More Tehachapi Derailment Clean Up!

[@janiesoito4494]

I could watch equipment operators for hours. My husband would have loved recovery work like this. He had extraordinarily good vision and depth perception. He could get every ounce of work out of a tractor without breaking down. He definately liked being the cause of the sound of destruction. 😊

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

I would love to operate that stuff!

[@Jmat40]

Great video Mark! All railroad workers are damn good at what they do. They get this stuff cleaned up safely and very quickly in some very interesting locations. I'm impressed with these guys and girls! I really enjoy your channel Mark. I love the Tahachapi region. I'd love to visit it someday, in the mean time your videos take me there. Thanks!

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

My pleasure. Thanks for checking it out!

[@lukesorrell909]

Great Video!! I enjoy your content. I have learned so many new things about railroading and signals. I have been a Rail fan since I was a young boy. Mark, Thank you! Please keep the content coming.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

Thank you for the kind words and for checking it out! Stay tuned! Plenty more on the way!

[@charleshagenbuch6078]

That is some extreme landscaping work😮😅

[@25vrd48]

Never know where anything is going to go while moving derailed cars or things in the way . I've seen rail cars flip and/or roll when it's unexpected . I saw a boxcar load of coil springs bust open and coil springs flew every which way scaring everyone on site even officials standing up on a hill thinking they were safe but they got the closest near misses than everyone else . Glad you and Randi were any to dive for cover and not get hit by the tree . Awesome video Mark . Hope your still enjoying retirement .

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

Retirement rocks and Randie is already looking forward to going on more video shoots. Even if there are trees around! She said the whole thing was actually quite exhilarating!

[@captainjohn787]

One would suspect some restoration work needs to be done on the slope below the tracks; erosion over the winter could prove problematic. Interesting video, Mark. Thanks for the post.

[@paulbowler2760]

Agree. Those trees provided stability to a fairly steep embakment. Remedial work is a necessity!

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

If they do, I'll try to get some video of that as well

[@anthonymaida5718]

Great Video I also love the crunching. LOL!!

[@GrammarPoliceInvestigations]

They're going to have to plant some vegetation for erosion control or dump huge rocks on that hillside after all the trees got wiped out.

[@turkfiles]

As always, thanks, Mark.

[@briankemp5206]

Great video Mark! Thanks for sharing.

[@sptraxide]

Great video! Thanks 👍

[@johncamp2567]

That was not something most of rail fans would expect to see in such detail. ‘Might make an interesting scene on a model railroad.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

The model railroad setup at the Santa Susana Depot Museum has a derailment strewn down a mountain. It's very cool. Here is the link to that video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXvJcodretuKd9k

[@glengriswold9986]

Mark, one of the most interesting videos so far. Nicely done.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

Thanks, Glen!

[@mikeburgess7331]

Mark, great content!!!

[@timothyshepodd7826]

Great job on the vid. Of course, industrial sized clean up will make some noise - sorry that haters need to take offense at you enjoying the show. On heck of a way to relandscape! Blessings.

[@edsel6818]

Boy oh boy, of all places this derailment, had to happen im the woodlands and on the edge a of a ravine up hogh n steep, wow, 🤯😵😱, do do we know what cause thid wreck, a broken wheel/axel, broken rail, bad frog/switch, or was it speed?, Great video👌👍.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

A rail broke under the train

[@KentKrizik]

Do they also plant new trees to mitigate erosion and restore the damage they did?

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

Not that I've ever seen. It's a great idea though.

[@oijohnnyboi]

I wish I had all that equipment.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

I wish I had all the money it's worth!

[@doncheeto8549]

Yes sir

[@johnscanlon5889]

Those are vintage Cats...

[@StevenGale-yn1qs]

I was wondering when they would finish the cleanup; seems the last video you posted of this was months ago, when scavengers were making off with new Caddies!

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

Yes, it was in early July! Now we'll see if the scrappers show up!

[@alexschmollinger6576]

I want to ask a Question Was it a BNSF or a Union Pacific Derailment on Tehachapi Mark ???? Awesome Footage of Tehachapi Mark 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍👍👍👍👍

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

This was a UP train

[@bobandbarbkozminski1578]

Mark, What will that do for erosion control as all the vegetation was lost dragging those cars down the hill?

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

As I said in the video, I don't know. We don't get a lot of rain in this area, but this is forecast to be another wet year. It could be in the text of the permitting process. No one I've spoken with at the RR seems to know, but it does seem like something that should be done. Thanks for checking it out!

[@DesignImpressions]

Is this derailment near west end Cable or is it between west end Cable and the loop? It looks like the road above could be Interstate 10.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

It was one mile below the CP of Cable, just west of tunnel 14

[@danmathers141]

Someone will eventually have to reforest that hill.

[@alkennedy1124]

Can we see more randy,that might get some subscribers, thanks BigAl California I would love to get one of the partly use able containers and all junk one to scrap, thanks buddy

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

I'm sure Randie will go with me again. She said she had a great time despite all the delays and the close call with the tree!

[@morganjdesjarlais7993]

A month ago, was able to see something like this live action. The CN Track is behind the house. Had to walk up the valley a bit to view the wreck but it was worth it. It is truly amazing how they remove, clean the area & lay new track in such a short period of time. To get the trains moving once again. The derailment were containers as well. I was wondering? Did you ever find out if they caught the people who stole/took the wrecked Autos they pulled out of the Auto-racks? Great video. 🍁♂🏳‍🌈🌟✨🌟✨🌟✨🌟

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

As far as I know, no one was ever caught in the auto thefts. Thanks for checking it out!

[@bibledefinedbymartycozad]

so the owners of the cars damaged; do they have insurance or does the RR who hauls them pay for the damaged cars?

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

shippers can insure loads, the railroads are bonded. Sometimes it depends on the cause of the derailment as to who pay. In this case, it will definitely be the railroad!

[@alkennedy1124]

Yes I love the smashing and tearing up metals things, I crush car for scrap metal with my excavator nice 👍, so what happened here or should I say when did this happen??? Thanks BigAl California

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

This happened January 21, 2023. Since most of the cars were on private property and land managed by the state, the permitting process took months! A rail broke under a train as it backed down the hill due to a stall. Ten cars went on the ground. Thanks for checking it out!

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

What caused that derailment? The one from months ago they're just getting too or is that a new one?

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

This was the one in January, which was caused by a rail breaking under the train. Permitting took five months, then the contractors equipment was vandalized in July. It's been quite the show!

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

@@MarkClayMcGowan wow that's crazy It makes you wonder be in tehachapi and where it's at Place how the hell did they get in to vandalize it that's I thought they had some like web cameras around there I know someone does that you know like virtual railfan you can watch the loop I had no idea permitting took that long either you're right that is one heck of a show

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

There are no cameras in this area, and it wouldn't have mattered. Criminals in California have no fear of punishment.

[@darlar.9043]

Did they do this this morning? (8/10/23)

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

This was 9/6/23

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

Why did this derailment happen?

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

A rail broke under the train. Go to this playlist to see my coverage of this from the day it happened until this. kzbin.info/aero/PL6ge3RoxmyvrQieNttSXxtJNy1HDyvTKE

[@jamesboykin7319]

Hi Mark great video I guess heavy grade + P.S.R. = Hulcher getting rich.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

This had nothing to do with PSR. A rail broke under the train

[@spacecalander]

Derailment a week, what's going on?

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

This is why you should watch ALL my videos! This happened in January. Permitting processes took nearly five months. Hulcher started cleanup then, but their equipment was vandalized, so they left. They just returned. There has only been one derailment on the Tehachapi since this one.

[@rogerpenske2411]

OK, if those things are loaded, particularly with bags of powder, then that box weighs somewhere a little over 50,000 pounds. But when you work and get paid by the hour, Then why not work harder instead of smarter?

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

Because working harder is for suckers.

[@randydobson1863]

hello mark it's is randy and i like yours video is cool thanks mark friends randy

[@briansimson933]

looks like a close call...you may be injury prone still...

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

I'll always be an accident looking for a place to happen!

[@rogerpenske2411]

You can have $100, or what’s in the box

[@rogerpenske2411]

I don’t know why they would try to pull them out hooked together? Empty, those boxes are a little over 1000 pounds each. That is exactly what I do, Magoo. I used to pull those containers from Korean Mafia HQ orders in Los Angeles to the Korean mafia in Phoenix. Occasionally I would go to the port. For the last year,I have been doing local pick ups and deliveries around Phoenix

[@rogerpenske2411]

I am also surprised that the containers were not rigged at all four corners! I’ve seen enough heavy equipment moved by Crane, and that is how it is always done. It probably would’ve eliminated all this monkey business

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

Because they're not using cranes to actually lift them up because they can't get a crane in there. They have to drag them from the ends and hooking up on the bottom makes them easier to drag through the dirt. The hooks, swivels, clevises, and cables are VERY heavy and someone would have to get them up there, which is dangerous and time consuming. Separating the containers is difficult and time consuming, as you saw. It also creates more safety issues.

[@rogerpenske2411]

@@MarkClayMcGowan Sky Crane. In a different life back in Chicago, I was on several jobs that used to sky crane to drop heating and air conditioning units and the roofs of buildings. But that’s probably far more expensive than the insurance company I guess makes the decisions

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

The contractors bid on these jobs. Once that is done, the railroad is out of the loop. It would be impossible to use a helicopter in this terrain, or on damaged cars with shifted loads and doors that cannot be secured. The containers could buckle at any time, which I have seen happen when cranes were able to get to the site.

[@sptraxide]

I hope they have 24 hour security on site now.

[@MarkClayMcGowan]

They do not. With things stacked the way they are now, the vandals would have a hard time getting to the powdered milk! The Hulcher guys finished their job that evening. Now it's the scrappers' turn!

[@kennethharrington9872]

Great Video, Thank you.