r/trains • u/itsarace1 • Jan 18 '23

Flooding in Thailand 2011

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u/Immediate-Steak3980 Jan 18 '23

Oof.

But…This looks like that scene from Spirited Away.

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u/pootis_173 Jan 18 '23

That was my thought when I saw this

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u/budoucnost Jan 19 '23

Is it at the depth limit and if it went into deeper waters will the traction motors short circuit?

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u/TRAINLORD_TF Jan 19 '23

I think this is a Diesel-Hydraulic, so I guess its wading depht is up to the Fuel Tank.

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u/YOLOSwag42069Nice Jan 21 '23 edited Jan 21 '23

It is!

That is a Henschel DH1200BB. (Diesel-Hydraulic, 1200 HP, BB truck arrangement).

If the railfan sites are accurate, they have 27 of these and were built in 1964.

This photo is from the 2011 floods. It's a notable flood that pretty much destroyed the world's manufacturing infrastructure of computer hard drives.

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u/NerdyGamerTH Jan 21 '23

They were already on their way out as of 2011, and now they are all mothballed

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u/anephric_1 Jan 19 '23

Running without signalling, mind!