I'm a retired Elevator Mechanic who worked on some hefty Traction Motors and Generators and let me tell you that when a big piece of machinery decides to give up the ghost it can be spectacularly done !! 😮😂
@Starship Captain RUD is from Kerbal Space Program forums, or at least that’s where Musk likely picked it up. He said he played around the same time (early 2015). Amusingly, he actually got it slightly wrong, the original was Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (because you didn’t really disassemble things for maintenance in games), but he used Unscheduled.
@Starship Captain A few tons spinning at thousands of RPMs sure ain't gonna be happy if disturbed. An uncontained engine failure is quite hellish indeed, even contained ones are quite the spectacle, like United 1175 and even more recently 328.
My dad was a Conductor but he rode in the Caboose with his Brakemen. I occasionally got to ride along. Those crossings were so dangerous that before they had a lightning system there were always accidents .
Initially I was thinking "uhhh... I think they know" but I suppose better to wave around and look like an idiot in the rare case the crew didn't see it. Better to be safe than sorry lol
@@jakethomas5338 I mean...what makes you so certain they were aware of it? and I don't see how trying to make sure theyre aware of one of their engines burning up makes you look like an idiot.
So if anyone is wondering what happened exactly, I can give an exact answer. From what I’m reading off of the Union Pacific locomotive managing system, the locomotive defect sections states word for word “Unit had a ccop explosion and engine fire, camshaft came apart on L-4 power assembly” In basic terms, high crankcase pressure just blew the unit up and messed up left bank cylinder 4’s camshaft. To add on, on the same day a crew reported that the unit produced excessive smoke, this was reported in the morning before the incident.
In my younger days as a volunteer fireman, we had EMD-FL9s catch fire when PC started moving them from their home rails to the NYC old Hudson line to Poughkeepsie NY, some failures pretty spectacular. That wasn't just an oil line that looked to be catastrophic prime mover failure. Glad it was the second and not lead unit, things could have ended a lot worse.
When I was a volunteer, we were called for a fuel leak on a parked engine. It ended up being a coolant leak. Either way, we got a chance to climb over it. 🤣
@@ffjsb Methinks the pun went over your head. "Firefighter" is a modern non-sexist replacement for "fireman" as in person who fights fire. The term was used in that sense since 1714.
That might not be such a great idea if the failed unit was dropping burning fuel along the way. I'll bet the official Southern Pacific rule book says "Stop the train immediately!!" if a unit catches fire.
My cousin does locomotive repair and he said that this happens more often than you would think. It's not super common, but it does happen. I don't think that most of the fires are that large.
I've been an enthusiast for 11 years and I've never seen an AC44 *spontaneously combust* Well you experience something new every day. Just on very different levels. Ever wonder why locomotives have mirrors? This. This is why Remember engineers: always check behind you every once and a while. Defect Detectors can't detect everything.
@@TheBeeMan1994 no reason not to. It's only dead weight, and there could also be other reasons. Like the crew being told to run the dead engine to siding for a return crew to pick up.
As a model railroad engineer, this is a nightmare. Lionel doesn't have fire extinguishing systems installed. I have seen some terrible derailments. I know the hardships of railroading. Stay safe fellow engineers.
I used to live in Bryan TX and I never was able to see train that much and this video still sparks that inner kid in me who watches those Thomas video on TH-cam
What great footage. Can’t imagine seeing that roll up on the tracks. I would of been screaming holy cow. You were quiet LOL. You don’t see something like that on video every day
Love how the camera calmly pans along with the burning engine like this is a common occurrence. I can imagine the camera operator thinking "oops! There goes another one."
@@GXTOLX Yes it is 5000 gallons . Rode in a hell of a lot of them . With emergency fuel shutoff valves it's highly unlikely for the fuel tank to catch on fire . Great video catch .
Fuel tanks are below the walkway, close to the ground. Unless some shrapnel from the detonating engine ruptured the tank, not much chance of a fuel tank fire.
@@The_DuMont_Network I'm very familiar with locomotives , we have a locomotive shop here in North Little Rock , Arkansas and I've been in the shop so many times I can't count . They have a overhead crane that carries the locomotives from the rail lead into the shop and the crane carries a locomotive from that track to the far corner of the shop . Quite a site to see a locomotive of over 200 tons being lifted and carried over several other locomotives . Without a fuel tank they look a little weird . The main frame is very thick .
People who know nothing about trains - "Why didn't the train stop immediately!". Same people - "Trains should never stop where they block a railway crossing!"
Man that train right there can hold up traffic but what's wilder here is that there is a police station literally like 2 blocks away from there... For people who do not know this area... those tracks signify the metaphorical 'living on the other side of the tracks' mantra. If you value your safety you choose NOT to live on the other side of that train at all costs.
Wow, what a catch, and all the years that I’ve been filming trains I have never seen anything like this, if you haven’t, you should send this video to the local news stations and also put it on some of the world news I think that would make for educational purposes!!
I live in the area and was surprised to see this pop up on notifications with the views it has. It's a college town (Bryan-College Station, TX), and it's already all over the local news and was on the university subreddit as well.
Wow! How lucky to be right there filming when it happened! I am glad someone called the fire department and they got the train stopped before more serious damage happened.
Norfolk Southern somehow found a way to be present even when a Union Pacific has a catestrophic incident. The ol' NS is having a rough 2023 so far! Can you say Sh*t magnet!?
dang - that was no small explosion, amazed it took so long for the crew to realize something was amiss. Looks like it blew out the sides too so not just a turbo, malice in the combustion palace...
Looks like that GE decided to eat up the main generator and then gobble up other electronics along the way...kind of shocked that the other units behind were still linked MU style and not in shutdown mode by then. Impressive that the unit kept running.
It makes me smile to know that there are people who are so obsessive about their love of trains that they go outside to watch and record them passing like this. Life is so much richer if you have an obsessive interest!
I'm a retired commercial pilot flew Airtankers as a Co-pilot DC6/7s. My first actual flight as a Co-pilot on a fire, we had#4 engine spectacularly blow on takeoff out of Winslow Az. Much like that UP unit. Nothing like bits and pieces of engine or components scattering across the landscape. Hope everything went ok.
@Mystic Ren correct it is on UP because it was their train with a NS leader although that is a ac4400cw not a GEVO but you are correct. I’ve never seen something to that severity though locomotive wise
@@josuemartinez8482 Thankfully, the second engine, UP C45ACCTE #5626 was empty at the time of the fire, so everyone was alright, which is all that matters.
Nice capture my friend. SHHHHHHHOCKING it was a UP engine, I guess there excellent scheduled maintenance on their rolling stock is proof here that cutting costs is the way to go much like PSR. Good thing this didn't happen during fire season in a wildfire prone area in this country.
I’ve seen GE units throw an engine rod right through the side of the car body, but a camshaft failure is a new one! Failures like that tend to be a catastrophic loss for the locomotive.
I drove the crews for BNSF and UP around Texas and never saw this. I have seen the aftermath of a derailment and an engine derailed in the yard close to me, but not a fire! Wow!
I used to work in a rail yard and saw the Norfolk Southern engines roll through from time to time. Everyone said they paint them flat black because of how shitty that company is at keeping their stuff up. After having been up close while I fueled a few I am amazed that more don't catch fire. They are all grime from top to bottom but you can't see it from a distance due to the paint job being the same color as the grime.
@@glenbard657 Lead engine is an NS. Norfolk Southern often borrows/rents UP power units (and maintains them like they are their own.) Although not a 100% universal rule, the rail line owner/train owner tends to put their power units as the lead and the borrowed/rental power behind them.
I'm a retired Elevator Mechanic who worked on some hefty Traction Motors and Generators and let me tell you that when a big piece of machinery decides to give up the ghost it can be spectacularly done !! 😮😂
isn't that the truth
@Starship Captain RUD is from Kerbal Space Program forums, or at least that’s where Musk likely picked it up. He said he played around the same time (early 2015).
Amusingly, he actually got it slightly wrong, the original was Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (because you didn’t really disassemble things for maintenance in games), but he used Unscheduled.
@Starship Captain A few tons spinning at thousands of RPMs sure ain't gonna be happy if disturbed. An uncontained engine failure is quite hellish indeed, even contained ones are quite the spectacle, like United 1175 and even more recently 328.
Yes it does lights up the country side .
Fellow retired elevator mechanic here. Seeing machines blow up reminds me how good it is to be retired.😁
That’s one hell of a catch!
Taking hell of a catch to a whole new level lmao
At least it happened in a town... Imagine being on a mountain when that happens.
@@2dronetek2 yes
"hell of a catch" quite literally too.
I’m a Locomotive Engineer driver and that footage put chills up my spine, pray everyone is safe and well . Please be careful at the rail crossings
I was too but retired now
A locomotive engineer driver huh ? Lol
My dad was a Conductor but he rode in the Caboose with his Brakemen. I occasionally got to ride along. Those crossings were so dangerous that before they had a lightning system there were always accidents .
@@tyhym They are called "Drivers" in the UK, not Engineers.
🙏
Wow! That’s quite amazing to see! Great catch. Thankful everyone was ok and always thankful for our firefighters! 🚒
Brings new meaning to "right place - right time!!" Great footage, mr. reporter.
Guy in the Van honking and waving at the train crew is great.
Initially I was thinking "uhhh... I think they know" but I suppose better to wave around and look like an idiot in the rare case the crew didn't see it. Better to be safe than sorry lol
@@jakethomas5338 Engines were still under power, they apparently didn't...
😅😅😅😅
Going through a town, I bet they don't look behind them much. They are looking for people trying to beat the train. Do trains have rear view mirrors?
@@jakethomas5338 I mean...what makes you so certain they were aware of it? and I don't see how trying to make sure theyre aware of one of their engines burning up makes you look like an idiot.
So if anyone is wondering what happened exactly, I can give an exact answer.
From what I’m reading off of the Union Pacific locomotive managing system, the locomotive defect sections states word for word “Unit had a ccop explosion and engine fire, camshaft came apart on L-4 power assembly” In basic terms, high crankcase pressure just blew the unit up and messed up left bank cylinder 4’s camshaft.
To add on, on the same day a crew reported that the unit produced excessive smoke, this was reported in the morning before the incident.
Thank you. I pray for these workers.
Who gave you access to LMS?
@@AbelG8781 I work for the company
@@Hfh357 10-4
don't get caught.
Mind-blowing!! Thank you for posting this incredible footage, 👍
Incredible footage. Unbelievable watching that roll down the tracks!
It actually does take that long for a train to stop on emergency though
@@cdvideodump Sounds to me like he’s still pulling when the engines pass!
@@tomt9543 Probably not to put too much pressure on the breaks. If the engine's on fire, one wrong move might be all that it takes for disaster
@@cdvideodump what
@@madmax2069 Hey I was just guessing, I don't know crap about locomotive engines lol
In my younger days as a volunteer fireman, we had EMD-FL9s catch fire when PC started moving them from their home rails to the NYC old Hudson line to Poughkeepsie NY, some failures pretty spectacular. That wasn't just an oil line that looked to be catastrophic prime mover failure. Glad it was the second and not lead unit, things could have ended a lot worse.
Yep, it blew open the louver doors, probably a giant hole in the side of the engine block.
I remember the toilets in the PC passenger coaches and stopped walking along the tracks at night
So, you're saying it can't be fixed with a bit of duct tape, chewing gum, and a kick on the tires?
@@captainottomaybe flex tape
I was thinking more the line of industrial JB Weld inside and Flex tape to put doors on
Can't imagine having to drive to a safe zone. Glad no one got hurt or worse. Great work and communication.
'THIS train is on fireeeeeeee.' 🤯
The firemen were probably stoked. You don't get to fight a locomotive fire every day 🔥
When I was a volunteer, we were called for a fuel leak on a parked engine. It ended up being a coolant leak. Either way, we got a chance to climb over it. 🤣
...Firefighter...
Firemen stoke boilers.
@@ffjsb Methinks the pun went over your head. "Firefighter" is a modern non-sexist replacement for "fireman" as in person who fights fire. The term was used in that sense since 1714.
@@ffjsb In my youth we also called them "firemen".
@@RaineStudio exactly.
Looks to me like the train crew were trying to get as far through town as they could and clear as many crossings as possible.
Norfolk Southern.
Idiot in the van waving like they actually helping lmao
Retired Conductor, that's what I would have done. They will be there for a while.
That might not be such a great idea if the failed unit was dropping burning fuel along the way. I'll bet the official Southern Pacific rule book says "Stop the train immediately!!" if a unit catches fire.
@@MrPLC999 You bet? Or you know?
My cousin does locomotive repair and he said that this happens more often than you would think. It's not super common, but it does happen. I don't think that most of the fires are that large.
If it's a GE, it happens A LOT!
@@briangardner5764 lmao very true
Everything is ancient and no one wants to upgrade and spend money which is better in rich man's pocket
Looks like an oil line blew or the engine sht itself lol
@made-in-the80sit was built in 2004, absolutely not ancient
Looks like Doc Brown has tossed in the red presto log! 😂
Locomotive Report:
Crew heard a loud bang. 2nd unit stopped loading. Noticed some smoke and flames. Mechanical Desk advised to reset the BCCB breaker.
Lol reset the breaker. Well I guess problem solved then, eh?
Should have unplugged it waited 10 seconds then plugged it back in.
It ain't got no gas in it.
@@Mo11y666 You have NO IDEA of what you're talking about, you have to wait 60 seconds...
@@jeromyt6873 You're a smart man Carl...
I've been an enthusiast for 11 years and I've never seen an AC44 *spontaneously combust* Well you experience something new every day. Just on very different levels.
Ever wonder why locomotives have mirrors? This. This is why
Remember engineers: always check behind you every once and a while. Defect Detectors can't detect everything.
They knew right away
They knew, didn't care, wanted to get to their terminal lmao
@@TheBeeMan1994 no reason not to. It's only dead weight, and there could also be other reasons. Like the crew being told to run the dead engine to siding for a return crew to pick up.
Dont be surprised to see alot more of these with bigger trains and overworked and not serviced properly engines.
They were aware of the fire. They were getting it away from flammable cars
The train crew and the fire fighters are all heroes. Good job!!
@@SpadesPlusYT58how would you know? They probably already knew about it and was trying to get away from the crossings so they don't block traffic.
Spraying water on a fire doesn't make you a hero. Such media BS.
First time ever seeing a train on fire. Jeeze man…I hope nobody got hurt with that one😬🤞🙏
Dang man, I've seen a traction motor on fire and called it in to Spring DS but never a whole locomotive fire, nice catch!!!
Damn, that thing blew off the doors! Excellent video!
Burnt the doors off actually. They get hot and those doors are thin metal.
@@ItsReallyJackBlack no it didn't the doors are wide open
@@simulatorpugs Seriously, I have seen and worked on quite a few.
@@ItsReallyJackBlack makes sense, they’re probably some aluminum alloy
As a model railroad engineer, this is a nightmare. Lionel doesn't have fire extinguishing systems installed. I have seen some terrible derailments. I know the hardships of railroading. Stay safe fellow engineers.
haha
Can you teach me how to become a locomotive engineer please??
@@emmanuelescarment2456 unfortunately I sold my Lionel collection. My locomotive engineer days are done.
@@longwindingroad well okay
@rm25088 don't laugh 🤬
I used to live in Bryan TX and I never was able to see train that much and this video still sparks that inner kid in me who watches those Thomas video on TH-cam
I can hear it now.
"Defect detector. Engine 2 is on fire, YO!"
This is exactly what happens when I'm not at work!
😅
Plot twist : You're the one who throw a molotov to that engine
Wow! Train Catches Fire. Thanks for sharing!
Ooo man! GE's locomotives are known for fires usually turbo fires and failures, but wow, that the first time watching one send a rod though the block
What are the odds? You could go out to get footage a hundred thousand times and not see that happen in front of you. Great post! Cheers.
Typical day for a Norfolk Southern employee
What great footage. Can’t imagine seeing that roll up on the tracks. I would of been screaming holy cow. You were quiet LOL. You don’t see something like that on video every day
"of been" when you use words that you don't even understand...
@@Renard380 they had a moment of phonetic grammar. Get over yourself
En primeri porque un tren se ñenaria de agua😮
You could say MASEW was coming in hot lol
Not really funny but gosh that was one heck of a show.
great footage! thank you for not screaming obscenities.
Yes, thanks.
Love how the camera calmly pans along with the burning engine like this is a common occurrence. I can imagine the camera operator thinking "oops! There goes another one."
That's incredible! Great capture! Glad the outcome was good
Look on the bright side: trains are finally stopping in College Station once again!
Oh man, that hurts! I used to ride the Owl and the Sunbeam when I was much younger.
Wow, I’ve seen hotboxes before, but that was a *HOT BOX* (like the whole engine) 😂
Love how the person taking the video attempted to notify the engineer, the yelling, pointing and on the phone to 911. Outstanding job.
I assume this engineer was aware and was trying to get as far away from the most populated area. Good call and Good catch.
Most likely trying to make a siding area, the part were there are 2 sets of track, so as to not have the entire track blocked up
It's spring. Even trains are having a hard time with the pollen rn
Damn what a shot! Makes me think twice about filming so close to the tracks 😂
You still use a film camera? Jeeze, most everyone uses a digital camera nowadays.
Sure are a lot of train “accidents” happening lately.
tv stations just posting more..............
As a model train engineer. That was bone chilling to see. Be safe out there at the railroad crossings people....
Locomotives hold several hundred gallons of engine oil , that one burned pretty quick . Great catch , thanks for sharing .
Not to mention the 4 or 5 thousand gallons of diesel fuel!
More like 5000 gallons
@@GXTOLX Yes it is 5000 gallons . Rode in a hell of a lot of them . With emergency fuel shutoff valves it's highly unlikely for the fuel tank to catch on fire . Great video catch .
Fuel tanks are below the walkway, close to the ground. Unless some shrapnel from the detonating engine ruptured the tank, not much chance of a fuel tank fire.
@@The_DuMont_Network I'm very familiar with locomotives , we have a locomotive shop here in North Little Rock , Arkansas and I've been in the shop so many times I can't count . They have a overhead crane that carries the locomotives from the rail lead into the shop and the crane carries a locomotive from that track to the far corner of the shop . Quite a site to see a locomotive of over 200 tons being lifted and carried over several other locomotives . Without a fuel tank they look a little weird . The main frame is very thick .
Surprised it wasn't the NS unit
Why would you say that... Not everything is about NS these days .
Lol
@@ldc71960 well
It happens ...lol
Lol 😂 that won’t be surprising if it was the NS unit
Insane!!! Right place at the right time that's for sure 🔥
People who know nothing about trains - "Why didn't the train stop immediately!". Same people - "Trains should never stop where they block a railway crossing!"
Yea and people shouldn't text and drive or when sitting at green light!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lived near train lines my whole life, NEVER seen a train 🔥
I'm in rural Pa, and they start brush fires here regularly. Spitting fire out of the top for 10 miles until someone blocks a rail crossing.
We have this in common.
I mean I know UP works their motors way too hard but wow I've never seen one let go like this. That PSR is doing wonders isn't it?
PSR doesn't have anything to do with this. This is likely deferred maintenance or the fact that it's just a GE.
Maybe that's why they have so many power units mothballed out in the desert. When one blows up why fix it? Just swap it out for one in storage!
@@daar1113 UP ditched their C44s and SD60s in favor of AC.
@@phil8083 PSR is running a railroad on a schedule. WHether or not maintenance is done is not part of PSR.
@@daar1113 No sir. Not at all. Swapping out units that are mothballed isn't cheap.
That's a hot train!
and two years before this, UP 5626 decided that a cement mixer needed to die, the truck driver miraculously survived
😳😳 That’s something you don’t see everyday
Great clip amazing catch glad they saved it and all is safe
Save what? ......that engine is toast!.......put it on the next Funeral Train!
@Mystic Ren do cost estimate s might just outweigh the value of doing that?
Hah, I built the first half of this train in Pine Bluff, AR. Amazing. Also the second unit was bad ordered and they took it anyway!
Looks like it’s even more bad ordered now! 😂
@Cold Steel Rails that sounds just like the CN and the trix they pull..." If it rolls take it"
You guys do a great job I love my trains
Man that train right there can hold up traffic but what's wilder here is that there is a police station literally like 2 blocks away from there... For people who do not know this area... those tracks signify the metaphorical 'living on the other side of the tracks' mantra. If you value your safety you choose NOT to live on the other side of that train at all costs.
Nice catch Shawn! Jeez Louise that was scary.
It was nice that they could take time out of their busy schedule to put the fire out 😅
Knowing Norfolk Southern I'm surprised they are allowed to put out the fire.
Wow, what a catch, and all the years that I’ve been filming trains I have never seen anything like this, if you haven’t, you should send this video to the local news stations and also put it on some of the world news I think that would make for educational purposes!!
I live in the area and was surprised to see this pop up on notifications with the views it has. It's a college town (Bryan-College Station, TX), and it's already all over the local news and was on the university subreddit as well.
@@fresh_dood i’m from Indiana so I just saw this video today. It’s pretty amazing how quickly stuff can make the news!!
Wow!
How lucky to be right there filming when it happened!
I am glad someone called the fire department and they got the train stopped before more serious damage happened.
@made-in-the80s Clearly they didn't.
@made-in-the80s Should have, could have, would have... They didn't.
They probably didn't even know they were on fire.
@made-in-the80s The same way you presume to know they did call the fire department.
@made-in-the80s Sure.
@made-in-the80s Sure.
Norfolk Southern somehow found a way to be present even when a Union Pacific has a catestrophic incident. The ol' NS is having a rough 2023 so far! Can you say Sh*t magnet!?
dang - that was no small explosion, amazed it took so long for the crew to realize something was amiss. Looks like it blew out the sides too so not just a turbo, malice in the combustion palace...
Let's get this shipped up to him for a teardown...
I think it took that long to slow to a stop
Of course, if the train were 3 miles long and in the charge of one engineer as some companies would like, it might have tsken even longer to spot.....
im gessing they saw it hit the brakes but takes a long time to bring over 7000 fully loaded train to a stop
I'm pretty sure they felt it go BOOOOOM !!😉
That was awesome. You made my day with this video.
Looks like that GE decided to eat up the main generator and then gobble up other electronics along the way...kind of shocked that the other units behind were still linked MU style and not in shutdown mode by then. Impressive that the unit kept running.
not enough electronics shorted yet.
Wow that’s crazy! Good footage!
Oh jeez, that explosion was quite scary
Actually, they run off diesel, which does not explode like gasoline
@@Dr_Won_Hung_Lo Diesel has a higher specific impulse.
Amazing how there is no nasty explosion!
It makes me smile to know that there are people who are so obsessive about their love of trains that they go outside to watch and record them passing like this. Life is so much richer if you have an obsessive interest!
Wow! What a coincidence that you caught it on camera!
Should probably add to the title or add a tag "UP 5626 catches fire" then a lot more people would get to see this great video.
Outstanding capture 👏 👌 ❤
America’s trains do impressions of America right now.
I'm a retired commercial pilot flew Airtankers as a Co-pilot DC6/7s. My first actual flight as a Co-pilot on a fire, we had#4 engine spectacularly blow on takeoff out of Winslow Az. Much like that UP unit. Nothing like bits and pieces of engine or components scattering across the landscape. Hope everything went ok.
2800 or 3350 that blew?
@@jameshayward8533 DC-6B R-2800 . Bad master rod. 3350s were usually Power return Turbine related
Wow that is crazy that it was on fire and they were also trying to get the engineer's attention as well
trust me they knew. that just didn't just catch fire it blew up.
Looking good UP, looking real good..
*What a catch on video*! *That was awesome to see*! *Nice noone was hurt*!! (I'm sure the engineer was freaking out)! 😊👍!
Wow...that was amazing footage.
That was awesome footage! Great catch!
Great video and footage I pray that everyone and the crews are safe 🙏🙏👏👏
Holy .. that's a Big fire
NS is getting good at this.
Dude even the title said it’s a UNION PACIFIC TRAIN……
@Mystic Ren correct it is on UP because it was their train with a NS leader although that is a ac4400cw not a GEVO but you are correct. I’ve never seen something to that severity though locomotive wise
@Mystic Ren haha yeah I’m like that at times
Somebody is sabatoging the trains in America... looks 👀 like it doesn't it ? To many frequencies and occurrences ?
Holy shit! The entire engine & air rooms (the whole rear half of the long hood) are fully engulfed!! Must be a Dash 8!
perfect timing GEs burn pretty well and often too thanks for sharing
Dang never seen a train got on fire
I hope they are ok
@@josuemartinez8482
Thankfully, the second engine, UP C45ACCTE #5626 was empty at the time of the fire, so everyone was alright, which is all that matters.
you mean, locomotive
@@alexander1485
Yeah. It’s just another name for it
@CW
Yeah. It mostly happens to the GEs, especially the older ones
Nice capture my friend. SHHHHHHHOCKING it was a UP engine, I guess there excellent scheduled maintenance on their rolling stock is proof here that cutting costs is the way to go much like PSR. Good thing this didn't happen during fire season in a wildfire prone area in this country.
Cool video. I'm glad everyone was safe.❤️🔥
This train is on fire 🔥
Incredible video!!!!!
GE is sometimes called Great Explosions.
I’ve seen GE units throw an engine rod right through the side of the car body, but a camshaft failure is a new one! Failures like that tend to be a catastrophic loss for the locomotive.
Wow! Very nice catch and good job staying with it. That's about the worst one I've ever seen.
I drove the crews for BNSF and UP around Texas and never saw this. I have seen the aftermath of a derailment and an engine derailed in the yard close to me, but not a fire! Wow!
Man that was amazing.
Seeing a GE locomotive WITHOUT burn evidence is rare, based on my experiences.
As my late Father who worked for SP for 45 years before he retired some 25+ years ago would say "That's not good"
And after a little further thought "It'll buff out"
I used to work in a rail yard and saw the Norfolk Southern engines roll through from time to time. Everyone said they paint them flat black because of how shitty that company is at keeping their stuff up.
After having been up close while I fueled a few I am amazed that more don't catch fire. They are all grime from top to bottom but you can't see it from a distance due to the paint job being the same color as the grime.
Except for the scotch marks. They usually turn an ashy white to gray color.
It kind of blows your whole argument if you take a look and realize that it's a Union Pacific locomotive on fire.
@@glenbard657 Lead engine is an NS. Norfolk Southern often borrows/rents UP power units (and maintains them like they are their own.)
Although not a 100% universal rule, the rail line owner/train owner tends to put their power units as the lead and the borrowed/rental power behind them.
@WDHIII Thanks for not actually addressing anything I said for how/what I said.
The UP engine didn’t get to lead so it had a meltdown 🤣
Omg 😱 that’s an extremely long haul 😮
It's amazing, they kept going, only one unit we have 3 more, I think they were told to stop.
I'd believe the crew had permission after reporting the problem.
Not reporting and ignoring issued policy has consequences
@@jcee2259 especially Norfolk Southern these day