ACchannel I’m the same way, I don’t act like I care about trains until you get me near a station, rail festival, train museum, etc. I am completely like a different person.
Emergency application is the same as pressure loss...pressure is maintained in the brake pipe at 90 psi. An immediate loss of pressure/rapid discharge in the brake pipe activates the emergency valve. Each freight car has its own air reservoir that provides air to the brakes.
Hiren Patel What do you think an emergency application is? A loss of brake pipe pressure at a rate of 20lbs in 1.2 seconds or less. An emergency application from the brake stand or an emergency application due to train separation cause the same brake pipe reaction.
@GN I should hope not I am one since I was born just about. During my impressionable years I grew up climbing in and on the old narrow gauge Waynesburg & Washington railroad Engine No.4 which still sits when I last saw it nearly 40 years ago and thanks to Green County historical society in the the process of complete restoration
This is one of the reasons why I am happy to be a railfan. You could have just sat there recording video whole waiting for the crew to walk back to check on what's happened, but you didn't. You saved the crew a long, hot walk back. Probably made it a bit easier on them. Most people wouldn't have done so, or would have just driven past without a thought. Three cheers mate.
Well I was curious if this was a thing, but as some of the other comments I quess it is. Have fun not my thing but if it floats your boat, all to ya then
As a conductor for CSX, I really appreciate any help that I receive from railfans out there... I had a similar situation where my engineer broke a knuckle and Im glad i took the railfans advice and grabbed a spare knuckle and tools before he drove me back to the break (at the 117th car)
Wel in the Netherlands the train system always crashes. Mmmmm wel there is one good thing about it. If you think you missed the train in the Netherlands you will always have luck. Because your train doesn’t ride.
In all my years of train watching, I have never seen cars come uncoupled right in front of me before.. Thank you for sharing this rare event with everyone.
I've actually witnessed two. One was a CSX coal drag going uphill near Livingston, Ky. The train stopped at a signal. When it started rolling again , the hoppers uncoupled, rolled down a few yards, and then stopped.
dandyky a similar thing happened a few months ago in Zephyrhills, a Florida. A train had a compressor fail, so it was stuck there for at least 3 hours. The brakes are setup so that when the air pressure falls below a certain point, the brakes engage, so they don’t keep on rolling and possibly causing an accident
Jackson Abernathy correct, this design was brought about by an unfortunate rail disaster in Ireland (County Down I believe) were carriages rolled back down a gradient towards an approaching set. After this, vacuum brakes became mandatory on all trains, though obviously it took around a Decade for that to come about. :-)
Well you are sort of right but I have been following trains with a car for about 35 years and it would be sooner or later I would run in to something like this. Now my next thing is to see or video a train derailment or a car getting hit by a train. sooner or later it is bound to happen.
if you watch trains go by everyday your chances of seeing something like this are really high. if you buy a lottery ticket everyday your chances of winning are really high etc
BrandonPryorMusic usually when trains need to go across the roads they slow down in case they have to stop for cars stuck on tracks. And even if they were on their way to a plant doesn't mean all the cars are full
The weight of the train doesn't really matter. Most freight cars can be set to brake as empty or loaded, some also to half-loaded and some even set the brakes automatically by the weight of their cargo to reach maximum braking effectivity while not blocking the wheels (counted with normal rails, when they get slippery due to rain, frost or dirt, a brake-lock can still occur, but most newer cars have something like ABS to escape brake-lock). And when a train separates, the brake pipes lose air pressure and all cars automatically apply full braking power. The train speed at the point of decouple was roughly 70 km/h (20 cars times 24,5 m or 80 ft in 26 seconds), so about 30 seconds of braking (from a massive air pressure release heard at 5:23 , which must have been the brake pipes) is actually pretty long, for this speed a corresponding braking time is about 10 seconds.
It pleases me to know that there are still some kind hearted people out there who are willing to help strangers. And I'll bet you didn't even think of asking the conductor for gas money. That is just awesome!
I appreciate your enthusiasm for rail transportation. In 1979, My late Grandfather retired from Southern Railway after 40 years of service! He started out during WWII on steam locomotives. I inherited my Grandfather's boxcar key and a lantern he used as a switch-man.
Really cool of you to offer them a lift. Beats walking back 60 cars I'm sure. Part of the hobo code is to act like an extra member of the crew. Perhaps at appropriate times that should be part of the railfan code.
Matt Patt Wow you are a major jerk. YOU asked HIM what HE thought could happen since you wanted to see what his thoughts were as a rail fan. Knowing that he was a rail already tell you that he most likely doesn't work for a railroad, and yet you berate, belittle, and insult him when he shared the thoughts that YOU solicited. Do us a solid and go crawl back into the dark pit you obviously came from.
On flat ground when a train gown into emergency (by the Engineer or by a failure) it really doesn't take long to stop.... it's when they use "Full Service" on the Automatic Brake that takes awhile to stop
8:24 - "I guess I was at the right place at the right time." Understatement of the year!! All those people that have seen something extraordinary happen like this and _didn't_ have a camera running to capture it. Just calculate the odds of something like this happening _right in front of you_ and then to have a camera running to capture it.
I love this guy bro right when he's about to get out of the car and show us at the knuckle was broken on the coach and he just catches smoking a cigarette and then he says oh my gosh this is cool This guy is my favorite
I worked in a rail car repair facility years ago. I'll tell you it's not an easy job replacing a knuckle on a car. There's probably 5 different pieces and steps that needed when performing a replacement. This gentleman deserves a praise for helping the railroad worker. It's a hard job. I'm glad they got going as soon as possible as other trains need the use of it's tracks. Love these Beast of men who perform the needed tasks of today.
The fact that the crew had the needed spare parts with them tell ya that this isn't the 1st time that's happened. Amazing that it happened on flat track. It took the stress until it couldn't take it one second more . . . His enthusiasm is catching. So great of him to help the crew - always good to pay it forward! 👍
Heck, they should keep a little Yamaha TW200 motorcycle strapped to the engine somewhere for just such an occasion. Sure would shorten the time walking back and forth from the problem.
+Yamaha SR650 The sides of rail lines taper downward, like the ditches either side of the road. Therefore if the bike were strapped to the side of the locomotive, it would be almost impossible for the bike to end up under one of the trucks to derail the train (except in RIDICULOUSLY high winds).
They often carry spare parts for these situations, pull the pin, pop out broken part, pop in new one, put pin in, couple and connect air. BAM! On our way! Meanwhile all rail traffic on the line is fouled and the signalman is scrambling. But crazy this guy was at the right place at the right time.
I grew up in Roseville, CA and it was home to the largest switching yard in the West. In the yard laid an Ice Plant. I walked to school with my brother on the road parallel with the SP yard. I have never lost the joy of trains.
When I was at kindergarden we used to pass by a tram depot and a rail station. My mom always had to drag me after her when we got there. Sometimes she had to stop just so I can see a train pass and count the trucks. I still count them.
Not saying people should multi task while driving but props to him for filming an unexpected event never braking the line of site with the scene while steering the car and catching the train then pulls over and hes just casually smokin a cig adding narration haha. I admire the passion about it too! Cheers man!
You won the lotto for railfans! What are the odds of you being there at the right time and place to capture this on film. Thank you very much for sharing...
What a brilliant and interesting film. How fortunate were you to be there, not only to record the event....but to assist as well. Thank you for posting, I really enjoyed that.
That's great that you were compassionate to those engineers and helped them out. If that was me in that situation and I had nowhere else to be, I would've done the same thing and helped them out.
almost spit my coffee on the screen when the stuff hit the fan, I hope you lend a hand to my darling UP if they should have a bad day, keep up the great youtube contributions.
I wish something like this could make me that happy and excited... People who may make fun for him being so excited about this don't understand how awesome he is...He had complete joy and amazement.. for free. Hard to find that in life sometimes.
That was so cool that you helped them out! The time you saved them in getting that coal to the power plant may seem like nothing to most people but it definitely mattered. Good on you, sir!
It's amazing to me that the couplings don't break more often. I load trains for a living and the speeds in which they sometimes couple up is insane!!! They literally smash together sometimes.
I'm sure a broken coupler wasn't the conductor's idea of a perfect day, but it was cool that you got to see something a little different. And it was nice that you were able to make his job a little easier by giving him and his tools a ride and giving him a hand with the repair.
Hey, great catch on this CSX train for a knuckle break on the car. That’s really amazing. Wow! Great catch! You save the day for helping a train emergency situation on the this CSX train. Great work for spotting trains on the Railroad and helping the crew of this CSX Train. I really enjoy watching your videos of trains including CSX. Thank you. Cheers as a Railroad Spotter.
Thank you for uploading! This was really interesting and I'm glad you were there to help. I'm sure the crew really appreciated it. It looks like you also had a good thunderstorm afterwards so you being there was excellent timing as well!
It's funny that I noticed that, but then again I'm both a storm chaser and a rail fan. What a way to get both hobbies in one shot! Great videos. I've enjoyed watching them all.
I realize I’m 6 years late here. That was some good video work. Too freaky that it happened in front of a RailFan... and that you were able to help them. They have a story to tell just like you. It is also good to see that the ETD and Spring Brakes worked as advertised. THANKS for the overall effort.
@@zoidsfan77 they did, immediately. Too much slack/the engineer throttling up too much at once probably put too much stress on the coupler, and it snapped.
Absolutely fantastic job with this video. One of the best train videos on UA-cam due to all the components you included. How often does one capture a breakdown and repair en route? Kudos!
CSX strikes again with its impeccable "safety" record ("crazy eights", anyone?). I'd be too ashamed, too, to emblazon my own leading locomotive with that accursed acronym. As for you, dear poster, you are to be acclaimed for your everyday human decency in stopping to render aid and assistance, in addition to your courage in daring to expose the accident you definitely saw happen before your very eyes. Perhaps we as a nation will learn from these things before it's too late. At least, so I hope. Thank you, thank you, and thank you. All the best!
Ima be a bit of a nerd here. The time it took from when the brakes were applied to when the train stopped was about 32 seconds. The average freight train traveling at 55 mph takes about half a minute (30 sec) to stop. So the train was traveling at about 55 when the brakes came on? No. You also have to consider the amount of cars on the train, the amount of engines, and how much horsepower in total there is. This train was 107 cars long and has 3 engines pulling it (2 ac4400cws and 1 dash 8-40cw). The total horsepower output from these three engines is 12,800. With all this in mind, we can make an educational and approximate guess that the train was going around 45-50 mph when the brakes were activated. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
Going through an area like that with so many crossings, speed has to be like 25 to the low 30s. Emergency brakes are a hell of a thing. Not to mention, prolly not fully loaded or its even empty.
This is railfanning done right. I'd be just as enthusiastic and excited if I were in his shoes. I love that we live in a world where like-minded folk can be open about their "inner-dork" passions and find their "inner-dork" comrades & community! RAIL-ON, DUDE! RAIL-ON!
Smoking, driving, and filming all at once. I too am interested in trains, but I hope your safety comes first. Great video, but would you consider buying a GoPro or some other kind of mountable camera?
The bouncing of the cars and the strain on that knuckle was most likely the cause. DPU Power normally eases this issue. Normally a 3/150/0 consist is normally the consist
As if it hasn’t been said enough times, you really did the railroad and crew a solid here. That would’ve been a looooooong walk back to the break (and eventually back to the locomotive) under the Florida sun and without your help, installing the new coupler would’ve taken longer. You probably saved the railroad 15-30 minutes of this line being down and this train being late. Not to mention the road that was blocked by the back half of the broken train, which got reopened quite a bit faster because of you. Good on you. The world needs more people like you who take an interest in being a part of the solution to public problems. Too many people see public problems and just say “not my job” and look the other way.
I love how passionate people can be excited over something that most of other people wouldn't even care.
ACchannel welcome to railfanning
ACchannel I’m the same way, I don’t act like I care about trains until you get me near a station, rail festival, train museum, etc. I am completely like a different person.
Mason French or near a train in general
Mason French that’s me in a nutshell lmao
Moses
Millennium force let's be friends
Proves one thing, the emergency braking system works.
@Adcot Yeah but no pressure mean breaks slam shut. That wasnt emergency breaking, that was pressure loss and hence breaks slam shut.
@Adcot bad things like the train stopping? Pressure pushed the brakes away
Emergency application is the same as pressure loss...pressure is maintained in the brake pipe at 90 psi. An immediate loss of pressure/rapid discharge in the brake pipe activates the emergency valve. Each freight car has its own air reservoir that provides air to the brakes.
Hiren Patel What do you think an emergency application is? A loss of brake pipe pressure at a rate of 20lbs in 1.2 seconds or less. An emergency application from the brake stand or an emergency application due to train separation cause the same brake pipe reaction.
Hiren Patel that counts as emergency breaking. It’s designed that way for a reason.
This guy is definitely a concerned citizen. Kudos to him for helping out and driving the conductor back to the locomotive.
If he crashed into you cause he was filming a train i bet you would sue him.
He’s a rail fan, some of these dudes are unhealthily obsessed with trains.
Kudos cancelled for driving while recording and then going wrong way down the road without looking after the decouple shot.
@GN I should hope not I am one since I was born just about. During my impressionable years I grew up climbing in and on the old narrow gauge Waynesburg & Washington railroad Engine No.4 which still sits when I last saw it nearly 40 years ago and thanks to Green County historical society in the the process of complete restoration
This is one of the reasons why I am happy to be a railfan. You could have just sat there recording video whole waiting for the crew to walk back to check on what's happened, but you didn't. You saved the crew a long, hot walk back. Probably made it a bit easier on them. Most people wouldn't have done so, or would have just driven past without a thought. Three cheers mate.
Christopher Jackson Thank you so much for your comment. Strongly agree
Kristoffer In Hawai'i ikr
I frm new Zealand just watch yes good on ya mate would not want those long trains here
In this country what you did would be illegal lol
And still people think that railfan quietly filming trains is next to terrorism.
he followed the train like he knew it was gonna happen.
I follow trains every day so its going to eventually happen. I live next to train tracks
he is going home
Imagine it happens right behind your house...
This guy is the train master. Don’t ever question his actions.
Well I was curious if this was a thing, but as some of the other comments I quess it is. Have fun not my thing but if it floats your boat, all to ya then
He’s waited his whole life for this moment. Such a kind hearted passionate guy
As a conductor for CSX, I really appreciate any help that I receive from railfans out there... I had a similar situation where my engineer broke a knuckle and Im glad i took the railfans advice and grabbed a spare knuckle and tools before he drove me back to the break (at the 117th car)
That's cool because I would do it again if anyone on the railroad needed me.
Your driving, smoking, and getting rock solid video of the train. Who says men can't multitask!
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
ruger111dog women who don't want to be with men.
We need to add something to the chain, smoking, driving, eating, and filming
@@Millenniumforce what CSX locomotive was that
@@davidjames8613 thats 450 CSX CW44ac Coal train
"The train has just decoupled itself, in front of me, that's cool!" Well not for CSX XD
Union Pacific won't be happy
Engineer probably got suspended for 30 days for train handling
Wel in the Netherlands the train system always crashes. Mmmmm wel there is one good thing about it. If you think you missed the train in the Netherlands you will always have luck. Because your train doesn’t ride.
I knew 3 guys who worked for a railroad and they related to me that they did not share a rail buff's enthusiasm for the job of running the train.
Train: *breaks
This guy: "So cool!"
In all my years of train watching, I have never seen cars come uncoupled right in front of me before.. Thank you for sharing this rare event with everyone.
I've actually witnessed two. One was a CSX coal drag going uphill near Livingston, Ky. The train stopped at a signal. When it started rolling again , the hoppers uncoupled, rolled down a few yards, and then stopped.
dandyky a similar thing happened a few months ago in Zephyrhills, a Florida. A train had a compressor fail, so it was stuck there for at least 3 hours. The brakes are setup so that when the air pressure falls below a certain point, the brakes engage, so they don’t keep on rolling and possibly causing an accident
+dandyky I saw a train jump the tracks once near Alexandria, Ky while I was sitting at a crossing.
Jackson Abernathy correct, this design was brought about by an unfortunate rail disaster in Ireland (County Down I believe) were carriages rolled back down a gradient towards an approaching set. After this, vacuum brakes became mandatory on all trains, though obviously it took around a Decade for that to come about. :-)
This guy should buy lottery tickets! The chances of being able to film an event like that.......
Well you are sort of right but I have been following trains with a car for about 35 years and it would be sooner or later I would run in to something like this. Now my next thing is to see or video a train derailment or a car getting hit by a train. sooner or later it is bound to happen.
if you watch trains go by everyday your chances of seeing something like this are really high. if you buy a lottery ticket everyday your chances of winning are really high etc
Milleniumforce, you are a wild man!!! Smoking ciggs, holding up truck traffic, replacing knuckles and driving around train crews. Total boss!!!
That train stopped pretty quick for being that heavy.
Could be empty...
He said it was going to a power plant
BrandonPryorMusic usually when trains need to go across the roads they slow down in case they have to stop for cars stuck on tracks. And even if they were on their way to a plant doesn't mean all the cars are full
Ruan Louw I understand that. But the unladen weight of the train is still a lot. Just amazes me how well steel on steel stops.
The weight of the train doesn't really matter. Most freight cars can be set to brake as empty or loaded, some also to half-loaded and some even set the brakes automatically by the weight of their cargo to reach maximum braking effectivity while not blocking the wheels (counted with normal rails, when they get slippery due to rain, frost or dirt, a brake-lock can still occur, but most newer cars have something like ABS to escape brake-lock). And when a train separates, the brake pipes lose air pressure and all cars automatically apply full braking power. The train speed at the point of decouple was roughly 70 km/h (20 cars times 24,5 m or 80 ft in 26 seconds), so about 30 seconds of braking (from a massive air pressure release heard at 5:23 , which must have been the brake pipes) is actually pretty long, for this speed a corresponding braking time is about 10 seconds.
Why am I seeing this now 6 years later.
You’re good people I say I respect ✊ you stopping for going out your way.
It pleases me to know that there are still some kind hearted people out there who are willing to help strangers. And I'll bet you didn't even think of asking the conductor for gas money. That is just awesome!
Helping a train crew. A Foamer's dream come true.
sammyd19801 foamer=super train enthusiast
Lmao
@@djhaloeight it's also an insult that most train fans dont take too lightly
@videoclipits railfan please 😐
Foamer?? As in foaming at the mouth? Kinda sounds at best like backhanded compliment or at worse a strait up insult.
When the guy exclaims "this is so cool!" It just makes me so happy lol
"It *must* be those troublesome trucks", said the fat controller.
We'll do it with Newspaper and aLever Bootlase
Lol
And luckily nobody was hurt
Sir Topam Hatt was very cross.
“Bother those troublesome trucks Thomas said as he puffed proudly though Tidmouth Shed”
at 5:30 car 64 to car 63: "Catch you later pal"
Joseph Nadler aight ima decouple
Car 64: See Ya Sucker!
Car 63: (Mad)
Later...
Car 64: Hi.
Car 63: Your Back!
Car 64: Yes I Am!
@@pennyackley152 Car 63 to 64... See, I am still in the lead...
I appreciate your enthusiasm for rail transportation. In 1979, My late Grandfather retired from Southern Railway after 40 years of service! He started out during WWII on steam locomotives. I inherited my Grandfather's boxcar key and a lantern he used as a switch-man.
Person: goes as fast as train
Train : *speeds up*
Person: *speeds up*
Train: you weren’t supposed to do that
Made me chuckle more than I shouldve
:)
Person: goes as fast as the train
Train : speeds up
Person: speeds up
Cops behind him: speeds up
Zero Two xd
Gizmo the cute cat cSX8888
BNSFgd
Really cool of you to offer them a lift. Beats walking back 60 cars I'm sure. Part of the hobo code is to act like an extra member of the crew. Perhaps at appropriate times that should be part of the railfan code.
+Scl 3985 Hahaha, I think you're good
cool story no pun intended.
Mike Lannom n
It's called common courtesy. Something mellinieals do not have..
@@Elfnetdesigns at least we can spell
Now that is something u don't see everyday. I'm sure the crew appreciated the help. Nice catch
Thank you
Ur welcome. It was good the cars stayed on the tracks during that and didn't have the knuckle derail the cars
Idk maybe by some fluke it lands on the tracks and hits an axle
Ok jerk
Matt Patt Wow you are a major jerk. YOU asked HIM what HE thought could happen since you wanted to see what his thoughts were as a rail fan. Knowing that he was a rail already tell you that he most likely doesn't work for a railroad, and yet you berate, belittle, and insult him when he shared the thoughts that YOU solicited. Do us a solid and go crawl back into the dark pit you obviously came from.
Looks like the safety measures did their job. Actually Im impresed by how little it took it to stop
Well when all those cars' wheels lock up that's a lot of friction
Seeing as all of the air was let out of the brakes, I’m not surprised
Many such train systems are designed to be safe fail, so that if they do fail, they fail in the safest manner possible.
@@thatoneguy611 there's air reserves in each car (like a air tank) just for the emergency brake system
On flat ground when a train gown into emergency (by the Engineer or by a failure) it really doesn't take long to stop.... it's when they use "Full Service" on the Automatic Brake that takes awhile to stop
10 years since the knuckle broke
I love 450’s k5h, it sounds so good
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And in another 10 years it will probably break again
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Now 11 😢
8:24 - "I guess I was at the right place at the right time." Understatement of the year!! All those people that have seen something extraordinary happen like this and _didn't_ have a camera running to capture it. Just calculate the odds of something like this happening _right in front of you_ and then to have a camera running to capture it.
Aleatha Vogel i was working in at place in Mesa Arizona ,and i saw a couple of flat cars rolling on their own no locomotive in sight
@@erickellogg8532 Unless you were near the hump yard you're a liar.
No odds, just always keep a camera on you like any decent photographer and you fine.
@@erickellogg8532that's weird I bet it was a ghost engine pulling those cars
I love this guy bro right when he's about to get out of the car and show us at the knuckle was broken on the coach and he just catches smoking a cigarette and then he says oh my gosh this is cool This guy is my favorite
Same
Thing
driving, holding camera and smoking at the same time. what could possibly go wrong?
jca111 and yet it was the train which fucked up. This world is not fair :P
I love a man with courage
Him dropping the camera
Nothing, as you can literally see in the video.
It’s called talent, get yourself some
Starts breaking at 5:15
Thank me later
YAG Tomcat FTW you 👂 it at 5:22 but the couples break at 5:33
Thanks
I worked in a rail car repair facility years ago. I'll tell you it's not an easy job replacing a knuckle on a car. There's probably 5 different pieces and steps that needed when performing a replacement. This gentleman deserves a praise for helping the railroad worker. It's a hard job. I'm glad they got going as soon as possible as other trains need the use of it's tracks. Love these Beast of men who perform the needed tasks of today.
That was awesome of you to drive him back to the locomotive
The fact that the crew had the needed spare parts with them tell ya that this isn't the 1st time that's happened. Amazing that it happened on flat track. It took the stress until it couldn't take it one second more . . . His enthusiasm is catching. So great of him to help the crew - always good to pay it forward! 👍
What a stand up guy. Went and offered the engineers a ride to the site of separation. Good job CJ, you followed that damn train
Heck, they should keep a little Yamaha TW200 motorcycle strapped to the engine somewhere for just such an occasion. Sure would shorten the time walking back and forth from the problem.
+Doug Elick What if it "came loose" and fell under the train? Ooopsy-doopsy!
+Yamaha SR650 The sides of rail lines taper downward, like the ditches either side of the road. Therefore if the bike were strapped to the side of the locomotive, it would be almost impossible for the bike to end up under one of the trucks to derail the train (except in RIDICULOUSLY high winds).
+kdmq if the winds are strong enough to send a motorcycle under the train, there might be a risk of the cars falling over
Yamaha SR650 sort of like chunks of couplers. I'm certain railroad engineers know how to safely secure things.
Thats a good ass idea
They often carry spare parts for these situations, pull the pin, pop out broken part, pop in new one, put pin in, couple and connect air. BAM! On our way!
Meanwhile all rail traffic on the line is fouled and the signalman is scrambling.
But crazy this guy was at the right place at the right time.
I grew up in Roseville, CA and it was home to the largest switching yard in the West. In the yard laid an Ice Plant. I walked to school with my brother on the road parallel with the SP yard. I have never lost the joy of trains.
When I was at kindergarden we used to pass by a tram depot and a rail station. My mom always had to drag me after her when we got there. Sometimes she had to stop just so I can see a train pass and count the trucks. I still count them.
sobolanul96 while I was in K to 2nd my mother and I would go downtown the same way I went to school.
Your passion for trains has made the hard workday of these guys so much easier.
Spotters like you are amazing.
Not only did you capture the best shot and narrated the situation you also helped the engineer by giving him a ride.
Not saying people should multi task while driving but props to him for filming an unexpected event never braking the line of site with the scene while steering the car and catching the train then pulls over and hes just casually smokin a cig adding narration haha. I admire the passion about it too! Cheers man!
I like how he has a UA-cam bumper sticker on his car.
Really
Shiny Dan Love Games yes
the troublesome trucks were up to the old tricks it looks like!
+Anna Schmange With no back talk either :D
+Anna Schmange Looks like someone gets a new coat of paint for that comment. ; )
IM DYING PLEASE HELP XDD
oh my gods I love you for that!
Thomas and friends :3
I love how railfanning is a timeless hobby. Everyone from 5 years old to 95 years old gets it.
Can't explain it, but trains are just amazing. I especially love steam trains. I used to ride the ceder point one for hours.
You won the lotto for railfans!
What are the odds of you being there at the right time and place to capture this on film. Thank you very much for sharing...
What a brilliant and interesting film. How fortunate were you to be there, not only to record the event....but to assist as well. Thank you for posting, I really enjoyed that.
Thank you for your kind and wonderful comment. That's why I post on youtube.
Same here
THANK YOU SO MUCH for stopping and helping these RR guys out!! Wow, that WAS interesting!! I know they really appreciated the help!!
That was really nice of that man to offer assistance to the engineers.wouldve been a long walk to and from..nice job guy..
I like how on the back of the train it says "DO NOT HUMP" dang it, why you gotta ruin all the fun
That's great that you were compassionate to those engineers and helped them out. If that was me in that situation and I had nowhere else to be, I would've done the same thing and helped them out.
almost spit my coffee on the screen when the stuff hit the fan, I hope you lend a hand to my darling UP if they should have a bad day, keep up the great youtube contributions.
Why would it take so long to fix a couple, just use flex tape
LOL
Lol
Are you stupid? Flex tape isn’t going to fix that, I’m no train person but I think you’re gonna need more than flex tape.
@@evena5584 it was a joke
@@justanotheryoutubewatcher9576 Yeah, sure. This guy just has no brain. Flex tape is used for everyday breaks, not heavy duty metal tears.
That's awesome! I can't believe he got in the car with you and you gave him a ride. Even more surprised you were allowed to help.
This is a once in a life time catch for you, but just another day for a railroader!
Fun fact: when the public heard about this emergency the news heard about it and they interviewed Alan (the creator of this channel)
I wish something like this could make me that happy and excited... People who may make fun for him being so excited about this don't understand how awesome he is...He had complete joy and amazement.. for free. Hard to find that in life sometimes.
I got help several times on the P&A from train watchers "foamers" sad we lost this line to a short line, just glad my days were before it was over..
The brakes have done exactly what they were designed for: Go into locked position when pressure falls/drops!
That was so cool that you helped them out! The time you saved them in getting that coal to the power plant may seem like nothing to most people but it definitely mattered. Good on you, sir!
Your passion for this job is outstanding. Well done Sir!!
It's amazing to me that the couplings don't break more often. I load trains for a living and the speeds in which they sometimes couple up is insane!!! They literally smash together sometimes.
We call that hard coupling and sometimes causes damage to the drawgear of the wagons
I'm sure a broken coupler wasn't the conductor's idea of a perfect day, but it was cool that you got to see something a little different. And it was nice that you were able to make his job a little easier by giving him and his tools a ride and giving him a hand with the repair.
Hey, great catch on this CSX train for a knuckle break on the car. That’s really amazing. Wow! Great catch! You save the day for helping a train emergency situation on the this CSX train. Great work for spotting trains on the Railroad and helping the crew of this CSX Train. I really enjoy watching your videos of trains including CSX. Thank you. Cheers as a Railroad Spotter.
Thank you for uploading! This was really interesting and I'm glad you were there to help. I'm sure the crew really appreciated it.
It looks like you also had a good thunderstorm afterwards so you being there was excellent timing as well!
Thank you as this ended yes there was a great storm
It's funny that I noticed that, but then again I'm both a storm chaser and a rail fan. What a way to get both hobbies in one shot!
Great videos. I've enjoyed watching them all.
I realize I’m 6 years late here. That was some good video work. Too freaky that it happened in front of a RailFan... and that you were able to help them. They have a story to tell just like you. It is also good to see that the ETD and Spring Brakes worked as advertised. THANKS for the overall effort.
Did they let you keep the broken coupler? That's the least they could do for your help.
tatooweeny They will most definitely keep it for analysis. Anytime something like that fails it is important to determine the cause.
tatooweeny
Zoidsfan77 actually, check out the video of him on Fox 13. He put the knuckle in the back of his car
@@zoidsfan77 they did, immediately. Too much slack/the engineer throttling up too much at once probably put too much stress on the coupler, and it snapped.
@@vermilionrailfan5651 one says he kept it and others said he didnt whichever lol. got to admit, would be a cool souvenir for a railfan Eh?
No one:
Millenniumforce: *T H I S I S T O O C O O L*
No for real tho that's pretty cool like what are the chances of a train decoupling in front of your face
He knew it.
Conductors must love channels like this. They know they can get a ride if anything happens :)
Westinghouse air brakes.
Ingenious little invention.
Absolutely fantastic job with this video. One of the best train videos on UA-cam due to all the components you included. How often does one capture a breakdown and repair en route? Kudos!
Thank you I also have this on youtube of me being on fox 13 news.
Instead of just filming you took your video showed the audience the issue and helped in the process of getting those guys on there way. Good job.
Cars: have spare tires onboard
CSX trains: have spare knuckles onboard
@@TomAlter1000 we know.
Sure they do xD
This is an emergency, this is too cool! Not the best thing to say...Great Vid!
+Pandonaut Productions yet there are only 2 recorded
CSX strikes again with its impeccable "safety" record ("crazy eights", anyone?). I'd be too ashamed, too, to emblazon my own leading locomotive with that accursed acronym.
As for you, dear poster, you are to be acclaimed for your everyday human decency in stopping to render aid and assistance, in addition to your courage in daring to expose the accident you definitely saw happen before your very eyes.
Perhaps we as a nation will learn from these things before it's too late. At least, so I hope. Thank you, thank you, and thank you. All the best!
Only 6 years late to the train party. How much have I missed?
Sooo much
Wow, incredible, what are the odds of that happening while youre shooting. Thanks for posting
Thank you
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Absolutely love your excitement, and I'm so happy that you, a true rail fan, was there to see it.
5:14 You're welcome
U HAVE A SPIDER ON YOUR FACE 😨😨
5:32
When you play KSP and accidentally trigger the stack decoupler in your rocket
Doc Nathan that’s really random but so accurate though
Ima be a bit of a nerd here. The time it took from when the brakes were applied to when the train stopped was about 32 seconds. The average freight train traveling at 55 mph takes about half a minute (30 sec) to stop. So the train was traveling at about 55 when the brakes came on? No. You also have to consider the amount of cars on the train, the amount of engines, and how much horsepower in total there is. This train was 107 cars long and has 3 engines pulling it (2 ac4400cws and 1 dash 8-40cw). The total horsepower output from these three engines is 12,800. With all this in mind, we can make an educational and approximate guess that the train was going around 45-50 mph when the brakes were activated. Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
Even though appreciated, I'm surprised they let him help over giving him a ride
Nobody:
Cars 63 and 64: *Brake check*
Damn. That train stopped so fast. Its crazy considering how much weight its pulling. Awesome video!
Takes a train 1 mile to stop? More like 200 feet haha.
it was not going very fast tbh
It was empty
Going through an area like that with so many crossings, speed has to be like 25 to the low 30s. Emergency brakes are a hell of a thing. Not to mention, prolly not fully loaded or its even empty.
A train at speed will take a while to stop. Something going that slow will stop pretty quick.
@@dumdum7786 no... it isn't
Very great catch!! A good thing that wasnt a full load. Also, where do they keep spare knuckles?
This is railfanning done right. I'd be just as enthusiastic and excited if I were in his shoes. I love that we live in a world where like-minded folk can be open about their "inner-dork" passions and find their "inner-dork" comrades & community! RAIL-ON, DUDE! RAIL-ON!
That is wild!!!
maan, did I just hear you fart at 11:53 ?!
Thomas Valter not over the train you didn't
Thomas Valter no, that was the train's air brakes.
I think he tooted
No a weed waker
Thomas Valter he released pressure on his assbrakes
Wow Alan happened to be there at the right time great job giving the crewman a ride to the lead engine Alan God bless you happy train chasing
This video is legendary and nostalgic... I think im the 1,000,000th view too. I there when it was uploaded
This guy deserves a fist bump! ...get it? Lol
Great upload..! Never would have guessed that they kept spare parts like that on hand. Is a knuckle break a common occurrence?
No it's a once in a life time occurance
Every locomotive that leaves our facility carries spare E & F knuckles along with spare hoses etc to make these types of repairs.
Millenniumforce
Happens all the time
dave0028
- Thanks bro! It's always a great thing when I learn something new, and I appreciate you taking the time to reply.
Cameronm55 Thank you!! I have over 100 comments a day and I try to read all. But when day soon I don't know how I will keep up with filming editing.
Yes - you were the right guy at the right place at the richtige time! I have looked this vidéo at least ten times! Just great!1👍👍👍
Guy filming: “This is so cool”
The engineer: “FML”
Conductor: ditto
Smoking, driving, and filming all at once. I too am interested in trains, but I hope your safety comes first. Great video, but would you consider buying a GoPro or some other kind of mountable camera?
The bouncing of the cars and the strain on that knuckle was most likely the cause.
DPU Power normally eases this issue. Normally a 3/150/0 consist is normally the consist
Certainly reminds me of living in Florida.
i dont know what is more likely, striking the lottery or this!
As if it hasn’t been said enough times, you really did the railroad and crew a solid here. That would’ve been a looooooong walk back to the break (and eventually back to the locomotive) under the Florida sun and without your help, installing the new coupler would’ve taken longer. You probably saved the railroad 15-30 minutes of this line being down and this train being late. Not to mention the road that was blocked by the back half of the broken train, which got reopened quite a bit faster because of you. Good on you. The world needs more people like you who take an interest in being a part of the solution to public problems. Too many people see public problems and just say “not my job” and look the other way.
do you just follow trains around until something bad happens? LOL
WE HAVE GOT AN EMERGENCY
THAT IS IS COOL
I was so surprised how fast this train stopped. Good safety equipment!
uhhh why is this recommended for me exactly
Neato I was wondering that too
Neato yea same here...
Because Neato-burrito, Clayton! Thats why!