Panama Canal Locomotive Electrics "mulas" Mitsubishi 290HP

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Electric locomotives Panama Canal best known as mules , are locomotives of Japanese origin Mitsubishi 290 HP , in this video we see as they perform the tasks cotideanas towing ships passing through the Canal.
las locomotoras eléctricas del canal de panamá mas conocidas como mulas, son locomotoras de origen japones, en este vídeo vemos como realizan las tareas cotidianas remolcando los barcos que pasan por él canal

[@user-tv7gd7uq4h]

В 1973году проходил Панамский канал на танкере Находка водоизмещением25 тыс тонн. Классная работа этих четырёх електровозиков удерживающих лебёдками и тянущим теплоход по шлюзам.

[@carlosturren2683]

Es grandioso El Canal de Panamá y las locomotoras hacen un buen trabajo. muchas gracias.

[@TransportsWorldAR]

+Carlos Turren muchas gracias a vos por ver nuestro video!

[@shripadranade4113]

ENGINEERS 'AMAZING WORK. HATS OFF AND SALUTES🌹🙏

[@cats0182]

I went through the Canal decades ago. At that time the "Mules" appeared to have been built by GE. The new Canal locks use tugboats rather than the "mules" to shepherd the ships through.

[@deklan246]

Viva Panamá 🇵🇦 😎 ✌🏻

[@funlovingJohn]

The close ups are great, but would like to see more of the canal at a distance as well.

[@Braeden123698745]

He paid $$$ for that telephoto he's gonna get his money's worth.

[@maltyne1]

Fascinating machines. I have been though 15 or more times. They are called mules and I believe equipped with auto tensioning winches.... They have been known to be pulled into the lochs. a very dangerous job although a rare occurance...,

[@SupremeRepairs]

ಅದ್ಭುತವಾದ ಕೆಲಸ amazing work great job sir

[@38911bytefree]

Que maravilla de la ingenieria el canal de Panama.

[@digitalmoviedv]

Video racconto di alcuni dei mezzi ferroviari più strani perfetto. UP!

[@TransportsWorldAR]

+digitalmoviedv :D

[@hansottogloyer2402]

Q

[@TheMightyKinkle]

I love how they climb those steep hills effortlessly

[@sunilkhandagale9966]

👍Amazing pulling work mitsubishi engine

[@Thomas1980]

Thats great video!

[@TransportsWorldAR]

Thanks so much!

[@charlypoupou8430]

Super intéressant

[@zakirsheikh4903]

Mind-blowing superb

[@marsh2202]

The fact that they can make it up those slopes with what seems to be no help is amazing, although they are short, it's still hard to go up at least 25° grades.

[@tomasgidlof9545]

Fredag den 25 december 2020. Juldagen. Merry christmas! Hello Marshall ! Isn't there a row of cogs between the rails. That is probably needed to pull the ships all the way. I dont know the english word for cogbar? A bar with cogs. "Kuggstång" in swedish. Additionally the tracks need to be designed so the ships dont pull the locomotives down into the lock. Tomas. Före detta skeppare på s/y Ofelia och Pappa till ”Fallet Axel, 29 år!" på (Gidlöf.se or Tomasgidlof.se )

[@pankajyadavpankajkumar861]

Lgrmmmcbcowchkkcikhrp सफ्ग्ह

[@SalisburySnake]

@@tomasgidlof9545 The cogbar is called a "rack" in english. Like "rack and pinion steering".

[@charlesnelson4609]

Well protected, see how the ship moves ,the technology is excellent.

[@alcopower5710]

Very interesting and cool video

[@indiabharat5170]

Awesome...🍃

[@MainanMurahMeriah]

Very nice video!!!

[@nomon95]

Hay una cremallera para lograr la adherencia,,sino seria imposible con esta pendiente.Estas locomotoras tienen una enorme fuerza de traccion,,no importa la velocidad,,,Si el torque.

[@NotABushFan1]

When my wife and I went through the Canal a few years back it was my understanding the ship uses own power to move, the mules only keep the ship in place not hit the sides of the locks gates or walls of the canal.

[@1978garfield]

I was watching a cruise ship captain talking about the differences between the new bigger lane and the older ones. He said on the lanes with the locomotives you had to turn your engines off. Don't know if that is true but that's what he said.

[@HugeRademaker]

That’s right: ships use their own propulsion and the mules keep them off the sides. (I sailed as chief officer through the Canal.)

[@star-jammer8014]

what happened to the ship that got stuck?

[@davidsmith731]

@@star-jammer8014 wrong canal. The ship was stuck in the Suez Canal.

[@mirzatasawar5352]

Very nice

[@TractorsChemer]

Amazing.

[@highondankium3626]

Lame channel

[@Dr.aatirhussain.]

Amazon

[@anmaramukhlif9301]

جميل عمل عظيم ومسؤوليه

[@SDRob01]

Hats off to whoever put a lawn chair on top of each engine.

[@maxischew514]

Rob Johnson Yep. I would like to lay around on one.

[@omairtariq1884]

@@maxischew514 llllllllll

[@studentsucesspoint]

Good vedio

[@imeldaortizgarcia7727]

Impresionantes Vistas De Las Locomotoras Haciendo Su Trabajo

[@Rahulchoudhary-xb4wm]

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[@moresteroidsbiggerdeltoids674]

I thought this was a RC video but turns out it is real

[@iloneclezar]

Me encanta todo o movimento no Canal de Panamá

[@GBR_LifeLineoftheNation]

Nice

[@RickyJr46]

The little engines that could, on the job.

[@dennismanbook]

@8:09 on the United ambassador ship, that little lookout tower looks like an laundry basket on an pole

[@Saba-ramgarhia]

Amazing 👌👌👍

[@achinthasulakshana2051]

KZbin Recommend This After Five Years....😥😂

[@willianfirmino1759]

muito forte estas máquinas

[@bestamerica]

' did not know that japan electric motor inside the train use pull towing the ship... that is great idea

[@GnonplussedGnome]

Actually they don't pull the ship, they keep if from slamming into the walls off the locks, the ship propels itself

[@SuperAWaC]

and their own air conditioners on the tops of the enclosed cabs, probably a pretty comfy job

[@deltasworder1x]

@Lord Nerotix making sure goods get everywhere safely lol.

[@samanthafox3124]

Air conditioning in Panamá is not a luxury but a necessity!

[@rosam3579]

This job is pretty dangerous.

[@goingnowherefast1834]

these engines are quite impressive for their size

[@alfarosiarsita]

Electric

[@nawalkewat5901]

awesome engeniring

[@giuseppe397]

At 4:20 I'm sure the rail car on the right was racing the one on the left, lol.

[@NamNguyen-po8cp]

Good

[@pilarguerrero6671]

Cómo quisiera conocer pero soy tan escasa de petrodolares muy increíble esa Tecnologia

[@juliograjales1214]

What no Spanish ok

[@bekalkingz]

I have done this transit a couple of times in my life . If I am not wrong you must be sitting at the St paderos lock gate galleria. Panama have hot sunny day suddenly turning to heavy rain and thunder..

[@SoarinYoshi64]

lol, this thing looked like LEGO in the thumbnail. Still does to me.

[@StatikTronik]

THANK YOU !

[@heinseemann7070]

Same here!

[@KONEY.INDUSTRIAL]

me too at the beginning!

[@artyyunden8351]

Same here

[@renebrune84]

Indeed :D

[@savneetsinghrairai6823]

Traction comes from the geared track ..or it would got wheel slip climbing up or towing weight ...they have got enough torque to move biggest container ship..the Panama canal haulers

[@larryhooverpedofilekillerc4177]

hello good evening thank you for being beautiful thank you for being wonderful I hope you have a great day. Goodnight the greatness in you is beautiful

[@sundarpainter2195]

அற்புதமான இஞ்சினியரிங் தொழில்நுட்ப கட்டமைப்பு.... சூப்பர்

[@ranaahmed9569]

অসাধারণ

[@1978garfield]

Thanks for sharing this. I love that they pick up electricity from the track just like model trains. The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis has one of the original GE locos from the canal. This is the first electric cog railway I have ever seen. I assume there is a cog that locks into those notches in the middle when it climbs and descends those massive hills. For such an impressive set up it is hard to find info on .

[@TransportsWorldAR]

Thanks for watching us!

[@alfianarsera2079]

Woooiw

[@ZalMoxis]

That'd be a cool job......

[@orientltdexp3966]

アプト式かよスゲェ！ パナマ運河いつか行きたいな

[@user-dg7jy3ei2c]

Orient Ltdexp 日本製やとはねぇ

[@inryvius]

これは一体どういう動画なんですか？お勧めに表示されてたので概要がよく分からず。 パナマ運河を通るコンテナ船が壁に当たらないようにガイドしてるんですか？あとあの傾斜をどうやって登ってるんですか？

[@kuwano134]

@@inryvius アプト式で調べれば分かる。昔の信越本線の軽井沢～横川間と同じ事

[@christopherlovelock9104]

How do they get the cable from the boat to the 'mule' when their does not appear to be enough room at the dockside for anyone to throw a line to the ship or vice versa when beside the 'mule'.?

[@rond361]

They use a line launch gun to shoot a weighted rope to the ship, then use a windlass to pull the cable up and secure it to the ship. Then they will toss the weighted rope down to the mule to be used again.

[@christopherlovelock9104]

Ah yes that fits, somehow I couldn't see a man throwing a line, as he would have to be very accurate with his aim added to the fact he had hardly any room to do it if he was beside a 'mule'. Odd question, what was the idea of the permanently mounted seat on the out side for.?

[@Engineer9736]

Christopher Lovelock Looks like someone who works there for a long time already was a little bit lazy. Brought some chairs ;-)

[@christopherlovelock9104]

Richard van Pukkem ..... See your point, but I think they are fitted for a purpose as every 'mule' has one and they are all mounted in the same place on them.

[@FrenchFigaro]

Seems to me that the purpose is safety. The incline before the lock looks quite steep and even though you can see a worker doing so in the video, it doesn't seem extremely safe to stand on the forward platform when the loco climbs as there is nothing to lean on (the bonnet isn't that high) and even though you can hold on tight to the forward guard rail, accidents do happen.

[@fredricful]

Vemm leverer forskaling på båt rett fra fabrikk og esses av i kai?

[@GodoArgentina]

Quisiera hacer una consulta, quizás me pueden ayudar, el Canal esta nuevamente en funcionamiento, quisiera cruzar con una moto y tenia entendido que no se puede Muchas Gracias

[@angeljoelcruz5250]

moto de que??

[@TheShreeku]

Wow, 250HP could pull a Panamax!

[@jwalster9412]

dang, general electric will just about make anything

[@herpnderpn2484]

At one point, they did.

[@maui-maui4011]

They just go down, what do they have to do to go up? do they need a diving in pool?

[@SPIDERMAN-pf5in]

👍👍👍

[@user-qz9bg2tj1g]

สวยดีจังนะจ๊ะ

[@rosewhite---]

Does the ship use its own engine or do the locos do all the work?

[@jimvaitkunas6347]

The ships engines power it through the locks. The electric mules are used to steady the ship while going into & out of the locks. They don't want the ship to hit the sides of the locks.

[@gali01992]

I was stationed in Panama between 1978 and 1980. I saw the mules almost every day, although they weren't as modern as the ones in this video.

[@willemnagtegaal7387]

they are NOT towing the ships, but funktion as brakes and hold the ships in the middle. just look crefully at the clip and you see the ship is going at owm power. see the watermovement from the shis propellor.

[@user-nb5hz5wm4m]

who is here after khan sir 's video.. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[@bechanyadavbechanyadav6841]

मैं भी

[@Ralph2]

That is ridiculous! Amazing devices...I wonder how many times they get pulled up on two wheels? Very interesting thanks!

[@praveenb9048]

Those cables running sideways from the loco would exert a huge sideways pull. I was wondering that they don't tend to pull it off the rails -- but probably, the thick middle rail has a cross-section that dovetails with a sliding part on the engine that anchors it to the rail.

[@noosebrother]

for what i could find on the internet, it is indeed stuck to the middle racked rail. i thought it had a counter wheel on the land side like a rollercoaster but that's just the electrical hook up. so they could potentially end up in the lock.. but i seen a video of one getting flattened by a ship and not even derailing so they are built tough.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Do they use a cog rail system to climb the hills?

[@aaronfried4613]

Robert Heinkel Yes

[@snakecold6755]

Robert Heinkel 😈😈😈😈😈

[@barmalei9927]

4:04

[@blenderixacadomenix4302]

yes they use a central cog in line with the axel on the wheels and the rail. i think

[@kaiserlex6141]

4:06 when you waiting for the speed swiiish but it still dont coming

[@fredricful]

Vorr mange milliarder er det snakk omm i ny betong og stål til prosjektet lønn til ansatte utstyr reise fra og til jobb va blir timeslønna ? Va vill det koste Vorr skall arbeis folka bo Di som pendler fra andre land for og jobbe?

[@MarcStjames-rq1dm]

LOL i got here through watching mini train models! until i saw a bird fly in the vid i couldnt figure out how they got the waves to look real!

[@CNMikado]

Marc St.james lol

[@masmariochannel]

🇮🇩 salam indonesia.. Who is spike indonesia ☝

[@jonathanpanjaitan4794]

speak bro bukan spike wkwkw, spike artinya paku wkwkw

[@listonoszpat233]

Jest siła ! :-)

[@unionboliviana9969]

Con el agua reduce el peso ya que el barco flota.

[@UnionCountyPhotography]

i always thought they were trucks in the time lapse videos

[@rajasekhar8848]

Looking like toys

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

If you please, minimum data available on Wikipedia, can you detail technical caracterisic, power, "crémaillère", synchronisation... etc.. Thanck you very much. And thancks for this very interesting vidéo.

[@vipinshaji5952]

If the man doesn't move on that locomotive, I won't believe it's a original one. Look exactly like an rc model.

[@anggaaditya3988]

canggih ya

[@rainbowrailroadcrossing7798]

fucking awesome!

[@coreyschmidt1647]

Lets see if these last as long as the originals built by General Electric over 100 years ago.

[@kumarancvk]

They stopped these pulling locomotive.. I think due to the recent container ship accident.. which done huge damage to one of those locomotive..

[@filos_999]

Where is it?

[@fytrxtx3670]

At first time, i think thumbnail is toy, lol :v

[@windy2020]

👍👍👍👍

[@user-vr4vm4nw9n]

А как их не сносит в сторону при натяжения тросов ветвь боковая сила то огромная.

[@philrabe910]

Now I understand why the new locks are so much more efficient: The cog trains all return empty after each escort through the lock, the new system has tug boats escort the next ship back down the locks after escorting one up. No wasted trip like these loooong sloooow empty returns.

[@itsPDJ]

First I will thought it was a model🤔

[@12vgs8606]

How is the power provided to the mule? Is there a center rail? If so, what if a worker accidentally touched the third rail? Come to think of it, I do not remember seeing the third rail except for the cogs section. Are they battery powered?

[@zhopka77]

12vgs8606 They're probably diesel, like most other trains

[@Dude-Smellmyhelmet]

Manufactured Mind They are definitely electric. I don't see any exhaust

[@zhopka77]

Trail Work Just because you don't see a big cloud of exhaust doesn't mean they aren't diesel. Perhaps they are pretty clean as far as emissions go. Or perhaps the camera is just too far away to catch a tiny puff of exhaust. Just look at some videos of diesel trains, and you'll see what I mean. A diesel train passes right by my apartment twice every Wednesday, and I always go out to watch it. The only time I ever see any exhaust is on particularly cold mornings. Also, why would they have all those vents all over the side, if not to vent heat from a combustion engine?

[@12vgs8606]

I was in the visitor center and I did not smell any diesel exhaust. I was also inside the lock on a boat and was quite close to those mules and did not smell any exhaust or heard diesel clatter. But if those mules are electric, it would have been heavily promoted by the Panama Canal Authority. So I don't know.

[@alanj9391]

They are electric, and there is a third rail - it's difficult to see in the video, but it's on the landward side of the tracks, recessed under protective shields. You can see the two power pick-ups next to the wheels.

[@fredricful]

Suez kanalen også nor skall denn rives og bygges nytt?

[@SuperAWaC]

i wonder what the largest water difference the locks can open with

[@justificadosporlafetenemos6072]

It have to be equalized

[@jontitor2742]

角度が変わらないおっさんに目が行ってしまった

[@SATOMEGULI]

そこかい！！

[@KONEY.INDUSTRIAL]

I clicked hoping they'd somehow go underwater :)

[@NGaugeVideo]

Are they standard gauge or broad gauge?

[@GWRProductions-kg9pt]

broad

[@sk61181]

Like tugboats but on rail tracks.

[@minolovka2925]

Omg😆

[@richardlandis793]

I wonder how many shipping containers have been lost at sea.

[@rayc.8555]

You can look it up but I think that is something on the order of 3-5% which equates to thousands each year. They generally sink after awhile but some stay afloat and become a hazard.

[@richardlandis793]

Ray C. Thank you. I often wonder how they can stack so many containers on those barges without more losses.

[@Mira_linn]

gcaptain.com/number-of-containers-lost-at-sea-falling-survey-shows/ ;) 1400 ish on avarage

[@twilomix]

It's amazing to see in real life

[@sabbirmansuri2793]

5q5!qF/!

[@amadeuszmozart8724]

Weight of lokomotive - 55 tones

[@Heke1959]

how long takes ships from Carribian sea to Pasific oceans by canal?

[@Heke1959]

not you asking..so...

[@snakecold6755]

mindaugas gringo shup up

[@Heke1959]

dont be donkey..

[@thomasjsanford6296]

8-10 hours from one coast to the other, depending on tides, winds, etc....

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Is the locomotive gear driven, It looks like this on the narrow track in the middle of the rails. Or is it just for the climbs.

[@motogreg]

How is it the ships dont rip them right off the rails?

[@StephanMskymech231]

fah q there is a deep slot in the middle of the track that a guide wheel rides on

[@AlCatrraz]

The ships are JUST FLOATING and there are these "MULE" locomotives, two on each side of the canal to balance the PULL forces that keep the ship CENTERED within the canal...... The locomotives are well synchronized in their action ! I just went through the canal a year ago February.. amazing

[@koosvanzyl2605]

@flyingeagle357 Unnecessary remark.