India's IR6000 The most sophisticated locomotive ever built by GE mp4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- More than 2 years ago the smallest 6000hp diesel was completed by GE in Erie, PA. These are some of the tests and background on the unit built for Indian Railways.
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GE, USA, we thank you for building these locomotives for India. These 4500hp and 6000hp locomotives are doing good in India hauling our freight trains and they shall do so in the future as well. Also, I must say : Locomotives in USA are huge and gigantic!! I wish India also had these tall heighted locomotives too.
I never realized how massive the American Locomotives are as compared to the Indian ones. Back here in India, even these seemed big to me!
The size difference is interesting. Especially when they were able to pack that much horsepower in it.
These locomotives were ordered so that they could operate even during wars when electricity may not be reliable. Railways are a strategic asset during wars, as you're aware America was built on rail. This is the reason diesel locomotives are bought even if tracks are electrified.
It's strange that India has a large guage but the clearances are seemingly small. I always imagined the Indian locomotives to be gigantic.
Lots of very tight clearances with bridges or tunnels is my guess, similar to why LIRRs coaches are relatively small and boxy for bilevels.
It's because most of our railways have catenary wires. There needs to be a minimum distance between the locomotive and the wire.
Also since our railways are centralized, it's required that all locomotive/rolling stock can traverse any part of India's system.
I'm pretty sure the tall locomotives of US cannot fit into the Northeast Corridor system. But in India, if the track guage is same, the rolling stock must be compatible too.
Electrification. Most of Indian Railways is electrified and they are pushing for some level of standardization in the size of the locomotives.
but we have like electric lines tho so there should be a maximum level for the train height. ig thats the reason
@@finger3215So why get this obviously not electric engine.
6:43 Winter conditions are present in India in the territory Jammu & Kashmir
We thank GE for giving us this beautiful engine
One heck of a locomotive! Awesome video!
8:18 They shipped to India soon after.
I think India is a densely populated nation with a dense railway network as well. Accordingly the locomotives and the rolling stocks have been put into their places. Indian Railways have strategies for putting 'Little Davids' do their respective jobs rather than the 'Gigantic Goliaths' doing so. The variable Indian topography requires that. Moreover if you try to figure out the efficiency of ours you will know that our modern locomotives have more, if not less, tractive effort than their American counterparts.
A powerful locomotive doesn’t have to be high 👍
Yeah bro
But I don't understand how they tested the Broad gauge locomotive with a Standard gauge locomotive?
@@syedabdullah842 GE/Wabtec put modified wheel sets on them for testing on their Erie Pennsylvania test track. When they were Shipped to India they had the original broad gauge trucks attached
Depends on what country your in.
I was so hoping that this one would be a cowl body design, which is the one design we don't have in India.
Great
I would say the paint job on these locomotives reminds me of spices and herbs used in Indian Curry.
An incentive for you to lick it
Usa locomotives are huge 😳
If only they had not made it to look like a shoebox. It is the most uninspiring looking diesel on IR right now. Thanks for the wonderful coverage, though, Stephan.
When the Jammu to Srinagar railway line will open its all through the Himalayas so the broad gauge locomotives will face very deep snow and steep hilly terrain.
The project continues these GE or Wabtec beauties are freight specific and extensively used in DFC. The plan is to have over 1000 of them.
In India it is called WDG-6G
Also called Bheem i think
@@kushagrasharma6679 that's WDG-5
@@pranavmathur2733WDG4G..not WDG5
@@s.sdhiman9447 yes wdg5
@@s.sdhiman9447no , bheem is wdg5 , wdg4 is different
92 examples of this locomotive are in service as of September 2023.
Originally there were to be 1000 built.
American locomotives look gigantic and awesome. USA thank you for building such an amazing locomotive for India.
Awesome Railfan video 👍👍👍👍👍
I hope 899 gets sent to a museum when they finally retire her.
It sounds kind of like a GEVO!!
because it is a GEVO. Just built to Indian Railways specifications
Why the engine looks so small? Our trains run on standard gauge and are much larger than the one which runs on board gauge! Wow
They are built to older size allowances in India.
Its because even tho our locomotives are very wide in America, it's the trucks that have different Gauges
Because of Electrical Catenary Equipment. Also these are babies in comparison to horsepower with electric WAG12 of 12000hp. Actually these are "Little Davids" which are used for non electrified sections of India cause our railways is constantly expanding and newer section get electrification later after complete commission of the tracks.
GE had a great reputation in the world of locomotives..As seen by the partnership with India..I am wondering if WABTEC will have the same success...They are an unknown to many outsiders..My first 20yrs at GETS it was always GE vs EMD..
Still manufacturing and maintenance facilities called as GE in India. But Indian Railways have been using some of the electric locomotive equipment like pantographs recently. Mostly, high rise, high speed pantographs. Since you said GE vs EMD, my favorite is EMD. I like EMD sound better. Do you think WABTEC will come up with new designs for the US locomotives?
@@shreejay.parmar Emd jet engine + heart beat sound...🙂
Spent 30 years at GETS Erie, last 10 in final assembly, mostly BSA. I remember this unit coming as well as all the 4400 Egypts. I too remember the rivalry between GE and EMD. Eventually GE had a monopoly as General Motors closed down EMD. The Fort Worth facility was purely political on GE's part, in attempt to repute the union and negotiate lower wages. Erie has shown its ability to produce with nearly 1000 locomotives in one year. What position did you have at GETS?
@@aerospot2 USA is a manufacturing giant it is a shame companies push production to China. I personally prefer buying products not Made in China.
Nice Video! And How often do they do testing their?
it is hit and miss. Us usally Monday- Friday
That's cool 😍👍💯🎯
They are wdg6g locomotive made for india
The gauges used by India and America are different so in which gauge they tested Broad(Indian) gauge or Standard(American) gauge..?
The had truck specially made to American standard gauge for testing.
Wow
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Actually that is 899, C39-9. Originally the only C36-8
*C39-8.
Atleast indian railways are electrified 😏 i mean world longest railway electrification like 82.1%
Cool buddy good for you.
Our locomotives are already more efficient than our cars anyways.
Memorable coverage, but I can't captured a single ge loco in india...
😂man I thought I was looking at a test run for GE power somewhere in Australia then the intermodal was passing and I was ok I see they are getting US rolling stock then I said hold up what a min 🤔😂 I wasn’t looking the screen at the moment the csx locos passed by
what happened to the 899? Retired and scrapped?
It is stored awaiting disposition. It will likely get scrapped at some point. They have 2 other locomotives that can do the same thing it did.
@@stephankoenig5481 you can easily check out these diesel monster rumbling on tracks in india just type "WDG-4G" (4500HP Variant) or "WDG-6G" (6000HP variant) you will easily get the videos , i had personally seen one in my home town ,they just look great 👍😀 !
Stephan Koenig, is this a C39-8 at 0:30?
yes but has the parts of a dash 9
Compared to our loco in Indonesia, smaller than Indian locos and US locos....
What! Ours in India stand 4.2-4.4 m tall. These US ones are the giants, will give them 4.8-5m.
@@kitchentreatIt's True, Compared to European Locomotives, Our Locomotives are Very large.
Indyjski liliput.... Mała indyjska lokomotywa. Ja wiem. Amerykanie robią mocne tory. Oni robią potwory.
I always wonder why they put grills on the windsheilds.
Protection from rocks and other things that could be thrown at the window, or to prevent Anybody trying to slip out of the Coaches.
Idk why indians still brag about this engine it’s made in America
First 20 were built in America
Woah! That thing is tiny!
As tunnels are not high in India, pulling capacity is same.
Well yes it is small, But It's actually Us With Giant Locomotives, Since Europe and Asia has smaller Locomotives than us.
7:05 what is the use of this blue colour tank mounted on the front of locomotive?
It simulates wet rail conditions to see how the traction control behaves under those conditions.
@@stephankoenig5481 thank you very much for this valuable knowledge thats why these locomotives run very effectively on wet rails. Lots of love from India.
@@stephankoenig5481 Why the other GE locomotives are attached behind this test mule?
@@sarthakpanda8641 They are used in various ways to simulate a train. Mainly by applying the dynamic brakes while pulling.
@@stephankoenig5481 oh! That's why I can hear a lot of sounds from the dynamic brake blowers of these locomotives with the furious engine sound of IR6000.
What motor is in them they almost sound like the 7HDL16
It's a modified version of that motor.
I live mhorora at your township
that 6000hp indian loco definitely has a different sound to it…not very GE
Probably due to V16
Do they have BroadGuage test track ?
They made special trucks that worked on American gauge just to test them.
What happened to 899 after it’s last assignment?
Its still stored in the plant. I occasionally is sued as a buffer car.
Oh okay
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Why American locomotives have large fuel tank when compared to india
American locomotives are designed to go longer distances between fuelings.
Locomotives built in the US have larger fuel tanks so they are able to run longer distances between fuelings.
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