Can you hear the difference between the C32 & C40? PART I Clarksville, PA 10/24/1989

Conrail 6618 C32-8 and a C40 are on the Monongahela Railway heading for Blacksville WV. As the train passes under the road bridge, you can hear the difference in the amount of cylinders that power the C32 and C40. The C40 sounds like its running faster because it has more cylinders.

Both units are built be GE, (General Electic) There where only 10, C32-8's built in 1984. Conrail got all 10. They where 3200hp with 12 cylinders. Built in the late 1980's, the C40-8 had 4000hp with 16 cylinders. Thats why the difference in the sound. The 12 cylinder sounds slower than the faster reving 16 cylinder engine. Part 2 to this clip,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKFHn6GhJr4
Thanks for watching. Jackmp294

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[lotanota]

yes i can. but not from this video tho. when u run them u notice the c40 or the cw40-9 has a deeper bark. since everybody is stating there favorate, my daily driver is a gp38-2 so im partial to the jeeps.

[1jackdk]

@lotanota I got to disagree! In the second clip, from overhead! There is NO mistake in the differance of the two units, and the sound of the 12 cyl compared to the 16. As for me! I am partial to the sounds of the 567's, but that may be before your time on the railroad. Stay safe out there, and thanks for watching...

[ibook133]

Awesome, gotta love GE locos!

- A

[ZetanCrisp]

..........or is each 'stutter' just one the sound of one cylinder firing?

[Landaux]

They certainly didnt make C32-8 's cab fit with the rest of the motor at that time.

[mona6302]

I can hear the difference, and yet, the C32-8 sounds like it's in better condition compared to the newer dash-8.

[TurbinePower69]

@iceman977th EMD (2 cycle), ALCO the FM's (Fairbanks - Morse) and the old Baldwins (which used Cooper / Bessemer prime movers) are the ONLY True American MADE Locomotives with USA designed and built Prime Movers. GE, on the other hand uses German designed Deutz Prime Movers built under license for GE. Fairbanks Morse is still in business, but not in Locomotive Mfg. Baldwin is gone, as is ALCO of course, though ALCO "existed" for a short time in Canada under the MLW name.

[TurbinePower69]

@1jackdk Yes..there is a distinct difference in the "spacing" of the exhaust pulse between the 12 & the 16 cylinder prime movers. Personally, I'm "lover" of all things 2 stroke...when it comes to diesels...and especially in locomotives...EMD forever!!...although, now (sadly) I'm waiting to hear what's to become of the 710 series, now that CAT has managed to get their "claws" into EMD. Is Nothing "sacred" anymore? EMD & 4 cycle just doesn't "sound" right ! No pun intended.

[deniob86]

@1jackdk Hehehehehe...in my country, we have GM EMD's export model G16, witch has 16-567C engine, and it sure is the best sounding EMD engine.... We also have some JT22 CW-2's, wich have 12-645E3 engines, but the thunder of 567 is sweeter than the whine of 645... Cool video, love it :)

[BTCRAIL101FILMS]

I have a HO scale model of the C40!!

[BNSF9250]

@csx5400 i guess i was vbeing narrow minded and only thinking in the railfan point of view. well i hope you stay safe on those rails man. that job can be dangerous and is respeciable.

[csx5400]

@BNSF9250 They don't suck all that much bro. I have to ride in em! Try putting a train together at Detroit Rougemere Yard in a blizzard. Once on the mainline in a standard cab you're getting hit in the face by more cold air leaking through every crack. Remember, I have to all the way to Toledo like this. GEVOs are toaster ovens lol, and our heavyweight versions are extremely powerful and reliable. Rail fans don't know how reliable they are because they don't run'em.

[csx5400]

When the train goes under the overpass you can actually hear the C40-8 reving faster than the C32-8.