Listen to the Engine on This EMD SW8 800 HP Diesel Switcher! 

Amazing how that little switcher can move all those cars

I love the utilitarian look of these and the color is pretty sweet as well.....I'd seriously buy one if I could.

I love the old EMD Switchers. They look and sound like they are a workhorse.

That's quite a string of cars for a little 800hp. Nice video and yes love the sound.

Love that sound and five dislikes from people who don't like Switchers I guess

@engine201 I work on these mostly sw1's and 1200's they will keep running like that till total failure... the 3 1500's I keep FRA run clean and make an awesome sound too.. but I really love the turbine winding up on an SD-40.... :P

Great catch! You really caught the sounds of that nice switcher! I love those SW units.

That non turbo grumble could put me to sleep at night, LOVE IT!

That sounds like half EMD half GE! Awesome build

Still running strong, thanks!

Classic beast still in action! great video!

Sounds positively GE! Awesome!

I love the EMD SW8. Thanks for showing a very good video.

Great sounding old engine. I am sure she earns her keep working hard for you.

Great sound......love the old switchers. Thx for sharing.

That Old Prime Mover is just chugging

really cool. it sounds like a fast idling big block Chevy.

Precisely that amazing sound is the reponsible I am a railfn since I was a children. I my country still I can hear it with our G8 that are more than 60 years old, thanks EMD for that engine!

The lil engine that could!!! Great sounding loco!!

That old gal is definitely happy!

Love that old grand trunk auto wreck too!

I never knew an 8 cylinder 567 exists! Great sound, Roots the king!

Good ol' EMD quality! It sounds great!

That engine sounds great, and those cars are very interesting looking.

Thanks for watching

That reminds me of the original B&A RR diesel!

Great audio, thanks for sharing this one!

An excellent video. ♡ T.E.N.

first time I've seen waste transfer by rail on RU-vid, normally a transfer truck would haul it out of the transfer station

Thanks man!

I think it might be an old Lehigh engine. I've been trying to catch the GP10 in action at this spot and haven't seen it in awhile. Hope it is still running!

Sounds good for a 567b looks like it could use a little tlc on the injectors either it needs the rack ran or it has a couple injectors pissing just a bit....

Pretty amazing what you can do when you put 800 horses to the rail.

That old girl sounds good.

THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!

Nice video Bobby.

Dig that chug

Reminds me of the sound of a firepower hemi

Sounds like it has great lugging, ability.

@bullfrog1954 Switchers are awesome, nothing for about 3 ours on the Cap Sub, so I decided to take this one instead!

@MrConraal I feel like it's hit or miss..More times than not, I've gone out and caught 5 in an hour or 15 in a few hours, all depends on where they're running

@trekky60 Thank you George

i see my ride lol nice one man

And they had a debate on who built the best trucks!....🤣!!!...EMD/GMC!!!

There are three ex lehigh vally sw-8s running on the reading and northern railroad as switcher. look them up on youtube.

sounds about ready to blow up LOL

This is one of the best sounding engines youre going to hear,but I question is it really operating with just 800 horse power?

I see it has those switching trucks. We use two SW1500 locos and one has the flexicoil trucks. It can't pull worth anything, but it rides nice. Is SW8 still pulling six years later?

@BaltimoreAndOhioRR Thanks, it sure is!

@Railhead1956 It sure is Pete, old 50's diesel engine!

Thanks for watching!

@Bus7777 It sure does, thanks!

Its not smoking hardly though, if injectors were failing; thats if u mean the nozzles, it would smoke, or do u mean the actual injection elements so its underfuelling?

It sounds like a Class 37 engine

Where that engine be at now?

Great job! What mic did you use?

Carry on Clagging US Style 💙💗❤💗💙

@jimnichols001 Oh yea, the injectors are def bad or going bad on this one. It does sound awesome though!

LV pup #259!

@jimnichols001 Yea, they are so old, I'd assume you would just run them until they died. lol

Sounds like the hamster wheel needs to be oiled.

It doesn't seem to have a roots blower...

WHERE IS AJ RAILFAN?

Were thos empties? ,there's no way it could pull a full load as long as that.

Sounds like it has a dead cylinder. Healthy EMD's don't hammer like that.

That spitter has a problem.

it almost sounds like an alco

*Bad Muffler? LOL*

I know cars that have more than 800 horsepower

Sounds terrible. Sound like it has a miss.

Very poor camera handling.

waste mgt--clean environment-bet that smoke was clean?!?! spend the money and get a genset loco guys!!!!!!!!!

That sounds like half EMD half GE! Awesome build.