GP38's work their guts out on the grade and curvature to the Monongahela River bridge. MGA 1989.

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6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching this little clip on the Monongahela Railway. Those hard working GP38's sure sound good. We see MGA, P&LE, and Conrail GP38's all pitching in. I included Google maps of the location so you can get an idea of the tricky curves these trains have to negotiate.
These clips were filmed in 1989 with a Panasonic VHS camera, and the location was in Brownsville and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
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@cpeast 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful sounds! I love the sound of EMD non turbocharged units working their guts out! Thanks for the video! Jason.

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

You bet Jason. Just another thing we miss from old time railroading. Great sounding locomotives.

@railfanningpoints2.045 5 ай бұрын

Roots blowers

@brucefye3778 5 ай бұрын

Hi again Jack the GOAT! Wow! Back thru the "Wayback Machine " once again. Those dogs were really barking. I remember the P&LE from Youngstown to New Castle and to Beaver Falls then up in Sharon at Sharon Steel where my dad worked as a millwright. Another great railfanning video. I liked the maps and the music.

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

Thank you brucef. The 38's sure earned their keep on the MGA. I thought the maps would help explain what the railroad had to do in that area. The railroaders say, that the section is knuckle city. LOL Thanks for watching.

@brucefye3778 5 ай бұрын

@@1jackdk It's a pleasure. Your videos are getting more and more awesome. 👍👍👍

@leehuff2330 5 ай бұрын

How different the power looked before ditch lights! I remember reading once how the P&LE wanted to acquire the line between Georgetown PA and Weirton Junction for access to Weirton Steel. Kinda makes me wonder what could have been had it come to fruition. Maybe they could have held on long enough to get some of the oil and gas freight.

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

Yah, that would have been interesting to see, if that came to be.

@cawalshx2 5 ай бұрын

Great history. I like the older video-movies from time passed. Thanks

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a great time to be out getting this stuff, and glad its preserved for everyone. Thanks for watching.

@sasopresern4044 2 ай бұрын

I like mack coe and trains

@nubetta7806 5 ай бұрын

Classic EMD heavy metal music! I love it!👍🏿⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@oldgoat142 5 ай бұрын

This brings back so many memories! My ex-wife grew up in the area and it was always cool to go back to visit family. Every once in a while I'd see a train or two, especially going through West Brownsville. This is great!

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

Thank you oldgoat. Glad it brought back some good memories, and thanks for watching. Lots of changes down there like everywhere else. But now it seems weird, after all the pictures and video I have taken since 1980, that now my son runs down there for NS.

@oldgoat142 5 ай бұрын

@@1jackdk Passing on a legacy to your son. Excellent! All the best to you both.

@louiskats5116 5 ай бұрын

G'day Jack, Another great video that takes us back in time. Love the V8 Mack Cabover great catch. Here in Australia we had SD 38's mostly in the state of Victoria where I am from. When Victorian Railways was owned by the state they had a class named X Class. Great loco's fuelled up class leader X 31 when I was fuelling loco's on night shift on the dock's 10 odd years ago. First order had 567 in them then next 2 order's had 657 prime movers. After the X came my favourite class the mighty C Class. Australia version of SD 40, worth the time to google. Cheers Louis Kats 👍

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

I will check those X class out. Sounds interesting. Sd40's are one of my favorites. Thanks for watching Louis, and have a good evening. Jack

@louiskats5116 5 ай бұрын

@@1jackdk 👍

@snprout 5 ай бұрын

Great stuff Jack! The Roots blowers are music to my ears. Keep ‘em coming!

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Nick. Gotta love that music! I'll try to keep pounding them out. I always try to get something interesting up. Thanks again and have a good night.

@dannyhonn973 5 ай бұрын

Werent these the heaviest GP 38 built? We've lost too many smaller roads, and the service they gave. Bigger isnt always better

@1jackdk 5 ай бұрын

Yes they were Danny. Had heavier frames for the added weight on MGA's 38's. My son runs down there now for NS. Sure is different. Most of the mines are closed and gone. Just NS and CSX. No more neat stuff like back in the 80's. Thanks for watching.

@davidbrown4823 21 күн бұрын

Talk of pulling power.

@Tom-xe9iq 5 ай бұрын

GP40s or better yet SD40-2s would have been the ticket!

@ronniefarnsworth6465 5 ай бұрын

They can be "Loud"Jack those Roots type Supercharged 645 - V16 !!!! 🔈🔉🔊 Great video !! Up here in NH we have a local freight called DOBO, Dover, NH to Boston, MA it started in the B&M years in the 1970s bringing Stone & Sand from the Ossipee, NH mine about 30 miles north of Dover. Most of the concrete in the Boston area is made at Boston Sand & Gravel right across the track where the large Boston Engine Terminal was. The (NHNC) New Hampshire North Coast shortline has ran this train since 1986 and used to use 4 to 5 GP9s which was great but when they wore out and Broke they used 3, GP38s (2 their own and 1 leased) and 1, ex RI GP18 !! The go by where I live every night 7 days a week usually 2 or 3 GP38s and for whatever reason these must be the "Loudest" 38s in the Nation !!! 😆😂 I'm not kidding either, the Pistons sound like they are trying to burst out of the engine block the Traction Motors whine like crazy and the exhaust note is deafening !!! 📢 I guess it's just how this RR does their maintenance but when the peak building season comes here in the spring/summer and these trains get longer and heavier especially after it rains and the Aggregate is soaking wet and heavier they will add the GP18 to the three GP38s and the roar is so loud and they rock this place going by at notch 7 or 8 maybe 35-40 mph trying to stay ahead of the next Amtrak train !! Lol, sorry for the long-winded story but there it is and soon DOBO will be coming by after 8pm !! So I get these loud Geep 38s going by everyday Jack !! 👍

@railfanningpoints2.045 5 ай бұрын

Sounds like they should get some ex-Pan Am SD40-2 from CSX.

@ronniefarnsworth6465 5 ай бұрын

@@railfanningpoints2.045 I believe only #3400-3406 are left and they are usually being used from East Deerfield to Mohawk yard and further on NS rails. Also the rails fro Dover, NH to the Ossipee gravel pit are to light for Heavy SD40's

@railfanningpoints2.045 5 ай бұрын

@ronniefarnsworth6465 They can still get the same total horsepower from going with GP40-2s.

@ronniefarnsworth6465 5 ай бұрын

@@railfanningpoints2.045 True but the HP means little here for this small RR line it's Tractive Effort that moves trains and the GP40 is about 67,000 ft lbs on start up and a GP38 is around 64,500 on start up which is little difference and the GP40 is much more $$$ on the used market also to lease. They will run these into the ground like they did their GP9s and then they will find something else.

@user-mr3ct1dm9p 25 күн бұрын

@@railfanningpoints2.045Anything from PanAm is garbage.