rmgill Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 NS had a derailment due to a truck on the tracks at our local RR museum. The neighbors have a paving company and apparently some of their equipment got stuck on the tracks and they weren't able to get the train dispatcher for that stretch on the horn in time. So one of the resident video-documentarians got his drone out for a lot of footage of the wreck and cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloMorai Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Vintage railway film - Mishap - 1958 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Yeah, its nice that one isnt it? Its one of those on the BTC films collection, well worth getting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloMorai Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Never knew about this, a disaster. The Quintinshill rail disaster was a multi-train rail crash which occurred on 22 May 1915 outside the Quintinshill signal box near Gretna Green in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It resulted in the deaths of over 200 people, and is the worst rail disaster in British history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintinshill_rail_disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Yeah, gas canisters in the carriages lit off. It was pretty awful. Another interesting (read horrific) accident, that gave the worlds railways failsafe continuous brakes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagh_rail_disaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloMorai Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 At least they learned from the mistakes. The music teacher in high school I went to was a wee toddler when a troop train ran into the back of a Xmas train in Almonte. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/the-almonte-train-wreck-of-1942/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Russian guy made a whole narrow-gauge railway at his estate with homemade engine and cars: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRXFlkavAhrd8qU4-1OyRIw/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 https://twitter.com/StefSimanowitz/status/1323147449981128706?s=20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloMorai Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 A bit long but educational. and another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiloMorai Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 These are cool. I've watched one get loaded and then curl up to move to the next location for MOW work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 A friend took a photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Niehorster Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 class 83 locomotive built in the Đuro Đaković factory in 1949. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Not a video, and not directly trains, but I'm putting it here anyway, because coal. This is first deep coal mine application processed successfully in the UK in 30 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-55561852 I would suggest that the climate protestors ask Germany why still generate electricity using dreadful brown coal first - deal with the big problems first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Peter Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 6:06 PM, DB said: Not a video, and not directly trains, but I'm putting it here anyway, because coal. This is first deep coal mine application processed successfully in the UK in 30 years. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-55561852 I would suggest that the climate protestors ask Germany why still generate electricity using dreadful brown coal first - deal with the big problems first. And what they will use the coal for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I have not a clue. There is no market for coal for power generation any more, domestic use is almost certainly minuscule and "fashionable" homes use log burning stoves rather than coal. Maybe they'll corner the market for steam locos, which is really why I put it here - apparently a lot of coal used in the historical preserved lines is imported. there must be an industrial use for coal, some chemical feedstock perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Possible higher aromatics extraction, but doing it from coal only pays back if you have no access to oil, otherwise it is pretty pointless and requires separate apparatuses anyway, so any capacity would have to be either 40+ years old (which would not fly in the todays ecological regulations) or new built... which is not profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 5 minutes ago, DB said: I have not a clue. There is no market for coal for power generation any more, domestic use is almost certainly minuscule and "fashionable" homes use log burning stoves rather than coal. Maybe they'll corner the market for steam locos, which is really why I put it here - apparently a lot of coal used in the historical preserved lines is imported. there must be an industrial use for coal, some chemical feedstock perhaps? Ironmaking with blast furnaces needs some special coal grades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) More easily made those days (those days like last 60-70 years or so). Edited January 9, 2021 by bojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 There are still ironmaking plants that use iron ore being built now. Not all steel comes from recycling scrap metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) Probably want to export it to China. China is hard up for good coal to support its steel industry because XI cluelessly embargoed Aussie coal in a recent dispute. Oops. Turns out most of the smelting equipment they have is for Aussie coal, doesn't work well with Ruskie coal. In desperation they are processing scrap. My house is 150 years old and burns coal, though in truth more coaldust bricquettes. Many houses that don't have a regular gas supply do still in this area. Most UK heritage lines use Russian coal, which can be good but I'm told some of it had an unfortunate effect of burning boiler tubes. Probably depends what region it comes from. Edited January 9, 2021 by Stuart Galbraith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 32 minutes ago, sunday said: There are still ironmaking plants that use iron ore being built now. Not all steel comes from recycling scrap metal. No, I mean high quality coke for smelting iron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) The BOF process is the most used process to make steel currently, and it works using the hot metal manufactured in a blast furnace. Edited January 9, 2021 by sunday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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