Norfolk Southern Trains Cross Defect Detector

November 26, 2007: H48 and 68Q cross the 64.6 DED in front of fall foliage, the track that branches in the background is the Lancaster and Northern route.
H48: NS ES40DC 7579 and NS SD70M 2620. Coal.
68Q: NS 9435 and NS SD70M-2 2750. Unit Ethanol load.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Norfolk
• Southern
• NS
• Harrisburg
• Line
• defect
• detector
• EMD
• SD70M-2
• GEVO
• ES40DC
• GE
• Dash-9
• freight
• train
• locomotive
• conrail

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

wow great video i just really like how these videos of yours are just so great hope you have a great 4th of july and may you catch some trains on the 4th as well and may they be rare and interesting trains that u catch on film

[o00o00ozy]

I caught a lot of good stuff recently, including a exConrail, still in blue with a good RS-3L, GP38-2 leading a mainline train, it was funny because it was leading a SD60M and Dash-9, but the crew chose the GP38-2!

[hoolg]

Man what a beautiful location! I love the shot with the fog and falling leaves on the branch line. Wonderful composition! What took you soo long to get these up?

Keep em coming.

[o00o00ozy]

I have a lot of videos, primarily in the form of clips, that I have to put together and save into a smaller file than the original digital file, so it takes some time to do a lot of the videos, I'm mostly up to date though, there are a few from last year and January yet.

[Sabrestrainsfan]

what is a defect detector?

[o00o00ozy]

A detector is built into the tracks in which it takes readings of each axle. Sometimes an axle can become stuck, drag, or a bearing can fail resulting in a 'hot box', or a very dangerously hot wheel. Detectors read for these things, although they are not infallible. Other types of defect detectors could be a high car detector, which a train passes through a scensor, and if a car is too high it will set off as a defect.

You can see the detector in the lower-left corner of the screen.

[benschlechter]

Where does that branch line lead to? (The one with all those leaves on it)

[douro20]

Are railroads required by law to have talking defect detectors?

[SaberTanker22]

Awesome film dude oozy love NS and csx and bnsf railroad gevo's the most.

[JDVANCLEEF]

Thank You for Posting this Cool Video, its Really Neat when you can hear them coming on the Radio, can you Please tell me Where I can get one I live not far from where NS comes through (Washington, NJ,) and watch them all the time, Thank You Agaiin !.........Jon.

[railroader1993]

Train #1: only a +/- 50 car coal train? That's very rare.