I saw this on the VR Quincy Illinois cam once, the DPU had a stuck horn in the wee hours. Must have annoyed the heck out of people. I reported it to BNSF and they thanked me.
One time a train stopped in my area to let another train pass by, and the horn on the DPU was stuck. I'm in a valley and the horn sounded and echoed for over 15 minutes. Another railfan caught it about 30 miles up the line and it was still going off. 😅😅 Great Catch!
The N/S loco 9917 with only 1 flashing headlight looked like it had seen better days! So did 100 as well. 😮 then the stuck horn! 😱 i wonder if these locos were taken to the repair shop after this? Dangerous work stopping traffic there it is a busy intersection. What a day for the crew! 😢 thanks Ty very entertaining! ❤😊👍
Great video! Now, THAT was an interesting crossing where the train literally crosses the highway. Also, I know it's part of the conductor's job but I'd be scared to death to ride clinging to the front/back of a locomotive, and stand out in the middle of traffic to halt cars so the train could pass. God bless and protect the men and women who this daily. ❤❤❤❤
I've commented this story once. Here's for a new group: I live on land where my front lot has a track going through it. We had a train that was at idle. (Here in SW Oklahoma we're used to hearing trains idle for 3-5 days. All alone, just sitting there. Now this train was on day 2 of idling, and around 3ish am, the horn was stuck. Police went to investigate, found no tampering or any signs of breaking and entering. This horn would drive the police, jail, sheriff, and residents nuts. Now the company came out and fixed the horn by the next night. But it did come back to haunt us. This time the police called the local dispatch and let them know it's against city ordinance to blow the horn after 11pm, the company would be charged for breaking the ordinance. 😅 This was just the start of our police vs the rail road feud in my city. They don't like the rail road, the rail road don't like the police. It's to the point that now if they blow the horn after 11pm, they'll chase the train and conduct a traffic stop. I've seen a few conductors in handcuffs before over it. I understand both sides of the picture. But when the horn is broken, turn the engine off at least.
Railroads trump city ordinances- under commerce laws. The police cannot tell them not to blow the horn and in fact the r would be breaking the law if they didn’t. Any conductors being arrested for this would be falsely imprisoned and as such should sue. Also, no traffic stops on trains- they’re not under road laws for the same reasons.
My nephew told me about a CPKC train last year in Calgary Alberta Canada and the horn was stuck on for over 2 minutes before the engineer could shut it off. He lives there
@ 15:02 I was not expecting that! I was like.. "why the heck is that train derailing to the road??" Then I'm like.. "Oh!... there is a crossing on the highway too". LOL!
A flashing red light for the traffic signal isn’t compliant, since it has the same meaning as a stop sign. They are to remain solid red through the crossing cycle.
It's probably an electronically controlled horn since mechanically controlled horns have the operator valve at the stand to control the flow of air to the horn. In electronically controlled horns, it's a solenoid valve, and if the solenoid valve is gummed up, have crusty sliding points, broken or worn return springs, the valve can be kept open even if the solenoid is de-energized.
@ 13:09... that gray vehicle crossing the tracks.. what is that? Looks like the front of a Tahoe but with the back of a PT Cruiser. I never seen that before...
Since you're in Indiana, how often do you get to film the Nickle Plate 765? When visiting family in Fort Wayne over Thanksgiving I did not bother to go out to the historical society's site. I figured no one would be there or that it would not be open.
I wish mars still made them, they were very successful. However if they did, they would probably ruin the design by giving them LED. Reflector lights are specially designed for PAR36 halogen bulbs.
@@UP_7717 I talked about it at the beginning of the video I was able to remaster the video in 4K and to give a lot of the new viewers to the channel a chance to see the video.
If that was an RJ Corman train that wouldn't happen!! lol Seriously it probably wouldn't. Especially if he was still alive. Never seen better looking engines and equipment than his. Edit: Just noticed it has a head light out also.
@@therailroadtiespiker I bet, that was motto, take care of the equipment and keep it clean. If you haven't watched documentary on youtube about him you should. He was one helluva man. He had almost 100 machines when he was still a one man operation and he cleaned every single time they came back in from use.
Norfolk Southern needs some serious help and rebuilding....the railway is the worst class 1 anywhere.... America Latina Logistica in Brasil is in better shape....South African railway may be better....
