They Couldn't MOVE The Train, Plus A Missing RR Sign!? This Was Crazy!

This Escanaba & Lake Superior locomotive ELS 503 (SD40-2) had been tied down overnight in Pembine, WI. Friday morning they grabbed all those LP Smart Siding cars that have been here a few weeks. Upon shoving it back they were really having problems, they tried for over 3 minutes but it just wouldn't go! They gave up and continued south....
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[@tarnishedknight730]

Doing about 50 mph? Do they dare go that fast on their tracks?!? Balls, I say. Balls!

[@Thunder_6278]

The E & LS is a road on borrowed time. Most tracks are 20 MPH or worse. Reminds me of the rock island of the late 70's.

[@KevinK420-710]

Thank you for sharing the video this morning. I'm on my front porch setting in the sun in southern idaho.

[@michaelhuffor6732]

I use to like watching Union Pacific RR ops while station at INEL near Idaho Falls.

[@Jleed989]

They should bring back the caboose to save the conductor, brakeman, switch man all that walking

[@misterbacon4933]

Funny how a stand still train can be excited..😁

[@brucetrainer5729]

Locomotive was pumping up air to cars to release the brakes. That one locomotive has more than enough power to move those cars.

[@erie910]

It takes a long, long time to pump up the air on a freight train of that length. If the brakes are still set from when they broke the train apart, it will be awhile. Assuming that ELS runs with a 90 lb. brake pipe, there must be at least 75 lb. on the rear before the train may move.

[@JoshEaster-me2lj]

I have to agree. 503 was never near notch 8, so not a power issue.

[@richardmead9225]

Grand Truck Western 5915 is what 503 started out as.

[@nigelterry9299]

When the centrebeams were pulled off the siding, their brakes were reluctant to let go. Shoddy maintenance strikes again!

[@jackthegiantkiller388]

a long train with problems that cant pull but it can later with an orange freddy on the back thanks Jason have a good one in Iowa !!!

[@vincentrobinette1507]

I don't think they were struggling with tractive effort or buff. I think the engine RPM was to try to get enough air pressure to release the brakes! Once they got it above 95 PSI, the brakes released, and the locomotive had no trouble pulling the consist.

[@-smokem]

Correct.

[@lynnzi3d]

Luv 503 , its killer machine

[@erie910]

The conductor should check brake pipe pressure at the rear of the train. When there's 75 lb. or more, the engineer should set the automatic brake and then release it. If the brakes set up and release on the rear car, all the train brakes should be released.

[@paulbergen9114]

I never thought I'd see Pembine or Crivitz become a choke point on the railroad. It would be a real world of hurt if the paper mill in Ontonagon was still in operation. This goes to show that losing the 402 small as it may seem was a pivotal part of the daily Groove

[@michaellachapell3455]

Nice I'll be there Wednesday, can't wait !

[@Brianrockrailfan]

great video 🚅🚃👍

[@jamesbuscher9518]

The engineer was just waiting for the conductor...a long walk

[@joshuaprice9590]

Jason Asselin I watched this Train video on EMD SD40-2 Older BNSF is now ELS EMD SD40-2 503. I see what needs work. That would the Traction Motors ELS 503 Front and Back Trucks need to looked at. And before Traction Moton Motors go out or seizes up on ELS 503. So you why I know what I know I Design New and Vintage Diesel Locomotives and Paint Schemes as Hobby for Past 30 Years on by Computer as artist. Yes can see BNSF under the Orange paint. That EMD SD40-2 was her Glendale, AZ I remember Dents on full tank, but as add Character to the Diesel Locomotive it how hard the Train Crew and Locomotive works for all Railroad and Railway in the US. and Around the World, Lets not Forget Rail Fans make all thee "AWESOME" Train Video for all in joy at home THANK YOU and BLESS you and your Family for bringing joy into daily life's Joshua.

[@haroldreardon8070]

huh ???

[@pennytill5183]

Enjoy being in my home state of Iowa Where I grew up as a railroad brat.

[@user-od1eq3yw6n]

Great to be part of the premium vid Jason - even though I'm over here in the UK...LOL

[@yahdoober]

I agree, sounds like a different horn on 503. Great video, really enjoyed it! Thanks for your effort.

[@jimzeirke9320]

The engineer said he had 90 psi on the rear. Maybe he was tripping a breaker when he was trying to push back. Some electrical issues?

[@fullscale4me]

They need 402 back on the main line!

[@garymessina1609]

Great video thanks Jason

[@randylearmonth4047]

Very cool video

[@frederickschulkind8431]

The emergency/service phone number is on every crossing. Try calling that. If you already have, and the crossbuck hasn't been replaced, that is a different problem.

[@fsctrucking]

Been a while since I been here! Congratulations on the 100K!

[@jasonasselin]

THANKS!! Been seeing your videos, just not commenting as much.. Heading to Iowa in the morning to catch a steam locomotive to Minnesota..

[@Carolb66]

I know i should ge looking at the train but the trucks you have in the US are awesome! Shiny aluminium tanker trucks with awesome looking cabs the drivers must take great pride in looking after them. Enjoyed the trains though Jason. 😊👍

[@ramtuff2007]

good train video

[@kelvintorrence5994]

good video and those tracks look kind of ruff and worn outy

[@blpblp-tj7ux]

nice work!

[@randylearmonth4047]

Jason are the black flies bad this year in the upper peninsula,

[@MerrittMosher]

I wonder if LP knows its product is sitting in a yard somewhere in WI for weeks on end until ELS finally moves it on down the track

[@Jleed989]

Wonder if they ever have to stop production and wait for empty center beams to arrive .

[@TPW900GP35]

I’ve wondered that myself. Sometimes, it seems that I see the same cars going different directions; the same with the scrap steel gons. The only thing I can see that could be a redeeming factor for the ELS is that LP is doing the same thing the plastics industry is doing. They load a bunch of cars before the product is sold and the railroad stores them until they are sold. The plastics industry has the cars moving to a storage yard in the midwest. If they are sold enroute, the railroad is given billing info so the cars can move to the customer. ELS may be storing them until they’re sold/ billed. If that’s not the case, I revert back to the fact that ELS gives poor service and that, coupled with the lack of maintenance, will sink ‘em. Good video! I enjoy watching the ELS, especially the switching ones.

[@chuxproductions1090]

Sweet video!!! Thank you for another entertaining video!!!

[@twofoottaylor1]

I just love the horn on ELS 503!

[@HERRINRAILROADHERRINILLINOIS]

Hope you’ll be able too Railfan in Iowa Jason

[@46fd04]

Sounds like a handbrake was not compketely released near the end of the train

[@tbo2341]

I love the railroad I was raised up with the CSX railroad tracks going right through my backyard here in Brownsville Indiana they run through here day and night. CSX railroad goes right through the Middle of town.

[@barrywilliams991]

Looks like this short line needs to have a contractor come in and kill the vegetation in the rail bed.

[@briandonovan9560]

That line has been overgrown with weeds for over 40 years.

[@larrybaldridge4078]

Might take them a while, but they will get it

[@Flight--tz5nf]

The little engine that could......

[@williamlee1429]

That's a lot to ask of one locomotive.

[@dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862]

Is that Highway 141? Looks like drivers need to pay attention with the trains and heavy truck traffic...

[@dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862]

It is all about the $$$

[@yvindHvaal]

Hi Jason! Nice vid today and congrats on 100k!🎉😊

[@kittty2005]

A true comedy of errors

[@briannorman1989]

They had that old F unit that still ran i thought. Maybe use it for just moving cars around

[@michaelhuffor6732]

Interesting video. I wonder 🤔, if the reason for the lack of motion was possibly an issue of brakes set by hand. My understanding is that when you have to break a train in order to deliver or pickup from the siding railcars; the disconnected portion left on the main line needs the hand brake set. Something, I gathered as a kid watching Seaboard Coast Line R.R. deliver box cars to the local Anhueser Busch the distribution warehouse that was in behind our house.

[@mrdervik9884]

Higher engine rpms = air compressor run faster

[@DJ279V]

Engine teouble definitely bc it is more than capable of moving those loads.

[@kevinshiley9061]

I think its a brake problem. Not halfway through the video yet.

[@doriangray2020]

Not really. That load is a bit beyond the capacity of that locomotive. They really needed another.

[@user-nu8ir9nj4r]

There are 44 cars on this train

[@lars277]

Is that a SD-40 Jason?

[@Dan-uv5lw]

They can't pull it forward but they can back it up?

[@TylerDonitzen-777]

That was alot of weight was concerned whether they were gonna get it go forward or not.

[@r.w.emersonii3501]

We can afford to spend a trillion dollars a year on foreign wars, but we can't afford to maintain our railroads.

[@alexolgr7755]

Railroads are private companies 💀

[@r.w.emersonii3501]

​@@alexolgr7755 Maybe that is the problem: They are owned by Wall Street vultures that cannibalize the companies then move on.

[@Adamz678]

@@r.w.emersonii3501 Wisconsin Central is a great example, the stockholders/exec board threw the company right at CN after they canned the president who actually cared about the company itself.

[@samstranghorwitz]

True

[@user-ot7ns8gl9g]

Are the wheels slipping?

[@billclements3879]

Is the parking brake on?????😅

[@tonymills5136]

That's why where in dept

[@rickchapman9232]

Jason,have you looked up about the black flies? I just did and what I found out was very interesting.

[@TPW900GP35]

Is it possible that those cars that had sat for awhile needed to be pumped on longer. After a few weeks, the air would have totally drained out and the brake rigging might be a little stiff. That, with the weight of the other cars, may have caused them to have to pump on the air a little longer! Good video! I enjoy watching the ELS; especially switching.

[@haroldreardon8070]

Doubt the weight of the cars has anything to do with how long it takes to pump the air up.

[@TPW900GP35]

@@haroldreardon8070 It has everything to do with trying to pull a train with brakes not fully pumped off. The engineer actually said that he needed to pump on ‘em longer. The cars they pulled out of the siding were sounding like the brakes hadn’t fully released.

[@46fd04]

Total of 44 loads

[@andyward8062]

BNSF 7303 ?

[@jurysummons2194]

In this video there is a trackside sign that looks like a "V", painted black. Do you know what that sign means?

[@davenitsch6094]

Snow plow lift sign for the crossing! Goes back to the Milwaukee Road days on the railroad!

[@jurysummons2194]

@@davenitsch6094 Thanks!

[@coryhoover01]

Where in Iowa I am on on the western side of the state

[@jasonasselin]

Davenport