Hi. I’m Sam, a railfan based out of Eastern Massachusetts. I film trains from all around the world and make narrated videos explaining how the railroad works. Thanks for watching and I’ll see you out on the mainline!
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0:12 – GE BQ23-7
2:26 – EMD SD89MAC
4:36 – M-K MK5000C
7:28 – GE C39-8CF
9:31 – EMD DDA40X
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According to what I have seen from RRHMA is already running 6936
Similar to the DDA40X, was DD35A and DD35B units for SP and UP.
The SD90MAC had a 16 cylinder H engine, not a 20 cylinder engine.
Great vid but here's one you missed back in the 90's some of the Railroads experimented with converted diesel from french fry oil didn't work out to well it didn't produce enough b.t.u.s I remember every time going through a long tunnel getting real hungry
Lmao emotional support
No, it was bc they were doing away with cabs but union contracts still required 5 man crews on local jobs
I found this quite an informative video! Now, I know what the C39-8CF thing was, and what happened to the SD89MAC.
Thanks for the video!
Cool video and channel just subscribed
The BQ23-7WAS A UNIQUE DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE. SHE DIDN'T WIN ANY BEAUTY CONTESTS, BUT she MORE THAN MADE UP FOR IT BY BEING A VERY RELIABLE AND FUEL EFFICIENT LOCOMOTIVE! SHE'S GONE IN REAL LIFE, BUT SHE IS ALIVE AND WELL, IN MY HO SCALE COLLECTION. I HAVE ONE OF THEM, AND IM LOOKING FOR SOME MORE CABS LIKE THIS, TO BUILD ME AT LEAST NINE OF THEM IN HO SCALE MODELS. I LIKED THE WAY SHE WAS BUILT.
Emotional support brakeman
It's pronounced can-nute–son for Knudsen. It's Norwegian.
The SD60 was introduced by EMD to save EMD. It wasn't the SD70, it was the SD60. And the SD90-2H WASN'T a V20 engine, it was a V16 4 Stroke engine that was built up from the ground up by EMD and it was rated at 6,000HP @1025rpms. It was a Disaster because it wasn't thoroughly tested and EMD just sent it out to beat GE when they came out with the AC6000CW. YES, your Right that the SD70 Saved EMD but it was already to late because EMD was at the point of Bankruptcy. The 710 Prime Mover wasn't able to meet Tier 3, nor Tier4 Standards due to it being a 2 stroke engine. That's why EMD was bought by Progress Rail/Caterpillar in order to meet the need of Tier requirements. After that, EMD fell even more due to engine problems with Caterpillar, and Class 1 Railroads didn't Really want to by ANY of them due to Mechanical Failure. That's why SOME of the Class 1 Railroads went with a REBUILD Program to rebuild Aging EMD's and CERTAIN GE's to Class 1 Standards.
Is the SD90 more powerful than the DDA40X?
Been trying to find the name of the MK5000C's for a while, thanks for this. One of my favorite locomotives
On the subject of the DDA40X, UP tried enough other extra-large diesels in the 1960s to make another one of these videos on its own. In addition to EMD's DDA40X and its predecessors, the DD35 and DD35A, GE built the U50 and later U50C, while Alco offered the C855. The GE and Alco units were far less successful than the EMD models.
I actually HAVE seen a BQ23-7 in action back in the spring of 1994, roster number 3008, as it was in the number 2 position of 3 mid train helpers on Q316 from Grafton, WV to Cumberland, MD. We got a real close view of it as it was pushing upgrade around Tunnelton, WV. It was definitely one of those one-time-only events, for most of the BQ23-7 seemed to spend most of their time in the southern states within the system, probably along their original Family Lines, Clinchfield, and Seaboard System trackage
Fun Fact the Welcome to Omaha sign right next to interstate 80 has a centennial and a big boy right next to each other
The MK5000s were also the last locomotives build new with MLW 3-axle trucks (beating the Dash 8-40CM by a few months) Those trucks had the reputation of incredible adhesion but equally terrible ride quality.
1:02That's the joy of unions!
So those BQ23-7 things were the first wide cabs, a good 15 years before they became the norm? Ahead of their time
@1:22, the normal cabs had 3 seats and not 2.