I love SRR's big CLF units. Basically a beautiful combination of the prime mover and running gear of an SD40-2 with the beautiful F series cab and cowl body, with the addition of an F40PH/SDP40F style radiator and cooling arrangement. Pretty much taking the best and gluing them all together!
To some degree yes. They have to have valve clearance adjustments, Injectors serviced, ect like any Other engine however.. Being a medium speed engine the wear and tear is generally pretty low and they are insanely reliable when you consider the work they do.
Goodday Adam, Firstly you can put the baby to sleep with an EMD at full throttle well I would. You know the Yanks would pay top dollar to stand besides CLF with all there recording instruments just for the chance to hear what we are hearing. Now compared to a NR class there is no comparison CLF walks all over those straw blowing NR. Now there is only 1 loco that sounds tougher & we know who that is. C 501 The magnificent BIG GEORGE. Get him at full throttle whilst stationery that is a symphony of muscle. Cheers Louis 👍
@@nikolaschilcote4031 if by that you mean a turbocharger force feeding air into the engine then technically.. It's an exhaust gas turbine.. But not a turbine as such.
At night I've seen them get a slight red glow but generally the fans keep them very cool, if a fan fails it usually results in molten metal pouring out of the grids.
@@NoBody-ht1oh thanks for the explanation. Sounds similar to a dynotard or retarder in a heavy vehicle transmission to a degree. I used to work on busses that ran this system and you would notice the coolant temp rise when under assisted braking conditions.
