Thursday, March 7, 2013

Stress tests for trains?


This video clip provides very little information as to its purpose, and its title's in Russian, so I'm not sure precisely what's going on.  I think it's a series of tests of what happens when a train impacts vehicles and loads of various kinds, to see how they react and what sort of penetration of the train/engine takes place.  The music is ghastly, but the images are certainly interesting.  I suggest watching it in full-screen mode, with the sound turned off.





Some pretty impressive impacts there . . .

Peter

9 comments:

Raptor said...

I think I've seen this video before, or at least a version without the brain-hemhorage-inducing music.

IIRC, it's crash-test footage shot by EMD in the 1970s while they were developing the then-new "Safety Cab" locomotive design.

Well Seasoned Fool said...

Possible shot at the Transportation Technology Center, Pueblo, CO

http://fastlane.dot.gov/2010/08/you-may-know-that-the-department-has-employees-and-facilities-spread-across-the-country-but-one-of-the-most-interesting-plac.html#.UTllMNYs_vg

joe said...

At about 5:20, the cab has the D.O.T. logo on the side (Dept. of Transportation). Interesting...

perlhaqr said...

Well, that's *one* way to split logs...

jimbob86 said...

Your grandchildren's tax dollars at "work" right there.....

Hunt Johnsen said...

There's an amazing video up on youtube of a train being hit by a tornado. The view is out of the back of the locomotive - some of the closer cars get blown over, the loco stops, and the the rest of the train just keeps coming - and coming. The moving mass of a train is pretty incredible.

Anonymous said...

The music is frikken hilarious. It reminds me of the soundtrack of '70s tv shows.

Old NFO said...

Yep, it's a DOT test. I remember seeing something like this years ago dealing with engine safety...

Anonymous said...

Title says "crash test journey."
MichigammeDave