Derailment and Rerailing of FEC Ringling Brothers Circus Train - Part II 01.16.2017

While retrieving the last cut of RBBX circus cars, FEC 714 and one of the axles on the first car unfortunately went on the ground just 200 feet from where I was. The fact that it was a 6 axle engine with all that weight on a dated industrial spur gave in to weak track which ultimately twisted as the engine negotiated a tight curve with the pax. This tied up the entire circus operation as the cars were stuck on a dead end spur. What this video is about is the quick and efficient efforts the railroad made to rerail the engine. Seeing a crane lift the 300k pound locomotive was definitely a highlight. Of course, was nice shooting the bull with Colin Dell, Dylan Scott, and Trainmanrisko. At the end is a look back at five years of railfanning the Circus Train. Godspeed to the men and women working for the circus as they move on from their time with Ringling. Shoutout to Chad Ridge of Supersize Orlando who I met as the train stopped. Highlights: 1:18 train rounds curve 2:45 manual activation of NW 70 Ave 4:50 train comes to a stop 5:47 derailment confirmed 9:20 boom crane navigates to position 11:24 process of joining crane to locomotive 14:30 train drops to ground... again 15:20 train finally rerailed 16:33 track being cut up for immediate repair Bittersweet Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...