Changing a Radiator on an EMD SD 40-2 Locomotive
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- This is not something that many folks ever get to see. How radiators
are set in a locomotive, the old radiator and the new one, plus
the top cover of the locomotive with the 3 cooling fans. These
radiators come in sections, two of them are bolted together to form
1 radiator bank, and there are 2 radiator banks in the locomotives
we have here.
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I would like to see You and Danny Harmon of Distant Signal get together and record an old fashioned Pow Paw. Two of my favorite railroad TH-camrs.
Indeed. Would be fun.
Thank you and it's an honor to be even mentioned in the same
sentence as Mr. Harmon. He is a good man and what a privilege
it would be for me to someday meet him in person. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
My other favorite
I, love distant signal
This has to happen
From the Technical Data Sheet for the 810-S Sticks:
810S is a multi-metal safe corrosion inhibitor for use in diesel engine cooling systems to protect from premature
failure due to corrosion. 810S is packaged as a stick capable of being easily and safely added directly into filler
necks of cooling water systems. 810S dissolves quickly in warm water and will not freeze in cold weather months.
One box is sufficient to treat any common locomotive cooling system (275-350 gallons).
Also in the data sheet: 30 sticks per box. 1 stick per 10 gallons.
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@@guernica4262 Excellent info!
Thank you very much for taking the time to write in and share that information with us Guernica. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 You as well good sir. Your videos are fantastic and a good insight into railroading.
Good job replacing both of the radiator's. It will save time in the future. Thanks for sharing Dave. Good call on checking for leaks before dropping the fan sections in place.
Thank you for the nice comment and your right Brian, it
will save a lot of time in the future. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow Dave, you really are a master of all trades! From banging spikes, welding rails, tamping ballast to fixing locos!
That start up sounded pretty cool. Good job!
Well thank you for the kind words Neil, the mechanics here
get all the credit for replacing the radiator, I just ran the crane
to take it out and put back in. Those guys did a great job and
at least it wasn't pouring down rain or snowing like the last
time we did this! Certainly do appreciate your stopping by
tonight to watch my friend and may you have a very good day.
I love these looks behind the scenes Dave. Learn something new with every presentation. I love the sound of those big EMDs being fired up.
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Robert. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
A really good video of something that you don't see every day. Glad you took the time to record it for us.
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you liked it Dave. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
That's a great opening shot, foggy with loco over your shoulder.
Thank you Aaron. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Well, Dave, once again you knock it out of the park great video , the one thing I would mention is the reason they don’t shut off the locomotives because of NO Antifreeze in the cooling system👍🏻👍🏻🚂🚂
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Michael. Your right
about not shutting down locos in cold weather, although some
locos have block heaters in them, ours don't. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
I love the old timers that still have it. You have such a good energy. The young bucks at work are always talking smack and telling the old guys to flex your seniority muscles. You have years on me but I love it when I say do it this way then drink a coffee and when they are tired I swing a hammer and make it happen
Thank you for the nice comment Pimp Nick, your right when
the young guys peter out, time for us older guys to step up to
the plate. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it. Your the kind of person I would love to have as a subscriber to it.
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Thanks for another great video, Dave. Please keep 'em coming.
I'm glad for everyone's sake that the mechanics took your advice. If, heaven forbid, the refurbished radiator were to leak, they's have seen it right away. Thank goodness the replacement was first rate.
When it co mes to repairs, you and I are two of a kind: fix it right and be done with it. I repaired a torn switch cover on my flashlight this week. It took three applications of RTV silicone rubber: the first to repair the tare, the second to bond a fabric patch, and the third to assure water tightness. I could have bought a new one for around $10, but that's not my style.
You stay safe and well, Sir. I await your next video.
Your welcome Eric and glad you enjoyed it. Your right, if your going to fix something do it the right way. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave your awesome, really appreciate you taking us along on these repair jobs, im with you on putting 2 new halves in, and was good to see they did that.. always cool seeing the inner workings of the locos, and thanks for showing the fire suppression.. Good stuff
Thank you Pappy. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good morning. Great video. I love how you take us inside the locomotive to see the inner workings. Have a great day Dave.
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Lewis. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
"Raddiater", love it. Looks like you have a great team with the right equipment. At IRM we used to have one of those compressors running off of a trolley traction motor for air for the steam shop. Since IRM started as a traction museum 600 VDC was always present. I'm with you on the two new ones right away. Great video, thanks Dave!
I guess I should have said, that was a Rad... Ray... diator poowg.... :-) IRM is on my retirement bucket list! Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for the "inside look" at the innards of a diesel loco, not only the radiators and cooling fans, but also the air compressor and the fire suppression system. Diesel locomotives are complex pieces of equipment, with many essential subsystems required to support the prime mover. All of them require periodic maintenance.
Your right about that Michael and these are old locos, the newer
ones are all computer controlled and much more complex in
how they run. Glad you enjoyed the show. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
As always excellent video. Very good information about the fire suppression system and the corrosion inhibitor.👍
Thank you aleu a650 and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another project completed..Thanks Dave
Yes and glad to get this done William. Next on this loco is
to get a dynamic brake resister grid cable replaced, no big
deal, I think they are waiting on a new cable to show up for it.
Thanks so much my friend for checking out the show and may
you have a very good day.
Trains bring me back to my childhood!! THANK YOU!!
Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Dimitri. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it:
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Great video Dave! I love seeing the workings of the locomotives! I agree about the two halves. While you have everything torn apart is the best time for some preventative maintenance!
Thank you Mojo and glad you enjoyed it. Your right, it's apart now put it back together right. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
What a air compressor, no wonder trains never have flats.😂
Flat spots sometime...LOL when going into A emergency....?
Your right about that Southern Shaker.... LOL Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
thanks for another great video dave , at least you had a good day to change out them radiators and that was a beautiful sound when the locomotive started up !
Your welcome and yes it was a beautiful day David. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
The "PGIII" is actually PG"3" using roman numerals. It's "Packing Group 3", has to do with hazmat. It's a classification system to show the level of danger of the items being shipped. 1 being very dangerous, 3 low danger.
So of you've gone through hazmat training, and know what all that means, it actually does say a lot. But gibberish to anyone who hasn't.
Thank you very much for taking the time to write in and share that information with us Trucks to Trains. You are right, I've
never taken hazmat training. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hazmat Ops member and truck driver. Aware of packing groups, but never paid them any mind per se, just the product itself. Buzzing glowing green goo and a box of "expedited neighbourhood relocaters" certainly catch my attention. Most things involving or referencing water systems are oxidisers and/or corrosive, by rule of thumb.
@jaysmith1408 yeah, with a description of good like that, you're pretty safe to assume it ain't something good lol
*Especially here for this part - **14:00** LOL Nice to hear Mama finally getting fired up!* 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it JungleYT Jim. We really appreciate your taking the time to watch my friend and may you have a very good day.
I love this channel. I have never worked on the railroad. But I come from a family of railroad men. My grandfather worked for the MKT his brother worked for the Missouri Pacific railroad. And I had an uncle that worked for the Southern Pacific railroad. And I love railroad history!
Thank you for the nice comment Just Truth. How cool your
relatives worked for those, they were some great railroads
in their day. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
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Take care 👍
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I love locomotives because of the scale of everything. The pistons, the amount of oil and coolant they take. Awesome pieces of machinery.
Some big stuff Notabot, but they do big work too! Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it. Your the kind of person I would love to have as a subscriber to it.
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Now that is something you don't see...........sometimes ever! Nice
Thank you Bryan and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
No leaks good job 👍🚂🐈🇺🇸 have a great day.thanks Dave.
Thank you and your right, no leaks is what we wanted to see Alan! Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for sharing with us Dave, that was very interesting! It would be kind of scary to have a radiator leak with such a huge water capacity.
Your welcome and glad you found it interesting Raymond. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for showing the inside of the SD40.
Your welcome and glad you liked it Rodney. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very cool, Dave! You're always bringing us something unique we otherwise wouldn't get to see
Thank you and glad you find the videos interesting David. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Nicely done Dave!
Thank you Rodney for the kind words. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day.
@ccrx6700 Dave you are most welcome my friend.
@@rodneydavis324 😊👍
Great video, Dave. As a long-time train admirer, but only recent ‘gear-head’ (mainly old Japanese motorcycles), it’s so cool to get to see how the same basic tech (ie, radiators) gets scaled WAY up to these awesome locos. Geez, and to think, my Honda took 1.3 LITERS to fill its cooling system! Keep the videos coming! -Josh in NC
Appreciate the nice comment Josh and glad you enjoyed.
Thank you so much for watching the show my friend and may
you have a really good day.
Always love getting up close with 3098. I'm very glad that the mechanics took your advise about leaving the top cover off until the system was full so they could check for leaks. Wow upper 30's in the morning!? That must be nice. Still waiting for it to cool off here in Dallas.
They even let it run for awhile Shane, but we'll see what happens
when they haul coal in notch 8 for awhile won't we. Now it has
a second problem, the dynamic brakes won't set up. sigh.....
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 that's railroadin'!
@@Trains-With-Shane 😊👍
Nice work Dave, thanks for sharing the video of the radiator removal process. Got to say that the radiators are a lot smaller than I thought they would be. Quite compact. Guess they are four row exchangers.
Thank you Glenn and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Im glad to see ansul systems on locos
And Ansul comes in twice a year and goes over the systems
on each loco Corey. Ansul has an excellent reputation in the
fire suppression/fire fighting industry.
@@ccrx6700 amerex aint no slouch either bubba
sometimes they dont listen to a proffesional man great video thank you
Your right, now we have to get a professional man in here.... :-)
I'm just another monkey. John .... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it. Your the kind of person I would love to have as a subscriber to it.
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😊 Several points of interest new to me, learned. Thanks Dave -- as cheerful as ever!
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Colin. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for another great video ! Easy startup on the old loco!
Thank you Wayne. Your right it did start back up pretty easy
for an EMD. They do like warm weather for start ups and aren't too fond of cold. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day.
Dave: As usual, your videos are intense and excellent! Love all the details (the V_shape, and the radiator close ups...all superb!)
Thank you and glad you find them interesting David. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Saw the plate Seymour Indiana. I am in Indiana. So they finally took your advise. Good choice they did. You are the expert.
Thank you for the nice comment Beverly, but maybe saying expert is a tad over the top.... LOL Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Most fascinating RR channel i have seen! Thank you.
Thank you for saying that and glad you are enjoying it PCJ3 40.
Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day.
Dave great job as always, friend of mine gave me some EMD SD40-2 repair manuals from UP bailey yard. love seeing the mechanics' working hard keeping that old war horse going strong
Thank you for the nice comment Dark Knight. Boy would I love
to have those manuals!!! We have none here for any of our
locos. #1 loco we bought new and it came with manuals, but
that was 1975 and those books are long gone.... sigh Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Presumbly the radiators that were designed for this engine had to be a certain area, so the radiators had to be in a V so the area could fit in.
Looking on other railway videoes from the USA it might be worth putting on other diesels especially in the exhaust, when they are built from new, as it's not worth retrofitting, in general, but the cost a new diesel that has to meet the latest emissions regs around the world, a fire would cost a fortune so the cost of the extinguisher will pay for it's self.
Thank for another good video.
and it's a coal mine.
@rearspeaker6364 I said I genral.
I have worked checking products for hazardous areas for BSI, CSA, UL, and other counties tandards
They may be obligatory or, like Daves, new company, they are more safety focused, which since they have taken over seem to be.
You may very well be right on that Anthony about the V, good
point. All of our dozers and stuff like that here at the mine
have fire suppression systems on them, I think it has to do
with Fed requirements for a coal mine, but your right, it is a
very good idea. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 thank you again for the reply!
@@anthonytidey2005 sorry, didn't mean to step on you, should have worded that differently.
Always interesting to see the workings of these locos. Thanks for sharing, Dave.
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Wilbur. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
THANK YOU DAVE..STAY AWESOME..
Thank you and your welcome Ralph. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Looks like a fun task to me. Thanks for sharing, Dave. Time to break out the winter clothes too, hey!
Your welcome AP and yep, down in the 30's at night now, a bit
chilly in the mornings. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Interesting, Dave. I never knew the radiators were in a V shape like that. Always learn something new about railroading from your videos. Thanks for sharing your work.
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Alan. Most folks
are surprised to find the V shape out. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks for the tour. You make a good docent. Later.
Your welcome Dan and thank you for the kind words. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Always informative and entertaining Dave!! Thanks! Hope you have a great week!
Thank you for the nice comment Fred. Appreciate
very much your taking the time to watch and write in my
friend and may you have a very good day.
Another project completed. Great Video.
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Derrick. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very informative and interesting video! Thanks for taking the time to share this.
Thank you DG Modelworks and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Brilliant, thanks Dave
Thank you for the nice comment Ian, glad you enjoyed this one. We do appreciate your checking out the video my friend.
Loved the video Dave. EMDs all the way. Enjoyed the video and have a wonderful upcoming Thursday.(Steve)
Thank you Steve and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 you're very welcome and thank you very much also Dave.
Thumbs up 👍
Thank you for the thumbs up Clarence. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another great video as usual!! Thanks Dave! Steam loco's used Nalco Balls for water treatment.
Thank you for the nice comment and your right MTHDCS, it
was very important for steam locos to use properly treated
water. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
That's a cool job, pardon the pun! My Uncle Joe worked as a diesel mechanic for Conrail!
Thank you for that Jami. How cool Uncle Joe was with Conrail.
I bet he changed his share of radiators in his time there. You'll
have to show him this video to see if we meet with his approval!
Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day.
Great video thanks Dave
Glad you enjoyed it Gary and thank you for the nice comment. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video my friend and may you have a very good day.
Hiya Dave
Good seeing you
Stay safely blessed brother
Thank you for sharing
Always a pleasure to have you visit with us Clark. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
A wonderful view’s video Dave… please be safe
Thank you Bill and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very radiant.
Now is that Rad iant, or Ray diant Arkay? I've gotten yelled at
several times already from folks who say I don't know how
to pronounce radiator. Rad iator, they want Ray diator..... :-)
So we better get our pronunciations right.... LOL Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Cool stuff Dave, thank you! 😊👍
Thank you and glad you found it interesting 1208Bug. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great Video Dave! 👍
Thank you and glad you liked it JG. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
That is some serious cooling capacity.. No lifting eyes.. make 'em.
OK odd question. What's the attachment on the nose on #22s forward raining that kinda looks like an antenna mast??
Thanks for another peek inside rail operations..
that is a good question!! what looks like a few weather station sensors, on a moving locomotive.......
@@rearspeaker6364 Howdy RS.. I'm the kind of guy that sees something I don't understand then I'll ask. 😁
We had a battery operated car Jon and that antenna sent the signal from loco to the car to tell the car when to throttle up and when to go into dynamic braking. The components of that car are currently being looked at to solve an over heating issue. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 thank you for replying!
That is a very cool fun fact, the radiators are in a V shape ! Hope you also have a great day !
Glad you found that interesting current faves. Many people
are surprised to find that out. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Tks for sharing Dave!
Your welcome Webwrangler. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Can't see the Model T trick putting an egg in the rad working on that puppy😂. Great video Dave👨🔧👨🔧👨🔧👷♂️🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲
Might need a dozen or so eggs for this one Doug.... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Enjoyed the video Dave and moving coal is a great thing.
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Mike. Your right
we love to see coal moving here. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
A informative video , thank you !
Thank you Dino and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Really enjoyed this one Dave A lovely start up sound at the end too. I would of said change both rads. and fill them to check all is well too. You are a wise man job would of taken a lot longer if there had been a leak and they had not taken your advice.
Your right, it would have been a lot more work had they leaked, at least they ran the loco for awhile before I put the cooling fan
cover back on. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very great views
Thank you Thomas and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it. Your the kind of person I would love to have as a subscriber to it.
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Good video as always.
Good to hear you enjoyed watching us change a radiator Wondering Lens. Thank you so much for stopping by to watch
my friend.
It should be noted there are several reasons locomotives don't use antifreeze. 1 reason is if there is a leak in the engine (and yes there are leaks in EMDs, they always leak) itself, antifreeze will mix with the oil and ruin the oil and cause the bearings to seize. Raw water will not mix with oil and will evaporate causing no damage to the engine.
2 reason is EPA and costs. Aside from destroying locomotive engines, leaks and other accidents can create environmental hazards and this can lead to fines being levelled against the railroad owners as well as destroying natural habitats for the little duckies..
As for the water freezing in the motor; Most locomotives run contiguously 24 hours a day. I don't know about Daves loco's though. When the locos are shut off, the water system is protected by an Ogontz valve under frame that stays warm as long as water is circulating, if engine stops for some reason the Ogontz valve cools off and dumps water if temp drops below 50 degrees. This valve protects the engine from freezing. The only additive in the water is a corrosion inhibitor (pink stuff) which is not harmful to the environment and acts as a rust inhibitor and also protects the delicate radiators from contaminants in the water. The pink sticks are a chromate compound. How many need to be used will depend on the manufacturer's recommendation.
Further, locomotive engines cooling system is designed different from a passenger car and is not a closed system as found in passenger cars. Closed systems found in cars do need antifreeze to keep the water from boiling and turning to steam in the closed system. This is not an actual problem with locomotive cooling systems. The engines in these EMDs tend to run slightly cooler than passenger cars.
And last, as Dave said, straight water cools better overall so it's more efficient. All these things keep the loco happy and a happy loco means Dave is happy.
About the only EMD locos that came from the factory with
anti freeze were the SD 90MAC and the SD 70Ace, all others
just use water. Yes our locos run almost continously during
the winter, unless they happen to be in the heated shop. 3098
used to have a Smart Start system on it where it would
automatically start if the water temp got below a certain point.
Thank you so much for the detailed comment and the info
you provided us with David. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Normal operating temperature for an EMD 645 is around 180 F.
Very nice video, as usual. I sure am glad they put both radiators for that side in! Those fans are huge, but looking at the engine that needs the cooling, no real surprise there. Do the fans ever seize up? (No sir, NOT borrowing trouble!) Glad they took a listen to ya for the fill-up! Good day for the work, too. Thank you for the video!
I don't ever remember a fan going bad Trena, not so say they
haven't but I just don't recall it. I know I've never put one in new
before. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another fantastic video Dave. I watched your frog video today on YT TV
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Dennis. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hi Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy
Thank you Randy. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good stuff!
Thank you Tom and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Ok ITS official "SUPER DAVE IS OʻNLY CALLED ON TRACK WORK"... SUPER JACK OF ALL TRADES"......WHEN SUPER DAVE IS WORKING ON SD -40....😊😅😮😢🎉🎉❤❤😂 ENJOYING THE SHOWS. "DAVE & JACK "!!!
Thank you for the kind words Bradford. No one else here can
run the crane on that truck so I get to do all the lifting, which is
good cause I'm careful not to hurt anyone else. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good stuff
Thank you and glad you liked it Mack. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another great video from my favorite real railroad guy. Hope you're having a great day railroading. I'm gonna have to start callin' you MOW Dave! I'm waiting for paint to dry on an old time HO model blacksmith car I'm building from a kit. It's got 4 truss rods. Just think if you were railroading in them old days how you'd bee working on truss rod cars and link pin couplers. Oh, and I looked up disodium trioxosilcate and it should be handled with gloves as it's kinda toxic. Cheers from eastern TN
Thank you for the nice comment Rusty. Your right, railroading
sure has changed a lot in the last 100 years from the old car
designs. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Blessed October, Buddy! Now that you are back in pictures, it is time to get America back into training!
Your right Captain Keyboard, let's get America back in action....:-)
Thank you for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Great video thank you
Your welcome and glad you found it interesting Rick. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very interesting! Thanks!
Thank you and glad you found it interesting JW. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Very cool stuff that's railroading
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Daniel. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Huh! I did not know the rads were angled like so. I figured they were just straight up along the side grilles.
Well now i know! Thanks!
Being angled seems that they are better able to pull more air
thru them more efficiently than if they were straight up and down.
Most folks don't know they are in a V shape. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video my friend and may you
have a very good day.
Interesting video
Thank you and glad you enjoyed it Khim. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very
good day my friend.
I did not know that it was just water (with a corrosion inhibitor) in the cooling system :) That makes a cold start in extremely cold weather an interesting proposition :) I think the commercial railways do the same - no anti-freeze - which means some extra steps for winter cold starts I bet. I don't think many yards have covered buildings for parked locomotives, so this gives me new insight into railfanning in very cold weather.
Your right Brian, once these EMD engines get cold they are
a bear to get started again. Not very many locos have antifreeze
in them, the SD 70Ace and the SD 90MAC do, but not many
others. Some locos have block heaters but none of ours do. Thank you Bryan and glad you enjoyed it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
That air compressor looks mighty clean. That chemical has hundreds of uses, one being a corrosion inhibitor.
It sure did Bill, someone must have put some elbow grease into
that puppy. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@13:00 Sodium trioxosilicate is only one part of the chemicals in the sticks, the others (not listed on the box or the data sheet) are probably are Sodium nitrate (forms a more durable black haematite coating on contact with iron), sodium tetraborate (its borax), and some others.
Thank you very much for taking the time to write in and share that information with us David. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
i LOVE YOUR vIDEOS !!
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you are enjoying the home movies Heater1Blackbird1. Appreciate very much your taking the time to watch them my friend and may you have a very good day.
Always interesting!
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Eric. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Of course I got curious about the Disodium Trioxsilicate so I hade to check it up. First suprise... it's also known as "WaterGlas" which I heard is also used for treatment of concrete surfaces. But further googling and reading was indeed a wealth of knowledge.
Sorry for the huge wall of text, but I found it all interesting:
Sodium metasilicate is widely used in various types of washing industry. In the washing industry, such as super concentrated detergent, laundry detergent, laundry cream, dry cleaning agent, fiber bleach, fabric bleach, etc., also a large number of used for metal surface cleaning agent, beer bottle, aerosol detergent, after fully dissolved, it can be used as metal rust inhibitor, scale cleaning agent and electric device cleaning agent, and can be used as food industry detergent. It can also be used as mud consistency regulator and mud coagulant in crude oil and natural drilling and excavation engineering; in the construction industry, it is used as a coagulant for preparing acid-resistant mortar, acid-resistant commercial concrete and cement; In the paper industry, it can be used as an adhesive, an ink agent, and a paper surface treatment agent; in the textile industry as a printing and dyeing auxiliaries, fabric pre-treatment agent; Can also be used as soap filler, detergent, egg preservative, and vegetation molecular sieve, silicic acid and fire materials. Sodium metasilicate has lubricity, can be used for the production of ceramic body mud; With strong alkalinity, strong decontamination ability, large buffer capacity, can neutralize acidic dirt. Emulsification of fat and oil, has anti-flocculation effect on inorganic substances, has anti-corrosion effect on metals, so it is one of the main components of super concentrated detergent powder, and is also used in dishwashing detergent, food industry detergent, metal detergent and waste paper deinking.
And by the way.. thanks for a nice tour of the locomotive.
Thank you very much for taking the time to write in and share that information with us frodbolf . We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
I had a "Palfinger" crane on my service truck down in the salt mine, it was my best friend!
I am very pleased with that Palfinger, it's been a real gem for
me to use Jim, and I love, simply love the remote box to control it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may
you have a very good day my friend.
Palfinger PK2202-EH is a hell of a knuckle boom. Fast and strong. Have picked traction motors with it, our old hiab knuckle boom cranes never would have dreamt of that
That prime mover is music to my ears.
It is a most delightful sound isn't it Twiggs. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
2 new halves would be best thing. New wine in old wineskin parable comes to mind.
Guess maybe I should start making RR parables Johnny! My
thoughts were if we have the new parts, put them in specially
with how old those locos are.
@@ccrx6700 Yes, the other will end up springing a leak sooner or later costing more down time, why not just do it all at once. You have to change the fluid out when you replace one too?
@@johnnycee5179 😊👍
I really did enjoy the show. It was a good look into the radiators on a locomotive. Is the water pump engine driven or is it a stand alone unit? Thanks for the tour Dave.
Thank you and glad you found it interesting Little Paddy. Water
pump is gear driven off the crank shaft gear. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Keep that lovely coal moving. I can smell the brisk October air. These are good times to work outdoors.
We are trying our best to do that P Chris. We do have a problem
getting barges in, lot of power plant stock piles are already
filled up, but we load what we can when we have barges. Thank you very much for taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for this video!
Na₂SiO₃ - sodium silicate - for some reason called sodium meta silicate, but like sodium carbonate (washing soda) if the Si is replaced with a C. Carbon is just above silicon in the 14th group of the periodic table. Both are tetravalent and silicon has been proposed in both science fiction and science speculation as a substitute for carbon. That's railroadin'!
Thank you very much for taking the time to write in and share that information with us Robin. It was very tetravalent.... :-)
Will have to look that word up. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch the video and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Google it.
Hey Dave !!! NO antifreeze ?? Do they run the engines 24/7 in winter with NO shutdown ??? Thanks for the videos too !!! 👍👍👍👍👍
Yes they do KB, many locos out there run all the time in cold
weather not only ours. Some locos have block heaters but ours
don't. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
I can't wait for it to be in the 30's in the morning, we are still in the high 60's warming to almost 100 still 🥵
I bet you are Michael. Had to turn the house furnace on last
night and frost tomorrow morning. Only 100? That's an ice
age for you isn't it :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Looks like they got almost 10 years out of them.Radiators that's pretty good
If that was what it was, your right ten years for a big engine like
that seems pretty good to me Lucy's master. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
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