Crazy thrashing of EMD GT22HW (HŽ 2044 029) as it struggles to get the train moving uphill

CroRailfan
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Publicado 2013-01-18
Heavy snow, a heavy passenger train, frozen sanders and an uphill grade may have been too much for this unit. Some carriages' brakes might have remained engaged too. Whatever it was, this unit had a hard time climbing uphill after leaving Varaždin towards Zagreb, Croatia resulting in the most amazing thrashing experience.

I did not expect that I will be recording anything on this trip, but hearing the loco thrashing while the train was not moving had to be recorded. I recorded this to the best of my ability in spite of the freezing cold, heavy snow (it is falling heavily, but you can't see it all the time because of the video quality) and ice dropping of the carriage's roof.

After crossing the uphill part of the route, the train picked up speed and we have arrived to the destination, albeit 2 hour late. 😄
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  • @FortyTwoAnswerToEverything
    Beautiful all around. The screaming of the engine and turbo, the snowstorm, the calmness of the people of Croatia.
  • @hennessy4666
    considering tracks were full of snow , frozen sanders,outside wheater and massive wheel slip i thing THIS LOCO MADE A VERY GOOD JOB.........and dont worry about engine , these are industrial type they can run at full power until empty tanks........massive respect to engineers who create that engine.
  • @adriatic123
    That diesel loco sound plus wheels rhytmically clapping when passing rail joint points, that was always calming me
  • @stephenpowell5912
    Fabulous Croat sound ,Hello from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇭🇷 Beautiful winter landscape ,Must be Freezing 🥶 filming this going through the deep snow ❄️ 💕💕❣️Got to admire the Driver operating this at a Snail pace see the snow picked up at the end ❣️ Something I noticed the calmness of the Passengers albeit locals or outsiders on this train ,Well done for their patience ❣️
  • @AllianceB95
    This video has some EMD music!!!! Gotta love it! Great work recording this beast! Thanks for sharing!
  • @v6200man
    It remains an awesome video - one of the best I have seen for diesl drama!
  • @jvltog
    Great video and nice sound from 2044 029 :-)
  • @CroRailfan
    Despite the looks, this is primarily a passenger locomotive. It's just that the railway company decided to paint it to look like all other diesel engines. If this were a freight engine, there would hardly be any slipping. This engine has 6 axles, but only 4 have traction motors on them. Freight engines have all 6 axles with traction motors and are heavier.
  • @madpetrolhead
    Awesome video, the river was really working the loco hard and doing an excellent job.
  • @nikosjk1
    Great video! Awesome EMD sound!
  • @Boz1211111
    Glad you got that much on camera, nice video.
  • @50037
    I love Zagreb in Winter...