UP 3985 Derailed in Laramie

[playingwithfirehurts]

3895 is a double header right? damn that would have sucked if she fell

[LoneSniperSG]

Dude, that's an articulated steam loco. Thing weighs as much as a mountain.

[xam107]

good that it wasnt the loco but this newer waggon :D

[ANICON2006]

..well that crane operator had a good day, money wise that is..LoL

[maxm2317]

The Breakdown Train Theme from Thomas would have gone perfectly in this video. Nice video, anyway. As always, thanks, Skip. See ya 'round.

-Max

[TonoFonseca]

We're goinnng off the raaails on a crazyyy traaain

[MrZkr123]

ok 1, 2, 3 lift...

[gmed1243]

PanAm (Boston and Maine)rr still has a wreck crew and 300ton cranes converted to diesel

[calaverex]

Great Video

[geomodelrailroader]

That was close at least it was the Joe Jordon if #3985 went it will be a bad accident.

[ThePauliuks]

I bet that dog at 9:00 is very interested in this "operation"

[HardRockCafeNJ1992]

Thats gota suck these Big boys are ment for long straight track

[JakeyReptar]

@HardRockCafeNJ1992 IIRC this is a Challenger 4-6-6-4 not a Big Boy 4-8-8-4

[crankbv1]

l reckon weve got our fair share of live steam locomotives here in the UK...So can someone tell me why l get so concerned about one that's almost half way around the world and that l'm never going to set eyes on for real? l must be mad! Yet with each run she's done,3985 has imprinted her number just that bit deeper in the history of famous locomotives, and deservedly so.

[vinman1029]

So what did that AAA call cost lol?

[trainguy3]

Oh dear i hope it(/she) is ok!!

[curtbarile]

Great recovery job I hope the work was donated and know that would cost at least $5000, thank god she survived!!!

[truckerjay1]

@curtbarile if you notice that was a UP crane the UP logo's on the side of it. so some guys got some overtime out of it. if they would have chained the trucks and used a knuckle sling they wouldnt have had the problem with the center pin. but then company men arent known for doing things the quick way. i have put many cars and engines back on the tracks and only ever had 1 slip off the center pin. i think UP is the only RR that still has their own wreck crews and cranes. most contract it out now

[clank4001]

@truckerjay1 strangely enough, Pan Am Railways, aka Fink's New England Clunker RR, still has a wreck crew, complete with drane, etc. In true Pan Am fashion, they roll on friction bearings and one always overheats when they take it out on the road, lol

[BreathDoctor]

Needs re- tying, and re-guage. The stress must be enormous.

[upcarknocker]

Ahhh...back when us UP carknockers did our own wrecking work.

[podski4]

Where's the counterweight on the crane? That's a hell of a loading on the slew ring!!

[Seazer009]

We used to have steam crane's years ago on the railroads they were rated for lifting 250 tons. Then the steam crane's were converted to Diesel power. The crane operators hated the Diesel crane's . Then the Railroads started hiring outside crews to clean up train wrecks and all the old crane's were scrapped...

[disturbedone5009]

So did the tracks role out of gauge or what?

[SkipW]

@disturbedone5009 its suspected

[Rtchugg]

What? In laramie? I thought the big boys could come down here they need to fix that!

[gattosub]

I am both a steam loco fan--and a licensed crane operator. That is one serious wrecker crane. I sure would like to get my hands on those controls.

[train2589]

never knew it was in primer till i read comments and checked and it did have primer!

[chilliwhiggerE]

How about using some proper OSHA crane signals?

I'd liked to have seen the block on that crane. Looked to be a 10 part line.

[LunchBoxFlah]

@chilliwhiggerE

It's a 12 part line, pretty cool.

[Cyclist051]

That's the Challenger of the crane world! Awesome video. Quite an event.

[WolfenGeist]

this kind of crane truck can run also on the rail tracks? when you zoomed in i saw small wheels that look like rail wheel,a couple in the middle and one on the rear of the crane

[mbtech2003]

too heavy for tracks??

[DH082008]

@mbtech2003 No, Its Too Long.

[jameskinglion]

When did this happen?

[robertgift]

Cause? Wish you had zoomed in and had shown the derailed wheels. Also, close-in on the crane action. We don't need to continue viewing the whole scene. Oh, you zoomed in. Great! Get out of the way, John. Well done! Time compression appreciated. Surprised those two cables could safely lift that load. "Center pin"? Protrudes from the car frame to the truck assembly? How long did they take for the whole process? Thank you for your excellent videos.

[SF3751]

Nice video Skip I never caught this one from you. Just saw both of the stuff featured here in Cheyenne this afternoon.

[vhyzhar]

Great...

[widecab]

Awesome Video!

[greywolf45]

Was that water tender a former fuel oil car for the Union Pacific's "Big Blow" gas turbine locomotive?

[WildGuy00000]

union pacific 814s original tender, yes the 814 that still exists

[greywolf45]

I was thinking of the fuel carriers for the UP's "Big Blow" gas turbine locomotives, like "X-18" at the Illinois Railroad Museum. I do know that some of the liquid fuel tenders these locomotives pilled behind them were converted into water tenders, and are used with UP's 3985, and 844. Sorry for the confusion.

[amtraklover]

I take these don't have very good articualtion when it comes to curves

[SkipW]

The wye hadnt been used in a few years and the track had an issue with the load

[MrChugwater]

@SkipW

That wye used to be the terminus for the old Coalmont branch that went all the way out to Walden CO. The rails, ties, etc. probably had never been replaced since that time.

[trainmaster555]

@amtraklover actually these engines are made for articulation read the top rated comment

[aaronwmalone]

how did that happen?

did was it to heavy?

ive never seen a big coal tender like that derail before.

[Nec1228]

well firstly, this is the 3985's water tender. The oil used to fire the engine is in another tender ahead of this one. Centipede tenders like this dont like to take curves very much. If you put them on too tight of a curve they can derail very easily. The fact that this is probabally right after they filled the tender to the brim with water could also have contributed to this derailment.

[iluvincitingviolence]

The water tender isn't a centipede tender...

[cooknsmurf]

its full of water

[greywolf45]

The car that derailed was a water tender.

[NorfolkAndWestern578]

I bet they're all thankful that it was just the auxiliary tender and not 3985. If she herself had derailed, oh, they would have a hell of a time getting her back on the rails.

[rdfox76]

@NorfolkAndWestern578 Eh, dunno, aren't locomotives relatively easy to get rerailed? Some dimensional lumber, a couple of rerailing frogs, and then just run them back and forth under their own power until they hop back on the rail...

[Polybun]

I don't see the big deal, so she put a few axles on teh ground, so fucking what.

[Paraffinmeister]

You try re-reailing it then you'll see what the big deal is!

[lockgnarvangoogen]

at 8:00 the water tender has "UP 814" printed on it. does that mean that this water tender is for a FEF class?

[nicholasbreeden]

That means it used to be a UP FEF tender

[nicholasbreeden]

I think

[trainkids]

Whoops, that's not good. How'd the water tender derail anyway?

[anvil357]

I'm trying to figure out how it managed to come off in the first place

[southerntrainz217]

Did 3985 come of the tracks because if she didn't i am glad she didn't

[SkipW]

just the tender , joe jordan

[736berkshire]

Good thing. If it was the whole thing, I would've flipped right now.

[BigUnitBeef]

Bummer!

[mafarnz]

Wow, cool footage. Good thing it wasn't the centipede tender that hit the ground.

[SkipW]

That's a thought for sure, I'm glad it wasnt!

[hoolg]

Great shot Skip. What trip was this? Was it the trip she made east a few weeks back?

[SkipW]

June 27, 2008 it happened on the break in run to Laramie right after the rebuild thus the primer paint job on her

[hoolg]

Thanks for the info. I was so concentrated on the water tender that I didn't even look at the locomotive. I didn't even notice the primer paint.

[ubuibiok]

*****

[ay76]

Thank you for sharing, cheers.

[drivergeoff]

very cool! but, I was yelling at the old lady...she had to get her head in alot of the shots!

[jbrunsonjr]

Awesome Video Skip!!!