Re-railing an SD40-2....

[Steamtrains]

Saw this at another forum....I thought it was something they'd need cranes, jacks, and so on to get done....

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[railroader9731]

Thats insane Thanks for posting.

[Catt]

Those carmen made rerailing that big brute look like child's play. :mrgreen:

[ngauger]

Friend of mine has told me stories of re-railing a Loco... Neat to see how he use to do it on Conrail... He says the GG-1's were the all time worst to re-rail.

[pennman]

Thats a neat video! That almosts looks easier than changing a tire on a big truck.... I would have figured you would need a crane or some kind of jacks to rerail a loco.

[eightyeightfan1]

That was a neat video.
Guess they don't issue re-railers with locos anymore.

[Gary S]

Gus, thanks for sharing that. It is some great footage. I am surprised that those boards and chunks od wood were strong enough to lift the loco - seems the weight would have just crushed the boards into splinters!

[doctorwayne]

That's the same method that the Yard Services crews would use to re-rail locos and cars at the steel plant where I worked. The locos weren't as big or as heavy, but some of the cars could be. If there was room, a crane would be used to unload a hi-riser (slab car), although if the derailment was severe enough, the car probably would have unloaded itself. (A typical load would be around 160 tons - the cars were modified steam loco tender beds, riding on six-wheel trucks.) For a torpedo car, though, loaded with hot metal, hardwood blocking and lots of sweat was the only route.

Wayne