TRAIN ON FIRE!!! BNSF RAILWAY DPU catches fire in Tehachapi! Full Video with footage of firefight !! 

Exactly. I can’t stand social media with all the narcissism.

Indeed! Many thanks!

Amen brother

I second that my good man .

Exactly! It seems as if the channels with low subscriber counts are the more professionally done videos.

Its so good I thought the fire was fake for a moment in the start. Weird looking fire

@@OldCarsAreFun When something is filmed in 4K, it almost makes it look like a video game. It sure was impressive to see.

For me it is Korean boy bands, I am 57, never watched a boy band in my life so who knows eh.

@@OldCarsAreFun I thought the exact same thing!

No wonder my package was late...

Would have seen the rear-end smoke when they hit the Tehachapi LOOP

Does the seal brokedown and Let the oil out and burn by the heat of the exhaust?

Thanks for the diagnosis, Reggie. I've always wondered why you see locomotives spit fire occasionally.

It appears that they were able to drop this particular unit down to an idle speed which indicates that it is some other cause which I'm going to assume is something related to fuel injection. My experience with diesels of any type is that when the turbo seal goes bad is that it will continue belching black smoke and flames and the RPM will be running at full blast until the oil pan is completely devoid of oil and the engine locks up. There wasn't enough black smoke to be a turbo fire.

I had guessed a fuel leak somewhere, but yours makes more sense cuz it was localized right up through the stack, and when the doors were opened up, no visible sign of fire having engulfed the engine.

Award for WHAT??

Thank you!

@@ffjsb In a world filled with CGI and fake action, just occasionally, we get something that isn't staged for entertainment. This is one of those moments, captured live without rehearsal and fakery. We have here excellent drone footage and good follow-up, giving us the complete story of a real event.

@@nullifiednullifidian5973 Um, there are dozens of videos of locomotives spitting fire out the exhaust stack... You act like you've never seen a video of a mechanical problem..

@@ffjsb Suit yourself, have fun taking people down with your negativity. Life must be great for you when all you have is derision for others, I'm sure that'll work out well.

The best part.

One could say that was music to my ears. 😁

Is there a mic on the drone?

Or play by play announcer.

@@denniseft6460 Thanks for putting that thought in my head. 😳😁 Happy New Year!

There is no film involved other than that left over from the spilled oil. The creator recorded and edited this with electronic cameras and video processing equipment. None of that stuff with the holes down the side was involved at all.

Still great footage! Lolololol

​@@The_DuMont_NetworkOh really? I don't think anyone here actually realized that. I'm glad you were able to clear that up for all of us. What would we do without you!

Glad you enjoyed it !

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Reasonably common occurrence on GE locomotives.Turbocharger oil feed leakage.Think they would have sorted the problem by now.

​@Z4Zander Just a question- do you know if there is any guidance from GE to check this at a certain hourly benchmark for leakage? Just curious- I'm a supply chain management student, and seeing as the quantity of freight being moved by rail is substantial, this seems like it would be a failure of process to enforce inspections for leakage. But then again, there's always catastrophic failure and like you said it's strange there has been no retrofit/redesign.

@@GCHatSCHOOL No I don't know if GE have any processes in place.I have recently retired from being a heavy diesel mechanic on earth moving equipment.Although we get turbo failures like these, generally not as many or as bad as the engine and exhaust are near the operator and they pick up problems before they get too far.I have seen a lot of fire damaged GE's on videos whereas GMD(Progressive-CAT) don't seem to suffer as many.My biggest claim to fame is I love large diesel engines in any size,shape or colour.

@@Z4Zander Oh I gotcha! I see a lot of these types of videos that have popped up and occasionally somebody who has worked on them has chimed in on the problems, which is good information in my opinion. I too have a love for diesels, but mine came from working on fishing boats in Alaska. I spent a lot of time on vessels under 95 feet, so Cat 3208, Cat 343, and Cat 346s are kinda my favs- give me mechanical engines vs digital engines any day of the week! I drove a lot of purse seine skiffs too, and still think the Cummings 6bt and 4bt engines are one of the most durable motors ever(God knows how many times I've ran crappy fuel from a tender through an already dead filter trying to finish a set in rough weather). Anyhow, I seem to notice more and more of the burn marks, which leads me to believe(and I think rightfully so) that maintaining assets like engines has taken a back seat to short term profitability. Sad, you know?

I wonder who picked up the 25k + tab for helicopter to respond?

@@foxtrot312 Kern County no doubt. Its their bird. Whether BNSF gets an invoice is up to the county.

I used to live in Tehachapi. Kern County has helicopters to fight wildfires in the area. Used to watch them train at night in the mountains.

'Best case, and we'll trained'? Typical L.I.B.E.R.A.L. answer. Be safe our there kiddies

Schnook..imagine that train in NorCal canyons......thats anyting BUT best case. Be thankful for small favors, could have been much worse.

Oops, somebody must've got a peepee wacking for forgetting that oil cap! 😮

Thank you

... more like "Whoop - I'm a GE Toaster!"

@@DonVideoGuy007 Yes you let the toast out

Пожарные профи

Yes, its rare. Usually they screw up letting fire spread into several dozen acres.

They were lucky it wasn't windy that day. It frequently is up there.

Absolutely spot on

They certainly should have telemetry, plus some video feed of potential problem areas.

The train has plenty of money and they don't care about anyone else.

What does single manning have to do with blown turbo on DP engine?

@@leechjim8023 How's that going to work in the mountains with zero cell capability??

I wouldn't say a fire is cool.

Superb documentary video!

Thanks for your support

Happens all the time at work

I appreciate your support

There appears to be oil on the roof and presumably it made it to the ground. Diesel fuel evaporates completely by around 400°F and self-ignites by 500°F. The engine idled normally after the fire.

@@denverbraughler3948 Yes, it really looks like oil. It is odd that it idled normally. I wonder if they secured the oil supply to the turbo somehow?

@@davida1hiwaaynet: When the engine is at idle, the exhaust pressure is low and the turbocharger spools down.

@Jeff C It's an issue.

@@denverbraughler3948 There is no such thing as an exhaust gate that closes on this model of locomotive, or any other large modern unit for that matter. The turbo spools down because there’s not enough exhaust flow to spool it up. The exhaust manifolds on both engine banks are connected directly to the turbo on these.

Thank you

Its just going oil from the turbo and burning in the exhaust, mostly nothing happens.

@@domi7007 This.

Thank you !

Me too!

That's it! Shutting off fuel doesn't stop it. Cut off the air doesn't stop it (unclear why). Just has to burn until oil is gone from the reservoir.

@@davechupp7922 There was a big steel box that was where all the exhaust ports combined. It got so hot the crankcase oil would flash if got in there. Air came in the exhaust stack on top of the engine. I did the emergency shut down and it burned for several minutes, until all the oil burned away. The BNSF/SF was a good place to work as a Prior Rights Employee. From what I hear these days not so good compared to the old days. Things change, I am an old guy who enjoys living in the past. To all my Railroad brothers and sisters, stay safe.

​@@wb5ttyAmen to that.

Kern County for the win!

Gutsy??? This isn't Ukraine.

Thank you

it will just need a new turbo theres nothing wrong with the rest as it was not on fire

Thanks for watching

Got good combustion this time very hot

that one is the top 1, hands down!!! only loco fire that gets close is a russian 2TE10m on fire.

The sound came from the loco.