Nothing like the sound of a high idling Detroit 2 cycle.
@APOTwixx6 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the day when she gets to go for a nice run outside of the yard. 😀
@gmupps6 жыл бұрын
"Sept 29/2010 antifreeze -40c" I know the guy that wrote that on there. I miss riding 6133 and her sisters (6135 & 6148) out here on the island. Glad to see someone who cares taking good care of here again.
@tieplatecaf6 жыл бұрын
We wont let you Island guys down …. We will take good care of her ….. 6135 is sitting two cars from her again … but she is cold …. Its in long term storage unitl Via Rail decides whay they want to do with her …. As for 6133 … Still need to test the A/C system next spring and until then we have to replace the B end Bulkhead and complete washroom from the water damage that occoured in the past ….. Still a lot to do ... but we are getting there
@gmupps6 жыл бұрын
Any idea on 6148? I know at one point she was on the Sudbury White River run. Glad that 6135 is still around. I know that 6133 is more desirable from a preservation point of view due to her still being Detroit powered, but the other two cars, having been rebuilt with Cummins engines, were in great shape and had lots of life left in them...
@scdevon3 жыл бұрын
A gallon per hour isn't bad. They would sometimes idle these cars around the clock in bitter cold climates in the U.S. when fuel was dirt cheap.
@burroaks74 жыл бұрын
the Robertson screwdriver throttle holy Canada lmao awesome
@AviationNut5 жыл бұрын
And ah, what's next?.
@josephturner75693 ай бұрын
I can never understand why you let passengers in through the cab.
@neilwalsh876 жыл бұрын
Nice job! Will this be moved to a location for revenue generation at some point?
@tieplatecaf6 жыл бұрын
Yes it will .... Rapido wants to use this car for excursions
@gmupps6 жыл бұрын
I know an island with a barely used railway that has excellent scenery for excursions...
@neilwalsh876 жыл бұрын
Great news! Thanks for all of the hard work, allowing us who missed the golden era to see these machines. Is that the plan for the LRC too?
@NE-Explorer Жыл бұрын
Didnt these have some kind of electrical system to enhance shorting the rails...they needed this system because the car wouldnt short the rails reliably for crossings and ctc.
@tieplatecaf Жыл бұрын
They have shunting shoes … like small brake shoes but are all cast . They are on top of the wheels held by torsion springs and an electrical shunt
@NE-Explorer Жыл бұрын
@@tieplatecaf thanks for the info. If you ever find out that there is some kind of electronic system to amplify the amount of shorted current flowing through this shunting shoe system let me know. I read something way back and it might be the shoe system that was described or it might be something else. I'm not sure. But I do remember riding a bud train on the Harlem Valley Line from Brewster to Pawling, and the engineer would have to slow down near Crossings because they would not trigger as quickly as necessary. It was cool because there were very few passengers and the engineer would keep the cab door wide open and talk to us about various experiences. He'd show us how the brakes would operate and told us how messy it was if he hit a deer. However when they ran an F9 pair at rush hour there were no slow downs.
@gretchenchadwick8343 Жыл бұрын
My son loves trains 🚆🚂🚃🚄🚅🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🛤 especially railcars like those he thinks they are highly underrated and should be restored, preserved, and put back into service. He also thinks that Siemens, Progress Rail, or any other company that builds railroad equipment should build clones of RDC's and put them work on lines that don't get rail service anymore carrying both passengers and mail.
@briansokoloski7763 жыл бұрын
Single level Go Transit cars where available 40 years ago should have bought one of those more efficient
@briansokoloski7763 жыл бұрын
And also made in Canada possibly Thunder Bay Ontario
@tieplatecaf3 жыл бұрын
I would have been the only 10 year old in grade 3 with a train car then