Yeah nice to see a fully functional one with interior intact and still working for designed purpose. Normally you see them welded shut and used as shove platforms.
For any one wondering, "Humping" refers to using a train yard that has a hump to utilize gravity in building out trains. They do this by sending a car down the slope and use switches to get it on the exact track to build out the train. This can cause damage to the cars if they are to heavy and or cant take the force of fast coupling with other cars.
I think they are more worried about this car damaging other cars rather than any car damaging this beast 😆 imagine what it'd take to stop this car with it rolling free down a hill.
Humping is a type of kicking, yes, but not all kicking is humping. Humping can only be done in yards specifically designed for the process, where kicking can be done anywhere.
They put that "NO HUMPING" on the side of the frame of the car to stop rail fans from sexually assaulting the biggest thing on rails. Whoa boy, get down!
Sonny Pruitt Lol! It's no longer a point in the UK because we haven't had a functioning hump yard for fifty years, but certain old freight cars used to be marked "do not hump shunt" to specifically avoid the potential nudge-nudge schoolboy humour.
@@rocksreynolds3642 thats too bad its an effective way to sort freight if you have high volume and its neat to watch the flow as slow as it is going down, we used to have one around here when the old pennsy yard was in full boom and well into conrails era, but its not had retarders on it or most of the tracks for the second bowl for some time, you can still see the hump tower though and the lead is marked as well as the slight slope of the hill, we also used to be someone railroad wise in fort wayne, especially at the turn of the 20th century largest rail car wheel foundry in the world at the southeastern end of the yard and a large shop complex in the pre diesle days when passenger trains were still steam they had all the big experamental steamers that would come though there, the s1 the t1s, the q1,q2s and the s2 all were regular runners of this division as it was the only place straight enough to run the huge engines elsewhere too sharp of turns to run them, also garrett was the central spot of the midwest for repairing locomotives and had the largest shop square footage till mount clare where they built them was expanded, and had the largest roundhouse at 32 bays on the entire b and o till they tore down about half it in 1933, it was also the last place to have a steam locomotive in its roundhouse here before all the t3's were scrapped though they did give us the chance to buy one and display in the city but we could not even afford scrap value for it at the time, and we did care enough to try to make a musiume out of the old roundhouse but the b and o would not let us said would be too much to fix even for 10 stalls so they hired a demo contractor to tear it down and pretty much tore all but the walls down and ended it in january 23 1964 then the huge fire they set with the old roof that they were trying to burn set a power pole on fire and the fire fighters had to be called to put it out. the foundations go down 12 feet on the pits under the locomotive stalls and are still there mostly right behind and underneath the fire and police station and still sticking up a few inches into the grass in some spots where the locomotive shed as you call it in the uk was.
@@rocksreynolds3642 - We still have hump-yards in every town, only now they're called dogging sites. (they're supermarket car-parks after dark) tee-hee-hee!
I was wondering what that gigantic railcar was used for. .besides giving all the rail fans boners..lol. is it some sort of crane?...does it open up...I'm a trucker so I ve seen huge long trailers designed somewhat like that but I dont see them hauling anything. Just a ton of axles..but I ve also seen other special trailers pulling transformers..windmill parts..and they are well over 100 feet long.
I saw this go by my house ( Barstow California)a few days ago, sun was just coming up, couldn’t believe it, wanted to go chase it down to get a better look
No, no, it'll still be transported on the streets via truck. They use this meathod if it's going a very long distance due to cost. It probably costs as much, if not more to move it via truck across town/state to the train, as it would to move it cross country on the train. Plus these kinds of truck moves are done overnight because if the size. 97% of people wouldn't even know what happened
Yes I agree the red and white caboose is sweet. The green one needs a fresh paint job but I noticed that both cabooses have dual a/c units. I bet they feel good in the warm months..I like the spot lights o. The red and white one
Right now it’s sitting right outside of Las Vegas after transporting the San Onofre Nuclear Reactor from Southern California. It is a very impressive piece of equipment.
A Schnabel car or Schnabel wagon is a specialized type of railroad freight car. It is designed to carry heavy and oversized loads in such a way that the load makes up part of the car. ... When a Schnabel car is empty, the two lifting arms are connected and the car can usually operate at normal freight train speeds.
@@bellboy4074 What you say is true for some schnabel car configurations, but not for this one. See the figure on this page: sbiii.com/schnpix/kruppg15.jpg
Great footage anyways Griffith! Thank you for getting footage of the move. I really wish I was with you but can't always go that very far from LA. -Jon
Could Some Please Tell Me What Does This EXTREMELY LARGE Railroad Do Other Than Haul Extremely Heavy Load,...I See Hydraulic Cylinders On It, It's Got Do Something, I Never Seen A Video With A SCHNABEL CAR, In Action Just Rolling Down The Track!
It’s for really heavy specialized loads. The car splits in two, and the big red arms pick up the load and suspend it between the front and rear haves. Westinghouse owns this one. It’s used to transport newly completed nuclear reactor vessels. (Possibly Navy ships reactors?)
Railroad "HUMP YARDS" are nothing more than a bunch of tracks on a hill so they can let the cars roll down for sorting into different destinations rather than having to move them with a powered unit.
Nuclear reactor vessels. I'm surprised to see it still on the rails. A video back in 2017 said it was supposed to be retired at the end of it's trip in Utah.
I know it's going to get loaded with a nuclear cask from the decommissioned power station there along the surfline. My question is when is it heading out, and will it go out over Cajon, or the sunset route?
At least routing wise, it should be over Cajon. Reportedly taking the load(or loads) to Utah for recycling. Timing is unknown but might be in very near future as it was recently relocated from long term storage at the Stuart Mesa yard to Control point Songs spur near the plant in San Onofre.
This looks to be a very interesting train car. Why wasn't it showing as it morpes into whatever it was to become when, as it looks to be opened up to use. Why didn't you show it morphing into whatever it is when opened for use? Please be more creative when you show something like this. You could have added a short video after the train run. To show it morphing for work preparation. Thank You for doing this in the future and even adding an additional video of the train car morphing that wasn't included in the original video. Giving your user the option to see it in action. First the Morphing, Then the working if possible in some cases like this mammoth train car. It might have been awesome to see.
I don't think I've ever seen a caboose in such good condition before :)
coz it's new? i think...
This train does its squats.
Maybe it was fixed up for the occasion.
Yeah nice to see a fully functional one with interior intact and still working for designed purpose. Normally you see them welded shut and used as shove platforms.
That caboose only stays with that car behind it its got its own crew to monitor the load.
That is one HUGE railcar! Great K5LA on the AC4400!
For any one wondering, "Humping" refers to using a train yard that has a hump to utilize gravity in building out trains. They do this by sending a car down the slope and use switches to get it on the exact track to build out the train. This can cause damage to the cars if they are to heavy and or cant take the force of fast coupling with other cars.
I think they are more worried about this car damaging other cars rather than any car damaging this beast 😆 imagine what it'd take to stop this car with it rolling free down a hill.
Also referred to as kicking cars
Humping is a type of kicking, yes, but not all kicking is humping.
Humping can only be done in yards specifically designed for the process, where kicking can be done anywhere.
Thanks for the film, good to see this impressive wagon up close and in motion without a load.
I've never in my life seen a train section like this and in my 79 years in various countries I have seen many trains of many types as well.
There's only about a hundred of these world wide so it's definitely rare.
They put that "NO HUMPING" on the side of the frame of the car to stop rail fans from sexually assaulting the biggest thing on rails. Whoa boy, get down!
Sonny Pruitt Lol! It's no longer a point in the UK because we haven't had a functioning hump yard for fifty years, but certain old freight cars used to be marked "do not hump shunt" to specifically avoid the potential nudge-nudge schoolboy humour.
@@rocksreynolds3642 🤣
@@rocksreynolds3642 thats too bad its an effective way to sort freight if you have high volume and its neat to watch the flow as slow as it is going down, we used to have one around here when the old pennsy yard was in full boom and well into conrails era, but its not had retarders on it or most of the tracks for the second bowl for some time, you can still see the hump tower though and the lead is marked as well as the slight slope of the hill, we also used to be someone railroad wise in fort wayne, especially at the turn of the 20th century largest rail car wheel foundry in the world at the southeastern end of the yard and a large shop complex in the pre diesle days when passenger trains were still steam they had all the big experamental steamers that would come though there, the s1 the t1s, the q1,q2s and the s2 all were regular runners of this division as it was the only place straight enough to run the huge engines elsewhere too sharp of turns to run them, also garrett was the central spot of the midwest for repairing locomotives and had the largest shop square footage till mount clare where they built them was expanded, and had the largest roundhouse at 32 bays on the entire b and o till they tore down about half it in 1933, it was also the last place to have a steam locomotive in its roundhouse here before all the t3's were scrapped though they did give us the chance to buy one and display in the city but we could not even afford scrap value for it at the time, and we did care enough to try to make a musiume out of the old roundhouse but the b and o would not let us said would be too much to fix even for 10 stalls so they hired a demo contractor to tear it down and pretty much tore all but the walls down and ended it in january 23 1964 then the huge fire they set with the old roof that they were trying to burn set a power pole on fire and the fire fighters had to be called to put it out.
the foundations go down 12 feet on the pits under the locomotive stalls and are still there mostly right behind and underneath the fire and police station and still sticking up a few inches into the grass in some spots where the locomotive shed as you call it in the uk was.
@@rocksreynolds3642 - We still have hump-yards in every town, only now they're called dogging sites. (they're supermarket car-parks after dark) tee-hee-hee!
I was wondering what that gigantic railcar was used for. .besides giving all the rail fans boners..lol. is it some sort of crane?...does it open up...I'm a trucker so I ve seen huge long trailers designed somewhat like that but I dont see them hauling anything. Just a ton of axles..but I ve also seen other special trailers pulling transformers..windmill parts..and they are well over 100 feet long.
Super cool; thanks for sharing it !
I saw this go by my house ( Barstow California)a few days ago, sun was just coming up, couldn’t believe it, wanted to go chase it down to get a better look
I love this, its cool to see that companys going to transporting heavy loads on the train tracks than on the streets with trucks.
No, no, it'll still be transported on the streets via truck. They use this meathod if it's going a very long distance due to cost. It probably costs as much, if not more to move it via truck across town/state to the train, as it would to move it cross country on the train. Plus these kinds of truck moves are done overnight because if the size. 97% of people wouldn't even know what happened
Yes I agree the red and white caboose is sweet. The green one needs a fresh paint job but I noticed that both cabooses have dual a/c units. I bet they feel good in the warm months..I like the spot lights o. The red and white one
Right now it’s sitting right outside of Las Vegas after transporting the San Onofre Nuclear Reactor from Southern California. It is a very impressive piece of equipment.
Awesome catch! I have that in HO scale
Jaw Tooth Yes! I remember watching the upload JT. Such an impressive wagon.
What are the caboose use for
@@DavidJones-sq4xs They are for the support crews accommodations.
So we are looking at an extreme heavy load frame without a load ?
@@MFKR696 I don't think so. That's all there is to it. The load becomes part of the car.
A Schnabel car or Schnabel wagon is a specialized type of railroad freight car. It is designed to carry heavy and oversized loads in such a way that the load makes up part of the car. ... When a Schnabel car is empty, the two lifting arms are connected and the car can usually operate at normal freight train speeds.
This video shows it with a load.
th-cam.com/video/ux4G60nxkAU/w-d-xo.html
@@bigredc222 Thanks for the loaded video!
@@bellboy4074 What you say is true for some schnabel car configurations, but not for this one. See the figure on this page: sbiii.com/schnpix/kruppg15.jpg
Great footage anyways Griffith! Thank you for getting footage of the move. I really wish I was with you but can't always go that very far from LA. -Jon
It isn't very often that you seen a train carrying a spare tire.
its also not very often a train has a "no humping" sign on it
yo dude! my tire popped! Quick! Get the spare tire before the train trips over!
Well, this is all great but it would be nice to know what, exactly, that it is! Hello?
Don't know which would be more impressive to see the car or a lonely CSX unit on the west coast
They need to bring back the caboose this is something long gone from today's railroad
Who always makes things bigger? KRUPP!
Nasa and their "one floor building": Pathetic
Imagine seeing this go over a defect detector and listening to the audio
What the heck is this thing, wow big, vary big, thanks BigAl California.
I know locomotive are powerful! I've seen two locomotives pull 80 car carrier, loaded! That one locomotive can pull all that????? Incredible!
Not even close to being the most powerful loco ever built.
Wow.. Nice one....
Was tempted to go up to Laguna Niguel but I was tired and had work the next day.
Think that's a big you should see Schnabel Car WECX 800. It's like twice the size. Never seen a Schnabel in person before.
this is the WECX800 without a load
thanks for sharing! whats the empty weight of this krl 3600? whats it load kapacity ins tons?
Very nice video!! Greetings 🚂👍📽️👍👋
Wait a Schnabel uses a small Schnabel that are connected to the rail wheels???
Awesome
Would love to see that go through a hump yard. Watch them assign it a track and it just plows through a few cars before stopping.
Dang it! In our own backyard and we missed it. ☹️
It’s rare to see a caboose these days
And one with air conditioning.
I'm guessing that one CSX power unit isn't going up or down a decent grade alone by any chance
it did in the video. that train is not that heavy compared to what it can haul
We can handle it !!!
That first location looks like the Palm Springs Amtrak station.
I thought I seen Shoestrings mark on it!!
Saw it back in November in East Point I believe and wondered what it was
Excellent footage griffin, can't believe this is the biggest railcar ever made! I regret cam and I didn't go after this train!!
I wonder what the caboose interiors would look like
You have extra wheels but how do you jack it up
Could Some Please Tell Me What Does This EXTREMELY LARGE Railroad Do Other Than Haul Extremely Heavy Load,...I See Hydraulic Cylinders On It, It's Got Do Something, I Never Seen A Video With A SCHNABEL CAR, In Action Just Rolling Down The Track!
What does it do?
What does this long car do? It polishes the rails.
It’s for really heavy specialized loads. The car splits in two, and the big red arms pick up the load and suspend it between the front and rear haves. Westinghouse owns this one. It’s used to transport newly completed nuclear reactor vessels. (Possibly Navy ships reactors?)
What is that rail car used for? And why does it say no humping on it and then the green caboose said do not hump what does that mean?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_yard#Hump_yard
What's the caboose at the back of the train in this video for?
It's for the crew of the Car.
LOL. OK. WHO'S BEEN HUMPING THE TRAIN???
Back off, Thomas.
@@andyu69 such a horny lonely little tank engine
Reminds me of the big German railway guns.
That's because it was made by the same company that made Anzio Annie.
Fred Flintstone Nice.Would that be Krupp?
Holy crap! Is this train made to carry Metal Gear?!
Why? What was the cargo?
Those large railcars obviously are German ingenuity, KRUPP.
Those cabooses were well maintained.
Nice horn cadence
I their is a blue one that has outriggers on it for qhen.its loaded.and.off.loaded been about 10 yrs since.i.saw that one in Charlotte nc
At 1:30 you skipped over the part where they put the load. Dang.
Crap. Just driving around. Really like to see them rigging a load onto or off of it.
なんだこれは！！！！O_O; 凄い！！！！日本とは比較にならないくらいでかい！！
What is humping? Anyone can explain about humping.
So which company actually owns this Schnabel car and how frequently is it used??
CEBX owns them
You mast see the German Uaai 839 !
That is nadass looking, but i dont know trains very well so why do some of the cars say no humping or do not hump?
Railroad "HUMP YARDS" are nothing more than a bunch of tracks on a hill so they can let the cars roll down for sorting into different destinations rather than having to move them with a powered unit.
Man this is a cool rail car but i think it was scrapped
I suppose this is used to carry power tansformers.
Nuclear reactor vessels. I'm surprised to see it still on the rails. A video back in 2017 said it was supposed to be retired at the end of it's trip in Utah.
It’s for the nuke in San Diegofrom the power plant down there!
As a dude - i'd knew it, the nitro engine !
It's a Dash Nine!
How will it turn on curves 😰
So, what does all that do as far as a job goes?
World's largest WTF. Show it doing it's job.
I know it's going to get loaded with a nuclear cask from the decommissioned power station there along the surfline. My question is when is it heading out, and will it go out over Cajon, or the sunset route?
At least routing wise, it should be over Cajon. Reportedly taking the load(or loads) to Utah for recycling. Timing is unknown but might be in very near future as it was recently relocated from long term storage at the Stuart Mesa yard to Control point Songs spur near the plant in San Onofre.
@@JonRailVideos2011-1 it was today actually. I filmed it twice
Would like to see that on its return trip with a load!
If this baby derails and rolls who or what does the lift to rerail.?
Jawoll German Engineering. Made by Krupp!
What does "no humping" mean?
Letting the car roll free in a switch yard, to put it together with other cars. Used in sorting a string of cars.
What’s that for?
If this is action, what is parked????
Spare wheel sets
Where is this?
Holy shit
Which type of railcar is this...?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnabel_car
But what the hell does it do ???
So how do they unload these cars I wanna know badly?
With some big ass cranes, I guess. 😉
One uses a very big Liberher Heavy Duty Crane
@@macsdaddy3383 Sometimes hydraulic jacks are used.
The crane section can be separated from the wheels and be connected to a heavy duty road car, which in Germany was mostly a Kaelble.
04:20 the barriers are down, the road at the crossing is emtpy and still the driver hits the horn several times...😮
American rules 2 longs one short and 1 long horn blast when reaching thr crossing
It’s a proactive warning to anyone who might be approaching the crossing who might not be aware of the train’s approach.
Very misleading title. Not in action, just an empty move.
What is it used for dose anyone know I’m curious
Used to carry very heavy loads. There are videos showing it carrying a nuclear reactor vessel.
This looks to be a very interesting train car. Why wasn't it showing as it morpes into whatever it was to become when, as it looks to be opened up to use. Why didn't you show it morphing into whatever it is when opened for use? Please be more creative when you show something like this. You could have added a short video after the train run. To show it morphing for work preparation. Thank You for doing this in the future and even adding an additional video of the train car morphing that wasn't included in the original video. Giving your user the option to see it in action. First the Morphing, Then the working if possible in some cases like this mammoth train car. It might have been awesome to see.
Anxious anniewasthe railway gun they hit France with
So what Exactly is this train car for
@fbi fbi It's for carrying extremely heavy loads :P Up to 1.7 million pounds.
How many wheels?
36 axles....
Action😋
Did CSX pick the dirtiest loco in the fleet for this? Lol
That caboose is dwarfing compared to either set .
did anyone else see the writing that said "no humping"?
Google “humpyard”.
Don't mean to be rude...but what's the big deal? Its a big train car. What's so special about it?
I don't know, maybe the fact it can carry 1 million plus pounds of load all on a single car? that 500 tons minimum.
What the hell is this thing?
I had to look it up to find out what a schnabel car was. Truly fascinating and amazing!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnabel_car
@Martmns, thanks for the link! That is awesome stuff!
So I guessed right. This car is used to transport nuclear reactor vessels. That’s wild.
It's really a car for moving anything heavy. But they use it mostly for moving nuclear equipment
Krupp made guns for Germany in ww2
Lol it's not the biggest anymore. Theres a blue one that dwarfs this one now.
Very clickbait title.... Wanted to see it in action, not it getting moved around....
シキ800とかに似てる
Without a load it is very unimpressive.
日本のシキ800に似てる。
Ps : em !
NOT in action...