Driving the EMD GP-7

[@briandonovan9560]

Love the sound of the 567. Brings back memories of my childhood.

[@GeneHarm]

It does.

[@terrywallace1327]

You ain't gonna beat these gp7/gp9s. Solid as a rock!

[@jrocco36]

I just drove this same Locomotive. It was a great experience. John was the engineer who taught me. What a great time and it was a dream of mine too.

[@GeneHarm]

Oh that's awesome. Glad to hear it.

[@overthetop52]

This is soo cool....Thanks for sharing!

[@rottenroads1982]

Ooh, The Air Hose disconnecting. Satisfying.

[@randallbyrd1973]

That was awesome thank you for sharing

[@vinceroscoe4906]

This is a awesome video, thanks

[@GeneHarm]

And great memory for me.

[@andrewstrainstuff1773]

This is the quiet zone he’s not gonna blow the bell!!! -lights up the bell immediately

[@GeneHarm]

Yes that was funny.

[@marioxerxescastelancastro8019]

LMFAO @ 0:31 the man jumps scared and the woman next to him is unaltered.

[@stratkiller86]

Great experience.

[@KM3W]

Gotta be a rough rider with those switcher trucks!

[@brakie44820]

For those that may not know those two seats was for the fireman and head brakeman. The front seat where the gentleman is sitting was the fireman's seat while the second seat was for the head brakeman. After the fireman's job was eliminated the second seat was removed.

[@roadmaster720]

queer fireman jerked and blew the engineer off on long runs. when the fireman was made history,( took 40 yrs to do it, union featherbedding don'tcha know) the conductors then did double duty taking care of the engineer both in the train and lay over hotel room.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

Some roads retained the extra seat. Sometimes the conductor would want or need to ride the head-end; for the few Geeps that survived the elimination of cabooses that extra seat was a necessity - at least until they went to two-man crews.

[@uptone12111]

That must have been a blast

[@GeneHarm]

A day I'll never forget.

[@robb.675]

You are indeed a lucky married man. My wife knows I'm into trains. Soon, we're going to go to the Nevada historical railway in Ely, NV. I'm looking forward to that.

[@GeneHarm]

Sounds awesome. Someday we want to do a scenic train trip.

[@Jimmy_CV]

"He's not gonna ring the bell." *Engineer rings bell

[@GeneHarm]

He did, too funny

[@kennethmarlow2731]

Aww Parrish Florida, born and raised about 10 miles west of Parrish.

[@GeneHarm]

Looks like a wonderful place to grow up. My wife spend her early childhood not to far from there as well.

[@rateyesmertz3785]

That's how firemen used to train to run an engine, but not so much on the Union Pacific. The management is charge happy. They hold engineers responsible for the mistakes of the newbies. So now Engineers frown upon letting trainees run and will only be responsible for their own mistakes. Union Pacific has essentially made flower pots out of engineer trainees. They still call them firemen but that craft has been attritted by Fred Hardin and the UTU in 1985..

[@SR_superior_1000]

Wow

[@berkshiresubrailfan]

What horn was that in the beginning of the video it sounds like a horn from train simulator

[@GeneHarm]

The horn was recorded live from the GP10 as it was returning to the yard. I recorded it just before I got on the GP-7 to drive.

[@ArturoRailProductions]

It is a rs5t

[@3578craig]

Very kool wife! Does she have any sisters?

[@GeneHarm]

yeah she's a keeper

[@jmream2618]

Gene Harm do u work 4 the Florida Railroad Museum

[@robertgift]

How fun! Why not have the cab in front? The highood is obscuring view. What is in it? Thank you.

[@GeneHarm]

Well the front of an engine is a matter of perspective. In this case the cab is in the front. However as the train goes back and forth the engine is sometimes pulling from the long end. As you can see in this video I got to drive it both ways. The diesel motors are in the long end cabinets but I'm not sure whats in the high nose. Possibly the generator. Just do a search on EMD CP-7 and I'm sure you can get the details.

[@1575murray]

In the early days of diesel operation many roads operated their GP7/9 units long hood forward. The crews were used to having a long hood in front from the steam days and they didn't mind the more limited visibility as they preferred to be away from the front of the locomotive in case of a grade crossing collision. Other roads did operate with the short hood forward.

[@charlesgault3777]

Robert Gift I believe the toilet is in the short hood. Also some units had steam generators and electrical equipment for passenger trains in the short hood.

[@B-and-O-Operator-Fairmont]

@@charlesgault3777 You are correct. In addition, the "sand box" for the truck on that end is housed in the short hood.

[@Peter-mt6lg]

Don't let the developers ruin our beautiful land,whats left of it .👍

[@orlandolanier496]

Great video. But phones should be held horizontally, so the picture fills the whole screen.

[@GeneHarm]

That is one of my pet peeves too, but as you can see I didn't take that part of the video

[@98755785]

Points off for vertical phone😟

[@Muddybagclean]

Jesus Loves You

[@GeneHarm]

More then we all know