When the cylinder temperature increases and the rings start sealing off due to increasing pressures, the white smoke (unburnt diesel fuel) starts changing to black smoke as more of the injected diesel ignites. At this point, some cylinders actually start producing enough power to carry themselves, but others are still being motored. As starting continues, more cylinders kick in and the thing comes to life. What a great visceral experience to actually start these things in cold weather!
Enjoy while you can, Josephine Biden is ending all Diesel engines of every kind. To turn these cold motor takes lots of electric starting power , keep in mind, rods, cylinders, cranks etc are much bigger, , it’s slower so combustion ratio is low , the fuel puddles on the cold cylinders because of incomplete combustion, and the turbo is blocking air cause it won’t spin till the first real ignition happens and that’s when you see the first puff of smoke go from grey or blue to black. Then another puff, and another then the turbo finally spools up, and finally after 5. Minutes voila .
Always loved the whistle of the fans and turbo's. Sunday was busy near my house for shunting, usually Brush and BoBo but sometimes something with a nose. I would watch for hours and stand on our bridge over the heat rising from the fans. Went to Rolls Royce at 16 and trained as a diesel engineer. Love those diesels. Thanks Dr Rudolf.
Youngsters seldom appreciate the sound and fury of enormous diesel engines. I was First Officer on a Danish sailing ship that had an Alpha 3 cylinder, air start, 750 rpm redline. In a pinch, t could be "push" started, or you could just start walking on the flywheel!
Great sound ! Not heard that whistlin' since I was at Guide Bridge back in the early 80s. Bring back the good old days ! Thanks for the vid. Just wish I had some of all my excursions.
@@paulcatley2224 Nowhere in my comment did I say that it is a Napier Deltic engine. The turbochargers are manufactured by Napier, and this engine is fitted with four of them.
We had English Electric diesels in Australia, and the South Australian Railways (SAR) had these 16 cyl 4 turbo versions in their 900 class, when maintained they started very quickly, probably in about quarter of a revolution, a great engine.
Man, I could listen to that hunting idle for hours and not tire of it! Listen to those turbo's wake up! Sulzer V-16 with four turbo's if I'm not mistaken. Awesomw video. Thanks for sharing with us. Rick - Wisconsin - USA
I used to drive a fuel truck powered by a Cat 3208 which is a naturally aspirated V8. It was15 years old at the time and had spent alot of it's time idling. I would leave it running at high idle for about 15 minutes just to blow all the white smoke out of it due to oil setting in around the piston rings while it sat overnight. It ran fine once I did that. Likewise this tired old locomotive. Happy trails old friend.
Ruston V16's. Same engines are installed on tugs, 'Shaldar' & 'Tirrick' where I work. I must get some video of a start up and post on here. They sound exactly like this when coming to life. Instead of batteries, ours start with compressed air blasted into the cylinders in sequence to turn the engine, and are kept heated to a constant temperature, so fire up intantly, run smoothly, and may be put to hard work right away.
Either insufficient compression, not enough advance in injection timing, or, it needs glow plugs. Once warmed up, I'll bet it runs smooth as silk, and burns perfectly clean. This is undoubtedly a cold start. I have to admit, I do like the sound!
@Triplex5014 Most diesel-electrics use the generator, some latter Alcos used an air-starter. My guess is that the first four or five tries here were done with the cylinder cocks open to prevent firing, in order to pre-lube and get possible jacket water out of the cylinders (a necessity with EMD's). When the last try comes, it fires right up. And I love it, as I said a long while ago, this beast's an Alco in quadraphonic!
@vai2iant : Yep it is 4 stroke. It's a 247 litre V16, 4 valves per cylinder, turbocharged, diesel engine with direct injection. It produces (correct me if I'm wrong) 2000bhp at 1000rpm. These engines were not designed to start well from cold, I believe they have a quite low compression ratio to reduce peak pressures.
That's exactly the sound I used to hear at the small local station near Blackpool called Layton station, when these things start sing their song you Never forget, it was great I loved it. 😊😃👉😲😎
The cold-morning diesel start-up procedure: Check all fluids... Check battery condition... Say a prayer, ahead a tear... Turn the switch, count to six, then engage the starting-gear!
How can these and the deltics be so ugly yet so beautiful to the eyes and ears. Top video. It left me in tears. I felt I was hand cranking it (the engine that is). I'm exhausted. It's such a relief when you to hear it firing on all or almost all cylinders.
I rode behind the "Green Howards" when I first went to England in 1980, London-Hull, there was nothing like that VROOM sound they put out...a Fairbanks-Morse x three, incredible!
my friend I have NO wish to start some sort of argument going here BUT there was a feasibility study done way back in 1949ish that proved steam trains could run more efficiently and less polluting than diesels (they've actually done it in Switzerland ..true) .. If you have a valid point to make please make it BUT please there is NO need to be insulting or rude in your comments its brings you down not me and if I am a tree hugger I'm proud of it Bless
+mike clarke Terrible pollution here. These old diesel and steam engines should be cut for scrap and melted down to prevent this horrible smoke which should not be allowed in the 21st C.
heelfan1234....you have made the same comment on quite a few of these videos....Diesel is here to stay and there's nothing you can do about it.Anyway,what happens when there's a power cut or there's damage to overhead power lines due to storms or vandalism?What do they use to keep the railways running?Diesel locomotives
@MSJDesign the governor tries to maintain idle speed. the cold engine needs lots of fuel to keep running. the governor over compensates and too much fuel is injected causing the engine speed to increase beyond idle. the governor cuts the fuel to reduce the speed and overcompensates allowing the engine speed to drop too low. the cycle continues until the engine warms up and the governor can make smaller adjustments to maintain idle.
I'm sure there was an old Class40 in the marshalling yard at GEC Traction in Trafford Park in the early 80's. It was used as a test bed for electronics on trains of 'the futuire'
Very nice indeed ,when Brittania Ruled !!!! Just memories and tears now , ta ta U K 'twas a good place to be a few decades back . I remember 1980 New Street Station stood right next to Deltics starting up , thought I'd get suçked into the grilles !!! Scary but amazing when your 9 , very fond mamaries ....
"Deltic" is greek for triangle, hence the consept of 3 cranks in a block shapped like a triangle. The Deltic engine is 2 stroke, has 18 cylinders and 36 oposing pistons. It was origonaly built to power landing craft during WW2. This is not a Deltic though, its a Class 40 with a more conventional V16 four stroke.
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When the camera panned to the right at 2:25 and showed front of the train.... I half expected to see some dude using a crank to roll the engine over....😋
used to drive a detroit v-12 that was just as cranky. Once it started and was hunting, go inside shed and keep dogs company until it warmed up and was idling normally. Neat post.
No, the Class 55s & Class 23s used Deltic (Napier) engines. This Class 40 uses an English Electric 16-Cylinder 16SVT engine. The 40 is a Type 4, and the 55 is a Type 5!
Love these Deltic engines originally designed for submarines. They are supercharged not turbocharged as some people have thought, I have worked on these engines for many years with three crankshafts, eighteen cylinders and thirty six pistons. A nightmare to work on.
Everyone seems to think they hear a turbine whine. I know they're supercharged like radial aircraft engines to get an air charge into the manifolds. I read somewhere they had turbo chargers.
It's a nice feeling but listening to the sound of that takes me straight back to the 1970's and my time spent dossing around Bescot with my mates, usually up to no good.
This whistle takes me back to Crewe in the 70's and also the North Wales Coast Line. My mum and dad were on the beach, I was sat on Rhyl Station, brilliant.
@tpvalley Many different ring types. The only heat generated before ignition is from compression, so any cylinder not firing is low on compression, or not enough atomized fuel available to power the start. Injectors have to be spraying at high pressure, not squirting cold fuel in the cylinder. We used to motor with fuel off to build heat, then slowly open rack. Less white smoke, quicker starts. Older engines require more tricks to start!
Could have saved lots of fuel, and torture of starter-motors, with provision of air pre-heaters. It would seem. That 16svt sure wouldn't meet EPA Tier 4 specs. :')
+Honda Crf DPF on a locomotive diesel? Get real, this ain't no stinkin' cheatin' VW. Common-rail electronic injection would be a big first-step. Consult GE, Cat, Cummins for others, to meet Tier-4. Still gotta get the fuel to ignite on startup- mainly matter of CR, incoming temp and cetane index of the fuel.
Locos engines are started by applying battery current to the generator , which then becomes a motor. I don't think large engines have glow plugs as do smaller automotive diesels. See my note to Bill Dixon re Turbo charged engines. Ignition is all about adiabatic compression temperatures and diesel fuel auto-ignition temperatures. If one doesn't exceed the other, it won't start. Because of starting difficulties the practice was to keep diesel engines running especially during cold weather.
Here's a little known diesel cold starting trick I learned in the oilfield many years ago on pony start Waukeshau's: 1. Close the rack and motor the big engine to build up cylinder heat - no injection at all for the first few tries. 2. After about 10 minutes of this (don't overheat the pony motor) you start injecting fuel. 3. Result - the big engine starts much faster.
grate vid from a few few years a go its lke its running on fire mote desial goood to see a classic desial running and good to see a saved loco from scrapper
I would think the lack of glow plugs would be an oversight, considering the minimal cost involved in incorporating them. Or at least some kind of ether injection to help it along...
I don't know if any diesel train engines had pony starts. It's a good question. Probably before the DC traction drives, several starting methods might have been used - for example, pony motor, air start - either by auxiliary starter motor or air injection distributor. That's what big oil field diesels have used.
The governor probably has heavy cold oil in it, causing the engine to "hunt" or rev, which is a common ailment in Alcos, and obviously others such as this.
I was hoping to see it backfire! Especially with all that fuel vaporized! Are the injectors specially made to vaporize the diesel fuel? I love the sound of the turbines high pitched whistle! Wish I was there to smell the fuel!
Have always been interested in diesels. I imagine the torque out of that V16 must be eye popping. Since the generator is used to start the engine, does it also feed power back into the batteries to recharge them after the engine's running?
I had a cool dream one-time that I got to restore an old locomotive that wasn't all that big, so I only kept one engine in it and changed-out its drivetrain to a Semi-truck drive system and had that as "my truck" for a while. Weird dream, but it was cool at the time.
Good Day! It must have been maybe 1C or even -5,..by the looks of the vapours. It should've had the block heater on. Then it catches faster. Cold starts hard on the old buggers,eh. But she runs alright! Or am I mistaken, and it's 2-cycle?
Mike B Although I don't mind it one bit, he does have a point, man. Cameras were shit in 08 unless you had $3000 to drop on one specifically for HD when it was first becoming a big thing. But again, I don't mind poor quality video.. I'm used to seeing 8 bit color from the 90's on TV and games in my young childhood.
Hey...learned a good trick that we use on our Alcos, use Dexron, or ATF fluid in your governors...it's lighter and won't cause the engine to "hunt" when cold and at low RPM's!!!
When I went on vacation to Mykonos a few years ago there were what appeared to be a couple of monster engines that resembled something like this, giving it all they had! Was like something out of an apocolyptic movie - totally surreal - awesome bits of kit. I think they were providing the power to run the entire towns electrical supply!
When the cylinder temperature increases and the rings start sealing off due to increasing pressures, the white smoke (unburnt diesel fuel) starts changing to black smoke as more of the injected diesel ignites. At this point, some cylinders actually start producing enough power to carry themselves, but others are still being motored. As starting continues, more cylinders kick in and the thing comes to life. What a great visceral experience to actually start these things in cold weather!
Enjoy while you can, Josephine Biden is ending all Diesel engines of every kind. To turn these cold motor takes lots of electric starting power , keep in mind, rods, cylinders, cranks etc are much bigger, , it’s slower so combustion ratio is low , the fuel puddles on the cold cylinders because of incomplete combustion, and the turbo is blocking air cause it won’t spin till the first real ignition happens and that’s when you see the first puff of smoke go from grey or blue to black. Then another puff, and another then the turbo finally spools up, and finally after 5. Minutes voila .
@@tomasneel1980 "Josephine Biden is ending all Diesel engines of every kind"
Complete BS.
@@beeble2003 Agree, he's the one that has over stayed his time.
Cold start on a typical January morning in the UK.
Don`t you just love it, no mater what sort of vehicle you`re driving!
Always loved the whistle of the fans and turbo's. Sunday was busy near my house for shunting, usually Brush and BoBo but sometimes something with a nose. I would watch for hours and stand on our bridge over the heat rising from the fans. Went to Rolls Royce at 16 and trained as a diesel engineer. Love those diesels. Thanks Dr Rudolf.
it sounds angry in the start, to early in the morning, no coffee no cigarettes, and it is chill ;-)
Sounds more like it has had way to many cigarettes.
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Just listen to those turbos, they'd win x-factor, what a sound
And you sound like an idiot
Hey, the video is BACK!
This is still one of my all time favourite train videos!
Many thanks for this!
Rick - USA
That sound and whistle!! Memories!!!!!
Awesome video.
Love the start and clag.
These are the real locomotives.
Excellent ! thanks for posting.
Youngsters seldom appreciate the sound and fury of enormous diesel engines. I was First Officer on a Danish sailing ship that had an Alpha 3 cylinder, air start, 750 rpm redline. In a pinch, t could be "push" started, or you could just start walking on the flywheel!
Pretty much exactly what I did expect
Same reaction I had. I was waiting for something to explode
I thought that light behind the exhaust outlet was flames!!
Great sound !
Not heard that whistlin' since I was at Guide Bridge back in the early 80s.
Bring back the good old days !
Thanks for the vid. Just wish I had some of all my excursions.
Guide Bridge. Awesome location. The Class 40 sound is just about the finest I know of. Quad turbo V16. How good can it get?
My neighbors had better be glad I can't get one of these in my back yard!
Zombie comment revival........
Just one?! 😉😁
Me too
That sound just makes you feel good.
Would love to experience it first hand.
Looks like it was holding that smoke in it's lungs for a long time!
Love the sound of those turbos.
Oh thanks man, that's an insane displacement.
Damn this engine sounds beautiful.
it's a wicked sound alright. bloody beautiful
The sound of a Deltic brings my childhood rushing ack. I lived in England and loved to hear them go by pulling a train under load. What a sound !
This one is a Class 40 not a 55 (Deltic)
thats not a deltic its a v16 english electric class 40,
That sounds fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing, I could listen to it all day!
Just listen to those turbos sing!
Edited *Incorrect statement*
PantherSerpahin huh. Ok, learn something new every day.
They're definitely turbos, made by Napier. There are 4 of them, each serving 4 cylinders.
UppyJC Now I'm confused, but I have to go with you based on the sound.
TigerDude333 WTF do you mean dude? Turbos are loud and you can clearly hear them in this video.
That sound of 4 Napier turbos singing is just gorgeous!
thats not a napier deltic engine, its a v16 english electric
@@paulcatley2224 Nowhere in my comment did I say that it is a Napier Deltic engine. The turbochargers are manufactured by Napier, and this engine is fitted with four of them.
We had English Electric diesels in Australia, and the South Australian Railways (SAR) had these 16 cyl 4 turbo versions in their 900 class, when maintained they started very quickly, probably in about quarter of a revolution, a great engine.
Man, I could listen to that hunting idle for hours and not tire of it! Listen to those turbo's wake up!
Sulzer V-16 with four turbo's if I'm not mistaken.
Awesomw video. Thanks for sharing with us.
Rick - Wisconsin - USA
English electric v16 not sulzer
I used to drive a fuel truck powered by a Cat 3208 which is a naturally aspirated V8. It was15 years old at the time and had spent alot of it's time idling. I would leave it running at high idle for about 15 minutes just to blow all the white smoke out of it due to oil setting in around the piston rings while it sat overnight. It ran fine once I did that. Likewise this tired old locomotive. Happy trails old friend.
Oh man, gotta love the sound of those turbos. I'd drive that around just to listen to them all day lol.
Wow! What a sight, the sound is great!
Ruston V16's. Same engines are installed on tugs, 'Shaldar' & 'Tirrick' where I work. I must get some video of a start up and post on here. They sound exactly like this when coming to life.
Instead of batteries, ours start with compressed air blasted into the cylinders in sequence to turn the engine, and are kept heated to a constant temperature, so fire up intantly, run smoothly, and may be put to hard work right away.
Either insufficient compression, not enough advance in injection timing, or, it needs glow plugs. Once warmed up, I'll bet it runs smooth as silk, and burns perfectly clean. This is undoubtedly a cold start. I have to admit, I do like the sound!
Can't rev it up till the oil warms a bit.
@Triplex5014 Most diesel-electrics use the generator, some latter Alcos used an air-starter. My guess is that the first four or five tries here were done with the cylinder cocks open to prevent firing, in order to pre-lube and get possible jacket water out of the cylinders (a necessity with EMD's). When the last try comes, it fires right up. And I love it, as I said a long while ago, this beast's an Alco in quadraphonic!
@vai2iant : Yep it is 4 stroke. It's a 247 litre V16, 4 valves per cylinder, turbocharged, diesel engine with direct injection. It produces (correct me if I'm wrong) 2000bhp at 1000rpm.
These engines were not designed to start well from cold, I believe they have a quite low compression ratio to reduce peak pressures.
Glad to this vid back. Its an all time favorite of mine!
I love that sound, I know the smoke isn't good, but it's beautiful!
DONT KNOW WHY BUT I LOVE TO LISTEN TO TRAIN STARTING UP!!!
Wow I first listened to this vid 12 years ago & I still love it
VW clean diesel power at work.With cheat software removed.
Yeah, because your 6L engines are better.
Engine controls by Lucas, the Prince of darkness.
Add blue
that whistle on tickover brings back memories i lived next to deltic lines as a kid in the 70's
Class 40 - used to drive them! Never had one this cold before thought, mega surprised the batteries weren't totally flattened.
That's exactly the sound I used to hear at the small local station near Blackpool called Layton station, when these things start sing their song you Never forget, it was great I loved it. 😊😃👉😲😎
Built in a time when silencers were for girls. Thank the Lord.
Sounds like a giant monster snoring when it idles lol
The cold-morning diesel start-up procedure:
Check all fluids...
Check battery condition...
Say a prayer, ahead a tear...
Turn the switch, count to six, then engage the starting-gear!
How can these and the deltics be so ugly yet so beautiful to the eyes and ears. Top video. It left me in tears. I felt I was hand cranking it (the engine that is). I'm exhausted. It's such a relief when you to hear it firing on all or almost all cylinders.
I rode behind the "Green Howards" when I first went to England in 1980, London-Hull, there was nothing like that VROOM sound they put out...a Fairbanks-Morse x three, incredible!
my friend I have NO wish to start some sort of argument going here BUT there was a feasibility study done way back in 1949ish that proved steam trains could run more efficiently and less polluting than diesels (they've actually done it in Switzerland ..true) .. If you have a valid point to make please make it BUT please there is NO need to be insulting or rude in your comments its brings you down not me and if I am a tree hugger I'm proud of it
Bless
mike clarke The diesel engine is simply more efficient about 50% & it actually pollutes less. Look up coal fly ash.
+mike clarke Terrible pollution here. These old diesel and steam engines should be cut for scrap and melted down to prevent this horrible smoke which should not be allowed in the 21st C.
heelfan1234....you have made the same comment on quite a few of these videos....Diesel is here to stay and there's nothing you can do about it.Anyway,what happens when there's a power cut or there's damage to overhead power lines due to storms or vandalism?What do they use to keep the railways running?Diesel locomotives
Yes that's true, but the cost of maintaining a steam engine far out ways the new stuff
Excellent !! amazing sound, a close second to the fab twin napier. Thx for sharing
@MSJDesign
the governor tries to maintain idle speed. the cold engine needs lots of fuel to keep running. the governor over compensates and too much fuel is injected causing the engine speed to increase beyond idle. the governor cuts the fuel to reduce the speed and overcompensates allowing the engine speed to drop too low. the cycle continues until the engine warms up and the governor can make smaller adjustments to maintain idle.
I'm sure there was an old Class40 in the marshalling yard at GEC Traction in Trafford Park in the early 80's. It was used as a test bed for electronics on trains of 'the futuire'
Very nice indeed ,when Brittania Ruled !!!! Just memories and tears now , ta ta U K 'twas a good place to be a few decades back . I remember 1980 New Street Station stood right next to Deltics starting up , thought I'd get suçked into the grilles !!! Scary but amazing when your 9 , very fond mamaries ....
Those turbos are amazing.
'love the smell of diesel first thing in the morning.... it smells like....Victory!
"Deltic" is greek for triangle, hence the consept of 3 cranks in a block shapped like a triangle. The Deltic engine is 2 stroke, has 18 cylinders and 36 oposing pistons. It was origonaly built to power landing craft during WW2. This is not a Deltic though, its a Class 40 with a more conventional V16 four stroke.
When the camera panned to the right at 2:25 and showed front of the train.... I half expected to see some dude using a crank to roll the engine over....😋
Or you'd see someone with jump leads hooking it up to a shunter
I love the sound of these oldtimers starting up. The smoke the whine of the turbos.
Oh my God - what a beutiful sound - music!
used to drive a detroit v-12 that was just as cranky. Once it started and was hunting, go inside shed and keep dogs company until it warmed up and was idling normally. Neat post.
Aah, listen to those turbo's, gotta love 'em. Any vid of this one running under load?
Anyone who knows anything about diesel engines would not be surprised by this video. I'm not sure what would've been unexpected....
No, the Class 55s & Class 23s used Deltic (Napier) engines. This Class 40 uses an English Electric 16-Cylinder 16SVT engine. The 40 is a Type 4, and the 55 is a Type 5!
Love these Deltic engines originally designed for submarines. They are supercharged not turbocharged as some people have thought, I have worked on these engines for many years with three crankshafts, eighteen cylinders and thirty six pistons. A nightmare to work on.
Everyone seems to think they hear a turbine whine. I know they're supercharged like radial aircraft engines to get an air charge into the manifolds. I read somewhere they had turbo chargers.
That's a 40 not a Deltic
It's a nice feeling but listening to the sound of that takes me straight back to the 1970's and my time spent dossing around Bescot with my mates, usually up to no good.
This whistle takes me back to Crewe in the 70's and also the North Wales Coast Line.
My mum and dad were on the beach, I was sat on Rhyl Station, brilliant.
love the "cklunck sound of a diesel engine starting when it is cold!
I want that for my daily commuter. The grumpy giant sound makes well worth rising 2 hours earlier every day to make for cold start.
Class 40 shows how to 'REALLY VAPE'
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Those turbos sounds awesome!
Grant Gilbert don't they just!
It is neat hearing that locomotive crank. Great video. Try to post more videos like this.
God I remember having to start a road full of those things on shed duty, winters morning and prep for a weeks running, still a nice engine to drive.
@tpvalley Many different ring types. The only heat generated before ignition is from compression, so any cylinder not firing is low on compression, or not enough atomized fuel available to power the start. Injectors have to be spraying at high pressure, not squirting cold fuel in the cylinder. We used to motor with fuel off to build heat, then slowly open rack. Less white smoke, quicker starts. Older engines require more tricks to start!
Could have saved lots of fuel, and torture of starter-motors, with provision of air pre-heaters. It would seem. That 16svt sure wouldn't meet EPA Tier 4 specs. :')
+Jacques Blaque Lol. Sorry sir you train needs an EGR system and DPFs to be legal now.
+Honda Crf DPF on a locomotive diesel? Get real, this ain't no stinkin' cheatin' VW. Common-rail electronic injection would be a big first-step. Consult GE, Cat, Cummins for others, to meet Tier-4.
Still gotta get the fuel to ignite on startup- mainly matter of CR, incoming temp and cetane index of the fuel.
Don't think it has starter motors. Don't they used compressed air to crank them up?
Locos engines are started by applying battery current to the generator , which then becomes a motor. I don't think large engines have glow plugs as do smaller automotive diesels. See my note to Bill Dixon re Turbo charged engines. Ignition is all about adiabatic compression temperatures and diesel fuel auto-ignition temperatures. If one doesn't exceed the other, it won't start. Because of starting difficulties the practice was to keep diesel engines running especially during cold weather.
Here's a little known diesel cold starting trick I learned in the oilfield many years ago on pony start Waukeshau's: 1. Close the rack and motor the big engine to build up cylinder heat - no injection at all for the first few tries. 2. After about 10 minutes of this (don't overheat the pony motor) you start injecting fuel. 3. Result - the big engine starts much faster.
grate vid from a few few years a go its lke its running on fire mote desial goood to see a
classic desial running and good to see a saved loco from scrapper
I would think the lack of glow plugs would be an oversight, considering the minimal cost involved in incorporating them. Or at least some kind of ether injection to help it along...
Todays forcast : Heavy fog expected around the rail yard today in the early hours, will clear when they get the bloody thing started XD
Love that sound.
Cook thanks :) Man it almost looks exactly like this place over here in the states...amazing :)
Diesel stinks like hell, but watching these beasts NEVER gets old!
I don't know if any diesel train engines had pony starts. It's a good question. Probably before the DC traction drives, several starting methods might have been used - for example, pony motor, air start - either by auxiliary starter motor or air injection distributor. That's what big oil field diesels have used.
beautifull sound.
The governor probably has heavy cold oil in it, causing the engine to "hunt" or rev, which is a common ailment in Alcos, and obviously others such as this.
Brilliant! i had speakers up quite loud , i was kinda pretending i was stood infront of it what a great sound!
OMG. What a beast of a machine.
I think it has big Duracell's to continue the spinning such a long time :P
Love the sound of EE turbos spooling up!
You're thinking of Fairbanks-Morses and Electro-Motives, two-cycle each. There were plenty of those in subs (at least US ones).
I was hoping to see it backfire! Especially with all that fuel vaporized!
Are the injectors specially made to vaporize the diesel fuel?
I love the sound of the turbines high pitched whistle! Wish I was there to smell the fuel!
No they atomiz the diesel.
i could listen to that all day.
Do this on November the 5th and people would pay money to watch and listen. Can't beat cold EE's!
Have always been interested in diesels. I imagine the torque out of that V16 must be eye popping. Since the generator is used to start the engine, does it also feed power back into the batteries to recharge them after the engine's running?
I had a cool dream one-time that I got to restore an old locomotive that wasn't all that big, so I only kept one engine in it and changed-out its drivetrain to a Semi-truck drive system and had that as "my truck" for a while.
Weird dream, but it was cool at the time.
Good Day!
It must have been maybe 1C or even -5,..by the looks of the vapours. It should've had the block heater on. Then it catches faster. Cold starts hard on the old buggers,eh. But she runs alright! Or am I mistaken, and it's 2-cycle?
Geez the cameras were crappy in 2008
shut the fuck up with your spoiled ass 1080p ass
Mike B Although I don't mind it one bit, he does have a point, man. Cameras were shit in 08 unless you had $3000 to drop on one specifically for HD when it was first becoming a big thing. But again, I don't mind poor quality video.. I'm used to seeing 8 bit color from the 90's on TV and games in my young childhood.
That was a comment about the cameras from 7 years ago, not a complaint. Sorry if I offended you. Whatever.
Toms Chevelle yes, i know what the comment is about you dont need to tell me again, you dont need to compare
Highly popular with local residents - NOT !
I don't give a fuck
Amazing! beautiful sounding.
It's a heritage diesel, also preserved and not in day to day use on the national network.
WOW, this is the symphony of power...
...just the sound of priming the pumps and draining the cylinders are music to my ears!
Don't know a lot about trains, but I like anything motorized. Hard for me to tell even when the thing is running on its own haha. Cool though!
Hey...learned a good trick that we use on our Alcos, use Dexron, or ATF fluid in your governors...it's lighter and won't cause the engine to "hunt" when cold and at low RPM's!!!
Very pleasing when she fired up 😊
When I went on vacation to Mykonos a few years ago there were what appeared to be a couple of monster engines that resembled something like this, giving it all they had! Was like something out of an apocolyptic movie - totally surreal - awesome bits of kit. I think they were providing the power to run the entire towns electrical supply!
i can smell the easy start from here :)