Nice to see this former piece of junk now be a MUCH more reliable unique piece of technology. MAY THE SD90MAC LIVE ON. Also Glad to see an Ex-Conrail SD60M still seeing service in this area.
Now that is a very fortunate find of a one of a kind locomotive! Excellent video. Also. GREAT audio! You really captured the low frequency rumble of those big EMD's which is one of my favorite things to listen to.
@@ChargerusPrime Cummins has their engines in a couple locomotive models, however this is one of only two or three true Cummins engines I'm aware of, and the only six axle!
Jimmy over at DIY & Digital Railroad was talking about his next layout being based around parts of the Yadkin Valley and I immediately thought of this video so had to come back over and watch it again!
@@floridarailfan I have a lot of images from the YV from way back in the 80’s & 90’s! My wife posed on the front pilot of the old GMD40’s 20 years ago-with permission!
Republic Locomotive has been building locomotives for over 20 years with Cummins motors. They're currently using the QSX-15 so the KLW 1998 is neither the first, nor the only Cummins locomotive in existence.
@@floridarailfan I also want to mention that the Brookville BL20GHs on Metro North which are now BL20GHMs have been rebuilt and had their original engines swapped out and replaced with a Cummins QSK50.
Thank you! The Yadkin Valley has so many great scenes, and with their insane roster, is easily one of the most underrated railroads on the east coast in my opinion.
Awesome video! Glad to see CECX 1919 found a new home. If you ever come up and railfan INRD I can help you out a lot! I railfan it all the time up here. I remember back in 2016 I was able to see the Cummins unit once. I thought they'd appear on all railroads, oh how wrong I was.
Very Nice! The reason Cummins made it in the first place was to be a test bed for the QSK95. They never had any intention of making it a production locomotive. After testing it was put in storage, not display (well, you could see it at the INRD shops from the road). I was fortunate to see it on an INRD road train once but it wasn't leading. Definitely sounded wierd though.
@@floridarailfan You should visit the UK - scads of plastic rubbish powered by Cummins over here. Look and sound like transit buses. Resist the lure of Cummins my man! I noticed bloody Stadtler rubbish appearing in the USA as well... awful things.
@@floridarailfan do you mean Deltic? Powered by two gunboat engines? No, they're good! Cummings power most of our Diesel Multiple Units - basically buses on rails. Noisy and uncomfortable. Deltic - ua-cam.com/video/QEtFGtOU5F0/v-deo.html These are even better - powered by two Maybach engines (same as in Tiger tanks!) Western - ua-cam.com/video/KE5K2ZNi7cA/v-deo.html Enjoy, and thanks for your videos - they're very good!
I remember working on the UP8558 & the other Phase 2 SD90s at UPs Kansas City Diesel Facility with EMD tech reps. We were the last ones on the UP to try & get the 6000HP H engines working but the pans kept cracking.
Cool! I assume they weren't stellar engines back then? I know the Cummins rebuild is performing quite well, but have seen/heard nothing but negativity regarding the H2's
@@floridarailfan Caterpillar has revamped them into the “J-1010 ?” Engine as a 12 cylinder T4. I worked on a few before I retired in 2019. Never saw the need for 6000HP anyway. One loco goes down & you lose half of the HP for the train. They got rid of the SD9043s because they caused a crack in the frames by torquing the fuel tanks tightly to the frame when it was designed as a “floating” mount. I think NS picked some of these up got rid of the Siemens inverters & controller & rebuilt them with EM2000 inverter control & Mitsubishi inverters like the 70 aces. Still like the 710s though, they sound great & are pretty bulletproof.
@@douglasbohnstengel9902 Thats a lot of neat information. I had heard that the 9043's were to overpowered, I thought they got derated so thanks for confirming that. Thanks for sharing!
@@floridarailfan The UP8000’s SD9043s were 4300HP 2 cycle 710 engines were not overpowered - that was fine but UP cracked the frames by overtorquing the fuel tanks. The 6000 HP 4 cycle H engine on the phase 2 locos (UP8500 & above) had a vibration that caused the oil pans to crack. GM skimped on allowing EMD anymore R&D money to resolve the issue & they eventually just bailed on the locomotive. GM had wanted out of the locomotive business since the early 80’s & had told EMD they were on their own financially. It’s amazing they survived as long as they did.
did they remove/ disable the dynamic brakes on these like all of their other locomotives? they have the windows and doors open too, leaves me to question the same about the A/C
the abandoned part is the R line, the other is the K line. The two lines went through town apart from each other. they crossed each other at the south end of town, and the R line continued south known as the WSSB. the K line, currently the only line in use, goes to greensboro. the line was cut out at winston yard around 2008 if im correct.. the diamond was replaced and tracks re-aligned for a turnout, that is controlled by radio dtmf tone. the R line road bed was purchased by the city of Winston Salem and was turned into a walkway for all the modern projects downtown such s turning the RJ Ryenolds tobacco plants into condos, businesses, research parks, and extensions of the WSSU campus. NS, WSSB, and YVRR all use the same track coming into North Winston now, and have for about 15 years
@@floridarailfan Yes it has it came through on NS 126 bound for Roanoke and then transferred on another train which would be NS 392 to Winston Salem, NC
@@floridarailfan same. I didn’t realize this was the same car Cummins bought for testing. I work for Cummins and on the 95L. Heck, I’m sitting in the factory that builds it as I type this.
Not sure if I like the QSK loco or not? Sounds like a tractor trailer truck, or a large bulldozer. Love the sound, but not coming from a loco, yet anyways.
@@floridarailfan or it could sound like an entire fleet of buses. Being that I am a practicing diesel mechanic that locomotive sounds like as if every bus in the yard was idling.
@@floridarailfan yeah take dodge for example. They have been using the 6.7 Cummins in their Ram trucks for a while. Even international and Freightliner using that same engine. Especially since I see them in a lot of school buses like the Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2
That locomotive sound amazing, Cummins should become a manufacturer of locomotives.
cummins engines are now used in the siemens charger locomotives
Glad i found this, i live not far away from the roaring river end and have seen this train most of my life, from elkin to the roaring river area
It’s quite a neat Railroad indeed
Awesome video!
Thanks a lot Drayton
What great footage and commentary!
Thank you!
Great video! That RR has some pretty locomotives!
Thank you, they sure do
The Cummins locomotive sounds like my dodge truck, just a lot louder and bigger
My thoughts exactly. Sounded even better in person
Man that cummins sounds good,just about as good as the cat powered locos
The audio doesn't even do it justice!
Nice to see this former piece of junk now be a MUCH more reliable unique piece of technology. MAY THE SD90MAC LIVE ON. Also Glad to see an Ex-Conrail SD60M still seeing service in this area.
Interesting. The unibody fuel tank identifies this as a SD90-Mac H, in the 8500 class. Your narrative explains the history of this unit. Very cool!
It is super cool indeed, truly one of a kind. Thanks!
Now that is a very fortunate find of a one of a kind locomotive! Excellent video. Also. GREAT audio! You really captured the low frequency rumble of those big EMD's which is one of my favorite things to listen to.
Thank you! I was very happy to have seen it in action, and yeah the sound is like none other...you can tell its a Cummins though that's for certain.
NOTHING sounds better than a large EMD locomotive, nothing.
SD40's especially.
@@orbitsrailfanvids the EMD 16-645E3 is my favorite of them all.
Can't beat those Cummins engines!
It’s a tall order!
All the Cummins engines I had in trucks were really good pullers fuel mileage not that great lol
The sound of an emd prime mover and the sweet roaring growl of a Cummins all in one consist. Yep, this country boy is in love man. Hell yeah
Sounded like a dozen Rams were idling in unison…it was pretty sweet
@@floridarailfan it must've been! I just wish they'd make more
@@ChargerusPrime Cummins has their engines in a couple locomotive models, however this is one of only two or three true Cummins engines I'm aware of, and the only six axle!
@@floridarailfan simply amazing! Emd could really take a hint lol
That Cummins engine has a sound reminiscent of a Fairbanks Morse engine
Never heard an FM engine, but the Cummins is such an iconic sound!
Great informational and beautiful scenery on the Yadkin. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome chase with awesome power and some really cool shots! Bonus points for chasing in a TJ Wrangler too.
Ha! Thanks a lot, it was a great day all around
Wow, it sounds like a Dodge truck. Great videography as well.
Thank you, it sounded amazing!
Very cool!
Isn’t it!
I like how SD Locomotives in the future is taking another level and shaped modern
A new Florida Railfan video is always a good day, but a 30 minute video?!? You've made my week! Keep up the great work!
Haha thank you very much! Always appreciate your enthusiasm, means a lot!
Jimmy over at DIY & Digital Railroad was talking about his next layout being based around parts of the Yadkin Valley and I immediately thought of this video so had to come back over and watch it again!
Thanks, that certainly will be a cool layout…keep me posted!
@@floridarailfan Best to keep an eye on Jimmy's channel, DIY and Digital Railroad, for updates on his layout.
That other SD32 #419 is like 5 minutes from my house in Victorville, CA i see it just about everyday haha! Its definitely an interesting locomotive.
Nice! They are interesting indeed, cool you get to see it frequently
Man, those locomotives are beautiful!
They are indeed aren’t they
@@floridarailfan What kind of horn does 1998 have?
Great vid
The is by far the best vid I have ever seen of YVRR! Very good work sir! I like the drone shot at Selma btw awesome stuff here!
Thanks a lot, I’m happy with how those drone videos came out as well. Appreciate the kind words!
I think your best drone footage yet! What a chase...glad it all worked out.
Thanks! I think so too. I was really, really happy to have gotten the drone up at Siloam and get such a great result
Amazing video! Now I know where the Cummins can found. Glad it found a good home.
Thanks! I highly recommend checking it out if you ever get the chance
Now that was a GREAT video! I am not too far from there, and have been around that line many times!
Thank you! One of my favorite railroads, definitely worth checking out
@@floridarailfan I have a lot of images from the YV from way back in the 80’s & 90’s! My wife posed on the front pilot of the old GMD40’s 20 years ago-with permission!
That Cummins "thing" reminds me of a Baldwin Caterpillar.
It's a unique and neat machine for sure
Republic Locomotive has been building locomotives for over 20 years with Cummins motors. They're currently using the QSX-15 so the KLW 1998 is neither the first, nor the only Cummins locomotive in existence.
Correct, and Amtrak Chargers use Cummins engines as well. KLWX1998 is the only SD90AC-QSK in existence.
@@floridarailfan I also want to mention that the Brookville BL20GHs on Metro North which are now BL20GHMs have been rebuilt and had their original engines swapped out and replaced with a Cummins QSK50.
That looks so cool. The best so far!!
That black loco is frickin gorgeous
I love your videos. Both informative and interesting
Thank you, I try to get as much relevant information in while still keeping things interesting
excellent drone shots... really well done the whole video ..beautiful countryside also thanks for the education on these locos too
Thank you! The Yadkin Valley has so many great scenes, and with their insane roster, is easily one of the most underrated railroads on the east coast in my opinion.
Good quality video with informative commentary!
Thank you!
Awesome video, new sub! That Cummins unit sounds like a giant truck!
Thanks a lot! I was very pleasantly surprised to hear that distinct Cummins sound.
@@floridarailfan"can it roll coal?"
I had no idea this even existed!
Pretty awesome isn’t it
Big power for 3 tankers
Pretty cool
Thanks!
Great video Florida Railfan!
Thank you!
Great work!
Thanks!
What a cool locomotive. If only they would make a replica in HO scale with sound 😆. One can only dream
That would be quite the model if they did
I could see Lionel do it for a visionline locomotive
Awesome video of UA-cambah 👍😎🇺🇸
A sound I could get used to,QSK95 Cummins,clean raw power.
It was so cool to hear the classic sound of a Cummins coming from a locomotive
so nice to see and hear all that high quality EMD motive power as opposed to the vanilla junkamotives from GE
Quite refreshing indeed
Awesome video! Glad to see CECX 1919 found a new home. If you ever come up and railfan INRD I can help you out a lot! I railfan it all the time up here. I remember back in 2016 I was able to see the Cummins unit once. I thought they'd appear on all railroads, oh how wrong I was.
Ha yeah it certainly would be nice but alas. If I ever make it up to INRD I'll reach out, thanks a lot!
Cummins, MTU & EMD plants pulling one train. Obscure, indeed.
Right!
Awesome Video!
Thanks a lot!
Very Nice! The reason Cummins made it in the first place was to be a test bed for the QSK95. They never had any intention of making it a production locomotive. After testing it was put in storage, not display (well, you could see it at the INRD shops from the road). I was fortunate to see it on an INRD road train once but it wasn't leading. Definitely sounded wierd though.
"static display" was a sarcastic was of saying storage. I thought it sounded great, nothing else like it.
@@floridarailfan You should visit the UK - scads of plastic rubbish powered by Cummins over here. Look and sound like transit buses. Resist the lure of Cummins my man! I noticed bloody Stadtler rubbish appearing in the USA as well... awful things.
@@michaelpowell3980 does “rubbish” by any chance refer to Deltas? Because I would love to see and hear one of those…
@@floridarailfan do you mean Deltic? Powered by two gunboat engines? No, they're good! Cummings power most of our Diesel Multiple Units - basically buses on rails. Noisy and uncomfortable.
Deltic - ua-cam.com/video/QEtFGtOU5F0/v-deo.html
These are even better - powered by two Maybach engines (same as in Tiger tanks!)
Western - ua-cam.com/video/KE5K2ZNi7cA/v-deo.html
Enjoy, and thanks for your videos - they're very good!
That KLWX quite literally sounds like Cummins powered diesel pick-up truck 😂
Isn't it amazing...!!!
8772 has a very nice paint job and 1998 is a nice one too. I wonder how reliable is the Cummings motor is
A lot of engines on the YVRR all look good, the Cummins sounds even better
I remember working on the UP8558 & the other Phase 2 SD90s at UPs Kansas City Diesel Facility with EMD tech reps. We were the last ones on the UP to try & get the 6000HP H engines working but the pans kept cracking.
Cool! I assume they weren't stellar engines back then? I know the Cummins rebuild is performing quite well, but have seen/heard nothing but negativity regarding the H2's
@@floridarailfan Caterpillar has revamped them into the “J-1010 ?” Engine as a 12 cylinder T4. I worked on a few before I retired in 2019. Never saw the need for 6000HP anyway. One loco goes down & you lose half of the HP for the train. They got rid of the SD9043s because they caused a crack in the frames by torquing the fuel tanks tightly to the frame when it was designed as a “floating” mount. I think NS picked some of these up got rid of the Siemens inverters & controller & rebuilt them with EM2000 inverter control & Mitsubishi inverters like the 70 aces. Still like the 710s though, they sound great & are pretty bulletproof.
@@douglasbohnstengel9902 Thats a lot of neat information. I had heard that the 9043's were to overpowered, I thought they got derated so thanks for confirming that. Thanks for sharing!
@@floridarailfan The UP8000’s SD9043s were 4300HP 2 cycle 710 engines were not overpowered - that was fine but UP cracked the frames by overtorquing the fuel tanks. The 6000 HP 4 cycle H engine on the phase 2 locos (UP8500 & above) had a vibration that caused the oil pans to crack. GM skimped on allowing EMD anymore R&D money to resolve the issue & they eventually just bailed on the locomotive. GM had wanted out of the locomotive business since the early 80’s & had told EMD they were on their own financially. It’s amazing they survived as long as they did.
I live in Winston Salem North Carolina
Beautiful place!
0:39 I know those guys!!
Any idea the displacement of this Cummins diesel and is it 2 stroke or 4 stroke?
4300hp if I remember correctly
did they remove/ disable the dynamic brakes on these like all of their other locomotives? they have the windows and doors open too, leaves me to question the same about the A/C
I have no clue to either of those honestly
These videos look very well made! Wish I was there myself. What video camera do you use for these videos? Looks really good
Thanks a lot! I use the Sony FDRAX-53
the abandoned part is the R line, the other is the K line. The two lines went through town apart from each other. they crossed each other at the south end of town, and the R line continued south known as the WSSB. the K line, currently the only line in use, goes to greensboro.
the line was cut out at winston yard around 2008 if im correct.. the diamond was replaced and tracks re-aligned for a turnout, that is controlled by radio dtmf tone.
the R line road bed was purchased by the city of Winston Salem and was turned into a walkway for all the modern projects downtown such s turning the RJ Ryenolds tobacco plants into condos, businesses, research parks, and extensions of the WSSU campus.
NS, WSSB, and YVRR all use the same track coming into North Winston now, and have for about 15 years
Okay got it, thanks. Kinda neat that NS shares with two short lines
What horn does 1998 have? They use the same exact tune on the SGLR GP-9s on the Sarasota branch.
Sounds like a K3LA to me but I could be wrong.
I have absolutely no idea
It's a K3LA
I'm curious with those shiny and very powerful motors, what's the average track speed for them?
Probably depends what line they’re running on. I’ve seen videos of it running pretty good on INRD, but yadkin valleys speed limit is slower
It's not often that your shortline locomotives are more powerful than the class 1s
Ha!
YVRR 8520 ex NS is the only GEVO they have on their roster I believe if not more!
It’s one of those AC44 rebuilds or something like that, it’s been bouncing back and forth between YVRR and KLW
@@floridarailfan Yes it has it came through on NS 126 bound for Roanoke and then transferred on another train which would be NS 392 to Winston Salem, NC
what bell did 8772 have
I have no idea, sounded electronic though
nevermind, it has an ekyrail e-bell
👍
The CECX1919 uses the flagship 95L.
Is that the engine type? Is it different from QSK-95?
@@floridarailfan same. I didn’t realize this was the same car Cummins bought for testing. I work for Cummins and on the 95L. Heck, I’m sitting in the factory that builds it as I type this.
4:32 what happened to the bell? sounds like an e bell on steroids
I think that it is an e-bell yeah
@@floridarailfanwith more knowledge now, its an ekyrail e bell
Not sure if I like the QSK loco or not? Sounds like a tractor trailer truck, or a large bulldozer. Love the sound, but not coming from a loco, yet anyways.
Agree to disagree haha. I was amazed by the sound it made, thought it was awesome to hear the iconic sound of a Cummins in an old SD90
Norfolk Southern use Cummins, like the Dodge Ram Pick-ups!
You should’ve heard 1998, the videos don’t do it justice. Sounds like a dozen Dodge’s
@@floridarailfan or it could sound like an entire fleet of buses. Being that I am a practicing diesel mechanic that locomotive sounds like as if every bus in the yard was idling.
@@metronorthrailfan2244 that’s a cool analogy!
I don't think many railroad s have cummings locomotives
That KLWX loco sounds like a truck engine ngl
Yeah, lots of trucks have Cummins in them so that's probably why
@@floridarailfan yeah take dodge for example. They have been using the 6.7 Cummins in their Ram trucks for a while. Even international and Freightliner using that same engine. Especially since I see them in a lot of school buses like the Thomas Saf-T-Liner C2
@@metronorthrailfan2244 The locomotive sounded like a dozen Rams all purring in unison. It was amazing...
@@floridarailfan Maybe even a dozen Freightliner Trucks or Thomas School Buses.
This railroad a short line
A rich shortline
@@unity3596 ikr
This honestly has to be the weirdest railroad I've ever seen that is in thr U.S.
What's up with the terrible E bells? Too cheap for name brand?
Weird is good :)
Not on this level LOL
@@tropicalties3806 Agree to disagree...