Train versus Tornado
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Train versus Tornado
Train Running Through A Tornado
Here is something you do not see too often.
This video came from a fellow who works for the RR as a train dispatcher.
Every once in a while he sends a cool video involving trains. This is one of them.
Trains nowadays mount cameras in their cabs, facing forward and backward, the same way police cars do.
This video is a rearview camera. This is video of a train that ran through a tornado.
First there is the normal rearview from the last of three engines, with the trees looking normal.
Then you begin to see rain, and then, halfway through the video the trees begin to sway violently . . and then.
http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/7769081/...e/Tornado1.wmv
Here is something you do not see too often.
This video came from a fellow who works for the RR as a train dispatcher.
Every once in a while he sends a cool video involving trains. This is one of them.
Trains nowadays mount cameras in their cabs, facing forward and backward, the same way police cars do.
This video is a rearview camera. This is video of a train that ran through a tornado.
First there is the normal rearview from the last of three engines, with the trees looking normal.
Then you begin to see rain, and then, halfway through the video the trees begin to sway violently . . and then.
http://d.yimg.com/kq/groups/7769081/...e/Tornado1.wmv
i ain't rite
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From: Marlboro Mental Hospital.
that happened in 2008, in if i remember correctly Illinois.
and the you tube video has been posted 3 times here already.
but it is still interesting to watch
and the you tube video has been posted 3 times here already.
but it is still interesting to watch
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Yeah....I have seen it before but it's still an amazing video.
Even before the tornado hit, I was amazed at how still the camera was while filming the cars behind the locomotive. That was one smooth riding loco!
Even before the tornado hit, I was amazed at how still the camera was while filming the cars behind the locomotive. That was one smooth riding loco!
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I got to see this video at a safety meeting last year...almost as wild as the head-on in California. The DVR cameras are mounted inside the cab looking out the front window.
LocoPhotos.com - Photo Details - BNSF Railway - BNSF 9239
(The camera is in the upper left hand corner of the right window - the light tan thing you can see)
The video was shot from a locomotive that was running backwards....the rear of three engines on the train. On the new locomotives built in the last 5-6 years the cameras are only on when the locomotive is the lead engine...all other times they're off (no need for them). This one was in a engine built 8-10 years ago...on those the cameras run the entire time...regardless if the engine is leading or not. They were running 42 mph at the time of the derailment. To run that "fast" you need good track structure to support the dynamics of 200 ton locomotives. The locomotive was doing just as much bouncing as the first car...the prospective of the camera just doesn't reflect it that way. The verision we watched in the safety meeting had all the telementary as well...you could see what throttle they were in, exact speed and how much air was being used for the brakes.
LocoPhotos.com - Photo Details - BNSF Railway - BNSF 9239
(The camera is in the upper left hand corner of the right window - the light tan thing you can see)
The video was shot from a locomotive that was running backwards....the rear of three engines on the train. On the new locomotives built in the last 5-6 years the cameras are only on when the locomotive is the lead engine...all other times they're off (no need for them). This one was in a engine built 8-10 years ago...on those the cameras run the entire time...regardless if the engine is leading or not. They were running 42 mph at the time of the derailment. To run that "fast" you need good track structure to support the dynamics of 200 ton locomotives. The locomotive was doing just as much bouncing as the first car...the prospective of the camera just doesn't reflect it that way. The verision we watched in the safety meeting had all the telementary as well...you could see what throttle they were in, exact speed and how much air was being used for the brakes.
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From: North of Boston MA
Being in the RR business and formerly in the weather business, I don't know which part of this video I am more fascinated by.
In the video you can see the tank car derail right at the beginning of the bridge and the bridge guard rails actually do their job and keep the car on the bridge. In this case that did more harm than good since it allowed a more direct impact to the loco AND the car ended up off the bridge anyway.
Great video. Probably saved the investigators a bunch of work. Wish we had video at all the derailments I have to go to.
In the video you can see the tank car derail right at the beginning of the bridge and the bridge guard rails actually do their job and keep the car on the bridge. In this case that did more harm than good since it allowed a more direct impact to the loco AND the car ended up off the bridge anyway.
Great video. Probably saved the investigators a bunch of work. Wish we had video at all the derailments I have to go to.
