Tehachapi_(1991) Oil Cans At Bealville Working Hard

[@bboomer1948]

Sure miss those dirty, grimy old SP EMD units. That was one working railroad.

[@ceccoonrailroad]

Los mejores EMD pero ya hoy no suenan tan lindo, yo lo disfruto desde Argentina.

[@averageguy7136]

I used to work in downtown LA near the wilmington subdivision and the Oil cans would go by often. It is a one-of-kind oil train that had cars connected so they could be filled/emptied in groups.

[@haroldmartin1780]

Nothing like EMD locomotives, love that sound. Working hard and screaming power at the heavens.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Note the near-total absence of smoke / soot? I may like my Alcos, but this is the practical side of things - and soot = wasted fuel, as well as *other* important matters.

[@jackwhite9395]

Great sound on this one!

[@scoobycarr5558]

Southern Pacific - a true California institution proudly serving California. Did you know that Southern Pacific built California and has proudly served California throughout its storied history?

[@tonyh4528]

1MTSRider thank you for your time to post , love it

[@Hunter_Dawso]

ScaleTrains is making the 8558 (seen 2nd in the lead consist) in HO scale.

[@espeeboy]

Good stuff, especially with the down-on detail on both the locomotives and "oil can" 13-car linked sets. Keep the Oil Cans over Tehachapi videos a coming!

[@paulcorfiatis2257]

Pure screaming turbos.

[@scottkew6278]

YEAAAHHHHH!!!!WE WERE AT THAT LOOP SOMETIME AROUND THE SAME TIME..except YOUR VIDEOS do not suffer from the SHAKY SCOTTY syndrome and you have better sound!!! That SWING helper is off the HOOK...SD40T2 SD45T2 SD40R SD40T2 SD40R ...WOW!!!!

[@timb393]

like it reason nice view and excellent engineering.

[@seabulls69]

Reminds me of Scottie on Star Trek, "I'm givin her all she's got, Captain". Nice collection of '45s and '40s.

[@badandy102]

I don't know if we can do it captain, we may not have the power.

[@dennisyoung4631]

“Wurrah, Wurrah, Wurrah,” he said. “Any more, and she’ll come apart, sir.”

[@espeescotty]

"Come on baby...just keep everything stretched out!"

[@ScottKew-g8r]

This is some serious uphill lugging going on here. Southern Pacific doing it s best against that crude oil load. HOWLING EMD s AWESOME !!!

[@joestrainworldvideos3977]

Super video 👍👍👍👍

[@w.rustylane5650]

Why is every tank car connected to the one down the line, etc? Is it to maintain pressure among the load? Just curious. Cheers from eastern TN

[@averageguy7136]

The tank cars were connected to allow them to be filled from a single source while still coupled. They were connected in several large groups.

[@9carcottrell246]

I'm lashed up deep here pulling on average of 660,000 pounds per rail car. V-16 fiat Alice tug boat engine with full inter axel wheel lock deployment and sand spreader. 850,000 pounds per rail inch tractive drive. Notch seven. Goooo with throttle up, let's pull. Clutch fan on wheel lock engagement deployment on. Tare about 160,000. Load limit exceeded

[@thedesertdwellerfromutah4354]

Dang 😆 you're a weird one aren't you?....

[@Bass_man1997]

Those are called tunnelmotors

[@josealtair7469]

❤

[@d2sfavs]

i bet GES couldnt work that hard

[@carlzipperman6689]

Any engineer would tell you that older GEs pulled better than older EMDs of similar horsepower

[@floridianrailauto9032]

@@carlzipperman6689 Which is why no one except Brazil wants them

[@carlzipperman6689]

@@floridianrailauto9032 mechanical problems are another issue.

[@ubc101]

can someone explain to me "oil cans"

[@keithode1737]

The "Oil Cans" are unit trains (trains made up entirely of one type of car) that carry crude oil from close to the source of extraction from the ground to a refinery.

[@scoobycarr5558]

ubc101 Those are unit oil tank cars nicknamed "oil cans" by railroad men.

[@timpriddy349]

One genset could do the whole thing.....bet

[@mrsurfliner149]

One genset couldn’t even get the slack out