1930s Santa Fe Diesel-Electric M160 Doodlebug 1995
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2016
- Former Santa Fe Diesel-Electric Doodlebug M160 briefly escaped captivity in July 1995 to attend the City Of Garland (Texas) Star-Spangled 4th of July celebration. The M160, powered only on one truck, struggled to summit the incline on the interchange track between the former Texas & Pacific tracks with those of the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe. The tracks shown are long gone either pulled up or replaced by Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
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Great to see!
Best looking doodlebug by far
The horn is a 2 chime yet it sounds like a Nathan p5
It is. The train zookeepers installed one behind the pilot.
My son loves trains 🚆🚂🛤🚋🚞🚝🚊🚉🚈🚇🚅🚄🚃 especially railcars like that one he thinks they are highly underrated rail transportation vehicles and should all be preserved, restored, and put back into service carrying both passengers and mail on tracks that don't get rail service anymore. He also thinks that Siemens, Progress Rail, or any other company that builds railroad equipment should build copies of these and the departments of transportation should restore and rebuild railroad lines that were abandoned and/or removed and run these on them. He says that this one should leased to either the Grand Canyon Railway in Williams, AZ and/or the Midland Railroad in Kansas.
The odds of this railroad artifact ever escaping captivity again is quite remote.
@@lineshaftrestorations7903 But not impossible!
Love all these obscure diesels with the Santa Fe Warbonnet livery.
Gotta love the sound of that 6-567B engine
Not nearly as annoying as a locomotive with a turbo-charger.
Awesome, that is epic!
where is loco now?
Back in captivity.
@@lineshaftrestorations7903 where?
Why aren’t the crew members flagging the road crossing in uniform? When I worked passenger service on the ATSF they required the train crew to wear a uniform. This train crew was probably just the conductor & brakeman.
Or is this some kind of private fan trip on a non-ATSF line?
Either way great video of beautiful old equipment! Thanks for sharing.
A mix of amateurs and unmotivated professionals.
*Where in Dallas did this train depart/start from? I know the destination was Garland. Was it parked on that side rail/spur next to Roach Feed and Seed? Or was it left on that mainline in Downtown Garland? Thanks.*
As I remember it was stored at or near the Dallas Garland & Northeastern office on the old MK&T main. It was then move on the old Santa Fe main. Too long ago for more detail.
@@lineshaftrestorations7903 Thanks for the reply and for uploading this video.
Is the doodlebug still in operation?
I don't know but don't think so.
Yes. It is at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco TX, and to my understanding is their only operational loco.
Give 'er some sand and get a run at it.
Sanders didn't work and the first operator was rather timid handling the throttle.
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Well, if they ever take her out again, I'd say having working sanders would be high on the fix-it list.
As for being timid, I admit I wouldn't want to slam around such a historic set of equipment either, but I would've liked a little more distance to build momentum and run up through the notches on that one straight before going up the grade, I gather they couldn't go further because they'd foul the crossings or the signal block behind.
why did it slip ?
The grade was too steep and not enough weight on the powered wheels.
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does anyone know what model horn that is and what company makes it?
Nathan Air-Chime - 5 note. Installed while in Dallas and not by Santa Fe.
LineshaftRestorations is it like a P5 a P3 or something
I think so. Leslie made something similar but I am not a horn person.
LinesharftRestorations It's Nathan P7 or Nathan M5 but I am guessing the horn.
what was anyone else is watching this video and who is a expert on horns would like to know what model horn that is
TexasRailfan21 the model horns is Nathan M5 & Nathan P7
Does anyone know the exact notes on that air horn you're right about it being a p7 I've seen some similar videos and sound very similar it's an M5 with two additional air horns added on making it a p7
It's possibly a mixed old cast P series horn. Possibly a 3 chime with a #0 bell being one of the bells. Will never know but its a guess