Great sounding Conrail GE stops for a fast crew change, White Cottage, PA. 2/01/1990
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- We are on the Monongahela Railway at White Cottage, PA as we listen to the fantastic sounds of one of Conrail's old 6 axle GE's leading and SD50. Conrail 6640-6753 exits the White Cottage tunnel with a north bound Somerset coal train. The middle of White Cottage tunnel is the top of the grade. The train is slowed down for a crew change that takes less than a minute. Meanwhile! The loaded coal train of about 12000 tons or more is draped over the top of the hill. So as the fresh crew takes over, care has to be taken in getting the heavy coal train started with out pulling a knuckle. All the crews where a friendly bunch of guys, and always quick to give you a wave or thumbs-up. Thanks for watching. Jackmp294 , 2-01-1990...
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What a great noise.
Nothing better then the sound of a GE or Alco
Awesome
As an armchair train driver that was just the most. The inertia of the whole train and the skill in getting it going again was wondrous. I hope the magic of it all is never lost on the drivers! Thanks from me.
I miss Conrail! Love those C30-7s. They sound a bit like Alcos.
I don't know why but I love that sound
Excellent GE chugging. Great video, Jack.
Great video of the Conrail units
The unmistakable sound of a four stroke GE 7FDL-16! I'll take this sound over the current GEVO junk any day!
Great Video. Love the sound of those old GE U-boats. Thanks
Thanks Peter. Glad you enjoyed it.
Brilliant sound
I used to hear the U-Boats coming out of Altoona and heading towards the the Horseshoe Curve. If you stood there with your eyes closed you'd swear it was a steam engine climbing the grade. Can't beat the sound of a 4 cycle diesel. Thanks for letting us hear the 6440 startup and pull away, after the crew change. Great stuff!
Oh man Tinsby! When I was driving cross country back in the early 80's, I was bobtailing back fro Michigan and stopped with the truck and sleep at Horse Shoe curve overnight. As I layed in the bunk, I could hear those GE's leaving Altoona, and I swear I could hear them going into the tunnel at Cresson. Fantastic! Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching...
Awesome video, I was born in the Penn Central / Conrail days. This video brings back some great memories!!
So that's how we get coal. Drive through a mountain and it fills the cars with coal, YESH! Old Conrail guy here
The classic chug of a Dash 7. Nice footage!
superb!
Great place, thanks
Those old U-Boats have a sound al their own.
Joe Morris sound like a ferry boat pulling into the Harbor
Wow that has to be one of the best sounding GE's out there!
For the past couple of years I've been searching out videos of the Somerset coal train, the older the better. I live near the Somerset power plant in New York and Somerset Railroad. It's on its last days now and is expected to shut down within the next year or so. Back in the Conrail days I watched hundreds of coal trains go by, all those crisp black and yellow cars pulled by big blue engines. I miss Conrail and I know I'm going to miss the SR when its gone. Thanks for keeping this video online.
great video,keep them comming, love them old locos....
Alright thanks I wish they were still around
That is awesome footage.
Real quick change that was!
Nice video. GE is the front loco and an EMD is the rear one. Here by us in SA they are never used together on the same train. Very nice sound to both of them.
Love the smoke and the chugging---both missing on ALL of the newer locos.
They sure are Warren. Those were the days. Thanks for watching...
awesome power! The turbo on that SD-50 is just as loud
The U-boat on the head end is a 4 stroke, trailing unit is a 2 stroke EMD.
Awesome video man! That GE sounded amazing!!
excepcional audio
Jack, this has got to be one of the best video of any modern railroading !!!
@xxxDeath9572xxx It was on the Monongahela! South of Waynesburg about 10 miles...
Yep, great sound. Lately I've had an attraction to Conrail and I really liked this video.
those trains are music to my ears.
im glad we still got those Locomotives because i know that sound anywhere
Love these old video from back in the Day Especially the Old Con rail Days!!
Carmichael Train Production Channel 327 sounds like motor boat I mean that's what a U-boat sounds like .
Back in the day... Thank you... Can almost smell the mountains and the diesel.
Ohhh yahhh. The sights, sounds and smells. You can't beat it. Thanks for watching...
@simonspics1 We knew most of the guys! Great friendly bunch. It was all down hill after Conrail took over the MGA, and most of the good places are all grown up. Thanks for watching...
Those two conrails do sound excellent. I like how the new crew member walked out the back door of the lead unit and waved and yelled hey
Bring back that classic sound! :-)
very nice sound! great old conrail unit! well done!|
alex
These old Uboats sound very similar to the Port Authority tug boats in the NY harbor.
Often times, this is sound is the only reason that I know a freight train is going by. I love it. :D
Are you kidding! That is so sad! Well...............thanks again for the great video and helping us remember how it really was!
I think the front unit is a U36C, judging by the six axles and the flared radiator.
love that chug.
Very nice video and cool diesel sound. Thumbs up! :)
I t was a real chugging contest when these things ran with NS C40-9Ws. That was loud
I miss that chugging GE sound. The current GEVOs have no “soul” when it comes to sound.
I miss this so much. There will never again be old power like that haulin freight. I have many videos from Selkirk NY back in the 90's when my dad and I would go up for the day. now it's all new power in CSX colors. The experience is the same but the motive power has changed
I should have been more specific, which branch of the old MGA? But thanks for the info, really interesting scene.
I love GE Sound
No doubt about it dubcity. And the older GE's did sound the best. Thanks for watching...
Same with me I love GE noises
Sewing machines!
Still active with the NS mine trains? Might just as well pop down there.
Wow! I love it......do you know these guys? They acted like it.Im gonna have to pay this place a visit next time i come to horseshoe curve.Love that sound ur right about that.Thanks for putting up this video!
Now this was the good old days. Shame they are gone.
labhunter1 yeah same with CSX
And now when I railfan I kick around for an hour while the crew changes! They don't do it like they used to thats for sure!
Are those Conrail U Boat engines those awesome 2 stroke diesel engines
Some tug boats in new york harbor are powered by alco engines. Very similar to the fdl-16 engines that are in these old GE's. Infact there are alco locomotives. They are not built anymore sadly but some are around. There are quite a few videos here on youtube of alco locomotives and i have even seen a tugboat engineroom with a alco in it. Just type mcallister engine room. I hope i have helped.
Wow, great sounding is right.. What line is White Cottage located on?
We used to call the old GEs "sowing machines"
Now that you mention it -
Now that's how a GE is supposed to sound. Santa Fe and Rock Island trains used to slow to a crawl and change crews on the move.
2:35 heheh, that was pretty neat
I've often wondered if Conrail loco's were blue because Penn Central had so much blue paint left over. They were trying to turn a profit after all. Anyone know why they chose blue? If I remember correctly they started out black, right.
Man...its really a shame how grown in this is today! the MGA has tons of great spots that are so hard to do anymore.
Jack, Can you explain why today's GE's don't have that wonderful chugging that we and many others love? Is it due to increased muffling of the exhaust or ??? I know the GEVO's are good on fuel but I can't see how that effects the exhaust note.
Still love 'em even if I have to come here to hear them! :D
It is a re-design of the prime mover, and silencers added that make them sound different. But those old GE's with the FDL engines in them have the best sound. Thanks for watching...
What is cousing that "old 2 cylinder tractor" sound. If you stand next to this loco's they purr like a cat.
PingasTheFourth the Exchaust sounds cool and Crazy it sounds more like Boom Boom! Boom ! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom ! like a Motor boat ready to Dock with it's turbines versing it's engine to slow down but really this train did stop .
The lead unit is a 4 cycle GE which probably is making that noise if you are talking about the deep throaty barking sound. If you are talking about the kind of high pitched sound with a bit of bass mixed into it, that is the EMD trailing which is a 2 cycle unit.
NS has a great paint scheme, but somehow it seems like Conrail's blue was a nicer contrast with rural countryside.
C30-7 Brasil
The old GE's sound like a G John Deere tractor powering a threshing machine
Yah they do. Just love the way they sound. Thanks for watching...
to be honest it looks to me like a dash 7
@Anthony H. The hilarious thing is that was eight years ago and i was probably replying to someone else. lol
As a Brit I get the impression that you railfans really miss Conrail and their engines.
Yes we do Michael. I wasn't a big Conrail fan, but now that it is gone, it is missed, and the blue locomotives are a lot better looking than NS black. I do not like black locomotives, unless its steam. Thanks for watching.
That train sounds like it's on it's last leg! Did it throw piston rod?
No, I dont think so.
C36-7 :)