Even with todays modern locomotives, and railroads ability to run MASSIVE, HEAVY trains, they can stall tackling stiff grades. Such is the case in this video, where a heavy sand train had to be rescued with helpers, in order to make it up hill.
Beginning at Parkway Jct, we’ll see train 645 starting to move again after stalling at Soo Line Jct. Due to a mechanical issue, and the heavy tonnage of the train, it couldn’t make the hill with said issues. After a little while, two SD30C-ECOs came to the rescue, were added to the rear end, and the train was on the move again. After getting it at Parkway Jct, we’ll see it again at Cardigan, and with the helpers staying on all the way to Humboldt Yard. It was neat to see manned helpers working this section of track! The erie haze was thanks to Canadian wildfire smoke.
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Awesome catch!
Hey Great catch! Looking at the CP Withrow sub it looks like it’s all downhill through Arden Hills – more specifically from snelling all the way to New Brighton Blvd. Do you know if that’s true?
SAND. That is heavy as heavy can be!
On the DB blister of the SD40, when railroads added extended range capabilities to standard range, the extra equipment had a bulge similar to the one you noted.
Great catch and video
nice video and I like your narration too many videos on Youtube just show trains going by and I like to know more about where they are going or coming from and other interesting info!
Ah the good old hardened flat spot on a train tyre. I spent many happy hour machining a new profile on tyres with flat spots from braking. Broke many inserts too.
Great video Douglas! 😉
Trains are way too long now. This train had no hazardous materials however the weight and length was too much for a standard set of locomotives to move. Companies need to cut down the length of these trains to promote safety over corporate profits.
Sure is nice seeing the KCS units working. Their colours are awesome.
nice rare catch bro! and also getting two KCS SD70MACes is sick!
I saw 3943 like 2 week ago it was on a power move with 2 other sd70maces with a sd70ace leader
This reminds me of an older video of a CN freight struggling to climb out of the Niagara escarpment in Southern Ontario a few years ago. The head end had an ubiquitous wide cab, one of the former UP C40-8s and a chop nose GP9….all of which were clearly working- but it wasn't enough, so somewhere along the way they tacked onto the end a Canadian Cab GP38-2 and a GMD-1 that was assigned to the yard, and it was glorious seeing that GMD-1 working as a helper.
Great catch Douglas! That one AC is probably what caused them to stall. 🤣