Shut down a loco?

[Anonymous]

How do you shut down a diesel locomotive nowadays?
is it by a switch in the cab or a switch engine room?
or is there a notch in the throttle that shuts it down?

cheers
-the feed

[csxengineer98]

sorry..industry secret... just like starting a loco...i could tell you..but then i would have to kill you...lol
but realy.... i cant tell you...
csx engineer

[Rodney Beck]

I agree with CSX above.

Rodney

[edblysard]

You put it in Park, set the emergency brake, and turn the key all the way to the left.
Remove the key from the ignition, shut the door, and pu***he LOCK icon on the key fob....


Ed

[caseykkkk]

You guys are real cruel, everyone knows that to shut down a loco all you have to do is............................[;)]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

You put it in Park, set the emergency brake, and turn the key all the way to the left.
Remove the key from the ignition, shut the door, and pu***he LOCK icon on the key fob....


Ed

[Randy Stahl]

Read the thread about the GEVO blowing up , that is one way !
Randy

[kenneo]

The easiest way is to simply let it run out of fuel. Be sure to follow Ed's instructions first, then throw the fob away, along with the key.

[Hugh Jampton]

Diesels shut off??

[coborn35]

LOL! I cant tell you anything...but there is a difference between and SD18 and a SD70ACe starting up!.

(one has a regular key, and one has a keypad)

[zardoz]

Gee, after after all the threads we have had here where everyone was telling everyone how to START a locomotive, why all the secrecy about how to stop one?

I can think of about a dozen ways ...

[wabash1]

well i will tell you . yes there is 2 places int he cab the throttle (unless its a desk top unit) there is place on the back wall there is a place in the engine compartment and then the last ones i wont tell you .

[malcolmyoung]

Without wrecking it, there is only one way to shut down a diesel engine, that is cut of the supply of fuel to the cylinders. However, there are several ways of doing that.
Malc.

[Anonymous]

You put your left hand in, you pull your left hand out...

LOL...

LC

[Randy Stahl]

Or find a relay in the electrical cabinet that says FPCR and pull the wires off .

[Dutchrailnut]

Lets just say that shutting off Diesel engines also kills the air compressor.
And if it rools/runs away someone's***is grass, don't ever trust handbrakes alone.

[Anonymous]

Come on all of us are going to work for a railroad some day!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by THE_WEEZ

Come on all of us are going to work for a railroad some day!

exactly! lol[:D][:D]

[coborn35]

QUOTE: Originally posted by THE_WEEZ

Come on all of us are going to work for a railroad some day!

Then you can find out! lol

[ValleyX]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Geez, I don't know why everyone's being so wierd about it.

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Better look out the window, they're coming to get you.

[nssr9169]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Geez, I don't know why everyone's being so wierd about it.

1.Place the fuel injection switch in the STOP position.

2. At the #1 Circut Breaker Panel, place the engine control circut breaker in the OFF (down) position.

Doing these two action will cut off fuel injection and cause an immediate engine shut down. Also, you can shut down the engine by fuel starvation by turning off the Fuel Pump circut, but that's usually not a good idea.

That's how it works on newer EMDs (those intructions were from an SD80MAC to be exact).

OK every one is talking about computerized loco's and ya got me there.......
BUT on a GP 30 ya just turn the swich that says start and stop (there is alsoa prime mode on that swich) and turn it to stop. Then you wait untill the terbo intercooler light gos off and pull the battery swich. But our Gp 30 has some "Home made" controlls, thanks CN for ripping all the good stuff out of there before shipping it to us, they even took the f****ing seats!! Us being a museam that is.[;)]

[csxengineer98]

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Geez, I don't know why everyone's being so wierd about it.

1.Place the fuel injection switch in the STOP position.

2. At the #1 Circut Breaker Panel, place the engine control circut breaker in the OFF (down) position.

Doing these two action will cut off fuel injection and cause an immediate engine shut down. Also, you can shut down the engine by fuel starvation by turning off the Fuel Pump circut, but that's usually not a good idea.

That's how it works on newer EMDs (those intructions were from an SD80MAC to be exact).

you want to know why... ill give you a few reasons why...
1...becouse unless you work for the railroad in train service...you dont have any real need to know how to shut down a loco...
2... with all the anti-railroad anti-noise people that are always moveing next to rail yards or next to tracks where trains might tie up outside of the termial..and ***ing about locomotives ideling and the noise they make... i am not going to be part of giving out information for some "civian" takeing it apone themselfs of shutting down locomotives only to have A..the engins not being able to be restared becouse they shut them down wrong and killed the battery...and B... shutting it down and haveing to have the crew that comes out to get in a a few hours have to walk the train for a air brake test becoues some butt head didnt want to hear the noise of a ideling loco sitting "to close to the 200000K house he just bought a week ago"..... not to mention the fact that once all the air bleeds away..the risk of something very bad happening should the train manage to start rolling due to handbrake issues (im not getting into details about them either)
csx engineer

[zardoz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by csxengineer98

QUOTE: Originally posted by 4884bigboy

Geez, I don't know why everyone's being so wierd about it.

1.Place the fuel injection switch in the STOP position.

2. At the #1 Circut Breaker Panel, place the engine control circut breaker in the OFF (down) position.

Doing these two action will cut off fuel injection and cause an immediate engine shut down. Also, you can shut down the engine by fuel starvation by turning off the Fuel Pump circut, but that's usually not a good idea.

That's how it works on newer EMDs (those intructions were from an SD80MAC to be exact).

you want to know why... ill give you a few reasons why...
1...becouse unless you work for the railroad in train service...you dont have any real need to know how to shut down a loco...
2... with all the anti-railroad anti-noise people that are always moveing next to rail yards or next to tracks where trains might tie up outside of the termial..and ***ing about locomotives ideling and the noise they make... i am not going to be part of giving out information for some "civian" takeing it apone themselfs of shutting down locomotives only to have A..the engins not being able to be restared becouse they shut them down wrong and killed the battery...and B... shutting it down and haveing to have the crew that comes out to get in a a few hours have to walk the train for a air brake test becoues some butt head didnt want to hear the noise of a ideling loco sitting "to close to the 200000K house he just bought a week ago"..... not to mention the fact that once all the air bleeds away..the risk of something very bad happening should the train manage to start rolling due to handbrake issues (im not getting into details about them either)
csx engineer

3. and if the temperature is cold, the unit will freeze, probably damaging the motor.
4. you would have to tresspass to gain access.
5. it is a federal violation to "interfere with Interstate Transport" if you are not authorized (I can just hear you in Federal prison when big Bubba asks what you're in for, and then proceeds to drop his soap in the shower, then asks you to pick it up for him...

I guess you're so proud that you know a little something about locomotives now that you have a manual (and I emphasize little), that you did not think about what you were putting in print for all to see.

[rvos1979]

Zardoz and other railroaders out there:

I knew there was a reason I kept my mouth shut!!

4884bigboy:

Be very careful what you post, you never know who is reading the forum.

I'll get off the soapbox now.

Randy

[silicon212]

Pull the throttle handle out and shove it one click to the left of Idle - Stop.

[Randy Stahl]

QUOTE: Originally posted by silicon212

Pull the throttle handle out and shove it one click to the left of Idle - Stop.

Left huh ?

[zardoz]

QUOTE: Originally posted by silicon212

Pull the throttle handle out and shove it one click to the left of Idle - Stop.

Another one that either does not read the previous posts, or is just too dumb to understand them.

Good thing he is completely wrong.

[silicon212]

Sorry, my other left. I meant to the right.

This is how it was done on SP's older EMDs - such as the GP40-2 ...

[trainfan1221]

I thought there was a way directly from the throttle, in case of an emergency.

[silicon212]

Like I stated above. Pull throttle to Idle position, pull handle out, then one notch in the opposite direction of the Run settings.

[mackb4]

Pu***he clutch in and start the engine.Or if your on a hill just put it in neutral and pop the clutch.That easy [:D] ! Killing it is as easy as turning the boiler down till the steam quits.[:-,][(-D]