Locomotive Fire....GE AC4400CW Blowing a Piston...UP 6741

THIS CLIP IS INCLUDED IN MY NEWEST DVD BY GREENFROG PRODUCTIONS "24 HOURS IN KIRKWOOD, MISSOURI" TO PURCHASE THIS DVD, CLICK HERE http://www.greenfrog.com/24Kirkwood_d...

This video was shot on 3-11-06 in Kirkwood Missouri. The train is train CNAAE-08 From the Powder River Basin to New Madrid Missouri.

This video was almost missed...I got out of the house on an excuse of a Job Interview and went down there to see if I could catch Train I-LADU-09.

I missed ILADU09 by 5 minutes, but I decided to stick around since there was a green on Main #2...hoping that it would be a manifest with SD40-2's.

As it turned out, it was this train, CNAAE08 with UP 6741. You can hear me groan when I see that is a plain jane AC4400CW. I can't remember what I said afterwords....the next words I spoke were....

..."HOLY CRAP!"...

This clip eneded up on the 10:00 news on Channel 2 KTVI St. Louis and Channel 4 KMOV St. Louis...

GE AC4400CW....This means.....

GE= General Electric (Builder)
AC= Alternating Current Traction Motors
4400= Hourspower rating (UP's are rated 4350 HP)
C= 3 axel trucks (12 wheels)
W= Wide Saftey Cab

For a reunion of me and 6741 in Rochelle, IL...Click here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdsLG8...

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[James Tiroch]

You talking to me, Little punk?

[GEKAKEV]

Круто, машинист не геройствует, а все выполняют свою работу. В России пришлось бы тушить самому.

[METX210]

Wow! That was scary!

[Wyld Will]

Some do

[perkdaddy45]

I sure hope you dont get paid for camera work because you suck at it..who would want to lift such crappy work ..hahaha

[Malik Johnson]

you a jack ass

[Shadyn Ebey]

Looks like that 7FDL16 just became the world's first 7FLD15

[UNIONPACIFICTRAINS]

was the engine replaced?

[Jonathon Calloway]

ho no

[DigitalLonestarX4600]

this could have happened to any emd easily as well. in the industrial word there is no such term as a minor breakdown of a diesel. when they decided to break, they do it in spectacular fashion :P

[DigitalLonestarX4600]

of a normal every day car, so taking that into consideration, a cars engine would probably do the same after that many miles regardless the maintenance done to it.

in the end either they sent that egineer another locomotive or they seperated the locos set the dead engine on a siding and continued with the trail as the lead loco,

[DigitalLonestarX4600]

unburnt fuel still being pumped in at the time the cylinder blew. hot engine surface and probably from sparks caused by the breakup of the head over that cylinder. sparks were created which caused a fuel/oil fire, then it looks like it just sat and fed on spots of grease residue. as shown right before the firefighter hit it with co2. You really cant blame maintenance or construction, loco's do what afew million miles a year??? in a year theyve done 3-4 lifetimes