That is so a GE, i dont know much on engine shut off and on, but it seema like many people know about it. Must be eerie to stand by 2 big GE's and they're silent
I wonder how many times people cry babie about how hadr it is to work on the RR!! Shut the hell up! My dad spent 36 years as a engineer for CO, Chessie and then CSX and my uncles as brakeman ect for Conrail they loved it. Too bad I dont have the almost four grand to take the course here. The work is great, road engineers sit on the booty all the way and have a great life. Ah, people who make that much money and those benifits should shut there pie holes or quit.
csx sucks at maintaing there shit. CSX 1001 came through a month a go with its engine not working. The second unit was only working half power and the 3rd unit in teh consist didn't even have power! it was dead weaght. the conductor and enggeenerr thought because it was so old thats why it wasn't running. screw CSX CONRAIL was so much better
If I may ask one thing...how do you know the second unit was only running at 50% power? On top of that, there are many run-through trains that have units that ride "dead-in-tow". They may be being transported to a shop, or to another yard to be used somewhere else. If CSX has to transport a unit, they will tie it onto a train, not send it out as light power, & if the train that it goes on already has the necessary HP requirements, there is no point in running it & burning the extra diesel fuel.
That's called a RDMT, or slug, its not dead weight as they also supply traction from its Mother, which was probably the one that was giving 50% power.
If you guys had to ride these things all the time like I do it wouldn't be so great. Once you do it for a while its like anything else its a job.But one that pays good! NS all the way!!!!!!!
The alarm sound 10 times before the engines shut down, and then like tamaza said, they will shut down automaticly. Im an engineer for NS and where have the most problems out of those darn things
Umm, not on a GE, on a GE the bell will ring for about 2 minutes, and then the engine will shut off. EMD's such as the M-2's have a klaxon, presumably a car horn, and they go off 5 times before the engine starts, 10 times before it shuts off.
Thats what I thought a first but then I heard the alarm going off in the engines and it was a scheduled train and it just didn't make sense to me why the engines would've shut down. I can understand if the crew went dead and they shut the engines down but I couldn't imagine that they'd let this train go dead because its intermodal and scheduled and even if the crew did go dead, I've never seen them shut the engines down.
#2: AESS will shut the engines down if all engine/train parameters are in check. Once one of these parameters goes above/below a set level, either 1, 2, or 3 (depending on how many units there are in the consist), will start. All of CSX's new GEVO's are equipped with this feature, but can be locked out by maintenance personell.
I've have not seen problems with Huge GEVO's for a while. And It is rare, usually Dash 8's, older EMD's, and BNSF Dash 9's would have some sort of problem or derailment, just recently I saw a derailment and 2 new BNSF GEVO's were involved, and they are the Swoosh ones.
evvery train must have an engeneer or the other train are controlled electronically.
barbarotico 6 months ago
Maybe They Outlawed? That's A Engineers Worst Nightmare.
skyman2002 3 years ago
Engineer's worst nightmare is 'outlaw'?
Huh?
Please explain. I've run and managed engineers for 28 years and I can think of many, many, many worst nightmares than outlawing.
Boss302fan 2 years ago
Since Q198 Is A Intermodel,
I Guess The Word "Nightmare" Comes From A Term Used Earlier In Railroading "Get Ya' Fired Trains" Make Them Late, And They'll Get Ya' Fired.
It Was Something My Engineer Friend Told Me About High Priority Intermodels.
skyman2002 2 years ago
Being outlawed isn't the same thing as being late. They are two entirely different things.
Boss302fan 2 years ago
I've had many days where nothing was going right that I was hoping to go on the law so it would all be over... lol
EMD645E 2 years ago
I've had those days. LOL. You just hope to outlaw in a "convenient" place.
Where do you run?
Boss302fan 2 years ago
hey do you have the running number for the lead unit?
Thanks
Ryan
Buffalotrains93 3 years ago 2
Lead unit is #5297
guitars14 3 years ago
That is so a GE, i dont know much on engine shut off and on, but it seema like many people know about it. Must be eerie to stand by 2 big GE's and they're silent
LansingJct 3 years ago 4
Probably more eerie if its an EMD
lespaulguy32 2 years ago
I wonder how many times people cry babie about how hadr it is to work on the RR!! Shut the hell up! My dad spent 36 years as a engineer for CO, Chessie and then CSX and my uncles as brakeman ect for Conrail they loved it. Too bad I dont have the almost four grand to take the course here. The work is great, road engineers sit on the booty all the way and have a great life. Ah, people who make that much money and those benifits should shut there pie holes or quit.
armyof11 3 years ago
Not terribly uncommon to see CSX train having problems
KevinCulla9 4 years ago 3
However these ones may have been off From Automatic Engine Start / Stop
KevinCulla9 4 years ago 5
csx sucks at maintaing there shit. CSX 1001 came through a month a go with its engine not working. The second unit was only working half power and the 3rd unit in teh consist didn't even have power! it was dead weaght. the conductor and enggeenerr thought because it was so old thats why it wasn't running. screw CSX CONRAIL was so much better
Buffalotrains93 3 years ago
If I may ask one thing...how do you know the second unit was only running at 50% power? On top of that, there are many run-through trains that have units that ride "dead-in-tow". They may be being transported to a shop, or to another yard to be used somewhere else. If CSX has to transport a unit, they will tie it onto a train, not send it out as light power, & if the train that it goes on already has the necessary HP requirements, there is no point in running it & burning the extra diesel fuel.
signalmaster509 3 years ago
i had a buddy on the train. No the unit was not running Q 1001. the 3rd unit was the enginless one.
Buffalotrains93 3 years ago
That's called a RDMT, or slug, its not dead weight as they also supply traction from its Mother, which was probably the one that was giving 50% power.
BNSF5608 3 years ago
agreed
Tjsingle14 3 years ago
ty for proving my point
Buffalotrains93 3 years ago
If you guys had to ride these things all the time like I do it wouldn't be so great. Once you do it for a while its like anything else its a job.But one that pays good! NS all the way!!!!!!!
norfolkmax 4 years ago 2
Not to sound like a jerk, but your button creaking on the camera is annoying. LOL. But nice videos, I love your work.
CSXno601 4 years ago 3
The alarm sound 10 times before the engines shut down, and then like tamaza said, they will shut down automaticly. Im an engineer for NS and where have the most problems out of those darn things
negerpungrally2 4 years ago
Umm, not on a GE, on a GE the bell will ring for about 2 minutes, and then the engine will shut off. EMD's such as the M-2's have a klaxon, presumably a car horn, and they go off 5 times before the engine starts, 10 times before it shuts off.
BNSF5608 3 years ago 2
there was no prob with them. they were shutdown automatically with AESS.
tamazaz 4 years ago 2
Thats what I thought a first but then I heard the alarm going off in the engines and it was a scheduled train and it just didn't make sense to me why the engines would've shut down. I can understand if the crew went dead and they shut the engines down but I couldn't imagine that they'd let this train go dead because its intermodal and scheduled and even if the crew did go dead, I've never seen them shut the engines down.
guitars14 4 years ago
#1: Was this train even crewed?
#2: AESS will shut the engines down if all engine/train parameters are in check. Once one of these parameters goes above/below a set level, either 1, 2, or 3 (depending on how many units there are in the consist), will start. All of CSX's new GEVO's are equipped with this feature, but can be locked out by maintenance personell.
signalmaster509 3 years ago
Any GE, Dash-9 and up has AESS. I think the later phase of Dash-8's had it too.
BNSF5608 3 years ago
I've have not seen problems with Huge GEVO's for a while. And It is rare, usually Dash 8's, older EMD's, and BNSF Dash 9's would have some sort of problem or derailment, just recently I saw a derailment and 2 new BNSF GEVO's were involved, and they are the Swoosh ones.
NSNCRailfan 4 years ago 2