The last journey
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Ukranian built diesel locomotive of BDZ class 07, destroyed at Rodopoli station since 5/2005 after collision with an ADtranz DE-2000, make her last ride. Helped by a Canadian MLW MX 627 of OSE class A 450, left border Promachonas station on route to Kulata (Bulgaria).
Promachonas, perfecture o Macedonia, Greece
That's still the standard procedure in all over Europe (except the Baltic states - which belong to the Russian broad gauge network) where we still use the over 160 year old manual buffer couplers. The US introduced their automatic ones in the 19th century - even the Soviets converted to their SA3-System in the 1950ies.
Sad to see an engine like that must have been great back in its day keep the videos coming from ling island NY
If US railroaders ever got between cars like this man does every day, everyone in OSHA would have a collective heart attack.
I think it's perfectly safe, i am more worried of people in front of the wheels when the train is moving, what if they fall, feint, have a heart attack or something
It’s not OSHA as they have NO authority over the railroad personnel. The Federal Railroad Administration on the other hand would go nuts with fines. With a significantly better knuckle coupler no one in North America has a reason to go in between during coupling. The only reason we have to go in between at all is to couple air hoses.
OSHA doesn’t give a crap, they just get bribed and leave after
@@ryandavis7593 Im not sure if knuckle couplers are better. Easier to connect but not easy to replace if damaged. You dont even have safety systems that would prevent train run-away if some stupid driver will leave locomotive lol
@@gelo1238
Actually I replace couplers on a regular basis. Because I am a locomotive composite mechanic.
As far a preventing a runaway? Well we have that covered as well.
You see we have what is called an alerter. If the alerter starts to flash the engineer must hit a button to turn it off. If it isn’t turned off it will go into audible mode and after that it will go into penalty application of the train brakes and cut power by actuation of the PCS, Pneumatic Control Switch.
So yes! American style couplers are better in every way.
Not to mention having greater tensile strength. Proven by the size and length of our trains.
As an 11 year old, I watched numerous steam train car hookups, and was so aware of the incredible danger each worker was in, as they performed a hookup. I salute such workers.
As a 7 year old.. I agree
@@H.EL-Othemany Witnessing all that is pretty interesting and informative stuff! Isn't it? I was fascinated watching all these heavy tonnage machines at work!
I thought it was going to be that worker's last journey standing between the trains during hookup!
But its good that this was not worker's last journey
Seriously, I almost had a heart attack
We used to do that in the 1970s was all 👍 ok with good understanding between driver and Guard or shutter…
I absolutely thought that too!
Never seen anything like that before...looked a close call.
Absolutely agree- thought the same thing. Can’t believe how many AAR rules were broken there had that been done in the states
If anyone is intrested on what the guy is doing with the bottle
Its industrial OIL that he pours of the wheel of the train to keep it from jamming with rust.
Malcolm Ness Granger thanks for the update
So many shunters have died between buffers. That’s is one of the main reasons they where removed when auto couplers were introduced in Australia.
Yáll really ain't gonna move something obsolete like that without another similar like piece of equipment.
That's sweet, all the guys walking her home!!
awesome video. I am a rail enthusiast from India.
Brasileiros nós amamos vocês todos da India
I love trains. That's kind of sad to see that old one like that
It's kinda funny the way people have feelings for something old & vintage. Just 3 years ago a total stranger who is now a friend bought an old house I was trying to buy it right when I got home from Iraq kinda felt bad for the old house but I eventually gave up on the place couldn't talk to anyone that could find the owners. One day while passing by I see this young guy outside killing himself hauling out broken furniture & appliances, his wife & 2 really young girls were picking up tree limbs pieces of the broken fence. I sat there eating my lunch feeling a bit good inside about what I was seeing although I didn't get to buy the house that day took a real turn for the better which seldom happens for me. I ate walked over introduced myself and told em I was trying to buy the old place then they told me about how they got if at an auction. That conversation then had them showing me this old Ford truck all in pieces in the garage after I told em what I do for a living. The truck was a real rusty mess missing its bed 4 flat tires not much left to the old girl at all. A big tree had fallen it many years ago and the owner died before he ever got fixed. That old truck has come a long way and now days I get compliments on how it looks and how simple machinery was way back when. We are all still friends over that vintage era old house & rusty old truck. Its really amazing how rusty & broken old junk can bring folks together.
Accidents happen when least expected. This man only had to wait 15 to 30 more seconds, until locomotive is fully stopped and then he could safely get in between to hook up the engines. This is absolutely needless risk taking.
THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME WHEN THERE IS NO COUPLER IN THE MIDDLE!!
GIVES ME THE HEEBEE JEEBEES WHEN I WATCH ALSO!!
They've got "buffer bumpers" I reckon, but standing there between engines & cars like that still looks dangerous as hell!
That's the first thing I noticed the guy doing the hook up! I couldn't do that plus I'm too tall... thank God I'm in the U.S.!
in most ways...the european railroads are excellent...but this coupling system is really a relic!!
I mean, its not really a dangerous coupler
Some people refer knuckle coupler beacuse its stronger
Sir trains in euro are not really that long
Holy crap, must have been a nasty crash - difficult to imagine that the locomotive driver has could survived this... 😨
🤔😁🗣️📢💨💨💨 that's what I was thinking who kicked the 🪣😷
En Chile 🇨🇱 no ay trenes
@@omrobizeus
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Many times the driver sees it coming. Who knows. Maybe before the crash he yelled a loud "BLYAT YEBAT!" and jumped away to safety!
@@larrythorn4715
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Excelentní video
Very nice.. Thanks .Fantastic coverage,
Sloppy,dangerous procedure. We see that the brakeman had to take a couple steps to avoid being run over. Brakeman should be outside, signaling the engineer to contact. In the US, there is then a radio exchange. Engineer: "3 step applied". Brakeman: "3 step applied". Throttle closed, reverse lever in neutral, brakes applied. At that point, brakeman steps inside and completes the coupling. Since the US has automatic couplers, brakeman doesn't need to hook up the chain, but instead calls for a stretch to verify that the couplers have locked. Hoses are connected after the stretch, then an air test is made.
I fine it sad, to see the loco in that shape.
thank u for this fine video.
Ron, wb8nmk in N W Ohio Aug.10/2015
Ron Winke Thank yoy very much. I was very lucky that day. Unfortunately this loco went for scrap some days later.
Ron Winke I like locomotive
Good video
7 months later this wreck reached the Bulgarian border where customs officials tried to charge the equivalent of 2.4 million USD tariff so it was sent back to the Ukraine, last I heard it was somewhere in Georgia being used, temporarily, as tank target practice.
With little work and paint, should be ok for Amtrak service.
Unfortunatelly it was scrapped since 2014!!!
Holy Moley!!! That guys stands right between the cars and hooks them up!!! That is nuts!!!!
No, that's totally normal business when coupling trains.
Harald Hechler yeah but it's still dangerous
It is normal to stand between vehicles when coupling up but for the engine to move when he can't see the shunter and to couple up without being told to move by the shunter is very dangerous. The driver had no idea where the shunter was and if he moved between the buffers while they came together, well..............
bigkiwimike my uncle used to work for the railroad here in Morocco he told me that lots of people lost there lifes doing this job. They got pressed between the buffers. I guess you have to be real careful and alert while coupling trains
El oth emany Thanks for that. Working on the railway can be dangerous indeed. What that guy did was insane. The driver should not move until signalled to do so by the shunter. As for walking backwards while coupling up and out of sight from the driver is just crazy.
I guess nobody ever taught the dofuss at the beginning of the video you don't ever get between two rail cars. He's lucky he didn't get hurt. He actually appeared to stumble a bit. Anyway, neat old train. Too bad it got scrunched.
Without good communication, I would not dare step between those two locomotives while they're still moving. That guy could have been a goner. Wow.
Shan H Fernandes
1 year ago
fantastic set of videos !
Starting at 00:16, that is a very trusting [or very foolish] rail worker! Watching him makes my stomach turn over!
Dont worry about this. All railworkers in Greece do it every day. They know where to stand!
Brasil é um dos melhores países do mundo apesar da crise que estamos passando
Is she going to the scrapper, or to a museum for restoration?
Grown men and their new toy. May God bless them and us.
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954!
And those sweet lovely Greeks walking with the loco and putting beer on it to ease or heal it!
boa tarde sensacional grato antonio pereira
Parabens por colocar esta maquina pra recuperaçao .
Ela deve ter feito e muito bem o seu papel ,merecia ser restaurada e ir pra um museu pra registro histórico.
Very good, very sad video! Like and subscribed you! Greetings Bruno
wow that thing had mega damage, just looking at it you can tell the engineers were injured or killed if that was the case rip.
By appearances that old girl has definitely seen some heavy use. She's gonna need some real cash to put her back together Kinda like Stormy Daniels.
So I take it that the brakes are locked up and that's the reason for the noise and the oil that the guy is applying to the wheels.
I don't know but there were at least 3 men with bottles of used oil.
Excellent video my friend. Greetings ❤👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much!!!
What a waist of resources and energy also left carbon footprint. They could have repaired it
Don't tell me those couplers are magnets pulling the train! They don't look fastened together.
2:21 and 3:31 in the backround you can see one of those hungarian cab control cars (orange with white roof).
Это наш тепловоз ТЭ-109.выпускался Луганским тепловозостроительным заводом
это куда его так вогнали интересно
Прохор Мазовский
Да на самом деле не сильно и вогнали. Заменить элементы легкого кузова не проблема, а рама там скорее всего в порядке. Просто видимо не нужен он им, запчасти хрен достанешь, вот и отправили в металлолом.
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From Greece to Bulgaria? How did it end up in Greece initially?
4 of these locomotives, leased to Hellenic Railways Organization since 2004 for freight transport in Macedonia and Thessaly regions.
@@MLWA450 Thanks for the information! 😃
Great Ludmilla
What is in the Bottles ? Oil ? 🤔
Nice video, subscribed you ............................
A sad looking unit! Would be interesting to know its history!
Germany
Yeah
В начале фильма машинист чуть сцепщика не раздавил. Потом удивила система сцепки, использовавшаяся у нас в России при царе-батюшке. А вагоны с одноосными тележками напомнили сталинские времена. БДЖ, надо понимать - „Български държавни железници“. Так вот где такой анахронизм спрятался. Солнечная Болгария! Видать, кроме солнца, ничего-то в ней и не осталось, да и то Солнце - общее. А туда-же, санкции против России!
+1! Зато почитай как остальные отписываются. Слаще кока-колы ничего не видали)))
Вроде, такая дружественная страна была. Но болгары ещё 40 лет назад не так как мы жили. В частном, конечно, разговоре - ... вам (советским) не с чем сравнить, вам и кажется, что вы хорошо живёте...
Винтовая сцепка используется не только Болгарией а всей Европой, потому что грузопотоки не такие как в СССР или США. Исключение LKAB в Скандинавии - там составы по 8000 тонн.
Сцепщик сам хорошо нарушал ПТБ, вышагивая перед движущимся локомотивом.
Where is this and wtf is БДЖ engine doing there, in this condition? Whats the story?
Cool video!
4:46 Jobb oldalon szakállas bácsinak viszket a fütyije, meg is igazítja.
diese lok sieht aus wie eine taiga trommel aus russland. schade um dieses "Mädchen". zum glück fahren diese loks noch regelmäßig hier in deutschland unter der baureihe 231, und ziehen schwere güterzüge. ich sehe und höre diese loks immer wieder gerne, und hoffe das sie noch lange bei uns im einsatz ist.
Taigatrommeln sehen anders aus... GANZ ANDERS. Was du meintest, ist eine Ludmilla...
mad1980 die fahren in Doppelformation mit BR 232 und einzeln als 241...
US locomotive pulls Soviet locomotive.
It is the same shape as the class 132 of Deutsche Reichsbahn.
Cast iron and steel. Well, she can now be the Chef's pride as new cast iron cookware in lots of kitchens!
Standing between the car and the locomotive during the coupling - for the first time I see this.
Ganz vezérlő kocsi de jó
AS JOHN CANDY SAYS; "oh that'll buff right out!"
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER the
I don't care if the bumpers make it physically impossible for the engine and the other car to smash into each other, there is no way on earth I am standing between them like that!
Dont worry! Everything is under control!!!
The letters БДЖ (BDZh) on this Soviet era built ТЭ-109 (TE-109) diesel loco mean "Български държавни железници" - Bulgarian State Railways.
Which gauge?
@@xavier9147 Standard European 1435 mm (4 ft 8½ in). Despite the fact that the Russian (Soviet) gauge is 1520 mm, the export locomotives were manufactured to fit the gauge of a particular country.
Why these kind of train shunting job workers are in so hurry in all countries? Why he cannot wait until train stops properly.😅😅😅 they are going infront of train like the saw some mouthwatering dish😅😅😅
Rare video... and very interesting!
TrainsInRomania Thank you very much!!!
0:26 "In Soviet Russia, Train catches You."
Very nice video sir
Looks like they will salvage what parts are still good
Yes, and then the rest locomotive goes for scrap.
Knuckle couplers are your friend. This is the 21st century.
pegbars and the chance of the knuckles breaking (happened before) are super low. Also it’s easier to couple cars
Лютая профессия сцепщика. Сколько их уже погибло, а сколько стало инвалидами. И почему у них такая старая сцепка используется?
Если не соблюдать ТБ, то погибнуть или остаться на всю жизнь переломышем можно даже в офисе упав с кресла об угол стола. У них нет составов по 8000 т, поэтому годится и винтовая. В европе вроде тоже еще гдето используется.
This manual coupling of locomotive with rake happens in India also. Wondering why the broken locomotive not crane lifted onto a wagon and then departed. In many accident sites, such heavy disabled locomotives are crane lifted and then shifted.
Why did it crash and how
An ADtranz DE-2000. One of them passing red signal in single line!!!
Hello from Canada... is this standard gauge or Russian ( 5 feet ) gauge?
This is Bulgarian train.
What an awful wreckage of a giant machine and its frame.I think this is a case of a grave negligence on the part of operators/drivers as well as on the part of mechanical technicians whatever the cause of the crash.
This locomotive had been used in Bulgaria
Let's move the loco after it's been vandalised to another location so it can still continue to be vandalised 🤔
i just subscribed
Apparently there is a lot of trust between engineer (driver?) and brakemen (conductor?)!
0:26 - Техника Безопасности? Не, не слышал.
Nice video's
Thank you very much!!!
Какво? Му стана на онзи локомотив серия 07 на бдж кастрофал ли? Беше
Sounds like a wheel bearing that is breaking up!
All the railwaymen of good stature and good presence also
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@@BaljeetKaur-qx7ub
obviously not from North America..we do not use "bumpers'
Its from Greece!
What are they pouring on it's wheels!?
Too many squirrels dancing around the train providing no input but just being a distraction. Guy in the blue shirt who kept leaning in front of the train has all the common sense of a babana.
Be curious how many trainmen are crushed between cars while doing to coupling/uncoupling. That maneuver would cause havoc here in the US.
Yooz have AAR couplers for more than 120 years. We haven't. To introduce auto couplers now would be cost prohibitive. Besides, there are pretty stringent safety measures for working between the buffers. So the number of crushed railmen is really quite small.
So they further sent to Pakistan ?
No
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from where is the video?
Promachonas station, Macedonia, Greece
В СССР и в последствии в России давно применяются атосцепки, цепное соединение давно забыто, а в Европе до сих пор цепное буферное соединение.
Can I have that puppy? Can you mail it to Wisconsin? It would be great for my kids to play with. (It needs a little oil!)
:-P
Блин,даже нет автосцепки.Буфера стоят!!!
0:25 I thought the train would kill a man
Yeah no it seems a bit WIERD that anybody would go to a locomotive funniral prossion 🧐
awesome video....greetings.....
What did it hit?
An ADtranz DE-2000 locomotive of Hellenic Railways Organization. Unfortunately, DE-2000 burned and destroyed!
How did it crash and it was a cool video to see
How did such a beauty become like this? D:
It has crashed pretty well here.
Hornhausen 00
Hornhausen
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Jacson Ramírez Español 81
Hornhausen i agree
Such a piece of trash 😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😨😨😨😨😨😨😨😨
So sad. I feel very glad
RIP Ludmilla 😥
What did this train hit looks like a pole?