Finally get to hear the horn on this thing. Not as bad as I thought I'd hope.
@espeescottyАй бұрын
You can see it sanding the rails at 2:42 as it is no doubt under heavy load accelerating the 6000.
@F40-RULESАй бұрын
That horn sounds exactly like a go transit cab car 🤣🤣😂😂. At least the newer ones.
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
@@F40-RULES I actually think its the same type!
@aidantherailfan2175Ай бұрын
I was gonna say the same thing, it really does sound like go transit’s cab car horn
@leonardovalladares4315Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@F40-RULESАй бұрын
If it had the same loud emergency horn, then I would think it is the same horn. 😂😂🤣🤣👍
@aidantherailfan2175Ай бұрын
@@F40-RULES lol
@ElifilmstrainsАй бұрын
Very nice video. Great to see the 2001 leading!
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
@@Elifilmstrains Thanks!
@galaxyrailfanning7860Ай бұрын
Amazing! Great footage Stephan!
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
Thanks. It will test that way off and on over the next few weeks.
@StormySkyRailProductionsАй бұрын
Very cool video and enjoyed once again. Have a great rest of your Tuesday. Steve
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
Thanks! Enjoy your day too!
@StormySkyRailProductionsАй бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 you're very welcome and thank you also.
@ElPasoTXRailfanner23 күн бұрын
Nice catch
@stephankoenig548123 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@DebbieSuttleАй бұрын
Now that is pretty awesome right there woot woot 🌞😊
@MidWestRailFan-1z2eqАй бұрын
Shurley is an interesting looking locomotive!
@WH_Railfan84Ай бұрын
Very nice set of catches. I like the LED's on the front!
@keithfurlow5024Ай бұрын
Great catch as always and very informative! Thanks for sharing my friend!👍🏾👌🏾
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
Thanks! Thanks for watching!
@keithfurlow5024Ай бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 you’re welcome!
@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan27 күн бұрын
It’s amazing that those poles ones used to hold a catenary wire are still standing in a time when general electric built electric locomotives most notably famous being the Milwaukee Road Little Joe and the Pennsylvania railroad GG1
@stephankoenig548127 күн бұрын
There is only one left from 1909 at mp 1.75. A few from the 1920s.
@aaronl_trains_and_planesАй бұрын
It's too quiet. I want to hear the rumble of an approaching engine.
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
When its by itself it almost sounds like a very quiet SD70Ace.
@rearspeaker6364Ай бұрын
needs a 400 watt DCC encoder installed.
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
@@rearspeaker6364 Wonder if Loksound will make one. : )
@aaronl_trains_and_planesАй бұрын
@@rearspeaker6364 🤣😂🤣😂
@rearspeaker6364Ай бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 watch it have the wrong upload, and its UP4014!!
@Xander-m1w29 күн бұрын
I love that horn!
@joshthetrainfanАй бұрын
That thing looks cool. When do the CN/BLE ones come out?
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
@@joshthetrainfan towards the end of the year. There is only one.
@joshthetrainfanАй бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 oh I thought there were more
@ElifilmstrainsАй бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 CN's getting battery locomotives for the Bessemer?
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
@@Elifilmstrains Just one, should be out later this year.
@rearspeaker6364Ай бұрын
So that's how they charge them up🤣🤣
@m.e.34529 күн бұрын
What is the economic case for a locomotive that can only run for 5 hours before recharging? 🤔
@stephankoenig548129 күн бұрын
@@m.e.345 It is still to be used in a consist. On the road it would be much longer with support comming from the other locomotives.
@FanRailer26 күн бұрын
The real benefit of running battery locomotives in conjunction with conventional diesel electrics comes in mountain territory, where use of dynamic braking can be turned into regenerative braking, recapturing the generated electricity and storing it in the battery for later use rather than dissipating it as heat through the dynamic brake resistors.
@jordaneriksson5417Ай бұрын
It's so quiet i can't hear the motor roaring
@maestromecanico597Ай бұрын
Oh so close! Now isolate the alternator in AC6000 from the electrical cabinet and run bus connections to the FLX. Then run another set of buses from the FLX battery to the AC6000’s electrical cabinet. The engine will only ramp up to charge the battery and ramp down to idle/shutdown when the battery is charged.
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
I actually think something like that is in development!
@maestromecanico597Ай бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 When I saw my first AC6000 in the late 90s the road slug had been a reality for almost a decade on CSX. The next step was obvious: A road slug/mother set spreading out that 6000hp over twice as many axles. Replace two SD40s with better traction and half the fuel consumption. Now with batteries it’s even better.
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
@@maestromecanico597 I have worked with battery power over the last 10 years The torque is much higher. Spreading it out would work better. GECX 3000 had much more torque than the equivalent GEVO. This one is even more powerful.
@maestromecanico597Ай бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 An inherent advantage of steam and electric traction was full potential as soon as you opened the throttle. With a diesel you have to wait until the engine revs up. A fully charged battery goes back to that full potential. This could get interesting.
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
@@maestromecanico597 Yep! Down side is the gears and motors wear out quicker in some cases.
@JessLemley_RONTАй бұрын
You can’t even hear the horn after it passes lol
@bowlinglegendofleftwich4775Ай бұрын
This is making me think about the horn on GECX 3000 Although, nobody has heard it, I wonder what horn GECX 3000 is
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
For the last test of the 3000 it got the same type of horn that 2001 has to test it to se if it would work. There is too much on the roof of the units to have a horn up there.
@bowlinglegendofleftwich477529 күн бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 makes sense
@ChloesProductions-zk5wz27 күн бұрын
Hey Something new !! always seems cool, now my honest opinion, Run it alone and pulling a normal haul, can’t wait to see this cluster, I wouldn’t bet a dime on this impending fail.
@stephankoenig548127 күн бұрын
@@ChloesProductions-zk5wz technology may warrant it obsolete in the near future.
@corsaronero2577Ай бұрын
Why does it have two red MU sockets?
@MilwaukeeF40C29 күн бұрын
YEESH that thing looks like a bomb. Keep it away from any populated areas.
@Train_Tok_Man27 күн бұрын
This is going to sound like an odd question, but where are the controls, the right or left?
@stephankoenig548127 күн бұрын
@@Train_Tok_Man Same as the US locomotives.
@Train_Tok_Man27 күн бұрын
@@stephankoenig5481 Nice! Thanks for answering my question.
@redhen33428 күн бұрын
The horn sounds like a Nathan K horn with bells 1L and 1, one step down from the 1 and 2 combination used on the GT46C-ACe and other locomotives on the mainline in Australia. Not really a fan of 2 chimes but they don’t sound awful.
@Trainsandanimationstv29 күн бұрын
Might be the first time I've seen a freight locomotive with LED lights
@stephankoenig548129 күн бұрын
@@Trainsandanimationstv The former Pan Am adopted them.
@hayden451620 күн бұрын
Arkansas and Missouri RR operates SD70ACes with full LED lights. They’ve got a few videos up on here!
@stephankoenig548119 күн бұрын
@@hayden4516 Thats cool I saw them a couple years ago!
@jamesnulliner239028 күн бұрын
That thing sounds so cool will the diesel engine and the electric engine
@octopus106629 күн бұрын
so how many people will get ran over by a quiet freight train, or how many times will she get stuck on a hill having to be pushed up the hill by normal engies? same reason why battery trucks won't work for pulling heavy loads, it will be WAY WORSE on a train hauling freight.
@stephankoenig548129 күн бұрын
On the plus side looking at locomotive production and new ideas diesels will still be built and rebuilt into 2040. as they are the best investment.
@scax85929 күн бұрын
That AC6000- does it have a 16-cyl GEVO engine? Sure sounds like it
@stephankoenig548129 күн бұрын
It still does just derated.
@Justrandomvideos-202328 күн бұрын
Sure its battery powered but how good will it do pulling and pushing thousands of tons of weight and for how long?
@stephankoenig548128 күн бұрын
@@Justrandomvideos-2023 Thats what they need tp fond out from the tests.
@ChloesProductions-zk5wz27 күн бұрын
Toast
@alwhalen348817 күн бұрын
I don't think the intent is to run only battery units. They supposedly will be included in a consist for extra power when needed to pull and will get recharged when needed for dynamic braking.
@stephankoenig548117 күн бұрын
@@alwhalen3488 That was the intent. For US railroads they were marketed as an as needed DPU that did not need to run all the time.
@VinnieRozzisi9 күн бұрын
Do you happen to know if 6000 is an actual AC6000?
@stephankoenig54819 күн бұрын
It was. It was changed to be classified as an AC46CH.
@Espeon14Ай бұрын
Es44 cab with SD60 back
@shaunrobertson185728 күн бұрын
Diesel will always be superior just saying it almost stalled with only one fully loaded loco
@mikecross4350Ай бұрын
So 5 hours ..not pulling a train and with a just in case diesel tagging along?
@MilwaukeeF40C29 күн бұрын
All locos are tested this way. The diesel does dynamic braking to put a load on the working loco. I don't doubt that the battery loco works, but I do doubt that they will work very long before a major reportable incident.
@hannamaniacrailproductions5082Ай бұрын
I have A LOT of questions
@Kendrickhobbs1896 күн бұрын
What is that thing? 0:46
@stephankoenig54815 күн бұрын
Its a memorial to a kid that was killed there in 2003.
@Trainplaneenjoyer29 күн бұрын
Ah yes the SD6000M So yeah the horn doesn't sound that bad it just sounds like an Australian horn or a fouled P3 but the bell stays the same and yeah can someone tell me where to find this locomotive
@TheRealBlakeBradleyАй бұрын
made it 100 likes
@stephankoenig5481Ай бұрын
That was quick!
@AmtrakNerd4228 күн бұрын
That looks like it could be used in a Barbie movie.
@rorirocks666328 күн бұрын
Dont know what horn is on this loco but sounds like the P2 that caltrain and metrolink lile to use And being an aussie loco, why not put it on one the nose like most aussie locos? And why only 2 chimes, would be better off with a 5 chime, 5 trumpet horn like the earlier K5s the earlier diesel Locos got, hell even the domestic C44ACi got a custom K5Ul horn that CTTrasit use currently
@coolleo14927 күн бұрын
Horn type? Cause it really doesn’t sound good at all :/
@stephankoenig548127 күн бұрын
@@coolleo149 someone IDed it as a P2.
@isaacsmith1874Ай бұрын
The paint scheme is god-awful, it is definitely interesting.
@darthvader43609Ай бұрын
It's because the CEO of Roy Hill is a breast cancer survivor, and I have all the respect for her.
@isaacsmith1874Ай бұрын
@@darthvader43609 OK, now I understand.
@SilkyTrains29 күн бұрын
@@darthvader43609Yes. She deserves respect
@bennettgibson728728 күн бұрын
The horn sounds terrible it's not tuned.
@xero9259 күн бұрын
This technology is not sustainable in railroading. What happening when its cold outside and the battery cant start? When the trains stop, so does our economy!