The Ultimate Burnout...

[Car Nut]

 

[Ironbuilt]

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[Photon440]

There is a lot of power at hand if the traction controls are disabled.

 

[Ironbuilt]

Is that really caused by sheer power and torque?
I've never seen that before.

 

[khryslerkid]

I've always said, you need to learn when to lift!

"The crew "parked" the train for FOUR hours. They "tied down" the forward locomotive. I'm not a "train man" but somehow #2 and #3 locomotives were apparently still in gear, and in 4 hours, this is what happened to the rails. Maybe someone has further information on where this happened?"

http://www.pbase.com/image/61909484

 

[ws23jrt]

This is something that doesn't happen instantly. Those drivers were turning for some long time while the train was not moving.
A new one for me too.

 

[Bb70charger500]

It happens faster then you think ! Trains are extremely heavy sometimes it takes quite a bit of umff to get it rolling . The guy s running didn't realize they were spinning I guess (train's are very loud! Guy at work tore up the train track like that once he was fired on the spot ! He did it on purpose though thought the sparks at night would be cool ! Couldn't see how fast the metal disappeared ! Less then a minute I'd say

 

[Car Nut]

 

[Photon440]

Those pictures are almost twelve years old, I don't remember the details. The guy who sent me the picture originally mentioned that it was a 'distributed power' train, meaning the train had engines in the middle or tail end as well as the usual front. The secondary unit is controlled by telemetry from the lead locomotive, and in this case a couple things went wrong. While the train was parked, apparently the middle or tail locomotive kept on at power. Of course with over 100 rail cars with brakes locked up, it went nowhere. However besides that malfunction, it still shouldn't have happened because the wheel slip indicators should have dialed back the power as soon as they started spinning. Seems like a combination of more than one problem caused this.

 

[Photon440]

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That one was caught on the mainline. A hot box detector caught the sliding wheel and it was stopped and changed out. The rim broke off and it just slid - the opposite wheel has a flat spot from sliding.

Hey...didn't we have a train thread for stuff like this?

 

[ws23jrt]

It happens faster then you think ! Trains are extremely heavy sometimes it takes quite a bit of umff to get it rolling . The guy s running didn't realize they were spinning I guess (train's are very loud! Guy at work tore up the train track like that once he was fired on the spot ! He did it on purpose though thought the sparks at night would be cool ! Couldn't see how fast the metal disappeared ! Less then a minute I'd say

If this happened in less than a minute it must have been at rpms that would be hard to account for given the train is not moving.--Just saying---

 

[bm02tj]

Most have sanders as well to limit slip or help the grinding

 

[Ranger16]

Now those are some real "Hot Wheels"!

 

[Bb70charger500]

If this happened in less than a minute it must have been at rpms that would be hard to account for given the train is not moving.--Just saying---

Yes very high rpms . ,more then likely guy was an idiot doing it on purpose before he quit!

 

[Photon440]

Yes very high rpms . ,more then likely guy was an idiot doing it on purpose before he quit!

Most freight locomotives are speed limited to about 65 mph, you won't get more than a 500 rpm. wheel rotation with that (42" wheel).

Not many of them quit, they work hard to get that job because it pays fairly well. I talked to one of my old acquaintances a couple of months ago, he's still on the job. His pay every two weeks is $4,000 clear, after deductions.

 

[ws23jrt]

Most freight locomotives are speed limited to about 65 mph, you won't get more than a 500 rpm. wheel rotation with that (42" wheel).

Not many of them quit, they work hard to get that job because it pays fairly well. I talked to one of my old acquaintances a couple of months ago, he's still on the job. His pay every two weeks is $4,000 clear, after deductions.

The term "high rpms" may be misleading in this case? Maybe indicated mph vs --not-- moving would be better.

 

[Photon440]

 

[ws23jrt]

Train wrecks have a draw that is hard to explain.
We had one back in the nineties- local to where I live. It was two freight trains-each with a hundred cars. They both had four power units pulling and were both going 60mph (as I recall) when they hit head-on.
This happened in the dark of night. One report from a passerby on the nearby freeway was he saw boxcars in the air.
All of the people on and driving the trains were killed.

 

[Photon440]

Poot...did I post that in here? I meant it to be in the train lover's thread. Sorry 'bout that.

 

[Jackpot50]

looks like time to get out!