Tow boat on Mississippi river

[@origionalwinja]

i would like to apologize for my shaky camera hand and my seemingly "adhd" when it comes to zoom and direction.

[@supreme.deevlogs1949]

it’s all good

[@RobertValinsky]

Sounds good , like an EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotive Those must be emd 645 V16s in the engine room of that boat.

[@LadyMarie880]

AWESOME, Keokuk lock 19. I watch the camera every day. Thankyou for sharing

[@denn606]

I grew up at Lock and Dam 6 Trempealeau, WI my dad was the Assistant lockmaster

[@tjholman4307]

this is my home town, the most impressive sight to see is a full loaded barge locking through. The rest of the town has gone down hill but i still go to the lock and dam everytime im back

[@danielr4640]

I love the mighty Mississippi. One of the best rivers on this continent

[@terrellprice8013]

Worked on all tributaries of the Mississippi River system as I was working my way through college. When I graduated with a degree in transportation I was debt free.

[@LadyMarie880]

Lessen to the whine, awesome . Thankyou

[@stevendecuir4850]

I love the sound of them Turbos

[@dewinger]

If this is at Keokuk, the bridge is owned by the Keokuk Junction Railway in some combination with the City of Keokuk. As of late in the summer of 2013 the KJ was running one train each way each day across the bridge headed for La Harpe Il

[@origionalwinja]

this was in fact taken in Keokuk Iowa.

[@michaelgarrity6090]

By 2021 that bridge is no longer in use.

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

@@michaelgarrity6090 The RR bridge is still used the traffic portion is not.

[@johndough-]

45 years ago I did that same job in that same location

[@dianedoherty3655]

Very informative

[@TheWizardGamez]

What are the sticks in the water? Correction: poles at the front of the barge

[@michaelgarrity6090]

The poles hold the transducers for depth sounders that are up on the bridges. The captains need to know what the depth is at the head of the two. The barges need at least 9 feet of water.

[@BenjaminEsposti]

Awesome, sounds like some EMD engines.

[@exilfromsanity]

Benjamin Esposti yes, GM 16-645E7B s a pair of them. Good ear.

[@mattmorrow3656]

Sounds good, but I can imagine being on board hearing those turbos all day would get old. huh what did you say??

[@towboater78]

+matt Morrow When you are inside the boat you really don't hear them.

[@denn606]

Nope, I love that sound!!!

[@dave1135]

Lock and dam 19, Keokuk, iowa

[@christhorpe9890]

i wonder why santa fe no longer uses that swing bridge

[@origionalwinja]

The bridge was originally the western terminus of the Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad. Today, it serves the Keokuk Junction Railway with occasional train crossings for interconnection and river terminal services. the bridges upper deck is abandoned. The river traffic (barges and boats) have the right-of-way, so the swing section remains open until a train needs to cross the river.

[@jameshorn4915]

Rowboat life is where it's at. I miss working on the bootsie b

[@АлексейАлешин-о8б]

Divine sound

[@glenndunn9672]

He just coming ahead on it to get the tow moving

[@ajustez3013]

I ran to the engine room hearing those EMD's , and partly because of all the convicts on deck......

[@hubertharned5835]

Craig Thompson did not know your mother worked out there.

[@christhorpe9890]

the boat is revving like a emd diesel electric locomotive

[@Train_Tok_Man]

That’s because it has an EMD Engine.

[@bobishere6527]

Why are they called 'Tow Boats' when they were obviously designed to "push"?

[@chasedean8584]

Bc there towing whatever is wired to the strings that the boat is faced up to

[@shinlanten]

Love them screaming EMDs!

[@MrCarlonb]

Sounds good

[@TheWizardGamez]

Damn, those barges rusty AF

[@jadalizmercedes7579]

why do they call them towboats, it's really more of a push

[@danielr4640]

I’m surprise they don’t have any of those boats on the Amazon in South America. The longest river in the world

[@origionalwinja]

its not wide enough or deep enough in most locations, its also has a ton of super sharp curves that would be a monster to navigate with something like this

[@danielr4640]

@@origionalwinja very true

[@liberalsarefools7687]

They do have the on Amazon when I worked for Ashland marathon petroleum they sold the Ashland to go down there along with a few Madison/Amherst boats on a ship

[@matsch6516]

Nothing to transport on Amazonas river

[@stancedstyfon1234]

You know I can never get over the fact that these things have (turbos).....TURBOS ,that's a car thing why is it in a boat.....Its so interesting and mindfucking

[@hansknutson2327]

CALEB KITTS please read history of the diesel engine, you will soon understand history of turbocharger and the crank driven blower

[@stancedstyfon1234]

Hans Knutson oh do not worry. I was always aware that towboats have turbos....I was just joking around I guess. With me living literally right by the Mississippi river levee in Louisiana, I wake up to towboats pretty much every morning.

[@michaelgarrity6090]

Actually they are superchargers. I served in the Coast Guard. The cutters I served on had the same type of engines. In our case, two 2000 HP Detroit Diesel 16 cylinder locomotive engines. Most of these boats working the Mississippi have a total of 6000 HP or more.

[@jeffreyroehm5904]

@@michaelgarrity6090 no they are definitely Briggs and Stratton.

[@ViewpointUnique]

@@michaelgarrity6090 incorrect. This particular towboat has 645 turbo EMD prime movers. While some EMDs and others can have Roots-style blowers (superchargers), this model has actual turbos.

[@kingtut8381]

I MUCH PREFER THE OLDER DIESELS THAT SOUNDED LIKE THIS: ERH......ERH.......ERH.......ERH..... MUCH EASIER ON THE EARS

[@garygarretts1672]

Cowboy, capn probably come up and said knock off all that throttle jocky crap.

[@gabekremer7148]

+Gary Garretts He not a throttle jocky. What your listening to is the engine go in and out for or aft thrust. depending on what way the tow needs to be moved in the space he will change the engine power and or direction of thrust to control the tow. They have rudders infront and behind the screws to allow for vectored thrust in a way to make things happen quickly. Plus your listening to engine that aren't even running hard. They red line usually up around 900 rpm but rarely run much over 700 all day long.

[@garygarretts1672]

+Gabe Kremer Thanks Gabe I'v only been on these boats for over 40 years and in the wheelhouse before you was boer , sounds like. All that revving the engines was bs, Idle in idle out. Iv done both.

[@hubertharned5835]

Gary Garretts your a fucken lair.40 years. please now.did your mommy have any kids that lived.

[@chasedean8584]

Cant just come full ahead into a lock but if ya do I'll check ya down cap

[@liberalsarefools7687]

That is one of aep old boats that they got screwed out of thank to Ole knoy that is a dravo viking class either fm baker, gl furr , an prientace, Robert m copper, and gc fournance but I am pretty sure fournance was sold years ago!

[@Lets_wing_it]

Not the baker or Cooper..we own them at Amherst.

[@Lets_wing_it]

This was the R.E Doyle Jr. Originally

[@liberalsarefools7687]

Yeah I forgot about doyle Jr. And I am sure some others but aep bought 10 of those boats from dravo in 1977 great boat!