The voice of a dying breed: EMD 16-710G3A SD60M idle [No Looping]

Was given the opportunity to see one of the massive beasts up close and got a little idle. This is the first time i've ever heard an engine of this model idling.

[@CollinWeis]

It's hard to believe we consider SD60s a "dying breed..."

[@stampycatfan01lol]

Collin Weis yeah, especially since NS has those SD60E's.

[@Cnw8701]

stampycatfan01 It's the 16-710G3A that's dying! The B and C models are becoming more and more common!

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

Many railfans seem to have a fixation with dying and melodrama in their video titles. I don't think the 710G is going away any time soon.

[@Creeperboy099]

Douglas Skaalrud wait the G engines are the 2 stroke 710s, right? If I recall correctly the T4 710 is a 4 stroke?

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

@@Creeperboy099 no such thing as a Tier 4 710 mate. The Tier 4 engine, the 1010J (and is also the platform used to create the CAT C280 Family of engines, though with MANY parts redesigned) is a derivative of the old 265H engine that failed due to harmonic balancing issues or something along those lines. Also just that it was EMDs first foray into four stroke and it had a variety of teething issues like uneven crankshaft stress from a four stroke cycle as opposed to a two stroke. GE actually experienced some similar issues with the FDL with their inline variants and also with their HDL engine in the AC6000s. This is why you don't see SD90s nor AC6000s almost ever in the wild. Two stroke is FAR simpler, less intensive to maintain. This by no means means that four stroke isn't still superior, it's just more complex and operates very differently. Oh and, before you ask, yes CAT does own EMD, now branded simply as ElectroMotive.

[@trevorjosephmedia1550]

I play this through the speakers in my car when I’m in a parking lot😂

[@MP34.9]

Oh trust me I do too lol

[@bfurailroad1104]

@@MP34.9 Sounds cool as hell on surround sound coming out of a pair of Bose 501's in your garage. The looks the neighbors get!

[@douglasskaalrud6865]

@@bfurailroad1104 I used to have a Nathan air whistle from a Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern SW1500. I'd blow that in the garage and watch the neighbors come out of their houses. They never did figure out what it was before I moved.

[@bfurailroad1104]

@@douglasskaalrud6865 I can imagine the confused looks your neighbors got. I got a cop lives behind me across the alley and he is dumbfounded everytime I blow my horns. I love it! He can't figure it out. He;s always looking towards the tracks, the opposite direction from me.

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

@@MP34.9 good to know I'm not the only one

[@verastaki]

I love the sound of the air compressor when it kicks in, the way the sound is syncronized together with the main engine (since the shaft spins it from the main engine). I still love the sound of EMD SD40-2 way better though, the way it whistles, the sound of turbo. I always know there's an SD40-2 in a consist before I even see it, just from it's amazing sound. Also the sound of SD38-2, which sounds same as GP38-2. And the way SW12 or other Switcher locomotives sound. General Electric locomotives don't even compare to the incredible sound of Electro-Motive Division/ General Motors locomotives.

[@stretchlimo7275]

verastaki yeah i agree with you, I just can't decide whether I like the sound of the 645 or the 710 better.

[@SmithConductor]

Wow. Great sound! So sad that it's dying off

[@jenwright2577]

Sd70s sound the same if not better!

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

Quite an interesting compressor sound imo. Does the SD70 series use the same type? I feel like SD70 Compressors are super quiet

[@LouisianaRailProductions]

I could listen to that all day.

[@Shane-Singleton]

Shuttup Air Compressor! lol. these 16 cylinder EMD's sound so glorious at around notch 2-3 when they're rumbling. But the idle is nice too :)

[@johndowe6897]

LOVE the sound of the air compressor kicking on & off

[@yourlocalbaltimorerailfan.6756]

R.I.P late 2019, #6772 is one of many now in storage, scrapped, or sold off.

[@repro7780]

Sold to K&K Recycling 06/2019

[@yourlocalbaltimorerailfan.6756]

@@repro7780 That's nice.

[@CSX500]

Sad that none of these are on the roster anymore, 6772 was even more special because it had a K5LLA

[@rgj5832]

Woah I love me some EMD 710 and that air compressor sounds like it’s delivering a real punch to the mouth every stroke!

[@PennCentral-jn2ow]

Need to collect idling like this and compile them as a section in the calm app. I could fall asleep listening to this beautiful music

[@acts2211]

EMD 16 - 710 is that a V16 what's 710 cubic inches per cylinder?

[@dash456789]

acts2211 Yes V16. 710cubes per power pack. We have a pair of the older turbo’d 16-645’s on one of my Tugboats, and the sound is almost hypnotizing.

[@trainroomgary]

Cool sound check. • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@harris9784]

I'm partial to the 567C in a Geep 9 idling away. Had many a good nap in those old war horses.

[@MP34.9]

Likewise. Those 567's can't compare to anything.

[@bnsf8610]

The prime mover that couldn't pass emission like on the SD70ACe

[@trainsme7919]

To be honest this GM EMD sounds like one of Irish rails class 201s idling

[@j.m.youngquist419]

Sounds like somebody's been maintaining her

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

What rpm is this idling at? Am I crazy or does the older 710s sound different from the newer ones?

[@yourlocalbaltimorerailfan.6756]

Love the idle. But you want a dieing breed? Try the GE C39-8.

[@MP34.9]

those have been dead for years

[@yourlocalbaltimorerailfan.6756]

@@MP34.9 Nope, Pennsylvania Northeastern has 2.

[@verastaki]

Why dying breed? EMD SD60M's are not that old. Locomotives last for generations, and get tuned up, repaired, rebuilt and repainted after so many years of use, and will last for more years to come. I understand if it was an SD9, but SD60M's are not that old. I always love older EMD's locomotives such as SD9's, SD38-2's, SD40-2's & SD50's, as well as GP"s, Switchers, Slugs, High-Hoods, B-units and Snoot Nose units.

[@MP34.9]

Age wise they are not that old. But with the millions of miles under their belt, wear and tear is unavoidable and the cost of maintaining an older, less reliable unit, is far greater than much of the newer power Class 1's have today. Many have already sold, retired, or scrapped these units, ie. NS, CSX, etc as new power begins to roll in or if the power is not needed, the oldest on the rosters are the first to go.

[@harrimanfox8961]

NS is scrapping every SD60 except the SD60Es

[@derekrailfanner2283]

Awesome hearing that engine! I could listen to that all day

[@VincentMMoore0]

SWEET

[@JishyFishy4106]

EMD 16N-710G3A-EC is not a dying breed. SD60AC and GP60AC families are still there, mainly NS and CSX have them.

[@MP34.9]

Yes because NS Still rosters and uses SD60M's.... I believe this unit has since been sold off or scrapped since this was filmed.

[@JishyFishy4106]

@@MP34.9 Oh..K..

[@silicon212]

Union Pacific rosters somewhere around 200 GP60s, all of them came from SP.

[@JishyFishy4106]

@@MP34.9 NS believes that SD60's are better than SD80's. With this, NS has strongly Disproven the 5-parted video comparing CRQ's SD80MAC with SD60I. All the 5 parts of this KZbin video were published in 2008. NS still has 60's, while it had sold the 80mac's an year ago

[@AbelG8781]

we get this stuff daily in Houston lol

[@MP34.9]

Guy Muffin not here in Victoria lol

[@brianbates7892]

What's the fuel consumption rate at idle?

[@Mustangdriver10]

6 to 7 gph

[@soarinskies1105]

This will make a great run 8 sound thanks

[@keithscott1490]

Like it so much better when the condensate is is randomly blowing off from all the traps, normally in cooler weather