Inside the Worlds largest operating diesel locomotive Union Pacific DD40X 6936 Cheyenne, Wyoming.

[@travelingtom923]

For a in depth look at the DDA40X both inside and out see my other video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4Oxlq1_n8lgfac

[@fixitdude74]

the only surviving DD40X unit still in service, such a beast of a machine, love it.

[@wednesdayfrog139]

13 survive, 1 never retired

[@thomasavensjr.2790]

What a wonderful example of a diesel locomotive, i have to make an arrangement to see one of these massive DDA40X models in person for myself sometime in the future at any railroad museum.

[@janerickson6785]

When I was a hostler in the Salt Lake diesel shop, I ran this unit and spun it on the turntable to get it right for a consist to put it on a train. Just like any other engine of that era, except longer.

[@bigskypeach406]

More proof that anything double D is a good time

[@indridcold8433]

It is also proof that size does matter. How you use it means nothing if you are driving a tiny choo choo.

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

Amen to that - so very true! Just can't have too much of a good thing!

[@LectronCircuits]

DD40X is to Diesel as Big Boy is to steam, carrying on UP's tradition of first-rate training on a grand scale. Cheers!

[@dmorgan28]

Love this awesome massive machine. I’m a retired locomotive engineer and I love videos like this. I’m subscribing. Thanks 👍

[@57629589]

I remember as a kid, standing by a track in Wyoming as a couple of these and a really long train went by. So much power.

[@Shane-Singleton]

What a beautiful beast. Union Pacific sure had a love for big power. Some of the most interesting leviathans to ever roll on steel rails were born of their requests.

[@asghan]

I thought the biggest one is the BlueTiger?

[@Shane-Singleton]

DDA40X is over 20 feet longer and almost twice the weight of the Blue Tiger (DE-AC33C).

[@stilz0]

Shane, I agree. Big Boy comes to mind.

[@Shane-Singleton]

Don't forget about the Challengers too :) And I think the U50 if I remember right.

[@stilz0]

Good call for the Challengers, but the U50 has such a blunt front; looks like it ran into something.

[@indridcold8433]

That is not a locomotive. That is an Iowa class battleship for land! It is as big as two diesels put together.

[@simplywonderful449]

Basically, it IS two diesels put together. Twin prime movers, and the walkway in between is to avoid having to walk the entire length to get to the other side. IRM in Union, IL has one on display.

[@bobroberts7305]

I posted this as a "reply" but want to make sure it's available for those who don't look at the many collapsed replies that appear below the primary comments people make: SOME DETAILS ABOUT THIS MONSTER: The DDA40X is a 6,600 horsepower D-D diesel-electric built by the General Motors EMD division of La Grange, Illinois for the Union Pacific Railroad. Nicknamed "Centennial" and "Big Jack", the DDA40X uses two diesel engine prime movers, each rated at 3,300 horsepower. The DDA40X is the most powerful single-unit diesel-electric locomotive ever built, although more recent designs such as the GE AC6000CW and EMD SD90MAC have come close. It is the second most powerful locomotive ever built, exceeded only by the Union Pacific GTEL gas turbine units. It is also the longest single-unit diesel locomotive ever built. Forty seven were built between June 1969 and September 1971. The units were numbered from 6900 to 6946, with 6936 still in service. The DDA40X is 98 ft (30 m) long. The frames were fabricated by an outside contractor, the John Mohr Company of Chicago, since the frame length exceeded the abilities of EMD's plant. Using more than one prime mover in a single locomotive was not new; the E-series were popular dual-engine locomotives, and Baldwin had produced (but not sold) a locomotive with four diesel engines. The 'X' in the designation stood for eXperimental, as the DDA40X locomotives were used as the testbeds for technology that would go into future EMD products. The modular electronic control systems later used on EMD's Dash-2 line of locomotives were first used on the DDA40X and the 4200 HP SD45X. The locomotives were the first to be able to load-test itself using its dynamic braking resistors as an electrical load so that external equipment was not required. The DDA40X used the wide-nosed cab from the FP45 cowl units. This design was superficially similar to the Canadian comfort cab introduced by Canadian National soon afterwards in 1973, but it lacked the structural reinforcements introduced in the CN design that were carried over to future wide-nosed cabs. By 1974, averaging 22,000 miles a month, most DDA40X units had run over 1,000,000 miles and needed more maintenance. In the early 1980s, this factor, along with other issues including the higher efficiency of newer locomotives such as the SD40-2 and the national recession led to all 45 remaining units going into storage. In early 1984 as rail traffic rebounded, Union Pacific brought 25 DDA40X units out of storage and rebuilt them to return to service; 15 unserviceable units were retired in June that year. All DD40AX units were retired by May 1985. Thirteen examples survive. Number 6936 is still in service with UP, though mostly in excursion service. 6922 is in a train museum: www.ci.north-platte.ne.us/parks/cody-park/ A Train Display is open from Memorial Day through the 4th weekend in September from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The display consists of the restored Hershey, Nebraska depot, a Union pacific challenger steam locomotive (3977), a 6900 series diesel locomotive (6922), mail car, baggage car and caboose, along with other railroad memorabilia. No charge. visitnorthplatte.com/attraction/cody-park-railroad-museum/

[@friendlyfire2615]

Bob Roberts when we said we wanted details, we didn’t want reading homework.

[@lukacvenic3758]

They are realy super, super engines. I can't belive she is that old. I'm from Croatia and i can tell you, we can only dream to have such a beauty in our country. I like U.S. trains and engines. Thanks for posting this.

[@wendymcfadyen-allerby6142]

tyvm for the info

[@Makitaization]

Now I heard long ago they took them out of service because of frames cracking. So that was just a rumor?

[@DNDBOT]

Good read ..

[@g.springfield6866]

I've always admired the mighty DD40X - great, loooong construction, with great design and beautiful UP colors! So I invested some day some money to purchase one - it looks pretty good on my layout. 😊 Thank you for the close-ups and the opportunity to climb on of this real UP legend and take a look inside! 👍

[@wernerdanler2742]

This is in much better condition than the one you did the detailed tour of. It has been well maintained.

[@TvshkaHumma]

That's a beast of a train! It weighs 540,000LBS! I bet you can feel it coming before you see it!

[@bobbynickerson7631]

what a GAWDDAM BIG ASS train!!!! , my bucket list to see her up close some day!? someday i hope..

[@nunogirao8097]

1:22: 100ft of locomotive and this is the place to drive it. Well done, designers!

[@reesecole2031]

What did you expect an AC4400CW's cab?

[@balasheeda]

I hope you were not expecting a bed in the back 😉

[@crazyman762]

I toured the Cheyenne shops in 1997. We had the run of the place. If a door was not locked we were allowed to go in.. The DD40 was there but inside. I did not climb up on it. The complete business train was there but locked. The FEF and Challenger was there. Only the FEF was able to run. The Challenger was having repairs. GREAT tour. The above clip was nice, but fast. I wonder if it was a permission given walk through or a hit n run. Given the chance to do it again, I might have done the same thing! Thanks for sharing.

[@bobroberts7305]

If you want to see one of these (and cannot figure out where to find this one, still in operation): 13 still exist: 6900 - Kenefick Park, Omaha, Nebraska 6901 - Ross Park, Pocatello, Idaho 6911 - Mexico Museum of Technology, Mexico City 6913 - Museum of the American Railroad, Dallas, Texas 6915 - Southern California Chapter, Railway and Locomotive Historical Society, Fairplex, Pomona, California 6916 - Utah State Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah 6922 - Cody Park, North Platte, Nebraska 6925 - Stored at Chamberlain, South Dakota, on Dakota Southern Railway 6930 - Illinois Railway Museum, Union, Illinois. Used as a control cab only, engines and motors are currently non-operational. 6936 - Still in service with Union Pacific Heritage Fleet 6938 - North Little Rock, Arkansas (Sits in front of Jenks Locomotive Facility) 6944 - Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri, sent to Altoona in July 2014 for cosmetic restoration, which was completed in May 2015 and is now back on display at Museum of Transportation, St. Louis, Missouri in June 2015. 6946 - Western Pacific Railroad Museum, Portola, California. The last DDA40X built. This locomotive is fairly complete and on static display.

[@jerrygarner8115]

WOW! That thing is really massive! Next time,let us see all the working motors. Plus,I believe those are the biggest fuel tanks I have ever seen on a train,but,that thing as big as it is,probably uses a lot of fuel just to keep all those rail cars moving! Great video!

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

8,000+ gallons

[@surendramenon4669]

Much appreciate the Maintaince Team, The Yard is so clean. Well kept, May this be Thumb Rule. ❤️

[@glennsrailroading]

They should have had the doors open. I want to see the prime movers and what else is under the "hoods".

[@travelingtom923]

I will be making a video in the future, going into more detail, of the DD40X including opening the carbody doors and other parts of the locomotive. It will likely be either be in Ogden or North Platte.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Glenn Schwass same here

[@tonkingulfyachtclub8111]

Yes, that's why I clicked...to see "inside," meaning the engines.

[@4gauge10]

@@travelingtom923 You'll see a pair of V 16-cylinder 2-cycle turbocharged diesel engines capable of 3,300 hp.a piece. These are common GMC built 567"prime movers".(6,600 hp.total output at full throttle) The engine is capable of about 130,000 pounds of drawbar pull.

[@HighAway]

have you yet??? i wanna see the real gut of a beast that's diesel powered!

[@MarkBrown5150]

Now that is a piece of equipment. I have seen it in person last time 844 came to Roseville, CA

[@wyocoloexperience7025]

These beasts roar through Laramie, Wyoming every day. I love it.

[@Elfnetdesigns]

Maybe the SD70ACe's or GE's but not this one. the DD40X's are museum pieces now

[@warrencaudle4995]

I lived near the Hinkle OR yards. These Centennials used to come rumbling down the rails. largest consist I ever saw was 3 of them, plus 2 or 3 SD40-2's on the rear, headed up the Blue Mountains. They were indeed a sight to behold.

[@warrencaudle4995]

and your comment is what?

[@rusty49able]

Jeeze talk about tractive effort ! How were you able to start the train w/o tearing it up ? ..... 12 or 18 traction motors on the SD's and 24 on the big boys that equals 36 or 42 Traction motors ! We were only allowed 24 working TM's on our property (Class 1 RR on the East Coast) on account of potential train handling problems.

[@warrencaudle4995]

The helpers are still used on the Blue Mountain grade from Hinkle. It is a 2% and higher grade.

[@rusty49able]

that is one hefty grade ! Lots of fun no doubt challenging !

[@johntapp1650]

@@warrencaudle4995 as to the comment, let me submit: consists have split up with the advent of remote control. The DDA40X even had circuitry adaptable to this technology, making this one of their undoings; 2. The four-axle "D" trucks. They were long and straight, and most likely fought curves like steam engines. Powerful and impressive they were, and long lasting. But the days of high head end power are near over.

[@daveicc495]

My father would have been in awe if he saw that. He worked for the ICGRR when the locomotives were going out of style. I wish I could have showed him these videos.

[@mark97213]

I always had the impression these engines had some livable space inside somewhere. Learn something new everyday.

[@bradhardy2629]

They put us up in motels at the end of the trip. .

[@randallbyrd1973]

What a beautiful locomotive Thank you for sharing

[@BRP42]

Wow! Just Wow! Amazing how neat and clean that engine is!

[@MrMopar413]

Great video never , ever get tired of this stuff.

[@Trinigrover]

What a beast, it looks like the union of two engines into one.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

It basically is.

[@Blackscorpion1963]

Stunning vid! I wouldn't have had the necessary courage to prevent the temptation of either 1. starting her up, or 2. driving off in her...

[@verastaki]

That's the largest EMD locomotive ever built by Electro-Motive Division. One of my favorite locomotives. I've heard they had trouble on curved rails and would derail because of the size of it's trucks. 8-axle unit. Sad that they are not as common these days.

[@travelingtom923]

Yes on some tight curves one wheel tended to pop out. I remember when a DDA40X came to Seattle one time to use the wye. They had to grease the rails first.

[@dudleyrathborne9849]

hi there . i was surprised by the comment of the big trucks getting caught up on curves . Had the same problem with an H.O . scale model . So now it sits as a display peace .

[@riochcogan8913]

This is my favourite U.S. diesel loco. Thanks for the post.

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

great train video

[@scooter95mph]

It was the 4 axle trucks that did this locomotive in. Kept straightening out the curves

Fantastic. Thanks for the share and she sure is a beautiful piece of engineering. Take care.

[@JMVvideosByDjMarty]

I read some years ago they will build a new one like that, but something longer and with 10 axles...

[@TheKurtsPlaceChannel]

Very nice video and fun to watch. Have a nice day.

[@TheTheratfarmer]

EMD is the best locaomatove and nuc. power plant back up generator.

[@robertross804]

thanks from liberty ky nice tour

[@dudleyrathborne9849]

Way back in the late 1960's EMD made 3 demonstrators . The DD-25 ( It may be DD-50 ) One was an A unit ,the other 2 were B units . While EMD was sending them out on tour , the Great Oil Embargo of the very early 1970's struck ,and these Monsters where no longer cost effective . The only thing i have of this model , is an H.O scale ..A Unit , which is proudly displayed with my other collection of Diesels . While it is true that i fell in love with model RailRoading , i now use them as static displays . And i am an avid Model builder . As such i have re-painted and marked both Passenger and Freight and Locomotives into both CPR and CNR markings . I moved beyond playing with them , into useing them as Models . It has given me a life time of pleasure ....DGR

[@FFred-us9tw]

Their was never a DD25 or DD50. The Predecessor to the DDA40X was the DD35A and DD35B. UP bought the demonstrators and then ordered an additional 25. UP and SP were ultimately the only railroads to buy any and SP only had 3.

[@dudleyrathborne9849]

@@FFred-us9tw Hi Fred ..Thank you for your reply , and for correcting my major mistakes . I was considerably younger back in the 60's and 70's .I was getting confused between the U-50 and the DD-35a .Thanks for your help .

[@FFred-us9tw]

@@dudleyrathborne9849 that’s what we’re here for. To learn!

[@dudleyrathborne9849]

@@FFred-us9tw Hi Fred . Back in the 60's i was a kid with an 12 by 4 foot train table . I also had the good fortune of being able to hang out at the Montreal West train stn when CP rail was running 3 premium passenger services . The Canadian , The Atlantic and the Quebec City run . I was lucky to also see the NY Central ,and the Erie Lackawanna passenger services . That was great fun .Talk to you later .

[@cellogirl11rw55]

Thanks for sharing!

[@wildbill9919]

Nice vodeo. l've been inside the cab of UP 6922 in North Platte Nebraska.

[@shadowsdad903]

Looks like a nice day in Cheyenne.

[@markflaherty7960]

Beautiful engine. I would have thought the interior would have been more high tech. More comfortable seating as well

[@harrimanfox8961]

It was built in 1969..

[@frankcrawford416]

What a sweet ride!

[@sadorusvillageof1702]

Officially it is DDA40X. Also, the "hole" in the middle is a walkway so you don't have to go all the way to the end of the unit to get to the other side. The first 3 units were delivered at 7000 hp! The were later de-rated to 6600 hp by changing the injectors. Don't know why. You would think that as great as these units were at 6600hp they would have been Super at 7000 hp!

[@tomedgar4375]

I was told they caused more wear on the rails due to weight and power. Might be the reason for derating

[@DavidBrown-cp2vm]

What is a "Commissary Services Four in One Car" ? @ 2:21.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Its a food services and or other goods on rails. And also various other railroad business

[@DavidBrown-cp2vm]

@@chaosdemonwolf1 Thank you.

[@jimjones8300]

I love locomotives I guess that comes from working on the water with massive 16 to 20 cyl engine's . I really want to work the railroad now

[@jarhead4God]

you are about 30-35 years to late. Working on railroads (at least it was on the SPRR) in the late 70's through the late 80's was a blast. But after the up merger one had to keep a watchful eye over his shoulders because a trainmaster would be lurking ready to give you an unpaid unscheduled vacation if you failed to dot every "I" and cross every "t"

[@rolpfeiffermuller935]

Th2 sharing the Outstanding vid.Bliss

[@jonathan_careless]

What's in the tanks on the outside along the railing?

[@raymondbermudez5660]

Jonathan Careless Those are fuel tanks the smaller tank resting above the fuel tank is the air tank for the brakes if I’m not mistaken

[@dennislapalme4385]

Those are sand tanks. The locomotives use sand for traction.

[@daleburrell6273]

Well, "...beauty is in the eye of the beholder"-!!!

[@alanfbrookes9771]

I used to frequently see these Centennial units in Oakland, California. They had such a short life. I never understood why they withdrew them from service.

[@mccoy79productions66]

Nice job!

[@kdolo100]

Wish it was more comfortable inside.. Then again, you have to always be alert.

[@jonathanerickson1543]

Sooooo, do train crews need to train in on specific engines? Or are there pretty universal systems used?

[@voidjavelin23]

not much tbh because twin diesel prime mover/engine locomotive already exist before DDA40X was a thing like the E units

[@2kanchoo]

I heard of these but didn't know they were so old, or 8 axle. I can't imagine 6600hp with no computers to mitigate wheel slip. These bad boys could rip knuckles easy haha.

[@Vonwra]

Guys what your looking at is Rhodes islands with wheels

[@Justrandomvideos-2023]

Almost two in one locomotive I've seen one and only one of those 9 years ago I've been playing "sim train 3" recently and getting gold metals for my success in missions i bet I can operate that diesel

[@bestamerica]

' wow large engine train with 8 axles... that is so big super heavy duty

[@mitchellyardanoff4666]

How many still exist today? Does Jay Leno own one?

[@atmtech72]

According to Wikepedia There is only 1 still in service though 13 have been preserved and 34 have been scrapped.

[@paulie2tanks]

Did you lay a gas muffin in the cab at about 1:14?

[@TheSwamynathan]

Nice to see a bell near the steps.In Aussie trains & LCs bells are there.

[@waiyanhung8326]

Would you tell me this train how many years old ? How many horse power ? Use which type engine ?

[@stanpatterson5033]

Was built in 1967. Both diesel engines together make 6600hp (3300 each) and the engines are 2 × EMD 645E3A . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMD_DDA40X

[@davidklink3084]

Does that one ever go through garrett pa before or not

[@travelingtom923]

No the Union Pacific does not have tracks through there.

[@davo8955]

Would love to have seen what’s powering it.

[@voidjavelin23]

2 EMD 16-645 prime movers

[@marisarap5788]

I had a question which your film did not answer! Is there a bathroom for the operators to use? There must be..

[@FFred-us9tw]

Yes, down in the nose.

[@eduardogallegos8645]

Gracias por todo y espero que le den la oportunidad a union pacific

[@Tidores_Tadores]

is the DDA40X still operating in the US? and how many units have there been?

[@travelingtom923]

There is one operational DDA40X which is the one in the video. 47 were produced.

[@voidjavelin23]

theres is only one DDA40X that operates, No. 6936 which is now on RailRoad Heritage of Midwest America

[@Bako751]

The door that goes into the nose, is that were the restroom is? Or is there no restroom?

[@travelingtom923]

Yes there is a toilet in there.

[@Jungleland33]

Can anyone tell me what those gravestone shaped things are at the sides?

[@vighneshmisal7118]

They are sandbox, whenever there's a wheelslip they release sand between wheel and rail to get a good traction and prevent wheelslip

[@Jungleland33]

@@vighneshmisal7118 thanks for that . I was thinking it might be something to do with fuel or coolant.

[@CHEVYSORCROWNS]

Is there a bathroom on board?

[@FFred-us9tw]

Yes, in the nose.

[@jimjones8300]

What's down in the front behind that door ? Damnit I want to see it all inside and out !!

[@travelingtom923]

Working on video as we speak where I open nearly everything on the DD40X and explain how everything works.

[@clubbingtracks]

Top vidéo Big likes 👍

[@jamesdupuis4821]

Great video and it's a first time that I noticed that it has a 3 person crew in the cab

[@fridaynighthikes]

Is the thin tank at :25 for sand ?

[@travelingtom923]

Yes it is.

[@fridaynighthikes]

Thanks! I've wondered that for years.

[@williamrichardson9475]

American super power, what a monster.

[@NaYawkr]

To Take a DUMP the driver puts it on auto-pilot and launches one over the side, or he waits to stop at a McDonald's.

[@raymondbermudez5660]

This is an awesome locomotive I have two questions the first one is why didn’t southern Pacific use these types of locomotives? And second why did Union Pacific retire them?

[@12345anton6789]

Raymond Bermudez they are 40 years old, to expensive to maintain and operate.

[@raymondbermudez5660]

Henning Kaasa Thank you 🙏 my friend for answering my question I was wondering about the locomotive

[@Putaspellonyou]

@@12345anton6789 50 years old!

[@themanfromcabowabo1559]

They retired them after 10 years of use in 1980ish. Some had 2,000,000 miles on them.

[@FEDERALSIGNALTECH]

What a beautiful piece of machinery from what I have read it's two SD 60 engines put together and I was wondering if it still has the original NATHAN AIRCHIME M5 Horn and I'm not sure about the engine if it was the dual SD 60 Engines or something else but I bet it guzzles the fuel tank capacity pretty quick and it's a beast and it's definitely the king of the diesel locomotives in my opinion to bad EMD DIDN'T MAKE IT A FULL PRODUCT and I bet other railroad companies would have loved to that kind of power not to mention that the GENERAL ELECTRIC evolution hybrid is good but not the king even though it's cleaner and greener on energy but I prefer the power over efficiency as a matter of fact I have a gaming PC that I love but it's one of the energy star 80 plus efficient ones that really sacrifices performance and it's an ACER PREDATOR ORION 3000-UA91 That is maxed out with a NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 And then INTEL CORE I7 EXTREME PROCESSOR AND A 1TB HDD AND A 512 GB SSD BUT IT HAS A POWER HUNGRY GRAPHICS CARD THE NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3070 Witch at least needs 650 watts of power not 500 watts witch below the minimum specs and I still don't know why ACER did that but there are some with the 650Watt power supply but mine was not one of those.

[@travelingtom923]

The SD60 engine is a 710 which has slightly more cubic inches per cylinder (710 to 645). I do believe it has the original horn.

[@SorryWereOpen247]

2 questions....How many of these units were produced ?....Are they still in service ?

[@travelingtom923]

47 were produced and only one is in service and operational. 12 others are on display.

[@SorryWereOpen247]

Traveling Tom .... Thank you for your response !

[@freakindawgen]

Wow that was interesting. Would have like seeing inside the panels. What is that area that goes into the nose?

[@travelingtom923]

That is mostly empty except the toilet. I will be making another video on the inside of this locomotive including opening all the doors in July.

[@adrianmontelongo9707]

Beautiful nice trains.

[@syedjavedahmad9719]

wow never seen one with huge diesel tank. you did not show the bathroom. why?

[@travelingtom923]

See this video for the bathroom. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4Oxlq1_n8lgfac

[@ericseckman6138]

Looks like the yard in Cheyenne Wyoming near the downtown overpass

[@anthony851]

The 4 axle bogies would require easy curvature, not something we have in NZ. Anthony

[@CardboardSliver]

They actually flex in the middle.

[@skullfracture2]

Plot twist… OP didn’t get permission to do the tour and was just wandering through the railyard and saw the train. 😮

[@JohnBehring]

That is a clean engine.

[@haraldpettersen3649]

The engines ?

[@billmoran3812]

Harald Pettesen the standard EMD 16-645 turbo engine used in most road locomotives of that era. It just has two of them. It’s actually not a great idea to put 6600 HP on a single 6 axle locomotive. With only those 6 axles, wheel spin becomes more of an issue. The same power produced by two MU’d locomotives would have twice as many wheels both for traction and braking, and would handle tight curves better. That’s why they didn’t make more of them. Same reason that putting 4,000 hp in a GP series 4 axle locomotive was a bad idea. Too much wheel slip with all that hp and only 4 axles.

[@palangnar3588]

First time saw insinde of one of these, i always wonder how much co$t one of these.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

1.5 to 2 million.

[@FFred-us9tw]

When the 40 unit order was purchased in 1969 the cost per unit was around $552,000 per locomotive. So with inflation, that would be around $3.5 million each. That’s still cheap considering a modern freight locomotive is around $3 million now.

[@frankcrawford416]

Is this engine still in use?

[@travelingtom923]

Yes it is. Mostly special excursion trains.

[@Finsami71]

That's more like a damn ship ...

[@Cr4z3d]

Is that a whistle on top? Very interesting.

[@travelingtom923]

No there is a steam locomotive nearby. The Union Pacific #844.

[@jimmclaughlin5930]

So one of those is the equivalent of two SD40-2 must have been something to see three of those together hauling a couple miles of cars behind.thats 6 SD 40-2

[@conantdog]

Wow that's quite a large fuel tank 👍

[@pooliramesh4497]

Beautiful diesel engine

[@dankerr6914]

Where was this video taken? It looked like there were a couple Milw Rd engines and a caboose there too.

[@sttreetboy]

They should grease the door or is it kept creaking so that it makes a ghoulish noise to keep the pilots awake?

[@bobbymardiantoro]

is there any cabin for the driver for rest on the locomotive ??

[@stanpatterson5033]

No. You can't pull a train into a truckstop and curl up in the sleeper. The train makes it to a pre-determined location where either the train terminates, or a fresh crew takes it further, and the old crew gets a hotel room (or if the crew change is at their home terminal, they take their asses home and sleep in their own beds). Sometimes if there has been unprecedented delays, the crew on duty risks "going dead" or running out of working hours, and must be relieved before or at the end of their time limit, so a re-crew must be sent out to wherever the train has been stopped. Crews must keep their eye on the time periodically, and advise dispatch of their remaining time before timing out, and with this information, dispatch can pre-plan to get a crew into a taxi or company car and get them out to the meet location so that the outlawed crew isn't sitting there too long, wasting more time while the train isn't moving. These kind of hand-offs actually happen quite a lot due to problems and delays, and the original crew of the train should have made it to a terminal, but didn't or can't because of any number of problems that kept the train from making "normal" progress between points. Sometimes, two trains will meet at a pre-determined spot about half-way between major terminals, and the crews will get out and swap trains, each crew taking the other train that they just met, back in the direction they came from on the first train. As for sleeping, crews are not supposed to sleep while on duty, however sometimes when there is a really bad delay due to whatever screwup is ahead of them, if they are stuck sitting in some desolate spot, one can sneak in a snooze in his chair while the other remains awake and alert, but of course this is completely unofficial and doesn't get spoken of in the presence of company officials.

[@davidklink3084]

So is csx the next biggest locomotive or not just thought I would ask?

[@voidjavelin23]

i dont think so since they dont even try to do some crazy superpower single unit experiment like UP does

[@db417]

I don't know if it's still the largest. The Indian railways DLW-EMD Wdg 5 locomotive looked pretty big too. Don't know it's specifications but it looked quite big.

[@harrimanfox8961]

The Indian locomotive is dwarfed by this in all stats