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Here is what happens when that remote controlled loco in the middle of the stopped train doesn't get the command to shut down
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A friend sent these to me today
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Holy mackerel! That's an amazing picture.
I'm guessing there must have been a lot of smoke!
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Wow, that is something! I wonder when they realized something was wrong? Did they figure it out and shut off the radio loco, or did they try to start moving and the train wouldn't go because the radio loco was stuck in the "ruts" and wouldn't jump them? Surely they didn't just start going again, without realizing something was wrong. Can you imagine the beating the rest of the cars would have taken if that was so?
I'd also like to see the wheels on that loco...
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Perhaps this is some kind of model with plastic rails and someone had a soldering iron accident?
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A lot of smoke, sparks...And cussin'....
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My first thought was similar to Gary's ...
The rest of the cars in the train must have had one helluva bumpy ride! Hope there wasn't a reefer load of eggs in the consist!
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Thats a big "oops"!
you'd think the locomotive would have a wheel slip indicator or something that lets it know its rolling in place.
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Ive been doing some welding and grinding at work recently and all I can say is that there must have been a hell of a lot of heat generated as those wheels dug in.
Those rails and the loco wheels must have been glowing bright yellow red from the heat. In fact the close up view of the rail looks like the scab formed over a weld [but smoother] during welding.
I wouldnt mind betting that the heat transfer stuffed everything on the trucks, traction motors, springs, wheels, axles, so that it would be safer to just write off both the truck units.
Examining the first photo again I would say that the direction of travel was right to left.
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I think you are correct on the direction. I have 2 questions which none of us can really answer.
1 How long was it sitting there spinning?
2 Is someone looking for a job?
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Les
I dont think that anyone can determine the amount of time just by examining the photos as I believe there are too many variables involved.
At this point you havent told us where your friend took the photos, but I am guessing that it is coal country in the Eastern US.
The unit involved was obviously in Distributed Power mode and I am assuming that the Engineer had "the fence up" to operate it or them independently of the lead units. There is the sticking point so to speak, did the Engineer forget to "drop the fence" or was there a communication or software failure with the DP unit[s].
The answer to that question would determine if anyone is looking for a job.
Im just glad its not me under scrutiny.
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The photos were sent to my friend by somebody he knows whom I don't. So I have no other information.
