at what they do. Best wishes to them and they earn every penny from their expertise and hard work. AMAZING!

[@robertdipaola3447]

They've earned there pay all right, unlike Biden s divisive , destructive pres speech, or lack thereof, it amazes me that former politician s make over 100,000 dollars giving a useless speech for an hour and these hard workers have to pay the price

[@GenMaster124]

Incredible speed at the repair work….well done to the engineers 👏🏻👏🏻

[@galxieranger8277]

Saw your other video on this derailment, and looked it up. Apparently, back in 2015, UP put out that they were doing a several hundred million dollar revamp and modernization of the Spine Line. While the bridge in this video looks like what one would expect to see when you think 7 year old bridge; that one in the original video looked like what was probably there since the days the first rail was laid on this line. Wouldn't surprise me if the start of the derailment was bridge failure.

[@VirtualRailfan]

Great video!!!

[@bettym7346]

Hi, Red, 9 months later. I looked up news stories on the derailment, It was liquid asphalt that spilled into the creek. Never saw a report on what caused the derail. Your drone videos are what caused us to subscribe to your channel. Always interesting.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Hi Betty! Glad you like my birds eye view. That was a very remote spot, drone was a must👍

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Nice aerial video of a bad derailment. Thanks for sharing! I used to ultra-sonically test the rail on the "spine-line" between K.C. and St. Paul back in the 1980s when it was owned by the C&NW.

[@williamschlenger1518]

A massive multi million dollar clean up.So much damage but these guys know their stuff.

[@barbararoberto1258]

Looks great they are doing and excellent job thumbs up all

[@rodabel4970]

Thank you for doing this follow-up Video. Much appreciated!!!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome Rod!

[@MrYAMAHA32177]

Nice update, thanks again@!

[@robrees8382]

Wow amazing amount of high quality work being done on that derailment. I am impressed.

[@justwantapeacefullife1863]

Fascinating to watch the clean up. Great video.

[@rodchris8630]

Amazingly quick repair work. Kudos to the whole team. Your drone work is perfection! I worked in Cedar Falls for 10 years. Love our Twin Cities. Thank you for your great work! All the best to you.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Rod Chris!!

[@jedknutson8373]

twin cities?? i wouldn't be proud if I was a c.f resident to call waterloo my other half...that is a shit hole of a place...

[@RomeoFoxtrotShallWeDance3670]

Thanks Red, I too am rather fond of C&NW it use to run pass our farm near West Point NE in the 70's until floods took out the tracks. Thanks again

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome Nebraska!

[@sdrailfan892]

Thanks for the update. It is wild how much and how fast they can clean up stuff after a derail.

[@retmsgtpete6509]

Very impressed how quickly the repairs are going. Thanks again for the video

[@june.t.3boys]

Great video! Thank you for the update. Their progress is amazing!

[@railfan439]

Red, don't count that C&NW box car out yet. It may be laying on it's side, but a lot of those cars are still repairable. Thanks for the videos. Jon, on the U.P., Pacific Coast Line, Santa Barbara Sub., M.P. 404.5.

[@al3441]

Thanks for the update Red! That is pretty amazing how fast they can clean something like that up!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Sure thing A134!

[@TheBenghaziRabbit]

man they work quick

[@SWITCHMASHER]

Any MOW team are wonder workers. Their skills, training and equipment they can repair anything. My hat off to them!

[@bobworkman6357]

Great coverage of the carnage and cleanup. Amazing job by the RR crews.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thank you very much!

[@bobworkman6357]

So refreshing when content creators actually know what they are covering. Keep up the great work!

[@PCBill0622]

The detour train you caught at Cedar Falls would have to be headed towards KC. From St. Paul, UP Chicago traffic would go via Adams, WI (ex-CNW)

[@wendykeller3176]

Thanks for the update. It's amazing how fast the RR springs into action. Your drone footage is really great. Stay safe.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Wendy!

[@scvandy3129]

Cedar Falls Jct. 16:21 - 16:49 " . . . I figured they might be using this old Rock Island line . . . so that's a pretty good 'catch' right here! . . . Yeah, that's a rare 'catch,' a Union Pacific detour train right here." GREAT 'catch,' Red. Congrats and Thank You. An aside: Imagine if this track had been pulled for a rails-to-trails project, where would THAT leave UP? "Up the creek?' Or, UP and other lines at all sorts of diverse, heavily traveled locations where infrastructure and rights-of-way become lost / destroyed / sold? Finally, concluding observation, a note to Rod: "No need to sweat missing your drone, as you advised your KZbin audience, as what you've captured here from ground level is fine and breathtaking as is." Continued "Thanks" and "Good Luck" sentiments to the UP repair crews as well as detour crews. It's amazing how far this seemingly insurmountable task has progressed in a handful of days!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Yes SC Vandy, when I heard the scanner say UP at the Cedar Falls Junction I high balled it over there. Those Rock Island lines that are still in use are very vital lines. Not sure if those detour trains had UP or IANR crews in them. Glad you liked the video!!

[@robinroberts3335]

Wow on the ball clean up . You did a great job on the drone shots Red well done 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 be safe Robin out . 🇺🇸🇨🇦👍🏻

[@ecleveland1]

Thats one thing about a railroad company they don't mess around when they have a derailment. Our government could learn a thing or two on how to manage something like this.

[@PlanetMojo]

Great drone shots Red. It's the only way to film a derailment.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Planet Mojo!

[@davidpierce1837]

Thanks for the update drone shots of the derailment , boy they do work fast , also like the Shell rock and CF videos.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Sure thing David! I was glad to catch a couple detour trains.

[@sptraxide]

Impressive how fast they got track and bridge back together. Thanks so much for the follow up video!

[@nancyhodges444]

That was a huge mess, but just amazed at how quickly they got the new track and roadbed in place, now it looks like just the bridge maybe is left, could be more not an expert in this field. Nice job all around. Thank god for the Iowa Northern . Thanks for documenting Red.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome Nancy! Yes the Iowa Northern was a very handy line!

[@robfritz841]

I subscribed because you covered this incident better than any 'real' news crew! Thanks 🦕

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Rob!

[@scottrayhons2537]

Thank you Red! That was some real good video footage with that drone and your video from Cedar Falls.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome Scott R!

[@nelskrogh3238]

Those guys are really moving on the repair!

[@vivianveradavis161]

Just when Is tart thinking I am so smart I see this and am reminded of all the smart people out there, just AMAZING!

[@kens.3729]

It’s Amazing what can be Completed when they throw a LOT of Resources with Equipment and Experienced Manpower. Tankers are Automatically Scrapped because the Risk is High that Damage occurred to them. Thanks for the Update. 👍

[@Jason-7212]

Those wheels from the derailment will probably end up at the Alcoa Steel Mill outside of the little town of Jewitt Texas. That mill primarily recycles rail stock and wheels.

[@markwhite8497]

used to live there till I was 17 left home and left Iowa to find a job 41 years been thinking of coming to cedar falls to visit. just to see and shellrock

[@lilhonda93]

Thanks for the update, Red!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome Nancy E!

[@donhunking2286]

Great work Red . A most interesting video indeed , not often seen or documented so well . Must have been one hell of a crash ! Your fans in the Great White North 🇨🇦

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Don and fans! It was quite the mess! Just wondering if you got to see the first derailment video? It was from the day of the derailment.

[@donhunking2286]

We will find it and get back to you . Thanks Red.

[@vivianveradavis161]

GREAT respect for those people!

[@michaelbuss5731]

Excellent coverage Red! Appreciate the update!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Michael B!

[@AgentMulder1805]

Well done on your derail vid, Red. It's always cool to watch a train switch rails! SUB added! Thanks mate from Australia 👍

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thank you very much SAFM from Australia!

[@alcopower5710]

Thanks for the update. Excellent content you have here 👍

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Alco Power!

[@786otto]

Thanks for update.

[@w.rustylane5650]

I counted 16 tank cars wrecked & I probably missed a couple. I still love a good derailment. Cheers from eastern TN

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Yeah and unfortunately one of the wrecked cars was a CNW. It was impressive how fast they had trains rolling again!

[@darylephillips6778]

Awesome video it amazing how fast UP worked to fix the line cheers

[@TheDaf95xf]

First of all God bless the Queen of England 🇬🇧 Let hee RIP Don’t like seeing railroad derailments of any kind 🙁 Thank God nobody was injured or worse. Fantastic job those guys doing an amazing job 👍🏻 in the U.K. that would take weeks or even months to sort out 🙄

[@cereus57]

Nice video work especially with your drone! Unbelievable how fast they can get some of these derailments cleared and operating again. If I was the land owner I'd have them leave a couple of the boxcar's for storage of all my new wood stockpiles!! Unfortunately most freight must be destroyed to get settlements on the insurance. Red you sound like me every time I see an old C&NW car go by as part of a consist especially being in the CSX & NS area of the country now, but I grew up not far from Proviso and my dad took the C&NW commuter to and from work downtown!

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks cereus57! I like your idea on the lumber and storage. Looks like enough to build a good sized building! I try catching as many CNW memories as possible. Proviso was huge in the CNW days!

[@kadenemerson3569]

I saw union Pacific come through shell rock last Sunday and it had about 75 grain cars

[@debikawaii]

Sure there's still that huge mess in the field, but wowza, they got that track and bridge repaired fast! Gotta prioritize getting the rail line reopened I suppose!

[@milwman1958]

Yeah they only make money when the cars move loaded so yeah every other thing cost them.

[@araneaetvelivolum1086]

Excellent video. Love the detailed information you provide about railroading in general. Subbed. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Road King!

[@thomasboese3793]

About 1:40 ~ Interesting... I've never seen a ballast car with a water-tight cover before. I suppose one could load the cars, cover them and then wait for a job to develop and the ballast shouldn't freeze too badly.

[@WEHenry]

Nice crane at the RR Bridge 👍

[@otef434]

A few notes. The covered ballast cars are 'wreckers', kept in reserve for all weather repairs. Next, in situations like that, once all lading has been removed, the cars are scrapped (note later in the video that the contractors were bringing in scrap containers) Two whistle signals mean going ahead. Last, most of the former CNW 4650 cuft cars were returned to the leasing companies.

[@july8xx]

A company near where I live makes bridges like that in standard lengths and then adds the two short portions at each end to finish the job.

[@azimuth4850]

I can't believe how fast they cleaned that up.

[@thomasboese3793]

I looked up who RCPE was, Rapid City Pierre & Eastern Railroad. A regional, which is part of the G & W group.

[@sandyg9228]

RCPE runs on old CNW tracks from Mankato, MN to Colony WY.

[@bobparsons77]

Newbie here. Great video, bridge work amazing already.

[@MiddleTennesseeLiving]

I'm impressed with the progress they've made on the Spine Line in under a week!

[@ghostgarden8032]

They have a Trinity tank car building facility in Oklahoma city, they work off and on building the tank cars,

[@aaron___6014]

Imagine this happening near a neighborhood or a dense area. That open field has come in handy.

[@lawnmowerdude]

Yeah I wonder how that works. Do they pay the owner of the land or something for its use?

[@Darkk6969]

@@lawnmowerdude Probably. Plus they have to restore it back the way it was before.

[@Q_The_Rabbit]

Absolutely impressive

[@mattgaming8717]

Good job crews. Fast work and really fast replacement.. You want to make money. Most of their jobs are easy and slow. But when it comes time. This is why they make bank. Cheers boys and girls

[@warrendarrah2555]

Great video. Thanks for keeping us updated.

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Warren!

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Very impressive how fast the job is done but lot to do to clean everything

[@jamesmckenzie3532]

Awesome recovery work. Bridge replaced in less than a week!

[@MrSneaksful]

Thank you for the update. Looks like they got the toxic cars out of the "creek". Thats good. looks like they shut the flow off on the creek, good too. And looky there, a nice new concrete bridge, not a wooden pos like before. Nice to see proactive bridge upgades being made, oh wait, thats after the bridge failed and toxic sludge spewed out into the water and the land.... Maybe, oh I dont know, keep going with bridge repairs since its part of the failing infrastructure of this country....

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

You're welcome MrFun!

[@Phuong.Nguyen-]

Pretty scenery captured

[@willielee5003]

They doing a great job

[@undergroundupholstery]

it took my township 4 years of work to “replace” a vehicle bridge in my town (half the length) and they did this one in 4 days.

[@aaron___6014]

Most DOT is a scam, but also much more complicated.

[@billstill1794]

New sub, very interesting footage!

[@jamesburnside3023]

It is always amazing how fast they fix up

[@RodrigoSousaFerrovias]

Very good video!

[@Birdsfly11]

Excellent footage thanks Red!

[@Juan_A_Garcia]

😱😱😱😱 Gooooooood videoooooooooooo! Greetings from Spain

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Juan from Spain!!

[@vivianveradavis161]

When we buy our train ticket or pay for that shipping we forget this is also what we pay for. Best wishes to these people.

[@icecold1950]

Awesome video Red

[@redsiowatrainvideos6645]

Thanks Dennis!

[@markhayes6407]

Pre cast bridges make it easy to install and get things up and running quick.

[@DudeFrom1972]

First of all I would like to say that the video (together with the last one) was a real treat to watch. As for this video I'm really surprised to watch how far they have come in terms of making track repairs, removal of wrecked railcars and the new bridgespan construction (I actually thought that the rail line would be closed for one month or more due to the destroyed bridge), but I guess it is just a matter of pouring enough manpower and money into it in order to get the rail line up and running again fast.

[@minecraftertracey01]

At 18:55:39 Today on the mills Cam for the steel highway Dispatcher says Form C 8639 for the Out of Service Track for the derailment is Void and good for normal traffic

[@mathewsmith2650]

not a lease company got it rcpe is rapid city pierre & eastern railroad if it was a lease company or privatly owned it would end in the letter x