HOW IS THIS LOCOMOTIVE STILL MOVING?!?!?!?!? It’s literally rusted a lot, and somehow IT’S STILL MOVING!
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Not shocking. If that’s mostly just surface rust–and it probably is–then it means diddly-squat.
Thanks for telling us the location and about the three other units that are visible in the background.
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The working surfaces of the diesel engine and the main generator are not rusted and are continuing to work as intended. Locomotives can get stationed at certain industrial plants whose surrounding atmosphere damages painted surfaces in a heartbeat.
I went to Youtube and checked. It’s in Turlock, CA, but there’s no other information. Turlock is slightly southeast of Modesto, CA. I don’t think the poster is the person who did the video, but I could be wrong.
That plant is a fertilizer plant handling phosphate and other fertilizers. You think salt causes rust there’s a reson why John Deere and Case IH use stainless steel for their fertilizer pipes and meters on all planters in the agricultural market. Stell will corrode to nothing in less that 3 to 4 years.
Location correction, it’s Chemurgic. Not Turlock.
Chemurgic is the name of the company. It’s located in Turlock, CA.
Chemurgic Agricultural Chemicals, Inc.
Years ago, Kaiser aluminum had a large plant in Baton Rouge on the east bank of the Mississippi river, almost right under the old Mississippi river bridge. That plant was putting out something that made everything and I mean everything around that place for a half mile or more completely orange, including the bridge . The plant had a 44 tonner working it and it was completely orange.
It’s all gone now and it’s been a long time since I’ve seen the place, but I have a feeling it’s a superfund site of some kind
Glidden Paint Co. had (and may still have) a titanium oxide pigment plant in the Curtis Bay area of Baltimore. When I was an ATM in Baltimore Terminal Glidden went on strike and rank and file employees would not cross the picket line. Officers, including myself, became the crew that would go down and switch the plant as necessary. The area around the plant and all vehicles that were parked in the vicinity of the plant would get covered in white titanium dioxide pigment. We had to switch the plant on a genuine rainy day - the titanium dioxide mixed with the clay that the plant was constructed upon was like a glue when you tried to walk on it - it tried to pull your boots off your feet, especially when you trying to mount a railcar as it passed you. REAL FUN [not].
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I had the distinct pleasure of delivering titanium white to the Valspar plant in Kankakee Illinois in the 90s. 45k pounds of the stuff in totes and the forklift driver speared the next to last one off the trailer. Oh yeah that was a fun call to the office that day. My next load was scheduled to have been outta Appleton with paper rolls. Luckily I was able to drop off the empty at our yard north of Milwaukee for the shop to clean first.
the prime mover sounds in good health. guess the insides are ok despite the outside.
If I were BUGX, i’d take that unit to a shop and get it painted.