Hey, Nick, ever see a locomotive bounce?

No one gets hurt, but, ouch, that looked expensive. 

They used to say a freight locomotive cost $2,000,000 - I have no clue on cost.  

Ouch.  

Looking a little sway backed after the fall. I'd say it's totaled. 

Apparently on it's way to Evansville, Illinois to be parted out.

Ooof, that's a bad day for someone.

I think they needed at least one more strap.

I've seen that live one. I was at an unloading a brand new GE dash8 for the Chinese. Lucky for them in this case it didn't hit the deck but there were a few code browns as it sure came close. 

Not sure whether to post "that'll buff right out" meme, or "can we fix it? no it's berkeleyed" bob the builder meme.

berkeley it, here's both.

I suspect the loss of the engine is just the beginning.  Moving rail stuff that can't be moved on the rails is no small endeavor.  

Here's a pretty interesting example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=qkui84o6rNA

(Sorry, can't remember how to imbed)

and that is why you don't stand under things being moved.

Appleseed said:

Apparently on it's way to Evansville, Illinois to be parted out.

Before or after the drop!

miatafan (Forum Supporter) said:

and that is why you don't stand under things being moved.

 

I know of a guy in N.N Shipyard that was walking along when a crane boom failed. Wrong place at the wrong time. But he was wearing his hard hat.

Crazy, but that's how it goes.

Appleseed said:

Apparently on it's way to Evansville, Illinois to be parted out.

 

I assume that you meant Indiana, but TIL there is an Evansville Illinois. 

I tell people at work all the time not to get under loads. It's shocking how many people disrespect that rule. When I was working pipelines we had a 40' shipping container full of pipe being unloaded. Very routine lift, it wasn't even that heavy but the rigger twisted a chain up around the ISO corner of the container and snap boom hit the ground. You didn't have time to

I would have thought it was going to Silvis, Il to one of the salvage yards uup there. Drone shots for any locomotive nerds out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qso1gQHst8M

bmw88rider (Forum Supporter) said:

I would have thought it was going to Silvis, Il to one of the salvage yards uup there. Drone shots for any locomotive nerds out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qso1gQHst8M

Silvis is being closed. So is NRE's Dixmoor site. A lot of cool old stuff is likely going to meet the torch.

I've been to the site of the "Flying Diesel Corps", where someone, as a deliberate act of sabotage, threw the switch at Hamilton, NY and sent some New York, Ontario & Western locomotives up a coal trestle and they got airborne off the end.

That had to have been one hell of a ride, considering that locomotives dont have seat belts and there isn't a whole lot of padding in an EMD FT cab. How those guys didn't get killed is a miracle. NYO&W never figured out who threw the switch or why.

03Panther said:

miatafan (Forum Supporter) said:

and that is why you don't stand under things being moved.

 

I know of a guy in N.N Shipyard that was walking along when a crane boom failed. Wrong place at the wrong time. But he was wearing his hard hat.

My daddy taught me  a long time ago to never be where stored energy can be released in your direction.  Saved my life several times including when a crane driving piles with a 15,000 lb hammer had a cable snap and whip onto the ground at supersonic speed.  It was like the crack of an enormous bull whip.   Also the reason to never be a spectator on the outside of a turn at a race course.

03Panther said:

miatafan (Forum Supporter) said:

and that is why you don't stand under things being moved.

 

I know of a guy in N.N Shipyard that was walking along when a crane boom failed. Wrong place at the wrong time. But he was wearing his hard hat.

My uncle told me of a friend of his who worked in a shipyard somewhere on the Great Lakes back in the early 70s.  Crane dropped a several ton slab of hull plating on him.  There was not enough left to shovel up off of the pavement.

New York Nick said:

I tell people at work all the time not to get under loads. It's shocking how many people disrespect that rule. When I was working pipelines we had a 40' shipping container full of pipe being unloaded. Very routine lift, it wasn't even that heavy but the rigger twisted a chain up around the ISO corner of the container and snap boom hit the ground. You didn't have time to

About 10 years ago the building owner was replacing one of the roof AHUs and didn't really tell the tenants.  My company does construction management and we've seen no small number of mishaps over the years. When one of the senior directors found out about the lift ("hey... why is everyone at the window?) he was like, "WTF?  Everyone! Out! Now!"  Since they were lifting the unit directly over our suite.  In theory, if the lift had gone wrong, it would have had to go through the roof and two additional concrete slabs before it got to us, but stranger things have happened.

I know a little bit more about the video at the start of this thread.  The way the purchase agreement was written, the transfer of the ownership was to happen as soon as it was loaded.  It missed that by just a few feet and GE was still the owner of the locomotive, not the customer.  The accounting manager for GE was a friend of my wife's.

Pretty sure that Berkshire Hathaway or Chubb or Zurich owns it now.

I will remember this the next time I think about using a HF ratchet strap around an engine.

In reply to Paul_VR6 (Forum Supporter) :

If you use Harbor Freight ratchet straps to hoist your locomotive, you deserve what you get.