Its creepy but fantastic

@Jeff C not true , the power to the traction motors is the same with all 6 axles , amperage loaded is a big factor, the lower the speed the higher the horsepower is from higher amperage, so if loading at 1000 amps, 6000 hp is pulling , at 1000 amps 4400 hp is pulling, the loco's are geared by amperage, as speed increases, the loco will reduce amperage. Optimum throttle position to maintain track speed is notch 6, with amperage loading appx. 300 to 450 amps.

@Jeff C higher speed is easier to maintain at higher speeds with low torque, lower hp, slow speed is high torque with high amperage at low speed when starting from a dead stop. Most knuckles and drawers are broken at speed between 1 - 10 mph, high amperage, low speed, high torque.

@Jeff C does that help you ? Also i told you notch 6 to maintain track speed is optimum, now according to csx difference in notch 6 vs. Notch 8 uses 5 1/2 barrels more fuel per locomotive per hour. Fuel is their #1 cost. Csx lists all their loco's hp in rule book and their tonnage capacity, csx is notorius for operating trains underpowered. If trains call for a consist of 2 loco's to pull 10,000 tons, you will get less hp to pull that tonnage. Where as the ns RR runs tonnage plus 1, if train calls for 8000 hp loco's, maybe 2 loco's , you will get 3 loco's, they run a better RR in that instance.

@Jeff C glad to answer any other questions or explain in more detail what i posted. Think of this, when you drive your car from a dead start, rpm's are higher =more hp, as you get on interstate, rpm's lessen, hp reduces, gears go up to 5 overdrive or if manual you shift up in gears, maintains speed, same with loco.

@Jeff C are you fimiliar with short time ratings as it relates to high amperage ? Also from a dead stop, as you open the throttle to #1, 6000 hp gives high torque, 4400 hp gives high torque, both give high amperage at a low speed, if you do not have entire train moving at a consistent speed as you increas speed, this is where you rip train in two. Rarely does this happen at moderate to max train speed. What happens is the front 1/2 of your train give or take is stretched out, the rear cars may not even be moving yet, and if bunched, with excessive hp and the momentum from the cars that are moving can rip the train in two. On a long train, you may move the lead loco 2 or 3 cars lengths before the rear car even moves. There was no other reason to reduce the 6000 to 4400 hp because inexperienced were ripping them in two on a regular basis, it ended the problem.

The highest point in the state is 348' above Sea Level. I live 7 time bigger than Florida's highest point

Lol there's no EPA rules against horsepower, rather they're against emissions which is a good thing. They stopped using it because it was too expensive to maintain and operate. They'd rather just put two cheap motors instead of one expensive one.

@@zackbobby5550 I really miss the 6000’s those were fun to watch especially when they were at full tilt

One of the real reasons why CSX sold off most of their AC6000CW's (Except for three of them) to Progress Rail was because the turbochargers every three months of long usage kept burning up seals and there was constant oil leaks as well,some cases causing the locomotives to go into runaway.General Electric manufactured them because they were trying to compete with the EMD SD80MAC's,but soon failed. Only 208 of them were built,now it's alot less than that because Union Pacific are the only ones that still use them.UP & CSX were the only railroads that ordered AC6000CW's.As a matter of fact,some of the AC6000CW's that went to Union Pacific were originally going to be with Southern Pacific but weren't complete with GE,so while they were not ready for service just yet,that's when the merge occured and everything went to UP instead that was suppose to be under SP,once the assembling and manufacturing was complete. The certain amount still in usage with Union Pacific have all been derated and rebuilt into AC4400CW's though,with 7HDL-16 prime movers instead of keeping the 7HDL-20's.One of the AC6000CW demonstration units however,with it's original prime mover,was donated to a museum.

Yea he was going a little over 30 mph.

mrkrzt haha lolol

Lol

Bet if she's got enough weight to her she would.

To back you up on this SeaboardRailfanner If you read the whole thing it say " 333-AC4400CW, 8061-SD40-2, and the enormous 648-AC6000CW". But the AC6000 is really a AC46AH with a GEVO-16 engine, so if you base it off of what's inside its a ES46AH.

Ryan Hatterer Derated to 4400hp. The prime movers are the same as in the ES58ac's Vial bought. CSX just derated them...again....

I heard that a few weeks ago, But I heard only the 600's and one or two 5000's are 4400 the rest are 4600hp. I know the prime movers are the GEVO-16 as I seen a video from GE showing them.

They only run the middle and west coast of FLA, Florida east coast railway owns the Eastern side and don't let anyone use their track.

this one had 6250 at the time of the video. and csx is retaking them.back up to 6250 again, the derated ones

+SeaboardRailfanner silly emissions lol

They should've kept em 6,000 hp in the first place.

Yep that's Alan I can hear his voice lol

This was before they were downrated

18,000+ hp all 3 has 6,250hp each

CSX still has most of the original HDL-16s

@Soul Wiper yes. They do.

The AC 6000’s were made by GE in the late 90’s. They pulled 6k hp out of a v-20 block if I remember right. They discontinued them due to crankshaft issues, a larger than average shaft pulling more horses couldnt take the strain and would have a habit of breaking at full throttle. Causing the need for major repairs when it did happen.

Plus the AC6000CW's are derated to 4400HP because 6000HP caused mechanical reliability problems.

Ya I did the math because 3 engines didn’t seem to be 15000 hp

Who cares, that's still a lot of power.

I agree! Check out more of my videos if you like this one... because I've caught a lot more impressive trains since.

My sister-inlaw made a mountain out of a mole hill all by herself!

You can literally see it