Cold start of a New Haven FL9 locomotive

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@RobertValinsky 6 ай бұрын

FL9s are beautiful locomotives.

@cawalshx2 6 ай бұрын

My favorite.

@edithkane1978 3 жыл бұрын

Music to my ears

@edithkane1978 3 жыл бұрын

Now that is beautiful music

@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.

@tedbownas2748 3 жыл бұрын

Did that to sixteen locomotives a day for a number of years, until they were replaced by P32AC-DMs.

@cawalshx2 3 жыл бұрын

That kept ya busy.

@tedbownas2748 3 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. 🤣

@cawalshx2 3 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

@arizonaelevatorsandmore2778 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever start P32AC-DMs? They are also very awesome just like the FL9s.

@PowerTrain611 5 ай бұрын

@@tedbownas2748 That's hilarious 😂

@dungareenavy5970 4 жыл бұрын

I got to "drive" one, unofficially of course.

@cawalshx2 4 жыл бұрын

Me TOO Was AWESOME

@gandlar5489 3 жыл бұрын

You're so lucky.I wish I could drive an FL9

@singularity7968 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Quint is the engineer.

@cawalshx2 Жыл бұрын

Nope. Tom God rest his sole.

@KDill29 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I know that train, hey I know that yard. Lol

@albertcarello619 9 ай бұрын

This is like starting a car!

@cawalshx2 9 ай бұрын

Almost.

@fleetwin1 3 ай бұрын

So cool

@WilliamSpoehr 6 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?

@cawalshx2 5 ай бұрын

Ill see if I can find my info on it for ya.

@snprout 4 ай 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.

@cawalshx2 4 ай 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.