Not just the sound but the feeling when your train comes apart is something that you remember! Pulling hard and suddenly the whole train lurches forward followed by the air dumping.
@thelincolnrailfan3 жыл бұрын
Wow! This just proves how long it takes for a loaded train to stop even in emergency!
@slicaltimistic13 жыл бұрын
🤔Yep. They sure not gonna stop 60-0mph at 110 ft with about a mile of coal.
@thelincolnrailfan3 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@peterjensen68443 жыл бұрын
Considering the forces involved it's amazing how quickly it did stop
@thelincolnrailfan3 жыл бұрын
@@peterjensen6844 YES!
@hifijohn2 жыл бұрын
I counted 44 car lengths
@jenniferh14163 ай бұрын
Was on an Amtrak train and heard the same sound. You won't be able get the smell of it though. We were informed over the loudspeaker someone had approached the train track too closely. That person was okay but we had to wait for the auto train to be checked before we could resume moving.
@protosheep Жыл бұрын
Train: *Separates* Some random dude: ima bounce this ball
@paullindberg92302 жыл бұрын
Every time I see the LORAM rail grinding setup I see enginuity at i'ts finest. Just great!!! Thanks " VRF
@paulcrumley97563 жыл бұрын
For all the knuckleheads who want to beat a train through a crossing - just realize that this stop is the absolute best the train can do!
@joemc1113 жыл бұрын
43 cars, Times what 80 or 90 foot per car. That’s 300 or 400 feet to stop.
@paulcrumley97563 жыл бұрын
@@joemc111 That math doesn't work at all! My calculator says that 43 (cars) times 80 (feet) = 3440 feet. . .over six tenths mile.
@ikonseesmrno73003 жыл бұрын
I told 'em to stop using those darned chintzy Accumate couplers & stick to the Kadee or upgrade so Sergent Engineering. Did they listen??? Lol!
@steelcityrailfan48083 жыл бұрын
Lol
@WaffleDragon3 жыл бұрын
They looked like old hornhook couplers to me. You gotta watch out for those old Tycos.
@JF-lt5zc3 жыл бұрын
@@WaffleDragon Nah, if it was a horn hook, it would have never let go!
@dart1573 жыл бұрын
The separation of the train sounded like musical instruments at the end. What a spectacle! All we need is some sparks flying from the brakes!
@whiteknightcat2 жыл бұрын
I actually prefer the Symphony for Flange Squeal myself.
@Sigil_Firebrand3 жыл бұрын
Rare to catch an event like this on a railroad that isn't CSX! Quite a gem to behold!
@VampFaye3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Hearing all this is so much better than any ASMR!
@K-Effect3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that is a lot of energy to turn into heat
@ohgary3 жыл бұрын
Or for electricity for battery powered autos...
@brutechurchill3 жыл бұрын
Imagine the heat created to make the energy to get it moving.
@JoeyBPhotography3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Sounded like musical instruments just before stopping.
@laurielarson11963 жыл бұрын
Hey, this is my neck of the woods! Lewis county WA. Groovy!
@IvisH233 жыл бұрын
For it to happen again on one of the cameras. Trains cover hundreds of miles it could've happened anywhere else.
@steelcityrailfan48083 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@brandontrent43923 жыл бұрын
I see the Troublesome Trucks are at it again
@Sam808Sch3 жыл бұрын
I'm from there, I saw a northbound unit coal with a Mexican loco trailing a couple of days ago.
@JF-lt5zc3 жыл бұрын
Nice! I caught CP 6644 down in Kalama last week. So cool.
@deauvilledad073 жыл бұрын
Great sounds, nice capture, well done 🤓
@washingtonstaterailfanning60273 жыл бұрын
I saw this live
@taslimchoudhary12533 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video 🚂🚂🇮🇳🚂🚂
@sschmidtevalue3 жыл бұрын
Nigel Tufnel would love the "11" on the volume level icon. 😆😆
@railfanmiguel44223 жыл бұрын
Great vídeo!
@chuckwhite30333 жыл бұрын
Why doesn't the momentum carry the separated section forward into the stopping main section? Is there an emergency brake that goes off in the separated section as well?
@christopherlong23013 жыл бұрын
Yes. All the air gets dumped and the train comes to a complete stop. If not, the rear section could start to roll backwards if on a grade.
@MakeItSo-ThisIsME3 жыл бұрын
So if its either an EOT (End Of Train) Device or DPU, emergency air brakes are applied to every car, basically stopping them from going any further. A little momentum is still there as due to speed and velocity; once the friction of the wheel to rail is equal, the cars stop. Since the backend that separated only had so many cars, it stopped relatively soon after the EM brakes were applied.
@stephendisalvo13413 жыл бұрын
Air keeps the brakes shoes off the wheels, their default resting position is applied. So when the hose parted the air escaped from both segments and the brakes no longer had air keeping them off the wheels, and the segments stop.
@royreynolds1083 жыл бұрын
@@stephendisalvo1341 No, there is a reservoir on each car that provides the air to the brake cylinder. The air brakes on a train charge the train line to 90psi (freight) which fills the reservoir and releases the brakes by dumping the cylinder which is opposite truck air brakes. The valve on each car that controls this is called a triple valve and it does it by variations in pressure between the air line and reservoir on each car.
@funnelfan3 жыл бұрын
I count about 44 cars passing from the time the air dumps until the train stops. That works out to 2300'
@jamesghiorzoe1073 жыл бұрын
Did the conductor have to walk all the back to the separation?
@christophervalkoinen63583 жыл бұрын
VRF need to start a playlist of train separations. It's insane that these happen so often that any of them get caught on camera.
@MichaelMitchRailfan20093 жыл бұрын
This is actually second time that train separates cars first one in Kearny, NE back in November 2018
@THEATREofPAIN2703 жыл бұрын
Hate to be that guy but Kearny is NJ (my home town), Kearney is Nebraska. Be well.
@sloop_jon_b3 жыл бұрын
there was a recent clean separation on the Santa Fe Junction High Line
@ACs_Trains3 жыл бұрын
A separation happened at Folkston, GA as well.
@MrCameronsterling3 жыл бұрын
Oh wow....Easter Sunday wasn’t so happy
@markfrench88923 жыл бұрын
That's railroading for ya. 😆
@Madonsteamrailways3 жыл бұрын
And how did one coal wagon uncouple from the train?
@partymeeple56333 жыл бұрын
So many flat tires!! Are operators not expected to keep their stock in good order in this neck of the woods?
@kcsthebetterway3 жыл бұрын
Look how long it took to stop! Did anyone count cars after they lost air!!
@Doggo20043 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@logantails6133 жыл бұрын
OMG ANOTHER ONE!!!!!
@rodin90753 жыл бұрын
I saw this live cam yesterday
@jandejong24303 жыл бұрын
If the 2 uncoupled halves brake differently is there not a danger that they will run into each other? Layman...
@jameswolf1953 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@سهيلهاحمد-ش5ي3 жыл бұрын
جيد جدا
@kensbackshop63993 жыл бұрын
That was a ez mate coupler that broke kd couplers dont brake
@delurkor3 жыл бұрын
I remember MR published a test of KD vs the other plastic couplers. The Brand X couplers were breaking at few pound test weight. When they tested the KD, they maxed their scale before it broke. If I remember correctly the scale went to 15 lbs, and they were well past that in weight before the knuckle broke.
@kensbackshop63993 жыл бұрын
@@delurkor you are right i do remember that
@scottfw71693 жыл бұрын
@@delurkor Ah, yes, now that you mention it I do remember that article!
@jamesalles1393 жыл бұрын
thanks
@johntitterton48403 жыл бұрын
Interesting the engineer must have cut out the DPU on the hind end before backing up. Had he not, both sections of the train would have reversed I imagine. I had this happen to me while in train service once. High mounds of snow caught a cut lever, parted the train, front of the train stopped faster than the rear and we ended up against the bulkhead when the hind end crashed into the front part of the train.
@stephendisalvo13413 жыл бұрын
Could it cutout automatically with the emergency air release? then have to be cut back into dpu mode?
@r_mon_e3 жыл бұрын
Whenever a DP is separated from the head end it is put in set out mode so it will not respond until it is put back to normal and detects air from the head end.
@Littledog08083 жыл бұрын
I wonder what came off first, the coupler or the air hose
@aaplies88793 жыл бұрын
Coupler separated, cars left behind stop slower bcse of inertia, pulling the air hose apart. I watched this live and it was my first train of the day. On radio they discussed things about the knuckle and informed the dispatcher about the incident. Nothing was broken so they backed the train up. "it's like the pin was pulled out" -conductor
@VerilyVerbatim3 жыл бұрын
And yet, even with the automatic systems kicking in, it still took over 2,300 feet for the first train to come to a complete stop (44 wagons, 53ft per wagon) after the airhose noise. This is why there are so many warnings about not trying to beat the train at crossings. It might look slow on the approach, but there is absolutely no way that trains like this can possibly stop for you.
@williamsnyder6233 жыл бұрын
Hi, where is all the coals going too.
@joshj45793 жыл бұрын
Roberts Bank In BC
@bocan31893 жыл бұрын
Symphonic!
@RailfanAlexGonzalez3 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe there was an emergency at the camera!!!
@specialed63573 жыл бұрын
They planned for it to happen there because of the camera. They meant for the separation to be directly in front, but you can't get that precise with these sort of things. Just close enough.🤪😜
@Lakeside_Rail_Productions3 жыл бұрын
@@specialed6357 I don't think BNSF would delay a train on purpose just to entertain VRF watchers.
@partiallysd3 жыл бұрын
@@Lakeside_Rail_Productions you really missed the joke there bud not gonna lie
@Lakeside_Rail_Productions3 жыл бұрын
@@partiallysd i know
@SgtChip3 жыл бұрын
They got thrown into emergency fast. At least we know the brakes work now.
@janpayne28773 жыл бұрын
As long everything ends well.
@DavidWsTrainVideos3 жыл бұрын
Ha I caught that Coal train the next day heading to Roberts Bank BC
@whiteknightcat2 жыл бұрын
Thus disproving the myth that it takes a long, loaded train a mile to stop. It only took about 0.4 miles to stop. Also, at 5:00, we see something that was testified about in the April, 2022 STB hearings. Those handheld radios were not meant to transmit over the distances now taken up by the longer trains being run under PSR. The conductor is desperately trying to increase the talk range by holding the unit as high as possible.
@drboze67813 жыл бұрын
Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi! Well, them's the breaks, er, brakes!
@MrSteelman3353 жыл бұрын
When you hear the air being dumped either by the engineer or being caused by the separation of the train, you better hold onto something if your riding the train.
@Greatdome993 жыл бұрын
I was sleeping in a Coast Starlight roomette when we busted an air hose and went into emergency south of K Falls. My feet were firmly planted to the forward wall! Psgr trains stop much quicker than frts.
@boeing747-83 жыл бұрын
@@Greatdome99 I'm pretty sure Amtrak can confirm that.
@TimSmith-uc4pk3 жыл бұрын
How often does this happen? Are they made from cheap steel?
@trainman9273 жыл бұрын
1:51 that sounds like a song
@jwbrown19593 жыл бұрын
I wonder how fast it would have stopped had it been empty?
@michaelb96293 жыл бұрын
I only saw the pipe train live picking up the crew member.
@jonglass3 жыл бұрын
I thought DPUs were supposed to prevent this sort of thing?
@steelcityrailfan48083 жыл бұрын
Same
@sloop_jon_b3 жыл бұрын
might just have been a random uncoupling. It happens.
@dangeissinger49063 жыл бұрын
That's what I thought.
@Acehitman3693 жыл бұрын
@@sloop_jon_b I think you're right because it looks like the guy never fix anything he just hooked up the train again and they went on their way
@kelsea65913 жыл бұрын
The train is always sooo loud here in Chehalis, I didn’t know there was a specific reason for those other weird noises they made lol
@yvesd_fr18103 жыл бұрын
Always amazed to see how many trains "separate" in the US while travelling ! First I think that the maintenance of the "cars" might be overall limited, second my feeling is that the fret trains are generally too heavy thus imposing huge constraints on the couplers, last, I wonder whether the existence of automatic coupling may not generate some weaknesses related to hard coupling events that do not exist with manual couplers.
@NE-Explorer3 жыл бұрын
Now that didn't take a mile to stop
@lospereye3 жыл бұрын
I'm also realizing how insanely long this train is
@ChadsRailfanExperience3 жыл бұрын
At least it cut a couple crossings for them
@craigzahniser47023 жыл бұрын
Oh!! I hate it when this happens!
@ryanridder4576 Жыл бұрын
That’s a nightmare!
@onebadbirdy3 жыл бұрын
when i was a kid we used to have sp run down are track where one of box cars decided it wanted to run away from the train where they had to catch it
@navajocapi3 жыл бұрын
Took 42 cars length to come to a full stop.
@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa32263 жыл бұрын
Must have been a hangnail
@richardbowles76903 жыл бұрын
And, now we have trains wanting to become cars? Sheesh. What is the world coming to?
@rachelolvera94353 жыл бұрын
The bars are thrown off .
@MovetoSEPRAILnTheRealRajo64663 жыл бұрын
You never seen those events everyday
@ditchpatcher3 жыл бұрын
Pretty rare to see a BNSF AC4400CW
@jackulmen57913 жыл бұрын
0:53 Air Loss!
@rsandrews81153 жыл бұрын
I never heard anything but the brake line disconnecting.
@slumdogpreacher69643 жыл бұрын
Oh, Oh; they lost some of their load. Some of the cars "divorced" from powered section.
@aperfectspongebobpopsicle22213 жыл бұрын
It was on easter!!!
@hvcomputech3 жыл бұрын
Volume to 11 and no cursing? 😂
@davidrennicke98523 жыл бұрын
Ouch.
@Madonsteamrailways3 жыл бұрын
Where’s the emergency noises? Now I get it!! And what was the emergency? Man overboard?
@SgtChip3 жыл бұрын
The noises are the brakes. Emergency is a term for full force brake application, for use in, you guessed it, an emergency. This emergency was the train snapping in two, causing air lose and emegency braking.
@OfficialDJSecurity3 жыл бұрын
Hello
@pacificnorthwestandsouther7033 жыл бұрын
dangggggggggggg
@TimSmith-uc4pk3 жыл бұрын
This is why I would not want to be a conductor. You gotta fix that thing in rain, sleet or snow. No thanks!!
@DonVideoGuy0073 жыл бұрын
Since the height reached replicated "cell phone thrown down violently to the ground", me thinks that was a bouncing cell phone, and not a bouncing ball at 04:52 .