Who gets to do the walk back? Do they flip a coin, or does the person with less seniority, like the conductor do the walking? Great Video anyway, real good.
the conductor would go, as its part of his job description if remember correctly, as he is technically in control of the train, and the engineer just drives.
@pianomanmaestro You walk the train to asses the problem, then if it requires, you have a supervisor come out to inspect/ bring a part (in this case a breakline) to fix the train.
Time to build the air back up. Thats a good 10-15min on a train this long. Knock off the handbrakes and start your brake test. This means a full set and release. Walking the mile+ long train twice. Add that up, plus communicating they are under away again to dispatch and thats well over another hour. I would say if they did all this in under two hours they did a good job.
Brake test? What brake test? Fix the problem, put the train back together, by the time the conductor walks back up the air will be pumped up and the brakes released(depending on the grade of course, you don't want to kick them off and try pumping them up on a steep grade, it'll run away on you) .
Different railroads different operating practice I guess but If we did a brake test when we come apart we'd get hauled in for an investigation for delay to assignment.
The crew would need to walk the train to find the problem. Then once they find it tie handbrakes and start the repair. By the time the walk the train, tie it down, get the needed airline and tools and head back to the car your looking at a good 30min. Then another 10-15 to finish the repair. So an hour has gone by!
Do to posting limits Ill break this down into three chunks.
If the airline broke the train went into emergency. This means the crew on the head end isnt going anywhere till its fixed. They cant shove back, and they will have no luck lugging ahead. Just bad timing and bad luck on the crossing. They could split the train, but that would just complicate the matter.
No, because to activate the breaks, you relace pressure, and if the breaks don't work the train shuts down and it would take too long to un-coupple the locos and get them out of the way, then put them back.
so you're saying it would take over 2 hours to just get the engines off the crossing? I would think all of 10 minutes would be enough to uncouple the two blocking the crossing, does the union allow for emergencies to do things a little faster than usual, yuk yuk.
@Baileygeep7 Before You uncouple the locomotives you have to walk the train to access the problem. Walking that far back on uneven ballast is not easy! 2 hours is about the right amount of time to get moving a again. You have to do air test and make sure everything is in order. Norfolk Southern does not play around with unsafe work practices and will fire an entire train crew to get their point across. I've seen it happen.
You mean the "Brake" Line, not "break" line.
"Break" is to "break something"
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gearedsteam12 6 months ago
lunch break!!!!!!!
caneyfirefighter 8 months ago
he stall or go in emergency?
hallcert 8 months ago
@hallcert it was an emergency applicationbecause of the breakline getting a hole in it.
AmtrakBoys 8 months ago
More proof that GE sucks
SouthShoreTrain 9 months ago
You better not fly much if you don't like GE. They do make jet engines,
norfolk611 8 months ago
@norfolk611
I dont fly because the security is too much of a hastle. GE's jets are pretty good, its their loco's that suck
SouthShoreTrain 8 months ago
I bet they were like MOVE THAT PIECE OF SHIT!!
TheCSXfan12 11 months ago
nice scenery having the train right through your front yard
generfeld 1 year ago
@generfeld it is the best! thanks for watching!
AmtrakBoys 1 year ago
i bet the cars were like AWWWWW WHAT THE FUCK MAN!!
tigermki 1 year ago
Who gets to do the walk back? Do they flip a coin, or does the person with less seniority, like the conductor do the walking? Great Video anyway, real good.
K5H13760 1 year ago
@K5H13760
the conductor would go, as its part of his job description if remember correctly, as he is technically in control of the train, and the engineer just drives.
ljones121 11 months ago
what do they do in a situation like this when the train stalls?
pianomanmaestro 1 year ago
@pianomanmaestro You walk the train to asses the problem, then if it requires, you have a supervisor come out to inspect/ bring a part (in this case a breakline) to fix the train.
AmtrakBoys 1 year ago
@AmtrakBoys God forbid you use the brakeline in the cab....
Shirehorse148 10 months ago
That's why Canada is great. Walk back, couple the hoses up. Walk back to the head end. Go. No hand brakes, no inspecting the train.
GEES44DC 1 year ago
i bet the traffic was like "FUCK!!! Why today COME ON MOVE U ASSHOLE!" lol
Railbuff23 2 years ago
Time to build the air back up. Thats a good 10-15min on a train this long. Knock off the handbrakes and start your brake test. This means a full set and release. Walking the mile+ long train twice. Add that up, plus communicating they are under away again to dispatch and thats well over another hour. I would say if they did all this in under two hours they did a good job.
towny72 2 years ago 6
Brake test? What brake test? Fix the problem, put the train back together, by the time the conductor walks back up the air will be pumped up and the brakes released(depending on the grade of course, you don't want to kick them off and try pumping them up on a steep grade, it'll run away on you) .
Different railroads different operating practice I guess but If we did a brake test when we come apart we'd get hauled in for an investigation for delay to assignment.
enr3870 2 years ago
FRA railroad Class 3 continuity test....basically an on and off.
AmJaxineer 2 years ago
I see. thanks for clarifying.
enr3870 2 years ago
The crew would need to walk the train to find the problem. Then once they find it tie handbrakes and start the repair. By the time the walk the train, tie it down, get the needed airline and tools and head back to the car your looking at a good 30min. Then another 10-15 to finish the repair. So an hour has gone by!
towny72 2 years ago
How about tie the train down and get off the crossing, then who cares how long it takes.
Baileygeep7 2 years ago
Do to posting limits Ill break this down into three chunks.
If the airline broke the train went into emergency. This means the crew on the head end isnt going anywhere till its fixed. They cant shove back, and they will have no luck lugging ahead. Just bad timing and bad luck on the crossing. They could split the train, but that would just complicate the matter.
towny72 2 years ago
Could they not back the lead engine up just enough to open the crossing? I'm sure that poor train crew took a buncha cussin's!
FireCaptE9 2 years ago 4
Would the gates go up
MrLuebeck 2 years ago
Yes! 10pts for a crossing lol
est86leo 2 years ago
is that the aircompresser
bnsftim 2 years ago
trust it 2 break down on a crossing lol
Jamesta360 2 years ago
2 hours? doesn't that violate some kind of law?
RollThunProd 2 years ago
probably not
AmtrakBoys 2 years ago
Was this 38J?
nssd70m2 2 years ago
a little late on the response... Sorry, but I am not sure, it was a lot longer than the average B34s that I see, dose 38J run on this line?
AmtrakBoys 1 year ago
@AmtrakBoys 38J does not exist anymore. I has been replaced by B34 ( Wayne-Jackson Turn) and 38E (Elkhart-Wayne
nssd70m2 1 year ago
when did it get elimitated? I took this video over a year ago.
AmtrakBoys 1 year ago
couldn't the train at least back up far enough so the crossing would deactiviate?
gregtrain1 3 years ago
No, because to activate the breaks, you relace pressure, and if the breaks don't work the train shuts down and it would take too long to un-coupple the locos and get them out of the way, then put them back.
AmtrakBoys 3 years ago
so you're saying it would take over 2 hours to just get the engines off the crossing? I would think all of 10 minutes would be enough to uncouple the two blocking the crossing, does the union allow for emergencies to do things a little faster than usual, yuk yuk.
Baileygeep7 2 years ago
Yeah. its would have taken too long to unlatch the engiens fix the problem then to recouple the engines re pressireize the brakes and get moving.
AmtrakBoys 2 years ago
ohz kz hossfly, i figgurzz it waz up wid dat anywayzzz
Baileygeep7 2 years ago
@Baileygeep7 Before You uncouple the locomotives you have to walk the train to access the problem. Walking that far back on uneven ballast is not easy! 2 hours is about the right amount of time to get moving a again. You have to do air test and make sure everything is in order. Norfolk Southern does not play around with unsafe work practices and will fire an entire train crew to get their point across. I've seen it happen.
8747csx 1 year ago
so it was the brakeline car 86 that did it!
sieman700 3 years ago
it was the 64th car, 86 was a typo, Sorry :-P
AmtrakBoys 3 years ago
ok cool
sieman700 3 years ago
SORRY!!!!!! another typo by me. <:-P it was actually the 68th car.
AmtrakBoys 3 years ago