It's always cool to see an emd startup ,and it started up without a fuss for an old loco
@pootispiker28668 ай бұрын
That's what happens when you don't let English electric build something
@railaddict76058 ай бұрын
@@pootispiker2866 😂😂true dat
@pootispiker28662 ай бұрын
@@colbylawson5331 English Electric is/was an English company, not American
@colbylawson53312 ай бұрын
@@pootispiker2866 Oops, my bad.
@mikehowey48699 ай бұрын
Gotta love that EMD sound!
@GuretoSefirosu7 ай бұрын
I miss the high-hoods!
@schinbone08 ай бұрын
Holy crap I have ran this engine. She was with me on the lead job for awhile.
@PC10.88 ай бұрын
Oh nice! Seems like she started up quick here, old and reliable it seems.
@schinbone08 ай бұрын
@@PC10.8 Yeah it is really hard to kill those old jeeps. In my experience, something in the panel broke before the mechanicals.
@davidandyvonne068 ай бұрын
Yah....me too. Had it on the Asheville District here in Western North Carolina many times over the years. It's a shame that NS got rid of these Geeps. They were excellent switchers on the road and in the yard!
@schinbone08 ай бұрын
@@davidandyvonne06 I went to engine school with a guy from there, Bill. Old head conductor decided he didnt want to work the ground anymore. Good guy, worked the Saluda mountain run. I worked all over the lake division and the former CR. Most likely top 3 most reliable products GM has ever made
@davidandyvonne068 ай бұрын
@@schinbone0 Bill Capps, LOL?!!!
@rippersix2937 ай бұрын
My all time favorite variant of the GP38-2 😎👍
@KreativeFotoVideo8 ай бұрын
very cool catch!
@MilePost1066 ай бұрын
Long live the EMD's!
@Greatdome998 ай бұрын
That whine at the beginning is not the supercharger, it's the starter motor and gearbox.
@pootispiker28668 ай бұрын
It's the starter and pinion gear. There is no gearbox
@OutdoorsSC5 ай бұрын
We never get to see startups but we love our trains in Clemson SC, Go Tigers!
@PC10.85 ай бұрын
This unit was originally built for the Southern Railway so I wouldn’t doubt if it spent time in that area!! Far from home up in Ohio, but it’s got roots from down south.
@chuckg20167 ай бұрын
How sweet it is. 🌟🌟🌟
@wolfen2168 ай бұрын
work with at least 1, sometimes 2 every day. Hope its more taken care of than when they're still owned by NS. Absolute old dinosaurs in dire need of rebuilding.
@general51048 ай бұрын
I was on the rewire team that rewired a bunch of them at CDS
@squibrail40143 ай бұрын
Great catch of a startup.
@stupidkid3518 ай бұрын
Former NS locomotive
@jamesraymond11588 ай бұрын
Cool!
@doesnothinspecial668011 ай бұрын
I miss seeing the old high hoods.
@TheTonystearns9 ай бұрын
Same , not very many class ones run them anymore .
@CDROM-lq9iz9 ай бұрын
It's even long-hood lead.
@general51048 ай бұрын
@@CDROM-lq9iz The engineers felt safer running LHE lead. In the event of a wreck, the brunt of the damage is the air compressor and sand box instead of the SHE sand box and the crew cab. Made since
@CDROM-lq9iz8 ай бұрын
@general5104 I've heard that and I've also heard that it was N&Ws attempt a bidirectional capability. When running long hood lead your sitting on the right where all the signals and important stuff is, so the long hood being in your field of view doesn't matter much. Meanwhile running short hood lead, you're sitting on the left but only have to see around the short hood to look at everything.
@lawrencepavia52618 ай бұрын
Noticing the two columns of exhaust upon startup, I think this locomotive is the non-turbo. It would still utilize a blower for air transfer through the cylinders...
@PC10.88 ай бұрын
That’s right, it’s a roots blown non turbo. That’s why it’s got that more thump-thump-thump sound rather than the more whiny sound of a 40 series unit.
@kskip42426 ай бұрын
I want to see what this engine looks like how would I find pictures of it what is it called? Supercharger must be massive.
@PC10.86 ай бұрын
Look up EMD 645 and go into images, there’s some cool pictures out there of them removed
@kskip42426 ай бұрын
@@PC10.8 cool appreciate it thank you
@Slim_Slid3 ай бұрын
The GP38-2's & SD38-2's are the last units from EMD that were naturally aspirated/roots blown. All other EMD units with the 645E3 motors are turbocharged.
@vikingmike81398 ай бұрын
Nice old LoCo.
@vikingmike81398 ай бұрын
Thanks, I have a love for these machines since I was a kid. Cheers!
@strvenoconnell40619 ай бұрын
Something you won't see in California
@pitdog757 ай бұрын
Why diesel in front and cabin back? It made sense with steam, but with this?
@PC10.86 ай бұрын
What do you mean?
@artmchugh56445 ай бұрын
It's all in how you look at it !!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@ImanRailfans-th4ef5 ай бұрын
🎉🎉🎉💪💪🚂🚂🤝😂👍👍
@LakeStateRailfan7 ай бұрын
Isn't that an EMD 567? 645's were on the GP39's.
@PC10.87 ай бұрын
645s were used on the 38, 39, 40, 45, and 50 series along with a couple other oddball units
@LakeStateRailfan7 ай бұрын
@@PC10.8 Heh, never knew.
@buzzbolt43879 ай бұрын
That thing is EVIL! For gods sake look awayyyyy.
@PC10.89 ай бұрын
Aww c’mon now what did it ever do to hurt you
@adventurekid92429 ай бұрын
Not WHAT it did but ohhhhh what it WILL do.. An orchestra of demons drinking the Devil’s water a mechanical concert all in time all in tune.. Can we get Vincent Price to narrate that statement??
@jims63238 ай бұрын
Just because it has a Roots blower dosn't mean the engine is supercharged! The blower provides the scavenge air only. Maybe you should learn how these engines work!
@PC10.88 ай бұрын
Where did I say it was supercharged?
@skylarkeighley23698 ай бұрын
You could literally just read the title "roots blown"
@jims63237 ай бұрын
We'll forgive your ignorance in that "Blown" is a commonly used slang term that does, in fact, mean supercharged!