GE 65T locomotive cold start

[Myrtone]

How is the engine turned over and why is there no poketa poketa poketa starting sound?

[phildoethedildoe]

LOL love that GE sound! The Southern Michigan Railroad, that i am a part of. Has a GE44T Locomotive that has twin CAT-17,000. engines. These old GE switchers can run forever if you just maintain them.

[adfgfds]

That was easy enough

[colnagocowboy]

interesting it sounds similar to the FM i just listened to and very different than the alco that i heard before that

[133dave133]

I run a TM5500. I bet that switch train could pull alot more cars than our TM.

[rhblakeman]

These were all over the Calumet City area of Chicago and around the switchyards in Chicago in the 60's when I was a kid. I remember some of them pulling slag cars out at the steel mills and at the switchyards they would pull short groups of cars from one area to another. Slow enough when they went from yard to yard we could hop the boxcars for a free ride (I know it was dumb, we lucked out and never got hurt). Nice to hear that sound again.

[WoodwindGirl79]

were the purpose of the engines different that what you see normally? Like were they used specifically in the yard or something? Neat.

[coronetkid]

These were light-duty locomotives, typically used only around an industry or on a shortline. They are geared for power, not for speed, and they have excellent visibility for switching. In general terms, mainline locomotives are the opposite.

[WARD5KUSTOMZ]

cool nice to see an 855 in a train

[edmilson93]

Cummins NT855 engines

[rymadness]

either it wasnt cold, or that thing is good at starting in cold weather!

[coronetkid]

It was a cold start, meaning the engines were not warmed up and they hadn't been started in a week or more. I took this video in warm weather. For cold weather it has block heaters so it starts just as easily.

[WhopBobbaLuBop]

@rymadness Duh...!

[emdfan78]

Iknow where there is a EMD in chitown like this one.

[RianTrace84]

The UK class 156 DMUs also have two Cummins NT855 engines.

[cornej92]

This locomotive has 2 engines???? What????

[woodscritter]

Not unusual. Check out EMD E-types, all of which had (2) V-12s. Ditto Alco DL-109.

[douro20]

These used to have a pair of GM 16C4 industrial V8 engines in them.

[coronetkid]

All the smaller GE's I've ever seen had Cummins straight sixes in them. This one originally had a pair of Cummins NHBIS engines and currently has two NT855's. GE was in direct competition with GM in the locomotive market (still was until recently) so I doubt GE would have ever used GM engines in their own locomotives.

[Lutherkb]

coronetkid, you are correct. Generel Electric has never used GM diesels in their centercab designs. Some of their centercabs ( certain 44 Tonners for example) used Caterpillar motors instead of Cummins but Cummins was their small diesel engine of choice. The GE 70 tonner (end-cab design) used a Cooper-Bessemer diesel. GE later bought CB.

[SpeakerPolice]

I believe the FDL design was originally a CB design, as well, wasn't it?

[Lutherkb]

Based on CB designs. GE acquired CB years ago.

[Shield1751]

correct...the FDL is a direct relation to the original CB.

[SpeakerPolice]

These (at least the 44-ton) could also be had with the Caterpillar D17000 engine. I like the sound of both. =)

[seabulls69]

@coronetkid I checked a couple of sources and it looks like GE did use GM 16C4 industrial (gasoline) V8s in their 57 ton boxcabs. This was, of course, before GM had anything to do with either EMD or Winton diesels.

[trainman071]

yes two engines

[Tonimik]

2 engines?

[coronetkid]

Most locomotives in the US that have a center cab and two hoods have one engine under each hood.