I agree! I loved how they were blowing the leaves

I imagined the trees loving the CO2 shower each time a locomotive passes underneath. You know we are just converting carbon which is hard for plants to use into the dioxide which is perfect plant food!

Yep

Try having a 8 pack of them screaming notch 8

Or try having a 10 pack screaming notch 8

Naw alcos sound best

not so sure about that... the GEs and alcos have a VERY distinct sound... LOTTA folks love those GEs/alco sound

Different strokes for different folks. I don’t dislike the modern ge prime mover sound, just not as good as the emds. But yeah, old ges and Alcos sound really nice too, especially when the ges whoop!

@@PC10.8 yes that Is true

I like them both, but the SD40-2 is maybe my favorite diesel electric locomotive. Looks cool, sounds cool, is a beast.

Nothing says "class" like mismatched number boards, I agree. ;)

Ya, right. Haul a train that size designed for 6 units with four and pull the guts out of them. No wonder railroads are failing. They are trying to do twice as much with half the effort.

They do look pretty good for their age.

​@@jrcrawford4This isn't a train game

As a teen now I am so jealous.....sounds like pure joy

They wouldn't even know where the tracks go to...

Thank you! I agree!

conrail guy whats engine is your profile picture

Nothing will surpass a BLW. Most will outperform modern 6 axles.

Cory McDermott I am 33 years old and when I was 14 I got the chance to play around and shift some cars with a csx gp38-2 at the rail yard in Corbin KY... I thought I was king of world especially that being my favorite locomotive

Nothing sounds better than the non turbo sound of the 38-2. I grew up listening to the BLE cousins on the EJ&E

seabulls69 at least wayside horns aren’t standard on all crossings...

Exactly! I hate e bells! Mechanical bells for life!

I honestly think the horns are the cherry on top for these older engines whether they are at a Crossing or not.

The horns are beautiful, better than the engine sound, but I agree that the crossings bells are kinda annoying.

Miss the 'old days' when trains had cabooses and the most (except a very few parasites) people had respect for property which wasn't theirs. Businesses didn't have to put guards over, or completely board up, windows to prevent azzwipes from breaking windows, and vermin didn't go around defacing property. I've had the clueless respond that they are 'only railcars'. Oddly enough, when I asked if they would be upset if I spray painted their vehicles, they were unanimously opposed -- but still didn't see the issue when it came to other's property. And some of these loons may hold public office and come up with goofy policies like some of the Da's, prosecutors, and judges of the chitholes where other crimes are now condoned.

Don't have to dream...I was born in the 80s and always loved trains. This just brings back the nostalgia of when trains were trains.

Yes, that’s a real locomotive. Not as much soot as a steamer, but enough.

The enormous cloud was from the traction motor blowers not the sanders. Hence why if you look at the front of #3473 the leaves being ejected away are only being blown as it's lead axles pass over them and not from the actual front of the unit. The traction motor blowers on trailing unit #5625 were venting pretty aggressively downward kicking up the cloud. Foamers seem to think units dump truck loads of sand into enormous sand storm like clouds and it couldn't be farther from the truth. Most wouldn't even take notice of the sanders being on in the first place due to units spraying such a fine light deposit. The sand (most often being granite crushed into 1mm x 1mm razor sharp cubes) stays close to the ground even when airborne. Look at axle 6 of NS #3489 around the 3:25 mark and you'll see the faint cloud of sand from it's rear truck sander. Ironically axle 6 on #3470 is doing the same thing. No part of the engineers that design the units nor our mechanical/electrical departments would want or allow huge clouds of abrasive sand being blown/sucked into the units. It's just going to cause problems. Hopefully that clarifies things. -Almost 18 and a half years of working for UP (scary as that is to think about...).

@@Henry5623 Great to know you were involved with EMDs...are these two stroke engines, 16 Pistons, V arrangement??

@@arbjful yes correct but not like motorbike two strokes tho

@@Henry5623 So the traction motors get that hot they smoke? I suppose muck and collected grease then burns off?

isn't review that high a waste of energy???

Just wait till the fossil fuel fruitcakes wanna make'em battery powered LOL🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. But yeah it's definitely a wonder to behold. 👊👊🤙🤙👍👍✌✌

If that is sand as you say, why not from the lead locomotive?

Maybe it's out.

Traction motor blower is kicking up alot of dust, leaves ect...

@@RWMorgan39 I noticed that as well, had not ever seen that before. Then again rail tracks around here don't have leaves on them.

I would say that 2nd unit is out of sand

No problem!

Thank you Wes! I'm flattered!

Yes sir!!!

Thank You!

Dave Blakeney thank you sir!

Thank You!

Thank you!

SD40

Great point!

No but you do have 10 mile long trains.🤣

Thanks Norfolk7130, you are really really really really cool

I'm being a KZfaq expert (forgive me I can't resist): No it's traction motor smoke, when are you morons going to learn ?? Unbelieveable! So stupid !!

The enormous cloud was from the traction motor blowers not the sanders. Hence why if you look at the front of #3473 the leaves being ejected away are only being blown as it's lead axles pass over them and not from the actual front of the unit. The traction motor blowers on trailing unit #5625 were venting pretty aggressively downward kicking up the cloud. Foamers seem to think units dump truck loads of sand into enormous sand storm like clouds and it couldn't be farther from the truth. Most wouldn't even take notice of the sanders being on in the first place due to units spraying such a fine light deposit. The sand (most often being granite crushed into 1mm x 1mm razor sharp cubes) stays close to the ground even when airborne. Look at axle 6 of NS #3489 around the 3:25 mark and you'll see the faint cloud of sand from it's rear truck sander. Ironically axle 6 on #3470 is doing the same thing. No part of the engineers that design the units nor our mechanical/electrical departments would want or allow huge clouds of abrasive sand being blown/sucked into the units. It's just going to cause problems. Hopefully that clarifies things. -Almost 18 and a half years of working for UP (scary as that is to think about...).

@@ThePaulv12 Pot meet kettle...

SD40”s are 3000hp each and GP38-2 are 2000hp