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MV Beluga Endurance

GE Class 70 Locomotive No. 70012

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The Date: January 3 2011

The Time: 3 pm

The Place: Newport, Wales, UK

The Cargo: GE Class 70 Locomotives

 

"Gear To Rail Fail"

M/V Beluga Endurance

On The Scene At Newport, Wales, UK

January 3 2011

 

M/V Beluga Endurance - In Better & Current Days

GE Class 70 Loccomotive Unit No. 70006 - In Better Days, Unit No. 700012 Never To Be Seen Again

M/V Beluga Endurance

Ship Type: Bulk Dry Cargo

Year Built: 2004

Flag: Antigua Barbuda [AG]

Shipyard:

Call Sign: V2OV5

IMO: 9312169, MMSI: 304724000

DWT (Deadweight): 12,714 tons

LOA (Length Overall): 138 tons

Beam: 21 mt.

Draft (max): 70 mt.

GE Class 90 Loccomotive

Builder: General Electric

Model: PH37ACmi

Length: 21.710 mt (71 ft 2.7 in)

Width: 2.642 mt (8 ft 8.0 in)

Height: 3.917 mt (12 ft 10.2 in)

Locomotive Weight: 135 t (133 LT; 149 ST)

Top speed: 120 km/h (75 mph)

Power Output: Engine: 2,750 kW (3,690 bhp)

Total production: 11 complete, 1 sent back to GE plant, 30 ordered

Fuel capacity: 6,000 l (1,300 imp gal; 1,600 US gal)

The Prolog To Disaster -- Before The Gear To Rail Fail
 

PROLOG

Freightliner Group Limited is a rail freight and logistics company, founded in 1995 and now operating in the United Kingdom, Poland, and Australia. It is the second largest rail freight operator in the UK, after DB Schenker Rail (UK).

On 26 November 2007, Freightliner UK and General Electric announced Project Genesis (unrelated to GE's Genesis series built for Amtrak). This has seen the design of a new type of freight locomotive to fit British loading gauge and currently named PowerHaul.

It is intended to match older types in terms of haulage capacity whilst at the same time being more fuel efficient. The first model in the series carries the GE designation PH37ACmi. The project is intended as a collaborative effort, with Freighliner Ltd being involved with the design process from the beginning. In announcing the project, Freightliner also announced that they had ordered a total of 30 locomotives, their largest ever single locomotive order.

It was originally expected that these locomotives would receive the TOPS classification Class 68, although they have now been designated Class 70, a designation previously applied to DC electric locomotives.

UK & Poland rail operator Freighliner Ltd recognized the revolutionary capabilities of the GE Class 70 and ordered a number of them.

Forming part of Freighliner's biggest ever single order for locomotives and GE's entry into the UK's rolling stock market, the 30 strong class are being introduced not to replace older electric powered traction, such as Class 86s, but, in the words of Engineering Director Tim Shakerley, to "open up new traffic flows and help Freighliner grow."

Before being approved for the UK the Class 70s underwent a period of testing on GE's test track. These included not only static tests, but ride testing, gauge and electromagnetic compatibility testing.

Traction motors on the 129 ton locomotives are individually controlled via separate inverters. This allows for better power distribution based on the available adhesion. Using an AC motor, with its better torque-speed curve, means the locomotive has a much higher starting torque, which in turn gives it a greater starting tractive effort.

The first 2 of Freightliner's, General Electric built, Class 70s arrived in the UK from the GE works at Erie, Pennsylvania in 2009.

Now In Dec. 2010, a brace of five Class 70 Locomotives moved from Port Erie in M/V Beluga Endurance -- thorough the St. Lawrence Seaway -- and across the North Atlantic Ocean in winter, a journey of many thousands of difficult miles.

Despite all the care, preparation and skill -- it all -- of course -- boils down to our guiding code. "Ship Happens! ©"

This feature deals with two concepts: "Gear" -- the ship's cranes and "Rail." There are two "Rails" involved. First is The "Ship's Rail "-- the working side of the vessel. Second is the "Rail Bed", upon which the locomotive is to mount for travel. Either way we describe this feature, it is an incident "Gear To Rail Fail".

Michael S. McDaniel - Your Editor

The New GE Class 70 Locomotive Rolls From The GE Transportation Facility At Erie, Pennsylvania

GE Class 70 Locomotive

Video of GE Locomotive Facility At Erie, Pennsylvannia - funny & interesting

The GE Class 70 Is A Modern Marvel

First Units No. 70001 & 70002 Arriving In The UK, Nov. 2009

Tests Successfully Accomplished, The Work Units, Including Locomotive No. 70012 Will Now Follow

 From The Cargo Letter - Nov. 9 2009 -- The GE Class 70 Is A Modern Marvel
The first 2 of Freightliner's, General Electric built, Class 70s have arrived in the UK from the GE works at Erie, Pennsylvania.

Forming part of Freighliner's biggest ever single order for locomotives and GE's entry into the UK's rolling stock market, the 30 strong class are being introduced not to replace older electric powered traction, such as Class 86s, but, in the words of Engineering Director Tim Shakerley, to "open up new traffic flows and help Freighliner grow."

Before arriving in the UK the Class 70s underwent a period of testing on GE's test track. These included not only static tests, but ride testing, gauge and electromagnetic compatibility testing.

Traction motors on the 129 ton locomotives are individually controlled via separate inverters. This allows for better power distribution based on the available adhesion. Using an AC motor, with its better torque-speed curve, means the locomotive has a much higher starting torque, which in turn gives it a greater starting tractive effort.

The Class 70s are the first diesel locomotive in the UK to be fitted with a rheostatic (dynamic) brake. When slowing it uses the traction motors to regenerate energy and feed electric current back into the locomotive, which is then used to drive the locomotive's auxiliary motors.

To reduce down time, the Class 70s are fitted with remote dial up software allowing the locomotive's performance to be monitored in real time and find problems before anyone knows they are happening.

Freightliner also recognized the importance of driver comfort and the cabs are fitted with air conditioning and improved noise insulation.

In order to ratify the results from testing on GE's test track, 70001 and 70002 are initially to be put to use on 2 of Freighliner's most demanding routes. For Heavy Haul this will be a Portbury to Rugeley coal service.

These are very heavy trains and are routed over some steep gradients. For Intermodal the Birmingham to Felixstowe route will be used, as this will allow detailed examination of the class 70?s acceleration ability when hauling a heavy load of containers.

Speaking about the Class 70s V16-cylinder, twin-turbo, 3,700 horsepower PowerHaul series engine, Krikor Aghajanian, Manager European Sales Locomotives and Modernizations, said, "The vision was to have a diesel engine that was very efficient and could fit into a platform that we could develop for European markets."

Tim Shakerley added, "The CO2 emissions from a Class 70 hauled train will be approximately ten times less than that of its road equivalent."

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M/V Beluga Endurance Is Seen Cutting The Ice Floes & Approaching Port Erie In Dec. 2010
Her Mission: Move 5 GE Class 70 Locomotives From Port Erie To The UK In Winter

MV Beluga Endurance Arrives At Port Erie On Dec. 18 2010, To Load The GE Class 70 Locomotives

Winter Is About To Close The Great Lakes For The Season. This Delivery Is Just In Time.

From The Cargo Letter - Dec. 17 2010 -- MV Beluga Endurance Arrives To Load The Locomotives
MV Beluga Endurance was down bound at the Soo Locks this morning. That currently puts the vessel at Port Erie sometime late Jan. 18 night or early Jan. 19 morning; this time of year, however, delays are quite possible due to ice conditions and availability of pilots, both of which are quite uncertain this time of year.

MV Beluga Endurance is one of a fleet of nearly 70 vessels, most of which follow this same basic design. Most of the fleet's vessels are 453 feet long and 69 feet wide. Each is equipped with two deck cranes (gear), which is where the vessels vary; some are equipped, as MV Beluga Endurance is, with two deck cranes of 120-metric tons each, giving them a 240 MT lift capacity.

Winter Shrouds Port Erie As Locomotive No. 70012 Is Lifted Straight up -- Off The Rail Car

Four Other GE Class 70 Locomotives Make Up The Shipment

Locomotive No. 70012 Is Carefully Turned By The Deck Gear Aboard MV Beluga Endurance

Video of Locomotive Loading Operations At Port Erie

129 Ton Locomotive No. 70012 Is Maneuvered Toward MV Beluga Endurance On Ship's Gear By Ship's Crew

Locomotive No. 70012 Approaches The Ship's Rail On Ship's Gear

From The Cargo Letter - MV Beluga Endurance
MV Beluga Endurance is part of the E-240 class of Beluga's fleet. In this class there are 9 ships, including MV Beluga Endurance 's sistership MV Beluga Endeavor, which also has visited the Great Lakes this season. Twelve members of Beluga's fleet have traded onto the Great Lakes this season. A typical trip for the ships is to bring windmill components into the Great Lakes and leave with grain products or heavy lift cargo. Some, such as MV Beluga Endurance, leave with both.

MV Beluga Endurance was built in 2005 as a cooperation of Volharding Shipyards in The Netherlands and several Chinese shipyards. The vessel has visited the lakes several times since its launch. On this trip it brought windmill components from overseas and delivered them to Duluth, Minnesota before proceeding to Thunder Bay to load wheat prior to proceeding to Port Erie to load the GE Class 70 Locomotives.

Locomotive No. 70012 Just Shows As The 129 Ton Locomotive Is Loaded Aboard MV Beluga Endurance By The Ship's Gear

The Deck Gear of MV Beluga Endurance Has Accomplished The Mission

MV Beluga Endurance Will Now Make Her Way Through The St. Lawrence Seaway And Across The Atlantic To Wales, UK

Video of Locomotive No. 70012 Being Loaded At Port Erie

After Traveling Thousands of Miles Through The St. Lawrence Seaway and Across The North Atlantic In Winter -

- Officials At Newport, Wales, UK, Unveil The Class 70 GE Locomotives For Service With Freightliner


There Has Been A Catastrophe!

Class 70 GE Locomotive No. 70012 Has Slipped From The Ship's Gear After Passing The Ship's Rail --

-- But Before Reaching The Ground Rail

Locomotive No. 70012 Has Fallen An Estimated 13 ft. To 21 Ft. From The Deck Gear of MV Beluga Endurance -- The Damage Is Profound

With Her Frame Bent, Axles Broken & Other Damage -- Locomotive No. 70012 Has Pulled Her Last Mile -- Half Way Around The World To Her End

Any Replacement Locomotive Will Need To Await The Spring When The American Great Lakes Reopen To Water Traffic

From The Cargo Letter - Jan. 3 2011 -- MV Beluga Endurance Arrives At Newport - The Fateful Day for Locomotive No. 70012
MV Beluga Endurance arrived in Newport, Wales on January 3 and successfully unloaded four of the five locomotives loaded at Port Erie last month.

However, while unloading Locomotive No .70012, the final locomotive, a cable on the ship's crane snapped, dropping the locomotive about 13 feet into the cargo hold of the BELUGA ENDURANCE. Reportedly damage to the unit includes cracked axles, crushed bogies, and a bent frame. There have been no reports as of yet of damage to MV Beluga Endurance. Locomotive No. 700012 will be scrapped and replaced with another unit.

The Locals Now Refer To Locomotive No. 70012 As The "Freightliner Banana" -- As The Power Unit Bends Up At Both Ends

There Can Be No Replacement For Locomotive No. 700012 Until The U.S. Great Lakes Thaw This Spring And Port Erie Reopens

Our Interim Solution For A Locomotive No. 70012 Replacement Comes Complete With A Crew Which Has Few Labor Demands


Shippers Must Have Quality Marine Cargo Insurance ........ Because......... "Ship Happens! ©"

To Repeat -- No Matter How Careful You Are -- Or Who You Hire ....... "Ship Happens! ©"

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The Dedication of This Feature Is Simple: To The Crew of MV Beluga Endurance & her familes.


SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by air & sae continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker

It's very dangerous out there.


INDEX TO OUR "Gear To Rail Fail" PAGE SPECIAL FEATURES:

Important Links To Our Feature:
GE Transportation Facility - At Erie, Pennsylvania
History of GE Locomotives

List of GE Locomotives

GE Class 70 Locomotive

Freighliner Ltd


Some of Our Fire At Sea Features:

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M/T Vicuna Explodes - for Jan. 2005

"T-E-U Bar-Be-Cue" - aftermath of the M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania Loss - Nov. 2002

"Thar She Blows!" - M/V Hanjin Pennsylvania - Nov. 2002

"Meals: Ready To Explode" - Navy Barbecue at Guam June 2001

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"Great Misfortune"- M/V Hyundai Fortune - March 2006


SPECIAL NOTE: The historic dangers of carriage by sea continue to be quite real. Shippers must be encouraged to purchase high quality marine cargo insurance from their freight forwarder or customs broker. 

It's very dangerous out there.


Thanks To Our Contributors For The "Gear To Rail Fail" Feature

Our Contributors for this feature are:
Scott Johnson, Perth, Australia

Paul Hubbard

The Cargo Letter appreciates the continuing efforts of these valued contributors.


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