Starting Diesel Locomotive series 661-138 / the so-called Kennedy
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For the professional engineer who designs railway systems, see Railway engineering.
An engineer (American and Canadian), train operator, hostler or engine driver (British and Commonwealth English) is a person who operates a train. The engineer is in charge of and responsible for driving the engine, as well as the mechanical operation of the train, train speed, and all train handling. The use of the term engineer to describe this occupation in North America should not be confused with the usual meaning of engineer, as in someone who engages in design.
For many American railroads, the following career progression is typical: assistant conductor (brakeman), conductor and finally engineer. In the US, engineers are required to be certified and re-certified every two to three years. [1]
In India, a driver starts as a diesel assistant or electrical assistant (in case of electric locomotives). They then get promoted on a scale: goods, passenger, Mail / Express and Rajdhani / Shatabdi / Duronto. [2]
In the New Zealand, United States and Canada, train drivers are known as "locomotive engineers". In the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia they are known as "train drivers", "engine drivers", "locomotive drivers", or "locomotive operators".
An engineer is responsible for preparing equipment for service, checking paperwork and the condition of the locomotives. Their duties require that they control acceleration, braking and handling of the train underway. They must know the physical characteristics of the railroad, including passenger stations, the incline and decline of the right-of-way and speed limits. Along with the conductor, the engineer monitors time to not fall behind schedule, nor leave stations early. The train's speed must be reduced when following other trains, approaching route diversions, or regulating time over road to avoid arriving too early. The engineer assumes the duties of the conductor if the conductor is incapacitated.
The locomotive engineer is required to have an intimate knowledge of track geometry including signal placement so as to be able to safely control the train.
Maintaining concentration is of critical importance in this role.
I like how the start of the video is: *casually approach locomotive*
Have to do it casually, they scare really easily
Yes
Since this is probably filmed somewhere in Serbia the very start is: drink a shot of shlivovitza (plum brandy) and then casually approach the locomotive. 😁
ドドドドド
Well, the walk-around was OK, I guess.
Wow,couldn’t believe this old locomotive still works,starts and move flawlessly,truly a good maintenance and care invested into it, I believe,also a good piece of engineering work And design has been done
In Serbia? Are you kidding?
@@pete904ni
Those EMDs are designed to be abused and put away wet. Because that´s the only thing the big railroad in the US does with them. That´s why it does the thing so effortlessly even after years. 😂😂
Now I know how to start it.
Next time I'll take it for a drive when you guys park it in the night.
Colega that was great. Greetings from someone that grew up in railways around Greece and Alco locomotives was an everyday spectacle. Still love them.
Έλληνας;
EMD IS BEST DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY
Sjajno! Uživao sam gledajući.
Cool video. Obviously it’s not a loco for a museum exhibition but it is for work and sure not brand new. Not sure what all triggered children are crying about here.
It start up easily, move and does a job. Exactly what it was built for.
Eryk Johansson cos it's fun to watch obviously.,
its at least 60 years old lol
I love this sound of this locomotive
Those old EMD's make a great sound.
0:49 AY BLYAT
No,he said "Idem I ja",what means "I'm going too"
@@mita8647 shhhhhhh
@@mita8647 da rekao je ( yes he siad)
AWESOME video mate, contrary to what others say, I personally think the length of this video is great. Thank you for showing us so many details!
How old is this machine?
-Yes.
And how many miles it has?
-That too.
its over 50years old and still in use every day i bet it has over 15milion miles
The good old EMD 16-567. prime mover. She must have already been warm because I didn't see a blow down or anything. Although i skipped around in the video a bit so I may have just missed it. Thanks for sharing this video!
Shane Singleton
Very few people even attempt to blow the engine down anymore, it's just not needed.
Svaka cast za video sve pohvale
This is in Serbia! On the locomotive you can see cyrilic letter Ж, which is logo for Serbia Railways. Also, on the locomotive you can see text that says "dangerous, 600 volts"
vatrosprem aparat za gasenje pozara.
Some texts are written cyrilic, some original english, some romaniam alphabet. Nice mix.
@@hvnterblack Serbian, not Romanian alphabet
Sounds like my school bus. Edit: Great Job giving me what the engine sounded like!
Very cool. I've always been fascinated by those powerful machines. I never would have guessed that that nondescript button among some others would be what actually started the engine.
Cool as this definitely was, it would have been even better if there was narration explaining what was going on.
super video................
Fantastic 👏👏👏👏👏 excellent video
European Train Driver keep up the good work and happy railing
Great work....Thanks for sharing
Pěkná pastouška!
Thx I was sleeping ;)
I was driving this locomotive when i was 7-10 years old with my dad and this video makes fresh some memories. Love it
I envy you 😣 but iam glad you had a good time 😊
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954 still get a tear in my eye when I hear an old train in the night!
I like it when they are like this and still do there job. Great thing that the are being maintaind by good mechanics.
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Electro-Motive Division (EMD) locomotive, made by General Motors, La Grande Illinois USA!
Actually these were built under licence in Croatia.
Ctwentysevenj wonder why he’d think it’s made by gm when all the labels are in Russian
@@yung_drakoo3605 The writing is not Russian, but Serbian-Croatian. The Cyrillic alphabet is used by Serbians and Macedonians. So the language of Serbian-Croatian, the Latin alphabet is used by the Croatians and Bosnians. Cyrillic is used by the Serbs. The Cyrillic alphabet is also used by the Bulgarians, Ukrainians, Belorussians and of course the Russians. This is the Croatian engineering company that built them under license. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%90uro_%C4%90akovi%C4%87_(company)
Ctwentysevenj my bad bro wasn’t really paying attention to the lettering since I caught glimpse before my phone died so I just thought it was russian
At 13:22 we can see the manufacturing plate that states it is a GM product, just saying.
Parabéns pela nobre profissão
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Nice good job!
At 23, I regret not asking the always friendly train drivers back then to show me around..
Woah it lives!
New train simulator world DLC looks cool ;)
Cool!
Thank you for uploading this one. That old EMD may be dirty but she's still on the rails doing work. (at least as of 2017) Is this unit still in service?
Until break apart.
video starts at 5:18 ... Thank me later :)
Thanks
Thank you
Tack.
Thank you kind stranger
If fallout 4 had a train.
More like Silent Hill :O
omg you stole my thought! :D
Doesnt it have one at one of the station?
@@finndahuman57
Fallout 4 does have trains, but they are static objects and cant be used :( Unless you count the monorail that takes you to Nuka World. Would be cool to have your own train to ride around the wasteland though :D
There is a mod nowadays if you still want a train in FO4.
Train comes into view @1:40
Great video!
Thanks!
One old spooky filthy but lovin’ it loco
Oh wow
IS REALLY WORKING
Nice video.
Nice walk to work then...
To samo tako nastavi
A working engine, clean enough.
Super super good welcome
Looks like this tracks in the yard haven’t been used in a long time
why are people claiming that it isnt well maintained and dirty, engine is obviously very well maintained considering how quickly it started and i dont even see a speck of rust in the cabin, nice video btw
I didn't know there are so many cleanest freaks who like to watch what the driver is doing. I used to work driving logging trucks out in the woods and they weren't always the neatest and cleanest trucks with the mud and dirt around. But they were serviced and ran well.
Very nice video! Complete and instructive. By the way, what is the foot switch?
Still looks better than the long gone German V200 locomotives of Greek Railways, I remember how they had missing windows, rusted body and only 1 motor working out of 2
i like trains
trop cool la Kennedy
This engine neads a good restoration its amazing that it works in this condition
very good
steta sto je takva lepota u takvom losem stanju i ne ocuvana kako treba
prljava je u pitsku matarnu
Only One istina
For interested people about locomotives on ex. Yugoslavian railways, most of the mainline diesel locomotives were EMD's.
Today for example in Croatia we retired all G16's.
G16 is an export model of an EMD SD9.
In Croatia we use:
GT22HW-2 which would be something like a GP39-2.
Powered by 12-645E3 (2500HP)
(A1A)'-(A1A)'
G26C which would be a SD38.
Powered by 16-645E (2200HP)
(Co)'-(Co)'
GT26CW-2 which would be a SD40-2.
Powered by 16-645E3 (3300HP)
(Co)'-(Co)'
Triplex5014
Why are your locomotives rated for more horsepower than their US equivalent? For example: SD-38 here is 2000 HP, SD-40-2 is 3000 HP.
@@ralfie8801 I was never sure is the 16-645E3 tuned to 3000HP or 3300HP.
I believe that the engine is tuned to 3300HP but 3000HP is available for traction. So the engine has a few hundred HP of headroom above the electric transmission power rating. By the specs of the G26C it has 1640kW or 2230HP.
There could be mistakes in data sheets in some books or really there are minor variations in specs.
Triplex5014
All I know is what the locomotive is rated for, that's what we go by here in the states. We don't go by what the engine is tuned for.
@@ralfie8801 I've found the tractive power:
3000HP for the GT26CW-2
2000HP for the G26C
2300HP for the GT22HW-2
You're right, locomotive engineers are interested in the effective power output at the wheels.
Triplex5014
Those numbers I gave you are also what I see on the computer screen when I load test locomotives. 👍
Nice 👍
Danke
It seems strange to me that an EMD locomotive that old can be started from inside the cab. That wasn't a thing here in the US until the late 90's. The start station on those old units like this one is near the rear of the unit, just inside a door at the equipment rack. You have to stand outside in the weather to start it.
Yeah i think the same, the start was damn quicker than i have seen in any diesel locomotive
Actually many old EMDs had the start button inside. That’s how it was on the old GP9s I ran.
@@brianburns7211 This class is built based on SD9
@@interceptor7905 I’ve run many SD9s too on BN. The point is that when the full crews existed, one guy could man the start button, while the other gave it fuel at the lay shaft, if needed. Some early units were converted so the start switch was by the lay shaft.
@@brianburns7211 That is cool.I have worked in Croatia on G16 locomotives export model(former Yugoslav Railways)and is exactly as you explained.2 man start.
Thanks i have trying to figure out how to start my new locomotive
I don't understand what fun you can have driving such old shit.
sir supar 👌👌👌👌👌👌
I believe the US made GM EMD had 3 series of engine. 567, 645 and 710.
A marine version that we used was 12-645 E7B, 12 cylinders, 645 cubic inches/cylinder. That application was in a deep sea tug.
As these engines are 2 stroke, they are not environmentally friendly and will be phased out over time.
2 strokes are less complicated and are easier to work on compared to 4 strokes, thats why these old engines are still in service after 50-60+ years
Very nice ! It is an American locomotive in Serbia. An old Serbian locomotive driver told me a long time ago that 6 locomotives was received from America as a gift or some kind of help. A storm on the ocean thrown 4 locomotives in the water. Maybe is a lie, I don't know. Excuse me for my bad English. Respect Serbia from Romania.
I repainted many of these make them look Beautiful 💑💐😁!!!!!!!
Thats how my old car stats lmao.
Never been cleaned. I'm not one to be spotlessly clean but I'd have to give it a wipe if I worked in there lol.
This is In Serbia their underfunded so no one is bothered to clean the train.. if it runs well and does it’s job then that’s all that matters
True
Very cool video
I guess the button on the floor is the attention button?
Very interesting video! Compliments!
thinkyou
It could use a bit of love
Cool movie ! Happy newyear !
Did it ever get some maintenance ?
Reminds me of Half-Life a little bit lol, just without a big citadel in the distance lol
You make one video for your video is nice
Like mawn mover take the cable and do it repeatly until it staty :D
The locomotive itself is so dirty and worn that it is as if the loco is saying "I could do with a good clean up and a fresh coat of paint"....
Still used in pa to move quarry Rock..
Esa cabina esta toda cochambrosa como la estufa de doña pelos 😂😂😂
Get some paint for the cabin.
Maybe a dark grey
That's pretty cool.
So, red lever looks like engine speed, the white one train direction, and I think the black one activates Darth Vader ? ☠️))
Yes. The red is throttle who has steps, the white is called the reverser ( direction ), and the black one is the brake.
lepo samo snimi snimak ispod dizelke ok
Ещё бы семечек наплевал для полной красоты.
great video...
i saw a similar diesel cab conditios... !
tendriamos que lavarla muy bien lijarla y pintarla
After playing TSW I’m like oh I can probably start one of these train
Dang, I investigated a couple murder scenes in this yard..
of course it will run...its an EMD engine. Nuthin better. NOTCH 8 ! !
O povo de lá é bem porco com as locomotivas... fico imaginando a qualidade da manutenção...
Né
Hi
5:40 the sign says: Danger 600 Volts. I know this, cause I am a Serbian railfan.
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954, just to the cellphones, I guess!
Опасно 600 вольт,прикольно
видать ты никогда не попадал под 600
People say its bad the way it looks personally the Dirt and grim is Pretty and its well maintained
Also an Indian looking Russian Locomotive built be And American Compny
This isn't Russia this is Serbia
Has some resemblence to our Dutch 2400/2500 series.
Skip to 5:59
2:00 - locomotive
Good video! I like good videos!!
Why don't you take a video of series 642 or 643?
The way this guy walks around & all makes it look like he is just someone who come up on a train & is videoing it. Then all of a sudden he fires it up & takes off. Also I never saw him bleed the water out of the cylinders before he fired it up.
Death BeforeDishonor
Nobody does that anymore, it's not needed unless you have a bad head seal.
Wonder what the safety rules are over the- nvm.
Did you notice the switch on the floor..called the dead man switch