The SD40. I've seen and worked with so many of them at work it's not even funny. . I forget the reason why they do that generator issues if i recall correctly i forgot what the mechanic told me. The SD40's are old and wheel slip modules and other parts are scarce so i'm surprised somebody hasn't designed new modules and other parts to keep the locomotives in prime service.
Would have been more interesting to see hydraulic transmissions on US locomotives. Don't need to hear all the reasons why they didn't. I know what people will say. Just love the mechanical aspects and purity, don't want to hear the financial reasons.
Great sound! But I see the SD40-2 is surging. It happened to one of my cars once because of a bad alternator belt, not the alternator itself. This could be suffering from a bad alternator or some other electrical issue.
It also is smoking a bit more than they normally do. It might be due to the surging, because they will smoke when the throttle is increased at higher power levels (about notch 4 or 5 I think).
@@rearspeaker6364 The 645 engines do not have turbo clutches. They are turbo over roots-blown engines. It's more than likely a governor issue. Very common on older GM/EMD two-stroke diesels.
Many reasons, bad maintenance, something is going bad (turbo, alternator, cylinder etc…) or the engine might not be tuned correctly which causes less fuel to be burned and it spits it out the exhaust as smoke
CSX spent a bundle but did cure the ailments of the SD-50's.
The SD-50 Southern Pacific are my babies. Filthy dirty loud from 1992. They got the best acceleration sound.
Amazing job and I like the Conrail high-cube box car behind the locomotives
Thank you! This train sure had a neat car consist!
@@SkyhawkACE123 I absolutely agree
Sounds awesome! One of them is surging.
The SD40. I've seen and worked with so many of them at work it's not even funny. . I forget the reason why they do that generator issues if i recall correctly i forgot what the mechanic told me. The SD40's are old and wheel slip modules and other parts are scarce so i'm surprised somebody hasn't designed new modules and other parts to keep the locomotives in prime service.
@@BossSpringsteen69 ah ok
@funky sawman Wright ah thts cool
@@BossSpringsteen69 parts are not scarce for the dash-2 electronics---you can buy all the -2 parts off of ebay, they are that plentiful.
Would have been more interesting to see hydraulic transmissions on US locomotives. Don't need to hear all the reasons why they didn't. I know what people will say. Just love the mechanical aspects and purity, don't want to hear the financial reasons.
Great sound! But I see the SD40-2 is surging. It happened to one of my cars once because of a bad alternator belt, not the alternator itself. This could be suffering from a bad alternator or some other electrical issue.
It also is smoking a bit more than they normally do. It might be due to the surging, because they will smoke when the throttle is increased at higher power levels (about notch 4 or 5 I think).
I always wondered about that when they did that
@Donald Norfleet slipping turbo clutch, or electrical issues causing the governor to slowly cycle between min. and max field.
@@rearspeaker6364 you have no idea do you
@@rearspeaker6364 The 645 engines do not have turbo clutches. They are turbo over roots-blown engines. It's more than likely a governor issue. Very common on older GM/EMD two-stroke diesels.
Seems like that the second loco has a pulsating engine load (puffs of smoke) - why is that?
Probably a governor that needs attention.
A gevo in full power sounds the best
Why is the trail in unit smokin harder than the lead loco??
Many reasons, bad maintenance, something is going bad (turbo, alternator, cylinder etc…) or the engine might not be tuned correctly which causes less fuel to be burned and it spits it out the exhaust as smoke
EX Conrail SD60 Leading
1: I hate people that comment obvious information in the comments.
2: It's not an SD60.
3: It's not even from Conrail.
@@devonk.brokenburr6811 They are not, the SD50 and the SD60 use completely different engines and utilize different technologies
@@devonk.brokenburr6811 A V6 Mustang and a GT500 have the same carbody, so they must be the same right?
@@floridianrailauto9032 nice lol
@@floridianrailauto9032 correct it isn’t ex conrail. It’s former Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Ironically, it had the same number when it was built.
Not anywhere close to run 8 and the SD40 is not loading properly so it will shut down eventually.
That's every single bit of full throttle. And the SD40 is loading, you can hear it surging. I've ran SD40's that do that before.
No doubt that’s run 8
you have no idea do you
LOL are you nuts? Locomotives don't just turn off because they think they're not working right