SD40-2's Notching up!

The engineer of A407 take these two CN SD40-2s through the notchs. Video taken in Stevens Point Wisconsin in 2007.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• SD40-2
• SD40-2W
• Stevens
• Point
• Run

[brandonissocoollike]

whats with the cab windows?

[JR7582]

@brandonissocoollike Canadian style safety cab.

[JR7582]

Not sure what was wrong, if anything. Not long after they pulled out of the yard just fine. You aren't suppose to go from notch 1 to notch 8 in one blow, but what he did should of been fine. Your should move up notchs when the load meter moves up.

[kawasakilover272]

@JR7582 GO CN RAIL !

[Tcaauwe2002]

@GordonFreemanD40 Sir, I've run these units in the past. thats only notch 4 now listening to it a second time. thanks.

[GordonFreemanD40]

@Tcaauwe2002 that IS notch 8 for 645s. What you're thinking of is the 710, which has a far different notch 8 sound. Just watch a vid with an MP40PH in it. They are almost always in Notch 8 when travelling.

[brandonissocoollike]

@JR7582 oh im from US

[csx5400]

@7674Princess General statement. Not directed solely at you. Sorry you took it that way!

[7674Princess]

@csx5400 Chillout CraSh Xpert.......It was just a question....My goodness!

[csx5400]

@7674Princess You read a manual!? I run SD40-2s, SD60Ms, etc on CSX from Detroit to Toledo and vice versa all day everyday and i've never seen a manual. No offense to you but i'm just reading all these postings of people who never stepped foot inside big power or work in any capacity for a railroad and now everybodies an expert on train handling. Put in a job application, do hard labor as a freight conductor, go through the hard as hell engineer school, then talk about train handling.

[csx5400]

Hey bro, take a look at the lead locomotive as he throttles up. The trailing unit nudges the first unit. The first unit should have been pulling. That suggest that the lead unit shut down.  The trailing unit was trying to pull the train by itself.