Four 16-645's sing in perfect harmony

I can't say where this is. All I can say is enjoy the sound of these four Roots Blown EMD 16-645 engines as they work in unison. If you have any questions about the video, feel free to message me. Comments are welcome.

[@hoost3056]

I grew up not too far from the railway overpasses and at night you could hear these engines bellowing away. Very soothing.

[@TheCAT3512]

Hearing these engines climbing the Tehachapi pass was always a treat music to my ears could hear the train 30 minutes before it got to me

[@BNU30C]

EMD made one hell of a product. It’s a shame how far they’ve fallen.

[@Barnekkid]

Sweet. I've worked around these and even though they have a distinctive diesel sound, their two stroke cycle gives them a unique vibe.

[@tweetercat2]

Our 1959 built GDM-1 sounds good in run 5 it sure keeps the papermill awake.

[@BruceBoschek]

An amazing fact about the EMD 567, 645 and 710s, aside from superficial changes and the use of various turbochargers instead of the blowers, is that fact that the basic design from Eugene Kettering remains virtually unchanged since 1938! Very few engine designs have held up for 80 years (the VW air-cooled boxer opposed 4-cyl made it almost 50 years) and are still in such extensive use. Just the comparative simplicity of changing a power assembly alone is such a genius development. Some designs are nearly perfect!

[@BilgeDweller]

Exactly! The EMD two stroke has always been an evolutionary engine, and I think that that's part of the key to their success. Not bad to work on for a big engine, either.

[@brianburns7211]

The other day I was running a GP20eco. It is amazing that its 710 was an evolution of the 567, which was designed in the 1930s. Even the trucks are Blomberg, which also were designed about the same time for the FT program. Just as remarkable is the Detroit Diesel 6-71. It was also part of GM’s 2 stroke program. This design is still in many trucks, generators, boats, and heavy equipment.

[@ddnc1983]

Bruce Boschek It’s a testament to the ingenuity of that design as well as the engineering that went behind fine tuning it over the decades. The emds are incredible.

[@hoost3056]

@@brianburns7211 the Detroit Diesel ( nee Gray Marine ) 2 stroke 71 Series is just a downsized version of the EMD......they are all related. My favorite diesels, a 92 Series in a cabover KW got me interested in trucking back in the early 80s as a kid.

[@kenneththompson1809]

@Randall Slaughter The 710 engine is tier 4 with after treatment catalyst and DEF fluid.

[@harris9784]

Sounds almost angelic ! Those EMD engines are singing to their hearts content !! 🎶🎵

[@hardtop123]

its obvious this quad setup is in a boat of some sort......gotta be a decent size one at that to have such and impressive engine room as this....great stuff

[@leehuff2330]

I'm thinking it's a towboat. Heard sets of 645s and 567s shoving loaded barges all my life, having grown up along the upper Ohio River.

[@chakstak3684]

I could sleep there sounds beautiful

[@paulnoake5940]

Sweet EMD music

[@glennbrooks6478]

Enjoy them while you can because they will be replaced with a high speed piece of junk. I worked on 2 ..16 x567 for 20 years. They were upgraded the last refit to 645,s ... Just the power packs. Maybe also some top end parts. After another year and a half the vessel was tied up and is ready to be given away to who so ever wants it for free. The 2 I worked on were built in 1959. They were also found in some fishing trawlers here at one time. They are far more noiser then the video shows. They were very reliable.

[@ddnc1983]

It’s amazing they can use the same power packs for the 645s. I believe it’s just the liner is thinner. In any case what happened to your engines? Seems like quite a bummer.

[@brianburns7211]

I share your thoughts. I’m on the railroad and have always thought that the GM locomotives were best. About 5-7 years ago we had 16-567 powered engines replaced with new ones with 8-710.

[@snodgresswilim4817]

True true. Lots of great power units are being replaced with some real junk these days.

[@galaxyclass1701d]

Love how those roots blowers wail. Gives them a somewhat evil sound...

[@BossSpringsteen69]

I didn't know that's what made that sound. A derated SD40-2 sounds similar but you can tell the sound is a little off.

[@brianburns7211]

BossSpringsteen69 With the roots blowers they are the same as in a SD/GP 38.

[@Tchristman100]

Ferry boat. Two engines to one end and the other two engines to the other end

[@danielkennedy7845]

Very cool!!! sweet sound! real EMD

[@johnholden3062]

The EMD's have a sweat sound especially when there turbo ed

[@m3nathan]

Music is right, and making it with authority too!

[@brianburns7211]

4 GP38s!

[@wildcoyote34]

I don't really care where this is ,, but it sure is a beautiful sound ,,, someone is using a LOT of HORSEPOWER

[@keithode1737]

8,000HP worth.

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

@@keithode1737 closer to 12000

[@BossSpringsteen69]

@@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife Keith is closer the non turbo 645E6 series engine is 1950 horsepower.

[@dougkubash8673]

Fantastic sound! - The engines and engine room look immaculate

[@guilford681]

wow they sound good roots blown.

[@SuperDriver379]

They are 2 cycle engines, each cylinder bank has a blower @0:45 seconds in the video they are right behind the hand rail.

[@AlongtheRiverLife]

A symphonic melody of harmony!

[@MilePost106]

So common back in the day living by the Northern Pacific rail line!

[@brownwrench]

I used to work rebuilding 20s. One of them full throttle for 8 hrs is physically draining from the noise and shrieking turbo.

[@Romans--bo7br]

BROWNWRENCH BROWN..... You just don't appreciate or have an "ear" for good Music. : )

[@keithode1737]

I'd kill to listen to 20-645's in Run-8 all day.

[@thegeforce6625]

I can understand that sentiment.

[@danielthrasher2332]

The oil rig i worked on has three of these babys turning generator heads.

[@andrefohrmann]

Great Sound

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Sounds like four SD38-2 chugging along.

[@SteamCrane]

Mainline towboat on the Mississippi - Ohio River system, pushing a very large tow. Clincher is the non-waterproof window on the engine room wall. Music.

[@FL92002]

It is music, but this is not a towboat, and this is not on the Mississippi-Ohio River system.

[@BilgeDweller]

Forty years as an engineer on the Mississippi here. Definitely not a towboat, as each pair of engines are mounted with the flywheels in opposite directions. There's not a towboat in existence with props at both ends.

[@johnholden3062]

LOVE it

[@steverosenow8992]

Looks like the engine room to a Super Class ferry in Washington State. The ferries M.V. Hyak, Kaleetan, Yakima and Elwha each run four EMD-16s. And they have engine rooms which are nearly-identical.

[@FL92002]

Not Washington State, but it is indeed a ferry.

[@Conn88]

I'm guessing Staten Island Ferry. Either the Samuel Newhouse or the Andrew J. Barberi

[@velocityturbosuzuki]

Nice like it alot. So basically that's four locomotive engines?

[@FL92002]

These four engines could be found in a locomotive, but this isn't a locomotive per se.

[@velocityturbosuzuki]

FL92002 Yes sir I understand, I know it's not a locomotive just meant that these type engines are known to power locomotives. Sorry for not wording my post better. Again great video the sound is incredible and must be loud in person. Thanks for the reply also.

[@speed150mph]

Yes same engine that was the backbone of the EMD locomotive fleet. The emd 645 and 710 engines were a favorite for stationary applications like emergency gensets and pumping stations, and are commonly found as auxillery generators on a lot of large vessels as well

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Exactly the same engines but a few modifications for work better in a marine environment.

[@andrewsmart2949]

extreme!!!!!!!!!!

[@DrAlco]

Whauuu...that is so cool...👍. Are they running at notch 6 or so ???.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

I think at the equivalent of notch 4 or 5.

[@thegeforce6625]

Yeah that sounds about right, notch 6

[@coreymcdowell3471]

Naturally aspirated

[@Pinko633]

Looks like the power station at Lajes Field Azores

[@OliverMoore1973]

After finally getting your focus on the model number... did I read it correctly the date above that... 1977??

[@FL92002]

Finally!!!! After two or three painfully long seconds, the camera finally focused!!!!!! What a hardship that you had to wait so long for the camera to focus!!!!! Yes, the date is 11/77.

[@OliverMoore1973]

@@FL92002 Ha ha ha 🤣... it was more like 5 seconds... an eternity for restless paranoid mindsets such as mine... So 1977 build year huh?... Same year Star Wars came out...

[@Creeperboy099]

I like the sounds of the blower

[@davidfarmer2049]

Sounds a bit other worldly....... higher frequency than I would have expected.

[@nomon95]

these engines are placed in a ship,orn in a factory??? sounds well.the Gm engines,if are in a ship,,,will be modefied the cooler system buy a cooler interchanger,,2 circuits,,,fresh water to the engine,,,and marine eater to the interchanger,,,a huge enclosure,,,the two water systems doesnt mix,,,one run into pipes,,the other changes heat to the pipes.

[@maximase86]

Diesel electric, or direct drive?

[@Mercmad]

those powering generators for traction motors running the propellers?

[@Conn88]

Mercmad if these are where I think they are, they are actually powering hydraulic pumps to drive the propulsion system.

[@kenneththompson1809]

Washigton State Ferries {Super Size} are powered by 4 16-710-E7 turbo engines with electric drive. EMD electric drive was used on the American Legion class Staten Island ferries back in the 60's. They had 4 16-567 engines in a similar araingement as here.

[@hondarideralex]

double ended ferry.

[@thegeforce6625]

they sound alot like 567's

[@BenjaminEsposti]

That's because these do not have a turbocharger. There were in fact turbocharged 567's, but not many.

[@BossSpringsteen69]

Funny you mentioned that because that tripped me up a few times the last few months and i mistook a 567 for a 645. And i've worked around 645's for 26 years.

[@memadmax69]

Is that the Kodiak?

[@FL92002]

No