Norfolk Southern Train Derailment and Cleanup - Bethlehem, PA (7/5/24) 

It is amazing that these crews show up at these derailments within hours and get them cleaned up quickly and efficiently.

Derailment crews are the stars. Very heavy dangerous work done efficiently and safely. Great video.

Norfolk Southern at one time was known for it's high standards on safety. Hopefully they can get back to those past achievements quickly.

So glad no one was injured. Really good RU-vid video. Part of my family's legacy comes from Norfolk Southern. My father-in law, Vonnie Ralph Brown, was in charge of safety for the railroad for many years (during the 80-90's) and pretty much on call 24/7 for serious derailments anywhere on the line. Back during WW ||, he was the supervisor in charge of the Southern Railway terminal or yard (?) in Cincinnati for about 10 years. Very proud of him.

The track inspectors or the train maintenance crew or engineer will be blamed for this. Lots of nervous people right now. I'm happy there were no injuries or leaking tankers.

Thanks for the post. I live 45 mins from Bethlehem and hadn't heard about it...

That crew is absolutely amazing; as everyone knows their job. I find that kind of repair work a treat to watch.

This is right behind my son’s apartment building (old Lehigh valley railroad building), we were visiting and watched from the bridge.

Thanks for your time and effort! In the '80s, my friend and I spent numerous hours here and in the Allentown yard railfanning Conrail. Cool video!

Hi Richard! New subscriber. YT put you in my mix today. Great railfanning derailment video.😊

I have lost count as to how many derailments there have been the last 2 weeks all over the country.

I always appreciate getting to see Cranemasters crews at work. The 200RS in particular is a treat

Richard, Great video! Low impact lift💪! Just one Cranemaster Mantis crane and one Caterpillar RR Trackhoe. I would guess that is not a mainline! Not much room to work.

Great cleanup video !! Thanks for sharing it. James.

Thank you for your video efforts. Great job.

More of these videos please! Very interesting!

It’s sad to watch these guys work. Safety is obviously at the bottom of the list, standing in areas of pinch points, no tag lines, working without gloves, and the list goes on. Hopefully no one gets hurt, but unfortunately it’s just a matter of time.

Interesting, on that crawler crane, they have the track pads painted / cast 3 pads red, one pad black. I wonder if that's so they have better visual cues for inching and positioning? If so, interesting idea, I'll have to keep it in mind.

Nicely done,,thanks for sharing,,,😊

amazing video

This old Lehigh Valley or Central NJ trackage?

Did the heat have something to do with the derailment?

Looks like the guard rails didn't do a very good job keeping the cars on the ROW. Cool video.

I just drove through this part OF PA on SATURDAY going to grad party, no hint of accident that accrued, guess the crew did fantastic job cleaning up.

With the latest and best equiptment, also great pay And training any things possible

Ma con le traverse in legno ed i chiodi dove vuoi che vadano se non fuori dai binari ?

Really enjoyed this rerailing video, thanks. I wonder if that is the Delaware River. Cars look like they had coal in them at one time.Thanks.

Cool process and purpose made / modified machines! Hoe operator could use his feet to track and keep his hands free to move boom and stick instead of stopping a bunch of times to reposition. But we all had our first days on the job.

0:39 Highly specialized cranes for the job. More so than the Side Boom tractors. Must cost more for sure. I wonder if the major difference is the same difference between a boom lift recovery vehicle and a rotator. Reach.

A ten kawałek szlaufa to najlepiej jak by wpadł do tej szparki.

That crane operator is so slow, must be getting paid overtime. Yeah I can say it as I used to work in a steel mill where they would have never been operating a crane that slow

I'm guessing some one dropped the ball in regard to MOW along this stretch of rail..

If you had done a lot of editing on the video it would have allowed me to much easier follow what their plan was for getting the first car on the track. It seemed excruciatingly slow for anything to get accomplished. An hour long video can be whittled down to tell a complete story in 5 minutes with practice. Still, I'm glad you were able to share the derailment with us though. Not something we get to see every day. Very interesting where it occurred and wonder how it happened.

Wonder what caused it, didn’t look like much damage

Where's part 2?

These guys are slow, Corman would never take this long for one damn car

For a Modern East Coast Railroad Norfolk Southern channels the safety of one from the 19th century.

Sprockets to rear mister! lol

Crazy a csx train derailed today again in south Philly

If the railroads weren’t so greedy with their long trains that defy the laws of physics these wrecks wouldn’t happen

Eh. Garden variety derailment. Good video though!

Cars were Empty I Take it No wait going around that Curve over the Bridge!😮

Is the bridge damaged badly

good job cranemasters. simper fi carry on

Another Norfolk Southern.... Seems to me, WV, VA, PA, they have serious maintenance issues....

Wow how did this happen what caused the derailment

wow

The CEO needs to be in prison

If they had proper maintenance on the tracks they would not have any derailments to clean up,

Lot of practice lately

That's the 2nd derailment on n by that bridge that A know of now the first one was on the other side where there was a company where a switch would have a single car go into the building n it derailed by the switch hit part of the building it would go in n if am correct one car ended up partially into the canal n on the walking path n the other car was on the hill or embankment n next ta the building the cause was a worn switch that caused that derailment

Norfolk Southern to me appears to have quite a few derailments!!!👎👎 They push the rain crews to get the commodity moved, faster and more volume moved means big dollars for the company. Sometimes safety takes a lower priority when money and production is at stake, but they will always tell you safety is # 1. I rail fan and love trains, but also realize what the corporate people are expecting and pushing their crews to do. I am sure these derailment crews are kept busy and are awesome at their job.🔥👍

Richard Ballsack???

Another ns derail.... shocker

How the hell did this happen

najlepiej wyrzucić i nie pozbierać a potem deficyt po całości. hmmmmm

Every train spotter in the world was busy this day rushing to the site to take videos.

What a mess

This happens too often

Folks, you might ponder editing your videos as this one is quite boring. Best of luck!

All very good and well,but a very slow "timeline" video.

Sidewinders would be better for this job.

CONRAIL never had as many derailments as Norfolk Southern/NorF**k Southern.😊

How come I don't see any women working on this wrecking crew ? Just a joke people .

I don't see the modern strong independent women on this cleadup crew.

Every other country has great railroad service and trails but not the USA , sometimes the worst. How come