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Caught On Camera: Freight Train goes into Emergency Stop in Sugar Land, TX.
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2021
- Video Recorded on September 4, 2021: Wow! I have NEVER EVER seen this in my whole entire life before. This was by far the most unusual events I've ever captured on camera after all 2.5 years I've came to this place for trains, which equals to 5 years of railfanning as well also. Anyway, what I saw was a BNSF ES44C4 lead and ES44DC trailing coming all the way down from the distance towards me. Everything all seemed normal until the train was halfway through, the emergency brakes kicked in (hear that loud "HISSSSS!") slowing the train down for another over a mile until it comes to a COMPLETE stop blocking all 3-4 railroad crossings. I then pulled my phone out and recording where I run up to the nearest railroad crossing on my right side to get a further view all the way towards Highway 99. Therefore, 2 ladies on a bike assumed that there was an accident up ahead (which I know everyone's well familiar with), but that was not the case. Yeah, my reaction during the middle of this video was priceless!! About 5 minutes later, my dad picked me up and while we were fixing to go home, we drove all the way to the very front side of the train just to see what was going on. As you can see, the front 2 locomotives were in perfect shape; no damages, no accidents...nothing. You can tell my dad wondered what was going on as well as me. That being said, I had no idea what caused this train go suddenly come to a full emergency stop like that. Like I said before, my dad and I did not see any accidents at all. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this most usual moment I ever captured on camera and this is something I'd never seen in real life at all before. If you know what caused this train to stop like that, leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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You have probably learned about this in the meantime ... train brakes are kept open by pressurized air. As soon as the air hose breaks anywhere on the train, the air will get out and every car will automatically engage the brakes. The crew then has to walk along the train and find the damaged hose to repair it.
dang that would suck
thats gonna be a painful long walk
That loud hiss was an air line breaking when that happens each car is designed to automatically apply breaks including the engines.
Such a know-it-all, yet doesn’t know the difference between “brakes” and “breaks”
@@worlds_okayest_pilot_421 stating a fact like that in this context isnt really a "know it all" move. And it was just a little phonetic slip up, it happens. Im sure he usually spells "brakes" correctly.
Definitely a rare moment that you managed to catch! Glad everyone and everything was okay.
I really enjoyed your enthusiasm! :)
Air brake issues can cause this as well.
I like your channel
Probably a hose blew. It's the most common cause. That's why they carry spare parts and tools. Quick repairs are time savers. Or there could have been something happened a few miles in front and had to get stopped in a hurry.
They can happen for many reasons. Popped air hose, cars accidentally uncoupling (which would pop the air hose), sensitive brake systems, train brake applied too quickly. There’s so many different reasons
Most likely a broken air hose, or possibly PTC activation if the train was speeding. Or a PTC malfunction causing an unexpected e-brake application. It happens from time to time.
You don’t mind telling me what an air hose is? Someone was asking me about that and I don’t know what it is at all to be honest.
@@JimLiElevators Air hoses are what connect the train's brake lines between the cars. Air compressors in the locomotive provide air pressure that charges the "train line" in the entire train, and also pressurize three reservoirs on each car. Air pressure in the train line keeps the brakes released. When the air pressure in the train [air] line is reduced by a certain number of pounds per square inch (by the engineer making a reduction on his brake valve), the brake reservoir on each car releases the same amount of air pressure into the brake cylinder and applies the brakes.
When the engineer makes an emergency application of the brakes, instead of the usual 10-20psi "service reduction", the entire 70-90psi (depending on whether it is freight or passenger) is released.
A device called A "triple valve" on each car senses any reduction in train line pressure, and releases that pressure to the atmosphere while permitting an equal amount of air into the brake cylinder. When there is an emergency application, ALL the train line's air is instantly released to the atmosphere.
Under normal circumstances, this is the result of the engineer throwing the train into emergency, but if one of the two air hoses between two cars breaks/ruptures, it will also cause an emergency application of the brakes since all of the train line's air pressure is suddenly released.
This is a safety device; if a coupler breaks and the train physically separates, the instant the air hoses separate both halves of the train will go into emergency. When an air hose breaks, the conductor has to walk the entire length of the train until he finds the broken air hose, at which time he can replace it. Every locomotive carries several spare air hoses for this reason.
Probably not PTC, PTC is usually a penalty application at a service rate.
@@JimLiElevators it is a hose that runs from car to car that support the brakes.when the trains need to slow down it will activate some brakes.but in this case the E-brake activated all brakes.The cause was as others said,a PTC error,or a air hose hanging too low.
@@JimLiElevators train brakes need air pressure to remain off. That air is carried from car to car in an air hose. If the hose breaks then there’s no not air pressure and all the brakes get applied because of the lack of air pressure.
Nice catch of BNSF 7678, the leader. The H2 ES44DC is becoming an increasingly rare sight on BNSF
Excellent video!! Whenever I hear a train goes into the emergency it makes that irritating squeaky noise! But it's rare when train goes into emergency!
Sounded like a air hose came loose.
Get yourself a scanner and you'll be able to hear what's going on. The Uniden Bc125at Is a great little scanner.
I'll never forget that sound. In our small town, we have a festival every year, celebrating the local agricultural product. There was also a rather high speed section of UP track that ran parallel to the highway on the other side of the city park. One of the developmentally handicapped residents in the home that bordered the park had somehow gotten away from the facility and disappeared into the crowd at the festival. She had made her way to the train tracks, as she loved to wave at the trains as they went by. Most of the UP Engineers knew of her and gave her a blast of the air horns as she waved to them. I remember this time he laid on the horns, a long solid note about a mile out. People began to watch the train. And there she was. Right dead center between the rails, waiving at the train. About a half mile out, he applied emergency braking, but it was too late. It was a heavy consist of Canadian wheat, headed for the mills to the south...
Yikes
Oof
What town did this happen? Sounds familiar
First time seeing a train go into emergency I take it? Lol
Broke an air hose. Any number of things can put a train into emergency. Great video.
I'm a retired engineer with the UPRR and sometimes when u set an air appl u might have a car with a 'hairtrigger' brake valve (what we call a dynamiter) which puts u in emergancy.....finding that car can be a pain!
Anytime u have a question about this stuff just ask away.
Thanks. I appreciate it! :D
We call it a kicker in Canada
We call them kickers at our railroad. Only had one so far
Hey question. I wanted to join the railroad but I was worried from what I saw not into able to really have a social life. Am I able to still visit my friends often while being an engineer or will I rarely get to see them?
This was uploaded on my birthday! Wow!
That was strange. I'm glad everyone is okay.
I had a card that sounded like that when I put on the brakes lol
it could be anything from a signal suddenly changing to red and you have to just dump the brakes
I know nothing about signals, but the brakes can apply if the signal changes after the train passes it? How does that work?
Also fun fact i live near Sugar Land. And trains Mainly UP tend to just stop for no apparent, reason but it seems like the air hose broke somewhere on the train.
3:50 more than a second lol.
I was on Amtrak once and we had hit a bunch of deer! the 203 OLS was leading off which is kinda ironic, anyways, we got thrown into emergency and man It was a hard stop.
Its was actually airhose breaking or coming loose
If the air hose was broken the emergency brakes would be one and that will stop the train
It took 53 seconds for the train to stop 😲
I'm sure we all know that.
No it did not it took 58 seconds
The same thing happened in malaysia too, after getting off an ktmb class 93 at senawang station, i went up the stairs as the train departed but then suddenly heard a loud hiss that scared the crap outta me, and the next second i saw the train stop, the train took a while to get moving again
And no where close to a mile, lol
Glad everyone safe
I’ve never seen that coming. But I’m glad everything is okay.
Once a freight train hit a car when I was railfanning and it went into emergency
Whoa That Was Uncalled for
That train stopped pretty fast. I'm seeing comments talk about PTC. Idk much about trains but what is a PTC?
PTC is positive train control.
I always love how people's imaginations run wild when something odd happens.
Well seeing that no accident occured it could have either a coupler broke, an air hose disconnected.... Or PTC caused the emergency stop. Seeing that the train already passed a signal at a high speed a PTC caused emergency stop is possible. PTC sometimes acts up
Broken coupler? I didn't see any railcars separate at all after driving through the entire train.
@@JimLiElevators Oh... Well then it was most probably a PTC related emergency stop.
Sometimes the uncoupled half still has enough momentum to slam into the first half.....scariest thing ever
Probably not a PTC issue, PTC is usually a penalty application at a service rate.
Right time, right place
Most likely a broken air hose somewhere throws it into Emergency or PTC
Cool video :) and thank god no one was injured (including the train’s crew)
The city that I live in the train cuts through Lebanon City pennsylvania. And back in 2008 and 9 there was a few emergency stops. The sound of that train makes the steel and the grinding and hollering and traumatic. Shortly after that you hear sirens from emergency vehicles approaching the situation. And it's because somebody stepped in front of the train it's a haunting sound. Just like when a medical helicopter takes off from a very bad accident the sound of the turbo jet and the steady thumping of the rotors like a heart beat is very haunting.
thank you for uploading the video God bless stay safe and healthy
I just notice railfan on the left corner of your screen on the next crossing, by the the stop sign
What timestamp was it? I didn't see any.
@@JimLiElevators 1:06
I had this happen before with 4x3x0 mixed freight train. Mostly the defect went off
Recently I saw a train go into emergency braking when an air hose coupling drooped too low between the cars. When it got to a certain road crossing, and the gap the normally is between the tracks is suddently replaced by a pavement section, it smacked the droopy coupling and ripped it apart. This stuff happens every so often.
Don't get too excited by it.
Oh that not good
Right
I wonder what he had to Pull the emergency brake
Pretty decent stop. Only took 27 cars to do it.
The definition of Fail-Safe, it failed but It was safe
Any number of things could've caused them to go into emergency stop. A knuckle arm could snap causing one of the cars to uncouple the trains onboard computer could've detected a hydraulic leak coolant problems in the engine it could've been a number of any item that could cause an emergency stop
Hydraulic leak?? Coolant problems. No man. No
Ive only been recording trains since about august and ive seen one, Im now suprised how early into my recording of trains career i got to see a train go into emergency,
I recently caught Norfolk Southern 350 go into emergency while railfanning Raleigh on Veterans Day, must have not prepared a switch to go to track 2 which is supposed to do that. There was no damages when I chased it east and didn't record there, the reason I thought the train went to emergency was I thought there were multiple wheel bearing issues that might derail the train, but it wasn't. It moved like a minute ago and it finished crossing through.
Yeah - the train brake hose (charged at 90 psi) uncoupled between 2 cars - the hissing sound - and the train brake is automatically applied full hard! Train probably did not hit anything/anybody!
I'm surprised he was going that fast. Sugarland has a dense population
Pretty wild
I thought the train cars separated
No, I didn’t see any railcars separated.
I saw heard that exact sound on a csx recently and the train also went into a immediate stop
Awesome video
The train got knuckle breaks
Air hose , valve bodies , accidental , etd problems . So many issues . Get out and start walking . This is my route to Temple Tx or back to Galveston Tx
You were on this train?
You never seen a train stop before
Imagine if the railroad crossings were so far apart from each other when the freight train goes into emergency stop. There would be a major detour if that happened.
Your good I shock my phone camera too
Yea reminds me too when I was on my regular day of railfan unitill a CSX train going into something like this but by a knuckle break
I bet something snapped on one of the train cars
It has blown an some airhose
I live not too far from a BNSF line.
So, what exactly IS that loud hiss?
I think that was the air hose triggering when the emergency brake is applied. Something like that.
@@JimLiElevators That was probably the faulty air hose that caused the emergency brake activation.
Seriously bro, your reaction to the train coming to a stop is laughably embarrassing. You're acting like the train overturned and exploded.
I love bnsf
So good. I like this video very much because it's very interesting. Thank you. You are very confident. Very interesting experience. Always beautiful and beautiful. I like too.,.,’
Emergency happens alot for 1# off line by satellite 2# if a knuckle breaks 3# hot box detection 4# engine over heat 5# any train hit by vehicle or pedestrian 6# low air #7 equipment = Miscellaneous, very common Occurrence
How long have you been a railfan cant you tell when a train goes into emergency stop
Probably like a little over more than four years.