A bad view: Ferronorte 9011 at Bernardo Monteiro yard waiting to be scarapped. [:(]This C44-9w is nearly new. Have you seen dash locomotives in their last moments? Post the pictures here, if you got them.[:)]
pedro
Sorry, I wrote scarapped, but understand Scrapped. Here is more one picture of 9011 in its last moments.
Pedro
Was it in a wreck or something or do Brazilian units have a considerably shorter shelf life than Amercian units?
Gabe
Yes, it was a wreck while leading a soybean train 2 years ago.
<>looks like it was cooked to well done in the crash too
csx engineer
Looks like it was wrecked and then was on fire. The wreck damage itself would appear repairable. The fire damage appears to have engulfed the entire engine and the heat from the fire has probably changed the heat treated properties of the metal to the extent that no one knows if any individual metal part is able to withstand the rigors of normal use, so in the intrests of safety the unit should be scrapped.
I feel your pain, Pedro!
I don’t think I’ve seen, or even heard, of one of the Dash-9s around here being scrapped, but I’m sure that some have been, due to wreck damage. But some of these Dash-9s are going on twelve years old (back in the 60s, twelve-year-old locomotives were considered trade-in fodder!).
And I remember taking a drive past Pielet Brothers in the early 1970s, when a lot of F units were being cut up after trade-in to EMD, and being stunned to see three C&O GP30s sitting there. They’d been in a wreck, and one of them had considerable fire damage as well. What made it even worse for me was that one of the three was one of the first GP30s I’d ever seen (and heard), after months of hearing in Trains about who all was getting these amazing new locomotives.
Looks like this locomotive is sitting on a Lionel layout. [swg]
thats what happens when you stick a fork in a (techno)toaster
Definitely a crispy critter.
Ouch…[B)]
Good one! PZ
who forgot the marshmellows?thanks for sharing the pic.
stay safe
joe
What I was thinkin lookin at this thing. Man, that diesel was cooked to well done.
When all that Diesel Fuel Burns in One Place, a Locomotive can really get Damaged.
Few years ago the Ferronorte 9011 with tank cars in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul collided with another tank train. The locomotive and some tank cars burned totally, being retired.
The 9011 was stored fort wears in the GE’s plant at Contagem, MG, waiting for a solution, but the decision was for scraping because the high temperature of the accident.
Because of this the 22 locomotives transferred to the Carajas Railroad were the 9001-9010 and 9012-9023 ones.
Here it is when just arrived in Brazil.
Yes, it was an accident as I explained in my last replay here. Look it.
Here is a rear view of 9011 when it just arrievd in Brazil. It had a nice painting…
pedro
It is always sad to see the before and after pictures of a wrecked unit. I have photos of CSX#7803 in Hamlet, N.C. and just over a month later it was destroyed in an accident.
yes, it´s a sad thing. Here is another view of 9011 after fire…
I wonder, is this a Dash 9-44CW or a Dash 8-40CW? It looks like those are Adirondack trucks. Too bad about the engine, though.