Finnish Freight Train 4059 accelerates at full throttle.

Freight train 4059 from Kemira to Kokkola filmed from Ylemmäinen bridge in Iisalmi.
Locomotives are accelerating at full power applied. They are Dv12-class 2505+2649. The wagons are 2 Ome+7 Sti+2 Hkba+8 Sti+15 Zan-V.

Tavarajuna 4059 Kemiralta Kokkolaan Ylemmäisen sillalta kuvattuna.
Veturit kiihdyttävät täydellä teholla.
Vetureina Dv12 2505+2649, vaunuina 2 Ome+ 7 Sti+2 Hkba+ 8 Sti+ 15 Zan-V.

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Autos & Vehicles

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• T4059
• Freight
• Train
• Tavarajuna
• Dv12
• Iisalmi
• Finland
• railway
• bridge
• V16
• MGO
• power

[L324RT12]

a good running diesel gives no black smoke at wide open throttle. Im sure you have seen the tractor pulls & diesel trucks that smoke like crazy, but how many of them stay at wide open throttle for hours on end? NONE. because they would never handle it. They are built for max power in a short burst.

[vsaar]

How many of those 45 years you have been living in Finland? I guess zero is the answer. I know exactly how these Dv12 class locomotives sound at full throttle, because I can hear them every day going past my home. That roaring and radiator fan whining is unmistakable, and it sounds lot better when hearing it live! These Tampella-MGO engines give some grey smoke when rapidly increasing the power, but not when it's continuosly running at full throttle.

[BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

Great video - really nice view!

[shazam75]

top video!

[MilwaukeeSDman]

The Locomotives remind me of american ALCO diesels

[uyesu]

I'll have to check that immediately as I recall doing nothing to provide personal information. I never do that at any site with which I am registered, period, and thanks for the notice.

[Kyosuke1989]

Yes. There is an uphill, about 4 kilometer long and 4-5 promilles steep from that direction which train came, and before that uphill there is station (Iisalmi) which this train departed.

[saosurvive126]

Diesels usually don't smoke much if continuously held at full throttle. For example an ocean liner, runs full bore almost constantly and they don't smoke the whole way from New York to London.

Diesels smoke when throttle is abruptly increased. Also, if its being properly fueled for the given throttle it wont smoke much black, only a little grey.

[vsaar]

Say whatever you want, but still those engines were at full throttle, which I confirmed from that very familiar sound. From that video it's impossible to see if the speed changes a little or not, but that doesn't matter. A freight train can't accelerate much at that short distance anyway, and there might also be an uphill where its speed will drop even with full throttle.

[vsaar]

I can also read it myself. Having a soot trap doesn't mean it would otherwise blow lots of visible black smoke. It's just for reducing emission of finer soot, which wouldn't be very visible anyway.

Btw, how can you have been living by railways for 45 years, if your profile tells your age is 32? ;-)