The F3...What a GEM!!! Never knew GM used auto windshields for the F3's!! Thanks for sharing...

I love the sound of that two-cycle V-16, a sound from my childhood.

Wife and I rode the Canadian from Toronto to Vancouver. Loved it. Congrats on this startup.

Your narration adds to the educational value of this historical artifact. Thank you.

Thank you, really enjoyed that, never knew about the automotive parts used in the GM locos!

My dad was a locomotive engineer at CN and took me to work a couple of times when I was a 'young un' lo those many years ago. An SW9/1200? switcher at Clover Bar and the east industrial area of Edmonton. At the end of the day we hauled a long train of cars into Calder and returned to Clover Bar with another. Loved it! Other days, he went "on the road" to Edson, stayed overnight and back the next day driving the Super Continental. On those trips I guess he'd be driving a locomotive very similar to this 9000 unit... ;-) Here's hoping I can visit the museum next time I'm in Edmonton.

Good comments by the engineer,no common in this cases, the engine have compression depressors(rotary knobs) to release water condensation and gives an easy start.

I remember hanging out by the Milwaukee Road yard in downtown Milwaukee in the early to mid 70's, and they had Electromotive engines -- not sure if they were the same as this one but they looked real similar. I thought they were the newest trains because they were so streamlined and cool looking. A very beautiful train!

Was in the Cab prior to restoration. Really enjoyed it. A must-see for old and young alike.

Cool about the GM auto windows

Thanks for you work, great experience with you guys !!

Thank you for posting this. Such a bonnie Locomotive and the colours of the paint scheme design suits the lines perfectly and blends so well into the countrysides many shades and fields like it belongs. They really hit the target dead on there. Then you see inside at the mechanics and power in the motor in contrast and that Cab. Full credit to those who have restored her to such condition, a real credit to their hard work and time. Modern Units may produce more power and be unmatched technology wise with electronics, sensors and efficiency but this era has soul and gives you the impression it will get you back or deal with whatever. Great clip, long may it continue to run.

Thanks for posting. So good to hear and see this handsome unit in action.

I got the chance to work with trainman Wolfe last year at my terminal for our commissioning. Good guy, smart guy and knows his way around locomotives , definitely will teach you something. Awesome video

Wonderful! I just love train video's of OLD Trains. Awesome.

ABSOLUTELY AWESOME VIDEO!! THANKS FOR UPLOADING & SHARING. I'm hooked on the E/F models of diesel locomotives, can't get enough of them.they have a "personality" about their look.

Wow, an F-3 in a nice livery. You guys done right. Great video and I enjoyed it much even the cab ride although kinda short.

Not only is it a great video and very informative but it also looks GREAT! Nice job on the production value.

Of all the things made in the late 1940's these must be the best preserved, quality made machines in existence.

Great video. So much work has gone into restoring this F-3. Looks like it just rolled out of EMD assembly plant. Nice to be inside the cab for a ride to get an idea of how the engine operates.

I remember when I was a kid they let me in this when it was still in the garage to look at it and that was the coolest thing ever

I loved that type of locomotive

Gorgeous train, gorgeous scenery. Must be one lucky man to live there!

My family always live near trains. I liked it. In the sixties and seventies these engines were pretty common around Marion Iowa where I lived.Its been a lot of years but I think it was theRock Island line. Passenger trains came through also...they were painted yellow...there is a city park by the depot where a friend and I would sit and wave at the passengers.....what I would give to see it again! Your video let me hear one again anyway and I thank you...great video!

We have something similar here at Exporail, Delson Québec.Visitors are always amaze looking at that kind of stuff.Keep up the good work.Nice video!

Love that 100 RPM idle

Great video !! Very nice ride !! Awesome unit ! Thanks for sharing ! Martin

In 1968 I rode in the cab of an F3 through the Canadian Rockies. Will never forget it!

The sights the sounds the smell of diesel my fist train ride in 1966 all come back thank you!

What a beautiful K3LR2 sound at 11:10 Amazing! Nice video! Congrats! Greetings from Hungary!

I'd like to thank all the Volunteers who keep these trains and Museums running. The Union Illinois Train museum was a great experience and these guys are hardcore enthusiasts.

I love the sound of an F3 at idle....

Beautiful Classic Locomotion ❤ Lovely Sound ❤

its so wonderful, best regards from germany

after watching this vid, I run downtown to buy another f7 (marklin Z mini-club) - thanks for this great vid - greetings to the blond f3 godness

THANKS! ENJOYED!!

Amazing that we in Demark and Sweden and some times Norway, still uses these old 16 567's :)

A truly magnificent machine. Is anything mechanical more heavy duty than rail equipment? Fantastic. My mom was raised in Westaskwin (Pendryl). Many happy memories of Lou Hendrigan's farm.

It is a living, breathing thing. As an artist that loves industrial stuff, I see somany things I would love to draw and paint.

I love the sounds of the engine. In Train Simulator 2019 I drive a train with this same engine in it. They have perfected the sound of the engine, it sounds exactly like it does in the video.

I remember being in the cab when they were restoring this

awesome video! great job!

Started easily, must be in really good shape!

Amazing video!

Wow enjoying inside look and nice that rr men are named ty for posting

Great video good job!

They need more track!

Meryachee,congratulatoions!!!very informative video,i appreciate the explanation,good job,and surprised the quickly start of the engine. Good the depresors. daniel Argentine

Great video. Excellent! 👍👍👍I can't keep up with my first diesel video.😉

Very nice. Thank you

Remember as a tiny baby being in the cab before she was restored. nearly every weekend at ARM in the summer as a tyke.

very informative THANKS!

My Dad started as a coal fireman..then diesel fireman/ assistant..then on to drive diesel electrics til retirement in 1991. He did 41 years for QR. QUEENSLAND RAIL. AUSTRALIA.......pretty sure there is an English Electric somewhere near my town. Thought they looked similar.

3:34 - What a beautiful livery. The colors many railroads chose at that time were rich yet subtle at the same time, something that would pop on a Kodachrome slide. This is no exception.

That design❣

Beautiful machine!

Super!!!! long live the CNA and the f-3!! (not to mention the pros!)

great video

Nice video. F3 and old MU car from Montreal

I enjoy working with Canadians, hard work hard drink really tuff people !!

The best looking train engine ever.

Cool in cab video!

This was awesome 💯💥💥💥.

we have the CN 9000 at Burnaby Central Railway, BC CA in 7.5 inch gauge

I am Swindon trained, I know the inside on this type of operation, great people, nothing like the railroads !!

Tow Words, I LOVE~!!!

2:30 - The 567 had an idle of 180 RPM and a top speed of 800 RPM (red line was 900 RPM). So 620 RPM range of power off idle, or basically the same power bandwidth of a typical Honda engine. :P

Super nice control panel.

I worked on EMD engines when serving my Apprenticeship .I still have a barring oevr key to undo the cylinder condensation ports.

I love the sound of the motor

the AMMETER 1500 amp full scale??? and has a shunt resistor for convert 3000amp full scale??

Love these old gals

Elle est superbe cette locomotive...😍

She's a beauty for sure.

Awesome🙂

On the starting procedure you made one error, when you depress the starter button hold it in until the engine reaches idle speed then and only then release the starter button. When the engine reaches idle the amount of current running through the starter contactors is less than 20 amps. When she first fires and you release the starter button it still has a high amount of current flow through the starter contactors. It won't hurt the electrical system to start her as I describe as this is how I was taught by a locomotive electrician at Selkirk, New York shop. The reason is there is less chance of a contactor sticking when started this way. This starting way works for EMD and GE locomotive's. The way you know both starter contactors released is when the auxiliary generator contactor closes and starts charging the battery. Without both stater contactors open the auxiliary generator contactor will not close. Cheers!

I have GOT to visit this museum! Do you have a 'circle track' so you don't have to back up the rolling stock each time (like this video of the F3)??

What a beast.

Great video! Question? Did this F3 originally have the older "manual transition" system where the engineer watched the amp gauge and used levers to make "transition" for the traction motors? I believe it was the F7 that featured "automatic transition" in 1948.

This chap does it right !!

EMD a great engine when all is working, but hell to work on when its repair/maintenance time !!

Good to note an essential commodity on display - the Great Canadian National Toilet Roll!

Very quiet and free from clatter

It took me awhile to realize that by "fireman" he meant crew helper. (or the stoker, in british)

So Cool!!

beautiful engin

Great vid Glynn

What's the control box above the throttle lever with the red light on it. Is it a CFM indicator gauge or something else and what is the red light indicator on it for?

Very nice cockpit

Nice video. Are freight locomotives still made these days ? And if not what do they use ?

The Best Hornsound... Wonderful Train

Very nice

I live in NE Edmonton and commute to Ft Saskatchewan and I never see the signs that point the way to this museum. Isn't it west of the Edmonton Max and north of the HIndu Tajg temple?

I always wanted to know how big the steering wheel was in these locomotives. Now I know.

9000 F 3 legend

Nice K3L horn!

When they first came out the enginemen called them "Electric Pigs" because of the porcine appearance of the nose; most preferred the GP-7 road switcher.

Excelente, ^^

The engineers don't wave from the trains, anymore not like they did back in 1954.

Cool