Hi everyone. I'm the cameraman for this program. Many of you were wondering why the car was being scrapped. It was MY understanding 2 identical Schnabel cars like this existed and both were built in 1980. Instead of investing $$ into rebuilding this car, it was decided to just scrap it once it was finished with THIS assignment. I was told they would keep the other one in service.....for now.
@@mkay1957 There are dozens around the world, but perhaps 30 in North America in various sizes. Reportedly, there were 2 built like the one filmed, but THIS one was scrapped.
All of those wheels it must be dens material, and I'm wondering if they pay a premium for having it transported by rail. Any thoughts? ~M.B.-----09/09/2024-----
@@ClintBlack-oq4vb I know the costs to transport dimensional shipments like this are pretty high, but i don't know how much exactly. In many cases these loads can only be transported by rail because of their size, weight, and/or territory to cover, so that causes shipment costs to be higher. But, I'm just the engineer. I don't have much knowledge of their billing and accounting haha
@@kensingtonchapp4819ya your an engineer, we're all engineers!!! Freeking gased up machine operators in this world. If I run a tray pack that hardly works to load your boxcars, and I have to work on the machine. Then❤😂🎉 I'm an engineer.
There was a very interesting clinic about this move at the NMRA convention in Long Beach earlier this month. To prepare for this they scanned the entire route with LIDAR a few days earlier, and temporarily moved obstructions that were too close. Also there was a bridge in south Orange County that had to be temporarily shored up. They moved the train partially onto the bridge, stopped it, and measured the deflection. If it was more than 0.75 inch, the move would have been cancelled and even more reinforcements added.
Prior to retiring, I worked for Combustion Engineering, Inc for 40 years (the nuclear division was later bought by ABB, BNFL, Toshiba, then Westinghouse Electric). We bought it for transporting heavy components we manufactured for new nuclear power plants and rented out the Schnable car for other heavy loads. Some winters it was used in Canada, when the rail bed was frozen to support excessive weight, to haul very heavy loads to mines in northern Canada. We had an engineer in Windsor, CT who was responsible for traveling the entire train route measuring clearances, curve radii, trestle strength, etc. to ensure the load could reach the destination. There are two caboose cabs mounted on the car for housing this engineer and other support staff.
Is it possible to move the load sideways ? ie to increase clearance and deal with center of gravity issues due to canting of track in curves ? The biggest one used in Sweden for transformer transports from Ludvika to the selected harbour allows that - though it is rather important not leaving the load in the wrong position... It has been a number of lost loads due to that (ie a 200 metric ton transformer upside down in the ditch...)
Just in case anybody wonders why this is called a "Schnabel" car: Schnabel means beak in German. The triangular structures carrying the container somewhat resemble a bird's beak, that's the reason it's called that way.
Cool video of this particular rail car! However, I think the real remarkable story here is a train that has 2 cabooses on it in 2024! Seriously miss seeing trains with them!
@@janjohnson9746 There's no reason to have any guards. They're just transporting a decommissioned part of a nuclear power station. There's no nuclear material on this train.
At 1st I thought that the cabooses would have security in them, but then realized no reason for them, empty reactor. The police on the roads and such were to keep down the chance of stupid people running across the tracks and if there would be some unfortunate incident.
That car should have gone to a railroad museum with a fake load simulated between the two sections. It would have been a great way to show the lengths railroads would go to handle loads and satisfy customers.
What museum anywhere could accommodate such a huge car? It completely dwarfs the "Queen Mary" on display at Altoona, or the original 8-axle "rail whales" that are on display (one was scrapped after Hurricane Ike).
It's sad to hear you say that after this cargo move that the schnabel car was going to be scraped out, how else are they going to move big over sized loads like this
@@chuckh.2227We operate in a global economy. Our competitive advantage isn't in raw iron anymore because we've advanced to doing other things with our resources(human and material). Basically, some industries are a waste of our time.
@karlkirkwood6213 the steel industry is not a waste of time Any country who's dependent on another country for their steel supply is in bad shape If the United States of America has to depend on foreign steel imported on a as needed basis then our military has no chance
Is not the Schnabel car unique? Why would it be scraped? Is there a car of greater capacity? Is this the last load of its magnitude ever to be transported?
Why scrap the car? it is not used much so should not be worn out. or is it because thee are no more loads that car was built for? if so i call poor planing. as build cars that can handle a variety of loads.
FRA regulations - railcars must be removed from interchange service after 40 years, though with re-building, they can be given an extension of 10 years. The car passed its 40th birthday in 2020 and there's not much of a way to re-build or re-condition such a unique car.
FRA regulations - railcars must be removed from interchange service after 40 years, though with re-building, they can be given an extension of 10 years. The car passed its 40th birthday in 2020 and there's not much of a way to re-build or re-condition such a unique car.
1:25 / 2:15 "NO HUMPING" Nuclear material! 9:17 Dudes just chilling getting a tan, only its not from the sun's radiation lol (yes cupcakes, I know the cargo is barely putting out any ambient)
I wonder when they say nuclear power is so inexpensive, do they factor in the tremendous costs associated with disposal and decommissioning of the waste and old infrastructures!? Probably not!!!
Yes, everything is factored in. These companies employ lots of accountants and financial analysts. Nuclear has a high cost nominally, but over the lifespan of the plant, which creates incredible amounts of steady baseload power, the cost per kWh averages out and it's on-par or better than any other option.
FRA regulations - railcars must be removed from interchange service after 40 years, though with re-building, they can be given an extension of 10 years. The car passed its 40th birthday in 2020 and there's not much of a way to re-build or re-condition such a unique car.
our tax money at work. should just keep the “stuff” at the nuke plant. as soon it will be destroyed by the state. as cal wants to power everything with solar.
You don't know anything about nuclear regulations or radiation contamination, do you, or that Southern California Edison, a PRIVATE utility, has to pay for all this?
Actually, Gavin and the state legislature have changed their tune on nuclear. They realized how important San Onofre was, so they decided to keep Diablo Canyon operational for several more years. There's actually too much solar right now because there aren't a lot of great ways, in current operation, to store the energy for when you actually need to use it. Lot's of creative "battery" options out there like pumping water up to a reservoir and releasing it down through a turbine during peak demand, for example. Building stuff like that takes time and money.
@@karlkirkwood6213 San Onofre HAD to be decommissioned because of damaged steam tubes. They'd only been replaced 2010-2011 and 3,000 of them were found to be rapidly and prematurely wearing and breaking down little more than a year later. The NRC deemed the plant too unsafe to continue operating so it was shut down. Decommissioning takes years because of the nature of the plants.
