Doing a Locomotive Load Test on an EMD SD 40-2
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2024
- What's not to love about a 645 E3 prime mover in throttle run 8!
An awesome smoke show as they are doing a Load Test on our
EMD SD 40--2 Locomotive. Video taken after dark as I was on my
way home from work. The orangish yellow light on the side of the shop
building is a switch position indicator light for the switch that is located
on the east side of bridge 14.
Check out my other You Tube channel with more cool railroad and
rail fanning videos along with other adventures Dave has:
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Disclaimer: I am an employee of Iron Senergy at Cumberland
Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
have this job and everyone at the mine is very fortunate to have
Iron Senergy as it's current owner. Our past owners had every
intention of shutting this mine down, but Iron Senergy took
over and have kept this mine alive.
Please understand: I am NOT in any way an official or unofficial
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Iron Cumberland, Cumberland Mine, any of the mine's management,
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Any viewpoints or opinions I may make in the videos, in the
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Iron Synergy or any one at Iron Senergy or Cumberland Mine
necessarily has or makes.
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Dave is the kind of guy that found his niche in life. You can tell he enjoys the heck out of working for a railroad, and if he weren't working for them, he'd probably be railfanning them. I feel privileged to do both and really feel Dave's excitement. It got to me too, I just couldn't stay in the industry long enough to satisfy.
Thank you for the very nice comment JJ. I do love my job and sometimes on my day off will rail fan this place. We are so fortunate
that we have some new owners who purchased us and are keeping
us working steady. The last company had every intention of shutting
this place down. How sad that would have been. We do have problems here but all RR's have problems and we have some
good guys and work thru our problems and get things solved and
keep trains moving safely. Appreciate very much your paying us a
visit tonight to watch the video my friend.
I know, right? He seems like he's just barely controlling his excitement.
Nailed it you did!
I've said this before, doing your job well is the first reason you enjoy it. Dave, I want your enthusiasm down the final stretch when things start to hurt at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
@ceciltrane5418 👍😊 sometimes things start to hurt at 7 am....🤣
Dave, you are a ray of sunshine in a world full of pessimists and contrariness , I can always find you have a wonderful out look for the day
Thank you for the really kind words Kordziel. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test show my friend.
This is one of the few channels that gets an automatic like no matter what he shows: his infectious enthusiasm makes every video a joy to watch. Thank You Dave, Thank You very much!
Pleased to hear you are enjoying the home movies Maxasaurus. Thank you for the kind words and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Always love seeing 3098. Especially when I get to her her running. Nothing sounds better than that 16-645E3 around notch 4-5 where that low frequency rubble is really thumping. Thank you for stopping to grab a few minutes of film for us, Dave! I imagine when it's time to head home you're really looking forward to doing so!
Great to hear you enjoyed Shane. While I was making this was
thinking of you! Thinking to myself, Shane will love seeing and hearing this. Actually tho leaving work is the saddest part of the day for me,
I enjoy being here and being around the RR. But like my friend Robin
wrote in the last video, everything that has a beginning has an end.
Thanks so much for watching tonight my friend.
Oh I agree Shane, 4-5 reverberates awesomely!
Thanks for staying after work to bring this to us Dave! Very cool to hear that prime mover wind up! I like all the smoke too, keep up the great work!
You're certainly welcome and glad you enjoyed the show Fred. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Now that is something you don`t see every day! Thanks Dave.👍
You're certainly welcome and glad you enjoyed the show Wilbur. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Hearing it ramp up, keep at a higher rate, hold, and then slowly decrease sounded cool. Loved watching that exhaust steam! You can tell when it started to warm up, the steam decreased. Keen!
I hope it s NOT steam, as that would indicate a cracked cylinder liner or cylinder head.
It's water vapor a by-product of exaust from an internal combustion engine. A few hundred degree water vapor in 29 degree air is steam.@@doddyvanstraaten2774
Great to hear you enjoyed the show Trena. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Brings back the interesting days working in the Back Shop. The MILW was always power hungry. My buddy was supervising a load box test on an EMD SD45 after a total rebuild. The crew were at run-3 when the power desk foreman came by and demanded the loco. The crew let him know it would be a few hours to do the job right. He reached over and shoved the throttle into noch-8 and the unit shook a bit. The next thing the group heard was the turbo's impellers punching a neat circle of holes all around the car body. Needless to say the power desk didn't get what they wanted. Turns out that some yahoo left a large socket inside of the of the inlet to the turbo housing. Looking back I have one regret, I now wish I had keep some sort of daily journal of the people I worked with and all of the insane stuff that happened. I could've written a book or two.
I would hope the Foreman got sacked, but I know it doesn't often work like that....
@@TruthProvider ??? How'd you get that? I thought the moral of the story was that the Foreman enabled them to find out they'd done a lousy job way sooner then they would on their own, and that taking their time on the test would've been better spent checking out their work before the test.
@@TruthProvider Two short words: Union Rules... White hard hats can do no wrong.
I hear you on the wish had kept a journal Thomas. Sometimes you
just got to scratch your head and wonder what in the world are
people thinking, but that's railroading....:-) Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
😡Dave is such a grouchy and angry man. Most newborns cry their first minutes after being born. Dave? Starting giggling within ten seconds and never stopped! 😂 We need more people like him.
It doesn't seem to matter what the topic is, Dave is going to make it interesting and fun. Word on the street is he can make the Grinch laugh.
I definitely agree Dave is awesome 🤩 😊😊
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Thank you for the nice comment CC. That was very kind of you to
say that. We do appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test video my friend.
Dave is Santa at his day job.
You are NOT seeing that anywhere else, but here📹👷♂️.That primemover would spin that generator off like it wasn't bolted on😋🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋
Need to develop a sound card so you can do a load test on some
of your locos Doug.... Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the video my friend.
Might be doing something like that in the future. I have a Rapido GMD GP9RM with slug on pre-order. Gonna put a Blunami chip in it&control it with my phone. I'm still running on DC power, tho.
The 645 - 16 makes a beautiful sound. We had these in our SD40-2's on Utah Southern, and there's nothing better than the sound of those 2 units in notch 8 taking 100 cars up the hill. Thanks for sharing!
Appreciate the nice comment Ulrich. Glad you enjoyed
the video. We do thank you for taking the time to visit with
us and watch. May you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, my name is James. Augusta, WI. Just started watching your videos recently. I love the way you describe everything. I like all the videos I have had a chance to watch. Really neat . Thanks
Appreciate the very nice comment James and glad to hear you
are enjoying the home movies. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a most blessed day my friend.
Thanks Dave, enjoy your videos and your enthusiasm. I retired from GE (Wabtec) three years ago as the test cell engineer at the Grove City Diesel engine plant. I have always loved trains and big mechanical things. Was real exhilarating to be in the test cell with one of the big 16 cylinder engines. We would break them in slowly through the eight notches then shut them down for inspection and adjustments. After that, they would restart and notch up rather quickly (5 - 10 minutes) to Notch 8 which was 6250 hp for the 16's. Shook you to your very core.
Glad you enjoyed Hill Billy. I bet that would be an awesome sound to hear and experience you had. Pretty cool you worked at Wabtec. Thanks so much for taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test show my friend.
Dave, it's so fabulous to see you enjoying your work as you do, and it pales only in comparison to the pleasure I get from learning from while watching your videos. It's difficult for me to thank you enough for all the extra work you put into making these videos, but thank you, my friend!!
Praying God will continue to bless you
Appreciate the really nice comment Trainman. Very glad to hear
you have having a good time with us and we so do thank you for
taking the time to watch the home movies my friend.
What a wonderful sound. Thanks for staying late to give us a chance to listen to the load test my friend.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed Lewis. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
I have requested of one of the members of our planning commission to include a safe space where we rail fans can come to watch the trains. Hopefully it will happen. Thank you, Dave, for allowi b g those of us who have no fanning place a spit to kibbitz from you.
You're certainly welcome and hope your request gets granted Shirley. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Dave my man, I’ve been busy and have not watched anything for a couple of months. I’d almost forgotten how infectious your personality is. Along with your fantastic content! I appreciate what you do.
Appreciate the very nice comment Sweyn and it's okay not watching,
no problem, life gets in the way sometimes. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
I work on outdoor power equipment and I use a load bank tester to test the output of generators. It reads voltage, amps and hertz. Very useful tool.
That's pretty neat to hear, I had no idea they even made something
like that Bryan. Nice! Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
As simple as that was, I loved every bit of it. From Dave's infectious smile, and always-upbeat demeanor , to the lighting. It's almost a dark evening sky but the building lights are enough to highlight the snow flurries and the diesel smoke, along with the sides of the locomotives. Then add in the roar of the EMD engine and the humming of the dynamic brake resistors ... pretty cool, huh Dave ?? .. Alright .. I sure thought it was. Thank you for sharing this with us, Dave.
You’re hearing the grid fans. The grids don’t make any noise. That’s the grinding sound, the whistling sound is the turbocharger.
It certainly was pretty cool Kenneth, a lot of folks are really liking
this smoke show. Much better on a cold night to see, during the day
you don't see near the smoke. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Once upon a time I lived in a house that was well into an acceleration area for trains and I heard more than a few coming through notched up high like that. Shook the house too and we were at least 200yds from the tracks.
That's pretty cool William, I would love to live beside a RR yard
or track, all I'd do is make track inspections....:-) Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Very cool! Love these old EMD's!
Thank you Dan. Glad you enjoyed the home movie. We very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test video my friend.
Never thought of how load tests were done on locomotives. Thanks so much for sharing with us Dave! We have 6 two megawatt each generators we load test 3 at a time A plant / B plant. We use utility as our ‘load bank’.
Your certainly welcome Cordell. Would be neat to see how you
test those generators. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
@@ccrx6700 unfortunately we are unable to record anything on site due to security.
@@CordellCoats 👍😊
Thank you so much Dave! I was going to say that is one of the great sounds in railroading, but nah, it's one of the greatest sounds in the world, FULL STOP. 😊😊
You sure are right on that! Glad you enjoyed the show Pete. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Cheers Dave! 😊
@@petesopenrailsvideos 👍😊
Great video Dave, nothing like an EMD running at notch 8. Love it!!!
Thank you Jeff, glad you liked this one. It is pretty cool to see
and hear. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit and check out the video my friend.
Man....crank the sound up and it sounds like heaven......
Glad you enjoyed sstocker, it's pretty cool to be right there and feel the reverberations in the air. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Thanks Mr. Dave. Kudos to the mechanics that keep these engines running. Looked very clean and sounded solid in run 8.
You're certainly welcome and glad you enjoyed the show Rick. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
"I'm givin her all she's got Captain, she's not got any more to give"
"I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you do that"
LOL you got that right Rob. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Having load tested it also helps clean out the exhaust system. They run cleaner after that. We would clean ours out by opening the throttle and applying the engine brakes. Sparks would go flying up the stack and hit the screens on the S-2.
I would imagine if the shop lights weren't on and it was dark out, we
would have had a nice spark show to watch Don. :-) Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
That's the same thing we used to do at US Boraxo on our diesel electric overburden haul trux. We didn't load the engine generator sets thru the dynamic barking resistors. We used an external load resistor bank.
That's very interesting Andrew, I did not know they did load tests
on other diesel electric stuff. Cool to find that out. Thank you very much for dropping by to check out the video my friend.
Howdy Dave,
The company would be hard pressed
to find someone as knowledgeable and devoted as you are.
Your hearty laugh and happy face says it all.
Your videos are great !!
Thank you for the nice comment Barry. I am flattered by your kind words. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test video my friend.
Yes, load testing statically reconnects the motoring output to the resistor grids….and as you say older locos that can’t self load can be connected to a wayside load box. You can connect any loco to the load box, if you prefer to do it that way.
Yes you are right about that Jonny. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
That powerhouse is old enough to smoke however, I stopped smoking sixteen months ago, done with that Forever!!!!!!
A day at a time!
Me to man. Same time. Feel so much better but do like a crafty vape at times
Good for you Donnie, but let's hope this one never quits on us....:-)
Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
I’ve recently become a rail fan so your video hit my feed. This is the most enjoyable community on the tube.all the comments are positive and informative. 🤩Your happy energy is good for any one’s soul to watch, 🚂💓
Thank you for the nice comment Kurent Bells Ringing. Glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video and hope you will come
back to watch some more shows my new friend.
@@ccrx6700I’m very happy to be a fan. See you in the next one .
❤
@@kurentbellsringing4306 👍😊
Searched/Locomotive Load Test, Interesting Stuff, there's quite a few interesting documents Dave you have some smart mechanics there. Fellow non-railroad types check out:
LOAD BOX TESTING,HP,SFC OF DIESEL LOCO
These are contract mechanics and they do a great job for us Mack.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
DAVE WE ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR WONDERFUL VIDEOS THA NKYOU
Your welcome, glad you are enjoying. Thank you for the nice comment Martin and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Dave gave us another music video if you get what I mean. Those 16 cylinders in that locomotive making sweet music make a sweet video, Dave.
I love it.
Really pleased to hear you enjoyed UT. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Awesome! Nothing but water (steam) coming out of that EMD at full tilt! Very cool, indeed. 😎👍
Yep, they never let it warm up completely even though the radiator shutters were open, probably only had one of the three cooling fans running at that point, and only on low speed.
That is the exhaust that you see coming out.
@@gravelydon7072 Yes, of course. But what we are seeing here is primarily steam - water vapor being a big byproduct of combustion engine exhaust - just as you'd see coming from you car's exhaust on a winter day. The nasty stuff - NOx, CO, CO2 is present, but cannot be seen...the visible stuff illustrated here on a 29F evening is water vapor - i.e., steam.
Yes it was Patrick, glad you enjoyed the show. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Exhaust cleaned up nicely once the cylinders got some heat in there.
Yes it did Katchi. Had the shop lights been off and it was dark out,
I'm sure we would have seen a real nice spark display. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and post a comment my friend.
I worked as a hostler/machinist/car inspector for a northeast shortline at an outside post interchange. We still maintained an engine house at the time but continuouse cost cutting etc. resulted in selling/closing the engine house. I was able to keep my job from 1976 until 1983. My last year was in a consolidated old time baggage room attached to the Amtrak station I shared with the gutted track department. I knew my days were numbered. I got layed off in may 1983. I say all this because I still miss the railroad. My blood flows railroad. I wish I was still railroading. How I miss the gp-9s and the sound. You bring back good memories, and thanks for those memories.
I'm glad that these stir up a lot of good memories for you. I can
completely understand Steve, railroading gets in your blood and you can't get it out. And, you don't want to either. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to and check out the video my friend.
The mighty SD40 and its variants like this one being the -2 version,…truly the sound of the mechanical Gods!! 🇺🇸👌👍💪,……there is really no sound like it on earth than to hear that iconic EMD Turbocharged 645 roar 💪
Glad you enjoyed emdsdownunder. You are so right about the sound of a 645! Thanks so much for taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test show my friend.
@@ccrx6700 , my pleasure Mate, i enjoy Your channel and Your up beat attitude and enjoyment with what You do!, keep it up comrade 👍👌, cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 🇺🇸
@@emdsdownunder 👍😊
What an awesome video. The lights, sky and the steam and add some snow flakes and the sound. That is pretty cool.
Great to hear you enjoyed the show Beverly. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Awesome sounding EMDs for sure Dave. Enjoyed the video once again.(Steve)
Thank you for the nice comment Steve. Glad you enjoyed the home
movie. We very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Your very welcome Dave.
Very cool to see Dave! Actually started to feel sorry for the poor motor 😉 Keep up the great work 👍
Thank you Richard. Glad you enjoyed the home movie. Don't worry, that's what these engines were built to do. Born to pull! We very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test video my friend.
Definitely enjoyed that, thanks for staying over for us, thar was awesome.. and scary if something would blow.. good stuff Dave
Wow what a cool video that would have made if something did blow
up! No problem on staying, I sure would not have missed this. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the video my friend.
I have never heard a locomotive run full throttle before. Very impressive.
Yes it certainly is James, glad you enjoyed the show. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
I am getting old Conrail vibes. I used to live somewhat close to a Conrail yard. It was always a treat to see a cold start after a locomotive had been sitting for months.
When Conrail calls you have to go.....no denying that feeling...:-)
Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the load test video my friend.
Brilliant Dave, thank you, hope she passed her test
Yes she did Ian, however this morning developed a water leak
in one of the cylinders..... sigh. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
With headphones with the bass turned up, that was sublime. Love 3098. Sure appreciate you staying the extra few minutes to film!
Oh wow, I bet that was awesome to hear Erin! No problem on the
staying, I sure would not have missed this one. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test video my friend.
Thanks Dave! That was pretty insane! It looked like a runaway motor for awhile there, one of the coolest things I've seen from a locomotive. 😮
Your quite welcome Mojo, glad you enjoyed the home movie. It
was pretty impressive. First time I've got to video a load test
after dark. Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the video my friend.
Pretty cool video Dave. That engine sure sounds good when they're cranking down on her.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed William. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
EMD’s make the BEST SOUND. if you never had a chance to chase coal drags on the west end or up sand patch (but especially the west end) this is about the only comparison. Awesome Dave!
Really glad you enjoyed and you are right about EMD's whatdoidonext. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Disel smoke and power, sensory overload. Good video thanks for posting..
Yes, someone please forward this video to Greta Thunberg!
Glad you enjoyed Bob, it is pretty cool to watch and hear. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and post a comment my friend.
That was cool! For a minute, I thought something might blow.
If it would have blown what a cool video that would have made Jeff.
I don't think the company would have liked to see that happen tho....:-)
Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
WOW super Dave Thank you! love the channel! be well
Your welcome and glad you are enjoying the home movies Daniel. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and check out the dump truck show my friend.
Very cool. Thanks Dave
Yes it certainly was Larry, glad you enjoyed the show. Thank you
so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Thanks Dave, great video as always.
There's only one sound that's better than a 645E.....
It's the sound of three or more pulling at notch eight, with the rumble of the harmonic oscillation between them.
Outstanding!
Yes I certainly agree with you on that axxeminister! Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
What a fantastic show! Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Dave! It always amazes me the different aspects of railroading that you bring to us... every time I think you've shown us everything, there's one more thing!
I can only imagine how that sounded in person! Love the sound of an SD40-2 working hard!
Pleased to hear you enjoyed Seth. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
What I understand the nice thing about load testing it cleans out all the carbon built up in the ex system
If that doesn't do it, I don't know what would Paul! :-) If the shop lights were out and it was dark out then I'm sure we would have seen a
real nice spark display. Thanks so much for taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test show my friend.
I used to do this working as an electrician, in the diesel shop , for metro north back in1985-86. We used an external load box , looked like a giant refrigerator, even had General Electric prined on the front . It was just a giant box with resistors and a fan inside all powered by the locomotives generator. It had an amp meter and a volt meter on it to read power .Then the machinists would read a scale on the fuel rack to determine if the engine was using too much rack to make the measured power. That would determine if it were time for a rebuild. They had a few SD40's and lots of FL9's
Wow that's pretty cool Anthony. Thanks so much for sharing that
with us. I've never seen a load box before and had no idea how
they worked. Very much appreciate your taking the time to visit and check out the video my friend.
Dave, I like the new intro way to go... Stay safe out there and keep the videos coming.
Thank you and glad you enjoyed ChickenGritss. Very much appreciate your taking the time to check out the video and post a comment my friend.
It's a splendid train presentation indeed !! Greetings from India.
Pleased to hear you enjoyed Rupak. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend from India.
Love the smell of diesel exhaust. Especially in cold weather. That and creosote.
Now that's a real railroader who loves smell of creosote, specially
on a very hot day SouthernBelle....:-) Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
A Pleasant way to end the day and 3098 was probably reflecting on being in Run 8 but doing 60 down a Main Line. 20 some years ago I went by the Fairbanks Morse plant at night heard some odd noises. I parked and as I walked on the sidewalk they were giving a 20 cylinder engine a final test before sending it off to a Naval Shipyard and talk about noise plus the vibrations in the sidewalk what an experience. Great show!
What would have been really cool too here Paul is if the shop lights
were off and it was dark out, sure would have been a nice spark
show going on I would imagine. That had to be really cool to hear
a 20 cylinder run like that. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Awsome stuff once again Dave loved this short video l turned my sound up full, nice how they step up and down through the notches, sign of a bad driver who sweeps those notches l was always told...again thank-you Dave regards Doc from Down Under in Australia.
Glad you enjoyed Doc. It is pretty neat to see and hear. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
SD40-2 is the best locomotive out there. DC traction motors with 3,000 horsepower, good strong locomotive.
Most reliable out there for sure. Most powerful definitely goes to some of the newer GEs with 4400HP and AC traction, but you see some of the older GEs from the 90s being scrapped while these 50 year old GPs and SD40-2s still live on
Still is a good many of them out there running around the block Chris.
One of EMD's more popular models. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
This appears similar to a "DYNO TEST" for a "Internal Combustion Engine"... but instead you are measuring "AMPS" which correlates directly with "POWER".
That is correct Captain Tom. You know your stuff! Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Never did a load test, but I ran my fair share of SD40-2. I always considered them the best locomotive for train handling, back when train handling mattered. That would be when there were cabooses (or way cars as they were called on the CB&Q). They were always very responsive to the throttle. For some reason I always liked them better than the SD60’s.
That's pretty cool you used to run Don. Bet you got a lot of neat
stories to tell, if you're ever in this neck of woods look me up I
would love to hear your stories. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 thanks for the invite, but I live in the Midwest and haven’t made it to the East in many years. My career started with SD7’s and ended with SD70MAC’s. Along way with locomotive technology.
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Hello Dave and thumbs up to you cool stuff nobody else does out there on UA-cam🎩🎩 off to you🚂🚂
Thank you for the nice comment Michael. Glad you enjoyed the home
movie. We very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test video my friend.
I am so thankful for this wonderful channel. It pulls me out of the angry-over-politics stupor the yt algo sends me into every day. Thank you Dave. I live in a rr town and hope to work there someday
Glad you are enjoying the home movies Mat. Thank you for the very nice comment and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Notch 8 and snowing !
Pretty cool stuff isn't it! Glad you enjoyed the show Weldon. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
Thanks Dave. That was an interesting operation to witness. James.
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Hello Dave that’s cool 👍🏻 put it in a bottle I could smell it from here 😂 clean out love the turbo sounds fantastic . That Railroading 👍🏻😎 Robin out . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I need to develop a scratch and smell video so you can get the full
effect Robin, would work great on creosoted ties in the hot summer too! :-) Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Yes for sure 👍🏻😎
Most -2's in the lower cabinet behind the engineers seat will have a selector switch. By putting it to self test or load test I can't remember how it's worded it will send all of the generated amps from the traction motors to the dynamics. It is a great way to test the electrical and mechanical systems minus the traction motors. You notch up the throttle just like you would if you were running down the rails.
Also love the blue trucks under the 22, I hope they all get that!
22just got a new set of trucks on it last week, they are a light blue
color but all clean as a whistle TSBY. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
@@ccrx6700 those trucks definitely look good. More than happy to help answer any questions about locos that I can Dave!
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Thanks for filming that little bit. Haven't seen that before, but I heard about it from my dad. I see too you had some snowflakes. Have a great day!!
Your quite welcome Sandy. Glad you enjoyed. Thank you very much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.
Gotta love those old EMDs!!
Yes you certainly do Hunter. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Thanks Dave!
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Your videos never disappoint!! 👍👍🚂🚂
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awesome Dave thanks for sharing this inside stuff it is so cool.😊😊👍👍👍
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That's epic! I love trains. Badass. I can listen to that sound all day
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Great video Dave, love her that old girl power up! Sweet sound of power. Thanks for sharing.
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That was neat. Thanks for posting.
Your certainly welcome Kevin. Sure sounded pretty good. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Usually the load tests cause stack fires burning the excess carbon out of the exhaust system ! Good test to make sure the output is within acceptable range, and if not is a tool to find out why ! Thanks for sharing!
I would imagine if the shop lights weren't on and it was dark, there
would have been a spark show going on we could see Victor. Thank you for the nice comment and for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Sounds great, reminds me of the Metra commuter trains in Chicago during rush hour!
Glad you enjoyed. I bet that would be an awesome sound to hear in Chicago. Thanks so much for taking the time to write in and for
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Good video as always. that engine sure was smoking. have a good day
Thank you and glad you enjoyed Texaswonderer. I'm sure if the shop
lights were out and it was dark, we would have seen a nice spark
display. Appreciate very much your taking the time to visit with us and check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Hi Dave this was pretty cool to hear them ramp up .Thanks for sharing and take care.
Glad you enjoyed Jerry. It is pretty neat to see and hear. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
@00OMG, noise. Ohhhhhh. I have been a mechanic for 35 year what the hell is so great about this? I have worked on everything from 150kw gensets, to heavy equipment and Ferrari's, I have no idea what people find fasinating about fuel and air burning!
Wow, Dave. What a special view.
Thank you for sharing with us!
Glad you enjoyed and your welcome inspectyourgadget. It is pretty neat to see and hear. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Always a treat to see your channel. Thanks
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So that was cool, thank you for explaining what was going on...i was afraid she was gonna blow a gasket 😅!
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Love the Cumberland Mine Railroad 👍🏻
Thank you for the nice comment NMCCW. I kinda like it too.....:-) Very much appreciate your taking the time to write in and for checking out the load test video my friend.
Sounded great. Krank it up!!!
Yes it certainly did J. Lane. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
I saw this done in Cleveland when Conrail was at Collinwood. They had their own load box and tested several locos the day I was there. Also saw the same on CSX at Willard, Ohio back in the 80s with GP40-2s.
It is pretty cool to be right there when they do it Dale, video just
doesn't give a live performance justice. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Thanks Dave, that was fun!👍
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Yow ! I actually feel like I know a wee bit more about locomotives . Pound on big 16 ! Thanks Mr.D.
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That was neat!
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Awesome behind the scenes as always. Thanks Dave! 😊👍👍
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Cool! Thanks for sharing Dave!
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"Good Lord"...I've never heard anything so awesome (and humbling) as this beautiful EMD under test. "Spooling-up" @3:13 was quite the intro, and winding-down from "Run 8" @5:30 was "perfecto"!! From there on, it's that low, thunderous EMD growl that we all know and love...literally shook the snow out of the heavens above!!! Thank you, many times over, Dave...😊👍👍
Appreciate the really nice comment EBF, glad you enjoyed. Thank you for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test show my friend.
Love the EMD locomotives
They are my favorites also Chris. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and check out the load test video my friend.
Dave,
Can't tell you about the electricity part, but it sure sounded smooth!!!
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It sure did, glad you enjoyed the show Ralph. Thank you so much for taking the time to write in and to check out the locomotive load test video my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Your'e welcome!!👍
that second one is awesome! Love the idle (=
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