Listen to the big power of the SW1500. Hopefully the locomotive remanufacturers will continue to make switcher locomotives with the exact same design. I buy Trains magazine every time there is a picture of one. Up here in Canada I seen only one in the last 20 years.
It's actually a V12 645E, the non turbocharged version of the 645 series. They sound virtually the same though, and here's why: Many 567's were rebuilt with power assemblies from 645 engines, denoting them as 567BC, 567AC which incorporated water manifold piping and power assemblies from 645 engines. The 567E seen here is the opposite, a 645 engine with 567 power assemblies. So it essentially is a 567.
@@PowerTrain611 Damn I just realized 8 years later I screwed up because I knew even then the SW1500 used 645E power. So sorry to say this but every thing you just said I already knew anyway.
@@SOU6900 You would be correct if it was the SW1200. They used the 567 motor. But I think they can also be rebuilt with 645 power assemblies too as they used a new type of engine block.
Hey are you affiliated with MRPS? If so is Mike Cole still there? Bill Brown? Even though I made Mike a little mad at me I give Bill, him and all the other guys the credit for my rail road career. I worked for W&LE for a bit. Now with KCS with my eye on the UP job board. Pease reply here. I would be grateful.
The water is for cooling the engine. :) You could run the engine without the cooling water, but not for more than a minute or so (while idling), or else it will overheat and ... well, you don't want to know the repair bill for a big engine like this. X'D
fun fact: the SW900/1200 were made at the same time the SW1000/1500. These DID NOT go in model number order. It just ended being built at the same time. Also, EMD never built a calf for the SW1000/1500 nor for the SW1200.
I remember the Southern Pacific SW1500 in Roseburg OR. Heavy chugging getting it moving was great.
I can hear the inner SD40
I also like how the engine turning over is like a heartbeat
Listen to the big power of the SW1500. Hopefully the locomotive remanufacturers will continue to make switcher locomotives with the exact same design. I buy Trains magazine every time there is a picture of one. Up here in Canada I seen only one in the last 20 years.
Love how a 567 sounds when starting. No wonder NASA has 3 on their roster which is all they got anyway.
It's actually a V12 645E, the non turbocharged version of the 645 series. They sound virtually the same though, and here's why:
Many 567's were rebuilt with power assemblies from 645 engines, denoting them as 567BC, 567AC which incorporated water manifold piping and power assemblies from 645 engines.
The 567E seen here is the opposite, a 645 engine with 567 power assemblies. So it essentially is a 567.
@@PowerTrain611 Damn I just realized 8 years later I screwed up because I knew even then the SW1500 used 645E power. So sorry to say this but every thing you just said I already knew anyway.
@@SOU6900 Oof
@@SOU6900 You would be correct if it was the SW1200. They used the 567 motor. But I think they can also be rebuilt with 645 power assemblies too as they used a new type of engine block.
That is cool!
Sounds good.
Fantastic. 1:17
got to start an SD40-2 the other day at work, too bad I couldn't get that on video.
the fertilzer plant i worked at has the sw1500 its a good loco
@thaxremix Iam lucky I got to do this because 1185 probably will go back to Larry's with the new power coming to CCR lately.
1200HP comes to life
@belzelga2 actually, its an 8 cyl 645E
It's a V12
Hey are you affiliated with MRPS? If so is Mike Cole still there? Bill Brown? Even though I made Mike a little mad at me I give Bill, him and all the other guys the credit for my rail road career. I worked for W&LE for a bit. Now with KCS with my eye on the UP job board. Pease reply here. I would be grateful.
+hiskeeperathome yes I am and they are still there.
LOVE IT YOU LUCKY SON OF A BITCH!!! LOL GOOD OLE 1185! Iv been in it, never rode it or eevn thought about starting it!!! Good shit!
I thought diesels didn't need water to run.
The water is for cooling the engine. :)
You could run the engine without the cooling water, but not for more than a minute or so (while idling), or else it will overheat and ... well, you don't want to know the repair bill for a big engine like this. X'D
@belzelga2 NASA has SW1200s with had the 567
fun fact: the SW900/1200 were made at the same time the SW1000/1500. These DID NOT go in model number order. It just ended being built at the same time. Also, EMD never built a calf for the SW1000/1500 nor for the SW1200.