Conrail coaltrain with the best helpers I ever heard 

It doesn't get any better than this. GE's throbbing in front, EMD's screaming in back. WOW!

The SD40-2 is the best locomotive ever created by EMD

There's nothing like a herd of 645's in notch 8!

Good grief!!!!...listen to the absolute pure power of those mighty EMD “40’s” roaring and shoving at the back!! 💪🇺🇸💪🇺🇸,.....with the brutality of the sound only personified by the sight of the last unit running a little rich, enabling us to witness the violence and magnificence of that exhaust note!!!.....there is truly no sound on earth better than a group of EMD Turbocharged 645e3’s screaming defiance to the tonnage they move 👌💪🇺🇸🇺🇸💪👌

That consist will never get old, its 2021 and this video still brings back the good days. Just hear those EMDs going at it!

This is my all-time favorite RU-vid video. If you've got good speakers the sound is incredible. Those radiator fans howling around that curve at the end are just great.

Yah that is pretty impressive power. They give a very authoritative note as they push all 10,000 tons. Sweet music!

Listening to those 4 helper units brings back memories as a child living along the Buffalo line just North of Emporium,Pa. Watching and listening to them going past was a great sight and sound as they went further up the tracks to the Keating Summit Grade

Wow four in back, great display of power. Wonderful video thanks for posting.

Great sounds from the front and rear. The best of both worlds!!

Yup, 40s in notch 8 in the mountians!! You can't beat it!!

Supertouring. yours is still the best. That deep and loud roar from about 2:30 on is breathtaking. Best Wishes!

This is what I LOVE about railfanning The sound of about 18 thousand horses just the pushers..."EARTHLY POWER " Thanks for sharing!🤟🤟

I love the belching exhaust trail from the rear loco.

Average railfan: best train I've ever seen Veteran: best train I've ever *heard*

Best Conrail Video Ever👍! All of the units sound great on this train. The smoke adds to the scene for sure. Spectacular!!!

This never gets old..

Still the best sounding locomotive video on youtube, who is still watching in 2022?

Wow, no kidding, best stuff ive heard ever for helpers...nothing beats an old SD lashup, power to the max, thanks for sharing another video of conrails glory days

ahhh, when Conrail was still Conrail, awesome vid!!!

Four SD40-2's pushing a heavy coal drag up grade, It just doesn't get any better than that !!

I worked on the railroads car lot for a short period during the late 1990s, and I lived the sound of these engines especially at throttle eight pulling a hill with a string of loaded cars,also the EMD SD45-2.

Great video, brother. I'm a retired 40-year​ locomotive engineer out of Avon, IN.

Sweet sounds of 4 SD40-2s, in stereo.

Ahh the memories… reminds me when CR started running the Strawberry Ridge coal down the Nittany & Bald Eagle in the 90’s. Wish they still ram them now. Nothing like the chest throb from ten feet away from those Dash 2’s screaming in run 8 at about 5mph. Sometimes less and often a stall. Beat ‘em to death and they didn’t die! 👍

DID SOMEONE CALL FOR BIG BLUE? The smoker on the end was still running full bore. Turbo's probably getting clogged on it, but you could still pull half a small town with it.

4 FREAKING HELPERS AT THE REAR CLIMBING THE WEST SLOPE BITING INTO THE RAILS AND RAISING HOLY HELL MOVING COAL EAST TO ALTOONA!!! UNFORGETTABLY INDELIBLE.

Still the best! When the video gets to 2:30, turn up the speakers until the end. The deep and loud roar sound of the 4 SD-40's is awesome and fantastic.

Wow those SD40s sound awesome

I miss the days of Conrail!

Two C40-8Ws leading and 4 SD40-2s on the rear pushing-best of both worlds!

Loved listening to those helper units as kid growing up in Emporium, PA. As they were about to climb the Keating Summit grade.

They are running. Very nice. Man I love EMD's, 40-2s could pull down a mountain all day long🇺🇸

NO CLICKBAIT FOR SURE. WHAT A SOUND !!!!

The epitome of rail life!! Not too much compares...

I agree bro!!! some of the best EMD's I've ever heard!!! gotta love the smoke too. I would give it 10 stars if I could. great catch man!!!! My girl is getting pissed because I got it at max volume, haha

6376 is just belching exhaust. Love it

The old PRR position light signals on the bridge are a nice touch as well.

Very nice video! Those SD40s sound great!

Canadian Pacific is still using SD40-2's on road trains around the Twin Cities but they're always mixed in with AC4400's. I wish they'd have a pure dash-2 set: I'd chase it till my gas tank went empty. The 645e3 is still the best sounding engine ever and this clip proves it. That end dash-2 is just pushing a little oil beyond a worn ring and is far from being on its last legs.

You are sooo right! Those helpers sound beautiful!

Love the sound of SD40-2s on a hard push!

Love that roar. Conrail is awesome! Thanks for posting this!

Wide Open = Long Live CONRAIL !!!!

this helpers sound is so amazing impressive EMD'S !

that is the best sound of any train video i have ever heard. amazing.

A spectacular train. Four SD-40's kickin' ass. Thanks for posting!

Your video of the screaming SD60 on the lead is amazing, I love it when they howl like that.

The 645E, king of all prime movers. Awesome video, this really brings back memories. Long live big blue!

🎶…Baby, baby! I hear a symphony…🎶

Truly awesome, those SD40-2s sounded so mean, notch 8💪🏼. Saw plenty of them Conrail units pulling coal drags through Charleroi, PA!

That one coal train . The. Sounds of.railroading. The hoppers flanges hunging the curve the traction motors humming and the diesels knotted out for power. Thats cool video. I worked with Conrail passenger service. Out of. GCT.

thanks for having amazing footage like this hard to come by nice job!!!

Man that is NICE!!! Conrail is comin back!

I actually miss Conrail to cuz blue is my favorite colorand not only that Norfolk Southern in Conrail where my two favorite railroad companies back in the day

those sd40-2s sound so sweet .sd40-2s are the best !!!

Great sound! Love those 2-strokes.

Wow. About as dramatic as it gets! Wish I was there.

This video is OUTSTANDING!

Funny how the lead GE unit is exhausting heavy and the last EMD unit also. Super video!! I'm A EMD LOVER with there 2 stroke.

Great sound! Fav'ed!

Awesome audio!! Sorta reminded me of what four WC SD45s sounded like working up grade. Long live the SD40-2!!

Awesome video. Hard working EMD's are like music to the ears.

wow!!! those helpers sound graet.i love sd40-2s

Awesome! Thank you very much.

I agree! If you like the sound of SD40-2s, check out "Push for the pass" vol. I and II. They were made circa 1988 at Rogers, BC. CP rail ran a pusher terminal to assist heavy westward trains up the 2.2% grade between Rogers and Stoney creek. Routinely CP would run 4 units on the head end,2 mid train slaves and 6 pushers.That sound of 36,000 hp in notch 8 could be heard all up and the beaver river valley. Well worth checking out!!!

The GM's were doin' all the work!!!!!!!!

Amazing. Video.

Notch 8 Screaming Hell I FREAKIN LOVE THE SOUND OF THOSE SD40-2 jOB WELL DONE AG

The last unit probaly is suffering a slight turbo failure. It is getting a bit of engine oil making the smoke black

Still watching in 2023

I think the last helper unit is a GE in disguise, the way it's smoking.

WOW i love the sound of all of those conrails at N8 i love the sound of 645 prime movers

Great audio 👍

Damn, I put that on my loudspeakers I use for DJing, turned the bass up, and not even at half power, it sounds like a real one.

i DO have my 'puter run through a big amp with big speakers and this DOES sound good! real good! thanks!

Great Audio!

awesome video! ans youre right, those SD's sound incredible! I never get to see that kinda power down where i live, just GE's and the little EMD's (GP-38's)

sounds excellent!!!

Really, it interesting! Great the video of Conrail, Conrail Lives and Conrail Helpers, man

Great video

Awesome video! 5 stars and favorited. thats sounds great.

GREAT SOUNDS!!

Now that is what we like to call a TRAIN!

Even though I wasn't born and that time I've seen Conroe before I'm 15 but in Haywood county (Canton) North Carolina I lived near the paper mill in Norfolk Southern used to bring in a whole bunch of different engines and everyday I would either see Santa Fe Burlington northern Burlington northern Santa Fe Conrail or Wabash but now since Blue Ridge Southern owns the rail line you don't see any of them are jet engines anymore

The best train video on youtube???

Heat waves rising on the 4 SD-40-2's and roaring until they disappear behind the trees!

Excellent !!!

GREAT VIDEO, awesome!

The rumble of those C40-8Ws is awesome too, but I think the SD40s won.

This is great!

Great audio 😁

Conrail on the ex PRR was a class act. Today's Norfolk Southern on these same tracks doesn't come close.

great video keep it up luv trains

These sound amazing!!! :)

cool sound the Emd power allways has a nice sound and power as well.

Great vid SuperT,a four pack of SD40-2's in melt down, nothing better!

nice catch

I agree with the video title. These are by far the best sounding SD40-2s ever. I like contrast between the higher-pitched whine and the deep rumble of the 645. It's too bad the 40s aren't out in numbers like they used to be.

Very nice!