Trying to rerail locomotive part 2 of 3

Notch 6, 800 amps

[agenttexx]

I watched something similar when I was a kid. The Engineer was able to get the Locomotive back onto the rails. But it caused damage to the locomotive and it sat on a siding for two months before they were able to pull it out. I believe they took it to the yard in El Paso, Texas. Another time, an empty hopper derailed and a crew used a front end loader to get it back onto the track. Growing up in a small town had its perks. :)

[kentslocum]

This, I think, is the best visual demonstration of just how much of a locomotive's immense weight is concentrated on a few small contact points at the bottom of the wheels. This is a good thing when pulling a train, as steel on steel would not have much traction unless a large amount of pressure was concentrated on a small surface area. However, this can be a terrible thing when trying to rerail a locomotive, as everything depends on a very small, very heavy wheel doing exactly what we want.

[sl]

When you think about how much weight is supported by rails affixed with metal clips and spikes on ties, its a wonder anybody goes anywhere at all.

[Mengal]

A perfect recommendation for us Mechanical Engineers.

[mark_nate]

everyone knows you just have to drive back over the switch, works every time

[trueindiannationalist]

See you when everyone gets this recommended 😆😆

[SaquibFaisal]

I love how every mechanical system sounds so badass.

[nitinkumar]

I had a mini heart attack when wheel made a snapping sound while derailing

[pacoramirez]

“This has caused confusion and delay.”

[the_atsf_railfan]

How my brain works:
Successfully rerailing a locomotive = good
Failing to re-rail a locomotive = satisfying

[riteshpatel]

First I thought rerail would be satisfying..
but this....
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It's even better.. can't complain.

[fhowland]

Just an incredible amount of weight and force

[gazdeb]

That re-rail gadget is crap to what we had in the QR here in Australia.
That is to smell and should be longer and better shaped.

[MTSRider]

In my 45 years of railfanning and interest in trains, I have never seen a failed rerail until now. I saw the GP38's one axle on the rail joint and knew it was going on -the -ground, but I never anticipated the rerail would fail and both axles and the entire truck would be on -the -ground. Wow, the attempt to rerail anything is a bitch alone, but this is even worse!!!

[timosha]

I'm a train and I approve this video choo choo :D

[-Jadon]

I clicked thinking it said trying to DERAIL a locomotive I am still happy with what I got haha

[michaelking]

It looks like the lipped edge of the wheel slipped inbetween the chock or didn't completely make it over. Probably needed to sit just a bit higher to make it over the track. Its scary when something that weighs that much comes off lol.

[romanvasiliev]

But isn't it obvious that without special guides, this device is not suitable for re-railing

[alexmandelli]

...very good!!! So it broke ties too LOL

[Skull-in-the-house]

Why wasn't it placed closer at the beginning?
Then it wouldn't have fallen completely off at all