Great video, Mike. GEVOs are neat locos, and have a nice bassy chug to them, but my heart will ALWAYS be with EMD. If I may make a correction, the ES44C4s are infact distinguishable from regular GEVOs by their trucks. The ES44DC/AC have two pneumatic cylinders on each truck, while the ES44C4s have four pneumatic cylinders on each truck. Best wishes, Buddy. Take care!

If anyone wants to get a break from gevos, come to Connecticut. The Connecticut Southern Railroad uses only SD40-2's, GP38-2's, and 1 GP40-2. Sometimes, a CSX GP40-2 would be seen trailing on 1 of the trains, but no gevos to be seen.

Honestly people hate ET44C4s but in my opinion they are super badass including all the GEVOs

I've seen many trains roll through Flagstaff's Amtrak station in Arizona and about 95% of the locomotives I've seen them have were ES44AC/DC units, very nice to learn more about these. :)

Excellent! Taking the mystery out of those weird names!

GEVO’s are the kings of modern American railroad. I wonder if we’ll get newer t5 locomotives in the future? Keep up the good work GE.

Great video, I wish I watched this much earlier to learn more about trains

Am retired now, but worked for G. E. for 39 years. Nice presentation...

Do one on ac dc traction

Please do a train talk on the legendary EMD and how they're competing against GE while coexisting at the same time.

I always love seeing these on freight trains it’s interesting to see 4 or 5 on one trading pulling tons of cars

This one was terrific.

The dash 9s had the controls under the window and es44ac/dc had the controls on the left side of the engieneer seat.

4:08 nice catch of 7 locos! 6:16 I've only seen 19 ET44s in person! Most were BNSF, but one was CSX, and two were GECX! 6:52 WOW! Nice catch of 7701! BNSF uses that number on many of their merchandise, and was one of the first ES44s for BNSF! You should do a video of the different version of the SD70!

1:35 I like UP 5398 because of its very nice K5HL

The GEVO locos look like a dash-9

Sadly, the GEVOs might be replaced from Class I railroads in the next 20 years. A company called Wabtec made a battery operated locomotive that might take over. I mean, they're pretty much GEVO's run on batteries, so Class I railroads might replace their diesel GEVOs for the "more eco friendly" locomotive.

You should do one with the most popular EMD series, I think it'd be a great video like this one

How about a train talk about level crossings?

Amazing! Can you do a train talk on heritage units?

2:09 Great shot at Rochelle and I have only seen a GEVO once. It was yesterday I saw it.

ES44DC is my favorite.

The ET44AC unit designation is as follows: Evolution Technology-ET 4,400 horsepower-44 AC traction-AC As for BNSF’s “C4” configuration, the C is for 6 axles and the 4 is for 4 traction motors.

Great vid! Very informative. Regarding the GEVO C4, you mentioned that the only distinction from other GEVO models are the road numbers, however, C4s do have a center axle lifting mechanism visible on both sides of each truck.

“Electro-Motive Diesel” is not a thing. EMD is the “Electro-Motive Division” of General Motors. That’s where the EMD comes from. That minor detail aside, this was a great and very informative video👍🏻

GEVOs are awesome! I like the sound of the horn of the Gevo locomotives! GEVOs are real cool!

Wow this is an awesome video! I learned so much about gevo's that I didn't know before watching this. Thank you!

ES44C4 can be identified by extra air pods on trucks used to lift center wheel. Easy to see.

I like these educational videos too (noob to the technical aspect of Rail fanning) thanks

This has always been my favorite loco. Followed by the SD70

Could you do an episode with the dash 8 and dash 9 locomotives

It's something about the Gevo's the first time I heard one. It has that distinctive sound far different from its predecessors. That sound "BEAUTIFUL" Music to my ears.

Idea for General Electric: make a Cowl Body version of the GEVO.

This episode is so interesting and amazing

Very nice presentation of excellent information and very good photography.

Spent 30 years in Erie GE. Started when it was under Jack Welch. Sad to see Transportation being divested.

nice. how about a train talk video about modern passenger locomotives.

Nice work as always Mike! Very informative topic and well covered. Well done, thanks for continuing your Train Talk series.I'm looking forward your future topics : ) - Balerio

3:44 nice Csx train

As an electrician I can say that most of us are not fond of the DC units. Change brushes on the traction motors one time, and you will know why. AC models are much easier to maintain from the stand point of an electrician.

2:40 is a long train approaching

From locomotives to big jet engines, GE rules the rails and the airways.

Sadly GE isn't doing so great and laying off workers in Ft Worth due to the massive amount of engines being stored:( Great Video!

Thanks Mike, that explains why I brought so many of these things for my BNSF. I don't even know what the number count is anymore. Between my ES44Ac, Dc and ET's I've given up. One day I'll do a inventory but I'm afraid of what my count is but with a fleet of over 80 locomotives I know for a fact that my Gevo has the biggest fleet. 😱😵😱 Somebody please pray for me. Thanks Mike, really love your videos and keep em coming.

Nice explanation, thanks.

Really interesting video. Thank you for sharing it. Best regards from Switzerland 🇨🇭

Long live the SD40-2

Awesome video.

Nice video, I learned a lot! It would be really nice to see one on their rival, the SD70 series

Love the video Mike! Hey, can you do a video on F40PH's? I have lots of them in my town and was wondering about the history of them

This video was made about my favorite engine and posted on my bday

do a DDA40X

Can you do a Train Talk about how to distinguish between different types of SD and/or GP model diesels.

I actually learned quite alot, thank you so much!!

So in combination with the ES44AC, C4, T4, BNSF has over 2000 of these?

my favorite diesel

hi from England mike great vid and might I add extremely professional

OUTSTANDING video. Absolutely outstanding!👏👏👏

Do a train talk on metra please.

Ahhh the “GEVO” the sd40-2 of the high tech era !

Great video!

Awesome video

Great video and explication about locomotives Ge es44ac American. Hug. Rochester in Brazil.

I was an sd70ace fan ....................but these Gevo's are hoooootttt!

Cool vid!

Thanks for putting these videos i am learning a lot of train facts and tips Mike 😌🚝🚆🚉

This was a great Train Talk episode!

Freight is going yay It was so huge Yay. This is my favorite train ever

can you do an episode on EMD units

Mike, as always, great talk video. I learns so much about this GEVOs locomotive that I read so often. Two questions: first: why the sound of the GE locomotive is so different than EMD Locomotives? Second: would you have a talk video about the EMD locomotives?

As the EPA started strict standards for emissions to on/off road diesel engines starting in Y2K when they started at tier 1 when GE knew its AC4400CW and dash 9 locomotives won't meet the new standards as by the time the GEVO series was developed and put into production the EPA was mandating diesel engines to meet tier II standards as one difference to tell the difference between the earlier AC4400CW and dash 9 series and the GEVO was in the radiators as the larger radiator was for the cooling system as a smaller radiator was added for the inner cooler. By tier III interm and tier IV final many vehicles would have a separate tank for DEF.

You should do an episode on the different types of steam locomotives.

Great video! I love GEVos, and I just wanted to say that you forgot the AH versions of the ES and ET44 locomotives, but otherwise, I enjoy all of your videos!

Your video was perfect. I finally got an answer that I been looking for awhile.

I Once Saw A BNSF With A GP23ECO And A SD70MACe

you know i really hate big radiatores except for the ac6000 cw because it is powerful and that makes sense that why radiators are big

"The most hated of these locomotives is BNSF's H2 GEVOs"

Great Video Mike, very informative.

Love your videos

excellent video,thoroughly enjoyed the video and also the explanation of various types of gevo engines ac or DC traction. can someone please explain something to me?on a six axle locomotive are all six traction motors powered or just four are powered and two not powered

nice video I do like the gevos and I love the most is the tier 4 because its useful csx does have gevos that are common and I just only like the tier 4's on csx because its way better than the older ones and I do like emd to You should do a train talk about leased locomotives with old paint locomotives

Next you should do EMD SD and GP locomotives!

Very nicely done sir!

Older GE Deiseil locomotives idea in my opinion Canadian Pacific GE ac4400cw & Fictional GE Battery 3-000 Deiseil locomotive

The shortline near me still uses steam era diesels, mostly SD units.

Awesome video! Great information!

great video.

Do you have a video about EMD's ACe's too? I can't find it, thanks.

or progress rail, now. to me they'll always be EMD's

In Canada (where I live), we see GEVO’s everywhere! That’s probably why I’m team GE over EMD... (EMD fans don’t shout at me I love EMD’s but I just prefer GE’s)

Cool train talk video

Thanks for this... Well done

Awesome Video Mike

We need all the ge locomotives train talk

Csx literally sent 3 gevos to switch a few cars near my house. I don’t understand why they think this is necessary. Just send a geep already!

EXCELLENT !

It takes up to 3 days to make a GEVO

Wow I love your video

Interesting video!!

I’m actually trying to remember all of these and spot physical differences between models. I did notice on some of the GEVO models a variation in the front end as well as the radiator towers. Are these front ends easily modified based on needs like a cattle guard?