Changing a Power Pack Assembly on our EMD SD 40-2 Locomotive

[@andyharman3022]

He's a big, happy kid who gets to play with trains. Real ones.

[@ccrx6700]

Your right about that Andy. I do like 1 to 1 scale trains.... :-) A bit harder to re rail a derailed car than HO scale tho..... Appreciate very much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@davidwhiting1761]

I can tell that you just love your job. It's always good to watch someone doing what they love doing.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you David and yes I do enjoy my job. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@garethmccash5986]

I’m also a railway worker & you echo my enthusiasm/love of the job. Maybe it’s a rail thing ie the work kinda gets under your skin (in a good way). 🙂

[@skywatcherca]

Dave, always be safe - no one gets hurt: everyone goes home at the end of a shift - LOVE how safe you and your associates are. Wonderful.

[@ccrx6700]

You are right skywatcherca, work safe, no one want to go home in a box. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@johnhobbs2689]

Another great educational video. Even at 55 years young I still love to learn new things. Thank you very much Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you John and glad you found this interesting. I still learn new things too and yes that is pretty cool. Appreciate your dropping by and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Always a great video when we get up close with a locomotive. 3098 purrs like a kitten once again. Nothing makes a better mechanical noise than a big EMD 2-stroke prime mover. And my favorite among those is the 16-645E3. Very cool that they let you play with the big toys every now and then even if it is "just" hauling ballast. Thank you for sharing the repair on this, Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Your right Shane it is so cool they let me play with these big toys and then pay me to do it! I'm just glad I don't have to put a power pack assembly in my 3098 N scale loco yet.... :-) Thanks so much my friend for watching and may you have a very good day.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

​@@ccrx6700 lol trust me it's pretty easy in N scale! It just all comes out as a single assembly. No crane or heavy lifting required.

[@ccrx6700]

@@Trains-With-Shane 😊👍

[@retrozmachine1189]

Take a listen to one of the UK's Deltics. One of the duals at full tilt is something unique. Admittedly it can sound like someone dropped a box of hammers during shutdown.

[@markporter2315]

Funny, my first question was why you don't use a gantry to pull this. Looked up EMD power pack, pretty slick. Like that it's designed for 'easy' replacement! 😊 Wonder why they don't make the top of the engine easily removable to get to the power packs? Anyhow, thanks for sharing this, I learned a lot more about this, thank you!!

[@paulhumphrey3195]

It's been great learning so much train functions. Thank you

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Paul and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it. We would love to have your join in with us there. www.youtube.com/@ThatsDavesOtherDoings

[@tomshank4446]

What a lovely sound of a 645. I love the burble at idle. Thanks, Dave. What a treat.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Tom and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much your tuning in to the show and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@ManiacRacing]

Your enjoyment is infectious, and I truly envy you being able to live while doing something you so clearly love doing. I salute you for living your dreams and sharing your joy with the rest of us!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the very nice comment Lowell.That was quite thoughtful of you to say that. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@ManiacRacing]

@@ccrx6700 My pleasure. I know I'm NOT the only fan who feels this way.

[@ManiacRacing]

Plus: LOCOMOTIVES! YAY!

[@ccrx6700]

@@ManiacRacing 😊👍

[@tm73827]

Dave, I love your smile and I look forward to your videos! You are such an awesome human being with the values that I teach my children. You are loyal, hard working and ALWAYS SMILING. Keep smiling and I pray to God to keep you happy, healthy and smiling - and of course making more of these videos!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the very kind words TVM. Glad you are enjoying watching the home movies we make. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@ededmonds8792]

Great Job David 💯

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Ed and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to watch and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

This is a man you want rebuilding your prime mover's power packs: loves his work so much he can't help but chuckle about it. Subbed for that!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Hank. Great to have you join in with us and hope you will continue to enjoy the home movies. Really appreciate your visiting with us to check out the video and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@glennbarker222]

Nice work, not a bad job on those old engines.

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Glenn. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@alexgoldstein7997]

The galling and corrosion on that thing I bet that baby didn't come without a fight... Quality videos buddy! Stay safe!

[@ccrx6700]

Your right about that Alex, it was a struggle to get out, hardest one I ever did, but it came eventually and all is well now. Really appreciate your taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it. Your the kind of person I would love to have as a subscriber to it. www.youtube.com/@ThatsDavesOtherDoings

[@rickcooper6817]

Clear to take the main line, Mr. Dave, you lucky rascal. Awesome video sir. Always appreciate the time you devote to give us such a great look at the internals of railroading. Thanks buddy!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Rick, glad you enjoyed the show. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@raymondsprengelmeyer1278]

Thank you for sharing Dave! Even though it's not easy, it is amazing the amount of engineering that went into designing the power packs to be replaceable!

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly welcome Raymond and you are right, there is an amazing engineering behind that engine. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@michaelcase8574]

2600 for the part and 12k for the labor. LOL I will never see that again Dave! Thanks for the chance to see this! Thanks, Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Michael and I do have another video of them changing one on our other loco, but never shown it yet. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@ut000bs]

Imagine a valve/piston/ring job in a car consisted of installing a handle, removing 4 bolts, and pulling an entire cylinder assembly, including valves, out of the engine to easy work on. That is basically what Dave and the crew did here. I can't imagine doing it our way on that big diesel. lol Dave, you take us where no KZbin video has gone before. "The Undiscovered Country.'

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment ut000bs and glad you enjoyed the show. Appreciate very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bdunk914]

Happy Birthday Dave!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Brandon, it was a delightful day. Appreciate very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@AP9575-jd]

Of course it was hard to get out, it's raining. If it was a nice day, it would have come right out. Them EMD's sure are easy to work on when all goes well. Thanks for sharing Dave!!

[@ccrx6700]

You are right about that Anthony, had it been in the warm dry shop it would have been easy too.... :-) Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@steamgent4592]

That’s the Best EMD of GM made enjoy the sights. Thanks for sharing Dave, you’re a real railroader they love what they do. Rare breed of individual these days and most companies don’t want people like that anymore sadly.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Steam Gent. Lot's of those 40-2 locos still in service around the country. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@CharlesRoer-b1j]

Saw my injector timing tools for EMDs the other day . Enjoyed working on those .

[@ccrx6700]

Maybe you can come over and give us some pointers Charles. WE do finally have some really good loco mechanics who did a lot of work on our locos this past year and they are running pretty good right now. Really appreciate your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@CharlesRoer-b1j]

@@ccrx6700 at 76 and stage 4 I appreciate the offer built some of biggest equipment on the planet in yrs gone by. .no I listen to the impulse and the power output . Then I text what I see mechanical Engineering science BA 1968. Have a good one Dave

[@SteamCrane]

Love your videos! Very familiar stuff. The company I worked for in the late 1960's, Ex-Cell-O in Detroit, built a transfer line to machine those power packs, 2 at a time. I wrote the part program to cut the gentle interior reliefs at the ports. There is a band of harder metal at that point to withstand the piston rings going by. The relief took the load off the rings slightly. The design is so old that it was called the "Mae West". We also built a huge line boring machine to bore out the main crankshaft bearing locations on the short lived EMD V-20 engines. At the same time, we were building machines to make GE's non-circular pistons. I programmed those too.

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad to hear you are enjoying the home movies Steam Crane. That's totally awesome what you used to do, man would I have loved coming and seeing that being done! Thank you very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@SteamCrane]

@@ccrx6700 Thanks! Keep posting these videos!

[@ccrx6700]

@@SteamCrane 😊👍

[@clarklindquist8137]

Hey, Dave. Great to see ya. Stay amazing

[@ccrx6700]

Always a pleasure to have you join in with us Clark. It is amazing here they pay me to have all this fun! Hope you have a really good day my friend.

[@COFFEE-e3p]

STAY AWESOME MATE , WISH I WAS YOUNG AGAIN AND WORKING WITH YOUR KIND WITH THESE DIESELS !! RETIRED AFTER 40 YEARS IN A POWER STATION..2000 PSI STEAM !!

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Roger. I worked at a coal fired power station from 1972 to 1977, I don't remember what the steam pressures were tho, it had 3 units. Westinghouse turbines. Thank you so much for taking the time to check out the video my friend and may you have a very good day. And, if you haven't already done so, check out my second channel with more cool railroad videos and other stuff I get into on it. Your the kind of person I would love to have as a subscriber to it. www.youtube.com/@ThatsDavesOtherDoings

[@robertf3479]

Thanks Mr. Dave for showing us how you do major surgery on an Iron Horse. That big 645 sounds really good.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Robert. You are right, it does sound good. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@jeffcibulka5063]

Thank you very much. Appreciate your videos Brother!

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly welcome Jeff and glad you are enjoying the home movies. We do appreciate your taking the time to watch them and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@brianscottdubois7515]

Fork rods on this side (left side) of the prime mover. Blade rods on the other side.

[@wilburroth5150]

Love the sound of a 40! Very interesting video, thanks Dave. ( shove it in notch 8 Dave, lol)👍

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Wilbur and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@nounoufriend1442]

Great video , when we got our class 66's with EMD 710 engines GM guys reckoned they swap out power pack in couple of hours , never seen it done that quick though . Have pulled few power packs , they are pretty easy to remove but hate using that crab nut tool , always scared of getting it jammed on , we had lifting bracket that held power pack at correct angel

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it nounoufriend. I think maybe a couple of hours is kinda stretching it a bit tho... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@larry3064]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly welcome Larry and glad you liked this one. Thanks so much my friend for visiting with us and may you have a very good day.

[@rodneydavis324]

I was 3 years old when this locomotive came online. It is amazing that it is still working hard!. Now for the questions, what does the powerpack do? Water circulates through it but why? Definitely an awesome video. You show what few others show. Great job, Dave.

[@andyharman3022]

It's all the workings of an engine cylinder: piston, connecting rod, cylinder liner, cylinder head, and valves. It has to be cooled because that's where the fuel is burned.

[@ccrx6700]

That loco sure has been around the block a few times Rodney. Power pack is a piston, connecting rod, cylinder liner and valve all packaged together as 1 assembly. Water is for cooling. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@rodneydavis324]

So there are no traction motors on these locos? I thought the engine charged the batteries and the motors were electric. I always learn so much from you.

[@jenniferbutcher8393]

Love the heartbeat of a diesel ❤. Thanks for sharing such interesting footage, don't often get to peek inside the guts of an engine like that! No tiny pistons in that unit haha!! Thanks again!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Jennifer and glad you enjoyed. You are right, nothing tiny about these engines! We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@lawrietaber657]

Dave this is absolutely amazing work well done sir. Another fantastic vid thanks .

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the kind word Lawrie and glad you enjoyed the show. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@trenamerritt5344]

She's thankin' ya, for sure! Those rods are HUGE! Are there 4 valves per cylinder? Sure different than a teeny car engine in size, but then it isn't puny in HP either, its a WORK horse! What a beauty... glad it is up and running again, and thanks for letting us hear her purrr.😊

[@ccrx6700]

You are right Trena, 4 valves. Very good observation there. 3,000 HP. It's turbo charged. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@travismcvey]

Also those are only exhaust valves. EMDprime movers are mostly 2 cycle (I think the latest models are 4 cycle is why I say mostly). The design requires forced induction (turbo or blower) to even run. The openings around the bottom of the power pack is where the fresh air is pumped in from the forced induction. That forced in air also pushes the exhaust out as the exhaust valves are also open at the same time the piston is at its lowest in the bore. As the piston comes up the exhaust valves close, and the piston skirt covers the openings to the air box. You'll then build compression, and when the injector fires you get combustion. So the cylinder fires on every stroke unlike a 4 cycle that only fires every other stroke. On these the turbo is actually mechanically driven until notch 7-8 where there is enough exhaust energy to actually drive the turbo. Another interesting thing is a Detroit Diesel (used in the 60s and 70s) in semi tractors, heavy equipment, ect operate the same way.

[@SilverKnife0311]

Another great video! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Silver Knife and glad you enjoyed. Very much appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.

[@michaelgardner7302]

Dave, you have some of the most interesting content - Not just the same old train stuff! Thanks for what you share with those of us that can only imagine what it is like to be around those massive machines!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Michael and glad you are enjoying the home movies. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@markwatson3135]

Awesome video! My dad was on U.S. submarines before and after WW2. Many of them had extremely reliable 18 cylinder opposed piston Fairbanks Morse engines adapted from locomotive engines. Incredible engines!

[@ccrx6700]

Wow I can't imagine being in a sub back then Mark. Your dad was one tough cookie. They have a WW 2 sub on display at Pittsburgh Science Center and we toured inside it. No room at all and the guys had their sleeping hammocks right on top of the torpedos. You are right those engines had to be very reliable. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@jeffsnider3588]

Those EMD engines are an interesting design, lots of them out there.

[@ccrx6700]

They certainly are Jeff, a Detroit Diesel on steroids .... :-) Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@Kevin-go2dw]

Thank you for sharing. Always interesting to see how maintenance is done. Another one of the jobs that it is impossible to finish the job with crisp clean clothes. I enjoy your enthusiasm in the engineers seat, even if it is just one car on the hook. I am sure most of your viewers wish we were in the cab with you.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Kevin and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@schickmann]

I absolutely enjoy your videos. your enthusiasm is contagious!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you schickmann and glad you are enjoying the home movies. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

Excellent installment! That old 645 sounds fantastic! You never cease to impress!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Eric and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@ericcoffedgp40]

@ccrx6700 Sure thing Dave! I always enjoy coming along!

[@Airman_Fu]

I’m happy I found your channel!

[@ccrx6700]

We are happy to have you as part of our community here Airman. Thank you for tuning in to the show and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@garymessina1609]

I have changed several of these in the past more than likely a rebuild unit thanks Dave for showing people what it takes to keep an engine in operation great video

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Gary and yes it was a rebuild. You know all the stuff that has to get taken off and put back on before these can be changed, lot's of work! Appreciate very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@espeescotty]

Nice one, Dave! You know I sure likes me some BIG EMD prime mover action. It was a treat for you to show us that swap. Thanks, bud! 🤠👍

[@ccrx6700]

Your quite welcome Scotty and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@LeitoCristofoli9022]

FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC video my good and dear friend, it really is fantastic 🤩🤩🤩🤩. Like 👍!!!!!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you very much Leito and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

Thanks Mr. Dave. Have a great day. & a Wonderful weekend.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Rev. Harry and your certainly welcome. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@revharrycwigmoreiii5787]

@@ccrx6700 I really enjoy chatting with you, Mr. Dave, maybe we can get together on the telephone sometime

[@johnfellows2867]

I worked for EMD over here in the UK. I overhauled hundreds of power packs for the Class 66 loco's, loved the job !!

[@ccrx6700]

Wow that's pretty cool John. Bet that was an most interesting job. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@lewistodd9242]

It's always a good day for me when I get to watch you enjoying your job. I really enjoyed watching the disassembly and reassembly of the power pack. Have an excellent day my friend.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Lewis and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@RinoaL]

I've seen those assemblies at the scrap yard a lot, even scavenged a few of the pistons to give away as gifts, but I've never seen one being taken out before!

[@ccrx6700]

I sure would like to have a piston Rinoa, they send them all back to a rebuild shop now, used to be they scrapped them. Should have gotten one years ago when I had the chance. Very much appreciate your visiting with us and may you have a really good day my friend.

[@RinoaL]

@@ccrx6700 If you ever find yourself near Mullins Salvage, a little south of Litchfield Illinois, they are always getting truckloads of them. They sell stuff for 50 cents a pound.

[@KWMeikle]

Great video, very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Kevin, glad you liked this one. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@KirkHermary]

Your intro cracked me up. "That's locomotive-ing haha!" Your enthusiasm and hard work you put into your work and your videos shines through. I have learned so much and I enjoy each of your videos I watch. I played with my dad's HO scale set when I was growing up. We had a 4'×8' sheet of plywood covered in green felt. It was a blast to setup and rearrange. Also, since I was little to now(40% of a century) I have been fascinated with every train I come across. Keep up the great work!

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you got a laugh out of that Kirk. Thank you for the nice comment. I learned railroading on my HO set when I was a kid too, specially how to re rail cars....:-) Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@peteengard9966]

Like a Detroit 2 stroke on steroids. I used to jack the liners up using the piston and the air box ports. Thanks Dave. Keep the wheels shiny.

[@CDROM-lq9iz]

Pretty much is lol. EMD and Detroit Doesel are both owned by GM.

[@ccrx6700]

Your pretty much right in that Pete and your welcome. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@shaggy1823]

Great job Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Shaggy, it was a fun day and the mechanics are the ones who got all greasy, I just ran the boom truck. Really appreciate your dropping by tonight to check out the show. May you have a really good day my friend.

[@earlschmitt884]

Great video. Everyone sees them big iron monsters going down the track. Some cuss at empire. And some even wave. But not many realize what it takes to make them move. But thanks to you Dave, now we know. Or at least one part of it. HAPPY 70TH DAVID.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Earl and you are right, few realize what all it takes to keep those trains running. I really enjoy bringing that part of railroading to you guys. Appreciate very much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@brianhickey5949]

Very nice - as you said very few folks ever get to see the internals on a railroad diesel engine! Everything you folks do on those engines is big! All the parts are big and the tools are big as well. Thank you for such cool views :) I will guess here - the replaced power pack component handles the fuel feed into the cylinders? I am not familiar at all with diesel engines.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Brian and glad you enjoyed. If you noticed the rocker arms and valve assembly, there are 4 valves per cylinder and the middle one in that 3 pack of rocker arms pushes down on the injector to activate it. Your right, nothing small on these engines! Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@fredeisen7401]

WOW Dave!! What a great and informative video. To see the innard workings of an SD40-2. To Cool.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Fred and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@4GSR]

You know it's going to be a good day when Dave gets to drive the train. 😁 You mention these locomotives came from Southern Pacific. I remember Southern Pacific running on the "used to be tracks" tracks down here in South Texas back in the 1970's. I always wondered if one of these were one of the ones I used to watch going down the tracks down here. Will never know..

[@ccrx6700]

Will never know but this loco was numbered 8477 new and then re numbered 7330 for SP, so you very well may have seen it back then 4GSR, wouldn't that be really cool. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@cedarcam]

Really good video Dave. I wondered what a power pack was at first as we don't call them that. Never seen how they are fitted in the block before. They used to have displays of the parts at works open days years ago. Should keep her running a few more years.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Cedarcam and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@just-incase]

Good men always get the job done, they just make it look easy.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment just incase. Appreciate very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@wolfman7393]

You are correct Dave! Very cool. Such heavy duty mechanics. Glad I no longer have to get greasy but thanks for what you do to bring the railroad to us!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Wolfman, and you are welcome. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@john5321]

Thanks Dave! wow, a little price difference between my nuclear grade packs and yours in price! Nice tool to remove the packs in a tight space, i also like the clamp to keep the piston from falling out of the bottom - we use a tool that goes down thru the injector hole and screws into the piston. Regards and stay safe!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you John and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@keen1957]

It’s always a joy to see you at work. You’re always happy and very good at your job. Couldn’t imagine you doing anything else it’s a joy watching someone who loves their job!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Keen. Appreciate very much your tuning in to the show and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@campy9712]

I really love your videos, I like learning all the different things you do in the videos related to the many aspects of railroading. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Camp for the nice comment and glad you are having a good time with us. Appreciate very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@emilwaldman7906]

Dave... love your videos ! Very educational !!!

[@ccrx6700]

Really glad to hear you are having a good time watching all the home movies Emil. We do thank you very much for taking the time to watch them and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@JungleYT]

*Love your enthusiasm... You seem like a real train guy*

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment JungleYT Jim and yes I do love railroading. Appreciate very much your tuning in to the show and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@jonwatt678]

It's nice to see what happens in the background to keep the big iron running. Great video, thanks Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Jon and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@Hyrev1]

Fantastic video Dave! Much much bigger parts than what I'm used to in truck engines! Not really as crazy a price for that power pack as I'd have thought. All very interesting! 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃💯👍🇺🇸

[@ccrx6700]

Appreciate the nice comment Jim. Your right, I never thought that power pack would be that low priced either. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@Christiane069]

Very nicely done. So, now you are the engineer too! The design of those engines is very similar to the large ship engines were individual cylinders are separate units from the block, not like a car engine.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Chris, glad you enjoyed the show. No engineer, just having a bit of fun for a short time. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@richardaustin2640]

Absolutely fantastic Dave! Another great insight to the mechanics of those wonderful EMD machines. Teamwork shines again to.make everything happen. Keep riding those rails 🙂

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Richard and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@38911bytefree]

Thanks for the inside of this big piece of iron. Love the serviceability

[@ccrx6700]

Your quite welcome Bytefree and glad you enjoyed. Appreciate very much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@robertreeves-su1qb]

Dave, we some times had to pull head and cut with a torch to get liner out of block but be very careful . This does not happen very often . That was why and one thing ,load the engines for one hour . You can find injector problems and water leaks , hot crankcase bearings and can go and on ! Love you Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Robert. That's what these guys were going to do next if the hi lift couldn't get it out, take out the torches, they were very glad they didn't have to as you know. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@JG40061]

Great Video Dave!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you JG and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@alro2434]

Thank you Dave, nice work! No wonder, a BIG part of that problem is pulling straight up when the cylinder is at a 45 degree angle! Very surprised that has ever worked well, even when working the hydraulics back & forth. Just try it at home with any drawer at all 'cept some of the nicer ones that run on ball bearings, I'll bet most wont move a bit. Even if I was charging IronSenergy by the hour, I'd still want to make up a little plate with bolts screwing down that will break that cylinder loose by pulling at the correct angle to begin with, just to pop it loose and then continue with that lifting rig.

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Al. You are right, it's too much of an angle. Once in awhile they come out fairly easy tho, but not our luck this time. Thank you very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@falksweden]

Great video! I learned someting today! 😃 Didn't know that the power pack is the whole piston and sleeve assembly. Quite a simple way to replace the whole unit. Thanks Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Kristian and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@mhmadgenious]

I work on a fair share of old 2 stroke detroits and that 2:49 by far takes the cake as the buggest unit injector ive ever seen. Locomotives are on another level entirely

[@ccrx6700]

It certainly is impressive isn't it mhmadgenious. These EMD engines were made after the Detroit design. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@katienkids6464]

I admire and envy you. In all of your videos, it never seems like a "job" to you. Its so clear you love what you do. The knowledge you have is amazing

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Katie and glad you are enjoying the home movies. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@louderone6133]

I enjoy all your videos. Both educational and very entertaining. I wish my former RR co-workers had your great personality. I also would like to thank Iron Senergy for letting you take video and looks like they are very pro-active in maintaining a great infrastructure. Kudos to you and your company. Years ago I had a piston ring from an EMD 567 engine. I wish I still had it. I'd jump at the chance to obtain another piston ring no matter which engine it came out of. It's a great mechanics conversation piece. BTW you look and act like a former co-worker I worked with. I really enjoyed working with him....also named Dave. Dave Homan. I should have kept in contact with him. Again, thanks to you and your company for another entertaining video. I think I speak for a lot of people saying that we always look forward to you posting new videos. Its a 2nd job in itself.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment luderone and glad you are enjoying the home movies. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@Alasdair-Morrison]

I wish there were more people in the world like you!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Alasdair. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@keithross4511]

ALWAYS enjoy watching and learning about railroading David. Thanks for sharing! Even though I work in the aviation industry for a major airline, I always love trains!! Your videos are always so informative and interesting.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Keith and glad to hear you are enjoying the home movies. Appreciate very much your checking out the video my friend.

[@NYandAtlantic]

I’m Glad your company allows you to video tape this stuff wouldn’t have known how it gets done. Thanks a lot Dave for another excellent video

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome and I am certainly thankful they allow me to do this also!

[@artillerest43rdva7]

neat seeing the innards of the motor for the train. the size is just astounding! great job Dave!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Barry and glad you enjoyed. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@Punny1234]

Super, always love to see the up close and personal workings of the locomotives, even as an operator.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Canada Racing and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@ronminnich]

Thank you for this wonderful video, and thanks to your company for letting you get it out there. I always enjoy the beautiful sound of that engine. Seeing how that Power Pack works is really interesting, I learned a lot from this and earlier videos about those Power Packs.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Ron, glad you enjoyed the show. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@richardvignola8000]

Enjoy all your videos. Thank you. You have a cool job.

[@ccrx6700]

Your quite welcome Richard and glad you are enjoying. Appreciate very much for visiting with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@tzadik36]

Thank you for this video! A difficult job done well! Saved the "Big Boyz” a lot of trouble by fishing them out of a tight spot!

[@ccrx6700]

Your certainly welcome Robin and glad you enjoyed. Wish I could have shown the whole process you would get more appreciation for what all they had to do before and after the pack was put in. But these are contract mechanics and they have asked me not to video them. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@bobblenuts]

Thanks Dave for another interesting behind the scenes video! 👍

[@ccrx6700]

Your always welcome Bobblenuts and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@Farmerscott]

Thank you for sharing the repair on this, so much fun

[@ccrx6700]

Your welcome Scott, glad you enjoyed the show. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@matkremzar5474]

Dave put a camera up by that exhaust stack when she's laboring .. thanx dave I really appreciate it ... there a line in the sand when it comes to safety ! Guys wanna go home In one peice ! Good work!

[@ccrx6700]

Hey now that's a cool idea, I will have to give that a try sometime Mat. Your right about safety, we all want to go home in one piece. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@nolankaplan6646]

Dave- Very interesting video on how a diesel engine is constructed. Great work!!

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Nolan and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@daveamo3237]

Great video, I love watching the content of your day in and day out operations.You have a great attitude , always looking forward to the next work day

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Dave and glad you enjoyed the show. Appreciate very much your watching and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@tomedgar4375]

Love this. Didn’t know that the cylinders were a modular piece. Great to see the locomotives maintenance. By chance is there an hour or mileage meter showing total hours or miles? At 58 years old, it must be a bunch. Thanks Dave

[@ccrx6700]

Glad you enjoyed Tom. No hour or mileage on these old locos. The newer locos with computers keep track of everything like that, but we have no way at all of knowing the mileage or hours on our old locos. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@recycle343]

Dave, another grate show, and as always safety first.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Tom and you are right, safety first. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@dchurch2012]

Dave: Another great video! I love all of this stuff! Thanks for the shots of the parts and tools! No matter what you are working on, you need your specialized tools! I've always wondered about this part after seeing it from the outside on the engine. You are filling in more pieces of the puzzle!😀

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment David and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@billsimpson604]

Looking at all that sludge inside that engine reminded me of a tour an engineer gave on YT about the largest diesel RR engine. He said they never changed the oil in it! Whenever it got low, they just poured a couple of buckets inside it, after changing the 2 huge oil filters. I think he said it held about 200 gallons of motor oil, with the entire bottom of the engine being a giant oil pan. Synthetic oils made from natural gas can keep the inside of a gasoline engine so clean that you can see the metal surface after 100,000 miles if you change the oil every 5,000 miles. That black crud inside that diesel is probably the long molecules of hydrocarbons found in crude oil that made it through the refining process. There is no such thing as identical crude oil. Every oil field is slightly different. Some oil from Texas is green when it comes out of the well. Diesel fuel today in the USA & Canada has nearly all the sulfur removed from it to reduce air pollution. They use the sulfur to manufacture sulfuric acid which is an essential industrial chemical.

[@nounoufriend1442]

These EMD 2 stroke's the oil stays fairly clean but the airbox (were liner intake ports are ) gets full of black crud , suspect most piston blowby ends up in airbox . We don't routinely change oil just routinely take sample for testing , we also do airbox inspections to examine rings ,piston and liner through the intake ports

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for sharing that Bill, you are right, it's been forever since we changed oil in any of our locos, they just keep adding new when it gets low. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@daveadock2874]

Interesting video of something that never really gets filmed. Thank you for providing it.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you for the nice comment Dave and glad you enjoyed. We really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@154Colin]

Very interesting process. Never seen a motor up that close before. Thanks.

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Colin and your welcome. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@kg4muc]

Thanks for the show! Coming out that hard it must have had a swollen liner That method beats removing the cowling!

[@ccrx6700]

That's pretty much what the mechanics thought Wayne, it was a swollen liner. I had that Cat loader back wheels off the ground before it popped loose. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day my friend.

[@Palmetto_Traveler]

Dave, you really like your job... Salute !

[@ccrx6700]

Thank you Henry my old friend, great to hear from you again and hope all is well with you and family. I do miss our chats from way back, Belen is no longer on VR, they have tech issues I guess. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a wonderful day.

[@NathanielStauber]

That lifting jig looks like it makes maneuvering those power packs in and out much easier, even if you did need to change tactics to get this one loose.

[@ccrx6700]

Oh for sure it makes things much easier Nathaniel than trying to take a power pack out with a come along! Thank you for taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@scottmacleod6301]

I remember the shipyard in San Pedro rebuilt one of our ALCOs it was a pretty interesting operation. I think that one got a whole new crankshaft if I recall. That engine gave us a ton of trouble.

[@ccrx6700]

It's really an incredible thing to see a crank get changed in one of these engines Scott. Rare that it happens tho, those things are tough. Really appreciate your taking the time to visit with us and may you have a very good day my friend.

[@bluecollar58]

A lot of heavy metal there Dave.

[@ccrx6700]

Your right about that Bluecollar, glad I don't have to pay for the repairs, but these locos do make them a lot of money. We couldn't survive here if we didn't haul coal by train. No way trucks could ever begin to keep up. Thanks so much for taking in the show my friend.