Conrail Chugging Contest

[400exNick]

Sounds GOOD! I also am partial to an EMD but the chug of a GE is music to my ears as well:).

[DLWJohn]

I love the chug of a GE, but nothing beats hearing an EMD lugging 10 minutes before you see it and 10 minutes atfer it passes

[DASCO2136]

Im trying to figure out which scheme looked better on the C40-8Ws..the Conrail Quality paint job that most of the units recieved or the original Conrail job that the 2nd unit had on. Im not really sure

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@DASCO2136 I am partial to the original Conrail scheme myself. Never did like the way the other scheme made it look like the name of the railroad was 'Conrail Quality'.

[Grumpy7783]

Man i love that chuggin sound.

[troy12n]

That's an odd number, 742 for a conrail CW40-8??? Can someone explain that?

[FastFlyingVirginian]

@troy12n According to the Conrail Cyclopedia, 740-759 were a second order for the LMS fleet that were delivered in the CR scheme. In the summer of '97, they were moved into the regular CR fleet as 6266-6285.

[8747csx]

@troy12n Those locomotives were delivered with split cooling and weighed in at 399,000lbs. The Conrail upper numbered 6200s and the 700s all have larger radiators than previous C40-8W orders. This is a feature that a lot of people dont recognize.

[fleecejackets]

I can't stop watching this. It's like an addiction of some sort.

"Kyle, what's in that brown bag?"

"Nothin..."

"Do you have Conrail Chugging Contest again?"

"PLEASE! NO! I DIDNT DO IT!"

[ZetanCrisp]

Me to, i never get any work done because of this obsession!!

[fleecejackets]

LOL! It's just too good

[fnm9908]

listen to those 7FDL's at work,ill take the GE's anyday over any turbocharged EMD,but the sound of the non turbocharged locomotive...thats something you

'll love to hear

[Tracksider216]

Meh, I prefer the sound of EMD :)

[FastFlyingVirginian]

I'm more of an equal opportunity listener myself, but for those EMD-lovers among us there's always my 'Horseshoe Curve Pusher Start - Part 2' clip. :O)

[SD70MAC]

Same me too I love EMD's sound so awesome

[shadowknight227]

@SD70MAC but a chug is awesome too!!

[shadowknight227]

@Tracksider216 well, the chug of a GE is pretty cool. I don't see why people like EMD more. You can't hear the horsepower the way a GE does

[sd40u]

@shadowknight227 most prefer EMD because the are reliable, if you like the chug try watching ALCo or MLW videos

[87STEELE]

Very cool, dude. 5*.

[fleecejackets]

Odd thing about the lead unit. Doesn't appear on the CR roster. Closest number is the highest of the LMS D8-40CW fleet, which ends at 732. The roster picks up in the low 1,000's with MT4's. Rare catch! And the trailing 6089 is still in CR blue -- now CSX #7316. Awesome video, those GE's sound absolutely amazing!

[FastFlyingVirginian]

Thanks - you know, I think I have a clip somewhere with CSX 7316 in it; now I'm going to have to look.

[fleecejackets]

Wow, that'd be cool! If you do you should make a video -- then & now!

[FastFlyingVirginian]

I thought 7316 rang a bell - I saw it back on the 12th coming through Ashland on a trash train. I've added it as a video response to make it easier to cross-reference.

[fleecejackets]

That is sweet! What a cool time travel

[Guser223]

you know what sucks, they put fences up on both sides of the bridge, disappointed me.

[FlyBikes089]

That's rarely because there got unpatched CW40-8 there after NS own CR units..

I love it!

[FastFlyingVirginian]

Not really, this was recorded a few years before the breakup to NS and CSX.

[FlyBikes089]

Oh, yeah I know that. :)

[imnoobshit]

A very nice ending! I love it. Rail fanning is sure great!

[Guser223]

agreed

[TrainManTy]

CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! Love those GE's! The sound is so much different than the EMD's, I can't decide what I like better! Great video!

[ACLTony]

TrainManTy, hey guy! Haven't seen you on the MRR forum for a while.

Yes, the GE "chug" is, imho, such a cool attention getter. For DCC/Sound in HO, Soundtraxx did a nice job in capturing the GE chug in its Diesel Tsunami decoder.

[countrysev]

WOW, Thank you so much for sharing this with me Rick my friend, this is so beautiful, I love trains so much. I cannot take my eyes off of this video. 5 stars,

Sev

[ktraptor]

I love ge locomotives! C30-7 were my favorite back in the 80s and 90s. Seen a true c60ac on the union pacific line from boone to clinton iowa. c60ac was on the front and a unpatched sp was on the rear. c60ac are still around.

[FastFlyingVirginian]

I see quite a few of CSX's AC6000s through Ashland...they had de-rated a number of them to 4300hp for a while until they sorted out the engine bugs, but I think most of them have been back to the full 6000hp for some time now. They do have quite a nice bark to them.

[Stephenson18]

amazing sound! wow!

[OhioRails]

Amazing!

[rickbell7]

Gosh, I can't stop watching this so I figured I might as well write a comment!

This is truly one of the mose awesome sounding train videos I have EVER seen! You captured the sound perfectly here. I can almost feel the ground shake and smell the diesel smoke!

Great job on this! I'll be back again and again for this one!

Rick!

[FastFlyingVirginian]

Thanks! And rest assured, at that angle there was plenty of diesel smoke to smell. :)

[rickbell7]

Thanks for the reply!

Ah yes, nothing like the smoke from a big diesel locomotive.

This reminds me of a bridge in Butler Wisconsin. It was right over the throat to the yard there. We often stuck our hands out over the rail as the units passed under. (Foolish, I know). It was incredible the amount of force in that exhaust. ...and the sound!!! Only wish we would have had video/audio recording equipment back then!

This brings some of those great memories back to me.

Rick

[rickbell7]

PS: I love diesel units; I grew up with them. However I can't help but wonder what it would have been like to be on that bridge...or on any bridge for that matter...when a hard pulling steamer passed under!

Thanks again for this video and for responding.

Rick

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

I still remember that old Rusty bridge whenever those trains would apss underneath the whole bridge Shook!

[RailfanAlex]

Very nice! Who are those fools who say GE's sound like crap? They sound awesome!

[Papadoplas]

EMD fanboys (foamers). Aren't they quite the annoying, opinionated, and brainless tools?

[RailfanAlex]

@Papadoplas lol sometimes they sure are!

[jonathan3t22a]

Unbelievable capture. This shows the essence of the classic GE sound like nothing else!

[FastFlyingVirginian]

Thanks, it's one of my personal favorites for that reason. Now if I could have just been there when it would have been U-boats...

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

What do You Mean By U-Boats Here?

[FastFlyingVirginian]

Heh, before your time, youngster. :) Prior to the Dash 7 series, GE called their locomotives the 'Universal' series and thus the model numbers all began with a 'U' (U23B, U30C, and so on). The nickname for any of these locos was 'U-boat'. The first model, the U25B, was the loco that really put GE on the map along with establishing the GE reputation for the 'chugchugchug' exhaust note as heard here.

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

Well actually i do have memories from back in the 90's of the old Rusty Bridge actually not the greatest but some fond memories. And Oh I have never seen U type units before so that why i didn't know of this

[wyomingrailfan]

i have, its a VERY different sound. lol

[trekg13]

What an unbelievable sound!

[BNSFME]

i love the chugging sound!

[RRYankfan]

awsome

[pbmja]

very cool