NS 054 With Schnabel Car WECX 800

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  • čas přidán 8. 02. 2015
  • Schnabel car WECX 800 on NS 054.
    The load is a steam Generator from Korea, heading for the VC Summer nuclear plant in Parr,SC. The train is seen at Devine Jct Columbia SC.
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Komentáře • 152

  • @Questicl3s
    @Questicl3s Před 7 lety +8

    I will be the first to admit that I don't know much about trains, but I absolutely love watching them. It honestly blows my mind on how much weight a locomotive can pull around with such ease. Thanks for the great video!!

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 7 lety +1

      Thank you for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

    • @jordanalexander615
      @jordanalexander615 Před rokem

      That's the beauty of the wheel in action. And those special cars apparently can hold almost a million and half pounds. As well as rotate as you can see to negotiate corners

  • @davidhaselhuhn4898
    @davidhaselhuhn4898 Před 4 lety +8

    i especially liked the Support Car for this massive load, and the way weight is transferred to a long length of rail. The video was a very worth while view. I enjoyed it, Thank You much.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety +1

      @David Haselhuhn, I thank you for taking the time to watch and I'm so glad that you enjoyed the video. If I remember correctly, I also snapped about 300 pics when the car through Columbia on this trip.

  • @cemedia4195
    @cemedia4195 Před rokem +1

    Pretty freakin amazing! I understand the empty weight of the Schnebel car is 272 tons…so this cargo must be foolish!!! Great video and thanks!!🔥🔥🔥🥃🥃🥃

  • @YahiaSaoudi
    @YahiaSaoudi Před 2 lety +2

    It's very good video and beautiful sound thanks alot for the share.
    A friend from Tunisia.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 2 lety

      Thank you. I am so glad that you enjoyed the video. While I'm here in the states my interests in trains spans the globe.

  • @DavesTrainsAndAutomobiles

    Now that would be really Awesome in G scale 😎👍

  • @SantaFe19484
    @SantaFe19484 Před 7 lety +11

    Awesome to see a giant Schnabel car in operation!

    • @peterp1158
      @peterp1158 Před 4 lety +1

      I'd like to see them loading or unloading the goods.

  • @peterschiller2451
    @peterschiller2451 Před 8 lety +12

    The engine sounds cool in idle.

  • @IdahoRailroading
    @IdahoRailroading Před 8 lety +5

    Quite an amazing catch. Not everyday you get to see the mega WECX 800 car doing what it was meant to do, haul mega loads. Thank you for giving us a rare glimpse at the beast.

  • @shawnfloyd5757
    @shawnfloyd5757 Před 7 lety +3

    Great catch! This thing is a behemoth!

  • @digitalmoviedv
    @digitalmoviedv Před 6 lety +3

    Great work and video! Fantastic catch! Greetings from Italy. Ciao, Stefano :-)

  • @Wesman37hawk
    @Wesman37hawk Před 8 lety +3

    Great video&nice catch

  • @paulkirkmanMYTRAINS
    @paulkirkmanMYTRAINS Před 8 lety +3

    Awesome video. I have a model that is blue with black trucks. Thanks for putting this out there. Excellent research info for the avid modeler.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 8 lety

      +Paul Kirkman Thank you so much for your kind words. I have the Blue and Red car. I'm also custom building another and asking my self what was I thinking. Further, I have plenty of close up shots on my FB page.

  • @souptime9511
    @souptime9511 Před 8 lety +3

    Love it. I was recommended to see this video after seeig a 16 axel Car.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 8 lety +2

      +jacob piekarski Thank you for your kind words. If you like high and wide loads, check out my other videos. They are NS 053 and the CSX W999 series.

  • @sparky107107
    @sparky107107 Před 4 lety +4

    that has got to make for a long day for the crew. and a really tight fit under the bridge. WOW.
    super cool catch

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      sparky it made for a very long day for everyone involved. The crew didn't sign off till around 3am the next day. Tying down a schnabel car is rather involved. When the train went under the bridge I was honestly expecting that to be the end of it. NS Really didn't plan the route regarding height.

  • @peterhanahoe4913
    @peterhanahoe4913 Před 8 lety +1

    excellent video, makes a fantastic sight, you couldn't even move the caboose here in the UK. Also, so nice to see video taken with a tri-pod, so much easier to watch than a lot of stuff out there.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 8 lety

      +Peter Hanahoe Thank you for those kind words. I enjoy watching trains in the UK and I'm equally impressed.I spent several days trying to figure out what East Coast the new Class66s were leaving from. Between Dawlish Beach and Rail Cam UK, I get my fill. Again thank you sir.

  • @TheRangerDamrod
    @TheRangerDamrod Před 4 lety +1

    Came through East Point, GA back in November I believe but wasnt loaded and I wondered what it did. Thanks!!

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety +1

      Thanks I'm glad that you enjoyed it. When you saw the car it was most likely coming back from Plant Vogtle.

  • @waynewilliams4032
    @waynewilliams4032 Před 4 lety +3

    That was close with the bridge wow

  • @captainkeyboard1007
    @captainkeyboard1007 Před 3 lety +1

    That was a nice railroad movie.

  • @dalehedrick4530
    @dalehedrick4530 Před 7 lety +1

    Awesome Job

  • @allaboardfun4543
    @allaboardfun4543 Před 7 lety +8

    Awesome catch, super cool rolling stock (and load). We would love to see a schnabel car in person one day.
    Was the crew shifting/adjusting the load when the train stops towards the beginning of the video?

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 7 lety +6

      yes. With this being the first run of the car through Columbia the crews were being extra careful. The car can shift side to side and lower or raise depending on the need.

  • @waynewilliams4032
    @waynewilliams4032 Před 4 lety +3

    Wiper blade design I knew the caboose would be brought back

  • @TrainsOhio
    @TrainsOhio Před 4 lety

    Awesome catch!

  • @tractorsmachinesro1405

    Big like from Romania....TRue rail work....I like it....

  • @WideWorldofTrains
    @WideWorldofTrains Před 6 lety +2

    Nice video thumbs up! That was a huge load to haul ive never seen that many axles around here

  • @wasatchrangerailway6921
    @wasatchrangerailway6921 Před 8 lety +3

    now that's a neat video and I've seen a lot of 'em

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 8 lety

      +Wasatch Range Railway Thank you very much for your kind words.

  • @jamesscalf712
    @jamesscalf712 Před rokem

    Talk about Squeaking by on that bridge WOW

  • @whitedomerobert
    @whitedomerobert Před 3 lety

    Dripping sweet but equal to the task. The working men and women who are the players, planners, drivers and secretaries of America, those that ride and walk the ballast, YEA, they execute and finish the job.

  • @currentbatches6205
    @currentbatches6205 Před 4 lety +3

    17:08 - "Krupp"; no surprise.

  • @RMSTitanicWSL
    @RMSTitanicWSL Před 8 lety +3

    Interesting..... most videos with this car have one locomotive and idler cars at each end plus the two cabooses.

    • @dimievers5573
      @dimievers5573 Před 2 lety

      I believe one or both caboose carry Gen sets . Tho I think either rail set have their own Gen set and compressor don't they ?

  • @DOUL80
    @DOUL80 Před 4 lety

    Intéressant

  • @geoffreylee5199
    @geoffreylee5199 Před rokem

    Says something when a giant load crosses the Pacific Ocean up the east coast to South Carolina, but cannot be made in the country it is bound for …

  • @ryanwasson6898
    @ryanwasson6898 Před 4 lety

    Wow! Awesome! Could someone tell me what kind of horn that is?

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      after doing some looking I would say that the horn is either a K5LA or a K5LLA

  • @michaelchristensen6884

    Plenty of room under that bridge!!

  • @TBoy205
    @TBoy205 Před 3 lety +3

    when you have to drive the entire route in slow speed mode

    • @IACUnited13
      @IACUnited13 Před 3 lety

      Half passenger, half manager. All trouble.

  • @callmewheels4806
    @callmewheels4806 Před 4 lety

    It appears to be the turbine section of the system and not the actual generator for the plant. Both the generator and turbine are exceptionally heavy but the geometry says turbine.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      contrary to your opinion, this is the steam generator.

  • @stevencaskey8502
    @stevencaskey8502 Před rokem

    Wonder what this weighs.
    My father checked in 4 towers at Texas City Amoco refinery. They were 880 tons. 4 more were 1200 tones. They came in from the Amoco docks by trailer. The trailer had 110 tires. Special road was built to handle the load.

  • @thenekom
    @thenekom Před 4 lety +1

    Is this one still the biggest on the planet or did Kasgro one-up them? 36 axles is bordering on insanity, but hey if it works it works. What a behemoth.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety +1

      WECX 800 is one of the largest railcars in North America. The next biggest car is WECX 801 which Kasgro built.

  • @tombrandt4703
    @tombrandt4703 Před 3 lety

    That was worth waiting for! Now I can go have something to eat! ==== 6 /21

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 3 lety

      make sure to have a cold beverage when you do. Also thanks for the compliment.

  • @donutey
    @donutey Před 6 lety +4

    Sad that the VC Summer plant was cancelled. All that effort for nothing.

    • @LSuschena
      @LSuschena Před 3 lety

      I was there when it was cancelled. Sad day. But they haven’t sold off the materials, so there’s a chance Dominion could finish it. Probably after Vogtle 2 and 4 go on line.

  • @TheRantingCabbie
    @TheRantingCabbie Před 3 lety

    I'm guessing the ride control frames are painted white so in case there's a derailed axle they can clearly see something is wrong from a distance.

  • @Malakie
    @Malakie Před 6 lety +2

    Been a long time since I have seen a caboose on a train.. They actually still use them?

    • @youraveragejoe2
      @youraveragejoe2 Před 4 lety

      Mainly in tourist railroads and transporting cargo like this.

    • @loganinnes-holmes7462
      @loganinnes-holmes7462 Před 4 lety

      I know In Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia occasionally use a caboose on the end of the load.

    • @youraveragejoe2
      @youraveragejoe2 Před 4 lety

      @@loganinnes-holmes7462 must've been at a railroad museum.

    • @loganinnes-holmes7462
      @loganinnes-holmes7462 Před 4 lety

      No it was at the Norfolk Southern Weller Yard in Grundy, Virginia.

    • @Bill_N_ATX
      @Bill_N_ATX Před 4 lety

      You see them with oversized loads and high value cargo. A train is the only way to move anything this big overland for any distance. It’s why you will always see a rail next to any big power plant. The steam generators, turbines, and transformers just weigh too much.

  • @megatrains
    @megatrains Před rokem

    Just subscribed!!!! Nice catches!!!

  • @anthonybanks2979
    @anthonybanks2979 Před 4 lety +2

    I LOVED THE INTRO !!!

  • @jpsholland
    @jpsholland Před 7 lety +2

    Rare catch. I dont know about the US, but in europe (the Netherlands) this rare transportations are always done at night when our very bussy passenger trains are reduced to just a few. In other words, if there is one to catch, you still cant see a thing.....

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 7 lety +1

      we run high and wide loads 24 hours a day. Most are done during daytime hours.

  • @paul-andrelarose3389
    @paul-andrelarose3389 Před 3 lety

    Of course, the handling of such a dimensional load would not be possible on a overhead electrified railway. 2021/04/19. Ontario, Canada.

  • @stevemccann3976
    @stevemccann3976 Před 4 lety

    Was this all shot in slow motion?

  • @stanwilson7566
    @stanwilson7566 Před 8 lety +1

    I enjoyed that, do you have any more?

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 8 lety

      +Stan Wilson
      NS 053
      and the CSX W999 Series
      CSX W999-17 Complete is the CSX Move of the GE 9Ha Gas Turbine from France that CSX made a big deal of.

  • @mrcheckmateX
    @mrcheckmateX Před 4 lety

    wow

  • @singhravi9969
    @singhravi9969 Před 2 lety +1

    Weight of the cargo being transported?????

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 2 lety +2

      I had to look back through my photos of the move. The weight of the Nuclear is 626 tons with out the cradle and 685 tons with the cradle.

    • @singhravi9969
      @singhravi9969 Před 2 lety +1

      @@SAXTProductions Thnxx👍🙏

  • @65gtotrips
    @65gtotrips Před 2 lety

    🔰 Is that popping sound the ties barking under the extreme load❓

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 2 lety +1

      yes pretty much. The curve is very tight and even the 89 foot long auto racks squeel and creek going through here.

    • @65gtotrips
      @65gtotrips Před 2 lety

      @@SAXTProductions 🔰 Hey 👋 Thanks so much for your reply👍

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 2 lety

      @@65gtotrips no problem at all

  • @darkstorminc
    @darkstorminc Před 4 lety

    Look! A giant Pepsi bottle!

  • @choochoo3985
    @choochoo3985 Před 8 lety +4

    Can sure tell gen someone is paid by the hour and on overtime. Ha!

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 8 lety

      +choochoo3985 no over time was paid. it ran for 12 hours and stopped.

  • @TheMetalButcher
    @TheMetalButcher Před 4 lety

    Can they go any slower?

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      I'm sure they could go a lot slower. Considering the size of the car, and load along with objects close to the rails, they were doing exactly what needed to be done.

  • @alejandroMotaguevara
    @alejandroMotaguevara Před 6 lety +3

    DEVE SER COMPLICADO TRANSPORTAR ESE TIPO DE CARGAS

  • @daddywoofdawg
    @daddywoofdawg Před 3 lety

    so who buys the train car seems like a one-time-use type of car. for a RR to own.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 3 lety

      The car was owned by Westinghouse Nuclear before it sold to Kasgro Railcar Leasing. After a 20-year life span, the car was cut up for scrap metal. Now KRL 801 is roaming the rails. This type of car fills many functions. A quick youtube search for WECX 800 will show you plenty of videos of this car.

  • @DAMOOSESQUADDJs
    @DAMOOSESQUADDJs Před 4 lety

    Would this make it through tunnels

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety +1

      considering the size of the car (even when empty) there is a high likely hood that unless the tunnel tracked and modified for double-stack service that it would not. Current FRA regulations station that it can not pass another train on a passing curve. So if say BNSf or any carrier had a tunnel on the line that they were looking at using, it would need to be rerouted around said tunnel. So the short answer, on the side of caution, no it would not run through tunnels. Now if you wanted to have the HO Scale Bachmann model run through a tunnel just make sure that it would clear on the top and sides.

    • @DAMOOSESQUADDJs
      @DAMOOSESQUADDJs Před 4 lety

      @@SAXTProductions thanks thats alot of information yes i agree bnsf is got alot of tunnels

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      @@DAMOOSESQUADDJs I'm not sure where your at, but I do know the car out California somewhere (yes I know it's a big state). I think that it's supposed to be coming back to Onofre but I don't have any dates.

  • @MrBoogyman1988
    @MrBoogyman1988 Před 6 lety

    what is that

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 6 lety

      Steam Generator for the now closed VC Summer Nuclear plant.

  • @Tinsby
    @Tinsby Před 4 lety

    Nice video thanks for posting. I have to give credit to the engineman and his light and judicious use of the throttle. Oh yes the guy who unceremoniously walked right in front of your camera. Unless he was a buddy of yours----what did he think the camera and tripod were for??

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety +1

      the guy in the reflective vest is actually the director for the SC Ports Authority. Cameras and such mean nothing to him.

  • @ludwigstrauss3482
    @ludwigstrauss3482 Před 6 lety +1

    There is the Mega Train TV show about this transport ;)

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 6 lety

      That one features the same car but going from the Port of Savannah to Plant Vogtle in Georgia. This load came from Charleston and is going to VC Summer in Jenkinsville,SC.

  • @johngee5817
    @johngee5817 Před 8 lety +1

    Looks like big ass Nuclear Reactor too me .wow that thing huge ! wonder if that's the biggest thing they can transport

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 8 lety +1

      +John Gee It's a 632 ton Steam Generator. Also this is not the biggest load the car can carry. Thank you for watching.

  • @mrtrainz14
    @mrtrainz14 Před 4 lety

    Sadly this car was cut up just couple days ago.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      it's very sad. I had a friend tell me about it. That sent me on a huge fact check mission. I was hoping the with bolsters reaching their FRA Mandated 50 year life span that those could be replaced. But sadly that was not the case. So now we have the schnabel car out there. That one may be going Cali very soon.

    • @mrtrainz14
      @mrtrainz14 Před 4 lety

      @@SAXTProductions The schnabel car was here in Cali. The red one. That was the one scrapped. I heard there's still a blue one.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      @@mrtrainz14 very much correct. I have not been to pin down the location of the blue one. With my current work schedule, I'm not able to follow it like I would like too. BTW, Thank you for watching and your kind words.

    • @michaelj.palanchi2363
      @michaelj.palanchi2363 Před 3 lety

      @@SAXTProductions p

    • @JK-cs1be
      @JK-cs1be Před 7 měsíci

      The blue one I think was in a accident in the Carolinas not sure

  • @adilsondonato9716
    @adilsondonato9716 Před 3 lety

    Adilson 🙏🙏

  • @robertfeeley9738
    @robertfeeley9738 Před rokem

    Single pole high speed alternator. Heavy as fuck. Stator with one pole only. Needs to spin at 7200 rpm. Have to be offload to ship of trains can't get to destination. Looks like hydrogen gas capsules for cooling and insulation. Light gas for low windage loss plus no oxidation on windings. Will not explode because of ix always less than threshold.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před rokem

      UH did you read the description. You are so off base that I'm rolling on the floor laughing. Also hardly anything of what you said makes any kind of sense.

  • @DieyoungDiefast
    @DieyoungDiefast Před 3 lety

    I always thought the steam generator at a nuclear plant was the reactor :)

    • @andrewlucia865
      @andrewlucia865 Před rokem

      On some reactors it is, mostly Boiling Water Reactors (BWR's). Most nuclear reactors these days are PWR's (Pressurized Water Reactors) however, and those don't have any steam flowing through the reactor itself. In fact, the water in the reactor vessels themselves is pressurized specifically to prevent boiling inside the reactors. Instead, they pump the pressurized water circulating through the reactor and the primary cooling loop into several massive steam generators, which generates steam in a secondary loop to actually be used in the turbines.
      Its a bit of a complex design, but its also easily one of the safest in use right now.

  • @tnmtnhm
    @tnmtnhm Před 6 lety +2

    Made in Korea, going in an American Nuclear Power Plant? Hmmm? Nice video anyway! Thanks.

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 6 lety +2

      and now that power plant is shut down before before being completed.

    • @tnmtnhm
      @tnmtnhm Před 6 lety +1

      Thank you for the reply and the update! I had rather it be shut down as opposed to a melt down because of faulty equipment. I figure it had more to due with the last administration; even though he said he would pursue all areas of power generation, not just solar.

    • @dphorgan
      @dphorgan Před 6 lety +2

      South Korea is a very technologically advanced country buddy...............

    • @thejfactor1
      @thejfactor1 Před 4 lety

      tnmtnhm your understand of how PWR’s work is limited lmao

    • @tnmtnhm
      @tnmtnhm Před 4 lety

      @@thejfactor1 I have that T-Shirt too. :)

  • @dannyhaley7610
    @dannyhaley7610 Před 7 lety +2

    whats the weight on this load?

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 7 lety +2

      682 tons with the cradle, 632 tons without the cradle

    • @dphorgan
      @dphorgan Před 6 lety

      Watch the video. Says right on the pressure vessel "682 tons."

  • @kbno99
    @kbno99 Před 6 lety

    It took forever

    • @jerryvandyke9216
      @jerryvandyke9216 Před 3 lety

      Tracks must be in bad shape for the train to have to go thi slow

  • @volkerhermey4714
    @volkerhermey4714 Před 4 lety

    Probleme müssen langsam fahren? Wegen veralteten Schienenverkehr?

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety +1

      guten tag und danke fürs zuschauen. Der Grund für die langsame Geschwindigkeit ist, dass sich Objekte in der Nähe der Gleise befinden und die Besatzungen vorsichtig sind, damit sie sie treffen.

  • @Padoinky
    @Padoinky Před 4 lety +1

    @4:00 pee stop?

    • @SAXTProductions
      @SAXTProductions  Před 4 lety

      clearance check

    • @haroldinsley171
      @haroldinsley171 Před 4 lety

      This train has to manoeuvre some tight turns and go under low cables. Every step has to be checked properly or otherwise insurance void

    • @jerryvandyke9216
      @jerryvandyke9216 Před 3 lety

      @4:00 SAXT did not catch that

  • @williamgleaves1954
    @williamgleaves1954 Před 3 lety

    Its a shame that the VC Summer nuclear plant was subsequently canceled and this steam generator is now junk. Scrap.

  • @cowkilla875
    @cowkilla875 Před 4 lety

    The blips and artifacting starting at @13:00 and forwards is likely from radiation from testing/manufacturing the generator unit