That time a locomotive's nose was literally FULL of POOP... 

This needs to be a scenario in the new Train Mechanic Simulator.

“A lake of piss with scenic poo vistas” the greatest thing I have ever heard in my entire life

The poor biohazard coming in still is the best part. Off day, management didn't even give them an idea of how bad the problem was, only to find out its a locomotive nose full of vile.

You can trust Hyce. He's seen some serious shit.

This story never gets old. I'd love to hear more stories of peculiar maintenance, provided it won't get you in trouble.

Mark: “So where did the poop go?” Laborer: “That’s why I think it needs to come into the shop.” What I would have said then if I was Mark: “Well this day just got interesting.”

I'm sure this locomotive never escaped this legend. There are a few famous locomotives out there: CSX 8888: Crazy 8s (drove 66 miles as a runaway) BNSF 1676: Poopomotive

As a conductor trainee, my conductor who was training me told me not to put my grip down in the nose where I usually store it to keep it out of the way, as he told me used to do the same thing, until one time the toilet overflowed and poured under the door and soaked the floor, and subsequently his bag which was right across from the door, in blue chemical poop juice. He spent his entire time at the hotel washing his bag in the bathtub with no success, He ended up going to Walmart and bought a duffel bag and thew his ruined one into the hotel dumpster.

OK, this NEEDS to be a series, Mark. More maintenance stories, peculiar, weird, folktale-level... WHATEVER. Stories from the Shops.

It never gets old hearing this story. I mean the whole thing is just a bad situation, but it's still a good story.

would be interested in defect levels. you could say this is a crappy story

Hyce you should start a series called "storytime with hyce" where you tell various stories from interesting railroading experiences!

'Minor poop story' is one of the most unsettling phrases I've ever heard.

I kinda wish we knew how much moving a literal shit ton in 4-5 hours costed

I got curious and googled BNSF 1676 to see if this story was floating around from other POV's or something. I ran across a Reddit reply to a reference to 1676 that said, "oh god don't remind me of that accursed unit." Now I want to know the rest of that unit's history. Lol

1676, the Brown Noser

I can only imagine how bad the smell was. As the low seniority guy I used to dump amfleets in Boston. They have a deodorizer in the tank so it wouldn't smell to bad, but every once in a while there would be a private car on the back and because its not in regular use like the regular revenue cars, it would rarely get rinsed. They also didn't have the deodorizer, so it was just a stew of piss, poo, vomit and whatever passengers put down the toilet. Months and months of raw sewage baking in the summer heat. The smell was _horrible._ The entire shop would smell bad for 30 minutes or so.

Finally, a real ES&D locomotive

Being up here in Canada I remember a time I used the term 'Shit Ton' and an American we were working with looked straight at me, as serious as can be and asked, "American or Metric?" When I began laughing he had no idea why. I really like that and use it to catch people off guard or to lighten the mood now and then.

What I always find facinating is, that even the most senior and serious railway engineers will at some point have a laugh at the time, they had to deal with the poop train.

Storytime with Hyce is absolutely something i'd like to see

4:56 this line lives rent free in my head now XD I remember one of my coworkers shared this video after an excursion we crewed, couldn't stop laughing. That poor Mustang guy half asleep only to find out it's more than just a "clogged toilet"

Ha! Perfect Hyce! I remember when I first realized the nose of the GP-7 I was riding in was the bog. Gordy Lang the engineer snickered, as if to see my look of horror and think "I made that same face when I found out thats the bog."

Yeah , this guy I know used to rent an apartment( this is out in back water town in upper MI.) he rented it just to house his pet alligator and yellow python, well the apartment had a squirrel infestation, and the python had smorgasbord. Well one squirrel ran down the inside of the bowl it was dry from lack of use, so the snake followed and died from sewer gas and blocked the line farther down and clogged the entire system. Welp the other tenants notified the landlord he intern called the plumber. Try as he might nothing he did unclogged the drain, now mind you this was an old ,old septic system including the tank and virtually plugged drain field. Well he was an enterprising young fellow, he brought back THE TRUCK, it had a big tank and a pump for sucking out debris and a compressor to jet air into the line to break up clogs, now hold on I'm getting there. This ingenious young lad fed the 8 foot long hose down the toilet inflated a collar that sealed the gap around the hose, oh boy. He proceeded to empty the compressed air tank(300 gal.) into the toilet, all at once with a mighty roar the other tenants apartment became an above ground pool complete with a dead squirrel ,11 foot yellow, well kinda python and 500 gallons of poop and toilet paper and the most horrendous stench . Thank god for service master, it took a few weeks to abate but it got cleaned up ,then the building was condemned( old house) , the snake owner was sued he had to sell his pet shop , the young plumber was dismissed. And all was well once again. Dam that must have been a sight ,a crap volcano, LOLOL. now you know.

Had this very thing happen in a big GE. I was a engineer trainee. The front of the tank rotted out and it flooded the hallway. Took out the engineer’s bags because he put them there to make room in the cab.

Slight ommission that the driver of the pump truck was a very attractive young woman who by all accounts took the whole event in stride. Glad this story finally got its own video. It's one of my favorite Hyce Tales. Hopefully it won't be the last. Maybe next time could be the time 491 tried to kill you with a stay bolt.

Reminds me of the stories i have heard from submariners about blowing sanitary waste tanks while at sea. Every waste valve had to be closed tight and tagged . Toilets had to be red tagged. There was an unfortunate sailor who absolutely had to go and he ignored the warning. He opened up the cut off valve and proceed to take a quick duce. While seated the head, the blow officer dumped the air valve.

This story never gets old. I am so glad I have never had to deal with something like that

The railroad story I did not know I needed to hear. Thanks, Hyce!

And for reference that much waste is about 130 gallons

Hyce describing trains: “Good little choo choo” Hyce describing a literal pool of crap: “ *Scenic Poo Vistas©* “

"You smell sumn'?" "you mean the 5th traction motor on fire?" "shuuuuuure... lets go with that"

Mark: “So where did the poop go?” Me as Laborer: “That’s what I would like to know and to be honest IDK and I don't think poop should deny one of newton's laws of equivalent exchange.” 🤣

"I wish I would have taken a picture." Hyce, it is probably for the best that never happened.

You sir, have a way with words. “A lake of piss with scenic poo vistas”... I lost it at that point and never laughed so hard. It was like something from some twisted travel brochure... "Welcome to Excrement Shores... A lake of piss with scenic poo vistas" 😆

I use to be a conductor & engineer up in Canada for CN. I could totally see this happening on a yard engine, especially in the winter. If the heaters were B/O or were crappy then it would all just freeze. You wouldn’t know until thawing season came around.

Hey Hyce I really enjoyed this story mostly cause this hits close to home. I’m currently a Laborer for BNSF. Best part of the job is when I get to operate the locomotives around the service tracks to build outbound consists. The worst part of the job is dumping/cleaning toilets and I’ve had my fair share of toilet stories💩 I appreciate you sharing one of your mechanical department stories I hope to hear more in the future!

It's a great story...LOLOL. I have heard it a few times, and that Locomotive number1676 has also stuck in my head because of this story...XD We absolutely need an locomotive defect level video too

Welp, now I can visualize "a shit ton"... Thank you?

This needs to be part of a movie, XDXDXD and I can already think of what the title is going to be "Trains; The Pooped Out DISASTER Story Ever!!"

That’s the craziest railroad story I’ve ever heard, I wouldn’t mind betting that the locomotive would have been taken out of service after that incident for routine maintenance and cleaning for several days before being put back in service.

Hey Hyce! The story about the toilet gets me every time! I've always wondered how the engineer would go to the restroom on the road. Hopefully you can talk about it in the next video? Keep up the great work!

"When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious- oh wait..."

here i n galesburg illinois our bnsf shop has a ex santa fe b40-8w with a poop problem. somehow it made its way to some part of the engine and resulted in a complete engine overhaul

Here I am a working for Norfolk southern where they didn’t have toilets for the longest time, crews had to 💩 in a bag, but that’s wasn’t enough, because the had to start putting employee numbers on said bags because crews would throw them out the window or just outside. It wasn’t until stated passed a law that engines had to have toilets on them that NS added them.

I used to work for CSX as a locomotive electrician. There was one time I was working at the fuel plant and I was working though a pit. I opened the door of one of our GE's and their was soooo much vomit. All over the walls, floor, control stand. I'll never forgot the smell. It was definitely a hard slap in the face

It seems like they should have subcontracted that one. Some septic services have extra hose and booster pumps (diaphragm? macerator? trash pump?) for access problems like this.

I drive a roll-off truck. One of my weekly hauls is a 15 yard dumpster for a water processing facility. A small one for a single development. The dumpster has the solids left over and they run it through a press to get the water out of it. It is usually about 5 tons when I dump it. I have hauled 30 yard containers that are full of construction debris that weighed less.

Mark every time you tell this story I laugh hysterically! I don’t even want to imagine how awful that was (especially for the poor guys who had to clean it out). But as with all your videos, I learned something; what a shit ton is! 😂😂 Please share more fun stories about your BNSF years. As always thanks and cheers!

What a shitty situation to deal with…

I'm guessing that explaining this to the higher-ups, why the refuel took so long was a "shit ton" of fun. :)

I had to clean up my own shitstorm once when I worked at Burgerville, but I have never... EVER heard of the front end of an engine being stuffed full of crap... My jaw dropped when you mentioned the weight. Literally the same weight as my car, lol!!!!

As someone who has worked in the biohazard industry for a short time in this case I don't care what sort of santanic rituals would be needed but we are going to make the pump truck work.

Thanks Hyce for the full story, it truly deserves its own video

As a wastewater operator, i tip my hat to those guys. That said, this situation would absolutely be top highlight reel story material for me and probably be the best worst day ever.

I'm laughing my ass off about the guts coming out and dry heaving! Reminds me of working on a farm loading a couple of dead animals up into a truck in 95° weather! The smell was terrible and me and my coworker were laughing at each other while we were dry heaving! Luckily we got them loaded up but I'll never forget that incident!

"Scenic pooh vista's and mountains"... 🤣🤣🤣

This needs to be a story repeated. Vary rarely can anyone picture a LITERAL shit ton, and this is perfect for a picture. As long as you are not eating of course And I would love to learn about defect levels

Thank you for making this a dedicated video.

I’ve been on festivals were the truck to empty the, I don’t know the name in english but they are used in construction sites, couldn’t reach them anymore due to mud so I can somewhat imagine the smell. The worst thing that happened to me was during my time training to be a machinist. The whole thing closed down for a month in summer and we were supposed to get the water oil emulsion we use for cooling and lubricating the tools out of the machines before that break because it can go bad. Someone forgot to empty a lathe, the coolant has been in there without movement for a month at around 40*C (104*F). The entire building smelled like absolutely horrendous, it felt like the hairs in your nose were etched away. The tank were this emulsion was stored in was completely covered in mold

OMG! I love Seattle stories, and train stories! What a good combination! The end of this story almost grossed me out, and I've cleaned dog pens in an animal shelter, and had to change poopy residents in nursing homes without gloves (back in the Bad Old Days before HIV got us PPE.)

Poop and transport: I work for an airline. One of our jumbos came off service and went to the hangars for maintenance. Normal procedure was that the waste tank was supposed to be emptied after flight, on this day it didn’t happen. As the aircraft was so large, its tail would not fit into the hangar so sat outside in the sun for 3 days, until a loud bang was heard. The heat from the sun had fermented the contents of the waste tank to the point where 12 hours of human waste from 400 people exploded. They made the apprentices clean out the aircraft’s belly and fuselage. To avoid corrosion this had to be done to a very high standard. Even upstairs in the passenger cabin, the aircraft had a unique aroma for months afterwards.

Needs to be a chapter in “Little Engines, Big Mess”

Ya know I've heard of shitty days at work but this is one of those stories that takes the cake. I can only imagine what words were spoken in those 5 hours of hell, and on the one guys day off no less. Like for some people that would be it for them so kudos to those guys for doing a job most of us could never stomach.

This is probably the first story I heard when I started watching this channel, great to know it has it's own video now.

My cousin is Pat Feller 😂😂😂 I’m sitting next to him watching this video and he’s giving the details as you explain 😂😂😂😂😂 he said he forgot some of this

"A lake of piss, with scenic poo vistas and mountains " You wordsmith you! Can I use that?

I’d love to also hear the “uncouthed Jabronie” story in full detail

"it was like a lake of piss with scenic poo vistas and mountains" - Hyce 6/25/23

No matter where someone works, there will always be an odd/strange day on the job. Hillarious story! I'd love to hear more. Thanks for sharing!

Bruh this was enjoyable in an absolutely hilarious way. We need more of these stories

This is a clear explanation why the firefighters who worked with my dad referred to the city vac trucks as “turd herders”. (They disliked the moniker btw lol)

I can't imagine how bad that must have smelled. We had our sewer break under our house and didn't notice until it started to smell. The cleaning company removed around 200lbs of stuff, mostly soil and rocks, and that smelled _awful_.

I want a lineup of every mfer who took a dump in that thing

1676's defect was; " this focking engine focking stinks bruv "

Hey at least the people working had respirators and other PPE to help with the smell. Poor 1676 had all that stuff IN ITS NOSE!!!

I feel as if you should make videos monthly or every other month of your stories fron working on BNSF. Great content as always!!

Fourth time hearing it. Never gets old.

4:56, the best response to a flushed toilet

Oh my xD I wouldn't wanted to be theses two "Aftermath" cleaners. Ahah. On the other hand, i would enjoy other railroad stories, maintenance explanation, ect. Cheers from France !

Interbay itself was not a bay Magnolia has always been connected to the rest of Seattle. It's named because it was a low flat spot between Smith Cove (on Elliot Bay) to the south and Salmon Bay to the north (inter = between, bay = bay). Some land was reclaimed from both ends, but not nearly as much at the north end near Salmon Bay where you worked. IIRC Emerson St was the extent of the bay before reclamation, hence it's slight curves through the area.

Every job has its shitty days, but that takes the cake. Wonder what conversation was like when that bill went through accounting!

Wow! That had to be nasty!💩🤮I worked on a service pad, as an electrician, in Rutherford Yards in Harrisburg, Pa. We had a beautiful old wooden round house from the steam engine days. It was a cool place to work. Thank God we never had any troubles like the 1676 had!

"You need to come look at this and I'm not fixing it!"

9:49 to 10:17 is the best part of the video

The next time I majorly fuck something up and I get asked how bad it is I'll start my explanation with "Imagine the nose of an SD-40..."

I'd like to hear more about defect levels.

Sh*t-ton = 2000 pounds. So that means a sd40-2 weighs approximately 180 sh*t-tons, or 368,000 pounds. Which means that 1676 weighed 370,000 pounds.

I held it together until you mentioned the bill had the weight of what was removed and I don’t know why but that’s when I lost it and shot pizza rolls out my nose

i'll have to give you full marks on that story. i can relate to that sort of as one of my past jobs was to pump out portable toilets and the size of some of those turds (poop chunks) was like omg how did they give that even out through their "A" hole. Definitely 10/10

this brings “your full of shit” to another level

Whatever those cleanup guys got paid, it wasn't enough

I could see how they wouldn't notice the smell in Pasco. (Dig at Tri Cities from an old Yakima dog.)

LOVE THIS! So glad you retold it - I have recently picked up on your content, and wow - what a wild story. Thanks for sharing Hyce!

I'm new to the channel. I would love to hear more of these weird and disturbing stories you have. I have a morbid curiosity. And I have seen people lose limbs and get State by a tree. That's when a tree falls on you and there's pretty much nothing left. I used to work in the woods as a logger. I've seen eight inch branches go through two inches of steel

I Absolut, positively love the fact that someone is running on 1676 right now, and they don't know this story. But every time they go into the nose they'll see the marks on the floor... they'll stumble upon this video and just go "SON OF A... WHY DID THIS.. THIS THING STINKS"

Mark I would love to hear more stories from your time at bnsf.

HILARIOUS!!! I'LL THINK OF THAT FROM NOW ON WHEN IM NEAR THE "LAV" ON OUR AIRCRAFT!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Definitely need more stories, this was great

What the hell are they doing carrying that stuff THROUGH THE FOREMAN'S OFFICE?!!!!