What a great catch, Stephen! Well done.
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When it comes to GE locomotives, some things never change.
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Was that a hot train?
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| Posted by larrym on June 3, 2010 | |
Nobody puts on a better show than GE. There is a video of a GE blowing a piston on Youtube that is worth checking out. You'd figure a company that builds nuclear reactors and such could have some of that quality control and engineering trickle down to their other products. Until it does,GE locomotives will keep the railfan community supplied with spectacular shots such as this. Nice work,Stephan.
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| Posted by Gary on June 3, 2010 | |
I wonder what it is about GE's and turbo failures?
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Beats the heck out of a steam engine plume! Great catch. Wonder what's in those seven or eight tankers behind the locomotives?
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And of course... the first car behind the fire breathing locomotive is a tanker! Better hope the wind doesn't blow those flames too far back.
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| Posted by CS927 on June 3, 2010 | |
Love it!
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Just so everyone is aware, those tank cars would have to be empty. The FRA says that they cannot have a flamable, explosive, etc load directly behind the locomotives, hence the reason why you see cusion cars between the engine and the tanks cars of a tank car train. Hope this helps!
Posted by Ed Mullan on June 3, 2010
Beats the heck out of a steam engine plume! Great catch. Wonder what's in those seven or eight tankers behind the locomotives?
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Posted by cabman701 on June 3, 2010
And of course... the first car behind the fire breathing locomotive is a tanker! Better hope the wind doesn't blow those flames too far back.
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Hot shot! Very nice photo. I have seen this twice before...but never actually got a photo.
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Ya baby!!
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Hot dogs and marshmallows anyone?
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Sweet shot, it one in a million!
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Those first tank cars have margarine and corn oil in them. They are part of the drop for North Bergen. They go to customer in Englewood NJ. From what i can tell there is about 12 cars in that drop. Q409 or Q439 everyday have cars for NB.
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Saw an NS C40-9 do that , called NS Police, nobody seemed worried about it except the dispatcher. The train crew seemed to think it was funny that it got called in. Next time I will just snap a picture.
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Larryn, would that happen to be the video of the UP C-40 that blew the piston right at the crossing?
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Nice picture! Typical GE.
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F.Y.I. even empty Haz tanks can't be next to the engine....
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Now wait just a minute, that can't be good for power lines that cross the tracks?
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