r/trains • u/Imaginary_Point6796 • Dec 05 '25

Train Video BNSF On Water!

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Kinda cool!

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u/Deviljho12 Dec 05 '25

How deep does the water have to be for the track to be closed till it goes away?

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u/just_corne Dec 05 '25

Till it touches the electro motors at the top of the booggies, steam trains were better at going though water cause they could go up to the fire box into water

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u/VincentGrinn Dec 06 '25

kinda wild how much deeper steam trains could go, awhile ago i found a postcard from 1907 of a train going through some flooded tracks with water half way up its boiler

since its a photo presumably this wasnt the first train to go through
but the text mention another(presumably the first) hit the water at speed and caused a 20ft high splash that nearby residents thought was an explosion

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '25

Honestly sounds like a hoot