Changing a Dynamic Brake Resistor Grid on an EMD SD 38-2 Locomotive
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Big Problems: Locomotive won't start after we changed the dynamic
brake resistor grid.... another day on the railroad..... :-)
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Video made November 22, 2023
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Mine. My job is railroad track maintenance. I am very fortunate to
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#locomotivedynamicbrake#dynamicbrakelocomotive#locomotivewontstart
This is awesome stuff, this is how stuff works in the real world, thanks for bringing it to everyone else stuck living in offices to see.
Still something else you don't see every day--or never. Dave, I'm telling you what you really do bring railroading to us.
Thank you, Dave and a huge shout out to the whole crew at the mine who make it all possible.
Keeping the lights on.
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed ut000bs.
I am fortunate I'm allowed to make these. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
I’ve never seen a close up of a Dynamic Brake radiator. Thanks for showing us that.
Your certainly welcome Champster and glad you got to finally
see one. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
You and your Iron Senergy team have the right approach even with many problems on the locomotives. I call it the USMC approach - "Adapt and Overcome!" 😊👍
Thank you for the nice comment Patrick. This old stuff things
wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and
keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate
your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day
my friend.
Wow! Thanks for sharing, Dave! I've seen videos of dynamic brakes going bad in action, but never would have imagined what the damage could look like up close. Unbelievable how hot that must have gotten to melt everything like that! Thank you for sharing! No one brings us railroading like you do!
I've never seen one that bad before Seth, your right there was
a lot of heat on that puppy. Thank you for the kind words.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
When they pop its like a giant fuse going with blue arcs and bits of melted metal flying 😮 Never seen a train braking resistor fail but the big industrial ones look very similar and I saw one of those fail.
I used to have a car back in the day that was missing teeth on the flywheel, and every once and awhile, I would have to put it in gear and push it forward a few inches to move the flywheel out of that position so it would start. Never thought of the same thing happening on a locomotive!
If it could have been done we could have pushed the loco with
another one Mojo, but what you did won't work with a loco as
you probably already knew. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Just another cool thing we'd never get a chance to see without your videos. Wild. Thanks Dave!
Nice pun!
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed David.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have
a very good day my friend.
You guys are the equivalent of a locomotive pit crew, good to see you guys can evaluate, get parts, install them, and get them running again.
Thank you for the nice comment Michael. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave! If the big fans are pulling air thru the resistor, it must REALLY be throwing some sparks to be noticed on the side.
Your right about that, it certainly was Al, this is the worst one I've ever seen. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Without your channel I and probably others would never know how involved running a railroad is. And how EZ - it's probably not - all you smart and experienced rail roaders make it look like. But if the rest of your guys are as upbeat in loving your jobs I can see why you get a lot of satisfaction and even fun from it. I sure do ;-).
You have had your challenges this year. But you have a great crew to get the job done. Thanks for another great video.
All railroads and all coal mines have problems Beverly, but the
main thing is we get things fixed and keep coal and trains moving
whatever it takes to do that. Thank you for the nice comment.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have
a very good day my friend.
Great video Dave! Thanks for sharing with us today!
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed Train Films.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, you've got friends all over north America, Canada included and we/I love your vids, it's nice to see good vids on railroading that are NOT censored, keep up the good work and wish you guys the best. Vince from Vancouver...still practicing reading the railroad lights....Cheers
Hey Dave, you do everything! Best wishes.
Thank you for the nice comment and I do get into a lot of variety here Keith, but I like that. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Like you said, always something on a RR, glad you got things working Dave. You have an amazing crew. Stay safe out there.
Thank you for the nice comment Rob. Things break down and wear
out but the important thing is we get them fixed and keep trains
and coal moving. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, you are amazing! Thank you for the passion and reality you share in this important, but not recognized trade. How blessed are we!
Thank you Brother! Well done!
Thank you for the very nice comment Greg and your welcome. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, when i was engineer on KLS&C 85, I was told the big DC generator was used as the starting motor for the diesel engine. There was not a separate starter motor like on your car. I don't know if yours is the same as 85. 85 was a GP-7R. I know both were made by EMD. I just thought I'd share what I learned a long time ago.
Interesting to hear that KLS&C. These SD locos have two starter motors on them, I do not know how the GP series were started
but I don't see any reason with the wiring right why the generator
could not be used to turn the motor over. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another informative video, wow I had no idea the forces involved in these things,thanks for sharing / teaching us non railroad folks, super interesting
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed Sean.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have
a very good day my friend.
Thank you for this video!
The "grid" that was pulled out looked seriously burnt. The new "grid" installation solved that problem but pointed out that the locomotive is a complex beast.
Your right about that, it is the worst one I've ever seen Robin.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for sharing Dave! I hope the rest of the year goes better, you are due for a run of good luck!
Thank you Raymond. Things break down and wear out, but we
keep on fixing. Whatever it takes to keep trains and coal moving,
we get accomplished. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
After 20 years I've never seen our shop guys change one of those. Heard about them doing it, but never saw how it's done. Very interesting 👍
Thank you for the nice comment Michael. We don't get a lot of these go bad but since I'm the only one who can run the boom truck here,
I get put on the job. Glad you enjoyed seeing it done. Actually the worst part is taking the cover off and putting it back on. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Found the hot spot . That’s at least 14 welders giving a light show , thanks Dave , it’s always something when equipment is involved !
Oh how I would have loved being on that train when it happened
and seen those flames shooting out Charles. What an awesome
video that would have made! Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you Dave educating us and sharing.
Your very welcome and glad you enjoyed Craig. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow ! Crazy damage in that resistance bank ! Thanks , Dave. James.
It certainly was James, this is the worst one I've ever seen. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Another very cool and interesting video Dave. Enjoyed watching once again and have a great rest of your week. Steve
Thank you Steve, that is the worst one I've ever seen.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 Your welcome and geeze. Thank you very much also.
Dave, your fascinating content reminds me of home (Monongahela) and of my Nono, who lived in Masontown & retired from Robena mine 2 months before the big explosion. Thanks for all you do.
Rough keeping 50 yr old machines running, you & the crew seem to do a great job, thanks Dave
Your right about that terence, gotta keep on fixing up what we
have, that's the name of the game here. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
I used to run a Letourneau unloading logging trucks and it had dynamic braking as well. Blew a few of the braking grids out, can shoot some pretty good sparks when they blow.
Wow that's pretty cool Robert. I did not know they had dynamic braking, learn something new every day. Thanks for sharing that. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
@ccrx6700 Letourneau had a V12 Detroit running a AC and DC generator set. The 4 wheel motors were DC and the braking was dynamic.
Watching the King Of The Hammers, it’s a week long, sorry didn’t get to this vlog til now, BigAl California thanks
Your very welcome Al. Now go back and enjoy the rest of the Hammers show..... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
That's pretty impressive Dave. I bet that looked impressive when it was happening too.
Your right about that, it is the worst one I've ever seen AP. Would
have loved to seen that fire shooting out the side after dark!
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Didn't realize that those large top cooling fans above the resistor banks were for cooling them - thought they were for something else....
What are the Ohms and Watts specs on those Resistors?
What a friend, I have worked on EMD locomotives for 20 years and I still work with the Macs with the 710-3G engine.
Do you want an assistant, how much do you pay per hour and I'll get ready?
THANK YOU DAVE.
Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Ralph. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Had to do a quick search to understand what this was. Cool thing I thought I'd share was that the search results included this video.
If you posted a link, You Tube didn't allow it to show up DB. The grids dissipate heat produced by the traction motors when under
dynamic braking. They also create resistance when doing a loco
load test. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
I've seen all kinds of burnt resistors in my time, but nothing like that one. Wow.
Your right about that, it is the worst one I've ever seen Mike.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Oooohh! That was worse than the other one!😮
Glad it got fixed. What a headache!
Nice video Dave - Iron Senergy pit crew out doing a fix to get # 1 back out on the track, NASCAR couldn't match the crew working there. Cheers and take care
Thank you for the nice comment and your right Pete, something
breaks down and we get it fixed. Have to keep coal and trains moving whatever it takes. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Changed hundreds of those things. Favorite was the SD70’s, they’re pie shaped with the fan mounted underneath blowing upwards.
Makes me feel fortunate that "all" I had to deal with was the EMD engines in towboats. 🙂
Many thanks for the inside look!
River tow boats don't have dynamic braking, but I bet at times the
pilots sure wish they did BilgeDweller! :-) Probably a whole lot of
folks have no clue what a bilge is either. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave and crew on it , as usual !
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Thank you for the nice comment Yellow Lab. Things break and
things get fixed, this loco is old so things do go wrong
from time to time. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hi Dave boy that had to be really hot! 1220’F to melt the aluminum! it is one of the best metals for heat transfer.
the bad part is as it degrades, you have the same amount of power going in, but less area to transfer the heat,
so it gets hotter and hotter, melting the remaining plates, until total failure! maybe the mechanics should have
a P.M. scheduled in for inspection of the dynamic brakes plates ! it was great that they got the engine going,
time to unload, and do it all over again!
It would be very helpful to have a preventative cleaning schedule
Barry. Coal dust is hard on these grids. But the only time they
are cleaned is when one gets replaced. Your right about it getting
so hot, it is the worst one I've ever seen. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow, that thing was like chernoble, went into melt down. Sucks the new o es were damaged.. good stuff Dave
Your right about that. Wish I could have been there when it happened, that would have made an awesome video Pappy!
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Older equipment will do that great video thanks Dave
Your right about that Gary, older stuff breaks and we keep fixing.
Whatever it takes to keep coal moving. Glad you enjoyed the show.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have
a very good day my friend.
Hello Dave & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Dave & Friends Randy
Thank you Randy. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
thanks Dave lots of problems on old engines need new ones some days
Would be nice to have newer engines but we have to truck them
in since we don't interchange and the expense is outrageous,
so we keep on fixing what we have Ronald. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hi there Dave! I'm still learning about loco dynamic brake systems, thanks to your video. Hope all is well with you. I've alot of respect for you and all your hardworking guys there. You endure all kinds of weather, all kinds of issues, but you all always get trains moving again! God Bless, and you guys be careful out there.👌👍
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you are finding these
to be of interest Glass Whisper. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow, that was impressive how much that burned up! Is there a way to inspect them after awhile to see if they have worn, or is it a case of you won't know until it happens? Sure appreciate you going to the effort to show us the inside scoop on railroading.
@@NoewerrATall They're almost always a works until it doesn't type deal
It certainly was Erin, this is the worst one I've ever seen. it's such a pain to pull those covers off they never get inspected until they
burn out. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thanks Dave for a great video.
Your welcome, that is the worst one I've ever seen Brian.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thank you for showing these details. Excellent content as always. 👍👍👍
Thank you for the nice comment and your welcome aleu650. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Thumbs up 👍 thanks for sharing your work. Looking at the heat exchanger I would say it over temperature and the heat took it out.
Your right about that, it is the worst one I've ever seen Clarence.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
I might just have to model a loco maintenance scene on the layout I'm going to build in retirement. Thanks for the inspiration!
There you go William, now that's a great idea. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Holy cow! But that's a testament to the guys working there, a 50yr old locomotive that still gets rode hard everyday and is a workhorse, kept alive by a good team of guys. That's definitely worth 2 thumbs up and a cold beer.
Thank you for the nice comment This Ole Sign Guy. We do have a
pretty good group of guys here who keep everything moving along.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
That's pretty impressive Dave. Do you have any idea what the voltage and peak amperage might be under a hard braking situation?
That cable that feeds them is HUGE! any idea on the cable gauge?
It ain't like ya can 'push a locomotive & dump the clutch to get it going. LOL
These are rated for 700 amps. You can work out the voltage using the resistance.
Them mechanics know there business Dave. They do a good job keeping things running around there. Then there's you the person who keeps the tracks in good shape.
Thank you for the nice comment William. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
A very interesting video. Thanks for posting.
Your welcome and glad you enjoyed Kevin. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Good evening dear. Stay safely blessed
Good evening dear..... :-) Only Corrie and my wife are allowed to
say that Clark..... LOL Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Resistors limit current flow...that one limited about all it could, until the factory installed smoke came out.
Factory installed smoke..... LOL I liked that Fun Smasher. You need
to write in more often to make me smile. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Looks like you got your moneys' worth out of that one. That's one fried toaster. Enjoyed this one much, thanks Dave!
It certainly was poowg this is the worst one I've ever seen. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
*Could almost smell that one thru my screen, Boss... LOL Well, she sounded great - **9:46*
It did have a smell to it JungleYT Jim! I need to develop a scratch
and smell video. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 *Yes, Sir...* 🙂
@JungleYT 👍😊🚂
Very nice Dave interesting work and resolution
Thank you for the nice comment Daniel. This is the worst one I've ever seen. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Ahhh, the good old SD-38 and 40 starter abutment issue rears its ugly head at the most inopportune times. If it does it again try rotating the bendix on both starters a quarter or half turn, maybe that will work instead of turning the whole engine over with a bar.
I will pass that on to the mechanics Ralfie. Thanks for the suggestion. It has happened before a few times in the past here.
Luckily the mechanic recognized it and knew what to do.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have
a very good day my friend.
So no returning the burned up remains to recoup the core charge, eh? HAH! I'm going to share this on some Facebook rail groups, if you don't mind, as seeing the guts of a dynamic brake assembly is kind of hard to come by.
Yes it is rare to see whiteknightcat and your welcome to share
with anyone. The grids do go back to the manufacturer, none
get thrown away. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
@@ccrx6700 They really get rebuilt then? Well dang, I learned something new!
@whiteknightcat 😊👍🚂
Thats awesome, wonder what kind of amps goes through a single resistor package like that
Thank you and glad you enjoyed it Kitty. Amps depends on the throttle notch in dynamic braking. Amps on the gauge red line
at 650 for braking. So the amps thru the grids varies. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
You know something happened when CCRX uploads. Anyways, nice video CCRX!
Thank you for the nice comment Ventek and glad you enjoyed this one. Things break down and wear out but the important thing is we get them fixed and keep trains and coal moving. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Gonna have problems…. Getting them resolved is the key
All railroads and all mines have their problems but you are right
Ivory, getting them resolved is the key thing. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Two words come to mind in looking at the thing ... "Extra Crispy!" But considering the number of hours per work day or week that you put on these locomotives, you probably have to repair or replace major components on par with Class One roads.
Your right about that, it is the worst one I've ever seen Robert.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow I don't think ive ever seen a resistor bank smoked that badly!
That is the worst one I've ever seen also Shane. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
If it's not one thing it's another.
On some old boat engine, you bar it over to get it satrted.
Thanks, Dave.
Your right about that but it's happened before Michael at least
the mechanics recognized what the problem was and knew how
to get it going again. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow that looks a lot like the beaking resistor for a big industrial crusher and grandulation machine at a place i worked at. Looked as fried too. We ended up using a bunch of water heater elements and a 55 galon drum plus a pump and a trufk radiator to replace it with. It worked well. Cant do that with trains though. 😮
Oh yes, that old one had been pretty hot. Quite a compact unit considering the energy being dissipated through it, so I guess that if ventilation and fans are not in premier condition, then this is the result. Nice repair job though, you do well to keep those old trains running Dave. Hope you have a good day.
Yes it did, I would have love to have been on that loco when it happened and seen those flames shooting out Glenn. What a
cool video that would have made! But the important thing is
when stuff breaks down we get it fixed and keep the trains and
coal moving. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
That baby is gonna stop now !!. Good work
Thank you Mat. Things break down and we get them fixed. Got
to keep trains and coal moving no matter what it takes.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have
a very good day my friend.
She was smokin hot! The resistor that is, working those locos hard. thanks Dave
Your right about that, it is the worst one I've ever seen Tom.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Nicely explained Dave from a different Randy in NY
Thank you for the nice comment and glad you enjoyed Randy in NY.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have
a very good day my friend.
I think rhe "newness"has worn off. Thanks for showing us this interesting content Dave.
Your certainly right about that Fixit Makeit, this is the worst one I've ever seen. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave you are the 8th wonder of the world. Much love from the home of railways...... England!
Thank you for the kind words Andy, but just a railroader doing his
job. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Even thought the EMD SD-38 2 locomotive is 50 years old the burned out grid shows just how hard that engine works day in and day out...
Your right about that Steve and things wear out and break down,
but the important thing is we get them fixed and keep trains and
coal moving. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
wow..i can imagine the amount of magic smoke that piece was making while melting ..lol...
Wow that part is TOAST ( LOL )👍
Your right about that, it is the worst one I've ever seen Russell.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Dave, so I see you like your toast well done! I guess years of coal dust and electric don't mix real well. Have a great day.
Your right about that Thomas, coal is not a friend to these grids. this is the worst one I've ever seen tho. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
WOW that resistor got a little crispy!
Just a tad bit..... that is the worst one I've ever seen Reginald.
But we got er fixed. Thank you for taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
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Thank you Anthony. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Interesting.
Glad you enjoyed, that it is the worst one I've ever seen RFM Caboose. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
It would be funny if instead of converting train speed to heat, the dynamic brake ran a big siren that turned the train speed into booming noise. You could do anything with the energy as long as you could get it used up
Dave, you showed us the coal on the top of the resistors. Is it possible that it’s an accumulation of coal dust that gets trapped up there and coalesces into chunks? I’m “ guessing “ that’s what’s happening that caused it to burn up. Dust in between the resistor panels blocking air flow and … poof . “ that’s Railroadin“ Thanks for the video !
Challenges are normal but the older the equipment the more challenges.
Your right about that Patman, stuff wears out and breaks down
but we keep on fixing and keep on moving coal. Whatever it takes to
do that we accomplish here. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
D.C. power 😮
1:38 extra crispy!
It certainly was Pete, this is the worst one I've ever seen. This old stuff we got things wear out and break down, but we get them fixed back up and keep trains and coal moving as best we can. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Wow, I wondered if they went out that it would look like a firework show. Interesting.
It certainly did Cody! Would have made an awesome video had I
been there after dark to tape it, but I wasn't. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
@ccrx6700 you too, man!
Dave, facinating video! Are you going to video a 50th birthday party for this locomotive next December? Paint her Gold too, just a thought.
Thank you Ken and gosh I never thought about it coming up on
being 50 years old, yes I will have to plan something for that! In May 2026 our #3098 loco will be 60 too! Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Miss your smiling, happy face!
Maybe I need to make a video of just me smiling SV Jones? :-)
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Seen a video where the cooling fan got yeeted up and away (bearings went bad)… and shortly later the dynamic resistor bank went bad with great sparks! (Was a big train going down a steep grade)
I bet that was a cool sight to see and your right, those fans
are pretty important to get the heat dissipated away volvodoc01. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Business brings problems. It's a fact...Jack!
Maintenance, maintenance, maintenamnce! The main problem on all major equipment.
Yes it is Edward, but these locos we have are old and things
do wear out and break down, so we keep on fixing them. Far
cheaper than getting newer locos in here. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Oh my that looks like a fire hazard. Damaged shipments are so common these days. Hydraulic heater? Now that sounds fancy but very essential in cold climate. Glad the EMD engine had not gone into hydrolock a bad teeth or a pair of teeth on the flywheel is better than a engine with bent rods.
Oh your so right about that The Hoarding Hermit, so much better
than an engine problem. it's happened before the engine won't
crank because of bad teeth on the flywheel so they knew what
to do to correct it. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Hydrologic warmers are nice but I like my seat warmer.
Wish i had a seat warmer Man Size.... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
So what caused the resistor to fail? A mechanical failure causing something to touch (based on the entire bottom being vaporized instead of the single spot). Any idea what the resistance and wattage values of the resistor? Just curious since I'm an electrical engineer.
Things wear out over time and use as you know Mark. Plus the
coal dust doesn't help matters at all in extending the life of
those grids. Dynamic braking is measured in amps. The higher the
braking throttle notch the more amps. 650 is red line on the
amp gauge. I have no clue about resistance or wattage.
Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Ok, who let the electromagical smoke out 😂😂😂😂
Difference between an operator and a technician. The technician knows how to reinstall the factory smoke 😂
Didn't realize those were in there.
And now you know rtz, there are 6 grids on these locos, one for
each traction motor. Pleased that you found out something new.
hate it when the toaster fails great job Dave
It happens, and as with any piece of equipment things wear out
and go bad, specially with these older locos we have Donald.
We keep on fixing and keep on moving coal. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.
Must have been some serious WOOOOOEWING going on . Push start and dump the clutch ! Time to book a starter replacement, don't want to get stuck in the wrong place
I've tried to teach these young guys how to pop the clutch
and catch it in gear John, but you know the young generation,
won't listen..... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.