Train Car Smoking on CN Train

[coololdbart]

no smoke...change title....

[muzzavideos]

It took a bit to see it, but yes, it's there. As a driver in Melbourne, Australia I would appreciate being told about it, but having said that, I know a lot I work with wouldn't, even if shown the video. I've noticed what appears to be smoke on level crossings when a train passes over & it was due to a bit of road surface breaking away. But it's better to be safe than sorry, & spend hours talking to police, investigators OR a Coroner & to do drug & breath test & spend time writing out a report.

[DJUnibob]

definitely an issue, as IC6071 said, right about at that time frame, you can hear the train going into either emergency or very hard on the brakes, but to my ears, it sounds like emergency, considering the rate of slowdown with the length of the consist.

[104trucker]

on the second train, was the smoking car between 5:44 and 5:48? or was it a different train?

[VIAF40PH]

A CN train smoking... sounds about right to me.

[Midnight4two0]

to find the smoke hit pause and go to 1:38....it will be the 5th car from the very left of the screen on the very front set of wheels

[joshthesupertagger]

was it black smoke or white smoke, im sorry but i didnt see no smoke when the car had past

[Cockroach2008]

You wasted your time and everyone elses!

The railroad will take care of itself without you getting into it!

Boring video!

[ic6071]

I'd say you're wasting your time and everybody else's by posting a comment nobody cares about. Have a nice day!

[Cockroach2008]

Thanks for commenting. You are entitled and so I am.

I still think the video is boring and his efforts of being a hero are a waste of everyone's time.

[ic6071]

Well I do actually give you credit and respect, because you are sharing your honest opinion of how you feel, and you are not being vulgar and immature about it. However, the train was stopped anyway, and I knew the conductor, so I figured that I'd let him know. He wanted me to show him where it was, so we drove down and I showed him the car. He said that he was glad that I reported it, because it could have been an accident.

[Cockroach2008]

Whatever happened is what happened. Nothing I can do about it. Nothing I want to do about it either.

You may do as you feel necessary. I would not get my nose ino anyone else's business, even if danger is imminent.

I tend to keep my business to me and not bother anyone else with my observances.

That is me!

[CSXtrackworker]

@ic6071 As a railroad employee, this is a good find and even better that you reported it to the train crew. This could have been a derailment if it was left unchecked. Cockroach2008 comment is far from truthful. Keep up the good eye and reporting stuff if it look's bad. It is much appreciated.

[DNAngel50000000]

5th time watching i c it now its a hopper car at 1:38

[broomboi]

your right mate

[skinnyshit8888]

Same here

[Remuffolo]

Maybe am I stupid? I can't see absolutely nothing...

[trainiac3]

i see it

[beatersanchez]

well done

[chuygalindo]

dios te vendiga tenlo x seguro el te ama

[patmix]

i salute you for your

LET HATS OFF TOGETHER FOR IC6071

great work on clip

[307OLDS]

superfan and louis train

[wesolint]

Sometimes, when the brakes are applied, an empty car will have the wheels stop rolling simply for the lack of weight on them.

As the wheel slides, the heat generated will burn off any grease that has accumulated in the immediate area (causing smoke) and a small flat spot develops on the wheel tread surface.

This is what causes the characteristic "thump-thump-thump" commonly heard on passing freight cars.

Thanks for posting a cause & effect lesson.

[graysonator123]

i see it. that could have been bad.

[ic6071]

Yeah, the crew was glad that I told them.

[railfancody]

I think this is a joke.

[ic6071]

1:40 thru 1:43 second hopper in cut first truck

[railfancody]

I see absolutely nothing.

[ic6071]

Well its there, I can see it plain as day.

[SPGP60]

I can see it too and you can also hear a slight squeaking noise as it goes by.

[cnrailfan]

nice horn on the BNSF ACe and that smoke was different. I did see it though.

[ruarc2077]

Thanks for the great two-vids-in-one action! Love seeing those American-style center-flow hoppers (with their puffy sides but flat at the top)... I've always loved the way those look... SWEEEEEET!

[keanerulz25]

good video, didn't see the smoke though

[ic6071]

thanks. car is at 1:39-1:43, the second hopper car in the cut after the two tank cars. Watch the front wheel truck.

[hb2021]

i checked and still couldn`t

see anything

[HamiltonOhrailz]

sweet catch of a BNSF ACe! I think I see it at 1:41

[JJGeneral1]

at 1:41 you can see the smoke crossing the road on the front wheels of the hopper car.

[trains91]

nice horn

[LenaVideos]

That was an awsome lashup. I didn't see the smoke though.

[ic6071]

I agree, yeah, it could have just started.

[trainsmaniac2009]

awesome find and good thing what you did. they would have never known. nice video!

[ic6071]

Thanks!

[joegreen1989]

Thats cools that you spotted it. My dads got the BNSF La Crosse dispatchers number and weve have to report some loose banding wire draggin all over the ground. It was funny hearin the dispatcher tell the train about it only seconds after bein reported.

[ic6071]

lol yeah, railfans are a good resource to have trackside.

[CSXrailz]

Where is crossing box #?

[ic6071]

At signals that have lights and or gates, there is usually a box that houses the electronic components that make the crossing flash. On the side of that box, there is usually a phone number, and a crossing number. When you call the phone #, tell them the crossing number too.

[eddieg749]

good job on letting the engineer know it could have been bad i had a incident where a taner truck took out a crossing gate and a tech asked me if i saw who took it off and i told him about it!Good job

[Stephenson18]

Wow.... that might have been trouble... i saw the smoke and it slideing with the screeching.....good job to go and tell them!

[Derailedtrain666]

cool, good spotting it took me a few times lol...

[ic6071]

Thanks, its hard to see on the vid because its pretty grainy, high quality option anyone?? lol

[TPWRAILFAN]

high quality not an option on yours only on some videos i dont know why

[TPWRAILFAN]

you can see it better on high quality the high quality didnt come on or i missed it last time i saw this

[TPWRAILFAN]

sounds a little weird when it went by too

[ic6071]

Yeah, I think it might have been sliding.

[TPWRAILFAN]

yeah thats what i think

[Sabrestrainsfan]

i cant see it at what minute/second is it at?

[ic6071]

1:37-1:43, the really short hopper in the cut, front truck

[Hiei2k7]

Yea, Canadian-style Round sided grain hopper.

You can hear a steely-sounding scrape like Shoe on Wheel, but it may have just been a rock or something. Good Catch there, Adam. It was probably more obvious in person when it went by.

ALSO i make this announcement. This Summer I WILL be making it up to Illinois again. dunno for how long, dunno when just yet, hopefully June/July.

[DJGENEX71]

Good job on the informing of the problem! Great video! 5*****

[ic6071]

Thanks!!