dieselfreak500 wrote:I live beside a regional RR., they used to run Geep 10's ,i remember one time after a heavy rain 6 of them were pulling a loaded unit coal train upgrade. 2 of them shut down and the other 4 were really on their knees in notch 8. It was probably the loudest sound i've ever heard a train make! Those 567's were really screaming!! Mike H.
wildrails wrote:Who ever said anything about GP38-2?
Cheviot Hill wrote: wildrails wrote:I've seen some videos of SD90/43MAC and SD70ACe and I must say that I've noticed that exact thing that you mention about the turbo. You can really sing or whistle the 645 sound because it just plays a specific note. We-we-we-weAnd boy, there is nothing like an EMD starting up...First the Whooaah...whooahh...whoooaahh....whoooeeeeiiiiii-way up in the sky...then falls down, then a couple of strugling whee-whees..and up to the idle sound. Wildrails, how did that go again?
wildrails wrote:I've seen some videos of SD90/43MAC and SD70ACe and I must say that I've noticed that exact thing that you mention about the turbo. You can really sing or whistle the 645 sound because it just plays a specific note. We-we-we-weAnd boy, there is nothing like an EMD starting up...First the Whooaah...whooahh...whoooaahh....whoooeeeeiiiiii-way up in the sky...then falls down, then a couple of strugling whee-whees..and up to the idle sound.
UPTRAIN wrote: enr2099 wrote: "...almost sounds like an ALCo." Keep telling yourself that, it might come true.
enr2099 wrote: "...almost sounds like an ALCo."
"...almost sounds like an ALCo."
Keep telling yourself that, it might come true.
They sure sound like ALCo's in the cab.
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From the cab they sound even better let me tell ya.
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dekemd wrote:A while back I got to see a CSX mixed freight with an AC4400 and two SD40-2s as the power. The GE died on them so they continued with just the two EMDs. They ran for miles with the EMDs screaming in notch 8 going about 4 or 5 miles an hour.
On several occasions in the Columbia river george a train down to one SD40-2 would limp through at 20-25 mph in run 8.
There is nothing like 6-7 SD45s pulling a drag freight up Donner at 12mph.
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BaltACD wrote:There is nothing like a locomotive consist pulling for all it's worth with maximum tonnage at minimum continuous speed.....truly the engines giving all they have to give.
Been there - in the cab - a couple of times. You can tell the locomotive is working. There is an unmistakable growl.
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And boy, there is nothing like an EMD starting up...First the Whooaah...whooahh...whoooaahh....whoooeeeeiiiiii-way up in the sky...then falls down, then a couple of strugling whee-whees..and up to the idle sound.
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wildrails wrote:I've seen some videos of SD90/43MAC and SD70ACe and I must say that I've noticed that exact thing that you mention about the turbo. You can really sing or whistle the 645 sound because it just plays a specific note. We-we-we-we
You've gotta love the sound of a GE in full throttle, puts any of the GM locomotives to shame; almost sounds like an ALCo.
GEs are pretty loud - they chug. The 710s are a bit quieter than the 645s due to government-mandated quieting. They still rip it up though and a 710 in run 8 sounds almost identical to a 645 in run 8 but a little quieter. The turbos on the 710s are more refined and don't play in a single note (single pitched whine) but more chordally. 710-equipped locomotives also have a much lower RPM neutral idle than the 645s do, so will sound differently during idle.
Now, have you heard a 16-645E3 (GP40-2) try to pull several cars with the handbrakes set in Run-8? The wheel-slip is deafening.
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