Train Engineer Tries to Crash Train Into USNS Mercy Hospital Ship

April 03, 2020, 09:46 AM

SigM4

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
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Originally posted by gpbst3:
How are they going to get the train out of there? Google-fu is showing a locomotive weigh a metric-shit-ton? You cant just put the thing on a tow truck.

They’ll use cranes to lift and move it.

More likely side booms.

April 03, 2020, 09:50 AM

RichardC

Fortunately, that engine wasn't completely Unstoppable.

April 03, 2020, 09:53 AM

gpbst3

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Originally posted by SigM4:
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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
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Originally posted by gpbst3:
How are they going to get the train out of there? Google-fu is showing a locomotive weigh a metric-shit-ton? You cant just put the thing on a tow truck.

They’ll use cranes to lift and move it.

More likely side booms.

How much does a locomotive weigh? I was getting numbers in the 200 ton range.

April 03, 2020, 10:04 AM

smlsig

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Originally posted by gpbst3:
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Originally posted by SigM4:
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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
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Originally posted by gpbst3:
How are they going to get the train out of there? Google-fu is showing a locomotive weigh a metric-shit-ton? You cant just put the thing on a tow truck.

They’ll use cranes to lift and move it.

More likely side booms.

How much does a locomotive weigh? I was getting numbers in the 200 ton range.

Depending on the model it could weigh between 270K and 425K.

I would expect this train to be on the lighter end of that scale as it may have been one to use around the rail yard and not necessarily on longer/larger pulls.

https://www.quora.com/How-much...ain-locomotive-weigh

And yes they use either side load cranes that work off the line or they can haul in larger cranes to be set up on site if necessary and accessible if warranted.

April 03, 2020, 10:08 AM

PowerSurge

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Originally posted by SigM4:
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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
]They’ll use cranes to lift and move it.

More likely side booms.

It’s not near the tracks anymore so I doubt they’ll use side booms.

April 03, 2020, 12:06 PM

SigM4

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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
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Originally posted by SigM4:
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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
]They’ll use cranes to lift and move it.

More likely side booms.

It’s not near the tracks anymore so I doubt they’ll use side booms.

Really, why?

From the pics it looks to be about 100 yards away from the end of the track. Best option would be to walk it back to said tracks using a side boom on each corner (4). With the overpass there a crane might have issues. As noted that particular locomotive likely weights in the 350k range.

I’ve been railroading for 12+ years and the only time cranes are typically used is in scraping operations. Despite the damage I doubt this loco will be scrapped.

April 03, 2020, 03:22 PM

PowerSurge

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Originally posted by SigM4:
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Originally posted by PowerSurge:
It’s not near the tracks anymore so I doubt they’ll use side booms.

Really, why?
From the pics it looks to be about 100 yards away from the end of the track. Best option would be to walk it back to said tracks using a side boom on each corner (4). With the overpass there a crane might have issues. As noted that particular locomotive likely weights in the 350k range.

I’ve been railroading for 12+ years and the only time cranes are typically used is in scraping operations. Despite the damage I doubt this loco will be scrapped.

It’s hard to say with the overpass right there. Either way, it would fun to watch. Cheers.