I had to listen to the crossing signal for a week when a train derailed near my house. It took out about 3 miles of tracks. Back in the day when they hauled candy stripers as we called them. They carried hazardous material. The tracks ran less than a 50 yards by my house. It's a sound you won't ever forget when a locomotive hauling close to 70 cars starts derailing. We were extremely lucky that the hazardous material cars stayed upright on the tracks. My parents were both volunteers at the time of the derailment.
@@wfvideos4099 yeah but not all class 1 railroad crews are dicks like on this wooden axle trunk line. This line is so poor they have to use another branch lines timetable
From Lafayette, IN, and as a retired railroader who used to work in good and crappy weather year around... my heart really goes out to those guys who worked hard all day (in the wind and cold!) to get the derailed cars back on the rail... and then... another derailment! Ugh! :-( Just seeing all the snow on the ground and listening to the wind blowing in the camera's mic made me shiver! I really hope the E&LS can find some money to upgrade their track because it's so badly needed. Good video of a really bad situation, Jason, and thanks for braving the cold to get this footage.
Wife's account and not her opinions Not sure where you shot this but great to see I spent alot of my youth around Escanaba and Gladstone and the old ore docks so many memories of fishing for perch walleye and smelt run we used to drive out on the ice and fish so many memories of family there thank you for this video I love the UP and the nicest people great hunting also I always have a regret that I was the last generation of my family to be there I now am working on getting my family there thank you again and also enjoy the rail part also
@@HODMEChannel they can afford it. The problem is the owner takes the money out of the company rather than reinvesting. Then when things go out of service, the government uses taxpayer money to keep them in business.
Okay, so I'm two years late. I gotta tell ya. this is what I watch rail fanner's channels for. Just watching trains go by is boring af. I'm here to see the different locations and stuff like this video. Great work! Greetings from Utah.
From the past videos you shot of trains on this line, it is a wonder they haven't had a derailment before considering how the cars rocked and almost tipped over.
CNW used to have some track maintained about this well, which is to say hardly at all. They derailed some loaded 100 grain hoppers one day. They got a rerailing company to get the equipment back on the rail. Two days later they derailed more loads in the same spot. I heard the radio conversation with the roadmaster. "You guys didn't fix this very well, did you." His face was the color of a stop sign. Watching from Fox Point, Wisconsin.
Being this is former Milwaukee Road tracks, this reminds me of something that happened to the Milwaukee way back in 1974 on their Chehalis, WA Sub near Roy, WA. A train bound for Portland, OR was trundling down their decrepit track when the lead car behind the locomotives derails and dumps over into the ditch. The crew assessed the situation. Since the car dumped over and the track was clear and intact, the crew tried to ease the power back to the rest of the train and try to creep the rest of the train past and make their way to Portland. The trailing unit dropped off the rails and that was the end of that. Maybe these guys used to work for the Milwaukee Road, or maybe their parents did?
I have a friend who worked for a contractor in the mid 1980s replacing the ties from Crivitz,Wi to Green Bay. Even after that work the rails had been in use since 1915 based on the steel mill markings,they developed a hump curve and they forced speed restrictions. Remember this line used to be passenger line also. Chippewa Hiawatha service. Too expensive to replace the rail with 136lb welded...
If the railroad owns that road I would be asking why tax dollars are being spent to maintain it. They can't have it both ways. That woman cop who called you on the phone doesn't know how to do her job properly. She just took their word for it without any investigation.
@@jasonasselin You might be surprised at how far out from the center line of track that the railroads property goes. I'm very familiar with right of way maps and in one town, you can't walk out the front door on any business on main street and not be on railroad property.
Look at all your comments already Nicely done Terrible job in their part Those rails should not have come apart after spending all afternoon repairing it!! I’m in Texas currently in Houston Normally in dallas area. Thanks for sticking with this video PS you are aware that you can listen to them on a radio of your own - right? A simple scanner will get you into their chatter. Perfectly legal
I have never seen this process before - thank you for posting with the closeups. Bad day on the railroad. Should we fix the track or keep re-railing loaded cars? Tough decision.
We have a bad track train in our town too! Sadly about a year ago the engine just laid over on its side and gave up out in the country! We're in Henry county Ohio, specifically Napoleon.
And I once had an old time field boss tell me that quality control doesn't pay. But every time the quality failed, the cost to effect correction far exceeded the cost of routine quality control designed to alert us of a problem before a catastrophe hit us.
First of all let me say thank God nobody is hurt. Number two, the track needs serious work. Number three, great video. Number four, I enjoyed your videos and I am also blind.
seems to be cheaper to send 8 guys out from your MOW crew than to inspect and fix your track.... surprised the FRA isn't involved..... watching from Bellows Falls, Vermont where the track has been upgraded along the Connecticut Valley (for Amtrak) and a few freights mostly at night. thanks for uploading....
Hi Jason, I would like to say that if there is a road way next to a train track they can not tell you that you can not walk it they are wrong. My family and friends work for the the train company for over 35 years. If there is a path parallel they can not stop you. My brother work laying tie down. We feed the camp laying down tie. They say 20 feet. I hope that help.
An abandoned rail bed about 500 yards north of my house. Back when it was active the cars used to sway like those did in the video. It's a wonder there weren't any derailments here! Watching from Morrisdale, Pa.
From Cody, Wyo. Another great video , Jason. I thought for a second there that one , or both, of those cars were going all the way over. Wouldn't that have been fun!
Jason like your videos I'm from NH I'm a big rail fan we have pan Am Amtrak trains and NS, CSX, new England central rail road one day I was able to see 11 engines and over and over 100 frieght cars it was awesome
Jason Mike from England that is some bad ass track we would never allow it in this country surely it would be better for the Rail company to put down good track and save themselves a heap of money yours Mike.
Maybe after this double incident, maybe they will actually fix the track here. But never underestimate the power of corporate greed or penny pinching, in the Boeing McDonnell Douglas style.
E&LSR : Derail, rerail, repeat. The only thing more superior than the lake is their derailment record! It's like Penn Central 2 : Electric Boogaloo. Cheers from Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Look on the bright side it was a nice sunny day to be working or filming outside. Very interesting seeing how they re-rail the cars. Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Thanks for being out in the cold making this video, its very interesting, so is your trespassing story. From Mark in Dayton Ohio. its 62 degrees outside at 8AM Jan 11, 2020. Skies looking angry, hope we don't get any tornadoes today. We had 13 tornadoes on memorial day.
Thanks for filming this jason. I enjoyed it. Hope you catch them putting these back on the rail. I'M in nashville,tn. My wife is from the milwaukee area. Have a great day!!!
You do great work, Jason. I'm sure you've got warm clothes to stay out there. I'll just turn up the thermostat and watch them here at home! :) Greg in TN
Great follow-up video. Thanks for sharing. Sure says a lot about the people in charge of that rail. The previous videos showing those cars rockin and rollin through that stretch were almost unbelievable. Why the heck would any engineer go through that stretch more than one time and not demand immediate rail maintenance?
Hi Jason, Happy New year my friend! Thank you for filming this. This is a very resourceful little railroad. They sure are experts at getting cars back on the rails in miserable conditions, only to start over tomorrow! From Plymouth, WI.
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I had to listen to the crossing signal for a week when a train derailed near my house. It took out about 3 miles of tracks. Back in the day when they hauled candy stripers as we called them. They carried hazardous material. The tracks ran less than a 50 yards by my house. It's a sound you won't ever forget when a locomotive hauling close to 70 cars starts derailing. We were extremely lucky that the hazardous material cars stayed upright on the tracks. My parents were both volunteers at the time of the derailment.
The Darwin Road Railroad.
"Nobody Repeats Mistakes Like We Do."
HA HA
@@wfvideos4099 yeah but not all class 1 railroad crews are dicks like on this wooden axle trunk line. This line is so poor they have to use another branch lines timetable
From Lafayette, IN, and as a retired railroader who used to work in good and crappy weather year around... my heart really goes out to those guys who worked hard all day (in the wind and cold!) to get the derailed cars back on the rail... and then... another derailment! Ugh! :-( Just seeing all the snow on the ground and listening to the wind blowing in the camera's mic made me shiver! I really hope the E&LS can find some money to upgrade their track because it's so badly needed. Good video of a really bad situation, Jason, and thanks for braving the cold to get this footage.
Wife's account and not her opinions Not sure where you shot this but great to see I spent alot of my youth around Escanaba and Gladstone and the old ore docks so many memories of fishing for perch walleye and smelt run we used to drive out on the ice and fish so many memories of family there thank you for this video I love the UP and the nicest people great hunting also I always have a regret that I was the last generation of my family to be there I now am working on getting my family there thank you again and also enjoy the rail part also
Former Iron Mountain resident watching from Maryland
Good thing all short lines just got a large grant to fix and update all the track that they own.
They really need to invest in serious track maintenance lol.
They can't afford it. All their money goes to wage and leasing.
Replace the tracks.
@@HODMEChannel they can afford it. The problem is the owner takes the money out of the company rather than reinvesting. Then when things go out of service, the government uses taxpayer money to keep them in business.
Right... That type of load seems to need good road bed, I guess because of the uneven weight distribution of wood?
Okay, so I'm two years late. I gotta tell ya. this is what I watch rail fanner's channels for. Just watching trains go by is boring af.
I'm here to see the different locations and stuff like this video. Great work! Greetings from Utah.
I've never seen them re-rail a car. Thanks for the video from Augusta, WV.
From the past videos you shot of trains on this line, it is a wonder they haven't had a derailment before considering how the cars rocked and almost tipped over.
I'm in kentucky
CNW used to have some track maintained about this well, which is to say hardly at all. They derailed some loaded 100 grain hoppers one day. They got a rerailing company to get the equipment back on the rail. Two days later they derailed more loads in the same spot. I heard the radio conversation with the roadmaster. "You guys didn't fix this very well, did you." His face was the color of a stop sign. Watching from Fox Point, Wisconsin.
After the grief that railroad gave you that has too be a little satisfying. Don’t get me wrong I’m glad no one got hurt but!!! Dam karma
Jason: Thank you for your rePly. Appreciate all your hard work and time sharing these cool videos😁
Jason...i'm watching from South Carolina. Love the videos.
Great Time & Place Reporting Jason Asselin!!!
That was great!
Cheers
Jingy
Love the crunchy snow. Not seeing that in the Chicago area, and no one is complaining.
From Dearborn, Mi...... Thank you for freezing your butt off to bring us this amazing video. 👍👍❤️❤️🤗🤗
Being this is former Milwaukee Road tracks, this reminds me of something that happened to the Milwaukee way back in 1974 on their Chehalis, WA Sub near Roy, WA. A train bound for Portland, OR was trundling down their decrepit track when the lead car behind the locomotives derails and dumps over into the ditch. The crew assessed the situation. Since the car dumped over and the track was clear and intact, the crew tried to ease the power back to the rest of the train and try to creep the rest of the train past and make their way to Portland. The trailing unit dropped off the rails and that was the end of that. Maybe these guys used to work for the Milwaukee Road, or maybe their parents did?
I have a friend who worked for a contractor in the mid 1980s replacing the ties from Crivitz,Wi to Green Bay. Even after that work the rails had been in use since 1915 based on the steel mill markings,they developed a hump curve and they forced speed restrictions. Remember this line used to be passenger line also. Chippewa Hiawatha service. Too expensive to replace the rail with 136lb welded...
@@briandonovan9560 right. No doubt about that. Probably what would help too is a good bed of rock for that track to sit on so it won't sink and shift.
Born in Kalamazoo, been to Escanaba and watched this from Naples, Florida where it is 77 degrees right now.
They just finished cleaning up a derailment and derails again. Geez
joe from ohio, glad could hear the rail workers when it hit the ground again.
If the railroad owns that road I would be asking why tax dollars are being spent to maintain it. They can't have it both ways. That woman cop who called you on the phone doesn't know how to do her job properly. She just took their word for it without any investigation.
Exactly why I am pushing it some. I'll play their game and wait for action after. I just can't believe I finally caught one go off the tracks!
@@jasonasselin You might be surprised at how far out from the center line of track that the railroads property goes. I'm very familiar with right of way maps and in one town, you can't walk out the front door on any business on main street and not be on railroad property.
It’s blocking the only road out of town! I could listen to that loco all day
Had to watch this one again! Great video work on this one Jason! Thanks...
Glad you enjoyed it
Watching from Connecticut unbelievable thanks
That whole stretch of railroad needs to be replaced!
George Nelson no, only some
Thanks a lot for the video. I know you got something better to do than staying on cold and windy weather. Cheers from Melbourne Australia.
I live in South Fl. I am glad that I don’t have to deal with ice and snow any more.
I'd love to live there listening to that bell all night.
Watching from Worcester Massachusetts , the snow capital of the United States!
Keep warm. Nice sunny 55 here in the mountains of Arizona
That is the rocky railroad, i am in Superior Wisconsin, good video looking forward to a follow up video
Look at all your comments already
Nicely done
Terrible job in their part
Those rails should not have come apart after spending all afternoon repairing it!!
I’m in Texas currently in Houston
Normally in dallas area.
Thanks for sticking with this video
PS you are aware that you can listen to them on a radio of your own - right?
A simple scanner will get you into their chatter. Perfectly legal
Yeah but then all I'd do is trains. lol
I have never seen this process before - thank you for posting with the closeups. Bad day on the railroad. Should we fix the track or keep re-railing loaded cars? Tough decision.
We have a bad track train in our town too! Sadly about a year ago the engine just laid over on its side and gave up out in the country! We're in Henry county Ohio, specifically Napoleon.
The perils of jointed rail. What a challenge
Estching from Hawaii.
I used a frog to rerail a Whitcomb locomotive that i drove off my rails here. Only the front wheels slipped off so it was easy.
i showed my Brother this video, he could not stop laughing, this is a real classic Jason, just love Your videos! Hello from south africa!
thanks for the update , Ontario
And I once had an old time field boss tell me that quality control doesn't pay. But every time the quality failed, the cost to effect correction far exceeded the cost of routine quality control designed to alert us of a problem before a catastrophe hit us.
Many thanks from Bonnie Scotland!!
First of all let me say thank God nobody is hurt. Number two, the track needs serious work. Number three, great video. Number four, I enjoyed your videos and I am also blind.
Watching from Salt Lake City. My grandpa was a train engineer and loved everything about trains. Your videos remind me of him and his love for the RR!
Thanks!
I enjoy your videos! Watching in Petoskey No, Just had a engine derail in Gaylord,what's giving on?
@@johnwager7043 Climate change!
Thanks for the video. Watching in Brantford Ontario. Stay warm.
Very nice video. So that's how you rerail the cars 👍 thanks Jason...... And de-rail 😁
seems to be cheaper to send 8 guys out from your MOW crew than to inspect and fix your
track.... surprised the FRA isn't involved..... watching from Bellows Falls, Vermont where the
track has been upgraded along the Connecticut Valley (for Amtrak) and a few freights mostly
at night. thanks for uploading....
Hi Jason, I would like to say that if there is a road way next to a train track they can not tell you that you can not walk it they are wrong. My family and friends work for the the train company for over 35 years. If there is a path parallel they can not stop you. My brother work laying tie down. We feed the camp laying down tie. They say 20 feet. I hope that help.
Watching from the Metro Vancouver region, under lockdown, during the COVID-19 crisis.
Enjoying your videos from Saginaw, Michigan. (Marquette native and lifelong railfan!)
Thanks!
Thanks for the video, watching from Cornwall UK
Interesting video thanks for posting - looks like that section of track needs regrading and renewal. Watching from Sussex UK
Never a dull moment aye Jason watching from Milo, Maine.
At least you got to go home and warm up; these guys were out all day and now they have to start all over again. Winter railroading, what fun !!! (not)
That's Karma for the way they treated you in other videos! Watching from Spokane WA
Thanks for that Jason, bad luck! Need to spend more on the railways - the world over! From very mild Croydon, South London, U.K.
Cracked my screen from slamming that like button...
An abandoned rail bed about 500 yards north of my house. Back when it was active the cars used to sway like those did in the video. It's a wonder there weren't any derailments here! Watching from Morrisdale, Pa.
Great...now I have "I've Been Working on the Railroad" song stuck in my head!!
Originally from Calumet grad 53 a home in Eagle Harbor and two weeks of snowmobiling!
Oh my that's such hard work. Wow
I work track maintenance that's an easy day right there, looks like those boys get quite a few of them hahah
This is Greg in Euchee, TN. The only county in TN with no RR tracks.
This is Paul from Milford Delaware wish we had a little bit of your snow but keep up the good work enjoy the videos
Great job, enjoy your videos & commentary! From New Hartford NY.
From the Netherlands. Thank you for filming.
Watching from Blackwood South Australia very excellent reporting
From Cody, Wyo. Another great video , Jason. I thought for a second there that one , or both, of those cars were going all the way over. Wouldn't that have been fun!
Jason like your videos I'm from NH I'm a big rail fan we have pan Am Amtrak trains and NS, CSX, new England central rail road one day I was able to see 11 engines and over and over 100 frieght cars it was awesome
Watching from new Albany , Indiana,seen you showing this before ,when y'all snow melts show the tracks, when the railroad guys ain't around ✌👋
I like your videos! I'm from Tulsa, Oklahoma and love watching trains
Whatching from south africa. Thanks for all you videos
Very good video. You did a really good job. Thank you.
The way the cars are swaying, I’d consider that lack of track maintenance and track inspections, watching from Cle Elum, WA (BNSF MOW)
Track needs some serious work in places. Some fresh ties and ballast would help a lot. Watching from central Florida. 85 degrees here. Stay warm.
Hi from the UK. Thanks for sharing
Jason Mike from England that is some bad ass track we would never allow it in this country surely it would be better for the Rail company to put down good track and save themselves a heap of money yours Mike.
Maybe after this double incident, maybe they will actually fix the track here. But never underestimate the power of corporate greed or penny pinching, in the Boeing McDonnell Douglas style.
Wow that SD 40 has a great horn
Watching from Virginia. The should rename it the Derail Central. I bet the crew wasn't happy about that one going off the rails.
E&LSR : Derail, rerail, repeat.
The only thing more superior than the lake is their derailment record!
It's like Penn Central 2 : Electric Boogaloo.
Cheers from Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
I have the same problems with my H.O. train set on the dining room table.
@@chuckster3629 Same, with my layout in N Scale on a 4x8. I should have picked a bigger scale...
Seattle watching...Jason derail is what a better option then new rd bed wow... are you going to do pt 3 re-rail?
It was too cold. Will not.
Watching from Peachland BC Canada. Sofa, so good!
Look on the bright side it was a nice sunny day to be working or filming outside. Very interesting seeing how they re-rail the cars. Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Awsome video , dont even have to rewind to see it again !!
Barry > Retired CN DBR Jct. WI
Great coverage ! It’s always a long day when something that big and heavy acts up. Thanks for the hard work and sharing...
Watching from central Florida. Track is in bad shape. Good videos. Stay warm.
Watching from Ottawa Ontario Canada
Thanks for being out in the cold making this video, its very interesting, so is your trespassing story. From Mark in Dayton Ohio. its 62 degrees outside at 8AM Jan 11, 2020. Skies looking angry, hope we don't get any tornadoes today. We had 13 tornadoes on memorial day.
Great catch - Columbus Ohio
Watching from Manitoba, Canada. Never seen a derailment caught on video before. 👍
Thanks
22:15 - There saved you a half hour of your lives.
I live in Casper wyoming. The Bnsf railroad served my town
Kalamazoo Michigan USA. Glad no tanks were involved in derailment.
Home in Saginaw, Michigan but currently living in the Netherlands! Watching from there!
Thanks for filming this jason. I enjoyed it. Hope you catch them putting these back on the rail. I'M in nashville,tn. My wife is from the milwaukee area. Have a great day!!!
You do great work, Jason. I'm sure you've got warm clothes to stay out there. I'll just turn up the thermostat and watch them here at home! :) Greg in TN
Great follow-up video. Thanks for sharing. Sure says a lot about the people in charge of that rail. The previous videos showing those cars rockin and rollin through that stretch were almost unbelievable. Why the heck would any engineer go through that stretch more than one time and not demand immediate rail maintenance?
Watching from London, England.
Hi Jason, Happy New year my friend! Thank you for filming this. This is a very resourceful little railroad. They sure are experts at getting cars back on the rails in miserable conditions, only to start over tomorrow! From Plymouth, WI.
From Mid-Mich. Watched a covered hopper car loaded with corn go over about 7 years ago.
Then sat on that bait pile waiting, eh? lol