Engines of CSX: C40-8 (Standard Cab Dash 8) ft

[@Pensyfan19]

Great video! Once again, absolutely superb editing with this episode. I'm also particularly interested with the song choice being mostly MF DOOM, since I recently got into his music. I also never knew that FM was still being considered to make engines after the 60s.

[@logandetwiler4483]

Im helping him make the next locomotive man

[@protosheep]

Yup, still plenty of C40-8's rolling around up here on the former Pan Am. Sometimes the lashups on NS trains in Ayer MA get a bit odd when NS cant get an SD60E up here with ACSES PTC and they end up having to put one of the old Dash 8s on the front. Great and funny video! Also, 7489's horn sounds like ass

[@protosheep]

Update: 7489's horn has been replaced with a P5

[@AlikStansberry]

I legit don’t recall knowing if Conrail ever had standard C40s aside from the C39s, the more you learn I guess lol. W video as always!

[@Nethanel773]

C40-8 is my favorite GE model by looks. And the K5LA is my favorite chime arrangement of all Nathan models. Thanks for putting together such a detailed history on the original Dash-8's!

[@betsymani2734]

3:40 and 3:45; those dash 8’s: “no need to thank me”

[@HuntOfficial1776]

I remember seeing these all the time when I was younger. Crazy that there’s only one standard cab unit left.

[@ZombieSlayer-dj3wb]

I wouldnt have called sd40s vets then , they are now and the irony of it they out lived the dash 8 's and cn tested 2 c32s in 1986

[@buffaloarearailfan9928]

Great Video! One of the best GE engines by far! Miss these units.

[@ljreed8671]

Great video The C-40-8 was my favorite locomotive to operate on CSX when it was in the lead of the consist The old control stand, was a plus over the desktop control stand on the dash 8’s. Never had a problem with the throttle powering out the 16 cylinder prime mover. The locomotive would dig in and keep pulling. The handle on the K5LA whistle gave you the cadence equine to other engineers!

[@zackstrainproductions2095]

3:26 That conductor could almost fall out of that window lol! Great video!

[@NorthBay43]

Railfans favorite Dash 8s known as c40-8

[@mbtaghost2583]

Ah a guy who lives with them all over my lines. They are my favorite

[@NorthBay43]

@@mbtaghost2583 I don’t live in the east coast stop harassing me

[@RAtheGoodRailfanner_888]

I never got to see any of those engines ever before!

[@CSXEK]

I will be getting a HO scale version of the CSX C40-8 and it will be working on the CSX EK sub as mainline power by far my favorite desel of all time

[@CSXES44AH808_Productions]

9:36 that one with K5HL

[@NortheasternRailroads]

Been waiting on this one my favorite locomotive that turned me into a Railfan

[@mamarussellthepie3995]

Oh that ge! Continuing the legacy of alco! 😂

[@tommythomason6187]

Didn't Southern Pacific test them out at Tehachapi (sp) and the road was impressed enough to buy them? Have heard it said that those Dash-8s were instrumental in getting GE in the top position in sales of railroad locomotives. I think the hood unit, late 1980s GEs are the best looking engines they made.

[@GunnerHeisinger]

This was a great video and very well edited

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

Thank you!

[@idpmusictv]

Thank you for these videos! I am amazed at just how much of a learning opportunity they are. I think it would be interesting to make a video about the most recent iteration of the SD40-3 "square cabs". Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.

[@BNSFTrains10]

Unfortunately for 9280, it has been taken off of CSX's Rails due to Engine Failure back in October and also has Camshaft damage in the prime mover and oil spillage on the walkways and in the engine compartment was reported. This followed a defect reported with the cab heater on October 8th meaning it would of been poorly maintained when it was still with Pam Am Railways.

[@JerrytheRailfanner6103]

Can I please be featured in your next Engines of CSX video?

[@logandetwiler4483]

Guess we will have to wait a little bit longer for the SD60s video all thanks to you for messing up big time. Hope you will learn from this

[@mbtaghost2583]

Thank you very much!

[@MiddleTennesseeRailfanning]

Nice dude.

[@TheDudeWhoLikesTrains]

The C40-8s didnt skip mewing march for sure

[@codyrapp7253]

LETS GO!

[@TrainzNS_NYCHeritageUnit2K9]

Awesome Video!

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

Thanks a bunch!

[@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan]

Wait Maine Central is still a railroad I did not know that that’s one of the original Eastern railroads besides the Boston and Maine

[@norCali36]

Great video on this locomotive.

[@2010train1]

I like how most of this series has some sort PSR in it lol. But in all seriousness this series is good.

[@anf_8310_ab]

CSX Dash-8 trying not to kiss another school bus (hard)

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

when I was doing research there was another Dash 8 standard that was used as a training locomotive for first responders, they first used a a school bus.

[@anf_8310_ab]

@@buccaneerrailfanning1776 hell nah, i must be dreamin' 💀

[@ThePPOOHH]

Awesome video

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

Been a subscriber of yours before I even started Railfaning. I appreciate you checking the video out, I hope your videos being featured hasn't been an issue

[@SoutheasternRailfan]

W vid man

[@logandetwiler4483]

THANK YOU!!! I’ll help you do the SD60s

[@Thenumbersthatareodd]

Here's some news about these engines: Berkshire and Eastern has bought some dash 8s and they are now on service on the MEC railway.

[@Anzac1]

Good video!! Love them man

[@nowhere2471]

I don't really like to publicly nitpick but the Dash-8s didn't have the HDL engine. That was used for the AC6000. They still had the old FDL. Otherwise good video!

[@MattTheAllertor125]

Yeeee The coolest locomotive with a new standard design with 4000 hp

[@IceFoxTrainSpotting]

5:33 *my brothers and sisters may be dead but I shall carry the Legacy for years to come no matter what comes my way and what stands in front of it BRING IT ON!!* *CSX 9280-*

[@lizggil123]

E. Hunter Harrison: am I a joke to you, 9280

[@IceFoxTrainSpotting]

@@lizggil123 *9280 : you're the real murder here Hunter Harrison you should be put in jail for murdering my ancestors Pull way more than your modern BS that you ordered these Gevos discuss me you just don't want to go bankrupt for rebuilding all of the older engines including my ancestors what gotten into you hunter!*

[@IceFoxTrainSpotting]

​​@@lizggil123 *9280 : defenetly you're the biggest joke of all for retiring my great ancestors and brothers and sisters I rose up from the Huntington shops for a reason to keep my ancestors Legacy alive now question is are you a joke hunter HAHAHA!!*

[@IceFoxTrainSpotting]

​@@lizggil123*9280 : Neil before me Hunter and tell me who's the true king!!*

[@IceFoxTrainSpotting]

​@@lizggil123*9280 : get lost. Hunter you can't compare with my powers and ability!*

[@Apoptart]

It's here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amazing video!

[@SomeStupidMarioFan2022]

What about the ES40DC? I would love that!

[@93greenstrat]

Interestingly, during the early days of CSXT, there was a faction of management unflatteringly referred to as the "Chessie Mafia" that opposed the initial purchase of these locomotives. The operations department had to go directly to then CSX CEO John W. Snow to get these units ordered.

[@HeyItsMeGoku785]

The csx c40-8s have something against school buses 💀

[@josemathiasonicX]

Engines of csx for the dash 9 c40-9w/c44-8w

[@ThatA-LineRailfanProductions]

clean.

[@PatrioticCoservativeAmerican]

Will any be put in muesums?

[@yeahman70]

Great video. An interesting thing about 9280, it never actually had the standard PTC you find on the rest of CSX. 9280 is only equipped with ACSES PTC, which is used mainly on passenger railroads in the northeast, including the MBTA which Pan Am ran on a lot. Most of Pan Am's locomotives were equipped with it, including 7627. But, when it got repainted, the unit never actually got standard PTC, and it to this day only has ACSES, which is why you never see it leading outside New England. CSX today only has (to my knowledge) two widecab Dash 8s left active, which are on very short time now. Many of Pan Am's Dash 8s recently got sold to the new startup shortline Berkshire & Eastern and the remaining ones are still active on former Pan Am trackage that CSX still owns. 9280 has now rejoined the Pan Am units in New England and will probably stay there until more newer power arrives to replace them.

[@logandetwiler4483]

Well said

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

That explains why 9280 has been running around up there in the NE recently. Its nice to know that CSX didnt sell the rest of them off and gave them away. 9280 says its still on the roster, but I guess that may have changed while I was working on the video.

[@yeahman70]

@@buccaneerrailfanning1776 it is still on the roster, it’s just operating on the former Pan Am right now. The MEC Dash 8s are still owned by CSX. The Berkshire & Eastern took over operations of the Pan Am Southern in September and they bought some of the MEC Dash 8s but not all of them

[@bostonrailfanner471]

@@buccaneerrailfanning1776 They used CSX 9280 for the engine pool which basically just had it trail as foreign power on BNSF and other railroads. Then after that they brought it back up north

[@logandetwiler4483]

Since the SD60s are coming up next, are we gonna look at all models from CSX? Standard cab, M and I

[@markfriedman5358]

Great video

[@damntheman2]

The Cube...

[@charlesgreenwood8229]

Can you do a video on the super 7?

[@csxnspittsburghdivision8580]

Can you do a video of the csx slugs

[@thedutchrailwayguy2792]

More engines of csx

[@BnuuyBoi2005]

Noice episode

[@NS_1081]

The -8 means the model series man!

[@bostonrailfanner471]

2:38 BYE BYE 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@NorthBay43]

There rebuilding there c40-8s to yn3c rare guys

[@RyanWiseman-dv2lp]

The Optimus joke earned my like

[@stoneybrookrailroadvids2736]

You should talk about SD40-2’s next

[@jamesa6272]

Used to love running these. They had crazy side lateral motion at 60 mph in idle but they were fun to run. Closest engines csx had to alco sounding. I like the video just get rid of the ghetto rap in the back 😂

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

Of course, next video will be returning to a country theme. I like to have themes in these videos, and MF DOOM was fitting since he was sort of a popular underground rapper during the 90s.

[@MissouriRailroadProductions]

The eggshell express

[@nicolebogucki723]

I like your videos I liked and sub to you😂

[@leechristmas9770]

What is that NS engine at 0:12?

[@BNSFrailfan01]

It’s a B23-7.

[@patrickspies1464]

Please let this be normal field trip

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

With the Harrison? No way.

[@genesisrailfan1507]

Real solid work lad, but unnecessary to say but... What is it with the Dash 8-40C and school buses in accidents???

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

Lol I said the exact same thing while researching

[@adensrailfanningproductions]

i love the sheer shitpost nature of this video, Please do more

[@logandetwiler4483]

There will be more coming out soon

[@MiddleTennesseeRailfanning]

SD40-2?

[@logandetwiler4483]

Doing SD60s now

[@panamrailfan]

B40-8 next please

[@logandetwiler4483]

Currently doing SD60s

[@ErikZ16_014]

IS MF DOOM 😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@HolaEspañol8]

Next You should do the Sd40-3

[@logandetwiler4483]

No. Were doing SD60S

[@lizggil123]

Aren’t the dash 8's and 9's being reactivated? Also can you do the sd40-2?

[@logandetwiler4483]

No

[@lizggil123]

@@logandetwiler4483 I thought the dash 8's were being reactivated?

[@logandetwiler4483]

They’re off the property they’re retired

[@buccaneerrailfanning1776]

They were, but due to the rebuilds they are being put back into storage.

[@logandetwiler4483]

⁠@@buccaneerrailfanning1776ohh yeah I heard that too. Great video as always. Are you ready for the next locomotive in the series? One of my favorite locomotives as younger boy. They are Conrail locomotives.

[@donovanferrari761]

Very interesting video but I’m not sure what hitting school busses has to do with the reputation of the locomotive. Generally speaking, crossing accidents are not the fault of the train.