ALCO - EMD sound battle. Who's got your vote? -(long version)

We are at Foleyet, Ontario on September 24, 1995 as a east bound CN train comes in for a crew change. Listen to the to beautiful sound of these two locomotives as they come in, and when they leave. The Alco (MLW) has my vote. It sounds spectacular, but then again, I am an Alco fan. Just some info on the HR-616. There was only 20 HR616 built. They where built in 1982, and retired early 1990's. The HR stood for high reliability, which they where not. Lots of electrical problems. The 616 was for 6 axles, 16 cylinder. Some where scraped, some went to NRE in Illinois. I can find nothing about them on their site. So how knows where they are now. Thanks for watching. Jackmp294.5...


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• train
• trains
• railroad
• railway
• cn
• cnr
• canadiannational
• foleyet
• emd
• alco
• mlw
• sd40
• sd40-2
• hr616
• horn
• HR-616
• 3000HP
• 3200HP
• canada
• ontario
• northwoods

[FilipinoZeroFighter]

GE U boats, y u no include GE U boats.

[1jackdk]

@FilipinoZeroFighter ... I do have a video up of SBD GE's and EMD's sounds. Posted on Nov 29, 2011. You might want to check it out. Let me know what you think. Thanks for watching...

[DrAlco]

OOOhhhh....YES YES....I love that sound...Great video...I like it wery wery much. I think i`m the biggest ALCO fan here in Denmark...I would like to wish we ALCO,s here in Denmark. I´m som glad to see your fantastic ALCO videoes. I rate it with 5 stars. Thanks wery much.

[1jackdk]

@DrAlco Thanks so much DrAlco. Glad you enjoyed the Alco videos from here in the states, which I have plenty of on my page. Take care, Jack...

[fnm9908]

the turbo whining on the SD40 at start up is great,but the sound of that 251 on the ALCo-MLW its just fantastic,music to my ears,and the smoke is a big plus......awesome video man

[1jackdk]

@fnm9908 I agree 100%. Can't get enough of the Alco music. Thanks for watching...

[TrainTrackTrav]

They both get my vote!

ALCO: THOPTHOPTHOPTHOPTHOPTHOPTHOP

EMD: I can't spell the sound an EMD makes, sorry. LOL

[formidable38]

EMD for me everytime!!

[kingtiger59]

Very nice, I like both but if I had to choose it would have to be EMD. Sorry.

[wwebtime]

It's got to B, Da EMD!

[rhondaw1]

EMD gets my vote for sure............

[celica825]

@TrainTrackTrav the EMD sound is inda like: WEVWEVWEVWVEWVEWVWEVWEWVWVEWVE­VWEWVEWVEVWEVWV when its startin up.

[GordonFreemanD40]

@TrainTrackTrav EMD: Dinosaur sounds when in Run 8

[GordonFreemanD40]

@formidable38 I know; the ALCO sounds like the Hogwarts Express :D

[ConrailForever]

The sound of that MLW screams "perfection." Nice video, Jack!

[GordonFreemanD40]

@TrainTrackTrav EMD: *sounds like a Detroit Diesel*