CSXT 9553 U23B 32 degree cold start video

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @mikere555
    @mikere555 5 лет назад +2797

    Sounds like my upstairs neighbors at 2am

  • @waitotong9590
    @waitotong9590 3 года назад +94

    You have my empathy 9553, I don’t want to leave my bed during winter mornings too

  • @privatedetective6516
    @privatedetective6516 5 лет назад +504

    There's one of these units creeping through my neighborhood in the wee hours. Such a comforting feeling hearing an old boat..

    • @trainzguy2472
      @trainzguy2472 4 года назад +23

      You're a lucky soul. Hardly any of these old things running nowadays.

    • @stijndepuydt5644
      @stijndepuydt5644 4 года назад +1

      Is that picture from the gangster series games?

    • @TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul
      @TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul 3 года назад +5

      Whats its nunber? The one that runs near me is 9554.

    • @SMD-si7fm
      @SMD-si7fm 2 года назад

      @@trainzguy2472 Tacoma WA has a few.

    • @ckuehncnwhsyt
      @ckuehncnwhsyt 2 года назад +1

      @@trainzguy2472
      Lots of old EMDs of the same size and vintage still hard at work though.

  • @gmaster45612374
    @gmaster45612374 4 года назад +1296

    RUclips: wanna see a random train start even though you've never watched anything about trains?
    Me: ok sure

    • @franticgames9
      @franticgames9 4 года назад +9

      TacticalDesire lmao same dude

    • @MrPlurface
      @MrPlurface 4 года назад +6

      Basically how I ended up here

    • @DounutCereal
      @DounutCereal 4 года назад +19

      Well then welcome to vintage 1975 power that hasn't seen a whole lot of work done to it since the mid 90's, lol

    • @TheChosenOne862
      @TheChosenOne862 4 года назад +11

      it's a locomotive engine, not a train.

    • @gmaster45612374
      @gmaster45612374 4 года назад +30

      @@TheChosenOne862 knew it was only a matter of time before someone came in to correct a joke...

  • @jamesshanks2614
    @jamesshanks2614 5 лет назад +553

    The GE B23-7 engine was the nicest engine I ever used for switching in the yard. Good fuel economy, excellent throttle response and plenty of compressed air supply from the 312 cubic foot of air and pulled like a bear. Loved them. All that and 2250 horsepower made it a very capable yard engine.

    • @abc-ni9uw
      @abc-ni9uw 5 лет назад +52

      So it was used as a lawn mower ?

    • @jamesshanks2614
      @jamesshanks2614 5 лет назад +36

      I didn't say the U23-B was the switcher I used I said the B23-7, excellent throttle response and great power for moving long heavy strings of freight. The B23-7 was a totally different animal from he U23-B. My crew loved it because they could stand on the bottom step fully upright plus the B23-7 has throttle response built into it.

    • @Kuzyapso
      @Kuzyapso 5 лет назад +48

      It's so cool to see train conductors nerding out over trains

    • @jth1699
      @jth1699 4 года назад +7

      knows true - I spent 20 years on frt trains and it was the general opinion that if we had a GE unit we had to have a couple of SD40's to drag it along with the train. And if your entire consist was GE you could just figure the hogs were going to get you someplace before you could get home.

    • @santospan314
      @santospan314 4 года назад +6

      How much long the operator needs to wait for the engine reach the ideal temperature?

  • @eduardoaquino9162
    @eduardoaquino9162 2 года назад +208

    Well done Batteries!! none of this would be possible without you guys.

    • @ratbag359
      @ratbag359 2 года назад +19

      yip
      there are other options to start large motors
      Air
      smaller aux motors (pony motors)

    • @eduardoaquino9162
      @eduardoaquino9162 2 года назад +19

      @@ratbag359 You are right The SD-70ACE is one of the EMD locomotives that start with air. Only needs batteries to keep the computers and the low voltage equipment running.

    • @yannickasas
      @yannickasas Год назад +3

      @@ratbag359 Lemme just start my 5.7L V8

    • @confirmhandle
      @confirmhandle Год назад +2

      Pull start cord ?

    • @confirmhandle
      @confirmhandle Год назад +2

      Kick start ?

  • @juliusadams1931
    @juliusadams1931 5 лет назад +473

    Legend has it he is still trying to warm the engine up

    • @electric7487
      @electric7487 3 года назад +41

      Legend says 10000 tree huggers died as a result

    • @genezehring6057
      @genezehring6057 2 года назад

      You are d*mb

    • @billpugh58
      @billpugh58 Год назад +4

      @@electric7487 your children will thank you for killing those trees you hate……slow hand clap …………….

    • @electric7487
      @electric7487 Год назад +2

      @@billpugh58 _Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh_

    • @tds_gamer-sh3of
      @tds_gamer-sh3of Год назад +2

      @Bill Pugh you clearly don't understand a joke.

  • @mcspikes1
    @mcspikes1 3 года назад +424

    It certainly is an easy starting, clean burning engine.

    • @weirdo1083
      @weirdo1083 3 года назад +7

      A big heap of rubbish.

    • @cavalierliberty6838
      @cavalierliberty6838 3 года назад +117

      @@weirdo1083 that big heap of rubbish did more in one day of work than you, me, or most people will ever do. Respect it.

    • @electric7487
      @electric7487 3 года назад +6

      @@cavalierliberty6838 Gøttem

    • @weirdo1083
      @weirdo1083 3 года назад

      @@cavalierliberty6838 Well said shit for brains.

    • @cavalierliberty6838
      @cavalierliberty6838 3 года назад +33

      @@weirdo1083 you DO realize how much that single locomotive can pull, right?

  • @Jhnnymck4
    @Jhnnymck4 4 года назад +53

    This is what it takes to get me started for each day!

  • @Obi_Wan_Kenobi_027
    @Obi_Wan_Kenobi_027 Год назад +36

    I had a conversation a few months ago with a railroader in his 80s who worked the Feather River route. He said that once they got up and running, The U23s were, for a while, the best pullers in their fleet.

  • @alvisstalwart925
    @alvisstalwart925 Год назад +21

    I honestly just love equipment and all the cool stuff humans make. This is a solid video.

  • @JayDS509
    @JayDS509 4 года назад +79

    The flames are a nice touch! I need to get one of these for my front yard.

  • @nickk3226
    @nickk3226 5 лет назад +324

    Even diesel trains are running lope tunes now, ridiculous

  • @who_cares848
    @who_cares848 3 года назад +94

    I did some heating system work on a tugboat that had an engine from an old csx freight train like this. It was hooked to a 6 1/2 foot prop. Most massive motor I've ever seen, and deafening while it's running. They cold started it in the winter once when it was 10 degrees outside and it sounded just like this. It had a residential oil fired boiler in the engine room for heat, which runs on the boats fuel supply. Occasionally it goes out and we have to go over there and get it running again.

    • @rusack7174
      @rusack7174 2 года назад +5

      The boiler used to keep the engine warm to make starting easier?

    • @who_cares848
      @who_cares848 2 года назад +7

      @@rusack7174 its used to heat the boat. Originally it just had air conditioning, so we installed a residential hot water boiler in the engine room, and installed a big coil inside of the main air handler. The coil just circulates hot water from the boiler and back, and when the fan kicks on it blows hot air. There are also several suspended Modine units that are connected to it as well.

    • @PrenticeBoy1688
      @PrenticeBoy1688 2 года назад

      @@who_cares848 Are you on the Great Lakes?

    • @aland7236
      @aland7236 2 года назад +3

      So did they just cobble this tug together from anything they found?

    • @PrenticeBoy1688
      @PrenticeBoy1688 2 года назад +7

      @@aland7236 It does sound rather ad hoc, doesn't it? It's like nobody planned to build this tug, it just kinda happened ... somebody noticed that he had a locomotive engine, some steel plating, a propeller, an anchor and some cable and he thought 'what the hell, I'll make a tugboat today'.

  • @lisztdylan7846
    @lisztdylan7846 5 лет назад +993

    Sounds like my roommate whenever his girlfriend is over

    • @marconiandcheese7258
      @marconiandcheese7258 5 лет назад +81

      And if there is that much smoke, they should probably buy some lube

    • @TimTim-zf7ub
      @TimTim-zf7ub 5 лет назад +30

      He is saying it soundz like the bed that is hitting the wall..damn yall couldnt figure that out?

    • @shuhaolu3257
      @shuhaolu3257 5 лет назад +40

      Tim Tim flew straight over your head... whoooosh

    • @overitall1310
      @overitall1310 5 лет назад

      Lol

    • @oil1252
      @oil1252 5 лет назад +1

      @@marconiandcheese7258 😂

  • @fhowland
    @fhowland 3 года назад +4

    Content like this is what makes RUclips great

  • @jessejohnson6435
    @jessejohnson6435 3 года назад +14

    One of the very best cold start diesel loco vids ever

  • @GerLemmi
    @GerLemmi 5 лет назад +17

    Sounds like my dad is starting his 1986 VW Jetta 2 Diesel. And it takes the same time too 😂

  • @billmarden3886
    @billmarden3886 5 лет назад +346

    I talked to a Conrail guy about 20 years ago and he told me they leave the locomotives running 24-7 until the weather warms up. That could be like 3-4 months. They're only shut off for repairs...

    • @Nikkk6969
      @Nikkk6969 5 лет назад +77

      Bill Marden Same for Union Pacific in the winter. Just lines of locomotives idling. I wonder how much fuel that wastes lol

    • @wms1650
      @wms1650 5 лет назад +82

      @@Nikkk6969 Back in early 1970s my sister's husband had a D8 Caterpillar he used for clearing land.
      When the temperature would get to about 40 F or lowe at night he would leave it idling all night.
      He said starting them cold caused excess wear.
      Don't know if it's true but it sounded like the train engine.
      That knocking rough running can't be good.

    • @richardreed183
      @richardreed183 5 лет назад +83

      Most American locomotives do not have anti-freeze in their coolant so they cannot be shut down in cold temperatures. A freeze-up can crack the water pumps and damage the block or air box. The pink color in the coolant is a corrosion inhibitor, not anti-freeze
      That's why they keep em running when it gets cold

    • @markbrave8255
      @markbrave8255 5 лет назад +36

      Richard Reed why no antifreeze coolant there? Seems more cost effective than fuel?

    • @jacobg5122
      @jacobg5122 5 лет назад +46

      @@wms1650
      It's true that it can cause excessive wear on the engine to crank it that long, especially when your starter makes more torque than a Honda Civic. The lack of heat means the rings aren't expanded and thus aren't sealing the combustion chamber, so the combustion gases will be able to push past them until they've warmed up. That rough running sound is an injector knocking, probably sticking because the fuel is thicker than usual.

  • @jw4620
    @jw4620 3 года назад +10

    good video! Surprising how many commenters know nothing about what they watched.

  • @protoharry552
    @protoharry552 5 лет назад +352

    "Seymour, why is there smoke coming from your train?" "Oh, that's not smoke, its STEAM! For the steamed clams we're having! Mm, steamed clams." "Seymour, you don't steam clams with a train."

    • @WifeBTR123
      @WifeBTR123 5 лет назад +27

      Aurora borealis, entirely in that locomotive, at this time of day?

    • @Scales_of_lyfe
      @Scales_of_lyfe 5 лет назад +1

      Lmfaoo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Scales_of_lyfe
      @Scales_of_lyfe 5 лет назад +1

      @@WifeBTR123 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @billglaser
      @billglaser 5 лет назад +3

      WifeBTR123 “.....yes!!” 😂

    • @salogarcia8039
      @salogarcia8039 5 лет назад

      🤣🤣🤣😂😂

  • @michellebarry840
    @michellebarry840 3 года назад +17

    This... This is why I got into diesel mechanics

  • @bigkiwimike
    @bigkiwimike 5 лет назад +346

    That’s a dam good set of batteries. I bet the auxiliary generator spent a while topping the batteries back up.

    • @robertdrayton3541
      @robertdrayton3541 5 лет назад +6

      bigkiwimike so it’s true? Heard they’re not diesel but an electric motor runs the diesel motor & the ones above DC ie: Amtrak with the overhead power lines are full on electric.

    • @SupernovaSpence
      @SupernovaSpence 5 лет назад +79

      @@robertdrayton3541 they're diesel-electric. The diesel engine needs to be started the same way a gasoline engine does, using a starter. It uses batteries to accomplish this. Then, once it's going, the starter can be disengaged and the "electric" part comes in. The diesel engine runs a generator-alternator combo. The electricity generated is then used to run electric motors on the trucks and supply power to the rest of the systems.

    • @bjarha1
      @bjarha1 5 лет назад +15

      @@SupernovaSpence They use the lokomotive generator as starter.

    • @ClockworksOfGL
      @ClockworksOfGL 5 лет назад +18

      bigkiwimike - Big diesels tend to use compressed air for starting, at least on ships.

    • @bigkiwimike
      @bigkiwimike 5 лет назад +20

      Not sure if this engine has a main generator or a main alternator. If it has a generator, then the batteries will connect to the generator, use it as an electric motor and therefore turn over the prime mover. If it has an alternator, then it will have DC windings in the alternator to enable it to be turned over like an electric motor. She won’t be compressed air start.

  • @goodoldbubba6620
    @goodoldbubba6620 Месяц назад +1

    We lived near the tracks along the Wildwood Live Oak subdivision of SCL back in the 70s. U boats combined with SD-45 locomotives had a surging chug-a-lug sound you could hear and literally feel for miles as a train approached. When you combined the engine noises with the roar of the the entire train on riveted track, it was unmistakable. I sure do miss those sounds.

  • @bradleyogden5688
    @bradleyogden5688 5 лет назад +13

    Nice finish with a flash of flame! Thanks for sharing.

  • @tomharris8263
    @tomharris8263 3 года назад +3

    I don't know why, but a love this video. What a process to get this old girl started.

    • @IstasPumaNevada
      @IstasPumaNevada 3 года назад

      If you liked this, but want more details/complex process, try watching the youtube video "How To Fire Up a Steam Locomotive [4K]" by Jeff Berrier Videos. 30+ minute video of bringing a steam locomotive from cold to moving. I find it both fascinating and relaxing to watch. (I'll link the url in a second comment, in case youtube is getting rid of links.)

    • @IstasPumaNevada
      @IstasPumaNevada 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/xx9Q8PphAVo/видео.html

  • @lazarusmagellan2367
    @lazarusmagellan2367 5 лет назад +488

    “Bro buy a block heater”

    • @kansascityshuffle8526
      @kansascityshuffle8526 5 лет назад +25

      Block heater for a beast like that is pretty much the biggest hotsy water heater/circulator made combined with a three phase battery charger. Cost effective for small businesses. CSX on the side likely just got pushed out of the shops. Not sure if CSX is different but I think they use straight water with no antifreeze. So an overnight shut down would have popped the guru valve (engine freeze protection device)

    • @lazarusmagellan2367
      @lazarusmagellan2367 5 лет назад +11

      wow. didnt know they actually existed.

    • @robwar2288
      @robwar2288 5 лет назад +6

      They need DEF!🤣🤣🤣

    • @philleotardo7879
      @philleotardo7879 5 лет назад

      Jesus

    • @jamesshanks2614
      @jamesshanks2614 5 лет назад +6

      Block heater I found installed on my GP-7 had a diesel fuel burner identical to your home furnace heating coolant through a small heater to keep the engine warm. Never seen one with an all electric block heater.

  • @briangleason5597
    @briangleason5597 3 года назад +5

    Thank You for the video. Awesome seeing her start up. Stay safe and healthy.

  • @durrelljohnson4726
    @durrelljohnson4726 5 лет назад +37

    In MoW orange livery, she wears the colors of our old "pumpkin" locomotives. I haven't seen one of these in years!

  • @johnnoonan5802
    @johnnoonan5802 3 года назад +3

    hi there Wade great video there many thanks and seasons greetings , they used to have locomotives in Dublin Ireland with GM engines they were big engines , they were left idling over during the night as to have them ready for the morning , i used to hear the lads like Peter Keegan telling me they were hard started so they were left to idle over , they were only shut down for oil changes and general maintanance , they are gone now , and are using these inner city units with small engines built into carriages

  • @02Lightning
    @02Lightning 5 лет назад +43

    Damn that’s one hell of a starter

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 3 года назад +6

      Main generator bolted directly to the flex plate is what gets the job done. It has two huge 32 volt batteries that weigh about 1000 lbs each in series to give it 74 volts to start it with. And yeah, it rolled that engine close to two minutes before it finally caught hold and started, after the fire out the stack is when it started.

  • @LIMowersAndMore
    @LIMowersAndMore 3 года назад +9

    Classic GE I remember starting these up every morning!

  • @thefatmansgarage8570
    @thefatmansgarage8570 5 лет назад +173

    the train version of uncle buck....

    • @02Lightning
      @02Lightning 5 лет назад +8

      The Fat Man's Garage 😂😂😂 lmao!

    • @Bartonovich52
      @Bartonovich52 5 лет назад +7

      *_BOOM!!!_*

    • @dontworrywhatmynameis4111
      @dontworrywhatmynameis4111 5 лет назад +3

      😂😂😂😂

    • @JV-df9em
      @JV-df9em 5 лет назад +6

      Not enough people are appreciating this comment or that movie!

    • @linx4355
      @linx4355 5 лет назад +3

      Just watched that movie last night

  • @platec4798
    @platec4798 3 года назад +12

    The California Air Resources Board would love this! LOL It is a cool old locomotive in it's own special way.
    Plate C

  • @bean_bttf3
    @bean_bttf3 5 лет назад +17

    I just loooveee GE U23B locomotives! Ever since I found out my local railroad, the Providence & Worcester RR, had obtained some back in the late 70s, early 80s from Conrail. The last one was out of service in 2005. Buuuut a museum in NH apparently has an operating one in its W&P scheme!

    • @jadedfox4672
      @jadedfox4672 2 года назад

      It’s providence and Worcester

    • @bean_bttf3
      @bean_bttf3 2 года назад

      @@jadedfox4672 Fixed**

  • @ns4270railfan
    @ns4270railfan Год назад +3

    A fabulous start up sequence on this locomotive. All that smoke reminds me of an old steamer making a smoke show before getting underway. You don't see railroading like this everyday. Thanks for this great footage. :)

  • @sydspoak6754
    @sydspoak6754 5 лет назад +722

    AAAAAND THIS is why they leave them running, LOL.

    • @tobi3233
      @tobi3233 5 лет назад +46

      running idle the whole night is not good...

    • @mhess427
      @mhess427 5 лет назад +120

      I heard that they would keep steam engines running for a week or two before shutting them down. The start up procedure takes an entire day.

    • @InconsistentManner
      @InconsistentManner 5 лет назад +52

      @@tobi3233 we idle our trucks for at times 10 days for snow events

    • @CodeX-fj4bk
      @CodeX-fj4bk 5 лет назад +122

      ToastyBBQ once a diesel gets going it’s better to let it run

    • @mrfingerlakes8735
      @mrfingerlakes8735 5 лет назад +73

      It’s better to leave them running especially when it’s cold because the engines can freeze up

  • @Xterra33
    @Xterra33 4 года назад +8

    Man you have to love that sound!!!!!!!

  • @denisefogarty4541
    @denisefogarty4541 4 года назад +8

    awesome love the old engines keep up the good work

  • @P42_foamer
    @P42_foamer Год назад +2

    I dont care about what people who love the environment, the startup is awesome especially with the flame and black exhaust shooting out the stack

  • @andrewhoggett8148
    @andrewhoggett8148 3 года назад +4

    one of the best cold starts ive ever seen very cool

  • @ghostmost2614
    @ghostmost2614 5 лет назад +7

    James Shanks!!!!🥇🏆
    YOU'RE THAT GUY AWARD!!!!

  • @Erik-dg6et
    @Erik-dg6et 5 лет назад +13

    Thank you Wade, this is great . More please!

  • @KCDash4400cw
    @KCDash4400cw 2 года назад +5

    Man gotta love that chug,
    Also that sky is beautiful

  • @om617yota8
    @om617yota8 5 лет назад +72

    Yep I cold start about like that too, these days.

    • @jam9297
      @jam9297 5 лет назад +3

      I miss my 240d :(

    • @Peugot905
      @Peugot905 5 лет назад +1

      Hey 617Yota, greetings from peachparts!

    • @om617yota8
      @om617yota8 3 года назад +1

      @@Peugot905 Greetings!

  • @Kwantumnaut
    @Kwantumnaut 4 года назад +9

    I've been starting to see more and more why Sheldon likes trains so much 😁

    • @inactive67
      @inactive67 3 года назад

      His only redeeming quality

  • @jeffreysheldrake7943
    @jeffreysheldrake7943 5 лет назад +13

    I've been around machinery for many years . So far the only sensible one was a Lister 3cylinder with start position on the pump and an all cylinders decompression until ready to run. You had less starter strain..fuelled up engine and a small amount of oil pressure. Some years ago CAT were working on an oil pressure prior to starter engagement but obviously these big stinkers aren't meant to start more they are meant to run

  • @alistairedwards494
    @alistairedwards494 2 года назад +2

    I totally love this ma, how he starts the Loco, you call Locomotive and try me. I am from Northern Ireland and love the sound. Bring it on.

  • @mikeingeorgia1
    @mikeingeorgia1 4 года назад +30

    I had 6 of these bad boys on a slop freight one time. After making a 42 mile round trip 3 were actually still running lol

  • @genefogarty5395
    @genefogarty5395 2 года назад +2

    Reminds me of my old 5550 backhoe trying to roll over in -20. Those new cordless Dewalt heat guns make it a tad easier now.

  • @BigHoss1745
    @BigHoss1745 5 лет назад +29

    Holy sh!t talk about fire in the hole. Now that’s fire in the hole.

  • @RyRyWags
    @RyRyWags Год назад +2

    Never seen a locomotive cold start before! Nice!!!👍

  • @davidjohnson8054
    @davidjohnson8054 4 года назад +3

    My 1983 Mercedes 300D sounded just like this starting on a winter morning!

  • @santinojozefmiller7721
    @santinojozefmiller7721 9 месяцев назад +1

    Is the locomotive overheating? Why did I see a little bit of fire coming out of the exhaust?

  • @Jungleland33
    @Jungleland33 4 года назад +34

    Volkswagen loco engines almost have their emissions nailed.

  • @habdman
    @habdman 4 года назад +8

    Man it just sounds so cool, so muscular and brutal.

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 3 года назад +6

      And all of that noise was before it even started running. Notice how it quieted right down when it started right after the fire and black smoke show.

  • @baldguyadventure
    @baldguyadventure 5 лет назад +448

    49 global warming activists were harmed in the making of this video.

    • @xenomorph2056
      @xenomorph2056 5 лет назад +9

      😂

    • @carbonking53
      @carbonking53 5 лет назад +30

      Greta Thunberg fainted while watching from the "trauma".....lol

    • @propyl_acetate
      @propyl_acetate 5 лет назад +11

      Ok boomer

    • @kyoakland
      @kyoakland 5 лет назад +11

      Exactly the more pollution the better for us

    • @robbiedozier2840
      @robbiedozier2840 5 лет назад +21

      Except trains are actually far more efficient than trucks by weight so

  • @irelandbloke
    @irelandbloke 4 года назад +54

    Great video !

  • @monstrok
    @monstrok 5 лет назад +13

    Dammit Wade! =) Thanks for the coverage of this unit!

  • @jamesmcdonald6047
    @jamesmcdonald6047 5 лет назад +2

    Not sure if he did this first, but we would open cylinder valve cocks and turn over engine to blow out condensation first. Any water in cylinders can blow it apart. Then prime fuel system to remove any air in injectors lines,then turn starter over. Dark smoke at first looks like a little moisture, but always take a while when it’s cold. Starter/Prime Switch and Lay Shaft is behind two short doors to left of CSX. That’s an older GE locomotive. Oh, the white smoke very cold diesel and will clear when it warms up. On the other side is a low oil button that may have reset, also an engine over speed lever to reset.

  • @jlsracing997
    @jlsracing997 2 года назад +4

    I'm wondering what he did on the other side of the engine. The running of the engine changed dramatically when he was over there and then all cylinders were firing.

  • @rjgvideos9996
    @rjgvideos9996 5 лет назад +1

    This is a whole new level to cold start videos

  • @deadmanwalkin_0422
    @deadmanwalkin_0422 5 лет назад +301

    I don't get it, it just sounds like my dog when he about to throw up.

    • @timeisnow4116
      @timeisnow4116 5 лет назад +3

      Lol

    • @91myroc
      @91myroc 5 лет назад

      🤣🤣

    • @chuckw4254
      @chuckw4254 5 лет назад +8

      A diesel engine fires on compression, not a spark like a gasoline engine. Until the temp in the cylinders start to rise, they run very slow and rough. That and belch smoke. The flames from the stack was unburned fuel in the exhaust.

    • @deadmanwalkin_0422
      @deadmanwalkin_0422 5 лет назад

      @@chuckw4254 Thanks for the information, i didn't know how they worked.

    • @overitall1310
      @overitall1310 5 лет назад

      That does sound about right🤣

  • @reubenjensen2433
    @reubenjensen2433 2 года назад +2

    Great. Now my brain has blue balls. Kept expecting it to ROAR to life. Nope. Just a 4 minute strip tease.

  • @robertf3479
    @robertf3479 5 лет назад +6

    That sounds like me first thing in the morning, moaning, groaning, backfiring and complaining … LOL!

  • @cUnTTlol
    @cUnTTlol 4 года назад +1

    I grew up watching the CSX trains go by, always wanted to be a conductor but don't know where to start. Still nice to see though!

  • @ldegmtrainspotter
    @ldegmtrainspotter 3 года назад +8

    Amazing engine start! Great capture! Thumbs Up🚂🚀
    Greetings from Romania
    Andrew

  • @Running-with-skizers
    @Running-with-skizers Год назад

    Best coldstart on RUclips

  • @Greenelectra78
    @Greenelectra78 5 лет назад +56

    It looks to me like the starter was still engaged and the engine was firing on maybe 3 cylinders. Then the Engineer walks around the deck to (I assume) pull on the lay shaft, clearing some of the cylinders and she fires finally.

    • @Texassince1836
      @Texassince1836 5 лет назад +9

      You leave the starter engaged until idle speed is reached. This reduces current across the switch contacts when you switch em off.

    • @maximumhardcore4362
      @maximumhardcore4362 5 лет назад +1

      Patrick Tack exactly, that and put a rag over the intake to choke it

    • @Sweetteawillie
      @Sweetteawillie 5 лет назад +1

      I wonder how much water was in the cylinders if there was no purge done before starting?

    • @mikewilliams5331
      @mikewilliams5331 5 лет назад +2

      @@patricktack165 I guess a shot of ether would explain the fireball @2.41

    • @StaxRail
      @StaxRail 5 лет назад +2

      @@patricktack165 putting ether into a diesel loco like this is a really bad decision. After using it, the engine slowly becomes reliant on it until you need to use ether as fuel.

  • @Ferromexfan4081
    @Ferromexfan4081 Год назад +2

    Very clean T4 engine, definitely the way of the future!

  • @chrisbroesky2932
    @chrisbroesky2932 3 года назад +5

    Nothing beats a locomotive cold start.

  • @NoahDoane
    @NoahDoane 2 года назад +2

    I'm more impressed by that running 6.4 Powerstroke that drove by at the beginning. To get one running is a great achievement. Jk lol, amazing video!

  • @FreightLocos
    @FreightLocos 5 лет назад +392

    Greta Thunderburg has called, she's not very happy :D

    • @TougeKiller
      @TougeKiller 5 лет назад +26

      I was looking for this very comment and was not disappointed.😂

    • @vevohoeyo
      @vevohoeyo 5 лет назад +45

      Greta thunberg apparently lost her shit and is now smoking crack and rolling coal

    • @chevyshaun454
      @chevyshaun454 4 года назад +10

      Took the words out of my mouth lol.

    • @PharaohDeathMask
      @PharaohDeathMask 4 года назад +30

      The girl with the accusing words and serious mental issues. The media leftys love her.
      Time magazine's Person of the year, but then the suck journalists at Time magazine also named Hitler Person of the year.

    • @skytyme7721
      @skytyme7721 4 года назад +2

      Hell Im not very happy

  • @JrFlexing909
    @JrFlexing909 Год назад +1

    That is a music to my ear. Listen to that beast go.

  • @catslivesmatter1268
    @catslivesmatter1268 5 лет назад +4

    I had an old 1960 Plymouth that always sounded like that when it was cold starting , The old push button shift buttons on the dash ! Always FiRED up though ! Right until I put a Risk Pin through the hood !

  • @theDeitz
    @theDeitz 5 лет назад +1

    lol .. Never had that issues starting my M577A1 Diesel in cold weather.... Great Video!

  • @TheMissouriSpartan
    @TheMissouriSpartan 5 лет назад +23

    Looks like this ol thing's been sitting there a few years. lol

  • @TinMan24
    @TinMan24 Год назад +1

    That chugging sound got me bouncing my shoulders and tapping my feet.

  • @joe51chevy7
    @joe51chevy7 5 лет назад +132

    …and people talk about how much a steam locomotive smokes.

    • @kitten-inside
      @kitten-inside 5 лет назад +13

      Except this does that while starting or pushing hard -- instead of all the time.

    • @loganf4944
      @loganf4944 5 лет назад +1

      Andrzej Sawicki agreed lmao and it’s a cold start at that

    • @willybee3056
      @willybee3056 5 лет назад +4

      That ain't a cold start,,, 50 below f,, is a cold start. . That is if it does...
      People in northern Minnesota, , know...

    • @jonnywilson9117
      @jonnywilson9117 5 лет назад +5

      @@willybee3056 50 below would be classed as a "freezing start" I know for sure, 50 below isn't cold. That's motherfucking freezing, freeze to death in a couple minutes if you don't have the right clothes on. It's a miracle people can still open their car doors at that temp

    • @CNMikado
      @CNMikado 4 года назад +1

      U23B: I’m trying to quite smoking ok just leave me be

  • @caseyjonessnr1200
    @caseyjonessnr1200 9 месяцев назад

    Plenty of exhaust smoke. Great video.

  • @buzzroadguy
    @buzzroadguy 3 года назад +14

    I literally feel the same way this locomotive does when I’m that cold.

  • @china-trip
    @china-trip 2 года назад

    My best friend, Super! Looked, very interesting! I liked your work! I enjoyed watch your video. Thanks!

  • @ReadingAreaRailfan
    @ReadingAreaRailfan 2 года назад +3

    I've gained a lot more respect for U boats than I used to, I realized they weren't all completely crap like the 25B's. The U23's and U33's seem decent

  • @gunlokman
    @gunlokman 3 года назад +1

    Thank goodness the model-makers will never be able to replicate this level of realism! People would die . . . !

  • @railtrolley
    @railtrolley 5 лет назад +4

    The engine is a GE 4 stroke? Sounds different from the EMD 2 strokes I'm used to.

    • @silicon212
      @silicon212 4 года назад +2

      Yes GEs are 4 stroke.

    • @Slim_Slid
      @Slim_Slid 10 месяцев назад

      All of the ALCO units and GE units have always been four stroke.This even includes some of the really old Baldwin and/or Lima Hamilton units produced.Some of them used motors from Cooper Besemer,Caterpillar,and Cummins.
      Caterpillar & Cummins was common in the 45T-80T switchers which were also widely used in the military.Alot of them were also rebuilt under the TEAD programs.
      The Cooper Besemer motors were most popular in the 70T switchers that were well liked further North for logging railroading.GE actually took over ALCO when they filed for bankruptcy and also copied the motor design from Cooper Besemer for their own production.
      While EMD units for decades were always two stroke,the only units that actually had four stroke motors were the SD90MAC H1's,SD90MAC H2's,SD89MX prototype,and SD70AH-T4's.The SD90MAC's used the EMD 265H's.The SD70AH-T4's have Caterpillar 1010J's which are based on the H motors to begin with.All of these units however were major failures.

  • @nigelterry9299
    @nigelterry9299 2 года назад

    What a wonderfully grumpy Start!

  • @Don_ECHOguy
    @Don_ECHOguy 2 года назад +4

    Loved the start up, but would be cool with dual exhaust out the back.

  • @jarnailbrar6732
    @jarnailbrar6732 Год назад +2

    Beautiful sound, a giant waking up from hibernation.

  • @dano4572
    @dano4572 5 лет назад +7

    Yep! She's burnin a little rich this morning! Hang on!!!!, she's headin for the rubard!!?

  • @SydneySpencer-ds4kv
    @SydneySpencer-ds4kv 4 месяца назад +1

    That old EMD is puttn' on a show

  • @NosTrilhos
    @NosTrilhos 4 года назад +16

    Trabalho incrível parabéns!!!

  • @miroslavpelikan3111
    @miroslavpelikan3111 Год назад

    strojnik je expert---neturuje-volnobeh-nádhera

  • @nitinkumar7329
    @nitinkumar7329 4 года назад +15

    Imagine if that truck driver parked in front of camera.
    Damn I'll have to start this thing again 😢

  • @craigpalmer5693
    @craigpalmer5693 5 лет назад

    CSX freight train smoke coming out of the engine 30 degrees that's very cold outside turn on heater awesome video friend happy new year 2020

  • @whiteknightcat
    @whiteknightcat 4 года назад +19

    I was expecting bits of pumice to start raining down, followed by a pyroclastic flow.

  • @LeoRousseau
    @LeoRousseau 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the video! I appreciate badass stuff like this!

  • @RailfanDaniel1997
    @RailfanDaniel1997 3 года назад +7

    2:40 I'd say y'all literally got it *fired up*!

    • @marctiltman9555
      @marctiltman9555 3 года назад

      A volcano on wheels!

    • @RailfanDaniel1997
      @RailfanDaniel1997 3 года назад +2

      @@marctiltman9555 You can definitely say that again! There's nothing like an old GE coughing and belching as it slowly wakes up!

    • @ralfie8801
      @ralfie8801 3 года назад

      And that was right before it was actually running too.

  • @Fester_
    @Fester_ 2 года назад

    First time watching. Thanks. Is that like a starter motor gaining momentum slowly, driver walks to an engine transfer out of picture and engages a clutch type of thing? Cool way to nip down to the corner shops to pick up milk for Grandma.

  • @lendavidhart9710
    @lendavidhart9710 5 лет назад +38

    He went back there to give it a shot of ether.

    • @jonathank442
      @jonathank442 4 года назад +1

      He went back there to use the lay shaft on governor to manually speed rpms

    • @BucketOspuds
      @BucketOspuds 4 года назад +1

      An arm came out the inlet & just snatched the can out of his hand.

    • @lendavidhart9710
      @lendavidhart9710 4 года назад

      @@BucketOspuds Geo scrub, i think your right!!!!!!!!!

  • @interferon4800
    @interferon4800 11 месяцев назад

    Is this one of those diesel engines that have a lever to hold most of the valves open while starting so it is easier on the starter motor?