High Hood SD40-2 Switching Customers! Norfolk Southern Local Trains
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2019
- Back in March 2009, I chased this H31 local working the GAF-Elk shingle plant and Lebanon Seaboard Corporation with a High Hood SD40-2 and SD60. Both of these EMD locomotives were set up for long hood forward operation at the time. The 3201 has since had its nose chopped and the cab-end designated as the front. NS 6608 was rebuilt into SD60E 7006 in June 2015.
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I hope you enjoy this throwback of switching action! I had previously uploaded these videos, but the quality was bad from the old editor so I remastered them into the original 1080p format and cleaned them up a bit.
I could listen to these EMD idle and throttle noises all day. I do miss the former Southern high nose SD40-2's being a common sight, but there are still 10 former Norfolk & Western high nose SD40-2's running today (none in this area).
Thanks for watching!
Recorded on March 17, 2009 in 1080p with a Canon VIXIA HG20
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OMGEVO!!!! Awesome video. High Hoods = Happiness.
Lol, thanks Drayton!
Love the High Hoods
Super nice catch Cen Penn. They kept their crews very safe for a very long time.
Awesome video of local switch w the high hood engine! Can't say I've ever seen one of those b4 but very unique! Thanks for sharing your videos and I'm viewing them from the 1st state of DELAWARE.
Thank you for all your amazing videos!!
Ah there’s nothing more exciting than an NS high hood traveling through the Pennsylvania countryside. Add in a P3 or Illinois Central’s Nathan P5 and you have twice the excitement you have
To me, there's no better-sounding engine than the SD40's. Great video. Just subscribed since you're fellow Pennsylvanian!
I love me some NS. That is a nice catch there. Thank you so much for sharing. Thumbs up.
I like the old horn on that high hood!! It brings me back to when I remember those all around me
Glad you liked it!
Wow, this is an awesome video! All kinds of cool stuff and I love the use of the maps too
IT nice locomotive you might want to clean it
Awesome catches and footage. Appreciate the description of what’s happening, as always. Thanks for your great hard work. Have a great weekend. - Drew
Thanks Drew!
Nice catches! I like the Norfolk Southern Hi-Hood EMD SD40-2, the Norfolk Southern EMD SD60, and the Nathan P3 Air-Horn a lot! Really nice!
I like the P3 too, although it has a bit of a squeal. It's such a rare horn to find on NS locomotives today.
@@CentralPennRailProductions Yes! I actually heard a P3 on a Norfolk Southern EMD SD70ACe earlier this year, which is very rare. I actually would prefer it on the older locomotives than the newer ones. I actually caught that locomotive in Wauseon, Ohio, which is 33 miles from Toledo, Ohio.
This high hood SD 40-2 is the former Southern Railway
Good descriptions in the captions.
Fantastic video, this video is a reminder that NS’s SOU roots aren’t as apparent today with all the rebuilds and such.
Great catch! I'm glad I got to see one of these before they were rebuilt, but sadly, it wasn't leading.
At least there's a high-hood B23-7 in my area though, I suppose. :P
Also, the SOU's SD60s just really show how committed to LHF operation they were, lol.
Did you mean the SD40-2's? The SD60's were actually purchased 3 years after the merger, but by then Southern and N&W habits were still around. Interestingly though, N&W started going short hood / short nose forward with new orders on their SD40-2's and other locomotives starting in 1974.
@@CentralPennRailProductions The SD60s, but I guess they were technically built for NS. However, it's worth noting that the SOU still technically existed up into the 1990s, along with the N&W and other predecessor railroads, as everything wasn't quite merged together after the two company's got under one ownership. Hence why older NS locomotives could (and I believe sometimes can) still be found with SOU, N&W, CN&OTP, AGS, and other reporting but in NS paint.
@@freebrickproductions Yeah that's a good point, they sub-lettered the entity responsible for the equipment. The CN&OTP still exists on paper!
Beautiful details! 👌👌👌 Subscribed.
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Nice catches
Nice Catch
Sweet P3
The SD60 is a good engine. Looks like the trouble-prone SD50, but what a difference. I think it was the first equipped with on-board microprocessers.
Brilliant !
Times sure have changed in the last decade
Indeed they have, thanks for the comment!
High hoods Rock!!! For your next horn compilation do the K5H
I will have to see. I don't think I have that many K5H recordings.
No it’s just a turbocharged sd9
So 3201 had a P3 on the long hood and a P5 on the short hood. Interesting
Yes, most bi-directional units had a horn on each end! I thought one would never see something like that ever again in this day-and-age of cost-cutting, but Distant Signal had a great video on the new CSX ST70AH's that showed a mini 2-chime K horn embedded on the long hood!
That horn is the best horn ever besides the K5LLA
Cp and cn were wise they buy asamu of the sd's they can rebuild them and put em to work love that diesel turbine sound raw power direct moto
Excellent Video
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What’s inside the high hood? Anything?
What was the big draw to have the long hood forward? Or is it reminiscent of the steam engines? For switching I guess it really doesn’t matter but for the long haul I would assume a low nose would be safer
Watco Had Some HH SD40-2 But They Are Gone Off The Roster
that view at 4:03
Wow, I would call this real history with two units set up for LHF operation. Is it just me or does that seem like a lot of power for a fairly small local?
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