I think every person who just enjoys trains wished for just a moment that we were in your shoes , good job and a memorable experience im sure. thanks for sharing.
It was my understanding that Alco (Schenectady) never built any FP-4's, that they were all from Montreal. To the best of my knowledge, CN was the only original operator. And I believe they used the much better 251 prime mover rather than the ill-fated 244 used in Schenectady's FA's.
Hi Alex, nice video. Brings back memories of the time I rode in the cab of Alco PA-4 number 18 back in the 70’s. You’ll remember that forever, I’m sure. I like the paint scheme, as it looks like D&H, as that was the railroad I rode on. Best wishes. Dave
Great! I've recently bought Walther's D&H #18. I think it is the most beautiful livery I have seen. I would like to upgrade that model building the cab's inside, adding missing grab irons, etc. Any suggestion and advice would be welcome.
Unless I missed it, this man did not cut out his auto brake valve to make a proper leakage test. This 24 air brake has pressure maintaining, so there won't be any leak. I was an engineer for 36 years, by the way.
Unless your type 24 brake is different than what I was used to, pressure maintaining was only a feature for first application which only gave the 6 to 8 psi. minimum application and he applied a 20 psi reduction and then lapped the automatic which is the procedure we used when I worked for Canadian National, the original owner of 6754. Cut out is used on type 26L Brake.
@@jaswmclark I watched this video again, and still, he makes a 20 psi reduction and sits there. The 24RL has pressure maintaining no matter where you put the handle. I still didn't see him reach down to the lower part of the stand to cut out the pressure maintaining to check his leakage. I ran GG1's, E33's and ALCo RS11's an RS3's in North Jersey back in the '70's. with 24 brake. I don't know why he's checking for leakage, there won't be any as long as the pressure maintaining is cut in.
Oh man, an old Train Brake handle with the second position of "LAP" meaning neither charging, nor discharging of air, rather simply maintaining the current pressure setting. I had a rude awakening when I had to learn how to use one of these. I think that valve is a 6BL? I could be wrong but I learned on something like that in an old Alco RS-3. Prior to that, everything else I was trained on had self-lapping and you didn't need to remember to place the valve in that position. I spent the first few days making undesired stops and recovering my air, cursing the non self-lapping valve the whole time. Edit and Correction: 6BL was what I learned on, the brake stand in the video is a 24RL, predecessor to today's current 26L and 26C.
And Victorian Railways Blue and Gold livery, however the loco looks similar to the NSWGR 44/South Australian 930 class diesels which VR never had in their fleet (VR diesels were predominantly GM-EMD products). 😎🇦🇺
What's with the mad editing? half-an-hour of talking stationary BOOM! we're going 15 mph thru some forest. (no start, no accel, no sense of route) Scenery this, scenery that -HOOOOOOONK! - oh it turns out someone had forgotten to turn the camera on in time for a crossing, but decided to show what's left of it anyway... this isn't a cab ride, it's a jumpscare prank video.
Európába be kell mászni a két kocsi közötti térben. Az ütköző bakok közé. Az össze ,és szét kapcsoláshoz. Plusz a levegő tömlőket is csatlakoztatni kell. Rengeteg vasúti dolgozó halt meg e miatt. 💯 Év alatt sem oldották meg. A teher vagonon még midég így ilyen rendszerrel működnek.
Древний тепловоз, древний дед машинист. Кабина на сральню похожа. Дед спит на ходу. Разве можно в таком возрасте разрешать управление такой опасной техникой!
