that burnt out regulator will offer good trade-in value on a new machine. LOL! If HH was still running the show at CP he would demand that the burnt one be repaired using parts from an IC regulator. LOL!
Not a FF but a good point was made. It was no immediate threat to the surrounding stuff/no one was trapped so best to take your time and access any potential risks including it rolling away, hydraulic lines rupturing, etc. No point in getting your foot run over since you had to race in there to be all macho macho!
Funny thing bout this is I get a lot of people accusing even me of being a troublemaker or a shit disturber for exposing stuff like this to you tube when in fact it IS true and doing this kinda thing coulda saved a shit ton of probs..kudos from one rail fan to another..keep on railin!
I operated ballast regulators on Canadian national , they run hot and they got a lot of dust and dirt buildup on them, you really got it keep on top of your maintenance or they will become a large barbecue! It always hurts to lose a good machine
@@Ramon-oy5fqyou clearly don’t know what you’re talking about, this is a ballast regulator and this is the first ever video of a ballast regulator on fire
@Loram If first is last then last Will be first.if you got The same old same thing goes on for the next few bites. You will have to go through the process of making the necessary changes in the future. You can also make the changes in your lane I was in poor housekeeping dust and it was very hard to get there.
Ça crame ! Vite ! Il faut éteindre ça ! Merci à l'équipe d'intervenants ! Policiers, pompiers, etc. And thank you FNDEL for your vid ! A big hug from Geneva Switzerland
Love the post FNDEL, I enjoy reading the comments by the firefighter wannabes. I ask you, just WHAT was it they were going to save by rushing in there? The regulator was a total loss when the first unit pulled up. Rule #1. Go home after your shift.
That's a costly mistake. Theres probably been hundreds of these incidents that haven't been reported on, and my guess is that ballast regulator costs a pretty penny
nothing to see here folks , lots of money and lots of hydraulic fluid burning just making scrap metal now ! So that's what hundreds of thousands of dollars burns like...always wondered that. Good catch regardless
That's because operating rules require crew members keep windows closed at all times due to azz-holes that throw rocks or shoot at locomotives. Many personal injuries in years past...
to me it looks like they were traveling or had just turned regulator around because it because its cab is pointed forward and center jack is down or operator lowered it to extinquish fire ,both his and mk4 extinquishers were used
@@sureman13 yeah not sure what they were doing exactly but the fire did start on the front end of the regulator and there were tons of electrical sparks shooting out through the whole thing before I started recording so I think you’re right
Looks like someone switched that hopper into the track where the ballast regulator was parked. They make good bumpers albeit slightly burned after impact...😮
@@whiteknightcat You are correct. Blowing up the screen shows you to be correct. I have seenbin my career two incidences where cars were humped into a track and damaged track gang equipment. Odd that a regulator would catch fire on it's own. Fuel leak maybe?
@ffjsb Just wondered with the diesel fuel, motor oil, and hydraulic oil reservoir. Those bright white balls dropping underneath could well be rubber but I wondered about magnesium.
@@chuckg2016 If the diesel and hyd. fluid is still in the tanks, they're easy to put out. The bright white sparks were definitely some kind of magnesium parts burning.
A ballast regulator is like any other motor vehicle - it uses fuel like gasoline or diesel, it's got oil and lubricants, an electrical system (which you could see sparking all over the place), and combustible plastics.
I watched the same kind of sparks come out of a burning S.U.V. when they hit it with water last week. Golf ball sized . I kept my distance. I wondered if it was a Hybrid and the glowing sparks were from the Battery power plant
@@stevebean1822 Yes, when magnesium is hot and burning, putting water on it causes a reaction where it releases oxygen and actually burns more intensely, producing the bright white sparks.
I don’t think they are allowed to just drive out across active tracks in the rail yard without making sure it’s safe. If they parked or drove in the wrong area they could get hit causing another problem.
The second fire engine that comes into scene near the end of the video was on street pumping water into the trainyard using a fire hydrant, that’s how they had so much water
@@ffjsb I was asking how they put it out in a single tank, which as you can clearly read in the creators reply that they used a second engine to pump water using a hydrant outside of the yard. I wasn’t asking if they used a magic spell to put out the fire
I think since it was a total hull loss, they were more interested in keeping the sleepers / ties from burning, and what little they did was in the name of training. No sense in getting too gung ho when you are trying to teach fire science.
I'm sure you're a trained expert, little boy. "I only hope to provide a little distraction of today's sad world and hopefully some enjoyment. We're all friends here, let's behave like it.' OK, so you're a f*cking liar of a little boy. Go play with your toy trains now.
My guess is that the department wasnt sure of the different chemicals they had to deal with. Fighting fires with a one way approach can lead to disasters.
That's a conspiracy theory and possibly antisemitic. Just like with the church fires, all coincidence! Or it's just kicked the bucket and decided to go out blazing.
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That’s a new one for me. Cool video!
right on buddy!👍
I Ran one on the old ACR out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. It was old and I worked the hell out of but never burnt it up!
Those sparks shooting out once the fire got under control were pretty wicked!
Interesting video. Thank you for uploading and sharing!!
Awesome catch man!
that burnt out regulator will offer good trade-in value on a new machine. LOL! If HH was still running the show at CP he would demand that the burnt one be repaired using parts from an IC regulator. LOL!
It's scrap, nothing more.
Wow in all my life of railroading I never saw this before! Hope no one got hurt!!
Ha! Good catch!
It’s always amazing to see the flame running away from the water .
Kinda like Ol Joe bumbles running from the truth . 👊🏻
Say his name ya coward. He won't care.
FF's did a good job, had to assess how to tackle the blaze, extinguished using tank supply, no lives at stake, looked like a 3 man crew. Well done.
Not a FF but a good point was made. It was no immediate threat to the surrounding stuff/no one was trapped so best to take your time and access any potential risks including it rolling away, hydraulic lines rupturing, etc. No point in getting your foot run over since you had to race in there to be all macho macho!
That's what happens when Creel works his equipment far above and beyond their capacity just to meet his minimum quota...
Funny thing bout this is I get a lot of people accusing even me of being a troublemaker or a shit disturber for exposing stuff like this to you tube when in fact it IS true and doing this kinda thing coulda saved a shit ton of probs..kudos from one rail fan to another..keep on railin!
I operated ballast regulators on Canadian national , they run hot and they got a lot of dust and dirt buildup on them, you really got it keep on top of your maintenance or they will become a large barbecue! It always hurts to lose a good machine
@Ian Hotson...thanks for your comments..
Probably a hydraulic line burst near the exhaust poof !
Nice👍
I use to hang there al the time Manheim Metra station. Place has gone all to hell.
It’s too bad that it burnt down, but it’s awesome that you’re the first person to ever film one on fire!
You must live in a bottle. There are many real train fires caught on videos.
@@Ramon-oy5fqyou clearly don’t know what you’re talking about, this is a ballast regulator and this is the first ever video of a ballast regulator on fire
@Loram
If first is last then last
Will be first.if you got
The same old same thing goes on for the next few bites.
You will have to go through the process of making the necessary changes in the future.
You can also make the changes in your lane
I was in poor housekeeping dust and it was very hard to get there.
@@Ramon-oy5fq the hell are you smoking?
@@WayneSaint 2#$=0 .
Ça crame ! Vite ! Il faut éteindre ça ! Merci à l'équipe d'intervenants ! Policiers, pompiers, etc. And thank you FNDEL for your vid ! A big hug from Geneva Switzerland
That’s not good, I hope the train employees are okay. Sounds like they should’ve had it serviced sooner.
I came here just to watch the tires explode. Maybe next time.
Love the post FNDEL, I enjoy reading the comments by the firefighter wannabes. I ask you, just WHAT was it they were going to save by rushing in there? The regulator was a total loss when the first unit pulled up. Rule #1. Go home after your shift.
I don't believe there was much danger to not go home. Point is, you can give a shit and go home safely. Check your hormone imbalance.
@@dennisb-trains23 Remind me to never go into a burning building with you..............
Holy Toledo, (or Saskatoon)!
Great video. I subscribed to your channel as well.
Thank you!
Fire dept got there quickly enough
Well that unit is now scrap metal. Insurance company will supply a new one...
R.I.P dear railcar!
That ballast regulator muct be a GE product...
That's a costly mistake. Theres probably been hundreds of these incidents that haven't been reported on, and my guess is that ballast regulator costs a pretty penny
No there not expensive.
It's hard to get to
And requires a certified macanic.
To sign off on it.
Wow that’s insane. Wonder how it caught fire in the yard. Hope everyone was alright
When will they make hydraulic fluid the doesn't combust?
nothing to see here folks , lots of money and lots of hydraulic fluid burning just making scrap metal now ! So that's what hundreds of thousands of dollars burns like...always wondered that. Good catch regardless
In a few years when these become electric, one tank of water from an engine/pumper will not extinguish the fire.
Cool video and channel just subscribed
Thank you!
For Sale RR Equipment slightly burned and identifying as being in good un burned shape.
anybody notice how it takes forever for the FD to set up and start putting out the fire.
YIKES!!!😳😳😳
Bro not a work train 😢
That's a lot of damage !!!
In the course of a lifetime in and around railroading I’ve scorched the ballast many times but NOT LIKE THIS.
The ballast burned them back💀
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore; not like they did back in 1954!
That's because operating rules require crew members keep windows closed at all times due to azz-holes that throw rocks or shoot at locomotives. Many personal injuries in years past...
So that contributed to the fire?
Aren't those firefighters a bit slow? :D maybe they don't consider this an emergency? (It's already gone why the rush?)
That fire is trudeau's fault😂
THAT IS A BALLAST REGULATOR WITH mk4 tamper
Oh I thought it was a ballast sweeper, thanks for letting me know!
@@HighSpeedHauling ya thats a surfacing gang and looks like electrical short ignited oil leak
to me it looks like they were traveling or had just turned regulator around because it because its cab is pointed forward and center jack is down or operator lowered it to extinquish fire ,both his and mk4 extinquishers were used
@@sureman13 yeah not sure what they were doing exactly but the fire did start on the front end of the regulator and there were tons of electrical sparks shooting out through the whole thing before I started recording so I think you’re right
Looks like someone switched that hopper into the track where the ballast regulator was parked. They make good bumpers albeit slightly burned after impact...😮
What on earth are you talking about? There was nothing else on that track.
@@whiteknightcat You missed the hopper sitting against the crushed regulator???
@@rxrcond4life Look again, on a larger screen. Those hoppers are on a completely different yard track, probably about 20 feet beyond the regulator.
@@whiteknightcat You are correct. Blowing up the screen shows you to be correct. I have seenbin my career two incidences where cars were humped into a track and damaged track gang equipment. Odd that a regulator would catch fire on it's own. Fuel leak maybe?
@@rxrcond4life I have no idea. I'd guess fuel or oil leak as well. (I'm pretty sure it wasn't made by Tesla!) LOL
Good thing nobody was trapped in the vehicle, waiting on these guys. At least all the evidence is gone. (Those sparks mostlikely magnesium.)
Why would anyone be trapped??? And evidence of WHAT?? Guess you don't know that there's usually some evidence as to why fires start.
@@ffjsb You high on glue or something? Nothing much can be said of site that's turned to a smoke cloud. Try to relax some.
@@jacquesblaque7728 You clearly don't have a damn idea of what you're talking about.
CP Track Maintenance Equipment needed Maintenance
The fire department is pitiful
Some fire practice for the boys
now this is what you call "extra crispy" !
Yep, them motors got a tad hot. No foam on the pumper?
Fire went out fine without foam.
@ffjsb
Just wondered with the diesel fuel, motor oil, and hydraulic oil reservoir. Those bright white balls dropping underneath could well be rubber but I wondered about magnesium.
@@chuckg2016 If the diesel and hyd. fluid is still in the tanks, they're easy to put out. The bright white sparks were definitely some kind of magnesium parts burning.
@@ffjsb
Agreed since a functioning vent cap will provide a controlled burn with vapor expansion.
All that grease and hydraulic fluid makes for a good source of fuel. I'm betting Kershaw will not take this one in on warranty.
Must be worth a Million Dollars at Least
Well they saved some of the paint!
What’s the source of ignition? And what’s the combustible fuel in a machine made mostly of steel? Hydraulic fluid?
I was wondering the same, you make a great point mentioning hydraulic fluid.
Those have little engines in them too, possibly fuel for that?
A ballast regulator is like any other motor vehicle - it uses fuel like gasoline or diesel, it's got oil and lubricants, an electrical system (which you could see sparking all over the place), and combustible plastics.
Yeah!i was saying the same thing,don't worry about it boys it will put it self out😢.
Good thing there wasn’t a string of loaded sulfur cars sitting there.
A ballast regulator isn't a train. It's a piece of equipment...
I watched the same kind of sparks come out of a burning S.U.V. when they hit it with water last week. Golf ball sized . I kept my distance. I wondered if it was a Hybrid and the glowing sparks were from the Battery power plant
Probably had some magnesium in it. It doesn't like water.
@@stevebean1822 Yes, when magnesium is hot and burning, putting water on it causes a reaction where it releases oxygen and actually burns more intensely, producing the bright white sparks.
Maybe some hobo needed to get warm
😂
Apesar do incêndio 🧯 parabéns por registrar esse flagrante muito raro de acontecer, espero que não tenha vítimas. Lamentável perda do equipamento
Good to see that the municipal foundation savers came to the job with such a sense of duty. Pathetic.
A ballast regulator does not a train make.
*It caught fire, Eh? Just like our firefighters down here in the States - "We'll get around to putting it out - EVENTUALLY!"*
Just imagine how difficult it would be to extinguish this fire if it were on a track far from the road and surrounded by cars.
Hydraulic leaks are so much fun!
Wow
Almost 2 minutes after the arrival the first jet of water hit the fire.
How did it catch fire 🔥
I think these are fourth responders, the first ones were obviously somewhere else 😅
I don’t think they are allowed to just drive out across active tracks in the rail yard without making sure it’s safe. If they parked or drove in the wrong area they could get hit causing another problem.
@@blauer2551 don't try to help an idiot. they never learn.
I guess they're going to sit there and stare at it for awhile before they throw some water on it..
How did they put the fire out with just the water tank in the first engine?
The second fire engine that comes into scene near the end of the video was on street pumping water into the trainyard using a fire hydrant, that’s how they had so much water
@@HighSpeedHauling Ohh okay, thanks
@@colecc284no problem
Uh, we do that all the time... We have things called hoses that spray water on the fire to put it out...
@@ffjsb I was asking how they put it out in a single tank, which as you can clearly read in the creators reply that they used a second engine to pump water using a hydrant outside of the yard. I wasn’t asking if they used a magic spell to put out the fire
Are you going to put it out or you going to let it burn
I had no idea those were EVs
One minute and thirty seconds from arrival to actually putting water to the flames. Seemed awful slow to me.
I think since it was a total hull loss, they were more interested in keeping the sleepers / ties from burning, and what little they did was in the name of training. No sense in getting too gung ho when you are trying to teach fire science.
So the fire department can't assess the situation first before they rush in?
You're going to be terribly disappointed when you see how long it takes for actual (vs armchair) firefighters to set up for a structure fire.
Must have come from East Palestine 😅😅
CP doesn't run through East Palestine genius.
@@ffjsbrelax man, he was just joking
@@Jessewhite2006 Pretty lame joke... That was a derailment, this is not even close.
@@ffjsb whatever you say buddy
@@Jessewhite2006 I actually know what I'm talking about, I only have 40 years on the job...
Yeah i heard that was one of the new Chinese models that just came out. 🤣
I didn’t see a train on fire. Looks like some MOW equipment.
As the title states - a ballast regulator.
Train: Any vehicle on rails that can move under its own power
Why do you need to be so pacific. Also the title says ballast regulator.
@@dhodgkins1981 Pacific? Like southern pacific?
@@redlight722 A train of tought?..
Not really a train....
If it’s on rails it’s a train in my eyes
Well that was a piss poor job by a lazy fire department. Damn. I can move faster than that lol.
I bet you never had to fight a fire when you didn't know what was burning. You just stand back and complain , Dipstick
I'm sure you're a trained expert, little boy.
"I only hope to provide a little distraction of today's sad world and hopefully some enjoyment. We're all friends here, let's behave like it.'
OK, so you're a f*cking liar of a little boy. Go play with your toy trains now.
My guess is that the department wasnt sure of the different chemicals they had to deal with. Fighting fires with a one way approach can lead to disasters.
@@jameshill1740 I've watched fire departments attack vehicle fires before - the time from rolling up to putting water on the fire is pretty typical.
Everything on rails is not necessarily a train.
CLICK BAIT. CLICK BAIT.
No train involved. No train on fire.
Did you not watch the f'ing video
What in the sam hill is a going on here?economic terrorism?
That's a conspiracy theory and possibly antisemitic. Just like with the church fires, all coincidence!
Or it's just kicked the bucket and decided to go out blazing.
WOW! Professional cellar-savers at work.
Painful
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore; not like they did back in 1954!
They've been getting too many single finger salutes.