9 Awesome And Great Sounding Locomotive Engines

[@VisioRacer]

No, this isn't a car channel only. I love cars as many of you do, too, but I admire anything with an internal combustion engine. Locomotives are cool as well 😠👍

[@12valve9]

VisioRacer hey anything with a engine floats my boat. Other than a Prius.

[@optimizticpizza8395]

VisioRacer YES MORE OF THESE PLEASE!!!!!

[@MrThatnativeguy]

VisioRacer do more of these

[@K-Effect]

VisioRacer steam engines

[@ignjatijebumbulovic171]

VisioRacer I agree

[@cpufreak101]

Fun fact, EMD, although currently owned by caterpillar, at the time of these engines being designed though, EMD was wholly owned by GM, yes, as in General Motors, GM also owned Detroit diesel at the time, and often shared tech between the 2 companies

[@silicon212]

Detroit was often considered to be EMD's little brother.

[@tommyw.9424]

GMC/GM is where the Detroit Diesel nickname Jimmy comes from.

[@drewkossen9324]

the emd is the big brother because the 6-71 was designed first and there are a lot of borrowed ideas mainly the fuel injectors

[@silicon212]

The EMD 567 predates the 71 series DD by a year.

[@zachogdahl210]

yep. we use 16 645 e3s where i work and use detroit diesel generators. the similarity in design between the two makes maintenance fantastic

[@Shane-Singleton]

I have always loved the low frequency rumble of the big EMD diesels.

[@IamSnehan]

I know right? The 710G3B on the GT46PAC sounds ultra intimidating

[@garrettcarrigan2354]

Dope, I like trains.

[@lexburen5932]

yeah me too :)

[@adamyusuf5666]

Garrett Carrigan me too dude

[@rungcox4823]

yez my dude

[@donpijotedelagarcha1854]

Diesel sound better than tesla ...

[@IIDarkForeverII]

a Prius sounds better than a Tesla lmao

[@RFi731]

Pixel Division search for ES64U, it sounds better than diesel trains.

[@saltie.7783]

hell yeah hybrids

[@ShawnColeman01]

A tesla assembly the size of that thing will have 20 times more torque for 10 seconds then the battery is flat

[@jayamd3579]

and petrol

[@12valve9]

Anything can fit in a Honda. I promise you.

[@rimbo420]

Bet anyone of these can fit in a Prius?

[@EdwardAlcala]

draders43 sample text or a geo metro

[@1001speedster]

Even a saturn V F-1 gas gen rocket?

[@TobRacer]

Even my lawnmower ?

[@12valve9]

Anticapitalista 100% a lawnmower. I'll even give the train engine v tec

[@gn01036238]

Thomas has the dank engine that produces 420 kg/m of torque and redlines at 1337 rpm

[@ellisjackson3355]

You forgot at 69 psi of blowing pressure

[@MJT-DA]

@@ellisjackson3355 oh my god NOAH GET THE BOAT

[@coydog7902]

666 pound feet of torque

[@ancientmonkey5327]

And is approximately 21 meters long

[@florinpopa6746]

Thomas the Dank Engine

[@caspermayne]

I was expecting a locomotive donut at the intro :P

Alexander Shevtsov
Haha! 😂

[@rume8776]

MULTI TRACK DRIFTING?!

[@OnlyNotes]

That would be cool.
All you'd need are two sets of circular tracks, one nested in the other. Put the front bogie on the inner track, and the rear on the outer track. Boom, train donuts!

[@pranavghantasala6808]

DEJA VU

[@LysergicCasserole95]

All you had to do was follow the damn train CJ

[@aryanmakwana2122]

gta san andreas lover

[@coydog7902]

The best game! I got it on PS2

[@jamesshanks2614]

There are thousands of EMD 567's, which were in production from 1939 to 1965, then the 645 went into production from 1965 to 1984, then the 710 engine went into production from 1984 to still in production today. Still in service all over the world in locomotives, marine, and generator service. A great engine with a fabulous service record.

[@TheSilverShadow17]

29,000 EMD 645s were built in total from 1965-1983

[@naz2468]

as a train driver i've gotta add the british rail class 37! it sounds mad at notch 8.

[@RODALCO2007]

Agreed there. The Class 37's are awesome ! New Zealand rail fan.

[@cosmiccolonel]

or the Deltic..... awesome sound

[@HotForgeChaos]

There's nothing like the sound of a 12-645E3C-powered DFT class notching up with a big load behind it

[@jakedarling7549]

Niall Duncan but the deltic is already in the video...

[@cosmiccolonel]

Yes, Jake, I was only commenting on how much I love the sound of the Deltic, not saying that I wished he had included it.... :-)

[@wharris302]

I'm glad the HST made this list, it's a great piece of British engineering

[@jakedarling7549]

I'm glad that the 55 deltic also featured. One of my favourite heritage diesel loco's

[@bigduphusaj162]

Napier Deltic and Paxman Valenta absolute legendary engines.. of course the Glasgow built merlins being the best Engine humans have ever created especially the later 2 stage2 gear ones when they really pushed it. Back them days they never realised the looser low compression Merlins were capable of being blown or supercharged to silly power. The Scottish designers and testers of the original PV engine that was built as a race plane engine for Rolls Royce figured out that if the engine was a well made one as far as crank balance and it sounded good ans started first time every time.. but had initially failed the compression check evenly that it was allowing "blow by" they then noticed they engines could run copious amounts of power before failing as long as oil pressure was on the ball. The rest is history. You can all thank some Very Inteligent Scottish people and that's no lie.

[@Juniper458]

There are still loads of class 55's but most of them are only used on preserved/private railways. However some are occasionally used on historic rail tours :)

[@silicon212]

5:09 that is actually a 16 cylinder not a 20 - this is an SD40M (SD45 carbody converted to SD40-2 specs).

[@dekoldrick]

Only thing missing is Thomas The Tank Engine theme playing.

[@davidpeters6536]

All the original characters in the "Thomas" stories were steam locos.

[@electric7487]

@@davidpeters6536 r/whoooosh

[@7822welshsteam]

@@electric7487 Not really funny enough for a whoooosh.

[@Osamailyas]

Love the sound of 2-stroke EMD diesel engines 😍

[@TheBlaert]

Scary amounts of torque produced by these. Great stuff as always, and nice to see you doing videos of other types of engines, not just automotive ones

[@gen3v8]

Steam, Jet turbine, diesel electric and Electric. Just love locomotives, Oh and this channel

[@timmayer8723]

I love the accent, it makes me pay attention.

[@IamSnehan]

Yeah, I don't know why Visio gets so much hate for his accent! He's pretty darn informative and enjoyable to watch, and then the accent haters come in and ruin the comment section.

[@danielmarshall4587]

@@IamSnehan For sure Visio puts in maximum effort and Napier Deltic is said in a unique style I love the vids.

[@IamSnehan]

@@danielmarshall4587 true. We have EMDs and even a few GEVOs coming to India, and I love the deep and distinctive rumble of those engines.

[@jaredgreen5840]

I love all your videos. If it's powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motors, I find it fascinating. you should do a video on military vehicles or heavy equipment. You could do a whole series on those two topics alone :-)

[@haramaschabrasir8662]

In Germany in the 70s there was an interesting Locomotive, the Class 210 (DB- Baureihe 210). It had an 12 cylinder combustion engine AND a Lycoming T53 gas turbine that was also used in the Huey Helicopter.
When needed, it could start the gas turbine and create an extra 1150 HP to the wheels.
Unfortunately this only was a short lasting project because the gas turbine was not reliable and there is not a single video of this loco on the internet.

[@KsModels]

Hey I was there for the second EMD 20-645 clip.

[@Slaygee]

Not a huge fan of trains but great video nevertheless. I really like that you started narrating.

[@DasE30Cuz]

My father works at the GE Transportation plant in Grove City, Pennsylvania where they build locomotive engines. He works another position now, but he used to machine the huge cast turbo cases to tolerances on a vertical lathe. They almost never open up to the public, but the one time they did, of course I went and it was amazing. He's told me stories of engines failing in the testing rooms as and how they have to clean the fluids off the walls haha. If I remember correctly, these GE diesel-electric generators make something like 50,000+ ftlbs!!!

[@AntonisHL]

All the British Class 41 and 43 produced had Paxman Valenta V12 Turbo, not only the prototypes. GNER Class 43 were the last ones powered by original Valenta.
The Valenta VP185 had 4 turbos instead of one, but the original single turbocharger sounds better. That single turbocharger is similar with that used in Alco 251.

[@rafifeka7147]

" And most likely wont fit in your Honda" you underestimate the power of dream mate

[@Cnw8701]

The locomotive @5:38 is actually an SD40M-2: a rebuilt SD45 with a 16-cylinder engine.

[@DavG_NZ]

I like the EMD 12-645 best, as most of my childhood it was used for passenger trains from suburbs to the city & always loved the sound as they pushed 5 or so carriages out of a station at what sounded like full throttle.
(until passenger services were replaced by electric trains which we've had ever since.)

[@user-xy1lp8jx2h]

My favorite one is the EMD 645 V16 3000HP. Love the sound of these!!

[@g8ymw]

My personal favourite is the English Electric 12CSVT as fitted to the Class 37.
4 Stroke 850 rpm, 1750 hp and a hell of a bark when under load

[@ZetanCrisp]

ua-cam.com/video/OAT6VtnPNV8/v-deo.html

[@coydog7902]

How many cylinders?

[@g8ymw]

@@coydog7902 12 cylinders, 10 inch bore, 12 inch stroke. Turbo charged. Intercooled in V configuration

[@coydog7902]

Turbo chargers are awesome

[@kevinsomosot9976]

That's one of my favorite engines used in British Rail locomotives, besides its bigger brother (albeit without an intercooler) 16SVT, fitted in the Class 40.

[@1116101]

Great Video! If you ever need any more great sounding diesel railway engines, I have a few suggestions.

[@ProTuneHD]

The valentas use to fucking scare the shit out of me when I was younger, but now I miss them cause of DAT TURBO THO

[@stulop]

Love a screaming vallenta.

[@blockstacker5614]

A class 55 actually contains not one, but TWO deltics!

[@SaberToothLawnTigers]

You need to make a part 2 with Alco locomotives or from their Canadian sister company Montreal Locomotive Works!!

[@southjerseyboy2844]

Saber Tooth Lawn Tigers YES i like the way you think I’m a huge ALCOholic my self.(see what I did there)

[@3RTracing]

Don’t think alco is a sister company. They are a competitor.

[@crezychameau]

I like trains. I like mechanics. I like heavy machinery. So this pleases me very much.

[@Martin-zw2vg]

This pleases the nut

[@bigduphusaj162]

Napier Deltic makes all these look like a big Scania V8 to be honest.

[@jackking5567]

Glad you put some world class British loco engines in dude. We've always led with railway design.

[@ellisjackson3355]

Loved trains as a kid. The GE GEVOS sound mean

[@Kubi1993p]

That's my kind of hybrid!

[@harrywhiterow2782]

9.30 that deltic was filmed near where i live. sweet

[@TNandTXRailfan]

GEVO 12, 7FDL16, and EMD 710 best sounding prime movers

[@CardboardSliver]

As a Brit, we're all pretty much used to being smoked out on the platform by an engine. It's the charm of English rail travel!

[@6484373]

Awesome video dude! Been waiting for a video about trains but didn't think it would actually happen. Time to turn up the Bass!

[@6484373]

He said himself it is not necessarily a car channel. It is about anything with a combustion engine. He has made videos about trucks, and other really big engines in the past, and he has included a few engines used in trains in the past. So I was just hoping that he would make a video focused on trains. That is all.

[@6484373]

No your fine, I was just explaining myself.

[@tom7601]

Starting around the 2:30 mark, the unit behind the locomotive is a "slug." It's basically a locomotive without a cab. They are cheaper than a full locomotive and an double your tractive effort. The operator in the locomotive operates both with one set of controls. They are connected together (controls) through MU (multi-unit) cables.

[@ericl2969]

A late comment here, but this deserves a bit of clarification, and along with that is included a bit of very general info for those who are curious. A slug is NOT just a locomotive with no cab, because a slug doesn't even have an engine! What it does have is standard locomotive wheels/axles with a full set of electric traction motors, along with a cooling fan for those motors (there is one motor per axle, as is the case with a standard locomotive), and a bunch of onboard weight for traction (without the enormous weight of the diesel engine, generator and associated mechanical gear of a standard locomotive unit, it's necessary to add "dead weight" to a slug for traction). Also, although the slug does indeed have an M. U. cable so that additional standard cab units can be connected and controlled "downstream" of the slug, the slug needs a set of special cables which allow the full electrical power output of the main generator of the cab unit to be equally shared between the traction motors of the cab unit and the slug. A slug can only be paired up with a cab unit that is modified to have these special power-sharing cables, which is why it's important to not simply refer to the "M. U. cables" as what operates the slug.
A slug will only be able to "double the tractive effort" at rather low speeds. The advantages of using a slug become progressively less as the operation speed increases, and at typical road speeds slugs provide no real advantage at all. At low speeds, the diesel engine and generator of a standard locomotive unit are able to supply a lot more power than the unit's own traction motors can make use of, but connecting a slug to an otherwise standard locomotive provides a larger number of traction motors to share that power. Besides the obvious advantage of reducing wheel slip, sharing motive power among a larger number of traction motors avoids wasting power or overheating the motors at slow speeds. Therefore, a standard locomotive unit paired with a slug is perfectly suited for slow-speed lugging of heavy loads. On the other hand, when the travel speed is moderate or faster, the diesel engine of a standard locomotive unit is NOT able to overpower it's own traction motors so there's little or even no advantage to providing the additional motors of a slug.

[@tom7601]

@@ericl2969 Thank you for the education!

[@TRKelley]

Well done presentation! Good audio and facts.

[@seko512]

I heard someone said the Ferrari V12's are bad for environment LOL

[@dsevil]

holy shit those paxmen (plural of paxman) sound like they mean business

[@crr311sux5]

The EMD 567 sounds awesome

[@livadaruadrian9104]

yeeeesss.....thats music to my ears...

[@mel20004]

the noise of the deltic on full chat , awesome

[@Triplex5014]

EMD all the way!

[@mylolliepop12]

The Paxman Valenta was in service well until 2007, not the 1990s.

[@armedreptile7889]

Dang the 12-645 won't fit in my focus.

[@gert106xsi]

I miss the Class 66 which was a common sight in Europe. It had the V12 EMD 710 and I will not forget the sound it made while pulling a freight train through my railway station.

[@timmungenast]

THANKS for this! Locomotives can be just as musical as any car or truck, so I am glad you posted this. Keep up your good work!

[@3RTracing]

Clearly one of your best videos. Especially the EMD content. Congrats!!!

[@mishooter4774]

I've delivered motor oil and put it in the engine of a locomitve before while they where doing an oil change on it. The engine took 225 gallons of a 40 weight oil. I even was on it while they started it. The model number 8-710 means 8 cylinders and 710 cubic inches of dispacement PER ONE CYLINDER!

[@trevorthefilthyrat3742]

You can't beat the chug of a old ALCO RS3.

[@edenfrawley9247]

Hey VisioRacer. Do you remember me? Thank you for taking my suggestion seriously. Love your vids. Keep them going!!!

[@DumbSkippy]

I used to work on GM 645 E3 Turbocharged V16 Locomotives producing 3300 Horsepower when I was an apprentice Mechanical Fitter at Westrail, The West Australian Government Railways.

[@walterkersting1362]

As kids we took shopping carts and put them on both sides of the track with a line in between them which was propped up with a stick in the middle of the track. Those carts had slot of mileage on them after the train went through.

[@alexhaws2377]

Used to live next to a train station when I was younger. Those Valenta engines were so bloody loud when getting up to speed and the trains would have a push and pull locomotive so you'd have two of them screaming away.

[@naufalabyani6314]

thank you very much for replying my request with this video 😂😂😂😄😄😄. YOU ARE THE BEST VISIO RACER 💪💪

[@VisioRacer]

;)

[@19TonKpilS89]

pls make a video "best sounding single cylider engines/bikes" or so😍😍😍

[@Thatonekid245]

OOOHHH, you should do best sounding tank engines

[@Alexx120493]

Only thing I would say was missing was the TB10/TB11 engine series by MTU

[@michaelkelm3579]

Thumbs up from the son of an Aussie freight train driver, awesome to see appreciation for all kinds of transport.

[@WDP4lovers]

EMD Locomotive is always amazing humming sound and honking.Indian Locomotive WDP4 series

[@Idividezero]

9:28 That is the most British locomotive horn you could possibly think of.

[@IamSnehan]

The rumble of an EMD 710 going full out has to be heard to be appreciated!

[@peterzpictstube]

EMD turbocharged units do not have superchargers, the turbo is mechanically spun until the turbine can spin in faster than overriding clutch. That is why you still hear a turbo whine at idle and they are so quick to respond to throttle.

[@brygelcalipayan8691]

9:44 You are right on saying it is a Cummins QSK95, but the title says it is EMD.

[@Damien.D]

Here in France, back in the 50's, Renault built two prototypes of a free piston two stroke diesel gas-generator turbine-drive locomotive. Their nickname was "boom-boom". Sadly, no footage are known to exist of these deafening monstrous things that actually shattered train station windows while passing by...

[@Damien.D]

For those who wonder what a free piston engine is :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-piston_engine

[@danielmarshall4587]

Oh yes the "overhead shots" letting us really drink in the exhaust note. You know your subscribers thank you.

[@traindev1]

I love the sound of an EMD 12-645, I hear them all the time on SW900RS'.

[@didyliduu]

Bore and stroke unit is M. I think its unlikely that there is 230 meters wide bore in locomotive engine :P

[@counterfit5]

didyliduu it's just a little oversquare

[@tudorrenegade7052]

Now I'm watching trains going by, wtf is wrong with me ?

[@Martin-zw2vg]

Troins

[@jaredgreen5840]

Have you seen what happens when one of those locomotives blow a turbo btw?... It's absolutely epic.

[@uwave]

Excellent chronology of rail diesels - thank you for putting it all together!

[@madjidhamdini8114]

thanks for this video ^^from 0 to 17 i was in algeria and all days before/after school i walked to the station to see the emd loco running ! great noise.

[@b.c.2281]

I've driven haul trucks powered by Caterpillar, Cummins, MTU, Komatsu, and Detroit engines, and I'd love to have heard an EMD powered rig. The 2 stroke, 1325hp detroit 16V149T engine wasn't especially powerful, but it did sound the best of all of them. At that site we also had a vintage Lectra Haul M120 powered by a Cummins unit with an open exhaust that you could hear miles away.

[@vasek987]

Čeka jsem čekal, ale nedočkal K6S310DR. Druhá část?
Waited waited but K6S310DR won't arrive. Second part?

[@Kuidmaster]

Exactly.

[@GrnArrow092]

The reason for there being no physical connection between the engine and the wheels is that the diesel engine itself is a giant power generator. The motive power is produced by electric motors located in both the forward and backward wheel sets of the locomotive.

[@Jamasen]

Man, those old trains sound awesome.

[@EastTexasRailfan]

The 7-FDL in the AC4400s with out all of that restriction on the exhaust like in GEVOs is one of the best sounding engines ever.

[@Conrailfan2596]

East Texas Railfan gevos sound better they have more bass

[@samjezard]

Visio, I don't know where you get your facts and videos from, but I'd watch you do a list on the 12 most impressive lawnmowers if you made them. You're one of my favorite UA-cam channels and I think a lot of us could say the same!

[@turbobob1656]

Exceptional job on this video! I love that you show the engine and then the train it is in. Thankyou!

[@Tiger351]

The New South Wales Railways (Australia) XPT is (and always was) a British Class 43 built under licence in Australia by Comeng (Commonwealth Engineering) in the early 1980's. They were essentially identical except for livery and some very minor cosmetic changes.
The engine refit in 2000 was a life extension project which was originally considered unnecessary as the routes it travelled were intended to be electrified by that time.

[@43177VP185]

The Paxman Valenta (12RP200L) was running from 1972 (in the HST prototype) right through until December 2010 when the final examples were replaced by MTU 16V4000 power units, or Paxman's 12VP185L.

[@ibazulic]

Modified 567D is used in Serbia, Bosnia and Macedonia, while 12-645E3, 16-645E and 16-645E3 is used in Croatia as HZ class 2044, 2062 and 2063 respectively. Hz 2063 is a modified variant of Sd-40a model and is also used by Israel if I'm not mistaken as well as some other Middle East countries.

[@boston7704]

Nothing like an EMD SD 80mac - 5000+ hp v20, sound is unreal.

[@jorasaveminiaturas]

this is the best playlist album I ever heard !

[@JakubMrhal]

Ten začátek mě rozsekal. :D :D

[@rastamanralph6670]

Just had to watch this after your newest video👍

[@ibazulic]

EMD 645 engines are still used in export models, in my country (Croatia), the HZ 2044 series locos are essentially a G22HW with a turbocharged 12-645E3 engine which gives roughly 2500 hp. Also, we use G26 and G26HW2 models (HZ class 2062 and 2063) which use 16-645 engine (2200 hp with a Roots blower) and 16-645E3 engine (turbocharged with 3300 hp). 2063 class is essentially the same as EMD SD40-2 locomotive, but with a decreased mass (maximum mass on croatian railways is 22 tons per axle). In neighbouring Serbia, Bosnia and Monte Negro, EMD 567 is still being used in class 661, also known as Kennedy. It's a 16-567 enginr (D variant, I believe) with 1800 hp. On Croatian railways, this class was renamed as class 2061 after Yugoslavia broke up and was decomissioned in the last decade. Some of the locos were modified into class 2043, by removing one traction motor, removing the steam heating system and retrofitting the engine by increasing bore to 645 cubic inches and therefore increasing power to 1950 hp (power is not the same as with other 645 non-turbocharged engines because these retrofitted engines only do 835 RPM whereas the original 645 can do 900 RPM).

[@MercSLRFan]

Love locos! Thanks for putting this together

[@momomori_JP]

It’s just came to me how nice these things sound like oh my god

[@rednecksnredlines]

a list of the best sounding four-bangers would be cool. personally I think a few sound good.

[@vladaad]

Jakob Hertter already done

[@rednecksnredlines]

Range Rover oh. shit. well...

[@Corrosion37]

Im enjoying these new videos with the commentary. Good work friend.