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

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  • Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
  • 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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  • @KevinK420-710
    @KevinK420-710 26 днів тому +7

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

    • @michaelhuffor6732
      @michaelhuffor6732 15 днів тому +1

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

  • @Thunder_6278
    @Thunder_6278 25 днів тому +7

    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.

  • @tarnishedknight730
    @tarnishedknight730 25 днів тому +8

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

  • @Jleed989
    @Jleed989 25 днів тому +7

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

  • @misterbacon4933
    @misterbacon4933 25 днів тому +4

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

  • @richardmead9225
    @richardmead9225 25 днів тому +5

    Grand Truck Western 5915 is what 503 started out as.

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299 25 днів тому +5

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

  • @twofoottaylor1
    @twofoottaylor1 День тому

    I just love the horn on ELS 503!

  • @jackthegiantkiller388
    @jackthegiantkiller388 25 днів тому +3

    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 !!!

  • @user-od1eq3yw6n
    @user-od1eq3yw6n 26 днів тому +2

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

  • @lynnzi3d
    @lynnzi3d 20 днів тому +2

    Luv 503 , its killer machine

  • @michaellachapell3455
    @michaellachapell3455 25 днів тому +2

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

  • @brucetrainer5729
    @brucetrainer5729 25 днів тому +17

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

    • @erie910
      @erie910 25 днів тому +5

      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
      @JoshEaster-me2lj 22 дні тому +2

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

  • @Brianrockrailfan
    @Brianrockrailfan 26 днів тому +3

    great video 🚅🚃👍

  • @garymessina1609
    @garymessina1609 24 дні тому +2

    Great video thanks Jason

  • @chuxproductions1090
    @chuxproductions1090 25 днів тому +2

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

  • @tbo2341
    @tbo2341 4 дні тому

    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.

  • @fsctrucking
    @fsctrucking 25 днів тому +3

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

    • @jasonasselin
      @jasonasselin  25 днів тому +1

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

  • @yahdoober
    @yahdoober 25 днів тому +1

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

  • @paulbergen9114
    @paulbergen9114 24 дні тому +2

    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

  • @randylearmonth4047
    @randylearmonth4047 25 днів тому +3

    Very cool video

  • @pennytill5183
    @pennytill5183 19 днів тому +2

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

  • @jamesbuscher9518
    @jamesbuscher9518 22 дні тому +2

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

  • @blpblp-tj7ux
    @blpblp-tj7ux 18 днів тому +2

    nice work!

  • @ramtuff2007
    @ramtuff2007 25 днів тому +3

    good train video

  • @vincentrobinette1507
    @vincentrobinette1507 12 днів тому +2

    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.

  • @kelvintorrence5994
    @kelvintorrence5994 17 днів тому +2

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

  • @yvindHvaal
    @yvindHvaal 24 дні тому +1

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

  • @erie910
    @erie910 25 днів тому +4

    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.

  • @fullscale4me
    @fullscale4me 25 днів тому +2

    They need 402 back on the main line!

  • @Carolb66
    @Carolb66 25 днів тому +2

    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. 😊👍

  • @frederickschulkind8431
    @frederickschulkind8431 20 днів тому +1

    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.

  • @UPRAILFANOFSOUTHERNILLINOIS
    @UPRAILFANOFSOUTHERNILLINOIS 26 днів тому +2

    Hope you’ll be able too Railfan in Iowa Jason

  • @jimzeirke9320
    @jimzeirke9320 25 днів тому +3

    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?

  • @randylearmonth4047
    @randylearmonth4047 25 днів тому +3

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

  • @Flight--tz5nf
    @Flight--tz5nf 20 днів тому +2

    The little engine that could......

  • @larrybaldridge4078
    @larrybaldridge4078 25 днів тому +2

    Might take them a while, but they will get it

  • @joshuaprice9590
    @joshuaprice9590 25 днів тому +7

    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.

  • @williamlee1429
    @williamlee1429 23 дні тому +2

    That's a lot to ask of one locomotive.

  • @MerrittMosher
    @MerrittMosher 25 днів тому +2

    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
      @Jleed989 25 днів тому +1

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

    • @TPW900GP35
      @TPW900GP35 23 дні тому +1

      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.

  • @46fd04
    @46fd04 19 днів тому +2

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

  • @dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862
    @dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862 25 днів тому +2

    It is all about the $$$

  • @dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862
    @dontomkinsonkpc6ndb862 25 днів тому +2

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

  • @kittty2005
    @kittty2005 25 днів тому +2

    A true comedy of errors

  • @barrywilliams991
    @barrywilliams991 25 днів тому +3

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

    • @briandonovan9560
      @briandonovan9560 25 днів тому +1

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

  • @briannorman1989
    @briannorman1989 22 дні тому +1

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

  • @michaelhuffor6732
    @michaelhuffor6732 15 днів тому

    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.

  • @user-nu8ir9nj4r
    @user-nu8ir9nj4r 25 днів тому +2

    There are 44 cars on this train

  • @DJ279V
    @DJ279V 19 днів тому +2

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

    • @kevinshiley9061
      @kevinshiley9061 19 днів тому +2

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

    • @doriangray2020
      @doriangray2020 19 днів тому +1

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

  • @mrdervik9884
    @mrdervik9884 19 днів тому +3

    Higher engine rpms = air compressor run faster

  • @lars277
    @lars277 21 день тому +2

    Is that a SD-40 Jason?

  • @r.w.emersonii3501
    @r.w.emersonii3501 23 дні тому +5

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

    • @alexolgr7755
      @alexolgr7755 21 день тому +4

      Railroads are private companies 💀

    • @r.w.emersonii3501
      @r.w.emersonii3501 21 день тому +4

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

    • @Adamz678
      @Adamz678 20 днів тому +4

      @@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
      @samstranghorwitz 12 днів тому +1

      True

  • @user-ot7ns8gl9g
    @user-ot7ns8gl9g 19 днів тому +1

    Are the wheels slipping?

  • @Dan-uv5lw
    @Dan-uv5lw 23 дні тому +1

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

  • @billclements3879
    @billclements3879 25 днів тому +1

    Is the parking brake on?????😅

  • @rickchapman9232
    @rickchapman9232 25 днів тому +2

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

  • @tonymills5136
    @tonymills5136 22 дні тому +1

    That's why where in dept

  • @TylerDonitzen-777
    @TylerDonitzen-777 26 днів тому +2

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

  • @TPW900GP35
    @TPW900GP35 23 дні тому +3

    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
      @haroldreardon8070 23 дні тому

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

    • @TPW900GP35
      @TPW900GP35 23 дні тому +1

      @@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
    @46fd04 19 днів тому +1

    Total of 44 loads

  • @andyward8062
    @andyward8062 18 днів тому +1

    BNSF 7303 ?

  • @jurysummons2194
    @jurysummons2194 25 днів тому +3

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

    • @davenitsch6094
      @davenitsch6094 22 дні тому +4

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

    • @jurysummons2194
      @jurysummons2194 21 день тому +4

      @@davenitsch6094 Thanks!

  • @coryhoover01
    @coryhoover01 25 днів тому +2

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