Now, that must have been HOT!

[kayakersteve]

So, can any train gurus tell if this is from a hot train wheel or something photoshopped. If real, must have been really hot.

[DSW]

You are seeing wheel slippage I believe. Engine sat there fore some reason and just spun it's wheels. Like the bearing in your car that is spun dry, friction causes wear and heat.

[bluecurve]

Photoshopped? No heat marks that I can see along the top of the rail, no scorching on the sleepers...

I would have thought that any train wheel that got this hot would be melting itself...

[kayakersteve]

Never thought of that, but I guess it makes sense. Does more tha one wheel actually have power to it or is those power sent to all wheels?

I agreed shopped because if rail got that hot, I would have expected the tie to catch fire being that is oil soaked wood.

[Steve Sells]

modern trains are in fact electric. the diesel engine is technically the generator to provide the electricity.  The driving wheels (amount depends on model) each have a very large and powerful electric motor direct drive to the wheel.

 

When an Engine is termed as a 2-6-2, it  is a designation meaning 1 pair of leading wheels, 3 pair drive wheels, and 1 pair of trailing wheels.

[Jim Coke]

Greetings Steve,

 

It has to be fabricated...  No signs of heat on the rest of the rail or surrounding areas..   That much heat would have fried the ties and rocks.. 

 

Forge on and make beautiful things

 

Jim

[Steve McCarthy]

It didn't get hot and melt like a candle. The rail was ground away and peeled over. That is a pile of shavings on the ground, not slag.

 

Just my theory. Could be wrong.

[Farmall]

I saw these pics several years ago.  Was attributed to a locomotive that stayed on, while the rest of the train and locomotives were shut off.  Supposedly remote controlled locomotive that didn't get the message as it were, so it sat in place with the wheels slowly turning for quite a few hours.

[ironwolfforgeca]

Speed Bump :rolleyes:

[forgemaster]

Wheel slip, not fabricated, thats what happens when you have the immovable object with the irresistable force, each axle has its own traction motor, when switches play up this sort of thing can happen.  As Farmall says if it was a remote control loco no-one would know if those motors were still powering, until they went to move the train that is.

The designations of 4-6-6-0,  2-8-2,  4-10-2, etc are steam loco descriptions diesel electrics are more likely to be given designations such as Co-Co or Bo-Bo

 

Phil

[kayakersteve]

Thanks for the replies - I figured somebody would have much more train knowledge than myself.

[VaughnT]

Nice to know that even trains have to deal with potholes!

[seldom (dick renker)]

have seen a couple of these. it is as stated earlier from a wheel turning but the engine not going anywhere. usually when this happens some people get pretty upset and the person that caused it gets some time off with no pay.

[Glenn]

We have heard of RR track anvils.

This is the first RR track swage I have seen (grin)