GP38's work their guts out on the grade and curvature to the Monongahela River bridge. MGA 1989.

Thanks for watching this little clip on the Monongahela Railway. Those hard working GP38's sure sound good. We see MGA, P&LE, and Conrail GP38's all pitching in. I included Google maps of the location so you can get an idea of the tricky curves these trains have to negotiate.
These clips were filmed in 1989 with a Panasonic VHS camera, and the location was in Brownsville and West Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
Please be sure to check out my many other video clips from the 1970's up to today. God Bless.
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[@cpeast]

Beautiful sounds! I love the sound of EMD non turbocharged units working their guts out! Thanks for the video! Jason.

[@1jackdk]

You bet Jason. Just another thing we miss from old time railroading. Great sounding locomotives.

[@Enjoyer.762]

Roots blowers

[@brucefye3778]

Hi again Jack the GOAT! Wow! Back thru the "Wayback Machine " once again. Those dogs were really barking. I remember the P&LE from Youngstown to New Castle and to Beaver Falls then up in Sharon at Sharon Steel where my dad worked as a millwright. Another great railfanning video. I liked the maps and the music.

[@1jackdk]

Thank you brucef. The 38's sure earned their keep on the MGA. I thought the maps would help explain what the railroad had to do in that area. The railroaders say, that the section is knuckle city. LOL Thanks for watching.

[@brucefye3778]

@@1jackdk It's a pleasure. Your videos are getting more and more awesome. 👍👍👍

[@cawalshx2]

Great history. I like the older video-movies from time passed. Thanks

[@1jackdk]

Glad you enjoyed it. It was a great time to be out getting this stuff, and glad its preserved for everyone. Thanks for watching.

[@snprout]

Great stuff Jack! The Roots blowers are music to my ears. Keep ‘em coming!

[@1jackdk]

Thanks Nick. Gotta love that music! I'll try to keep pounding them out. I always try to get something interesting up. Thanks again and have a good night.

[@oldgoat142]

This brings back so many memories! My ex-wife grew up in the area and it was always cool to go back to visit family. Every once in a while I'd see a train or two, especially going through West Brownsville. This is great!

[@1jackdk]

Thank you oldgoat. Glad it brought back some good memories, and thanks for watching. Lots of changes down there like everywhere else. But now it seems weird, after all the pictures and video I have taken since 1980, that now my son runs down there for NS.

[@oldgoat142]

@@1jackdk Passing on a legacy to your son. Excellent! All the best to you both.

[@louiskats5116]

G'day Jack, Another great video that takes us back in time. Love the V8 Mack Cabover great catch. Here in Australia we had SD 38's mostly in the state of Victoria where I am from. When Victorian Railways was owned by the state they had a class named X Class. Great loco's fuelled up class leader X 31 when I was fuelling loco's on night shift on the dock's 10 odd years ago. First order had 567 in them then next 2 order's had 657 prime movers. After the X came my favourite class the mighty C Class. Australia version of SD 40, worth the time to google. Cheers Louis Kats 👍

[@1jackdk]

I will check those X class out. Sounds interesting. Sd40's are one of my favorites. Thanks for watching Louis, and have a good evening. Jack

[@louiskats5116]

@@1jackdk 👍

[@leehuff2330]

How different the power looked before ditch lights! I remember reading once how the P&LE wanted to acquire the line between Georgetown PA and Weirton Junction for access to Weirton Steel. Kinda makes me wonder what could have been had it come to fruition. Maybe they could have held on long enough to get some of the oil and gas freight.

[@1jackdk]

Yah, that would have been interesting to see, if that came to be.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

They can be "Loud"Jack those Roots type Supercharged 645 - V16 !!!! 🔈🔉🔊 Great video !! Up here in NH we have a local freight called DOBO, Dover, NH to Boston, MA it started in the B&M years in the 1970s bringing Stone & Sand from the Ossipee, NH mine about 30 miles north of Dover. Most of the concrete in the Boston area is made at Boston Sand & Gravel right across the track where the large Boston Engine Terminal was. The (NHNC) New Hampshire North Coast shortline has ran this train since 1986 and used to use 4 to 5 GP9s which was great but when they wore out and Broke they used 3, GP38s (2 their own and 1 leased) and 1, ex RI GP18 !! The go by where I live every night 7 days a week usually 2 or 3 GP38s and for whatever reason these must be the "Loudest" 38s in the Nation !!! 😆😂 I'm not kidding either, the Pistons sound like they are trying to burst out of the engine block the Traction Motors whine like crazy and the exhaust note is deafening !!! 📢 I guess it's just how this RR does their maintenance but when the peak building season comes here in the spring/summer and these trains get longer and heavier especially after it rains and the Aggregate is soaking wet and heavier they will add the GP18 to the three GP38s and the roar is so loud and they rock this place going by at notch 7 or 8 maybe 35-40 mph trying to stay ahead of the next Amtrak train !! Lol, sorry for the long-winded story but there it is and soon DOBO will be coming by after 8pm !! So I get these loud Geep 38s going by everyday Jack !! 👍

[@Enjoyer.762]

Sounds like they should get some ex-Pan Am SD40-2 from CSX.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

@@Enjoyer.762 I believe only #3400-3406 are left and they are usually being used from East Deerfield to Mohawk yard and further on NS rails. Also the rails fro Dover, NH to the Ossipee gravel pit are to light for Heavy SD40's

[@Enjoyer.762]

@ronniefarnsworth6465 They can still get the same total horsepower from going with GP40-2s.

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

@@Enjoyer.762 True but the HP means little here for this small RR line it's Tractive Effort that moves trains and the GP40 is about 67,000 ft lbs on start up and a GP38 is around 64,500 on start up which is little difference and the GP40 is much more $$$ on the used market also to lease. They will run these into the ground like they did their GP9s and then they will find something else.

[@Joe-d7m6k]

​@@Enjoyer.762Anything from PanAm is garbage.

[@nubetta7806]

Classic EMD heavy metal music! I love it!👍🏿⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@dannyhonn973]

Werent these the heaviest GP 38 built? We've lost too many smaller roads, and the service they gave. Bigger isnt always better

[@1jackdk]

Yes they were Danny. Had heavier frames for the added weight on MGA's 38's. My son runs down there now for NS. Sure is different. Most of the mines are closed and gone. Just NS and CSX. No more neat stuff like back in the 80's. Thanks for watching.

[@cris_261]

MGA definitely got their money's worth out of their GP38s. By chance, did you film the GE super 7s that replaced the geeps?

[@1jackdk]

Yes I did. Caught the Super 7's the first day they used the Demo units. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYCsnYuXj7idnck

[@cris_261]

Thanks for the link.

[@sasopresern4044]

I like mack coe and trains

[@Tom-xe9iq]

GP40s or better yet SD40-2s would have been the ticket!

[@davidbrown4823]

Talk of pulling power.

[@csaw780]

The V8 Mack and the 16 cylinder 2-stroke EMDs have a similar sound

[@Enjoyer.762]

due to the curves they were restricted to 4 axle engines?

[@1jackdk]

Not really. They have been running 6 axle units around the curves for years.

[@thedesertdwellerfromutah4354]

Those poor old GP38 units were only good for 2,000 Hp....Good yard or local units but not very good choice for heavy road freights....

[@1jackdk]

They sure did run their butts off those 38's, and they did a good job, if they put enough power on. LOL

[@thedesertdwellerfromutah4354]

@@1jackdk My Dad used to say "Boy, I sure hope we don't have a GP38 or light power in the consist today, sure makes for a slow and long day" ...😅👍