QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder I love the sound of a two stroke diesel, nothing like it. There is an old guy down the road with a big genset that is powered by an old Detroit Diesel. I am grinnin like a foamer when that thing roars. Question: What are the differences in electrics for AC vs. DC dynamic brakes? Adrianspeeder Detroit Diesels, at least the older ones, have a bad reputation for being smoky, oily, overly complicated, and unreliable; but can be trouble free if well maintained. Personally, I like them, and when they're fully loaded they scream like a banshee!! I once sat in the bilge between two 8V71's freshly overhauled out on a shakedown, one clockwise, the other counterclockwise. Each one was rated at 600 hp (marine engines can do it because of the cooling), with twin turbos, and double intercooling, they flat out screamed!!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by adrianspeeder I love the sound of a two stroke diesel, nothing like it. There is an old guy down the road with a big genset that is powered by an old Detroit Diesel. I am grinnin like a foamer when that thing roars. Question: What are the differences in electrics for AC vs. DC dynamic brakes? Adrianspeeder
QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl This is a general pinout on EMD locomotives, some RRs have added trainline ground reset, slowspeed control,etc. Pin#1 not normally used, some RRs are using this for slow speed control. Pin#2 train line alarm, rings the bell in all the units. Pin#3 governer D valve, for trainline shut down and engine rpm Pin#4 control negative Pin#5 emergency sanding Pin#6 generator field Pin#7 governer C valve, engine rpm Pin#8 foreward, pin out pin 9 on the front pin 8 on the rear Pin#9 reverse. pin out pin 8 on the front pin 9 on the rear Pin#10 train line wheel slip light Pin#11 not used,, Pin#12 governer B valve Pin # 13 control positive Pin #14 not used Pin#15 governer A valve Pin#16 engine run relay Pin#17 dynamic brake setup,( if equipped ) Pin#18 not used Pin#19 not used Pin#20 trainline brake warning light Pin#21 dynamic brake setup controls rpm in dynamics Pin#22 compressor syncronisation(if equipped) Pin#23 trainline manuel sand Pin#24 dynamic brake train line potential, 0-72 volt Pin#25 MU headlights Pin#26 some times used for mu ground relay reset Pin#27 not used most of these pins are allocated by the AAR but the ones that are not can and are used for many different things, for example the Santa Fe used the pin 19 as an extra control negative, the Milwaukee road used it for a positive to ring the locomotive bells, guess what happens when you MU them? Randy
QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl With all the recent questions on alot of the locomotive tech, I thought I would revive and old thread. Randy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AlcoRS11Nut QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear QUOTE: Originally posted by AlcoRS11Nut Any Stories about ALCo's? They smoke, they leak, they break, they get scrapped. The Alco story... LC Ouch....that hurts.[B)] [:D]But what about those ALCo's shortlines use......they can't break that much because if they did the small budget of the RR could they afford to fix them, or could they?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear QUOTE: Originally posted by AlcoRS11Nut Any Stories about ALCo's? They smoke, they leak, they break, they get scrapped. The Alco story... LC
QUOTE: Originally posted by AlcoRS11Nut Any Stories about ALCo's?
QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill QUOTE: Originally posted by Limitedclear QUOTE: Originally posted by AlcoRS11Nut Any Stories about ALCo's? They smoke, they leak, they break, they get scrapped. The Alco story... LC Uh, LC, popularity contests at railfan meets you must not plan to win, do you!
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QUOTE: Originally posted by broncoman QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert I used to work at company that made custom generator packages and sometimes when starting a unit for the first time, a feedback loop between the generator and the governor would cause violent surging in the engine's rpm, is this a problem in locomotives? When working on older Detroit Diesels and starting them for the first time after an overhaul before any adjustments have been made to the governor, they will "run away" and must be carefully kept from overspeeding, is this also a problem? When I went through my apprenticeship, my journeyman always told me to keep a clipboard handy when working on non-DDEC detroits. They make a great kill switch.[:D] Of course this only works on 92s and smaller. Randy, How long is the normal apprenticeship for locomotive electricians? When you actually made journeyman, did a wave of terror sweep over you, your first day as a journeyman as you thought wow I am suppose to know all this now. Just curious.
QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert I used to work at company that made custom generator packages and sometimes when starting a unit for the first time, a feedback loop between the generator and the governor would cause violent surging in the engine's rpm, is this a problem in locomotives? When working on older Detroit Diesels and starting them for the first time after an overhaul before any adjustments have been made to the governor, they will "run away" and must be carefully kept from overspeeding, is this also a problem?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert There is an override of low oil pressure shutdown for a number of seconds in the governor to allow for starting of the engine. This guy must have kept cranking the engine wondering why it wont start !!!! When your leaning on the layshaft , you over ride any engine protection. Randy
QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert There is an override of low oil pressure shutdown for a number of seconds in the governor to allow for starting of the engine. This guy must have kept cranking the engine wondering why it wont start !!!!
QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert Randy, have you ever had problems with critters other than bats? I used to watch a N&W daily peddler come down a track that in the summertime was practicaly obscured by the tree canopy, and a wave of fleeing insects always preceeded the locomotive.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl I don't know if anyone else has this problem? I have a hard time staying awake on freight trains. Often times I ride trains to diagnose a mysterious problem, I'll take my trusty laptop, my tool pouch,food etc.sometimes I ride a train right after my usual shift. One time I got into trouble. On a train to Chicago I fell asleep, I was sleeping very soundly because I failed to notice the crew change. The WC crew delivered the train to the CSX, the CSX crew took over and I was happily sound asleep. When I woke up the train was just like I remembered it exept I didn't recognize the countryside. I was riding the 3rd unit in the consist. I waited for the train to stop for a meet and walked up to the cab. I must have scared the hell out of the crew, they weren't expecting someone coming in the back door. I didn't recognize the crew and I started getting that old sinking feeling. Turns out I was somewhere in eastern Indiana, I was in a panic. It was decided that I should get on the next westbound train and get back to Chicago. I arrived back at the BRC and had to wait several hours for the next WC train so I climbed into the cab of the WCs and took a nap...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by jruppert Detroits are almost universally in fire truck engines. since the mid eighties, Detroit has gone four stroke. I think they still make the two-stroke but I'm not sure. It seems all of the engine manufacturers are coming to the same conclusions; four stroke, crossflow heads, electronic unit injectors, single overhead cam, smaller turbos...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl I work with some very rough and tumble guys. alot of the machinists are over 250 lbs 6'1" you know the type, beer drinking loud and tough. I found out just HOW tough one night. I was selected to repair a dynamic brake hatch on an SD-45, the cabling was badly burnt and we were out of the correct cable. the best we could do was try to strip some cabling out of a scrap engine ( I think the 8993) I asked for and receive a helper in the form of Donny A, a big tough RR man from the GBW. We crawled up into the hood of this locomotive hulk and proceeded to unbolt cableing. I was briefly startled by a group of pigeons sitting directly on the cables I was taking. Since it was pitch black out the birds didn't want to fly away so I figure I'd just move them to a different perch. I grabbed one and said "here Donny, put this stupid bird over on your side , I jumped a foot when Donny let out a blood curdling screech, I thought he was hurt. Igot out from inside of this hulk and pressed Donny to find out what the problem was, he said he didn't like pigeons and he proved it , squeeling like a little girl . Of course he wanted to make sure that we kept this to the two of us. Randy
QUOTE: Originally posted by Randy Stahl With all the sophisticated test equipment available these days it's easy to forget that the best trouble shooting tools are still the eyes,ears and nose. On one particular evening I was asked to look at a GP-35 that was having some loading problems, I could smell something was wrong as soon as I stepped into the cab, burnt semi-conductors..I stuck my nose into the electrical cabinet to smell my way to the problem. I found a little red rectifier hanging by it's wires , it seemed that the smell was indeed coming from this device. It was a hot night and I was sweating alot so when I moved closer to sniff the rectifier a bead of sweat rooled down my nose and made contact with the positive side of the rectifier, since I was holding on to the negative with my hand I completed a current path through my nose. Got two black eyes! Randy
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