Here is how to drop a full size engine, how much damage is this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THlS_DeoNw8
A brand new American Engineered EMD GT46C-ACe was dropped while being unloaded from the cargo-ship at dock. Not sure of the root cause yet but this one is going to be expensive to fix. The frame is certainly broken and every rotating apparatus can be deemed scrap. Who pays this bill?
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Thank you for posting the link. It certain was an interesting clip.
I guess that the damage is severe. The whole engine looks like it bent, resulting in the chassis being bowed. Probably lots of damage to the trucks too. If there were any details attached to the video, I missed them.
I'd like to know what they did with the loco.
This is gonna make one heck of a shelf queen.
Alan
Methinks the warranty's been voided.
I suspect the loco's scrap and anything usable will be salvaged.
I would also expect the rigger's now unemployed.
Rusty
News story from Belgium HERE.
Interesting. I was trying to figure out where this happened, thanks for the update ADCX Rob. It was being unloaded in Gabon Africa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Gabon_Railway
I am surprised at what look like fabric straps??? to lift a locomotive? And from what I am seeing, it appears that one of the straps gave way. Certainly a serious screw-up by the riggers.
These expensive "blooper" took place in Owendo, the deep sea of the Gabonese capital Libreville. De dieselelektrische loc van Australische makelij, een EMD GT46C-ACe, was bestemd voor de spoorwegen van Gabon, de SETRAG. The diesel-electric locomotive of Australian-made, an EMD GT46C-ACe, was destined for the railways of Gabon, the Setrag. Deze maatschappij is een dochter van Comilog, 's werelds tweede grootste mangaanertsproducent. This company is a subsidiary of Comilog, the world's second largest manganese ore producer.
take it from me........it will buff right out
Get RA# and mail it back!
Not fabric, NYLON. Wide Nylon straps like that are routinely used in this kind of heavy lifting service. When the riggers lifted the 765 off her wheels several years ago during the overhaul, they used four, 10" wide Nylon straps, one on each corner. The 765's boiler weighed about 150 tons. That diesel is probably in the neighborhood of 200 to 220 tons (400,000 to 440,000 pounds.)
Nylon is subject to cutting and wear. The strap in this case may have had a small nick or cut in it that cut a few of the fibers. That defect was not noticed in the pre-lift inspection. It supported the weight...for a while.
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