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Date: 12/09/24 13:35
Runaway in Venezuela!
Author: pedrop

I received this video today, cought from instagram. It looks a train runaway backwards in Venezuela. We had one like this in Brazil about ten years ago.
The link to the original post in Instagram:
Runaway


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Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/09/24 13:37 by pedrop.

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Date: 12/09/24 18:35
Re: Runaway in Venezuela!
Author: DKay

Wow. White knuckle ride there for sure. 
Thanks for the vid Pedro.
Regards,DK

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Date: 12/09/24 20:55
Re: Runaway in Venezuela!
Author: czephyr17

Wow, that was scary!

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Date: 12/09/24 22:57
Re: Runaway in Venezuela!
Author: Ritzville

Scary times for the crew. Hope there were no injuries!

Larry

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Date: 12/10/24 05:26
Re: Runaway in Venezuela!
Author: masterphots

FC Ferrominera Orinoco.   1039 is an SD38-2.  Lead unit looks to be an SD70Ace



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Date: 12/18/24 12:42
Re: Runaway in Venezuela!
Author: railstiesballast

Ah, the laws of physics.  A train at the top of a descending grade has an enormous abount of energy.
That energy has to go somewhere as a train descends, most often converted to heat in the brake shoes and wheels, or heat in the resistance grids of the locomotives.
If you can't get rid of it either of those ways, it is converted into kinetic energy and the train speeds up.
There is no alternative.

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