SP's QUEST FOR POWER: History of the 1960s

[@Sacto1654]

SP experimented quite a lot with high-powered locomotives during the 1960's with the Kraus-Maffei ML4000 and the GE U50, but most of them failed due to serious reliability issues. SP only finally got the high-powered locomotives they wanted when the SD40 and SD45 became widely available by the late 1960's.

[@Hobbytrem]

Nice description! 🎉

[@thirdgengta]

Another great video--ruined by incessant KZbin ads.

[@milehighkit4725]

Great video!!

[@chuckhalen9543]

Charles, quick question.....you have the most incredible video history of the SP. My question is, are there any videos that exist showing any of the SP units with the red emergency light on? Ive never seen a video of that actually working and was wondering are there videos that show it in operation. Thanks for all these wonderful videos.

[@rossbryan6102]

ONE UNUSUAL OPTION GENERAL ELECTRIC BUILT INTO THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVES WITH THE 3 PHASE TRACTION ALTERNATOR WAS THE ABILITY TO USE THEM AS AN PORTABLE POWER GENERATOR UNITS! LOS ANGELES TAYLOR YARD HAD MUCH FLOODING IN RAINY WEATHER , SO THESE LOCOMOTIVES HAD THE ABILITY TO POWER THE ANTI FLOODING YARD DRAINAGE PUMPS!! KEEP THEM ROLLING BROTHERS!! 👍👍

[@ryandavis7593]

After repeatedly being blasted with unscipable and unblockable advertising I had to give up watching. My first locomotive was an SP engine so it saddens me to just say no to the Google Greed.

[@chuckabbate5924]

Jaw dropping speeds. Makes today's operation a joke in comparison.