70-Years old and Still Serving! EMD's SW-1: 600 hp End Cab Switcher

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

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  • @kens.3729
    @kens.3729 Год назад +15

    There are Not too many employees or equipment that can say they’re still getting the job done 70+ years later. Thanks AC. 👍

  • @josephignudo7405
    @josephignudo7405 Год назад +7

    We have a SW1 still in service. I work for Amtrak our yard switcher 737 still running strong. It’s currently in service in D.C. Used to be our switcher in Wilmington, DE

  • @remylopez4821
    @remylopez4821 Год назад +4

    I like the fact that it doesn’t even have a ditch lights. It looks very well-maintained beautiful piece of equipment.

  • @TopperMachineLLC
    @TopperMachineLLC Год назад +5

    I've been working on SW1s for over 20 years. Great locomotives. Still have 5 of them I work on.

  • @wafflesnfalafel1
    @wafflesnfalafel1 Год назад +5

    super cool - thanks for the vid. That old SW-1 looks so tiny next to those modern tank cars! Great to see they are keeping it in good shape.

  • @CNR5154
    @CNR5154 Год назад +7

    Awesome! Hard to believe that features like the B&M high number boards with marker lights were maintained and not cut off sometime in its lifetime. When you see the single stack and front sandbox, you instantly know it's first-gen. Kudos to the shop magicians keeping it going. Thanks for posting and Happy New Year!

  • @cooscountyrailvideos2024
    @cooscountyrailvideos2024 10 месяцев назад +3

    This locomotive will be preserved In Danbury Connecticut, and will be returned to its as built identity as Boston & Maine #1127

  • @stevexray6253
    @stevexray6253 Год назад +3

    That's the first time I've ever seen a train go in between 2 power poles. 😁👍

  • @trapdriver7006
    @trapdriver7006 Год назад +4

    Great to see a veteran locomotive in commercial service doing a great job also that it’s in good condition.An interesting video which I enjoyed watching.👍😁😁😁😁🚂🇬🇧🇬🇧

  • @ryandavis7593
    @ryandavis7593 Год назад +2

    I worked on the one in Tipton Indiana. I did a complete rewire of the low voltage systems back to the original schematic.
    It is a fun little locomotive and the folks at the elevator are awesome.
    It was built in late summer of nineteen forty one for Con Edison in Chicago and worked the Lasall street power station which was later a nuclear unit. This little locomotive is known as the Atom Powered SW1. In case you are wondering, it says so across its nose and has the Atomic symbol on the cab sides. It also has the Con Edison clerestory roofed cab. I feel very privileged to have prolonged her useful life. She should live to see 100 revenue years.

  • @keithmoore5306
    @keithmoore5306 Год назад +3

    i wish they'd bring the end cabs back! that section you said used to be double tracked doesn't look wide enough to double!

  • @ericzolner4650
    @ericzolner4650 Год назад +3

    I live in the general area. I enjoy catching that particular locomotive in action. The way the V6 prime mover chugs along and the 3 chime horn is awesome.

  • @EdVelez
    @EdVelez Год назад +3

    Impressive to see trucks that still have the old journal boxes still on them. So may SW's have been converted. Reminds me of the old LVRR 112

    • @HavelockYard
      @HavelockYard Год назад

      Noticed this right away in the thumb, only see them on old display pieces up here now and the odd plow that didn't get new roller bearing trucks.

  • @andrewpalm2103
    @andrewpalm2103 Год назад +2

    End cab switchers are my favorite diesels, and the SW-1 is my favorite end cab switcher. Thanks so much for sharing! Cheers from Wisconsin.

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Thanks for watching Andrew. You're welcome from Northeastern Pennsylvania.

  • @yardlimit8695
    @yardlimit8695 Год назад +2

    in my opinion, one of your best videos..............could have been 4 times longer.........never get tired of end of the line swithching..........thanks...........

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Make sure that you tune in tomorrow. It will be 4x longer!

  • @iusetano
    @iusetano Год назад +5

    Excellent video AC. I operated a SW900. Good memories.

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Awesome! Thanks for watching Hans.

  • @frankmarkovcijr5459
    @frankmarkovcijr5459 Год назад +7

    EMD stopped making parts for locomotives like these thinking they could force people to buy new switchers. That little engine outlasted the company that built it and tried to kill it. As long as something is maintained properly there's no reason why it should not last forever.

  • @cna435
    @cna435 Год назад +3

    08:30 - That's water coming out of the steam coils on the tank car, not leaking product. Amazing how sharp that curve is at the brewery.

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      That's what I figured. Water from cleaning the car. But it carried syrup in.

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Год назад

      Dude didn’t check that the couplers were open before ramming it !😡

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Год назад

      Some railroads will write you up over that !

    • @ernestpassaro9663
      @ernestpassaro9663 Год назад

      The conductor should have been flagging that unprotected crossing !

    • @Joe-d7m6k
      @Joe-d7m6k 10 месяцев назад

      Who's brewery is that??

  • @UrMomsChauffer
    @UrMomsChauffer Год назад +1

    The two oldest SW-1s in service are right down the street from my house. The unit that originally belonged to B&O is the first locomotive I ever set foot on.

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад +1

      Nice! Thanks for the memories!

  • @HavelockYard
    @HavelockYard Год назад +4

    That's a tight curve at 7:10

  • @BeeLineEast
    @BeeLineEast Год назад +1

    Steelton and Highspire R.R. Had End cab switchers. 2 sat on a spur track for about at least 5 years. I retired from The Steelton Plant rail mill. From what i heard now there is only one left. Heard through the grapevine they scrapped them all but.If i remember correctly they were built in the early 1950s. Well I was just lucky to find a RUclips video of the engine they use is a EMD SW 1200. Attractive engine painted red white and blue

  • @nancy8521
    @nancy8521 Год назад +2

    Nice still going strong good job

  • @frankjonathan8043
    @frankjonathan8043 Год назад +1

    This is a great video! I grew up in Nanticoke and I remember the maze of railroads in the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys. I also remember the Knox Mine disaster that ended deep mining in the area.

  • @brandonreeves5979
    @brandonreeves5979 Год назад +1

    I’ve never seen a turn that sharp at 6:55! Awesome video. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад +1

      Thanks for watching Brandon.

    • @brandonreeves5979
      @brandonreeves5979 Год назад

      @@Trains21 you’re welcome. Thanks for sharing.

  • @Eddy63
    @Eddy63 Год назад +2

    Awesome little vid with an awesome little switcher SW1 ... Thx for sharing ...

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Thanks for watching!

  • @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202
    @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202 Год назад +2

    Wow that one curve is so sharp it's insane it looks like a railroads online Narrow Gauge curve it's so sharp

  • @seanthornton1659
    @seanthornton1659 Год назад +1

    @trains21 awesome video of the switcher engine keep up the good work and I enjoyed watching your videos even if my arms are hurting me too much

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Thanks Sean. I will do.

  • @SarahsAtticOfTreasures
    @SarahsAtticOfTreasures Год назад +2

    Awesome video AC. Happy New Year to you and your family. It's been way too long since I last costed. Saving this for Danny he will love it also.
    Hugs

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад +1

      Thanks Sarah. Cheer and holiday greetings to you and Mr. Holt both.

    • @SarahsAtticOfTreasures
      @SarahsAtticOfTreasures Год назад

      @@Trains21 Thank you A C.

  • @RailFanRob
    @RailFanRob Год назад +1

    Thanks for sharing this grand old locomotive 👍

  • @vivekshreeni7897
    @vivekshreeni7897 Год назад +1

    That 567 is seems to be going really strong even after 80yrs and that too without overhauling it with 645 parts which other rr,'s did

  • @RailfanNetwork
    @RailfanNetwork Год назад +3

    I am still on the job at 60! Probably not as fast as 20, but still.......

  • @TimothyJazmineFamily
    @TimothyJazmineFamily Год назад +1

    Amazing AC

  • @mikemacheese7174
    @mikemacheese7174 Год назад +4

    Is this operation part of RJ Corman now? Great video by the way!

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад +1

      Thanx.. Yes, it is the RJ Corman now.

  • @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202
    @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202 Год назад +3

    I miss your narration AC I wish you would start squawking and talking to me on your videos you are a good narrator

  • @93greenstrat
    @93greenstrat Год назад +4

    We've got one of those bad boys running around here at Washington Terminal/Union Station.

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад +1

      Awesome. Thanks for sharing!

  • @1208bug
    @1208bug Год назад +2

    A-1 sound track!

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Gotta love that surround!

  • @MissRailfan
    @MissRailfan 9 месяцев назад

    I live near the other RJC in cfd. i need to railfan L&S part of the system now.

  • @thomasmccaskill5197
    @thomasmccaskill5197 Год назад +1

    Great video and great to see a piece of history that's still going and is that a ex Southern Pacific SW1 ?

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад +1

      Boston & Maine. Thanks for watching Thomas.

    • @thomasmccaskill5197
      @thomasmccaskill5197 Год назад

      @@Trains21 Thank you and your welcome

  • @supercuda1950
    @supercuda1950 Год назад +1

    You may find a "Notch 8 please" sign may be helpful. On the other hand, I would hate to see that beautiful switcher throw a rod! Maybe notch 5 1/2.

  • @kelvintorrence5994
    @kelvintorrence5994 Год назад +2

    The street mill that used to be called sharpn steel in my town, has 1 or 2 old switchers andvi don't know the maker of them,butt the mill is called n.l.m.k now the Russian s own it and they are blue with a yellow strip now, they have to be old units

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev Год назад +1

    Would that be an 8-567? That ramp on the right there at1:30looks like it was constructed from leftover coal

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Yes, it's is a 567 prime mover.

  • @rickaser2383
    @rickaser2383 Год назад +2

    Are those still friction bearings in theSW-1 or just covers left in place after roller bearing conversion?

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      That's a good question. Maybe one of the viewers can answer it for you.

  • @robertblackwelder8201
    @robertblackwelder8201 Год назад +3

    Does the 600 have roller bearings?

    • @PowerTrain611
      @PowerTrain611 Год назад +1

      Good question... Journal boxes still in tact... could be a clever disguise for sake of maintaining a historical appearance, though. It's not like she leaves the interchange... it's possible she still holds the plain bearings.

  • @josephkrizauskas1052
    @josephkrizauskas1052 Год назад +1

    With today's technology a few tweaks here and there and she'll be putting out 1200 HP easy! ( LOL )

  • @Trev811
    @Trev811 Год назад +5

    Beautiful video but I have to say as someone who worked in a rail yard he would be suspended if he pulled a stunt like that at 8min in the video he goes between the cars to readjust the couplings but the cars are not 50 ft apart and no 3 point protection. Please do better!!

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад +2

      All I can say is that rules vary from railroad to railroad. Especially shortline to Class 1.

    • @Trev811
      @Trev811 Год назад

      @Trains21 I believe you but you must have a rail authority, and I would put money down that they wouldn't like that. Great video though I used the same end cab in the past

  • @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202
    @ironhorsethrottlemaster5202 Год назад +3

    Very awesome intro music AC I've liked the music video that you put out the other day too that was pretty cool is this an sw600 or an SW 1000 you don't see switchers like that very much anymore cool video AC

  • @richintalent
    @richintalent Год назад +1

    Why aren't there gates at the crossing at 5:23? Seems like an accident waiting to happen

    • @Trains21
      @Trains21  Год назад

      Because it's stop and protect.

  • @4everdc302
    @4everdc302 Год назад +2

    How cool that! Trains20 is the channel name today😁🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🚃🚃🙋