BNSF GP38-2 & GP39E starting up at Stacy Street Yard, 5-20-2010

A GP 38-2 and a GP39E are started up outside the Stacy Street Yard in Seattle and head out to do a local job.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Stacy
• Street
• Yard
• GP38-2
• start
• gp39e

[Bartman1764]

just wondering is bnsf 2352 supposed to sound like that cause i heard thar type of engine before but that sounds like it has a tapping sound or rod knock to be specific

[SeattleRailFan]

@Bartman1764 Some locos do have that rod knock sort of a sound, some don't. I assume that some part in the engine wears and then causes that sound. Not sure what it is, maybe someone who has worked on them would know.

[thunder393]

I love these old GP's, some of the ones I have been seing are being upgraded from old BN 35's to BNSF 38's and 39's. I catch the every once in a while doing yard work in burlington on the Anacortes/bellingham sub. I mostly see SD70MAC's ACe's and the bigger locos running the subs now which is kind of sad

[SeattleRailFan]

@thunder393 We've still got a fair amount of the old Geeps down here in Seattle. Mostly they're in the yards or running local jobs, of course. I did catch a GP60 leading a vehicle train on 4-26-2011. Very rare to see that on a Class 1 railroad these days...

[NARSConductor]

Nice! What Happened At 4:28 When The Locomotives Stopped? Did Someone Pull In Front Of The Locomotive Making It Stop Or Something Like That?

[SeattleRailFan]

@NARSConductor No, there's a street crossing right in front of the engine so he pulled forward until the lights and bells triggered, stopped, sounded the horn, checked that the traffic had stopped then proceeded through. You can see the cars passing behind him once he cleared the crossing.

[lotsoftrains123]

@SeattleRailFan correct. some Geep's around here make that tapping sound. mostly worn parts and/or over used engines.

[westwick87]

Thats pretty cool what they sound like when theyre started up! I ve heard an AC4400CW started up before and it sounds like a turbine when its started up.

[trainfart]

Great video man!

[Henovian]

Lovely video. I used to live near a Portland and Western line, which was frequented almost exclusively by a variety of low-hood EMDs, mostly GP 39s. Now I live up in the Idaho Panhandle, and don't get me wrong, I love all the new GE's that go through there, but I'm still a little homesick for these old GP workhorses, which aren't seen on the mainlines at all up here.