³³ Happy New Year!!! A New Years treat for all the railfans out there.³³ Southern Pacific's "Oil Cans" exits Tunnel #5 in Tehachapi Aug '91. Lead units put out more smoke in contrast to helper units, usually it's the opposite.
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@stripervince17 ай бұрын
We were THE most awesome railroad back in the 1980s and 90 until the merger. Our locos might have been dirty, but we slugged it out up the mountains and thru valleys carrying coal and oil. The good old days
@Steamytheme4196 ай бұрын
You worked on sp?
@joshthetrainfan5 ай бұрын
SP was the most awesome railroad. I just purchased an SP SD45 at a train show and I think one of my next videos is going to be an Espee train through Tehachapi in the 1990s
@user-wu1ds2sz3w5 ай бұрын
I read in Diesel Era magazine how the Southern Pacific would order them new with all the bells and whistles but then run them into the ground. It got so bad that EMD had to threaten SP to void the warranties. But that is part of what made SP so interesting to me!
@joshthetrainfan5 ай бұрын
@@user-wu1ds2sz3w They did run those suckers into the ground. The SD45R I just purchased has grime all over it.
@user-lq4mo8dw1p4 ай бұрын
@@user-wu1ds2sz3wfalse, my mom worked at bay 6 at EMD. They would ship just as much if not more to other railways ....
@grayswandir478 жыл бұрын
If you watch closely you can see the engines stop smoking as they emerge from the tunnel. I suspect the engines were starved for air which caused the plume of unburned fuel in the exhaust.
@DavidC17 жыл бұрын
100%
@andyharman30227 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I was thinking! The exhaust of each loco cleans up as it exits the tunnel. The engines must have sucking all the air out of the tunnel.
@simonedwards50706 жыл бұрын
Dream on it’s because America is the worlds second largest polluter
@alexandergrube64376 жыл бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe tunnel noted units were designed to recycle exhaust into clean air, hence the big radiators on the side
@alfyxgames22716 жыл бұрын
+lightnindash 3804 I'm not sure if they "recycled" the exhaust. I'm pretty sure it's to reduce emissions.
@Mondego_H Жыл бұрын
"Use only outdoors or in a well-ventilated area" GM-EMD owner's manual
@raymondbermudez2920 Жыл бұрын
I love the smell of diesel exhaust in the morning
@user-ih1mo8vv7o20 күн бұрын
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@TrainTrackTrav9 жыл бұрын
And THAT, children, is why Southern Pacific's diesels we so dirty. For goodness sake, smoke comes out of the cab at 0:53. LOL!
@nekomasteryoutube32326 жыл бұрын
You'd probably be dead or passed out if the tunnel was long enough, thats basically what you'd call being gased (like what some people do with cars in a garage)
@BenjaminEsposti6 жыл бұрын
Whoops! They screwed up that cab by leaving the window open ...
@mattbrozowski16604 жыл бұрын
That's why you wear your scuba gear!
@highhorsesproductions11773 жыл бұрын
And Rio Grande for that matter.
@wazookazoo3 жыл бұрын
to the new guy- "put on your oxygen mask". new guy- "what?"
@VirtualRailfanProductions7 жыл бұрын
And the award for "The Most Realistic Steam Locomotive Impression" The Southern Pacific and their SD40-2Ts. XD
@therealsnow3 жыл бұрын
Most of those engines are SD45T-2 actually
@Ottos_ScLm_Race_videos_2009_on Жыл бұрын
@@therealsnow Yes that is what I was thinking reading all the posts.
@deloreanman149 жыл бұрын
Wish this video was available in smell-o-vision.
@livingroomset20846 жыл бұрын
deloreanman14 I get your reference.
@EdmontonRails9 жыл бұрын
Even smoke pooring out of the one engine's windows
@lexturner23656 жыл бұрын
pouring*
@briggsjos6 жыл бұрын
Only the front units would house the crews. The others are just power units which help move the loads.
@marka.bilinski19614 жыл бұрын
Joshua Briggs That was when they used manned helpers. The midtrain had a crew.
@TarHeelBrit6 жыл бұрын
Woah, instant cab window tinting for those sunny days.
@espeescotty10 жыл бұрын
DROOL..DROOL..DROOL!! My absolute favorite of yours, Kevin. The SP that I love, the one that just slugged it out and kept on working no matter how tough the challenge. The one that went to EMD and said: Hey fella's, we've got this smokin' hot bitch...oh yeah, and she's a tunnel! Also, I think the 6873 is going to need a pine tree air freshener in the cab, maybe two.
@sharkheadism7 жыл бұрын
spergin'
@bigdick77936 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this video so many times and I still can’t get enough
@stevenr3169 Жыл бұрын
It's easy to imagine what a freight grinding up the mountain with 3 or 4 sets of steam helpers would've looked like
@monkeydoctor196610 жыл бұрын
Man ain't nuthin sounds better than a herd of smoking 645' s in notch 8,,,,,,, now that was railroading!....... Awesome video!
@SunsetRailMultimedia7 жыл бұрын
my dad grew up in Bakersfield around this area. He grew up with the SP. he saw those smoking SD40s almost everyday. he is a railroader now.
@MrEricmopar9 жыл бұрын
LOL! I've watched this vid several times and just today realized there are people above the tunnel's portal, trying to get away from the fumes. :D
@amessman6 ай бұрын
Yeah, absolutely had to watch this one a few times over. It doesn't get much better than this.
@zeonace1018 жыл бұрын
and that kids is why SP uses tunnel motors
@TheKoups8 жыл бұрын
wrong. SP used tunnel motors for cooling reasons. the smoke level is no different between sd40-2 and sd40t-2.Hence why no "t" units where made there after. all later release EMD units have the air intake drop down the side of the loco. sd50 and sd60 is really noticeable. The cooling arrays went back to high mounts in favour of larger cooling arrays and more efficient designs.
@zeonace1018 жыл бұрын
TheKoups lol dude I think your taking my post a little to seriously.
@TheKoups8 жыл бұрын
my mistake. sarcasm and stupidity are much harder to separate when text is the only means of conveying said message.
@kleetus927 жыл бұрын
On the SD 50-60-70-80-90 the air intake is still right behind the cab up high... what are you talking about?
@Piequest126 күн бұрын
Interesting to see how the DPU's exhaust clears up as soon as they get fresh air outside of the tunnel. Great video and thanks!
@The_Lincoln_Penny8 ай бұрын
Nothing that a few bottles of NOS couldn’t cure 😀😀😀
@theblackstigx928 жыл бұрын
A big happy family out there is making a great barbeque session. There is no EMD's turbocharged dinosaurs also known as 'a damn good diesel locomotive starving for oxigen rich air':))))... Another good way to get rid of any mosquitoes within 300 ft. Good job sir. You made my day a little bit better. Love these EMD 16-645 powered beasts.
@artiedelimitros94436 жыл бұрын
Mostly 20-645s. A couple of 16s though.
@dennisyoung4631 Жыл бұрын
Soot!
@likestallwomen10 жыл бұрын
It was always nice seeing trains go out of tunnel 5 like that, never got any better than that!
@Tharsis32010 жыл бұрын
Hope the crew is still alive? Jesus.......
@armasters93907 жыл бұрын
Anybody notice the two people on top the tunnel, more smoke than they expected...
@robertengelhardt75932 жыл бұрын
Ya prett funny.. I drove diesel tractors, we smoke each other out,,stuff has solid matter in it
@ferbsnissan8 жыл бұрын
They use up a great deal of the available oxygen in that tunnel, which causes more smoke.
@MP34.98 жыл бұрын
gives a new meaning to "rolling coal" dont it lol
@dennisyoung4631 Жыл бұрын
Yes, these engines have their *SOOT!*
@robertengelhardt75932 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest videos on KZbin. The environment took a beating back then. But they’re cleaning up these big engines… thanks for shareing
@beeble2003Ай бұрын
No, modern units make just as much smoke when running hard through a long tunnel. The smoke is purely because there's not enough oxygen in the tunnel to burn the fuel fully -- doesn't matter how good your engine is. If they'd filmed that train away from a tunnel, there wouldn't have been a whole lot of smoke. A little more than a modern locomotive, but not a huge amount.
@greasypetes7 жыл бұрын
I like the smoke puffing out the last lead s window, gotta be really filthy in the cab
@davidpoor8638 Жыл бұрын
Must have been pleasant in the lead cab smelling all that diesel smoke!!! WOW!
@nxtyrjrslm10 жыл бұрын
the stories of tehacapi ,are trutly not exagerated, best vacation spot in California,lol, viva EspEE!!
@gretel0138 жыл бұрын
smoky diesels what a concept. Love the SP forever.
@keving75468 жыл бұрын
You took a lot off the highway for the comfort of us , shivers ... Thank you for the footage rip sp
@viceroy434437 жыл бұрын
I miss the old Southern Pacific
@stevenspaziani91596 жыл бұрын
Damn, never seen EMD's smoke like that, I imagine it was a lack of oxygen to the locomotives making them burn rich. Hope the crew had oxygen masks on.
@user-xy9fj3jt9b3 жыл бұрын
Американские кочегары постарались на совесть. Мощного медведя дали.
@bradjames67483 жыл бұрын
I bet the freighthoppers loved that
@SunsetRailMultimedia7 жыл бұрын
Ive always loved the sound of SD40s at work
@therealsnow3 жыл бұрын
Actually on the head end, all of those were SD45s except for the lead engine, all tunnel motor variants of course.
@beeble2003Ай бұрын
@@therealsnow Correct. The easiest way to tell is that the SD40T has two horizontal doors above the side air intake, whereas the SD45T has three.
@WestCoastRails10 жыл бұрын
Woah .. Holy Smoke!! literally!! get the chalks out if you wanna weather these units. Check out the last unit on the head end, windows must have been left open, watch the smoke pour out as it passes!!
@paradiseroad64059 жыл бұрын
...man I miss those days...spent a lot of time there in the 1990s...oil cans were the best...
@santeebandit32465 жыл бұрын
Paradise Road ditto that. Loved watching the oil trains with all the power on em. 6 lead, 6 or more mid train, 6 shoving on the rear. Good times.
@paradiseroad64054 жыл бұрын
@@santeebandit3246 ...I drove from Colorado twice a year back then to watch the oil cans...I'm glad I did...you think things will never change...but blink...and they're gone...fossil fuel power hauling fossil fuels in California without much EPA interference...gotta love it...
@eduardogallegos86452 жыл бұрын
Que fin tuvieron esas locomotoras ya están muertas o todavía siguen en la lucha alguien me puede decir que paso con ellas eran fuertes díganme donde las puedo encontrar esas locomotor y en que estados gracias por todo mi gente
@323railfan43 жыл бұрын
My goodness no wonder sp locos were always dirty. Nonetheless, amazing video.
@vega6608 жыл бұрын
can you imagine how worse this would look if they were alco units instead lol
@stuartk.91046 жыл бұрын
Holy crap I couldn't imagine
@stevenlamb39719 ай бұрын
The smoke would have solidified and they'd have to re-dig the tunnel lol
@Elliottblancher21 күн бұрын
@@stevenlamb3971 The crew would have probably most likely been smoke screened or dead
@AC-ro6ib4 жыл бұрын
EPA: Trucks are bad for the environment. SP: Hold my beer...
@markhayes64077 жыл бұрын
They were the dirtiest and dingiest locomotives ever not to mention the smokiest
@nigelterry92997 жыл бұрын
I love the black fog being blown out from the traction motors!
@MrPummi886 жыл бұрын
In den Tunnels braucht man ja eine Sauerstoffmaske, wahnsinnig wie geil das aussieht!
@nigelterry92996 жыл бұрын
I'm more fascinated by the black smoke coming from the traction motors. That is thick, chewy clag!!!!
@beeble2003Ай бұрын
Is it, though? That smoke's only visible close to the tunnel. To me, it looks more like the train is just dragging exhaust smoke out of the tunnel at ground level. The same smoke is visible around teh tank cars.
@phillipmorales88869 жыл бұрын
That's a hazard to the train crew inhaling that toxic smoke in the tunnel!
@robertburkland96593 жыл бұрын
Who ever gives this a thumbs down just doesn't appreciate what the Espee did so well. Sure she was looking sketchy by this time, but that doesn't matter. Things we miss.
@stevenmichael284510 жыл бұрын
Tunnel motors doing their job!
@CoalChrome3 жыл бұрын
I have never seen an EMD put out black like this
@beeble2003Ай бұрын
Purely because of oxygen starvation in the long tunnel.
@bigdick77936 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite videos
@alexandergrube64376 жыл бұрын
Even though there tunnel moters, I'm still amazed at the fact that they didn't choke out in all that exhaust.
@UnknownIdaho3 жыл бұрын
Sd40T-2s my favorite diesel to hate as a kid!
@scottkew6278 Жыл бұрын
Someone left a window open in the 6873 and the as the engines clear the tunnel smoke the smoke is POURING out of that cab...YOU D have suffocated in that cab! I don t think that was survivable. Wow!!!! GREAT SHOT!!!!! LOVE IT!!!You can also see the railfans on top of the tunnel getting out of the way of all that smoke. WOW!!!!
@MrHenreee7 жыл бұрын
Must have been awful driving those things on that route lmao
@Cessna-er4je3 жыл бұрын
That's the tunnel motor for you, either they work hard enough or work too hard, they can cough up plenty of smoke.
@TheNomadicRailfan7 жыл бұрын
Good lord, it's like they're steam locomotives....but that was awesome. Outstanding video!
@Goetterdaemmerung863 жыл бұрын
I never really knew why locomotives looked all sooty in these old videos, well, I guess I just found out lol
@Nicola63612810 жыл бұрын
Absolutely impressive!!
@sp855310 жыл бұрын
Wow, great exhaust action!
@nigelkthomas95019 жыл бұрын
This tunnel is seriously claustrophobic!
@CCTCanada9 жыл бұрын
The smoke coming out the cab haha!
@MrPummi885 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@nigelterry92997 жыл бұрын
I think I can work out why the locos are so blackened.......
@trainfan44497 жыл бұрын
"And now we're Blackened."
@joeseymour40734 жыл бұрын
"None more black." 😆
@RailwayWorld10 жыл бұрын
Great way to start out the year ! Awesome Exhaust ~
@chrisg7160 Жыл бұрын
Loved those SP and SSW units! They remind me of my youth.
@pqhkr20027 жыл бұрын
Is there only me feel funny when smoke get out of the tunnel before locomotives get out?
@beeble2003Ай бұрын
The smoke is forcibly ejected from the locomotive and will spread out in all directions. Except that it's constrained by the tunnel, so can only go forwards or backwards. There may also be a breeze blowing in the same direction that the train is moving, pushing air through the tunnel.
@Ds32119959 жыл бұрын
Definitely up to tier 4 regulations. Lol!
@marioxerxescastelancastro8019 Жыл бұрын
0:52 Smoke comes from the window of the 4th locomotive.
@JosePerez-cg9hb Жыл бұрын
Excelente video saludos desde Querétaro México buena velocidad y mucha contaminación 😮😮😮😮😮
@rendezvous6510 жыл бұрын
Awesome rail video and I loved seeing the black smoke.
@johnmilliard26965 жыл бұрын
Thats why the espee never had and clean locomotives. Awesome
@gretel0139 жыл бұрын
surprised the engineers did't get black lung from all that smoke. Nice video anyway.
@charlesroer9723 жыл бұрын
Most likely a Scott air pack or bottled air
@Elliottblancher21 күн бұрын
@@charlesroer972 O'hare bottled Air
@mikeday627 жыл бұрын
Great raging gander nads! It's the choke master express pulling 90 tank cars full of highly explosive liquid rocket propellant.
@kive339 жыл бұрын
Southern Pacific a environmentally friendly Railroad.
@sharkheadism7 жыл бұрын
*an
@Bass_man19976 жыл бұрын
kive33 lolikr
@jeffbutler52747 жыл бұрын
Wow...and they said steam locomotives were hard on crews in the tunnels...and these diesels were not even ALCO products !
@nigelterry92996 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see one of the Krause Maffeis through here. They smoke like that at the best of times!
@H60HAWK7 жыл бұрын
OMG, the forth Engine (Cotton Belt) leading in the front had black smoke pouring out of the crew cab window......WTF? Why weren't all those windows shut closed?
@beeble2003Ай бұрын
'Cos somebody forgot to close it. Only the first locomotive has anyone in it.
@RailFan19816 жыл бұрын
Now that's awesome!!
@sarahkraynak48588 жыл бұрын
Someone left the winders open on the fourth unit!!! LOL. I also noticed there were a couple of regular sd40-2's in the helper set. I bet those crew members pry try not to breathe much inside the tunnel I know the cabs had to get smoky.
@Hunter_Dawso7 жыл бұрын
Sarah Kraynak I believe those two were SD40R's. SP didn't have SD40-2's.
@sarahkraynak48587 жыл бұрын
I did not know that thanks for the clarification. I was using my wife's account before lol. This video is really making me wanna buy a Tunnel motor for my HO scale layout!
@scottclark74394 жыл бұрын
Best Ever!!!!
@soarinskies11053 жыл бұрын
Environmentalists: *AUTISTIC SCREECHING*
@amtrak7066 жыл бұрын
And that is why SP painted their stuff grey
@robertgardner86808 жыл бұрын
Talk about a headache!
@greenriverrailfan6 жыл бұрын
The era before buffer cars
@easyamp1236 жыл бұрын
damn, you could almost swim in that it's so thick
@lancereagan30462 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha, the last engine of the lead group had its cab window open! Did you see the smoke billow out...!!!
@CatonsvilleCentralRwy9 жыл бұрын
Southern Pacific: Saving the environment one blown turbo at a time.
@Bass_man19976 жыл бұрын
Woody Ridenour 😂
@vega6608 жыл бұрын
if southern pacific bought some pissed out Penn central units it would look like this, with out a tunnel even lol
@MetroVick10 жыл бұрын
Fantastic.
@willyphast2509 Жыл бұрын
dont wash them boss southern pacifics new paint schemes. soot coverd beauty's. its epic. a picture for above the mantal. good job my friend,,
@slashmaster2 Жыл бұрын
Units were making a JACKASS sound!
@artiedelimitros94439 жыл бұрын
Very mean aggressive looking and sounding SP sd45t-2's.
@ohioandnortheastern3 жыл бұрын
My local railroad: that's cute
@TommyZTrains5 жыл бұрын
"ONE OF THE B E S T CLIPS HERE" !!
@TomSpurlock7 жыл бұрын
Holy smokes, literally. Hope those engineers had a good health plan.
@TCFan307 жыл бұрын
True diesel power...doesn't need to look pretty!
@joshjones3408Ай бұрын
Ooooohhhhhhh .... how dear you👍👍
@Fitch72110 жыл бұрын
Sublime! Don't really fan todays modern locomotives much, but I have to ask if the 4400 gevos/ SD ACes and the like emit half as good of smoke show per unit as the 645 engine series locomotives.
@beeble2003Ай бұрын
They can still kick out some prety good smoke. Look at videos of, er, that tunnel on the Montana Rail Link (he said, vaguely). Bozeman Tunnel?
@bigern324803 жыл бұрын
They sure give a beautiful roar. I love to take wiff of some diesel exhaust, This might take me over my quota