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Hello Larry! Looking to reach you. Thank you.

The crossing at 5:11, the posts where the X is on has slots for flashing red lights, but were never installed.

She’s got chop

It sounds a bit different from 265H engines on JT56ACe (HXN3), more like GE.

maybe i am an odball but i think most rail fans and even just diesel engine fans would pay to hear this in person . like have a yard full of old trains that you load test for show every day. i would visit that rail museum stay all day and pay 100 entrance fee happily .

Hi 1916!

Classic

bet those people in london question why it was so big 🤣

Nice video Larry

That time EMD made an Alco 244 and it ended up being even worse than the original somehow

We had 4 of those on our UP grain train out of des moines iowa headed to kc and 2 died south of Trenton Missouri and we couldn't make the hill up into polo. Went dead right there. Total junk these locomotives were. Electrical issues out the Wazoo

Wow, that turbo sounds amazing!

Beautiful diesel GM

I like the sound of the two-stroke much better.

China gets all the best toys . would love to hear one in person but its a long way to go. its amazing to think such an american engineering project passing through london and then finding its destiny in the far east

Wow.!! Never knew that emd make 4 stroke engines !! It"s the first time I heard the chug from emd!! Sounds best from other locos 4 stroke locos!!

Mechanical music !

this does not sound like emd two stroke engine at all more like 7fdl 16 cylinder...

Love the sound of that chug!

Such a shame when they scrapped a lot of these because of the crappy prime mover. They could've at least installed a 710.

Lets see a one man crew do that switching maneuver!

That's a lovely video, we had a great summer that year. Love that GM sound brings back great memories.

I still cant believe emd put alco engine on the sd90s

Did they have to run every new 201 on pre service runs?

Hi dad can we go to the St Thomas mall From JJ 🎉

It's a shame that Caterpillar shuttered the GM Diesel Division in Canada, Train crews all over North America still say that the quietest Cabs came from London Ontario 😢

It's crazy to see how the St.. Thomas CASO was all double tracks and double diamonds crossing over L&PS tracks. It totally unrecognizable nowadays.😱

Sound Similar Amtrak GE Genesis engine

Love to see footage of the quad header someday

Classic.

It's unfortunate that it's so hard to hear what they are saying. I don't say that as a criticism though, merely an observation.

What were the biggest problems with this compelling prime mover? Was it rushed into production too quickly? Can the Cummins QSK95 save Progress Rail?

Dad (Murray Shaver) moved to St. Thomas in the early ‘40’s to be a fireman and engineman on the New York Central. Later he became the Local Chairman of that union and eventually the General Chairman for the Canadian division and 4 American divisions. But he never gave up going out on the line a few times a month. He worked through the transition to Amtrak. He retired at 63.

thanks for being the railway historian in this area, Larry!

worked with Joe in Welland in early 70's

very poignant Larry.

Great footage Larry. Sure wish there was sound. So many fantastic memories from half a century ago!!! I can't believe time has flown by so much. Thanks for this!!!

First time I encountered a pair of these in UP paint, I couldn’t get over the…..”interesting” sound of those prime movers. It did NOT sound anything like the typical turbocharged EMD 645 “purr” I was so used to. They sounded about as crappy as they were physically. Complete junk.

The unmistakable sound of a GE exhaust chug! Those are all B36-7s BTW.

Courte mais belle vidéo. Ces amateurs, souvent bénévoles, entretiennent notre patrimoine ferroviaire et le gardent vivant. Merci à eux. Amitiés de Belgique 🤗 .

Switching on the FLY, love it. I'm sure that's 'illegal' now.

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I think the point is, nobody is interested and nobody wants these locomotives. There is nothing interesting about railroads anymore. Might as well put more trucks on our already congested highways and freeways.

Boy that sounds mean should've named it mack an put a bull dog out on the nose👍👍👍👍👍

Not much whine without that gear driven turbocharger

Wow, what a fantastic video!!!! I was lucky enough as a child to ride shotgun on the enterprise briefly!! Love ireland and irish rail!!!

Even though it is a 4-stroke, there is still EMD unique growls lay there if you hear it more by headsets or earsets or anything albeit a bit quieter. The low and heavy bass sound of the engine is still in fact, identifies this as an EMD not anyone else.

This is the ALCo 251 resurrected. It's beautiful. God I wish the 90-H's were successful. This is an amazing sound, better than even a U-boat.

This Is Either 1988 Or '89

Great video !