EMD 16-567-D1 Diesel Genset - 9000 Cu In - 1800 Hp - 1342 KW

If you've spent any time around railroads in many countries, you will recognize this sound.
This engine was built in 1965 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors. This is a 16 cylinder 2-stroke diesel, with a displacement of 567 Cu In per cylinder, giving a total displacement of 9000+ Cu In. This model is rated at 1800 Hp, and 1342 Kw. It is considered to be "normally aspirated", as the twin Roots blowers cram air into the cylinders at "only" 16 atm. The next step was a turbocharger with a clutch to keep boost going at low engine rpm.
The design is similar to the 2-stroke Detroit Diesel, on a much bigger scale.
This engine was used at NASA Plum Brook research station, reportedly to power a wind tunnel. It was among the last 567 engines built before introduction of the bored out 645 engine.
The engine is still in great shape after 50+ years.
The permanent showgrounds are well south in the county, Williamsfield, next to the railroad, on 322 east of 147, 193, and 11 freeway. Really nice big showgrounds, many permanent buildings, many more big engines than this one. Food is supplied by Charlane Farms, really good. Hot water in the good washrooms! Also has a really big flea market, I've spent quite a bit of $$$ there. They also do some other events at the grounds.
One of the nicest shows anywhere.
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Ashtabula County Antique Engine Club
July 2019
Panasonic FZ-1000
190706h EMD 567D1 ACAEC

[@adamjones2025]

This is what i need to power all my wife's kitchen appliances.

[@jims8814]

This is what I need to power mine’s bedroom appliances

[@arvindramprasad5630]

EMD Sound is amazing

[@tomt6040]

Had a 12v567 on my tug, loved the sound of it running!!! Great old engines!

[@robertlloyd7167]

What a great video! It's rare these days to hear a "blower" 567. They were the workhorses of the rail fleets throughout the country through the late 50's and early 60's. The clutch-turbo 567's and 645's had an entirely different sound, but were magnificent as well. There's an ancient SD-7 that dog-catches the industry tracks north of Albany, Oregon , and I swear she's still running her "blower motor" 567 based on her exhaust note. She's not much to look at, but is STILL beautiful after all these years, out there kickin' cars around. How many other machines could still be out there every day, 62 years later?

[@isakjohansson7134]

We have a pair of Nohab locomotives at our railyard with a 12-567 and a 12-645E respectively

[@KaedeAnimation]

EMD GP38-2 is the closet to the sound of EMD 567

[@ErickC]

@@KaedeAnimation : no, I'd say a GP38-2 is closer to the sound of a 16-645E. Anyway, 567 blocks are still pretty common in the myriad of surviving EMD rebuilds scattered around the country, but most of them have had 645 power assemblies put in them. So your C block engine becomes a 645C. To be fair, it's rare they're re-governed, so they maintain the same RPM range and sound more or less the same. The exhaust is a little more bass heavy. That's about it.

[@mile290productions3]

believe it or not I've heard quote a few running on OSR. On old FP9 Units and some GP9U's.

[@VRDenshaOtaku]

Australia still has a Fleet of non turbo 567B's and C's still running in active in 2021.

[@user-iv2tu4wq7t]

Those blower 567s were like a symphony of sound!! I remember the EL Gp7s and 9s plus the E and F units going by my house when I was a kid. Great memories.

[@KagetTadashi]

This is one of my dream... Get a NA 16-567, a turbocharged 16-645, and couple of Detroit Diesels two-stroker for backup as my house generator and probably, a whole surrounding housing complex... I love those EMD blowers and turbochargers

[@robertprice7246]

I LOVE that blower whine ! ! ! I used to spend summers hanging out downtown in Springfield at the L&N depot just to hear the GP7s and GP9s switching out local freights. The blower spooling down always sounded like the locomotive let out a big sigh !

[@SteamCrane]

You got it!

[@brianburns7211]

As a kid my paper route ended by the rail yard. I used to love listening to the Boston and Maine bluebird GP9s singing away while switching cars.

[@yrunaked4]

I love the 567 sound, never heard an air starter on one before, so cool

[@SteamCrane]

...and it starts up right now! Genius design.

[@billmoran3812]

Very common on marine and stationary applications. The railroad locomotives used a 74 volt starting winding on the main generator to crank the engine.

[@ricksadler797]

That legendary howl of those unmistakable blowers

[@jools77]

Such a clean sounding start 👌🏼

[@SteamCrane]

These 2 stroke EMD's are brilliant. So EPA has banned them.

[@jools77]

@@SteamCrane not in the UK 😉 albeit most if not all of them here are turbo supercharged.

[@adampapke1894]

It's a 24'' suction, 20'' discharge pipeline dredge. Hull is 90'x30'. Has a 5ft hull. Draft of 2'. Sometimes pumping material as far as 4,000 ft. The EMD is turning a 48'' impeller. We open all the sniffer valves before we fire up each morning and turn the engine over a couple times to check if there's any coolant that might have leaked in after we shut down each night. This is just a preventative choice we take just in case there was a head or liner failure that popped up. Wouldn't want to fire the engine up with coolant in the cylinder. We run a 12 hour day shift on the Mississippi River in Tennessee.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Yup! The only two strokes I hate are the small ones, like Rotax engines..... they blow up so often!

[@SteamCrane]

@@BenjaminEsposti LOL!

[@tomblack6972]

On my LST main propulsion was 2 12-567 diesels. We also opened the valves for the same reason.

[@chriss2050]

The camshaft matches the speed of the flywheel on this engine.

[@stevenpovlis3105]

It's been over 30 years ago when I went to the Ashtabula county Antique Engine Club show, but it's nice to hear another piece of old engineering

[@SteamCrane]

They have a lot more good stuff there than 30 years ago. Used to be a little local show, now it's a destination.

[@vivekshreeni7897]

This is one of my favourite engines of all times the blower 567 engines sound similar including the A,B,C and D1.Turbo versions of the 567 were used in sd24s,sd35s,gp35s,gp30s,dd35,gp20 and GT16 export model.Our Gt16s were the only export models to be catalogued with a 567D3 engine rated at 2400hp.Not many out there but surely you can catch one in older videos and yard switchers.Also many 567C locomotives are still in their unrebuilt form in Austria ,Sweden,Sri Lanka and Taiwan,New Zealand and Australia.It is still possible to hear the sound of a 12-567 on g12,T41,T43,obb 2050,y133 but v16s are present only as stationary power generating units or on tugboats and not on locomotives as all of them have been overhauled to increase reliability except those locomotives on display

[@PowerTrain611]

EMD has it right going with the 2 stroke models. They last for decades if you know how to treat them. The only downfall is all that hard wiring... it's a nightmare. Of course, this was before the 645 and the "Dash 2" modular electronics came into production.

[@robertprice7246]

I can't get enough of this video. That blower whine is such sweet music !

[@robertprice7246]

Love an EMD s blower whine. Hung out by the railroad tracks in town during the summer when I was a kid just to hear the switchers rev up and the the whine when the shut off throttle. Like the locomotive was sighing

[@RomeKG471]

They should put more of these retired locomotive engines in towns and villages for standby power when there are power outages.

[@SteamCrane]

Sorry, that would show foresight. Buffalo just showed how well it goes when you just wing it.

[@RomeKG471]

@@SteamCrane True!

[@rearspeaker6364]

it would have to be a locomotive with a alternator not a DC generator.

[@SteamCrane]

@@rearspeaker6364 Yes, hate to think the cost of an inverter that big! Also the AC genset would need to run at solid 60 Hz. This one is AC, but variable speed.

[@RomeKG471]

@@rearspeaker6364 True.

[@SteamCrane]

It's great to read everyone's stories about these magnificent engines! Simple, reliable, and easy to work on. To think that this engine dominated from 1938 to 1966, only to be replaced by an expansion of the same design, with liners that can be interchanged between the two!

[@douro20]

I guess the 645 only has a longer stroke? I know there are are good amount of these with 645 heads and cams since they made improvements to the heads and they'll bolt right on.

[@deborahchesser7375]

douro20 they are bored.

[@electric7487]

And imagine designing stuff like this in the 1930's and 1940's-no computers, no Internet, no calculators even. Incredible.

[@SteamCrane]

@@electric7487 The answer was to over-design everything, that's why it's still here. Many of the 567's were resleeved to 645's. This overdesign is also why so many old CATs have survived.

[@SteamCrane]

@@douro20 Same stroke, bigger bore. Would require different heads for the larger bore.

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

That is a very cool set up what an amazing way to preserve a 567 prime mover from an EMD locomotive. It would be cool to generate power with this power plant.

[@SteamCrane]

Interestingly, it came from the factory as a 3-phase AC stationary genset. NASA used it to power a wind tunnel. Was never in a locomotive. I don't think they want to deal with the high voltage.

[@perrygoldstein2217]

Can’t believe you have one on a shed that has to be the most awesome thing ever

[@SteamCrane]

I agree. Sorta scary close up.

[@perrygoldstein2217]

@@SteamCrane I could definitely imagine that being such a beast!

[@brianburns7211]

I'm glad to have hired out on the railroad before these were all gone. I've run many early GP and SD locomotives out on the high iron.

[@adampapke1894]

Awesome. I have a 645E in my dredge turning the pump. No turbo. Great engine. I have air driven turbine starters.

[@dimievers5573]

this engine has 2 massive blowers on it ,lol , yea no turbo's , but massive blowers

[@SteamCrane]

This one has an air starter, Ingersoll Rand.

[@TheBeeMan1994]

​@@dimievers5573 2 stroke diesels will not intake air on their own, they are designed and operate on a much different principal than a 2 stoke gasoline engine, 2 stoke diesels utilize intake and exhaust valves, while 2 stoke gas engines use a reed valve setup. on a 2 stroke gas engine, the air, lube oil and fuel is mixed at the carb, when the piston travels upwards it creates negative pressure, when the piston uncovers the intake port, that negative pressure draws fuel in, the piston then travels downwards which creates positive pressure and forces the intake air to blow back inside the intake port, the reed valve stops the air from returning into the intake, once the piston travels down, it first uncovers the exhaust port, which the exhaust exits, creating exhaust pressure in the exhaust pipe, once the piston uncovers the intake port, that previously pressurized fuel/air/oil mix enters the combustion chamber, shoving any extra exhaust gasses out, and introducing the fresh fuel air mix, which then the piston begins traveling upwards and once it covers the exhaust port, it compresses and ignites (This is why expansion chamber exhausts boost performance on a gas 2 stroke, as if its tuned correctly, it will cause a slight positive pressure after the piston begins moving up, this allows the air/fuel/oil to stay in the combustion chamber instead of exiting the exhaust) in this type of setup the crankcase is cruital to the proper air fuel mixture, which is why the engine is fed oil through the intake. On a diesel 2 stroke, this cannot happen, the fuel must be ignited at perfect timing, requiring the usage of an injector, instead of utilizing the crankcase and the downward motion of the piston to create positive pressure to force the air fuel mixture inside the combustion chamber. This now requires the usage of valves to control intake and exhaust, the problem is when the intake valve is opened, the piston is actually traveling upwards expelling exhaust so both the exhaust and intake valves have a point in time where both are open, without a blower, the engine would force exhaust air out of both the intake and exhaust, there is no point in time where the piston can be utilized to create the negative pressure to feed in fresh air, this is why a blower is utilized, so when both the valves are open, the blower is creating movement of the air, disallowing exhaust gasses to exit the intake side and be forced out the exhaust Every 2 stroke diesel designed has has some sort of air moving device, a blower is most economical, some designs used a secondary piston to create the needed movement(One piston and cylinder created power while the other was basically like an air compressor pump), and some actually were designed to have one cylinder shared by two pistons (Fairbanks Morse) where on one side one piston was ported for intake air, and the other was ported for exhaust, and the heads of the pistons pushed towards eachother to create the needed compression to ignite the diesel. These engines were overly ginormous and complex. Detroits blower design stood out because you could utilize a smaller more convential cylinder layout and only required a blower. Some locomotive engines utilize both a blower and a two step mechancal/exhaust driven turbocharger

[@dimievers5573]

@@TheBeeMan1994 thanks for explaining that to me , but i already knew that being a former diesel mechanic and all. good explanation tho !!

[@dimievers5573]

i just love how calmly these engines run, do you happen to know if this engine has a 2 speed governer or an all speed ?? its cool to hear how it regulates its engine speed.

[@darinareyacrazyman1505]

Beautiful!

[@goober239]

On the D series of EMD 567 engines, you can actually rebuild them with 645 power assemblies and take advantage of the added horsepower without removing the whole engine.

[@rearspeaker6364]

it can be done on the C series, or a converted BC block too, but not the B or A series.

[@thegeforce6625]

It’s so weird hearing this engine not being revved up and down notches haha

[@SteamCrane]

Right!!!

[@AndrewOudin]

Beautiful

[@generationll]

Many E,Fs,GPs & SDs had this engine

[@harrimanfox8961]

Only the GP18 and SD18 had this specific variant, however.

[@harrimanfox8961]

And the SD28/GP28

[@Slim_Slid]

GP7's-GP35's and SD7's-SD35's all having the 567's.Some were rebuilt later on with 645's like the SD18's-SD24's for example in some railroads.Very rare to see any out and about since the best chance is to only see one being used as a yard switcher in some industry occupied locations. The Army for a long time held onto many of their USAX GP7's/GP9's that were rebuilt into GP10's.

[@UQRXD]

I was on a tug with 4, 12 -567- A engines. We rebuilt all 4.

[@SteamCrane]

Must have been a massive tug! Offshore well service?

[@UQRXD]

@@SteamCrane Ocean going tug. USCG heavy duty search and rescue.

[@SteamCrane]

@@UQRXD Cool! Name? See USCG all the time, Bay class + 47. Also some ex_USCG tugs.

[@luidyjosedasilva2961]

👍Fantastic 👍

[@camillesymons2170]

Very impressive! The same engines that formerly powered the Sweet Sixteen vessel!

[@robertprice7246]

Also, Love That Air Start Sound too

[@hotmama2336]

0:44 startup

[@wazza33racer]

like its locomotive brothers...........no muffler on the exhaust. How can it be that quiet?? Normally 2 stroke diesels are notorious for being super noisy. She is a real treasure. Well done to those that preserved her.

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

Two stroke diesels are far quieter than four stroke ones

[@MrThatnativeguy]

Less moving parts

[@rearspeaker6364]

it spins at a max of 900rpm.

[@azrailfan2717]

Awesome video. If it was just audio I would guess it was in a diesel locomotive 😆

[@stevenpovlis669]

My home county ,even though I grew up in Ashtabula Township

[@SteamCrane]

The showgrounds are well south in the county, Williamsfield, next to the railroad, on 322 east of 147, 193, and 11 freeway. Really nice big showgrounds, many permanent buildings, many more big engines than this one. Food is supplied by Charlane Farms, really good. Hot water in the good washrooms! Also has a really big flea market, I've spent quite a bit of $$$ there.

[@bryan3108]

Strange to hear this engine not in a train.

[@SteamCrane]

A fair number of these were built as gensets or ship propulsion. It's a genius design that the EPA hates.

[@bryan3108]

Yea I just worked for CSX so Im used to the sound associated with a locomotive.@@SteamCrane

[@Tom-Lahaye]

567D1, exactly the type of engine which powered many locomotives here in Belgium, in V12 form in class 62 and V16 in the class 55. Classes 52-53 and 54 used V16-567C engines rated at 1750hp. It's still very recent until the last class 55s ended revenue service, in 2013, but many 55 and 62 can still be seen on permanent way trains, some 60 years after these were introduced! These are some really bulletproof engines, the best railroad diesel engine built IMHO.

[@cnnw3929]

Such a nice sounding engine. Is this strictly a collector's item set for static display and entertainment?

[@SteamCrane]

It is a display engine at the Ashtabula County Antique Engine Club. The engine was used at NASA Plum Brook research station, reportedly to power a wind tunnel. The engine specs are in the description.

[@Meeandah]

You sure thats not the ride-on lawn mower running? 🤣

[@johnlockesghost5592]

That's what it's going on. They're going to stand it on end and mount it onto a WheelHorse garden tractor.

[@edlrailfanproductions3984]

I would want to see one into a bus or truck just to see what kinda power it would put down ik people will say it’s near impossible but I think with extensive modifications it could be done…

[@j.m.youngquist419]

Now let's make some power

[@weofnjieofing]

Silky smooth operation! Is that a 45 degree Vee angle?

[@andyharman3022]

Yes.

[@TransportationFanHU]

The same enginesounds are in Hungarian NOHAB locos... Great!

[@phreeze83]

pretty the same engine as in luxembourgish CFL1800 series (which should be mostly the same as hugnarian nohab and some swedish (iirc) ones)

[@raygale4198]

NOHAB made the EMD engine under license, same engine.

[@vivekshreeni7897]

Was this engine taken from a locomotive like an emd sd18,gp18 or was it built for stationary purposes only.Please leave a reply

[@SteamCrane]

It was built as a stationary genset, producing 3 phase AC. It was used by NASA to power a wind tunnel. I suspect its variable speed allowed controlling the speed of the wind tunnel fan.

[@vivekshreeni7897]

I feel this engine wasn't rebuilt with 645 power assemblies while those in sd18s,gp18s have been rebuilt

[@privateerbouncher9622]

Isnt it quite big compared to those in the locomotives?

[@SteamCrane]

It is identical to the engine in an older EMD diesel, such as an F7, GP7 or SD7. The generator is different, but about the same size, and the electrical cabinet is completely different.

[@fredlohmann1448]

EMD GP18?

[@mile290productions3]

Idling i think 567's can have a nice hum

[@billmoran3812]

Looks more like a 645 than a 567. The 567’s had square air box and crankcase access covers.

[@SteamCrane]

I believe they took the model info from the tag. This is an odd configuration, a stationary 3 phase AC genset, built when locos were still DC. Additionally, many recognition features change in phases, so a late 567 might have some 645 spotting features. All I care is that the engine is preserved in a building, and gets run for us to enjoy. I suspect it is fairly low hour, as it was used to power a wind tunnel at NASA. It was spec-ed to a known load, so it was probably never upgraded with 645 power assemblies. One thought, it may have been run at variable speed, to run the wind tunnel with a synchronous motor...? In those days, powering the fan by a big diesel would have been an easy way to change wind velocity. I work in high power switching systems, and we have an old low tech military diesel genset to give us convenient variable frequency, and 50 Hz. A problem with modern rental diesels, they don't want to go away from 60.000 Hz.

[@blackbirdgaming8147]

It’s important to remember that quite a bit of 645 parts are compatible with a 567, so I imagine that this might have some 645 parts on it.

[@Tom-Lahaye]

This is a 567D model, sure about the round covers. And as far as I know the C models had them also, so only 567A and B had the square ones.

[@Romans--bo7br]

Bill Moran - Only the first generation 567 A & B prime movers (U & early V configurations) had the "square" airbox & crankcase covers, in fact some of the late B series had the round covers, all of the BC & D Series were round covers.

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@Romans--bo7br thought all 567B's had square airbox covers, on the c they went to the round ones.

[@davidholder3207]

Would have made a far more interesting video if some RPM and Voltage output readings had been shown when the engine was revved up and down.

[@SteamCrane]

For safety, everybody was kept back. Also, I don't think the generator was active.

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

how come this ones so relatively low powered? liek tis still more than a prius hahaha but theres other emd v16s pushing close to 4000 ponies

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

few reasons; -different models have different piston counts, of course a V16 will put out more than a V12, a V20 more than a V16, and so forth -mechanical injection rack -very low engine speed (I believe that the 567 topped at at 900rpm while various versions of the 645 and 710 have been set as high as 950 or even 1000rpm. For low speed diesel engines this large even a small change such as 50rpm can have a dramatic affect on engine power output. -natural aspiration (biggest culprit aside from engine cylinder count; later versions of the 567 with the clutch-turbo and better metallurgy put out much more power) -inefficiencies regarding cooling, compression, etc due to older design metallurgy, and only designed in terms of components for 1800hp - remember these were built to last, not move mountains -shorter stroke than 645 and 710, lesser overall engine than 645 and 710 as well. The 710 has nearly 50% more displacement. The engine number codes, 567, 645, 710, 845 (en experimental motor), and 1010 all refer to the engine displacement per cylinder in cubic inches. Note that the 1010 is the most current engine and is an unrelated four stroke design and thus does not share a design lineage to the 567/645/710 but with the 845 and 265H from which it was derived. Hope I've answers your questions.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

EMD.

[@capitanothegreat3994]

Its Quiet for the Size

[@dimievers5573]

thats a bit of overkill , such a large powerfull engine on that relativelly small generator , why is that ??

[@TheSilverShadow17]

The engine is the power generator lol

[@SteamCrane]

It's an AC alternator, my recollection is 480V 3-Phase. It must be assumed it is sized to the engine, which is not turbocharged. Engine rated at 1800 Hp, and 1342 Kw output.

[@TheBeeMan1994]

its a big enough generator to power a small town off of. Some locomotives even had wiring diagrams to connect to the feild side of the generator to produce 240 volts and then the rpm synchonized to achieve 60 hz. In 98 canada had a ice storm that knocked out power to a few towns, Canadian National railroad actually brought locomotives to these towns, derailed them at a crossing, and under their own power moved them down the paved street to a hospital to provide power for the hospital and town. One locomotive in each town 3 in total but only 2 towns utilized them

[@jrayproductions7790]

That "small generator" could power a neighborhood

[@thecuriousone9342]

@@SteamCrane wow so you're saying a turbo can get it upto 4000hp?? This is the first ever non turbo emd i have ever heard, we have locos with emd turbo engine, and boy the magnificent sound, music to the ears