Train Piston Through Roof
Remember the locomotive piston blown through the roof of the house in independence iowa april of 2008.
Train piston through roof. It is a 212 ton machine powered by a 183 liter 4400 hp v16 4 stroke diesel. The piston ended up traveling through the locomotive across a yard through the roof and ended inside the wall of someone s home. I can t find any news reports to. A picture of the locomotive was also submitted is included on the page.
What happend any feed back from any body working on these engines. The train was passing the town of independence la at the time. In addition to this the piston from that cylinder was thrown free by the force of the failure. Recently received an e mail about cr 2699 which threw a cylinder assy.
A canadian national locomotive was traveling through independence louisiana when the 4400 hp v16 4 stroke diesel engine threw a piston. The piston punched a hole in the roof of a nearby house ploughed through the upper story and came to rest embedded in the wall of the ground floor living room. This is canadian national locomotive number 2699. The first picture below shows that one of the 16 cylinder packs that form the engine was ejected through the engine bay body side and thrown clear of the locomotive.
It is very the piston did not hit anyone. This is an old story so apologises if you have seen before a friend of mine sent this to me.