The last journey

Ukranian built diesel locomotive of BDZ class 07, destroyed at Rodopoli station since 5/2005 after collision with an ADtranz DE-2000, make her last ride. Helped by a Canadian MLW MX 627 of OSE class A 450, left border Promachonas station on route to Kulata (Bulgaria).
Promachonas, perfecture o Macedonia, Greece

[@NYandAtlantic]

Sad to see an engine like that must have been great back in its day keep the videos coming from ling island NY

[@becconvideo]

That's still the standard procedure in all over Europe (except the Baltic states - which belong to the Russian broad gauge network) where we still use the over 160 year old manual buffer couplers. The US introduced their automatic ones in the 19th century - even the Soviets converted to their SA3-System in the 1950ies.

[@clintwilde1048]

If US railroaders ever got between cars like this man does every day, everyone in OSHA would have a collective heart attack.

[@okgoogle4206]

I think it's perfectly safe, i am more worried of people in front of the wheels when the train is moving, what if they fall, feint, have a heart attack or something

[@ryandavis7593]

It’s not OSHA as they have NO authority over the railroad personnel. The Federal Railroad Administration on the other hand would go nuts with fines. With a significantly better knuckle coupler no one in North America has a reason to go in between during coupling. The only reason we have to go in between at all is to couple air hoses.

[@WildWildWeasel]

OSHA doesn’t give a crap, they just get bribed and leave after

[@gelo1238]

@@ryandavis7593 Im not sure if knuckle couplers are better. Easier to connect but not easy to replace if damaged. You dont even have safety systems that would prevent train run-away if some stupid driver will leave locomotive lol

[@ryandavis7593]

@@gelo1238 Actually I replace couplers on a regular basis. Because I am a locomotive composite mechanic. As far a preventing a runaway? Well we have that covered as well. You see we have what is called an alerter. If the alerter starts to flash the engineer must hit a button to turn it off. If it isn’t turned off it will go into audible mode and after that it will go into penalty application of the train brakes and cut power by actuation of the PCS, Pneumatic Control Switch. So yes! American style couplers are better in every way. Not to mention having greater tensile strength. Proven by the size and length of our trains.

[@roxanneherrman2107]

That's sweet, all the guys walking her home!!

[@supafrogg258]

As an 11 year old, I watched numerous steam train car hookups, and was so aware of the incredible danger each worker was in, as they performed a hookup. I salute such workers.

[@H.EL-Othemany]

As a 7 year old.. I agree

[@supafrogg258]

@@H.EL-Othemany Witnessing all that is pretty interesting and informative stuff! Isn't it? I was fascinated watching all these heavy tonnage machines at work!

[@amandahudson431]

I love trains. That's kind of sad to see that old one like that

[@thekingsilverado3266]

It's kinda funny the way people have feelings for something old & vintage. Just 3 years ago a total stranger who is now a friend bought an old house I was trying to buy it right when I got home from Iraq kinda felt bad for the old house but I eventually gave up on the place couldn't talk to anyone that could find the owners. One day while passing by I see this young guy outside killing himself hauling out broken furniture & appliances, his wife & 2 really young girls were picking up tree limbs pieces of the broken fence. I sat there eating my lunch feeling a bit good inside about what I was seeing although I didn't get to buy the house that day took a real turn for the better which seldom happens for me. I ate walked over introduced myself and told em I was trying to buy the old place then they told me about how they got if at an auction. That conversation then had them showing me this old Ford truck all in pieces in the garage after I told em what I do for a living. The truck was a real rusty mess missing its bed 4 flat tires not much left to the old girl at all. A big tree had fallen it many years ago and the owner died before he ever got fixed. That old truck has come a long way and now days I get compliments on how it looks and how simple machinery was way back when. We are all still friends over that vintage era old house & rusty old truck. Its really amazing how rusty & broken old junk can bring folks together.

[@petedraganic6124]

I thought it was going to be that worker's last journey standing between the trains during hookup!

[@SaritaKumari-ed4wg]

But its good that this was not worker's last journey

[@lilmacfarlan3]

Seriously, I almost had a heart attack

[@harry110952]

We used to do that in the 1970s was all 👍 ok with good understanding between driver and Guard or shutter…

[@banumathimanickavelu8421]

I absolutely thought that too! Never seen anything like that before...looked a close call.

[@oneparticularharbor144]

Absolutely agree- thought the same thing. Can’t believe how many AAR rules were broken there had that been done in the states

[@vishal_electrodharwad7678]

Very nice.. Thanks .Fantastic coverage,

[@AustNRail]

So many shunters have died between buffers. That’s is one of the main reasons they where removed when auto couplers were introduced in Australia.

[@thekingsilverado3266]

Yáll really ain't gonna move something obsolete like that without another similar like piece of equipment.

[@a.leemorrisjr.9255]

They've got "buffer bumpers" I reckon, but standing there between engines & cars like that still looks dangerous as hell!

[@IrishEddie317]

Holy Moley!!! That guys stands right between the cars and hooks them up!!! That is nuts!!!!

[@haraldhechler3557]

No, that's totally normal business when coupling trains.

[@H.EL-Othemany]

Harald Hechler yeah but it's still dangerous

[@bigkiwimike]

It is normal to stand between vehicles when coupling up but for the engine to move when he can't see the shunter and to couple up without being told to move by the shunter is very dangerous. The driver had no idea where the shunter was and if he moved between the buffers while they came together, well..............

[@H.EL-Othemany]

bigkiwimike my uncle used to work for the railroad here in Morocco he told me that lots of people lost there lifes doing this job. They got pressed between the buffers. I guess you have to be real careful and alert while coupling trains

[@bigkiwimike]

El oth emany Thanks for that. Working on the railway can be dangerous indeed. What that guy did was insane. The driver should not move until signalled to do so by the shunter. As for walking backwards while coupling up and out of sight from the driver is just crazy.

[@msotil]

Accidents happen when least expected. This man only had to wait 15 to 30 more seconds, until locomotive is fully stopped and then he could safely get in between to hook up the engines. This is absolutely needless risk taking.

[@rossbryan6102]

THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME WHEN THERE IS NO COUPLER IN THE MIDDLE!! GIVES ME THE HEEBEE JEEBEES WHEN I WATCH ALSO!!

[@soumyadeep100]

awesome video. I am a rail enthusiast from India.

[@federalpi34]

Brasileiros nós amamos vocês todos da India

[@MalcolmNessGranger]

If anyone is intrested on what the guy is doing with the bottle Its industrial OIL that he pours of the wheel of the train to keep it from jamming with rust.

[@ziaulhasannaqvinaqvi7020]

Malcolm Ness Granger thanks for the update

[@davewallace8219]

in most ways...the european railroads are excellent...but this coupling system is really a relic!!

[@TheRealRajo6466]

I mean, its not really a dangerous coupler Some people refer knuckle coupler beacuse its stronger Sir trains in euro are not really that long

[@28076130513B]

Holy crap, must have been a nasty crash - difficult to imagine that the locomotive driver has could survived this... 😨

[@dannyleos8020]

🤔😁🗣️📢💨💨💨 that's what I was thinking who kicked the 🪣😷

[@ricardosanjuan274]

En Chile 🇨🇱 no ay trenes

[@28076130513B]

@@omrobizeus ...❓...

[@larrythorn4715]

Many times the driver sees it coming. Who knows. Maybe before the crash he yelled a loud "BLYAT YEBAT!" and jumped away to safety!

[@28076130513B]

@@larrythorn4715 👌😄👍

[@Opiniao.com.Inteligencia]

Parabens pelos vídeos amigo! O triste e ver a situação da atual máquina acidentada. E gosto pra caramba de ver e acompanhar como é as ferrovias por todo mundo. Um grande abraços, Paulo Lima de Campinas/Brasil.

[@JairoNunesFerreira]

Excelente!!

[@meumundodegamesadorofreefi7751]

Parabens por colocar esta maquina pra recuperaçao .

[@ronwinke6504]

I fine it sad, to see the loco in that shape. thank u for this fine video. Ron, wb8nmk in N W Ohio Aug.10/2015

[@MLWA450]

Ron Winke Thank yoy very much. I was very lucky that day. Unfortunately this loco went for scrap some days later.

[@masanoswetu4061]

Ron Winke I like locomotive

[@AngelaRedus-uj8xe]

Excelentní video

[@MBihon2000]

With little work and paint, should be ok for Amtrak service.

[@MLWA450]

Unfortunatelly it was scrapped since 2014!!!

[@libby5335]

I guess nobody ever taught the dofuss at the beginning of the video you don't ever get between two rail cars. He's lucky he didn't get hurt. He actually appeared to stumble a bit. Anyway, neat old train. Too bad it got scrunched.

[@rdelamora1968]

awesome video....greetings.....

[@nikson1520]

Ela deve ter feito e muito bem o seu papel ,merecia ser restaurada e ir pra um museu pra registro histórico.

[@antoniopereira2404]

boa tarde sensacional grato antonio pereira

[@barefoot3662]

Grown men and their new toy. May God bless them and us.

[@chrisackerley1842]

Starting at 00:16, that is a very trusting [or very foolish] rail worker! Watching him makes my stomach turn over!

[@MLWA450]

Dont worry about this. All railworkers in Greece do it every day. They know where to stand!

[@JohnNyren65]

Cool video!

[@knobsdialsandbuttons]

Good video

[@girishnathtrivedi3167]

Shan H Fernandes 1 year ago fantastic set of videos !

[@brunocarbonaio]

Very good, very sad video! Like and subscribed you! Greetings Bruno

[@indianrailwayxtremetreck]

Very nice video sir

[@louisvilleslugger3979]

AS JOHN CANDY SAYS; "oh that'll buff right out!"

[@tanumondal9267]

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER the

[@Jackieism]

How did such a beauty become like this? D:

[@darenwilborn8774]

That's the first thing I noticed the guy doing the hook up! I couldn't do that plus I'm too tall... thank God I'm in the U.S.!

[@trainsandboatschannel8777]

Excellent video my friend. Greetings ❤👍👍👍👍👍

[@MLWA450]

Thank you very much!!!

[@aussi3212]

wow that thing had mega damage, just looking at it you can tell the engineers were injured or killed if that was the case rip.

[@prabinbhi]

Nice

[@madelinecofield7709]

these are great thing to share

[@beulahpowell1478]

Without good communication, I would not dare step between those two locomotives while they're still moving. That guy could have been a goner. Wow.

[@TomCro2022]

Nice video, subscribed you ............................

[@argtv100]

7 months later this wreck reached the Bulgarian border where customs officials tried to charge the equivalent of 2.4 million USD tariff so it was sent back to the Ukraine, last I heard it was somewhere in Georgia being used, temporarily, as tank target practice.

[@philiphorner31]

They needed the practice it turned out.

[@maartenj.vermeulen900]

So how come this locomotive is in Greece then going towards Bulgaria????

[@vipuljain8914]

So sad. I feel very glad

[@stanhunderwood3374]

Cast iron and steel. Well, she can now be the Chef's pride as new cast iron cookware in lots of kitchens!

[@sandrabritton1307]

Ouch!!

[@josefabioananias724]

Brasil é um dos melhores países do mundo apesar da crise que estamos passando

[@FaimortiseArt]

Standing between the car and the locomotive during the coupling - for the first time I see this.

[@CrashTherapy]

Love crashes! #crashTherapy

[@Isochest]

How far into Greece do Bulgarian locos work? What were the circumstances of the BDZh loco shown?

[@MLWA450]

Normally these locomotives was rent to run in freight services from Thessaloniki to the eastern Macedonia until Strymonas, to the western Macedonia until Edessa and south until Larisa. Many times some of them run mor southern until Lianokladi kai Thebes station just 100 km north of Athens.

[@jmream2618]

MLWA450 did get scrapped or rebuilt

[@MLWA450]

Scrapped few months later!

[@angelplaier2112]

MLWA450 how did you now that? The scrapyard is far of the railroad. I now it bicos im from greece

[@xdblablabla1223]

The red passenger coach at 3:53 is a hungarian built former control car. What about the others from this type? They were scrapped or parking in anywhere?

[@sirpankajkalita5346]

great

[@efbeVideo]

Very interesting footage! I assume, that the loco was scrapped now? About which distance was this last journey? Thumbs up & Greetings!

[@MLWA450]

efbeVideo Thank you. Of course the loco scrapped few years later. The last journey was about 2 km long from border station of Promachonas (Greece) to border station of Kulata (Bulgaria) an there scrapped.

[@KRAKOMOBILA]

MLWA450 It`s scraped in locomotive depot Dupnitsa.

[@ivanmanolov3302]

kr. panev хей Панев! Да знеш в коя държава е това?

[@hellencristina9984]

M ef bm .eVideo

[@smashershing206]

efbeVideo

[@RawData]

And those sweet lovely Greeks walking with the loco and putting beer on it to ease or heal it!

[@puaro53]

Which number had these BDZ 07?

[@EISKAFFEEEISKAFFEE]

2:21 and 3:31 in the backround you can see one of those hungarian cab control cars (orange with white roof).

[@manandtomcat7212]

Is this the BDZ locomotive no. 07.071?

[@mackestocapio4907]

What an awful wreckage of a giant machine and its frame.I think this is a case of a grave negligence on the part of operators/drivers as well as on the part of mechanical technicians whatever the cause of the crash.

[@carlossandi5298]

Muy buenos

[@pascoalnadador]

que pancada foi dado nesse trem grande...

[@horny99845]

So how this train end up all smash up?

[@peterthomas583]

Sounds like a wheel bearing that is breaking up!

[@Angry.General1461]

Don't tell me those couplers are magnets pulling the train! They don't look fastened together.

[@andreagozzi3435]

Great Ludmilla

[@user-tf5gp1od8p]

Это наш тепловоз ТЭ-109.выпускался Луганским тепловозостроительным заводом

[@lightwhiteglow5762]

это куда его так вогнали интересно

[@Ufoludd]

Прохор Мазовский

[@Wetboyslim]

Да на самом деле не сильно и вогнали. Заменить элементы легкого кузова не проблема, а рама там скорее всего в порядке. Просто видимо не нужен он им, запчасти хрен достанешь, вот и отправили в металлолом.

[@khuramchughtai2677]

Прохор Мазовский sex

[@user-eu7tt5tr1d]

Прохор Мазовский cekuc

[@AbhinavLHB]

Nice video, subscribed you ! I am a rail enthusiat from India - a home of ALCo and MLWs :-)

[@MLWA450]

Thank you very much my friend! Here in Greece MLW rebuilted and continue on freght services. We have also 3 ALCo alive for museum use.

[@chitrabannagaon3293]

Abhinav LHB Hi

[@chitrabannagaon3293]

Abhinav LHB I love your videos

[@alexpendley10]

Weird alco stands for AMARICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY but alco locomotives are mostly used in Europe and Asia

[@archiemelkonian]

Watch my new film about train travel in USA

[@alexanderk.3056]

What are they pouring on it's wheels!?

[@RahulPatel-qe2eu]

Nice video's

[@MLWA450]

Thank you very much!!!

[@TrainsInRomania]

Rare video... and very interesting!

[@MLWA450]

TrainsInRomania Thank you very much!!!

[@Shadeewolf]

@3:53 that sound!

[@alekseialeksiev6127]

07 серия най - добрият дизелов лок. в света

[@hristokaragyozov6998]

само ми липсваше надписа "К*р за Левски* на локомотива 🙂

[@Doozzer09tv]

How did it crash and it was a cool video to see

[@julosx]

How long did it take them to make this international trip ?

[@MLWA450]

About half an hour for a distance of 2.5 km!

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954!

[@RailPreserver2K]

i just subscribed

[@jenniferwhite6089]

do you have the history of the loco

[@Mishef-3832]

The letters БДЖ (BDZh) on this Soviet era built ТЭ-109 (TE-109) diesel loco mean "Български държавни железници" - Bulgarian State Railways.

[@xavier9147]

Which gauge?

[@Mishef-3832]

@@xavier9147 Standard European 1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in). Despite the fact that the Russian (Soviet) gauge is 1520 mm, the export locomotives were manufactured to fit the gauge of a particular country.

[@apongwartini9461]

Terimakasih

[@airmuseum]

Holy Shit! That brakeman doing an in between car hookup is insane. Call OSHA!

[@judydavenport9636]

Hes not going to be hit. Did u see the bumpers? Lol.

[@judydavenport9636]

@Kiwigeo the buffers seem to have held out tho right ? ty

[@gardnersmith3580]

Good enough for service in the Washington, D.C. Metro system.

[@BVECentral]

Ha, come over to London see how we treat our trains

[@nandanmahto3914]

Gardner Smith zzz

[@hetalramanuj8418]

+Tube Check उऊहब

[@nodave77]

I don't care if the bumpers make it physically impossible for the engine and the other car to smash into each other, there is no way on earth I am standing between them like that!

[@MLWA450]

Dont worry! Everything is under control!!!

[@user-pq6ex6fu6p]

Блин,даже нет автосцепки.Буфера стоят!!!

[@granthuff2716]

A sad looking unit! Would be interesting to know its history!

[@danielw.4220]

Germany

[@kevinbryant6294]

Yeah

[@caesardutta9394]

This manual coupling of locomotive with rake happens in India also. Wondering why the broken locomotive not crane lifted onto a wagon and then departed. In many accident sites, such heavy disabled locomotives are crane lifted and then shifted.

[@schrap72]

What does that guy on the left keep pouring on the wheel? Is it oil?

[@evo-mckostis4]

schrap72 yes

[@mustufashaik7459]

Kha ka hai bhai video?

[@andradaalex550]

Que palo se pego esa locomotora.

[@haweater1555]

Hello from Canada... is this standard gauge or Russian ( 5 feet ) gauge?

[@46.229_bdz.pp_]

This is Bulgarian train.

[@MAHESHKUMAR-is3up]

good

[@jassemalzahrani4502]

What did this train hit looks like a pole?

[@pridhvikumar]

Good

[@Hornhausen]

It has crashed pretty well here.

[@sweetuadike2413]

Hornhausen 00

[@christopherpower3772]

Hornhausen .

[@jacsonramirez3736]

Jacson Ramírez Español 81

[@kimberlydorr4304]

Hornhausen i agree

[@xavierpanzer9807]

Such a piece of trash 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨

[@alikemaleryilmaz]

iyi toslamış :)

[@peter4249]

GOOD TO THE SLICING PART OF CARRIER OR TO THE SCRAP

[@nehalsingh4233]

PETER ST. wfioph

[@martinbitter4162]

any links to the crash? the loco looks like it stood a long time in Greece

[@MLWA450]

+Martin Bitter For links, try to search at "Amnizia Railway Forum". The loco crashed at Rodopoli station at May 20th 2005 and for many years remained there. After that transfered to Promachonas border station until June 2012.

[@angelplaier2112]

Martin Bitter it crash to a Hous! Gad!

[@pantyflash]

Damage could be result of inadequate training. Cheers!

[@nayanapadhiyar4813]

sakx

[@jamesfurlong8727]

Apparently there is a lot of trust between engineer (driver?) and brakemen (conductor?)!

[@pegbars]

Knuckle couplers are your friend. This is the 21st century.

[@coledavis5212]

pegbars and the chance of the knuckles breaking (happened before) are super low. Also it’s easier to couple cars

[@MrEmeritus74]

Wow 10k likes!!!! Splendide riprese.

[@LUDAKkz]

This locomotive had been used in Bulgaria