CSX B40-8 Startup!

[@Slim_Slid]

The trio of C40-8W's randomly showing up after this B40-8 was too good.

[@SpeakerPolice]

Glad you like!

[@ACLTony]

Now that is a very cool start up! If you listen carefully after the first few seconds, you can hear the valves slapping. Great catch! Thanks for posting this.

[@bigdady2700]

i will never get tired of hearing those monsters wake up

[@SpeakerPolice]

Agreed; these and their six-axle contemporaries are really cool-looking.

[@CSX4772]

takes me back to the 90's...I still remember seeing dash 7's and dash8's...and I was only 4 or 5. I wish they had not done away with them.

[@EditGuy6610]

With the very distinctive "whoop!" air compressor.

[@SpeakerPolice]

Mike Chapman Yes indeed!

[@EditGuy6610]

Always liked the B-boats. We had one on Cape Cod for a couple of years - very distinctive as it gurgled by.

[@SpeakerPolice]

Mike Chapman I'm sad to see them go. :C

[@SpeakerPolice]

They do look nice. I like it when I'm out and I catch a C40-8. They're still out there, for now!

[@cop-fq2eq]

SpeakerPolice after doing research CSX still owns a few of these there in Waycross in New paint with some MP15’s and AC60CW’s

[@HotForgeChaos]

Now I'm more biased to the EMD camp, but man does that old 7-FDL have some chug to it!

[@SpeakerPolice]

This remains my favorite GE startup video. Check out 'That Classic GE Chug' for more of this iconic sound!

[@HotForgeChaos]

SpeakerPolice Yeah seen that, oldie but a goodie for sure!

[@cmadden3364]

@@SpeakerPolicea CSX engineer starting up Conrail 5060

[@SpeakerPolice]

I'd love to see some photos of those units one day. It's a real shame that the Dash 7's are gone, I think they were a lot younger than their contemporary EMD counterparts. (which are still in service!)

[@SpeakerPolice]

Many have heard the ALCo spirit, still alive and well, living inside the 7FDL engine. :3

[@nicholaswakefield4732]

This unit just got sent to a new home on the Arizona and California out west, now existing as ARZC 4014.

[@SpeakerPolice]

Good to know she still lives!

[@phildoethedildoe]

Great catch yet again! I never get tired of the good old GE B40-8, B40-8W, C40-8, and C40-8W engies! And that idle is amazing, noisy and grouchy, lol like all ALCO and GE engines. :) ;) :)

[@marceltk643]

Awesome idle sound from this old GE. THX for the upload man!

[@Cnw8701]

Ah, I LOVE Dash 8's, Dash 7's, GEVO's, Dash 9's, and AC units from GE!

[@NRP589]

these are possibly the best looking GE freight engines ever made

[@SpeakerPolice]

That would be the sound of the trainline brake air compressor kicking on. :3

[@houstonrailfanTX]

I know this video is old but how epic to catch a start up of not only a Dash 8 but a B axle... So awesome

[@SpeakerPolice]

This is still one of my favorite startups. Love how she seems to 'awaken' from slumber!

[@houstonrailfanTX]

O man and the lop those Dash 8's had is so awesome

[@SpeakerPolice]

Check out my video titled 'That Classic GE Chug!' for more awesome B40 sounds!

[@houstonrailfanTX]

SpeakerPolice Will do thanks

[@SpeakerPolice]

You got that right! xD The 7FDL is a pretty nice-sounding engine, especially on these older units before the EPA went crazy with the muffler laws. xD

[@SpeakerPolice]

Thank you very much! I do believe this video is the best representation of the classic GE sound that I currently have. :3

[@SpeakerPolice]

Never have I ever heard of a three-mile train or a 10% grade without cog drive.

[@jonadkins8007]

Awesome looking loco.

[@SpeakerPolice]

That'd be awesome! GE built most of the Dash 7's in the early to mid 80's, and the GP40-2's were made starting in the mid-70's.

[@SpeakerPolice]

Spending less on fuel. A slug (or drone) is an engineless unit that retains its traction motors. It is connected to a REAL locomotive, and gets power for its traction motors from the locomotive. This provides ALMOST as much power as two locomotives while using half as much diesel fuel.

[@FreihEitner]

The 2nd most beautiful locomotive model (after the EMD F-40PH) in one of the most beautiful paint schemes. Awesome!

[@SpeakerPolice]

Glad you like! I'm partial to the Alco PA, myself :P

[@ExAnimoPortugal]

Dubstep Locomotive

[@tinnybird1971]

Please don't delete any of your videos! Especially your startup ones! They are awesome! They put me to sleep. Especially if it's hooked to a theatre sound system so that it seems that the locomotive is actually in the house. This engine sounds nice and I LOVE the whoosh sound it make, Also when the other loco's that pulled up at the end of the video added even MORE BASS! LOVED IT! I have enjoyed locomotive engines since I was a kid. My grandfather worked for a tar plant in Denison Tx and ran engines for them there back in the 1970's. They had Katy Depot there as well. Anyways, Thanks for your awesome videos! Have a great day!

[@SpeakerPolice]

Thanks for the comment! You don't have to worry about me deleting any of my videos. I just wish my newer cameras could capture that bass like my old ones did!

[@tinnybird1971]

@@SpeakerPolice Still a good job though! Thanks! ☺

[@SpeakerPolice]

Thank you! I use a Kodak EasyShare M1033 point-and-shoot camera.

[@NRP589]

They are. The sound amazing, this one sounds like a large piece of industrial equipment. Almost a perfect engine in my opinion. Nice Vid.

[@SpeakerPolice]

The 'knock' is still there in the GEVO engine, but it is very subdued.

[@megs905]

Sounds funny starting up. You can hear the pistons!

[@trainamtrakcsx]

@SpeakerPolice Theres still a couple of C30-7's left at Selkirk for yardd service. AWESOME VIDEO!! i didnt know CSX still had these

[@adamchoruzek3805]

The sounds are AMAZING especially on the laptop external speakers and subwoofer!! You can feel it in the next room!

[@SpeakerPolice]

Adam Choruzek Glad you enjoy! I miss these guys...

[@adamchoruzek3805]

My all time favorite older units were the c30-7A that conrail used to have also the B23-7s

[@SpeakerPolice]

As I suspected, CSX 9249 is an RCPHG4, a type of unpowered slug. She can no longer move under her own power. While still looking just like a B23-7 on the outside, her engine has been semi-permanently deactivated and is now just dead weight. D: Notice that her radiators have been plated over, and her stack removed.

[@megs905]

@SpeakerPolice for sure pretty awesome. At my hometowns rail yard they never shut off their locomotives

[@f22bjm]

For an old model CSX keeps her well maintained and painted

[@atsf3780]

at the beginning it started to sound like a steam locomotive! lol

[@randomstuff4954]

I love the colors of the CSX B40-8

[@SpeakerPolice]

Good old YN2!

[@georgeboyd2774]

Gotta love that diesel "knock." It's not as pronounced on an EMD,but if you listen carefully, you can hear it,especially on 567's and 645's.

[@SpeakerPolice]

There's something special about the sound of all big diesels. ^^

[@HotForgeChaos]

The Freightliner race truck with the twin turbo Detroit I saw last night was especially as good XD

[@SpeakerPolice]

They're not ugly, they're utilitarian! x3

[@SpeakerPolice]

That would be the air compressor for the brakes kicking on. =)

[@yeahman70]

I saw this loco a couple months ago, it is now owned by GECX, it was in storage for a while and I caught it being moved somewhere on a CSX train, it wasnt running and I doubt it will run again

[@yeahman70]

Update: it has recently come out of American Motive Power in Dansville, NY and it has been sold to the Arizona & California Railroad and is now numbered AZRC 4014

[@boringtrainfilms8513]

Some great vids on this channel with awesome sound! Subscribed!

[@SpeakerPolice]

BoringTrainFilms Thank you!!

[@crollwtide9452]

2:18 A Dash 8 parade during a dash 8 startup...that was a nice surprise

[@SpeakerPolice]

Thanks =) I believe it would be notch 2 or 3, it's higher than low idle. I'm not sure exactly which throttle position, though.

[@lespaulguy32]

@SpeakerPolice YN3 actually, but these unit's cabs along with the C39's and the C40's are so good looking.

[@SpeakerPolice]

I really miss the Dash Sevens myself. :'(

[@CollinWeis]

Love that FDL sound, great video Pat!

[@larrydockery7201]

this is my fav unit it had power and room in the cab

[@SpeakerPolice]

I know a few live on with Pan Am :B

[@SpeakerPolice]

I think you're right; Baldwins can only MU with themselves.

[@TheDylanJoyce]

That's how I wake up each morning...

[@SpeakerPolice]

Excellent!

[@SpeakerPolice]

5950 is actually ex-Conrail, built as their 5060.

[@trainamtrakcsx]

@SpeakerPolice ya it is amazing...i just dont know how much time they have left.....Selkirk is one of CSX's rail yards and it is in upstate NewYork pretty close to Albany...im pretty sure its CSX's only GE maitnence facility so that could be another reason why there based there.

[@thebluehero2219]

My favorite unit the Dash 8’s, HELL YEHA!

[@SpeakerPolice]

They were good units!

[@SpeakerPolice]

Dash 8s are still around; Dash 7s, no. Those were all retired from the CSX system in November 2009. They all has aluminum (!!) wiring, which went bad and caused them to be retired. Had they been wired with copper, they would probably still be around!

[@tftrainman]

it was a b36-7 and i have seen them often lately on the mow trains on the blue ridge sub

[@SpeakerPolice]

I wish they were still mechanically intact.

[@SpeakerPolice]

It's possible that the Waycross shops retained a couple Dash 7's for yard work, but I seriously doubt it. There are the WLO1 and 2, but those don't really count.

[@CSX4772]

though, occasionally you'll see one or two. and to think that 5 years ago, they were not extremely common, but common enough to see working hard. I wish the C30-7's were still chugging away. a true work horse, even if they were older than 30 years old. they out lasted the typical life span of a locomotive. of course, they were built to last.

[@SpeakerPolice]

Indeed, the radiators are one of the best spotting points. If it's got wings, chances are high that it's a GE! (EMD made locos with canted radiators, like the SD45 and SD70MAC, but never really had 'wings' like the GEs do.)

[@SpeakerPolice]

I can rivet count right back. xD The Dash 8's are the oldest LOCOMOTIVES on the roster; the 9xxx series aren't locomotives--they're unpowered slugs. ;) And some of those units actually do still contain their prime movers for extra weight--they've just been deactivated. ^^

[@SpeakerPolice]

@Aj 47 Thanks! Haha

[@SpeakerPolice]

Very cool! Will yours be in this scheme, or the newer YN3?

[@SpeakerPolice]

This startup was better than usual for some reason. I suspect it was a very cold engine.

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

One of the only decent GE units out their. The 4 and 6 axle D8s were a solid loco. Sad to see them go.

[@Cnw8701]

Yeah, I mainly like the way their bells sound (aside from earlier K5HL horns) while traveling at slow speeds with the way they echo down the track! (*Durng!* *Durng!* *Durng!*) Ah... a unique type of sound!

[@sashajohnson1119]

Lovely video you made!

[@SpeakerPolice]

Thank you!

[@NoahH_Railfan]

Love that sound!

[@SpeakerPolice]

Thank you ^^ Sounds like a nice model! Call me when you find a sound system that can rattle the picture frames on the wall. xD

[@diesellocomotivefan5400]

Can't get enough...thanks

[@SpeakerPolice]

Diesel locomotive Fan Glad you enjoy it!! I do miss them...

[@SpeakerPolice]

Yes, it is indeed there. :3

[@SpeakerPolice]

Yeah x3 Have you seen the other videos I made of the party? x3

[@SpeakerPolice]

I have never seen a B32-8 before, no. I believe it's the 12-cylinder equivalent of the B40-8; the B40 having 16 cylinders. NS had several and CSX a few, but I believe they are all long retired.

[@SpeakerPolice]

Prove me wrong. CSX retired every Dash Seven on their active roster by November 2009. The only operating Dash Sevens anywhere on the CSX are either slugs or load test units, such as WLO 2 in Waycross. Furthermore, the designation 'B39-7' does not exist. (Either B36-7 or B39-8...and CSX hasn't had B39s since at least 2004!)

[@trainzguy2472]

Now I personally like the EMD's more (please do not start any arguments), but that GE chug and the distinctive whoop sound mighty fine!

[@SpeakerPolice]

Trainzguy 2472 LOL no reason for arguments here!

[@snowboard20356]

@SpeakerPolice CSX still has a B23-7 in use by me on a local train in GR

[@SpeakerPolice]

Either or, any Dash 7 still in service is amazing! Where abouts is Selkirk? I might have to go see those units!

[@trainamtrakcsx]

@SpeakerPolice oops did i say C30-7's? i meant to say B30's but yes i actually saw them last time i was there which was in like march/april

[@sunshinestateaviation6750]

I miss those locomotives

[@SpeakerPolice]

Me too.

[@formidable38]

I dont normaly go alot on GE's but that sounds nice!! Much better than an ES44 or summin.

[@Kentucky_Trainiac]

That's an old Conrail, it's got the marker lights next to the Number boards, +10 points lol

[@SpeakerPolice]

Kentucky Trainiac That is correct! :P

[@Kentucky_Trainiac]

SpeakerPolice Has it been retired yet

[@SpeakerPolice]

Kentucky Trainiac All spartan cab Dash 8s are off roster as of last October. Some C40-8s went to the Pan Am Railroad (MEC)

[@Kentucky_Trainiac]

SpeakerPolice What about the B Boats

[@SpeakerPolice]

Kentucky Trainiac Included in 'Dash 8'. I'm not sure where the B40s went, though my suspicion is they've been cut up. It's possible some found forever homes on shortlines as proper road power

[@lnproductions3227]

I can just hear it now. CSX 5950: Chug, Chug, Chug, Ah there we go.

[@SpeakerPolice]

It was a wonderful sound!

[@meccaturbo]

Weren't there a few B30-7's still active, in and around Waycross GA? The ex C&O units?

[@SpeakerPolice]

CSXT Taft Yard, Orlando, FL

[@alexwiddowson3756]

7713, 7811 and 7915 all have K5LA's, like 5950 does.

[@tonymagona334]

i still wonder how you can tell if its a GE, EMD, Dash 8,9, or other engine. they all look the same from the outside, but i still don't know how each sound like. you should make a video on this topic lol.

[@ACLTony]

Is this at or near Waycross, Georgia?

[@trainamtrakcsx]

@SpeakerPolice ya....i think your right there...ill go look them up soon

[@shadowknight227]

I wonder what the "Shwa" sound is at 1:00 . Air compressor?

[@danielsprowl1998]

That is exactly what that was.

[@SOU6900]

one thing that I can think of that GE's can do that Baldwin diesels cant is be lashed up with other brand locomotives.

[@ADIX_3573]

I saw this unit April 16th on csx Q627-16 and it's now owned by General Electric

[@SpeakerPolice]

Really? I'd love to see it!

[@SpeakerPolice]

I have a yellow one like that, but mine came from Conrail. =)

[@SpeakerPolice]

Yeah! It sounds awesome. 8D

[@SpeakerPolice]

Awesome 8D

[@atsf3780]

whats that little snort at 1:01 i love that noise on my models

[@alexander1485]

my 2 favorite engines

[@fyadcorp]

@tonymagona334 I always look at the trucks, both have different types and that seems to be the quickest way to tell. Also the nose itself whether standard or wide-cab is different from each manufacturer. There's a lot of other things too, those are just the most obvious to me.

[@snowboard20356]

@SpeakerPolice Aha i do see that hmm wonder what the reason is for that? I saw them calling it a drone

[@SpeakerPolice]

What, just now? I thought they were all retired December 2009!

[@alexander1485]

@alexander1485 well, C40-8s without the wide body cab

[@sorry-but-im-italiano5958]

Ma perchè non fanno dei motori a benzina da 1500/2000 Cv con trasmissione meccanica?

[@SpeakerPolice]

I motori diesel hanno molta più coppia e durano molto più a lungo. La trasmissione diesel-elettrica è anche più efficiente e affidabile della trasmissione meccanica.

[@alcopower5710]

Excellent video