Stalling Freight Train Blows Sand and Wheel Slips Trying to Move 

To get some dialogue on the incident, click here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZOtVunvgDpA.htmlsi=CF09jRp20OF2yOJK&t=2205 Enjoy. :)

I wonder if the crew were rocking back and forth in their seats saying " come on...come on".

It really shows the difference the sand makes. Once the second axle and especially the third hit that sand patch, they were good to go. Great shots!

Actual Notch 8 just sounds unreal. Most people will catch a train in notch 5 and think they've seen a locomotive at it's loudest, but they have no clue 😂

@1:57 the lead bogie on the lead loco has cast onto in "Made in RSA," quite a surprise to see an American loco with South Africa bogies. Hi from NZ, Anthony

He didn't hit Notch 8 or anywhere near it. Why would he, He had wheel slippage

The power of sand.

I was even holding my breath while watching to help the engines a little bit...🥵 Thanks for sharing! 👍

Meanwhile the traction motors are roasting....

seems more like an underpowered train doing its best to get moving with great engineers on board

Not really sure what happened, but it bolted forward suddenly, seemed to me something was wrong, and it wasn't too much load, maybe stuck brakes!!

That is one hellava crew. Experienced engineer and alot of tonnage.

Nice power and patience

only thing that sucks about DC traction motors, you can’t feather it like AC he’s on the brakes to keep the wheels from spinning, soon as he got all the wheels on the sand you hear em let out the independent loco brakes 👍

Felt like I was watching my train in TSW

Great close ups of the sand blasting and spinning wheels... Never seen that before !!

Shame on CSX, Now Try and stop that train in an Emergency.

DC power is horrible. Had this been AC power they would have had an easier time getting it going.

"I think I can. I think I can..."

Thank you for very much it is really a good viewing pleasure just to see how these enormous powerful engines work.

I'll bet those DC motors were heating up some...AC motors so much better but much more costly.

Those wheels look kind of wore out to me. Am I right or wrong or any idea I don't do this industry

Too much tonnage for the engine, slipping wheels and sand are not good for the rails and the loco

Its mind boggling how a loco can pull that much weight on 2 rails , I wonder how many tons he is moving here ???

No one: my trains in train sim world 2

I'm curious-How do you finesse that? Is it the computer doing the wheel slip management or the engineer controlling it?

Traction !!!!.

Question so is the sand acting like a sand blaster and blasting the rail clean to bare metal or actually used for traction or a combo of both? 2:57 just before the middle slipping wheel you can see the top of the rail looks like it was sandblasted (mirror/shiny clean metal look) just behind the front wheel.

Cool video and channel just subscribed

Is the 2nd Engine, running in reverse, able to apply sand too? Are there sand nozzles pointed in both travel directions?

Awesome..different for a change

biggest problem with those sandite blowers is that they're only in front of one axle in each direction per truck. if they had them both directions on each axle on each truck they'd get un stuck a little faster! not such a huge problem these days with active traction management but older engines would happily spin their wheels off if the operators let them

These CSX locos sure do have some really worn wheels. Looks like there’s no wheel rim left. Worn all the way down! Better get these wheels changed soon.

Silly.

That was so cool. I was rooting for them because I knew when the second axle on each truck got on the sand they were off to the races.

When I think I can…..I think I can…..I think I can really hits home 😅!

If your an old locomotive engineman, as I, you will know running a long drag in lousy weather isn't much fun without the sandboxes full to the brim.

English version at the end. Apparemment la distribution de puissance n'est pas égale, ou le second essieu est en mauvais état et un reprofilage lui serait fortement utile. On ne connait pas bien ces locos ici en Europe, mais il est évident qu'elles ont du muscle et un excellent système d'anti patinage. L'essieu qui glisse ne glisse que de quelques degrés et l'antipatinage le déleste immédiatement. Le premier essieu ne glisse pas d'un poil. L'état du bandage de roue du second essieu pose problème et l'anti patinage fonctionne parfaitement. Traduction automatique avec des corrections mineures : " Apparently power distribution is not even, or the second axle is in poor condition and a reprofiling would greatly benefit it. We don't know well these locos here in Europe, but it's obvious that they have muscle and an excellent anti-skid system. The slipping axle only slips a few degrees and the traction control immediately unloads it. The first axle doesn't slip a bit. The condition of the wheel surface on the second axle is problematic and the anti-skid system works perfectly." Nice vid bro ! Keep on going with the good job !

awesome

Amazing frens

Are the railroads that stingy that they're sending out under powered trains? Is that really how CSX wants it?......... Nice video!

That’s crazy though

Operators knew their equipment! They could run my excavator anyday!

Sand takes time to drop ! Always start earlier than later!

Now that I think on it, the backups menuver could sense. Assuming the sander was continuing to blow sand the next forward rotation could be on sand of which could be a little more level than the sand would have been without the added room add in the wider spread of sand which helps gain additional traction. But I don't know if that's the reason or not,rather, I just think it could be a reason .

Nice video bro! I just started watching and I already think I like your content, I also subbed!

Excellent !! James.

I try to get sand down before i get to this point, just to give it a better chance

I am not a train expert, but I see the sand nozzle only sprays in front of the first wheel. The 2nd and 3rd were still slipping until they reached the sand. Why no just go toss sand in front of all the powered wheels instead of waiting?

Not sure of the skill level here? You blast sand and notch up till you start moving!

''Cinders and ashes. I'm stuck''. And he was....

Yeah, that american locomotives are very weak, unlike europeans locomotives...

Train was probably super heavy & long for no reason & under powered.

A tiny grain of sand can move a million pounds of freight.

The reason it stalled out was the engineer wasn’t ringing the bell or blowing the horn incessantly ! Everyone knows that trains in America HAVE to make as much noise as possible otherwise they don’t work.

Definitely not in notch 8 …. It Would rip that track with those DC motor lol

did you go out to inman yard today? i went there today for the first time and i saw a railfanner there

Can’t radio ds for more power?!

Talented engineer!

Mantap

2 engine self shut down. Got impatient and tried pulling before 2nd fired up. No big deal…..

what a boring video. i want my 5 minutes back

need a notch 9?

That’s notch 1. Lowest throttle position.

Locomotives do not stall from lack of traction. They can only stall from lack of power.