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West Of Hudson Studios
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Your friendly neighborhood New Jersey foamer and railroad historian!
Hey, everyone! Welcome to West Of Hudson Studios! This is an alternate channel dedicated JUST TO RAILFANNING! Hope you can understand! Anyway, This channel will be bringing you with NON-STOP adventures on the rails in primarily the eastern coast of the United States, featuring TONS OF TRAIN ACTION! Occasionally, there will be some gameplay on the channel! I will also feature scenic train rides (if I can)! I run this channel on my own and will plan to improve this channel to the greatest extent just for all of you railfans out there! Hope you guys don't mind if we go off-topic here and there! So if you want to, you're welcome to subscribe and enjoy the journey! Hope to see you soon! All aboard!
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Hey, everyone! Welcome to West Of Hudson Studios! This is an alternate channel dedicated JUST TO RAILFANNING! Hope you can understand! Anyway, This channel will be bringing you with NON-STOP adventures on the rails in primarily the eastern coast of the United States, featuring TONS OF TRAIN ACTION! Occasionally, there will be some gameplay on the channel! I will also feature scenic train rides (if I can)! I run this channel on my own and will plan to improve this channel to the greatest extent just for all of you railfans out there! Hope you guys don't mind if we go off-topic here and there! So if you want to, you're welcome to subscribe and enjoy the journey! Hope to see you soon! All aboard!
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Dean Street - Brooklyn's Train Station That Time Forgot
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!!! I OWN NO PHOTOS OR VIDEOS, THEY ALL BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS !!!
Brooklyn is a borough in NYC that's served by a variety of rapid transit lines - a bunch of busses, but notably, subway lines. The Franklin Shuttle is a connector line that connects three busy and major stations with each other along with having an extra station of its own, but just a little under 30 years ago, there used to be a fifth station on this line, but unfortunately, it wasn't really cared about all that well, which is why it basically died. Today, we're talking about Dean Street - the Subway Station that New York City forgot about.
All footage in this video was filmed by my amazing friend traintroopers9999 (2910), go follow him on Instagram!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Basic History
2:47 Opening Dean Street
4:10 The Problems
5:06 Closure
6:22 (Nearly) 30 Years Later
7:23 Thanks For Watching!
Sources / Credits:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Street_station
www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/elevated.html
www.nyctransitforums.com/topic/23153-do-you-remember-dean-street-station/
forgotten-ny.com/1998/10/franklin-avenue-shuttle-the-city-has-closed-this-line-for-reconstruction-but-while-it-was-open-it-was-probably-the-most-decrepit-route-in-the-city-here-are-some-pictures-from-just-before-the-renov/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Avenue_Shuttle
Music:
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Thank you all for watching this quick video, see you in the next one!
!!! I OWN NO PHOTOS OR VIDEOS, THEY ALL BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS !!!
Brooklyn is a borough in NYC that's served by a variety of rapid transit lines - a bunch of busses, but notably, subway lines. The Franklin Shuttle is a connector line that connects three busy and major stations with each other along with having an extra station of its own, but just a little under 30 years ago, there used to be a fifth station on this line, but unfortunately, it wasn't really cared about all that well, which is why it basically died. Today, we're talking about Dean Street - the Subway Station that New York City forgot about.
All footage in this video was filmed by my amazing friend traintroopers9999 (2910), go follow him on Instagram!
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:52 Basic History
2:47 Opening Dean Street
4:10 The Problems
5:06 Closure
6:22 (Nearly) 30 Years Later
7:23 Thanks For Watching!
Sources / Credits:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Street_station
www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/elevated.html
www.nyctransitforums.com/topic/23153-do-you-remember-dean-street-station/
forgotten-ny.com/1998/10/franklin-avenue-shuttle-the-city-has-closed-this-line-for-reconstruction-but-while-it-was-open-it-was-probably-the-most-decrepit-route-in-the-city-here-are-some-pictures-from-just-before-the-renov/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Avenue_Shuttle
Music:
ua-cam.com/video/Pbpjh8_QI3U/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/2l0w48cRW5A/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/mIrbV6t_RN8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/0E5l2GHBxB8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/axfEhkENUgQ/v-deo.html
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
Thank you all for watching this quick video, see you in the next one!
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The Small Weird World of Fairbanks-Morse's Streamlined Locomotives
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discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt !!! I OWN NO PHOTOS OR VIDEOS, THEY ALL BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS !!! There are multiple railroad locomotive manufacturers across America that have produced many successful locomotives and some oddballs, but one manufacturer in particular produced probably the most unorthodox and unique locomotives - especially their oddballs. Most of those oddballs just hap...
First Catch of 2025 - NJ Transit's NEWEST Heritage Unit departs Hoboken Terminal! 01/03/2025
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discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt Hello and welcome to a brand new year, despite this video being uploaded close to next month! On Friday, Jan 3rd, I recieved a heads up about 4208 on a Port Jervis Northbound due to depart Hoboken at around 4 PM, so when I got out of school, I simply went to the terminal to film its departure. This is cool because my first catch of the year is a heritage unit - actually, t...
A Very Slow Friday on the CSX River Subdivision at Ridgefield Park, NJ 12/27/24
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Discord Server (ages 13 and up): discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt Hello! I know this is uploaded very late, but on Friday, December 27, 2024, me and some friends headed out for the day to film what we'd expect to be an action packed day of freight trains on the CSX River Sub to wrap up 2024. However, there was a dead hour for about 2 hours, and between 10 am - 4 pm, only 9 trains came, and they all moved ...
FAST and Friendly Trains along the Morristown Line at Mountain Station! 11/27/24
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Discord Server (Ages 13 and up): discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt Hello! On Friday, November 27th, I ventured out with my friend @cryorig_transit05 to film some rush hour action on the Morristown Line Racetrack at the famous Mountain Station located in South Orange, NJ! We didn't stay around for too long, but we still managed to get a TON of action - including a heritage unit and an equipment move! This s...
Night Trains on the former Montclair Branch @ Watsessing Avenue 11/15/24
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Discord Server (Ages 13 and up): discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt Hello! This is more or less a part 2 to my last video. Before my connection arrived, I sat at Newark Broad for nearly 40 minutes railfanning trains during the sunset. It was already dark out when I got off here, which is why all of my shots are at night. It was still the rush hour so me and my friend managed to catch a few express trains he...
A Bustling Sunset Hour at Newark Broad Street 11/15/24 (ft. Aqua Train)
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Discord Server (ages 13 and up): discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt Hello and welcome to the first "new" railfanning video of 2025! On November 15th, 2024, I was originally headed to railfan in Bloomfield but then I had to wait an hour for my connecting train, so I spent that hour railfanning at Newark Broad until my train came. I spent less time at Bloomfield than I wanted, but at least it was made up with...
2025 - What's To Come?
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Discord Server: discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt HAPPY 2025 EVERYONE! In this video, I'm gonna be giving basic updates on my plans for this channel for the new year whilst also recapping all major highlights in the railroading industry from 2024. Let's make this year count, because it's gonna be BIG! Subscribe today!: www.youtube.com/@westofhudsonstudios4726 Thanks for watching everybody, and have a great...
Alaska's Streamlined Road Switcher Locomotives
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!!! I OWN NO PHOTOS, THEY ALL BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS !!! Cowl Unit Productions: www.youtube.com/@UCK-YtZwKE5pScPUiE-QzKQw When someone asks you about streamlined trains, they almost never think of these things, that were only ever native to Alaska. Born and died there. Today, me and @cowlunitproductions2004 will take you through the story of Alaska's quirky winter battling exp...
Holiday Special: Middletown & New Jersey's Toys For Tots Train makes a stop at Middletown, NY
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Thumbnail provided by @cryorig_transit05 ! Merry Christmas, everyone! This year, me and my friends headed out deep into the New York's Southern Tier to catch the annual "Toys For Tots" Christmas train operated by the local "Middletown and New Jersey Railway" shortline. It had a leased NJ Transit Work engine for power which was a bit disappointing because the trailing locomotive couldn't lead du...
Vermont's Little-Known Commuter Rail Attempt
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!!! ALL PHOTOS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS, I OWN NONE OF THEM !!! When someone asks you about Vermont, normally, trains are not what come to mind because Vermont doesn't have that much to offer in terms of that category, but during the early 2000s, there was one specific train that stood out against the others and is something that hasn't been tried until then. The concept of "com...
Why I Like Branch Lines
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!!! ALL PHOTOS BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS & EDITORS !!! This is a video solely based around opinion. It's not meant to be taken personally. If you disagree with my opinion at all, that's fine and I won't berate you for it. If you read the title of this video, you probably didn’t know this about me. So allow me to explain. On this channel, I’ve done videos explaining the history of...
Florida's Controversial DMUs That Could've Worked
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!!! I OWN NO PHOTOS OR VIDEOS, THEY ALL BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS !!! All game clips were recorded in RES's Rail Sim Universe game. Florida has a lot of variety when it comes to trains. You’ve got the Florida East Coast, Brightline, Amtrak, US Sugar, SunRail, and for today’s topic, Tri-Rail. Tri-Rail is an 80 mile commuter line connecting Miami Airport and Miami Central Station w...
Every NJ Transit Station in 10 WORDS OR LESS. (Over 200 stations)
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!!! ALL PHOTOS IN THIS VIDEO BELONG TO THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS, I OWN NONE OF THEM !!! This video is very different but at the same time, it's not. This is not an original video and has been inspired by Cowl Unit Productions, so props to him. Also I tried to be funny with the thumbnail but it came out pretty sloppy, so my bad on that guys. Anyway, nobody has covered this topic in 10 words or le...
EMDs Galore at Ho-Ho-Kus! Off-peak Commuter Action in Early November 11/8/24
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I'm back at Ho-Ho-Kus once again! This time, I was with a few more friends. We only stayed for a couple hours this time, but in that time, we got some pretty good stuff! Anyway, that's enough yapping. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this new video! Subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@westofhudsonstudios4726 Discord Server: discord.gg/T9Qs4ACyEt
The Lackawanna's Finest Train - The Phoebe Snow Story
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The Lackawanna's Finest Train - The Phoebe Snow Story
Two Off-Peak NJ Transit Commuter Trains at Dover station 11/7/24
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Two Off-Peak NJ Transit Commuter Trains at Dover station 11/7/24
Railfan Short: NJ Transit 4100 departs from Hoboken on Train 1225 to Waldwick, NJ
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Railfan Short: NJ Transit 4100 departs from Hoboken on Train 1225 to Waldwick, NJ
General Electric's Unknown Streamlined Locomotive - The UM20B
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General Electric's Unknown Streamlined Locomotive - The UM20B
Two Weekend Commuter Trains at Westwood, NJ 11/3/24
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Two Weekend Commuter Trains at Westwood, NJ 11/3/24
Peak Fall Foliage on the ex-Erie at Ho-Ho-Kus! Railfanning the COMPLETE Rush Hour! 10/25/24
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Peak Fall Foliage on the ex-Erie at Ho-Ho-Kus! Railfanning the COMPLETE Rush Hour! 10/25/24
The Express Train They Don't Tell You About
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The Express Train They Don't Tell You About
Hunterdon County's Least used Station: Lebanon
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Hunterdon County's Least used Station: Lebanon
The Atlantic City Train Wreck 118 Years Later
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The Atlantic City Train Wreck 118 Years Later
A Great Evening at Maplewood! Friendly Crews, Heritage Units and MORE! 9/27/24
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A Great Evening at Maplewood! Friendly Crews, Heritage Units and MORE! 9/27/24
New Jersey's Most Useless Train Station
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New Jersey's Most Useless Train Station
A Lovely Friday Evening Rush Hour @ Short Hills, NJ with friends! - 9/20/24
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A Lovely Friday Evening Rush Hour @ Short Hills, NJ with friends! - 9/20/24
Whippany Railway Museum's Lackawanna MU 40th Anniversary Excursion - 9/8/24
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Whippany Railway Museum's Lackawanna MU 40th Anniversary Excursion - 9/8/24
My grandfather was a UP hoghead in Omaha. He told me in spite of many negative comments in his opinion the FM' operating on UP were top quality power and hard pullers.
Thank you for this informative video on Fairbanks-Morse locomotives. Large Fairbanks-Morse engines powered two interesting vessels. The USS Mackinac (AVP-13) had two direct reversing, double-shafted 6000hp 2-stroke F-M diesels. That vessel was eventually scrapped. A F-M powered vessel that can be toured is in Mackinaw City, MI and is known as the USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83). I toured that vessel the summer of 2008 and you should make it a destination vacation to tour it. This is a very interesting vessel in that it is diesel-electric with six (6) 10-cylinder 2-stroke F-M 38D8-1/8 diesels that power electric generators that power the propellers. Each of the three (3) propellers has its own DC motor. The electric output of each F-M powered generator can be switched to the three motors in different combinations. There is a DC motor ballast pump with >25,000 GPM for rocking the vessel for icebreaking. This is a must see example of USA finest excellent engineering and manufacturing.
Great report! I'll tell you my young friend you've got a real genius for finding the obscure and telling the tale in an interesting and engaging way. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the video! I have a school project where we talk about Modernity, and I'm doing mine about the CNJ No. 1000. This video helped me out a ton!
Others have mentioned that F-M still lives on as F-M Defense. Interestingly enough they also still make the Alco 251 engine and provide parts for it. I think the biggest problem with the F-M OP engines is that they were different. They are still used on ships. Same for the Alco 251.
Hylarious how Talgo cars were considered a bad ride already back in the 50's and we are still suffering them in Spain and other places in Europe. The trains looked awesome, though. I did not know of them until I saw this video, thanks.
Thanks. I often thought the C-liner was the same as the shark nose. Nope one is F M and the Baldwin. Thanks. I some of both in O gauge models....
Had to quit watching when the irratating flute music showed up. Don't know why so many people who produe otherwise quality videos feel the need to put music in the background.
I'd never seen that WP scheme in color before..
Once back in 2000 or 2001, I got to take the controls of a Fairbanks-Morse switcher at the Western Pacific Railway Museum in Portola, CA. Definitely a unique experience.
OP800 looks to share contours with the Electroliners produced by St. Louis Car Company.
Great video, I never knew about the "Erie Builds". I can also attest that even as a young model railroader back in the 1970's, I considered the New Haven Red/White & Black the ugliest Diesel scheme ever, and its boxcars too!! Baldwin Shark nose is my favorite early passenger diesel design, and the D & H gets my vote for the best paint scheme ever painted on a diesel with their PA's. And P.S., I love your Shazam Music between Chapters :) 👍👍💯
Looks like a good spot I’ll have to check out!
Fairbanks Morse to me is a company which made recoil starters for the Power Products and then later Tecumsehe two stroke small engine Type AH 81 which was often used in outboard motors. That "Fairbanks-Morse" type recoil starter was later replaced by the simpler "Eaton" type recoil starter somewhere in the 1970´s.
Oops. The pictures you show of BCR RCC 6 are, in fact, a converted EMD F7B, and one is an HO model.
I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW RAILROADS WOULD GO TO THOSE UGLY UGLY ABSOLUTELY UGLY SWITCHER LOCOMOTIVE STYLES AS MAINLINE LOCOMOTIVES
"Semmy" NOT "sem-eye"....
THADDeus!!! Jeez!
Really enjoying your channel! Do you have a Patreon link? I’d like to help you buy more cameras. Thank you.
I think the F-M 38 8-1/8 opposed piston diesel engines were very reliable if properly maintained. Unfortunately, crooks like past New Haven president Patrick B. McGinnis, are still kicking around in industry today, so good to read he went to jail.
Beautiful trains and a good VIDEO with horrible NARRATION. I lost track (pun intended) of all the errors in pronunciation, most egregiously: "debuted". Dude, practice your script in front of your debate coach at your high school before you put it on the Web for all eternity....
I caught 'debuted' too. My ears moved like a dog hearing a potato chip bag. Overall a good vid though.
🎉Great video! Come see lucastrainverse!🎉
I well remember being with my dad in the summer of '64, pacing Trainmasters on the Pittsburgh and West Virginia (next N&W, now Wheeling and Lake Erie) downgrade from Hickory to Avella. Oh what wonderful memories.
Now we know the Progeny of the Electroliner / Liberty Liner!
The single biggest cause of failure of FM diesels wasnt the mechanics, despite Fairbanks' claims. Eventually, they admitted the problem was the design. FM engines were designed for boats, that had a constant supply of cold ocean water for coolant. Turns out, you take that engine, put it in a road diesel with significantly hotter humid intake air, couple it with a conventional coolant system, and the engines would get up to normal operating temperature and fail spectacularly. They eventually replaced the internals with forged components that eliminated the reliability problems, but their reputation was in tatters by then.
Napier managed it in the UK with the Deltic powerplant:- originally a Royal Navy minesweeper engine..
Oof Rip those BC rail RC units tho 😢
Dime store ALCO!
A lot of people claim to have built the first cast iron plow
When an FM unit needed servicing at the CPR shops in Calgary working on the bottom of the prime mover always fell to the lowest man on the totem pole. Usually some unlucky first-year apprentice diesel mechanic. You were guaranteed to come out covered in grease, oil and anything else gravity had taken down there. That was probably true of the other big FM shop at Nelson BC but I didn't know anyone from there.
No mention was made of GM pressure on the railroads to buy EMD products. I interviewed a former FM salesman and he said GM implied to other railroads that if you buy FMs they would ship auto parts on other lines
I remember hearing about this also, in addition to being generally aggressive about sales, not laid-back like the other companies salesmen were.
EMD's first passenger loco was the E-1.
Nope, the first was EA
Technically, you’re both wrong, as production of passenger locomotives under EMC began with the 1800 hp ‘B-B’ passenger prototypes, and EMD under GM ownership continued production of the E-3. The EA/EB, E1, and E2 were in production simultaneously, although the surviving EA is the oldest surviving E-series locomotive. I hope there’s no hard feelings.
Why did show the wrong FM diesel when talking about the OP
19:49, this always struck me as odd, as the US Navy (read Admiral King) was seemingly pathological in their desire to have reliable and efficient equipment. Maybe the mark 14 was an extreme example, but if the engine had accessibility issues, would it not have been replaced in the submarines and therefore, not able to have the post-war career that it did?
The FM opposed piston diesel engines were employed in roughly half of the Nany's World War II era submarines where they performed admirably. This type of engine can be found on our nuclear submarines for emergency power and in many civilian uses where reliability if vital.
Too, an early rail application of Fairbanks-Morse's opposed-piston diesel engine was in repowering rail motor cars operated by The Milwaukee Road, Baltimore & Ohio and several other roads (i.e., as replacing gasoline or flash steam prime movers) in the early 1930's. Sadly, records of these conversions no longer exist. Canadian Locomotive Co., Ltd., was the Canadian licencee for Fairbanks-Morse because of high Canadian import duties then prevailing thanks to the Ottawa Treaty's giving tariff precedence to imports vis-a-vis Great Britain and other British Commonwealth states (i.e., such trade being exempted from import duties thanks to their currencies' value being pegged, in some way, to Sterling).
Similar story here in the UK, with the Napier Deltic opposed piston engines, also originally a naval powerplant, famously fitted in pairs in British Rail class 55 diesel locos..
I've always heard the Erie built and C-Liner referred to as "shark nose," but I think "boat nose" might be more fitting. I've had both HO and N scale models of the H-24-66. Thanks for the brief history of FM.
The sharknose locomotives were produced by Baldwin, not Fairbanks-Morse. Baldwin built more steam locomotives than anyone during its long history. The builder had a few unsuccessful early diesel experiments, which led them to decide that diesel locomotives would fail even while ALCO and upstart Electro-Motive Corporation continued to develop diesel power. Baldwin misread the political landscape, since big cities began banning the operation of steam locomotives due to smoke. Baldwin missed this starting opportunity and was left chasing when railroads realized that diesels were more economical to operate.
I always liked fairbanks morse diesels. I have several HO models of the FM Erie built , C liners , H24-66 , and the H16-44 . With the Erie builts and C liners I've also heard their noses refered to as chisel noses.My favorite FM loco was the H24-66 trainmaster. Years ago back in the early 1960s I got a close up look at an H24-66 on the Jersey Central RR in Wlikes Barre PA. Loved the sound of those 12 cylinder opposed piston diesels .
Ironically, Baldwin actually were on to something in that passengers do absolutely flock to steam-hauled passenger trains, so the idea to introduce diesels and electrics in freight service, switching, and freight-heavy mixed traffic service was sound. Doubly so considering that steam locomotives are better suited to sustaining speeds in the upper reaches of their performance range.
@@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis In essence, creating the concept of the diesel road switcher with their DRS-6-4-15 model (i.e., diesel road switcher, six axles overall, four powered axles [i.e., A1A-A1A Whyte arrangement], 1,500 horsepower), 29 of which were produced between 1946 and 1952. The first such, BLW demonstrator 1500, would later be sold to Union Pacific as their 1250. Its 12¾" x 15½" diesel prime mover used the De La Vergne marine engine as its foundation; in this particular instance, the 1,500 hp 608SC variant (eight cylinders, turbocharged, at 625 rpm) was deployed. (It may be worth noting that in 1951, Baldwin acquired the Lima-Hamilton Corporation, itself product of a 1947 merger between the Lima Locomotive Works, legendary for their high-powered steam locomotives and the Shay geared steam locomotives for lumber line service, and the Hamilton Corporation, manufacturer of diesel engines; Lima-Hamilton produced several diesel locomotives between 1949 and acquisition by Baldwin, at which time it took the style of Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, locomotive production essentially discontinued in Lima-Hamilton's own right. BLH ended production outright in 1956.)
What another Red under the bed being flushed out by Crusader trying to protect his job,
the OP-800's look Italian.
THADDeus. Not Thad DEE us.
GE really grifted the locomotive industry by helping smaller manufactures build their own engines then commandeering those market shares with the U-boat series.
The funniest part being, as mention in the video, GE Financial was one of the biggest lenders to railroads in that era and so basically made money no matter who's locomotive they bought.
Not to mention supplying electricals to EMD, Fairbanks-Morse and, after Westinghouse left the rail electrical business in 1952, Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton. (Westinghouse, know, was a major BLW shareholder.) Between 1940 and 1952, GE had a joint venture with American Locomotive Co. (ALCO) to market diesel-electric locomotives sold under the ALCO-GE brand, not to mention manufacturing light diesels in its own right, in particular the 44-ton center-cab road switcher as found popularity on short lines and secondary lines of Class I roads especially considering that, under the 1937 agreements between the railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen protecting firemens' jobs, diesel engines weighing less than 45 tons could be operated only with an engineer. (But then again, GE did have some competition in the 44-ton diesel market from Davenport Locomotive Works; H. K. Porter, Inc. [later acquired by Davenport]; and Whitcomb Locomotive Works, which was a Baldwin division but operated in its own right.)
Awesome video.... lurned more about fair banks here then anywhere else 👍👍👍👍
You might try reading...
ONE ADVANTAGE THE ERIE BUILT UNITS AS THAT ALL THE ELECTRICAL PARTS WERE BUILT BY GENERAL ELECTRIC, RATHER THAN THE MORE TROUBLESOME WESTINGHOUSE EQUIPMENT!!
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3:33 YES, I love the Seaboard doodblebugs 6:56 That is the best looking Erie Built hands down
Those MILW locos were handsome, no doubt about that.
These were good looking engines, sadly only a couple remaining in non operational condition. The Soviet railways copied the engine design from submarines they obtained during WW2 and built tenths of thousands of these engines powering classes 2TE3, 2TE7 and all variations of the 2TE10. Many of the latter are still in operation and have power raised to 3000hp per unit. The traction motor flashover has nothing to do with traction motors touching each other, as that would mean the locomotive has crashed in a very violent way. The DC electric motors have commutators, just like your model train motor. It's the part where the carbon brushes feed power into the rotating armature of the motor. A flashover occurs when voltage gets too high, then arcs jump the brass segments of the commutator which creates a short, and this damages the commutator. High voltage does generally come with high speed operation as rpm on a DC motor is proportional to the voltage applied.
Flashover happens at low speed (or worse, at stall) with lots of power applied. It's part of why 3-phase AC induction motors are king for traction motors now, they can't flash over.
Was there was too much demanded of the ‘Bo-2’ truck configuration, even with a locomotive on each end, at low speed? And, was that demand also too high for the third rail power going to the traction motors in Grand Central operations?
A descendent of Fairbanks Morse, called FM Defense still makes the 38 8-1/8 engine to this day, having been in continuous production since 1938. While they weren't very popular on locomotives, they have been used very successfully in US submarines through the '40's & 50's and are still used as backup power on Los Angeles, Seawolf and Ohio class submarines. As a side note, they once also built radios and I have a 1930's Fairbanks-Morse radio I restored several years ago.
The difference between marine and railroad service is that the latter generally has the prime mover operating at a continuous speed, something that is not conducive to long life in railroad service.
FM diesels were also used as aux power generators on aircraft carriers. The Essex class had 2 units. The pictured engine when introducing the opposed engine is not even close to the actual engine.
At about 14:30 in the Picture of the FM/TALGO "John Quincy Adams" (#3100), and in the background one can see the Baldwin/Pullman Standard "Dan'l Webster" (#3000), which was based on the "Train X", also used by the NYC as "The Explorer". An interesting Photo! EDIT: it was "The Xplorer", my AutoCorrupt(tm) renamed it. Props to @LarryEllisreedw280 for pointing out my Typo.
Actually, it was known as Xplorer, operating Cincinnati-Columbus-Cleveland for a few years until mechanical issues aggravated by rough track ensued; such would later be deployed in commuter service out of Chicago. The Xplorer's diesel power was more or less a swansong attempt by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton to try and reclaim business by deploying a diesel-hydraulic engine using German-designed Mek-Hydro transmission.
@@larryellisreed280 Thanks for the Correction. I knew it was the "Xplorer", but apparently my AutoCorrpt(tm) thought that it new better! 😅 I have "New York Central and the Trains of the Future" by Geoffrey H. Doughty, 1997,, TLC Publishing. If you haven't read it I recommend seeking it out. 🙂
The New Haven P-12-42 issues were mostly due to its third rail ekwctricals... A for entrance into New York City. The systems simply kept blowing up, rather spectacularly,and after one such incident, the NYFD had apparently had enough and destroyed one of the locomotives electrical cabinets with their axes,doing so much damage the units and their train never operated again. Some of the cars survived Into the 1990s in Spain ,and Were slated for preservation,but vandals apparently burned them and they were scrapped. The B&M units, lacking the auxiliary third rail gear,were used ,not in Boston to Portland service,but in Boston area commuter rail service. Because of their HEP and having to run at a constant speed while laying over,they were VERY unpopular with the local communities they spent the nightly hours in. They were withdrawn for service in the mid 60sbit the Locomotives actually survived Into the early 80s in a scrap yard in Maine,serving as stationary Power plants for the scrap yard equipment,and in reasonably decent shape. However,both units were scrapped upon sale of the scrapyard site to a real estate developer around 1985-ish.....
They ran in Boston to Portland service briefly in the beginning.
15:53 That Cadillac hi-rail executive inspection car was certainly one-of-a-kind!! 🤩 (white-wall tires, too!!!)
No expenses were spared if you're robbing the company😊.
There are 2 C-liner preserved. Two Canadian Pacific 4104 and 4065
Boston & Maine mentioned Jokes aside, very informative and enjoyable video. Great job!
Great video explaining the histories of these underrated diesels. Based on my research of these diesels for my episode of Unbuilt on them, I noticed that most railroads either wanted a high or low horsepower version of an engine, and not something inbetween. Likewise, there aren't too many engine classes that have 5 axles, since most railroads want the stability of either a 4 axle or 6 axle engine. Furthermore, 5 axle engines could prove to be problematic for some operations, as the Long Island Railroad C Liners were almost always noted for the 3 axle rear truck picking or jumping switch points, which made the LIRR always opt for 4 axle power afterwards.
But... I saw the ast one... Isn't there a similar train preserved today?
@ALCO-C855-fan two CLC built A units are preserved. There were also two B units that had been converted to radio control receivers for BC Rail that were scrapped in 2023.
@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis Why didn't he mention these?