Lots of SMOKE! Dirty Diesel Locomotives Throttling & Blowing Exhaust!

[@reverserestorations26]

I remember seeing Alco Century series engines roll past my hometown on the former BC Rail back when they were well maintained and running clean. Their horns are the sound of my childhood.

[@terrywallace8922]

BACK THEN, THE RAILROADS TOOK CARE OF THEIR LOCOMOTIVES!TODAY, THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT TAKING CARE OR THEM! AS LONG AS THEY ARE MAKING MONEY FOR THE RAILROADS, THIS IS ALL THE RAILROADS CARE ABOUT!THEY WORK THE LOCOMOTIVES HARD ,WITHOUT ANY MAINTENANCE AND CARE.HENCE THE BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM THEM!THIS SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LLIVE AND BREATHE IN THEIR SMOKE! LOCOMOTIVE MAINTENANCE SHOULS BE A PRIORITY FOR THE RAILROADS TO KEEP THE EQUIPMENT PROPERLY MAINTAINED.ABD IF THEY DONT, THEN THERE SHOULD BE SEVERE PENALTIES IMPOSED ON THEM WHEN THEY FAIL TO GIVE THE LOCOMOTIVES THE RIGHT MAINTENANCE THEY NEED! THERE'S NO REASON OR EXCUSE FOR ANY OF THESE LOCOMOTIVES TO SUFFER LIKE THIS! THE RAILROADS MUST GO BACK TO GIVING THEM THE PROPER MAINTENANCE AND KEEPING THEM CLEAN,AS WELL AS CHANGING THEIR AIR FILTERS AND KEEPING THEM TUNED UP! NO EXCUSES!

[@ljones121]

​@Terry Wallace or ya know Alcos just smoke as they take off and the turbo spins up, same with GE and EMD. All diesels smoke as they start up.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

I had Mack trucks that used to blow black smoke like that

[@StaxRail]

Over here in the UK we call excessive power 'thrash' and excessive exhaust 'clag'-both are appreciated by enthusiasts

[@Samxd90]

In india we call chugging

[@dennisyoung4631]

Clag = *Soot!*

[@kevinrichards3288]

4:07 Damn that diesel locomotive is letting almost as much smoke out the top as those steam locomotives did back in the day.

[@mjwatershark1881]

I know right

[@abhigyandasgupta7730]

LOL

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Smoking fit for Russia,” like a 3te10u...

[@generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944]

Lol

[@rastewart100]

All environmentalist: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Me: NOW THATS A LOTTA DAMAGE!!!

[@joeystrains.9316]

When an Alco goes by, it shouts, " Are you not entertained?!! Are you not entertained?!!

[@vincentrockafella665]

Ratrodjoeys Trains 😆😆

[@ronaldmorrison6013]

That was good!!!

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Soot! Glorious Soot!”

[@generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944]

LOL

[@generalprincecodyhedgewolf2944]

Turbo chargers cause locomotives to smoke

[@delmerroyster599]

Childhood fascination at 8:41 CSX multiple units..coming around the bend..

[@leehuff2330]

630 was a beautiful unit. Those old ALCOs always remind me of the Penn Central days.

[@Greatdome99]

Actually all that black smoke is just airborne carbon particles ("soot")--harmless, except on toast. It's due to an overly rich fuel-air mixture entering the cylinders before the turbo gets a chance to spool up and deliver the proper amt of air ("turbo lag"). Alco used Woodward Governor fuel controls--who also supplied fuel governors to early jet engines, though not the same kind!.

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Does the Engine have Soot?”

[@K8S450DR]

Interesting info, but only small correction what about the soot - as long as I know, soot as itself actually is relatively harmless, but toxic and carcinogenetic substances produced during incomplete burning of diesel (f. e. aromatic hydrocarbons like benzoapyrene, benzene...) are caught on soot.

[@ianmarcRoxU]

Saw a guy recently videoing some railroad activity from a perforated-steel pedestian overpass. Locomotive just beneath overpass belched out a plume of black exhaust all over the guy's self-described brand new, $300., impossibly WHITE, white skinny jeans. Pretty sure he had a different opinion on the harmlessness of soot😆

[@CoasterFan2105]

Wow, those sure are some dirty diesels! Awesome video!

[@CentralPennRailProductions]

Thanks Mike!

[@djtrainman2]

@CoasterFan2105, have you seen this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGS5m4imbtStbtE

[@ModelingSteelinHO]

Alco 4:05 takes the cake. Hands down good ole Alco. Great video !

[@semaphoresignal8275]

I'm betting that's an ex. BRC unit?

[@eugenkramaric1173]

@51HankySpanky Yes.

[@paulwarner5395]

Honorary steam Loco.

[@ModelingSteelinHO]

@@paulwarner5395 That's for sure.

[@foosington]

Sure it's not just straight up rolling coal?

[@jjr897]

Still cleaner and more efficient then any battery powered cars.

[@amtrak713productions8]

Man I miss those csx 60’s and 70’s great vid

[@russellruble8795]

Obama won't like to see this videos

[@amtrak713productions8]

Lol trump will though

[@russellruble8795]

So will you lmfao Trump all the way

[@bootchop88]

@@russellruble8795 to hell w obama

[@russellruble8795]

Bootchop88 Obama is already in hell

[@bkriegel95]

That Conrail GE towards the beginning just had a flat out blown turbo

[@Henry5623]

Honestly I would just about bet money it didn't have a blown turbo but rather either a injector that was trying to stick or some oil that was getting past some piston rings and ultimately getting blown out into the exhaust manifold where it was igniting. I've seen U-boats do the same thing for the same reasons. I could argue that it could be some aging wearing valves allowing oil/unburnt diesel to make it's way into the manifold which would cause the same reaction. That said if a turbo is blown it'd be belching out thick black smoke/flames pretty much continuously. Not spitting out smoke/flames kind of intermittently like that ex Conrail C40-8W was doing.

[@Eggomania86]

I've seen UP newly restored 4014 Big Boy burn a cleaner stack than some of these diesels.

[@railsimsproductions]

4:04 “I just wanna be like Big Boy”. 😭

[@dannylittle6766]

So many extinct things in this video-Conrail blue, NS roadrailers, the CSX YN1 paint scheme (mostly). Crazy that the Alcos are still alive and well on the Delaware & Hudson.

[@njandparailfan6332]

Danny Little there was no YN1 in the video but there was YN2

[@keystoneraillink2110]

Ya know, I live near the NS meadville line and Wnyp oil city branch. It's really cool to see these reuploads of old railroad operations from my childhood. And in HD at that!

[@keystoneraillink2110]

Dobbies Revenge the clips I was referring to in particular were from 2010. That was 9 years ago and things were way different back then. So that’s what I mean when I say “old”.

[@georgeacton7918]

Those Alcos notorious for lots of smoke.

[@zugsirene9947]

A 2th part is welcome ;). I love the Dieselengines in USA. In Germany we have the "Ludmila 232" but this engine isn't comparable

[@onlyincanadaapity1883]

At 9:40 what sweet sound . Just churning up those diesel. Nice video thanks

[@spookerz35]

Not much says "America" more than older locomotives, especially ALCOs, belching smoke into the sky. Plus the scenery in these little towns is great to see. Awesome job on these videos!

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

nothing smoked and chugged like the old U-BOATS. U25Bs were about the best for this.

[@denn606]

ALCO was king

[@jayjdietrich]

I love the smoke obscuring the wind turbines! Take THAT, you greenie weenies!

[@supercuda1950]

Makes up for all those smokeless videos (boring) I have watched. Lights, camera, smoke'm if ya got em. Tier 4 rest in peace! Great video. I'll have to watch it again to get another wiff of diesel.

[@chrishinnant3924]

I love the smell of locomotive smoke.

[@evondy3654]

Me too

[@Gummadimadhavi05373]

N mee tooo so much

[@denn606]

I grew up with the C&NW in.my backyard, walking the old creasoted ties with spilt tar in pools on a hot July day, dodging the old ALCO RS3s switching the yard, music to my ears and those memory making smells!

[@donaldronk1378]

Would you rather see one or two diesel trucks for every boxcar on the highway? Or a car for every person on the road for every passenger on the train? Looks to me like the smoke is a better trade-off for efficient transportation. I guess newer locomotives might be better.

[@dennisyoung4631]

The new Siemens locomotives (Amtrak) seem to have less Soot than the P42s. Bummer.

[@cameronriccio6050]

When I get in my TDI jetta every morning I aspire to be like this lmaoo

[@mta224]

This is awesome!You know,EVERY time I see those ex Belt Railway of Chicago C424s they are belching plumes of black smoke.Even in still photos;also giving them kudos for wearing Nathan P 3s!!!

[@phuturephunk]

5:07 Conrail just kicked in, yo.

[@Ghghgh1234]

Best train video ever

[@repro7780]

Awesome vid! Love it! Nice fire out of the stack on CR 7343!

[@JamesTyreeII]

Love the ALCOs

[@craigpennington1251]

Those 4 cycle diesels smoke a lot more than the 2 cycle ones do. We had some old Alcos on the line were I worked years ago. At night, they would belch fire out the stack under a load.

[@jeremynorman5329]

Absolutely fantastic. Loved every second. Sat here in the Uk knowing I will probably never see these for real...but loved it

[@PaulsDMVRailroadsandAviation]

The first clip has the two loudest SD70MACs I’ve ever heard. Also, the two clips from 8:40-10:05 with the SD40-2 and SD60 leader are pretty loud too

[@TheRealRajo6466]

10:05 is more like an SD60 not a SD40-2 8:40 is a SD40-2

[@ADIX2400]

10:05is an HLCX ex UP SD60

[@mwand89]

Those smoking diesels are like honorary steam locomotives because I suggest that diesel is "liquefied coal".

[@andrewhatton1606]

Mabry Anderson wrong

[@4gauge10]

@@andrewhatton1606 That's why it's called"rolling coal".

[@cliftondean4333]

Sorry, pal. Steam locomotives, on the whole, are a lot cleaner than the diesels featured here.

[@4gauge10]

@@cliftondean4333 Nope,watch some of the"Big-Boy"videos,these things are horrible at best compared to diesel ANYTHING.

[@danieltaz6555]

Mabry Anderson I had a work truck that gave out the black smoke liquid coal

[@jgehbinv]

Bring on the howling diesels belching smoke! :D

[@surimenon9260]

Brilliant... ONLY POWER AND GRACE...

[@just-incase3483]

It’s cool how the smoke tornadoes out of the exhaust stack!

[@johnjablonski1278]

love the blast of diesel from a locomotive..... more the better

[@evondy3654]

I love all the heavy black smoke in the air!

[@ksrailfan1008]

conrail quality is spittn fire

[@nocoaviation8353]

Gotta love Alco

[@kellcash6800]

Earth day everyday lmao

[@treystewart544]

That diesel train is burning up fuel

[@Shane-Singleton]

Wow nothing runs dirty like an Alco Century Series, apparently. Not even the older RS3's!

[@ThroneOfBhaal]

'Conrail Quality' *is on fire*

[@RailFan1981]

Lovely compilation! Music to ears & eyes :)

[@johnclarke2814]

Unless you live next to the RR tracks

[@helmut23456]

One of my favorite videos of trains! I love all the throttling and smoke; woop!

[@ricksadler797]

Better than the British cold start vids on here

[@jodypearce9515]

Even though the locomotive is diesel, by the smoke you can evidently tell the ghosts of the old steam locomotives still run the iron road.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Yep. That’s the part that make these “Romantic” - they have *soot,* just like the old steamies used to have.

[@fadlitv9353]

I like locomotive with smoke, that's looks Awesome

[@BrianW._1313]

Dude....... that's what I'm talking about...!!!!! 🙌 👍👍 😁

[@johnjablonski1278]

gotta love them Alco's century units

[@Lynchfan88]

Diesel burning, smoke blowing & cargo delivering. At 2:56 that lil helper that comes through is almost wearing the old Burlington Route paint scheme. At 3:24 the heritage Delaware & Lackawanna power is AWESOME!! Another stellar Central Penn Rail Productions offering!!

[@Youberc]

Holy.. 04.08 Carve me a slice of exhaust. That was thick.

[@SeaboardStudios]

clauslr the 04.80 is not crecte it’s 4:08

[@Tom-Lahaye]

You could paint a blackboard with those fumes, it was almost a liquid!

[@Youberc]

@@SeaboardStudios I'm sure people are able to find the timestamp without me making a correct timelink. By the way. Please double check your own writing before correcting others 😊

[@dennisyoung4631]

Ye *Alco* hath Soot, and is Righteous!

[@mike6206]

Nice starter with some Sand Patch climbin'!

[@centralmarylandrailfan7887]

5:36 only an alco 😂

[@user-xy1lp8jx2h]

Love those smoking Alcos.Years ago when I was Little kid and lived near the Maybrook line of the NYNH&H RR they were using Alco FA1 diesels.You could really see the black smoke when these diesels were starting off or when they were pulling hard up a grade.

[@kidcoleman586]

I commonly see the Metrolink MP36s spewing out black smoke as they pass by.

[@MrCarsandguitars]

Man 7343 was crazy, shooting flames and everything

[@cedarvalleyrail8419]

This video is teir0+ rated by the EPA

[@michaelmcdougall4527]

Looking Good 😮👍🏻🚂🎩

[@frankiecrocker]

Great video! Up close, smokey and loud. Bravo!

[@chriseason2785]

4:01 This dude knows exactly what's going on.

[@evondy3654]

Awesome! Love all the heavy smoke in the air!

[@JD-ct6dq]

Ya! The pollution is great!

[@philipmayle5673]

@@JD-ct6dq 2:30 I wish I could stand on this bridge and inhale the black smoke 😍

[@JD-ct6dq]

@@philipmayle5673 it sure does make the air dirty! I agree wish there was even more black smoke being pumped out into the air so we can breath it into our lungs! Smells and feels great!

[@TomPauls007]

had to wipe my pc off after viewing! Breath deep spotters!

[@BNSFBishop]

Nice!!! Love the awesome smoke spewing out! 4:10 is that an old cast P3 I hear?

[@PennsyPro]

4:05 Only from an ALCO!

[@markhayes6407]

Alcos sounded the best at start up with a load and the smoke was equally nice. EMD's the Sd 40's sounded and smoked good too on grades. Too bad government got involved in "cleaning the air" while other countries still pollute worse than us today. Great shots and smoke.

[@nigelterry9299]

Love the ALCOs. Show offs!!!!

[@paulmartin8212]

These old engines need more air. Run the turbocharger faster. There's such a small power band on these it should be easy to clean these old engines up. We have the technology to determine proper air fuel ratios and injection timing.

[@yardlimit8695]

i don't agree at all,,,,,,,,,,,,,i love seeing the BLACK SMOKE..,,,,,,,,,,,,,,how do you run a turbocharger faster you idiot,,,,,,,,,,,,it runs according to the exhaust pressure passing over the turbine wheel and then that turns the compressor wheel to force more air into the cylinder...........i bet you think all this black smoke has raised the temp. of the earth 5 degrees or more... IF SO,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOU'RE AN IDIOT...........BLACK SMOKE AND THE SMELL OF DIESEL FUEL FOREVER................TAKE THAT EPA...........

[@videosforfun123]

yard limit your stupid

[@wednesdayfrog139]

Alternate title: 19 minutes of greta thunberg frustration from railways

[@dennisyoung4631]

Maybe if she tries riding Amtrak, e.g. the Coast Starlight, from Portland to LA and back - she just might turn into a train-nut! (I know I sure did. It’s about the only time I think visible soot is a good thing.)

[@user-mr3ct1dm9p]

HOW. DARE. YOU!!!

[@thomasdempsey2433]

Thanks for that great video, good to see the old Conrail engines , thanks for all your efforts in the making of ths video, great job.

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

super video bro

[@KaciCooperations]

Verify with first reply of me

[@denn606]

Yep, ALCOs are smokers, grew up with them on the C&NW in my back yard!

[@dmgraham69]

HA HA, when a Diesel Loco becomes a Steam Loco

[@The747Isnotdead]

XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@greglaplante7593]

Ah the smell of locomotives fumes in the air !

[@yardlimit8695]

yes,,,,,,,,,,bring it on........beautiful............

[@Goofyboi2002]

The smell of locomotives in the morning

[@CurdsFromDaCulvers420]

Pickup trucks:I can create more smoke Semi trucks: No I can! ???: amateurs Semi and pickup trucks: what was that punk? Locomotives: AMATEURS!!!!

[@scottiebartz2534]

426 has sweet sounding horns

[@kimschaefer7855]

POWER pure POWER. Cool

[@lelomiliken7598]

Nice!!! 1:42 🔥🔥

[@cnes44ac80]

NOOOO NOT THE CONRAIL

[@Ghghgh1234]

This video is super great and Amazing

[@kevinrichards3288]

1:43 Fire breathin dragon

[@kevinrichards3288]

5:14 That second unit, I haven't seen 1 of those high nose locomotives in over 30 years. I didn't know some of those were still in service.

[@mrgone658]

@ 4:01...talk about 'throwing shade'...

[@thegardensentinel]

Love the stealth mode. "Squirt the squid ink"!! Where'd it go?

[@apmazurka]

Excellent Video my Friend.

[@littlegoatgt]

nothing says performance like spewing unused fuel into the air

[@yardlimit8695]

AMEN

[@Jleed989]

If it was unused, wouldn’t it be liquid?

[@bonzolo2358]

Jleed989 he means unused energy, from the fuel

[@K-Effect]

They need to keep the exhaust lubricated so it doesn't rust in the winter time.🤥

[@ronaldmorrison6013]

If you try to duplicate the fuel burnt to pulling power ratio, if you had all electric locomotives you still got to get the power from somewhere? If you got to have a product anywhere in the world and it has to come from another part of the world there will smoke behind it! No getting around it.

[@OutdoorsSC]

Nothing like the smell of dinosaur bones!! Feed the Coals to her Capt.

[@crazyfroggie6546]

4.07 damn that is some bad ass black smoke... think i would hate to live near a railroad in the US with all the air horns honking so long and loud

[@eugenkramaric1173]

4.00min WTFFFFFF is this ? Brutal.

[@noahater5785]

4:07, wow that's a LOT of black smoke, the EPA would probably have a heart attack if they saw that

[@shafiulcse]

then the EPA would get heat faliure if they saw this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHnWoWOHa66GeNE glad this clip is in india not the usa

[@JD-ct6dq]

Awesome! Love all the smoke

[@347chas]

Really enjoyed watching your video, thank you.

[@jackkilleen47]

ALCO's For Life!

[@joeystrains.9316]

By the way, this is a great headphones video.(cranked up)

[@13bgunbunny42]

My audio output goes to my stereo receiver

[@williamjones4483]

@4:05 Alco locomotive rolling coal.

[@MattsTrainArchive]

Nice video

[@ernestpassaro9663]

That’s an alco trademark!

[@spoulos123]

And my 2003 Toyota Camry has to get an e-check every year lol

[@fredtedstedman]

.........and I'm supposed to worry about how much pollution my 1000 cc Suzuki makes....................go figure . Wales UK.

[@mistersnapon]

GREAT STUFF!!!!!

[@cliftondean4333]

Before steam was abandoned, its efficiency had been improved to equal and in some cases exceed that of diesel. Steam was abandoned because it requires more maintenance than diesel. The problem occurs when the "modern" diesels are not maintained correctly. Some people claim that steam is dirtier than diesel, but just like other sources of power, fuel for steam can be a lot cleaner than coal. LNG , propane, or even hydrogen occurs to me. I suppose those sources of power could be used on diesel, too. But fuels that are gases at room temperature become pretty difficult to use for internal combustion engines. Such fuels used for steam would eliminate a lot of the routine maintenance needed and go a ways to eliminating prejudice about the dirty pollution it produces.