Seaboard Coast Line EMD SD45 Cold Start and Light Engine Move

"Clinchfield SD45 3632" (Seaboard Coast Line #2024) had been getting work done all day with the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum crew. Being practically dormant for at least a year, it sat in the back of the East Tennessee Technology Park complex for pretty much the entire day getting a fuel injector replaced and various other tune-ups on its EMD 645 engine.
As the sun was setting, they fired it up and got it up and running in one go. They gave a good few blows of the RS5T and coupled up with Clinchfield F3A 800 before running both locomotives moved back to the main office area of the SARM.

[@alfredbutler6591]

We had that loco on (then NIWX 8924) the Eastern Washington Gateway RR from 2007 until 8/9/2012 when she was retired. I put 2,296 miles on her as my leader plus many more when she was in the consist. Not bad for a part-time employee on a 109 mile long RR! 8924 was always reliable and never failed us. I was beyond happy to see her saved and restored as CRR 3632. I got to see her in 2019 at Oak Ridge TN and it was an emotional time for me.

[@michaelgough6977]

Man that hunt for an idle is probably one Of my all time favorite sounds

[@Trains-With-Shane]

Yeah the governor always makes the big 2-strokes fun on cold starts. That cool sound is amplified by the turbocharger in this case. Such a great mechanical noise. Same with the smaller Detroit diesels they like to hunt around a bit on cold starts as well. No coincidence that they're related to the big EMD's.

[@easternroutemainlinevideos6823]

Those horn skills are a flex alone. Sweet video!

[@Trains-With-Shane]

The RS5T is an excellent sounding horn!

[@LordAtmo]

One of my favorites! Big fan of the Leslie horns in general though.

[@dmoneygc2086]

Best horn there is for a locomotive, in my personal opinion.

[@TrainTrackTrav]

That SD45 is awesome, but holy crap those horn valve skills! DANG!! At first I was like "Ugh, a K5LA on an F-unit, 🙄" but that quilling totally made up for it and then some. That was hot!

[@RaisedLetter]

Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Eastern Tennessee. They got the good stuff. Another note, when I last saw the F unit, they had a Leslie 5 chime of some sort on it.

[@mrsurfliner149]

That has gotta be one of the best sounding trains i've ever heard that SD45!! Thumbs up from me

[@DAN87NATIONAL]

2:15 the “one-up!” Sound got me 😂

[@AhmedRaza-ll5yv]

Man what a machine! I am in love with SDs specially SD45s, looks a real beast in black. 😍

[@LordAtmo]

2:15 when the horn sequence is so glorious that the unit got an extra life.

[@lovecntrains2732]

That's the greatest K5Ia I have ever heard in my life it was so loud and quick and wow the RS5T was great too I don't know what to pick to be honest great job man

[@davidhopson729]

Pull Cord on the F unit. Perfect for "feathering" the horns. You can feather on the second generation EMD, GE, ALCo locomotives. But nothing beats the pull cord!!!!!!

[@JoshJFit]

The pull cords are THE best for horn blowing. I thought it was pretty cool that Amtrak decided to use the pull cord on the AEM-7s.

[@romanaugusto5195]

😮😮😮😮😮😮WHAT A WONDERFULL IMAGES, SOUNDS, AND EVERYTHING!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING BOYS!!!

[@prasanthjackson8416]

Wow!!! The Best Music i ever heard..

[@harrimanfox8961]

i LOVE the sound of that early K5

[@alcopower5710]

Outstanding video……….2 awesome locomotives 👍

[@weavernutz22]

Love the sound of that engine

[@maxmax8550]

Que hermosa locomotora!!!! Que bello sonido del motor..... O mi Dios

[@trashrabbit69]

Man, I don't know which horn is better.

[@erikthepirate8068]

Well Done!

[@izzynutz2000]

Awesome video...

[@BritishRail60062]

I love that air horn!

[@dieglhix]

ok this is my favourite diesel train, it looks kinda mad max-like

[@gugagu-my2hi]

Essa sim e a verdadeira buzina de locomotiva a mais top das buzinas simplesmente uma harmonia .

[@levisheets4519]

grate one

[@adwaradwar1690]

Sounds engine is epic 😍🤪

[@truckinman86]

Hearing an EMD hunt for idle makes me think of her little Detroit Diesel brothers.

[@redleader6442]

Did... that engine just collect a 1-UP mushroom? 2:14

[@RaisedLetter]

my notification tone lol forgot to silence my phone

[@redleader6442]

@@RaisedLetter I see. I like the idea of prime movers getting Mario powerups, though. Imagine an old Union Pacific GTEL getting a red Super Mushroom.

[@trainlover123trainsrock]

@@redleader6442 then it would be able to run like new again!

[@tamsinosborne3593]

David and lots of push you can do it

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

It really took awhile for it to get into a solid idle that's for sure!

[@RaisedLetter]

It's not like a steam engine but they definitely have to have a little workout when it's cold out.

[@kansasstatealerting2874]

@@RaisedLetter I get!

[@opictia]

That airchime echo!

[@scotabot7826]

Man that horn on the F unit is eardrum exploding loud, my goodness!!!

[@Slim_Slid]

Is this one of the SD45's that was rebuilt with a V16 645? Or does it still use the V20 645? Many SD45's in service were rebuilt with different prime movers because the V20 verison had too much longitudinal weight as a engine block and were notorious for either causing damage to crankshafts or bending the frames over time and usage. Some of them also destroyed piston rods or bearings if they were ran at full throttle for a long time or were put on hard use for serious work. The amount that were rebuilds were technically rebuilt to SD40 standards.

[@RaisedLetter]

You're asking me something I don't know the answer to.

[@southwestrailandfire2350]

V16 645

[@N00N01]

Still winds up like 50 years ago, probly cost them only couple hundred bucks to fix up the engine too

[@Boatsandtrains12]

What’s that song again

[@barrybrown175]

In my opinion, there are only a few sounds that are better than a SD-45.

[@ceccoonrailroad]

No sabía que los 20 cilindros habían tenido problemas claro yo nunca estube de acuerdo con esos motores tan grandes tampoco con los de 4 tiempos de 12 cilindros hoy día es suficiente con los 710 y los 4 tiempos de 12 cilindros

[@alcobufff]

Hi I'm putting together a KZbin video on the emd sd45. Would it be ok if I used some of this footage?

[@RaisedLetter]

Sure! With proper credit of course.

[@alcobufff]

@@RaisedLetter Of course! Thanks!

[@alcobufff]

The video is live. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2GZgGlvh81pgbs

[@heyitshuttz3705]

Is this in Oak Ridge and if so, what times does it run?

[@RaisedLetter]

It is in Oak Ridge. At the East Tennessee Technology Park. There is no set schedule but they only run on weekdays.

[@heyitshuttz3705]

@@RaisedLetter ah ok, passenger operations?

[@RaisedLetter]

@@heyitshuttz3705 they used to do that under the Secret City Excursion. That ceased in the mid 2010s. They just take care of transferring freight loads from the K-25 cleanup to Norfolk Southern.

[@heyitshuttz3705]

@@RaisedLetter every weekend?

[@Eli_J_G]

Does this unit belong to the museum?

[@RaisedLetter]

For the time being, yes

[@Eli_J_G]

@@RaisedLetter I'm just really not trying to miss it being an Ex MRL locomotive

[@RaisedLetter]

@@Eli_J_G well it's back where it started in the east because it was a Seaboard and Family Lines locomotive prior to that

[@LimaTangoZulu]

Seems like she’s loosing compression on some pistons.

[@jasonwhipp5721]

Governor be like: