Starting a Locomotive Engine : EMD SD40-2 engine Start up

Listen as 3000 horses come to life! This is a 1972 EMD SD40-2 coming to life! enjoy the sounds! here are some specs on the engine

16 cylinder two-stroke 45 degree V-engines. Each cylinder is of 645 cubic inches (10.57 liters) displacement, hence the name; with a bore of nine and one-sixteenth inches (230.2 mm), a stroke of ten inches (254 mm) and a compression ratio of 14.5:1. This engine features a turbocharger.

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[mt90945557]

Sounds way better than GE junk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bait28]

@mt90945557 hey, the GE C44-9CW sounds pretty damn good.

[tupai776]

WOW...nice sound...



[Trainaholic2946]

@bait28 I'll have to agree.

[komododragon2007]

Who reved the engine at start up around 57 sec i know u did later

[aussietraindriver]

usually an idea to push the layshaft in to assist starting.. rather than allow the starter motors to keep turning until the engine fires.

[thegumbyandpokey]

645-e3b best damn engine and loco the sd40-2 G.M. ever built,you could make these engines sing,but G.M. blew it when they put all the electronics on the 710,it runs or it does not ,too bad I luved the 40-2s.

[Tzed250]

When this engine was built EMD stood for Electro-Motive Division of General Motors.

[GordonFreemanD40]

@mt90945557 That's right. GEs sound like bombs about to go off. If only EMDs were quiet from the inside. I've heard complaints. It's fine with outsiders.

[beaman220]

What are you doing under my truck hood.