Saw the below and thought you all may enjoy watching a real professional crew working a derailment. Jim
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That's called the "double oops". 
That certainly is not what I expected! Thanks for the link!! Hulcher they're not.
oh mierda!
OH that was funny as .....Saw a construction group lifting out a bridge on two concrete silos, when it cleared the edge it was apparent they did have enough cranes and folded them right to the ground. Scary but worth the price of admission.
I was trying to figure out where this is in Brazil. The track appears to be meter gauge and the locos in the video look big, so this is relevant:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Brazil
However, a major power shortage occurred in 2002 across the Brazilian narrow-gauge systems. As new locomotives would be too expensive for many railways, or would take to long to be delivered for others, the solution was to buy second-hand standard gauge locomotives and fit them with new metre gauge bogies. The number of axles was increased to keep within the axle load limit as well as due to limitations with tractive effort output from the smaller meter-gauge traction motors.
In the video link above, those look like SD40-2 or similar locos on narrow gauge track!
ROTFL!!!
My sides are hurting! Now THAT was funny!
I guess they haven't grasped the concept of "string lining" and excess lateral forces on the track.
Let's hope no one was seriously injured. Someone (maybe multiple people) deserves to be fired for bad judgment.
Guess that is what happens when you 'lash-up' locomotives.
Walter M. Matuch
Originally Posted by Walter Matuch:
Guess that is what happens when you 'lash-up' locomotives.
Excellent point! Wish I'd thought to say that. 
I hope all are ok, but that was funny....hmmmm some additional training may be in order there.
Chris
To many people watching the wreck. And no one watching the wheels on the locomotives. But that is Brazil. Just a couple more for the dead line.
