The air didn't dump. It didn't go into emergency. Former railroader here.
@NSCSXRailfan4 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment!
@johncamp2567 Жыл бұрын
How bizarre!! Who ever heard of such a situation? Great catch!👍
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
Right?
@TicTacToe3511 Жыл бұрын
Obviously somebody didn’t do their checks prior to leaving
@brianfunk2579 Жыл бұрын
That's pretty cool that you caught that.
@HDCanadianTrainVideos10 ай бұрын
Trains don't go in emergency when they run out of fuel.
@NSCSXRailfan10 ай бұрын
This one did but I suspect there was more than a fuel issue but could never find out. Thanks for your comment!
@bubbabubba2013 Жыл бұрын
I like to catch trains that have to stop near the pipe lines being installed off rt.11. Close to the taco joint and the mini mart. Thats where i caught a NS loco towing a bunch of Egypt bound locos with Egyptian livery. Pretty cool.
@knowledgeispowermediaprodu7094 Жыл бұрын
I would love to see the video! Do you have a link to the video or your channel?
Hmm, he couldn't get a fill-up at the Roanoke yard?? LOL
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
Apparently not lol
@dknowles6010 ай бұрын
Roanoke is know for Having a lot a lot of Management from the N&W side. They wee know for being Mean and Nasty and not to smart
@konanpine7413 Жыл бұрын
When bnsf brings back my locomotive on empty thanks to bnsf for not putting gas in my locomotive jk lol
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
Lol
@rogerpatterson983 Жыл бұрын
Somebody going to get fired if it ain't leak in the tank
@allanegleston4931 Жыл бұрын
never seen a loc run out of petrol before!! eek!!! some people are in big trouble.
@dknowles6010 ай бұрын
i have N&W rr Huntington distric Butler in
@dknowles6010 ай бұрын
@made-in-the80s they did send a refuel truck to butler in, you have to look at the time frame, in 1978 the N&W rr had a clerks strike. John Fishwick gave the unions a good spanking many people went over 90 days with out pay, the N&W was very mean and nasty to its workers, in the 1980's was not a good time to work for the n&w SIDE OF NORFORk southern
@davidbehrend7054 Жыл бұрын
I hope there were other routes for people to take in and out of the areas on either side of the tracks and not be “trapped” for 3 plus hours. Also hope that there weren’t any emergencies that occurred that responders couldn’t access.
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately that’s the only egress.
@9983sp10 ай бұрын
I guess the engineer wasn't watching his fuel guage.
@dknowles6010 ай бұрын
wrong there is a fuel gage on the tank there is none in the cab there was a N&W train that left Peru in, the crew told the rail road the fuel was very low, ther crew was told to shut up the Computer said the locomotives were filled up in Decatur Il, now a diesel locomotive can hold up tp 4000 gal or more and will get at least 1000 miles out of 4000 gal. the crew change crews at Fort Wayne in, the new crew told the rail road thy were low on fuel , the crew was told the same thing thy Computer waid they had a lot of fuel, the train went on and the train ran out of fuel at Butler In on the con rail Diamond. Conrail at that time ran 100 trains a day. the crew told the N&W rr they were out of fuel and the train was on the don rail diamond, the N&W rail road said that was Impossible because the Said the Locomotives were filled up at Decatur Il. the Crew said tell that to the Computer and here are some boss from Conrail that want to talk to you, A small diesel fuel truck had to be called to put enough fuel to get to detroit mi, as for the Ns train that ran out of fuel on you tube there bosses were most likely ex N&W, the N&W rail road was Know for Having Mean and nasty Management. most like the crew told their boss they were low on fuel
@memy66 Жыл бұрын
I dont understand why there is only 1 engine to begin with. I thought engines were paired up facing opposite ways so this way no matter which end it hooks up to the consist there would be a engine facing the direction of travel. Im starting to wonder if an engine had to be set out due to a safety issue and this is why fuel levels were overlooked
@dknowles6010 ай бұрын
@made-in-the80s wrong i can point out in one case where a N&W train ran out of Fuel in Butler In, to be fail the Management was told by the Engineer and other Crew the Locomotives Were Low on fuel at the Peru in crew change point, the boss told the crew that the Computer said the locomotives were filled up at Decatur Il. when the Train ran out of Fuel at Butler in the Crew said on the radio tell the Computer we are out of fuel
@cdavid81392 ай бұрын
there are hundreds of trains running throughout North America with only one unit. In particular local switchers or locals serving industries.
@donaldpickford6887 Жыл бұрын
Sight glass on fuel tank might have been plug giving false reading
@peterjensen684410 ай бұрын
Uhhhh how does that even happen?!
@NSCSXRailfan10 ай бұрын
Could be a leak. I don’t know.
@albertcyphers1532 Жыл бұрын
I'll bet the engineer is now looking for other employment
@memy66 Жыл бұрын
Someone needs to be facing consciences. Now if the engineer expressed that he didn't think he/she had enough fuel for the trip but was told to go on anyway then he should be in the clear but if he/she didn't check the fuel level then I agree send him/her down the road. His/her pay should also be docked for the time it took to get going again.
@JohnnyCarroll-wi6tx Жыл бұрын
nope.@@memy66
@norfolksouthernandcsx9996Ай бұрын
It's not an emergency stop. If a train goes into emergency, they can't if they have no fuel . Also there was no rush of air.
@NSCSXRailfanАй бұрын
Thanks for your comment and correction!
@jimsmoter4510 Жыл бұрын
not the first time a train went into an emergency and stopped in that location.
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
You’re right!
@VictorBell-g1p9 ай бұрын
There might be a gas station up the line.
@NSCSXRailfan8 ай бұрын
There is lol
@LegendaryRadioJock Жыл бұрын
Sorry but that is a controlled stop, not an emergency stop. As for how it ran out of fuel? My guess would be a leak.
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
It actually did run out of fuel. That’s what I heard the Engineer and Conductor say. There was no leak. That actually happened to another train locally in the same week, and they did report going into emergency to Dispatch. Never heard if there was a leak or not but another train ran out of water at my location too and had the Fire Department fill it up. I have video of that as well. Thanks!!!
@davidbehrend7054 Жыл бұрын
I am no expert by any means, but while it was a “controlled” stop as it no longer had fuel, they probably declared an it an “emergency” so that the dispatcher could warn any following trains on the same main to stop well behind. Then they would have to worry about getting a “rescue” engine(s) to pull the disabled train to a place where fuel could be provided, running any trains scheduled on that main around the disabled train if necessary, holding any other trains to be able to do any runarounds, etc…. I’m guessing “emergency” is basically an unscheduled stop.
@AbelG878110 ай бұрын
Yeah i call BS too @made-in-the80s this video is totally false
@SpetsnazSniper19 ай бұрын
Fire Departments do not refuel trains. Also this train absolutely did not go into emergency.
@cdavid81392 ай бұрын
@@SpetsnazSniper1 I agree they don't refuel. But I have had them provide water.
@jasonoliver5388 Жыл бұрын
In all my time working for the railroad I never had an engine run out of fuel.
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
That was the first time I’d ever heard of that too! Makes no sense that it could happen unless there was a major leak somewhere.
@jasonoliver5388 Жыл бұрын
@@NSCSXRailfan I think the crews when they go on duty they tell the dispatcher how much fuel each engine has. I am sure someone got a big butt chewing for letting it run out of fuel.
@dknowles6010 ай бұрын
i have N&W rr Butler in
@pootispiker28667 ай бұрын
@@jasonoliver5388The dispatcher needs not know this information unless the level is critically low.
@cdavid81392 ай бұрын
I have. Had four old EMD units pulling a grain train out of an elevator. We were going to refuel at the elevator but the local fuel vendor did not make it. When we had the train put together we called the dispatcher and made a joint decision to give it a shot. One unit did shut down but we made it into the yard (40 or so miles) with the other three units running. Just part of the job.
@maxrshelltrack7443 Жыл бұрын
how the hell does that happen that's really embarrassing.
@NSCSXRailfan Жыл бұрын
Good question! Carelessness if you ask me.
@maxrshelltrack7443 Жыл бұрын
@@NSCSXRailfan I don't think I've ever heard of a train running out of fuel in my life until this video.
@mark_wooley001 Жыл бұрын
today RR's priority is moving commodities & products from point a to point b no IF'S ANDS OR BUTS GOGOGO...
@knowledgeispowermediaprodu7094 Жыл бұрын
That was my question... Out of 40 years of me watching trains, I've never seen this either! Great catch!