EMD GP38-2 Startup - Roots Blown 645 roars to life! 

That's what happens when you don't let English electric build something

@@pootispiker2866 😂😂true dat

@@colbylawson5331 English Electric is/was an English company, not American

@@pootispiker2866 Oops, my bad.

Oh nice! Seems like she started up quick here, old and reliable it seems.

@@PC10.8 Yeah it is really hard to kill those old jeeps. In my experience, something in the panel broke before the mechanicals.

Yah....me too. Had it on the Asheville District here in Western North Carolina many times over the years. It's a shame that NS got rid of these Geeps. They were excellent switchers on the road and in the yard!

@@davidandyvonne06 I went to engine school with a guy from there, Bill. Old head conductor decided he didnt want to work the ground anymore. Good guy, worked the Saluda mountain run. I worked all over the lake division and the former CR. Most likely top 3 most reliable products GM has ever made

@@schinbone0 Bill Capps, LOL?!!!

It's the starter and pinion gear. There is no gearbox

This unit was originally built for the Southern Railway so I wouldn’t doubt if it spent time in that area!! Far from home up in Ohio, but it’s got roots from down south.

I was on the rewire team that rewired a bunch of them at CDS

Same , not very many class ones run them anymore .

It's even long-hood lead.

​@@CDROM-lq9iz The engineers felt safer running LHE lead. In the event of a wreck, the brunt of the damage is the air compressor and sand box instead of the SHE sand box and the crew cab. Made since

@general5104 I've heard that and I've also heard that it was N&Ws attempt a bidirectional capability. When running long hood lead your sitting on the right where all the signals and important stuff is, so the long hood being in your field of view doesn't matter much. Meanwhile running short hood lead, you're sitting on the left but only have to see around the short hood to look at everything.

That’s right, it’s a roots blown non turbo. That’s why it’s got that more thump-thump-thump sound rather than the more whiny sound of a 40 series unit.

I want to see what this engine looks like how would I find pictures of it what is it called? Supercharger must be massive.

Look up EMD 645 and go into images, there’s some cool pictures out there of them removed

@@PC10.8 cool appreciate it thank you

The GP38-2's & SD38-2's are the last units from EMD that were naturally aspirated/roots blown. All other EMD units with the 645E3 motors are turbocharged.

Thanks, I have a love for these machines since I was a kid. Cheers!

What do you mean?

It's all in how you look at it !!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

645s were used on the 38, 39, 40, 45, and 50 series along with a couple other oddball units

@@PC10.8 Heh, never knew.

Aww c’mon now what did it ever do to hurt you

Not WHAT it did but ohhhhh what it WILL do.. An orchestra of demons drinking the Devil’s water a mechanical concert all in time all in tune.. Can we get Vincent Price to narrate that statement??

Where did I say it was supercharged?

You could literally just read the title "roots blown"

We'll forgive your ignorance in that "Blown" is a commonly used slang term that does, in fact, mean supercharged!

Or maybe you could not be an asshole.