Speeding CSX Autorack Bouncing on Bad Track

CSX Q276 hi-balling east bound at Riverdale, MD. You can hear every wheel on this train slamming a bad joint and bouncing as the rails go up and down.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• CSX
• train
• bouncing
• bad
• track
• joint
• autorack

[ScarletandGrey4ever]

Go to berea the track there is constantly being maintained

[bubba2781]

Since this video was taken this track has been patched with a welded piece an no longer is a problem.

[crapper1]

even tho its a hazard i love the bad track videos to see the big cars bounce and sway brake dust is also a good thing to get on video

[bubba2781]

It's amazing sometimes how these things stay on the tracks. It's scary sometimes when your up close to one of these trains going about 50mph.

[daggerjrjr]

hell that's good track!!!

[HamiltonOhrailz]

I hear this noise all the time

[Lifty4ever]

good beat

[CSX2665]

I wish NC csx trains had autoracks,but why don't any CSX Trains in NC have autoracks?

[re49991]

GEVO

[Trainlover4ever2006]

I can hardly see any bouncing at all.

[huettmr]

nice video just wondering about the bad track and bouncing...no evidence of such

[dgl1962]

I've seen trains flying by with a bad wheel.

bang bang bang bang bang bang bang....

[MacGyver0076]

here in my part of the usa, there is no such thing as welded rail, we still have joints and trains with heavy tonnage run on the tracks.

[BurgerChefGuy]

Yep, there ARE rough spots here and there. I still see joiners used in quite a few places, usually on sidings. As I recall, I was told that the ups and downs are usually okay. But, its the back and forth on joints that gets 'em.

[charlieb640]

That's fairly normal maintenance. Slamming joints in a temporary patch is not unsafe and the track materials are made to take the stress.

I think kdlehel was referring to something different when he mentioned "joints in the same place". That's when joints are by design placed across from each other and all rail is the same length. In North America we stagger joints by design.

I think that's what we're talkinga bout here.

[bubba2781]

@charlieb640

At the time this video was made there was a joint here due to a temporary patch for a broken rail. This temporary patch was in place for about 6 months. As each train went over this joint you could hear and see the wheels slamming the uneven joint in the rails.