Wrecked NS 4001 Back on Track After Derailment, With NS 1036 & Norfolk Southern Trains 

I love the fact that 'Under Warranty' is written above the numbers at 6:06 on the SD70ACe unit. Glad to know NS still had warranty for that XP

She’s back! She was repaired and repainted and was spotted at the shops in Altoona, along with sister unit 4000. Word on the street is that 4000 will get cleaned up or maybe even completely repainted for an NS photoshoot.

1036 Warranty ran out as soon as it went on its side, Lucky enough it was repaired at NS Juniata Shops at Altoona & released to traffic again on March 2019, 4001 was also repaired at the same place & returned to the main line in early 2020, The guys at the Altoona Works did a superb job on both Loco's & nice to see they both survived.

Great footage. I'm glad the crew made it out with only minor injuries. Looking at the engineer's side especially, it's really a testament to how well these locomotives are built.

I ran that train on its final trip! I picked it up on a coal train in Enola and took it to Baltimore. The next night I took it back up but we only made it to Lace Mill just east of Columbia PA where we were recrewed do to running out of time thanks to Amtrak. The recrew took the train west and wrecked. I have the very last pictures of it before she wrecked when we got off at Lace Mill.

The sound of 6743's Conrail RS3L is just incredible. Nice catches!

I can’t even believe ns 4001 Is back

Fun fact! Just earlier today (Thursday 17th) it was seen running solo in Pennsylvania on a rail stream webcam!

Kinda sad to see something that big and strong sitting silent and mangled. Prayers for the crew.

We remember seeing 4001 alive and well back in December 2016 along I-10 in Arizona going west on a Intermodal run. Very saddened to see her on the ground back east not long after.

It's good to hear that the crew made it out alright and that they weren't seriously injured. Seeing this video, I wondered about 4001's fate. Through some quick research, I find that 4001 is currently at the Altoona shops being rebuilt, so this isn't the end of the line for 4001. Doing some more searching, I find that this locomotive isn't a newly built locomotive. It was originally NS #6509, an EMD SD50 built in 1984. It was repainted along with NS #4000 in 2015 as prototypes for Norfolk Southern's DC to AC conversion program.

I could not imagine the feeling of standing next to the beast of a locomotive in such a sorry state like that. It really makes you feel bad for it.

I used to work on wrecks like this. Not as bad as it seems. The carbody around the engine can be removed pretty quickly as it is bolted down. You put a new one in like the ones they have on trailers in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8z68_kK7iDo.html .Handrails are bolted on so those go back together pretty quick once you get new ones. The cab is going to suck. Someone will have to do a lot of fitting, grinding and welding for that one. 4 months should get the 4001 done.

Glad to hear the crew was okay. As for the locomotives, nothing that a little duct tape and bondo can't fix! LOL! In all seriousness, as long as the frame (backbone) isn't twisted you can pretty much rebuild from the rails up. Everything including the diesel generator set is designed to be replaceable. I'm sure the Juanita shop gangs will be able to fix them both right up. I once saw where a C&NW SD-40 had collided with a semi-truck loaded with gravel at around 45 mph. Cab crew bailed out of the back doors, the cab was crushed. The locomotive was back in service within 3 months. The truck ... not so much. They were still picking pieces of it out of the grass and trees a year later. The driver tried to beat the train and paid for his idiocy with his life.

it's always good to know that my fellow NS brothers are doing fine. i just hate that upper management is going to try and fault them for this. they'll find out it wasn't their fault. i just seen that unit a year and a half back...wow. for you railfannners,stay safe out there and respect the train.

Glad no one was killed or seriously injured. What was the outcome on these 2 engines?

Great video, I hate to see something so beautiful get damage.I hope the crew is ok,without major injuries,and I hope those beautiful locomotive can be restored.Thanks again for the great video my friend.

dropped a crew off who was working the ballast train the day after. I was speechless.

I think the zoom in shot at 6:07 is funny! Under warranty is on the cab above the engine number. Wonder if EMD will honor it after it has been wrecked? Probably not! I hate to see such massive machines in this condition, but it is real life.

1:39 kerry is like “I wish I could be repaired and put back into service” ES44 #8146 slips kerry a get well soon card as he passes

I like that blue nose and silver/gray NFS livery. First time I've ever seen that.

THE MACHINES CAN BE REPLACED BUT HUMAN LIVES CAN NOT BE, PRAYERS FOR THE CREW AND THEIR FAMILIES,THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO.

Main thing is no one got hurt it sad that such beautiful works of arts got damaged so bad as a kid where I used too live we had a rail road tracks near our house and a little red train called the swamp rabbit train every time I would hear is horn blow I would run out the door just too see that little train come by now it is a bicycle trail called the swamp rabbit trail but at heart I still love trains and always will I am just a over grown kid I guess

Im glad thr crew is ok. Those Locomotives will be repaired and back running the rails like new again. They probably are by now.

I'm surprised the engineer lived his side is all mangled up

Glad the crew was okay, minor injuries and all. The locos? Repairable I think. Expensive and will take a while, but do-able. The main frame still looks straight on both. Guess we'll have to wait and see. Thanks for the footage! Cheers, Dan

What was the final prognosis on these engines Sir ?

did a bunch of Norfolk southren Trains passed wrecked 4001 & 1036 on the storage track that was cool after altoona shop repairs.

Great video! May I use this for a video I’m making about the NS rebuilds? I’ll be talking about this wreck in it. I will credit you

Thats a sad picture. It makes you want to take it home and restore it.

It truly is sad to se such beautiful engines so damaged. Glad the crew was fine, wish I could So the same for the locos :( I'm close to Pittsburgh, I'll have to keep my eyes opened for these 2 beauties to hopefully reappear.

Awesome video. What kind of camera do you have?

Love watching 🚆 videos when I'm off or just relaxing i get comfortable and enjoy myself DILLY-DILLY 🚆 all aboard

I bet if you sent the engine to Cuba. They would fix it up and have it running again. I saw on PBS show they had an old Southern Pacific engine that they bought. It was going to be scrapped. Cuba rail road company bought it and fixed it up.

I hope the AC44C6Ms get standard cabs too, they're too good to be rebuilt!

Does anyone know what will happen to 4001? Has it been deemed a total loss? It's such a beautiful locomotive, I'd hate to seem them scrap it.

Well i hope 4001 goes back into service

Nice videos! Thank you. Cause of the derailment? (Alwayshow trains enteringrade crossings in case someone is hit.)

Were the locomotives repaired? Pictures?

The SD70ACe is practically new yet, just a good concert, maybe it must have affected the engine so they abandoned them

Any idea what the heat kink in the rail cost NS in damages to equipment etc and cleanup or was the cost assumed by the owner of the tracks?

I agree prayers for the crew

Did A bunch Of Norfolk Southern Trains Passed Norfolk Southern 4001/1036 After the Derailment and Altoona Repairs

4001, is this a new design of NS? And will 4001 be repaired?

How did it get wrecked and wasnt this a cab replacement engine anyways

What about csxt 3099 the wreck was way worse than this one

What happened to them???

What for camera are you using? It has great quality. Absolutely no choppiness , no matter how fast the trains are going. Great videos, love them.

It would be cool to have one of the 4001 number plates.

Is it bad that at first glance i thought it was a conrail locomotive lol? It's always kinda of sad to see any locomotive get damage whether the damage is big or small or somewhere in between as muat companys will just scrap them and buy a new one and i know that scrap will eventually be used again for something else or maybe another locomotive shell but it's still kimda sad to me.maybe it's because im autistic and loved thomas amd friends as a kid, idk xD

Let’s hope when it got repaired it was painted with the same blue paint that’s probably the only train to have a blue paint scheme for the north folk southern

Can they repair them or do they scrap them

It is a sad view but I think they can be repaired. A lot of traffic there. I liked the halogen lamp dangling!

Was the engineer or conductor hurt?

It's sad that you see trains pass this train and the crew involved in the derailment

I can not believe the clarity of this video. Nicely done.

Every body is passing speedily and poor derailed 4001 seeing all the frieght trains.

Are those engines still there?

Have to go over by the Juniata shops and see if they are there, the engineer was from the Huntingdon, Pa, some of my friends know him

Would love to see and update on these two after they have been repaired and put back into service.

Amazing how you were able to get so up close and personal to shoot this footage. Are you a NS employee?

sad to see 4001 in a wrecked state. ive seen that diesel and its sister 4000 go by the house a few times i rember them well because of the paint. being different and took pics

Norfolk southern weather hot 🥵 Tracks2 1036 4001 get down tracks2 like video hom good gates down

Any idea of the cause of the derailment?

The train passed by and didn't look at the lokomotive. Alas the cripple stands and is silent.

Why is Dexter yelling at us? Great footage Super Trains, and glad the crew is ok. Being the 4001 is a new AC conversion (big investment) and given the frame is as straight as it looks, she will be back but I would guess as a Standard Black Horse.

Reminds me of two face from bat man one side is nice looking the other is badly damaged

How long would it take to rebuild them and have them back up and running again?

That crazy glad to see them alive I drive for csx n I been in a derailment before

sweet catches. oh man i wonder what going to happen to #4001. i'm hoping they rebuild her back to her beauty. hopefully the drew is ok. awesome lashup's.

Did you get special permission to go next to 4001 or did you just kinda do it?

Without scrolling through all 300 comments, may I ask what happened?

she once roared down the tracks, now she sits here in silence

bruh I just found out what happen to the engine omg!!!😦😦😧😧😕😕😕

Norfolk Southern Salvage 4001 or did they scrapped the unit?

What happened with Norfolk southern 4001

Dude! That's the same train I saw except it was carrying tanker cars!

RIP 1036 AND 4001

R.I.P. NS #4001 😥😥

Das war aber eine harte Flankenfahrt, bestimmt an einer Weiche. But that was a hard flank ride, certainly at a switch.

Glad to hear the crew was alright.

Wow cool stuff

the question is will they be rebuilt and put back in service or will they be writen off as un-serviceable

What type of camera do you have? Its absolutely fantastic.

Can't believe this happened to one of my most favorite engines.....

OK ALL 4001 N 1004 ALL .GREAT TO SEE THAT HORSE ON TRACK

I hear they're going to be rebuilding 4001 soon.

Wow pretty intense damage.

what happened to her?

It was just trying to deliver some coal. It didn’t do no harm to anyone. The train and the crew were innocent.

I think it's sad because I believe it wasn't around that long in this paint scheme

I like this video, thanks!

Give us an update when it's repaired

Not to be disrespectful, but not being especially a Union Pacific or Norfolk Southern fan, the only 4001 locomotive worth tears was the BIG BOY 4001. Any locomotive after that numbered 4001 should be honored. Just saying!

The under frame seems to be ok, and can be restored/re-used, but for the cab and other engine [parts] above and partially bellow, looks like they will be scrapped. They are definitely going to use the under frame though, but I hope they redo the paint scheme.

what happened?

lovely stuff

Ah! They can buff that out. Not a problem.

Liked Norfolk Southern 8146 passed Norfolk Southern 4001 & 1036 at the 1:23 & 1:38 Mark

Thats crazy glad crew ok, still sad seeing an amazing locomotive off rails and beat up like that, anyone who tries to beat a train definitely deserves a permanent dirt nap