Train on Fire at Vancouver, WA

[@garysprandel1817]

Hopper fire. For when dumpster fire isn't quite large enough a description of a fail.

[@LastExile1989]

LMFAO

[@alankjkj1]

I worked for 36 years on a class1 fire department most of the time on a ladder co. I have been retired for 6 years now boy do I miss doing that kind of stuff with the truck.

[@railfanbryan7225]

Thank you for your service!

[@subdude658]

Looks like Vancouver FD treated that as a "train"ing exercise.

[@gregmcrae8509]

lol

[@BenjaminePeetz]

I was surprised the detachable ladder pipe took a while to get up and running, but that might not be their normal assignment (rescue and ventilation may be their priority). In the end, it probably didn't matter, it was scrap or trash and wasn't going to damage the car.

[@nicke1903]

They set up the easy way to flow water on to it, not a less impact way to fight essentially a dumpster fire of scrap metal.

[@kevinrichards3288]

Jim Smith lol

[@protectoroffaith]

Well......that pun was right on track.......

[@4gauge10]

That's nice how they parked the fire next to all those ungodly expensive cars and trucks.

[@jenniferkeenan4599]

Pretty sure that was not the priority. The fire is contained and they needed to be where they could hit the crossing gates.

[@jankington216]

That's why rich people have insurance that actually covers things like this

[@isettech]

Often combined scrap separated by magnet conveyor belts, pick up Lithium batteries. These often combust when crushed or punctured. This becomes more common as laptops, phones, power tools, etc are recycled.

[@gordonwallace8401]

Lots of expert "quarterbacks"... 1) No life is in danger here, Firefighter safety is more important than whatever is burning. 2) Aiming a master stream is harder than many of you think, if you think it's so easy than I encourage you to try it yourself (if they'll let you). 3) The number one goal of any Fire Department, any Company Officer, is SAFETY so that everyone goes home when the shift is over. Vancouver Fire Department and the Firefighters at the scene did it right. Best incident report to write is one that doesn't include injuries to ANYONE! One QB wrote it isn't how he learned it in the "60's", Last I heard were 40 plus years (2018/2019) after he learned how to do it. One common quote we say a lot is: Little risk = Risk little, Life at risk + Risk A Lot.

[@Ranger0463]

This freight car thinks it's a GE Locomotive.

[@erikk77]

Boooooo!

[@k5elevencinc0]

Why are they still ordering and modifying those GE locomotives?

[@erikk77]

Who else makes Clean Tier 4 locomotives, as required by the EPA? Siemens has an order of 75 units going to Amtrak, but their geared for passenger speeds not freight. It seems nobody else is going to make a tier 4 locomotive for freight. At least for now.

[@DannyTOG]

That’s what every foamer says.

[@Cards8114]

@@erikk77 Progress Rail could just start making Tier 4 SD70's again

[@gearshifterg9756]

The water hose was kinda like me going to pottie in the middle of the night. Kinda slow and limp to start off, but then shoots and sprays everywhere and over the target.

[@southernontariofoamersunio3615]

Gearshifter G puberty should straighten that out.

[@Patriotvb]

I asked the pharmacist to cut my Viagra pills into quarter pieces. He told me I would not get a good erection from that. I told him I was 90 years old and didn’t need a full one, I just wanted to be able to avoid peeing on my new slippers....

[@nevillemadden5210]

@@Patriotvb ... That One was used on Austraila's Got Talent by a Contestant (Stand-Up Comedian) one time: But get this ... .. His Stage Name is "The Old Fella" !!!

[@brianfochler3677]

@@Patriotvb I hope you don't mind if I use that line. I laughed my head off

[@nol7034]

The water flow is controlled by the Engine Company providing the water and has to be started slowly to avoid shock that can damage the ladder. Initially the nozzle direction was controlled by someone at near ground level and they could not see the water was flying over the rail car. (And an excellent joke.)

[@CMDRFandragon]

BNSF: Burning Now Smoldering Freight.

[@3RTracing]

Great creative use of the ladder truck. To those who are wondering why the truck stayed on the street: they couldn't run the draft hoses from the hydrants across the BNSF north south mainline. The rope control of the monitor is very resourceful. BNSF 2935 is a former Frisco SLSF GP 35. It is one of the upgraded, repowered units. There are a bunch of these on the Steven's pass run where I live and see a couple of dozen BNSF trains a day. Most of those refurbished locomotives have either tier 4-710's or 1010's, a digital control stand, traction control, and as can be seen in the video, dynamic brakes. Tons of horsepower, in a road switcher. Very versatile locomotive upgrade. We see them in consists with SD's and Dash units here at Sunset Falls Lodge on the BNSF mainline more and more.

[@timothybarney7257]

They could gave pulled the car to the grade crossing and given the fire crew easier access to the burning car without the need to run hoses across the main. Would gave been able to put the ladder over the car and flood the fire from above, no real aiming required and no need for a firefighter up top.

[@3RTracing]

@@timothybarney7257 not really. In most states there are very stiff fines that go to the engineer and railroad for any blockage of a graded crossing that could be avoided. The exception is usually a derailment, and even then, some cities, counties and state STILL write tickets for obstruction of right aways and traffic corridors. WA state has very strict laws regarding railroads blocking traffic. The engineer and AGYM new exactley what there were doing as well as the incident commander and fireman. This was a well executed, elegant and effective way to put out the fire without blocking motor vehicle traffic or BNSF north south mainlines either.

[@mapexmac]

“...where the fire was quickly knocked down...” 🤣😂🤣 the urgency upon which the fire fighters were moving? Was like a drill they’d done a thousand times before - and they were bored beyond belief. Then, the aiming?? Like a little boy learning to stand and piss for the first time... 🤣😂🤣

[@williamkirkland7002]

Award winning footages of the fire being snuffed out by our Heroes, OUR Fire Fighters. God Bless and protect our fire fighters with a mighty hedge of protection wherever they may go.Amen

[@davidurban6813]

Amen to that!! Well said!!

[@rbfishcs123]

I used to work in the vancouver terminal, loved switching there. The yard dogs were all pretty friendly, and the jobs going to portland were a blast. Miss that place.

[@SuperAgentman007]

They are preheating the scrap steel so when it goes into the smelter it’ll melt a lot faster.

[@epistte]

It would have been much more fun if that car was loaded with a few tons of magnesium scrap.

[@ceruleanblue9966]

And this, ladies and gentlemen is why the polar bears are running out of ice cubes. Not because of the initial fire but because you will never see a fireman in a hurry to put the fire out.

[@Cthippo1]

There was nothing in that car worth taking a risk for. Risk nothing to save what is already lost.

[@deannelson9565]

If you ever wonder why there is piss all over in the public bathrooms around the urinal it's because of guys with this bad of aim!

[@celtisafricana4984]

Maybe because it took two guys pulling wire to aim it? 🤣

[@leonkernan]

Look if you need a friend to help you at the urinal, that's your business.

[@justadudeffs]

I’m just gonna go out on a limb here... if the urinal was 100 feet below me and 500 feet away I’m pretty sure I’d have bad aim too 😂

[@HappyHarryHardon]

Ken Berry scale that down and that’s pretty much what you have when standing at a bowl. And we know those results.

[@cheif10thumbs]

@@HappyHarryHardon Shots Fired! lol

[@lucaslaughing]

Wow, great footage! Nice work capturing the whole scene, as well as the FD setting up.

[@P71RailfanVideoMedia]

Thank you!

[@natehill8069]

Shame there wasnt one of those racks they use to wet down coal in hopper cars nearby...

[@roberthollander4522]

all this time I thought those hoses were hydraulically controlled . . . and it's two ropes

[@CyclingSasquatch]

More often than not, they are in fact fully remote controlled. This is an older-style setup that just saves on cost and weight by not having pre-plumbed piping built onto the ladder.

[@derekwilken8181]

Killian Whitelock ,I agree and not having a humongous weight on the ladder!!!

[@jaysmith1408]

On ours, and most others i’ve seen (this being the exception) the nozzle is electrically controlled, and is permanently attached to the end of the ladder. This is a new one. Makes sense, but would seem annoying and inefficient if you have to do this more than once a week. And I didn’t catch the full intro, but did they steal the deck gun off the engine for this?

[@CyclingSasquatch]

@@jaysmith1408 Nah, it's purpose-built unit that clamps onto the upper rungs of the aerial... typically they'll store it on the roof of the rig, alongside the ladder. I think LAFD, FDNY, Chicago use this setup exclusively - no waterways on any of their straight sticks (although CFD and FDNY also run tower ladders which do have master streams up in the platform). Does seem like a bit of a hassle to install, but when you have the manpower those depts do, I guess the cost and weight savings are well worth it.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Also, ropes are easier to maintain than extendable hydraulic lines, which would otherwise require a technician to repair, at more cost. Also, hydraulic lines can and do burst on the rare occasion ... it'll spray so hard it punctures your clothes and skin, splitting apart tissue, muscle and such ... ever seen such an injury? Search "High pressure injection injury" on google images - but only if you have a good stomach!

[@Guy_de_Loimbard]

An apt metaphor for today's politics: a dumpster fire on wheels.

[@jamesborck5908]

Rainbow at 5:24 means the trains lucky charms where on fire

[@RubenMartinez-bj2ic]

Who's aiming that thing Stevie Wonder or Michael J. Fox?

[@damaliamarsi2006]

I fired one of those hoses in the US Navy, and let me tel you that with that much pressure, especially as it is ramping up, Stevie Wonder or Michael J Fox could have done just as well. Those things are no joke. Good job by the fire crew. Very professional.

[@SvendleBerries]

@@damaliamarsi2006 Sure, if youre personally holding the hose, but this one is in a fixed position. All that needs to be done is aim it. Once they had somebody actually go up there, it was much easier.

[@damaliamarsi2006]

@@SvendleBerries I've never fired one in a fixed position, but I would think as it ramped up there would be some variable forces that made aiming hard, but I honestly don;t now as in the Navy we always did it the fun way. :)

[@jamesbarker5254]

More like Ray Charles

[@rbetc]

Imperial Storm Trooper.

[@shanea3956]

Fire engines and trains in the same video?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@chippowell1]

OK , As A Firefighter for over 20 years, this could be used as a training vid, on how to put out a fire, and still look like the Keystone fire department ( If you understand the Keystone cops, you understand the ref).

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

I know I don't know everything..... But putting 3 apparatus out of service for a one hose show??? 20 years as a volunteer at a busy station.. (twenty years ago) That's one where we would have pulled up a bit closer and lobbed it in from the deck gun. Hydrant is right there, maybe 500'? 600'? Lay, lobbing in at 500 to 800 gpm.. or stay back a little and lob it in at 1000+gpm.. But I guess us old volunteers always had to improvise and do things with less people and equipment... Thank you for the Good video!!

[@ko6jay681]

Definately a training excersise. You can tell by the box car, it has been used for fires before, and the firefighter was a trainee which is why his aim of the water was off at first. Fire companies do this all the time

[@eagleriverandkankakeerailr6042]

I think I need to model a burned scrap metal car in HO now, lol

[@rearspeaker6364]

burned up GE's would look better!!

[@eagleriverandkankakeerailr6042]

@@rearspeaker6364 I have modeled that a few times. I professionally paint and weather in HO scale.

[@phorewhoresman1897]

Looks like the way I pee on a campfire after a case of PBR. At least the load is lighter now.

[@13bgunbunny42]

IMHO that stuff taste like panther piss.

[@kylewolfe305]

What a strange place for a fire. I use to live in Vancouver off 500 by the mall back when i was a kid. Cool video!👍

[@edburton6472]

Amazing just how much different types of materials will catch and burn. Interesting video! Thanks!!

[@michaelmccarthy4615]

It seems firefighters take forever to get water on fires these days.

[@suffer247]

Michael Mccarthy Did you expect them to run over and drag hose across active railroad tracks and rush to put out what is essentially a dumpster fire that is going absolutely nowhere? There was no rush here and they did it safe and smooth....kept equip and personnel off of active railroad tracks.

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

Must not have been any magnesium in the scrap. Man that lights off when water is applied.

[@chuckabbate5924]

Any light metal and water kaboom

[@brennandean4821]

Magnesium does not react in any particular way with water to create fire

[@doc6306]

Magnesium, will however react violently, if water is applied while the metal is in a fire. As a byproduct of it is hydrogen gas. Hence the white sparks.

[@mt.rushmore7916]

Ya, magnesium is the first thing I thought of as well.

[@lindanwfirefighter4973]

Brennan Dean its a fire with metal. It explodes violently when water is applied. I’m a firefighter! 😊

[@barrychalcroft8279]

I drive thru this intersection almost every day. Right next to the terminal building. 11th street crossing. Trains often stop directly east here to change crews and resupply. Sat there many a night watching the coal train.

[@13bgunbunny42]

How could scrap metal catch fire?

[@ph11p3540]

At the end of the rainbow is a pile of valuable scrap. Must be some gold or silver hiding in all that trash.

[@Gizmologist1]

Why not shut the bell off? They sure took their time to get water on the fire.

[@maggy3418]

Wondering why the train crew didn’t disconnect the loco from the cars....

[@phorewhoresman1897]

Ever drive a train pulling a dumpster fire? Neither have I. Ever drive a train pulling an out of control dumpster fire at 100 mph? Neither have I, but I hope to someday, it's on my bucket list.

[@cindytepper8878]

#2 bales of light iron. Lots of crap in the bales, plastic, insulation, wood and god only knows what, low value scrap steel.

[@Radionut]

What could be on fire in a metal scrap car? Gosh fireman don’t hurry OK

[@JasmineLindros]

It is, literally, junk that's burning. The FD would have treated this as a training exercise for the newbies. "How do you knock down a toxic waste fire from 150' feet away? You can't put a man in the potential smoke plume, and you can't run a hose to the fire's location. Oh, look, the toxic smoke has eaten the seals around your tower nozzle, and you can no longer direct it electrically or hydraulically. What do you do, newbie?"

[@walterraikes1839]

Only thing I can think of would be Radioactive Material.

[@davehowe4714]

Walter Raikes could be literally anything? We had a spate of 20ft containers catch on after the holes the scrapyard welded up set the oil and car seat foam alight inside the container, that’s fun trying to get the box off the trailer before the whole thing turn to shit and took the trailer and rig with it!!

[@Radionut]

JasmineLindros So you’re trying to tell me they’re teaching trainee firemen to be slow? They should already know how to pull hoses etc. etc. they should’ve cheated this fire just like a dwelling fire and put it out as fast as possible. I would say that was pretty poor training if that’s what they were doing. That’s not how I learned it in the late 60s

[@DanCocoDotCom]

You do not run on the fireground. The fire was also contained to the rail car and had no exposures.

[@LordCarpenter]

Wow! I've got to get one of those fire trucks for Christmas! Nicely done, firefighters.

[@NJPurling]

How would a fire like that start? A reaction between a mixture of metals? If there's no contamination in the carload of metal what is sustaining it as the fuel?

[@evknucklehead]

While I'm not generally afraid of heights, I'd still be terrified of going up on one of those ladder trucks like that.

[@richardroberson7971]

Why didn't they disconnect the burning car and protect the train?

[@thebuffalodude]

Never seen a train hauling fire before until now! Lol

[@rearspeaker6364]

bet the trains in hell haul fire around like that..........................

[@13bgunbunny42]

@@rearspeaker6364 And brimstone

[@kylewolfe305]

I was thinking the same thing. It is strange to see a fire there. It looks like a scrap metal load. I wonder how it started.

[@Mumbles19852007]

Have you ever seen a train haul sailboat fuel?

[@13bgunbunny42]

@@Mumbles19852007 🤣🤣

[@Kathrynyoder-x2j]

I wonder how the scrap caught fire?

[@williamsimmons152]

It’s not the scrap metal that’s burning

[@hooch4520]

How come they let that F#!%&^# bell keep ringing.

[@alfredberg9222]

At a crossing.

[@coripuckett5596]

ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding............

[@LavenderSystem69]

The sad part is that this happened where I live, and this is the first I'm hearing of it

[@r.c.daviesbooks1138]

Me too!

[@jimzeirke1127]

Let’s see, water weighs 8 pounds per gallon. Good thing that car has weep holes!!!! :)

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

Do they control the engines wiper blades with string too?

[@douglassopa2544]

car said no more im having a melt down.lol

[@MustangsTrainsMowers]

I’m wondering what would burn in a load of scrap metal and how could it start?

[@justadudeffs]

Looked like a lot of aluminum in that scrap. Aluminum will burn if exposed to flames/heat for long enough and aluminum shavings can be easily ignited. Not 100% sure how the fire started but there’s plenty of fuel for it there.

[@GP9railfan]

Now that’s what you call a hot freight!!

[@pauljohansson7697]

Now that is what I call a hot box.

[@GRADE8BOLT]

Put right next to employee parking lot. .....so hot ash can just go all over parked cars ....

[@southernontariofoamersunio3615]

David Mccully better than next to tanker cars full of gas

[@MrKfq269]

I was thinking the same.

[@VictorKPanda]

BNSF do wonderful restorations of their locomotives and railcars. That should be a piece of cake for them.

[@AviTheWolf]

I thought the actual locomotive was on fire like maybe the turbocharger or something like that but no the freaking garbage is on fire

[@eugenkramaric1173]

Yeeee : )

[@luke40531]

Where is there a turbocharger on a locomotive? Lol

[@coripuckett5596]

@@luke40531 Attached to the engine... like all turbochargers...

[@luke40531]

Cori Puckett I’m mf dumbass i thought they used steam my bad carry on

[@MrManuel1329]

@@luke40531 this ain't the 1890s bruh 😂

[@eccentricsmithy2746]

Is it just me, or does every video with fire fighters show them taking their sweet time setting up, then just to totally miss hosing the fire.

[@WaterburnerActual]

Tks for sharing. Good to see a Rainbow at the end of a good vid too.

[@SuperAgentman007]

Just kidding it’s actually caused by the shredder with the heat of friction i’ve seen this before.

[@marryellen7713]

yep, there is Moe, Larry, and Curly standing on the truck.

[@freighttrainsahpassing9790]

I was gonna make a comment about how the heats been lately, but then saw that this was uploaded in December, nevermind lol !!!

[@mejestic124]

I'm going to make a turbo charger comment. But it's an EMD 😁

[@PowerTrain611]

BNSF is turning into a literal dumpster fire on wheels.

[@TrainTrackTrav]

And I thought Q and Z trains were hot!

[@MiddleTennesseeRailProductions]

Ha!

[@AppValleyRailProductions]

@@MiddleTennesseeRailProductions hello

[@MiddleTennesseeRailProductions]

@@AppValleyRailProductions Hello

[@AviTheWolf]

Lmfao R32 A train no ac july of 2012 112 frikin degrees

[@AlexKhvedor]

What would happen if it happened in winter..

[@garrison7326]

the firefighters didn't seem to worried based on the speed they were moving

[@josesaavedra649]

I love the way FD responded, what is it one step pero hour? A snail could go faster

[@AffordBindEquipment]

The FD philosophy must be that once the whole car is full of water, the fire must be out.

[@OSB0910]

Nice video !!! This model is running on Korean railroad This locomotive is ma favorite model :)

[@mikelowery5741]

How does that happen

[@DustinBlythe]

Couldn't that locomotive have pulled forward to the actual crossing?

[@finndog2759]

If these firemen get their ass in gear, that fire been out an hour ago.

[@cheif10thumbs]

I was in the area that day. Damn that stuff was STINKY!

[@79mini]

First thing that went through my head was dam that's got to smell

[@cmac9029]

Somebody forgot to pull a battery probably

[@littlewingpsc27]

Looks like they could have had better access from the paved area on the other side of the car.

[@3RTracing]

See my comment about putting the draft hoses on the mainline track above.

[@lottnio8207]

That must have been a great day for firefighters! Once in a lifetime you have a train fire.

[@video1974]

Nice catch! and great video clippage.

[@Prayukth]

Seeing the color of flames, the delay in response and quality of response, this was definitely an inside job and PNAC was involved: truther

[@LeitoCristofoli9022]

Sensational video P71Railfan Video Media you won one more subscriber. Greetings from Argentina!!!!!!

[@linwizz2126]

must be a tesla or 2 in that load of scrap

[@philipperiopel1911]

No you're wrong, in that scrap it's a GE turbo that keep's on burning and burning!

[@rosalieholland25]

Philippe Riopel Wow you proved someone wrong; you gonna try and get a medal too?😂😂

[@philipperiopel1911]

@@rosalieholland25 Yes, a Medal of Honor or the Cross of Iron, i'd take them both!

[@CMDRFandragon]

Those big ol trailer packin fire trucks actually exist? I thought they were old news. And isnt the signal supposed to turn off after the train stops? I know most of the ones around Michigan do.

[@whisk34productions16]

What caused the scrap to catch fire

[@brandtfj]

sorry fire dept...no trespassing on to rail road property...lol.

[@rippersix293]

Hmmm... a load of scrap metal, possibly containing bits of plastic, or other combustibles that started a small fire then getting some magnesium going that in turn ignited aluminum and steel shavings... resulting in a thermite fire... this could have been a really impressive mess if it was allowed to burn!

[@GaryNumeroUno]

Just stop right on the middle of the level crossing!

[@TheNemosdaddy]

Not uncommon, happens more often than you think.

[@breakfastclub3909]

been with csx over 25 years and never seen it

[@irelandbloke]

Superb catch and footage !

[@MrKfq269]

Why does it look like a fire department training video? Those firemen had no sense of urgency.

[@GaryCameron780]

Technically it's the trash that's on fire. :) Nice catch.

[@LectronCircuits]

Smokin' hot training. Cheers!

[@KreativeFotoVideo]

Great catch

[@mrfingerlakes8735]

Now That’s what I call a hot load

[@rogerhornby1149]

That engine is 55 years old... originally SLSF GP35 #701

[@javidmirza4584]

Hold up I’m confused. Is there a town in America called Vancouver?

[@royashu]

I thought the locomotive is on fire but okay

[@alangibson3293]

Honestly, how can 122 dislike this video???

[@pingpaul]

With all that metal,it’s probably cutting oil that caught fire. What about the old saying of not putting water on an oil fire..

[@ralphaverill2001]

Why did the locomotive remained coupled? And why the bell?

[@jimsonbrown9768]

There's no reason to disconnect and the bell is from the grade crossing.

[@rm25088]

How does that happen? its metal.

[@YardLimit]

Nice video. Great coverage!

[@P71RailfanVideoMedia]

Thank you!

[@ellipsisomega9387]

Looks like a train on fire training or exercise.