Cold start of a New Haven FL9 locomotive. So AWESOME!!
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@user-xy1lp8jx2h2 ай бұрын
FL9s are beautiful locomotives.
@cawalshx22 ай бұрын
My favorite.
@edithkane19782 жыл бұрын
Music to my ears
@edithkane19782 жыл бұрын
Now that is beautiful music
@tedbownas27483 жыл бұрын
Did that to sixteen locomotives a day for a number of years, until they were replaced by P32AC-DMs.
@cawalshx23 жыл бұрын
That kept ya busy.
@tedbownas27483 жыл бұрын
@@cawalshx2 in the Put Jct Yard, many years ago, they would line up the locomotives and spot them door to door at night and shut them down. The air would bleed off pretty quick. Some comedian would often go around with a handful of rags and use them to tie the horn lanyards down to the console on all the head ends. The electrician or machinist would go around in the wee hours and hop from loco to loco, door to door, and do the startups for morning service. About the time he'd get to the fifth or sixth engine, the air on the first one or two would build up enough to make the horn blow, and they'd start to sound. The startup guy would have to race to get back to the beginning and start over, untying the horn lanyards so the noise would stop. 🤣
@cawalshx23 жыл бұрын
@@tedbownas2748 Wish I could have been there. What a neat piece of history. Mabe someday we could meet over coffee and you can share more of the history thats fading fast. Thanks Much
@arizonaelevatorsandmore27782 жыл бұрын
Did you ever start P32AC-DMs? They are also very awesome just like the FL9s.
@PowerTrain611Ай бұрын
@@tedbownas2748 That's hilarious 😂
@nikerailfanningttm9046 Жыл бұрын
Starting the last chapter of EMD Classics: FL9 “The Longest F Unit”.
@cawalshx2 Жыл бұрын
It is great to have FL9 #2011 and #2026 come through my neighborhood still wareing original paint. Long live FL9s.
@dungareenavy59704 жыл бұрын
I got to "drive" one, unofficially of course.
@cawalshx24 жыл бұрын
Me TOO Was AWESOME
@gandlar54893 жыл бұрын
You're so lucky.I wish I could drive an FL9
@albertcarello6195 ай бұрын
This is like starting a car!
@cawalshx25 ай бұрын
Almost.
@KDill293 жыл бұрын
Hey, I know that train, hey I know that yard. Lol
@singularity796810 ай бұрын
Sounds like Quint is the engineer.
@cawalshx210 ай бұрын
Nope. Tom God rest his sole.
@arizonaelevatorsandmore27782 жыл бұрын
Is this locomotive still able to move under its own power?
@cawalshx22 жыл бұрын
Its 100% on line. Run daily.
@arizonaelevatorsandmore27782 жыл бұрын
@@cawalshx2 Does electric third rail mode still work?
@cawalshx22 жыл бұрын
@@arizonaelevatorsandmore2778 Nope third rail is no more. Its an excursion loco know for Cape Cod Central RXR. Great RXR.
@jmream261812 күн бұрын
Does this FL9 still have it’s hep generator
@cawalshx212 күн бұрын
Yup. its got a huge Cat.
@WhiskeyGulf71Ай бұрын
Anyone gonna fix that air leak ?
@cawalshx2Ай бұрын
Dont know, Gotta thak a ride in the wayback machine.
@albertcarello6195 ай бұрын
I'd like to see this Locomotive operate in 3rd rail mode. Being a hybrid diesel.
@cawalshx25 ай бұрын
Ya gotta go way back to CDOT for that.
@albertcarello6195 ай бұрын
@@cawalshx2 OK
@WilliamSpoehr2 ай бұрын
If this is one of those 3rd rail engines, fer corn's sake explain how it operates when operating electrically. I have never seen that explained. Does it have a separate controller, like a streetcar's, for 3rd rail running? Does it have resistors, thyristers or what? What provides air pressure when the diesel is shut down?
@cawalshx22 ай бұрын
Ill see if I can find my info on it for ya.
@snprout7 күн бұрын
There was a drum switch under the control stand marked for diesel and electric. Transitioning from diesel to electric, throttle went to idle, drum switch rotated to electric. Now the throttle controlled the electric power to the traction motors and the diesel was shut down. There was an electric compressor to keep up the air supply and a block heater to keep the diesel warm while shut down. Transitioning back to diesel, throttle to idle, drum switch to diesel, engine started from the control stand then throttle ran the diesel.
@cawalshx27 күн бұрын
@@snprout Thanks for the great info. Im not 100% shore but i think the 3rd rail stuff aint there any more. I dont think the control stations are original eather.