We inspected a GP18 on 9/4/2008, including running the engine. During the inspections, we opened the valve covers, checking for lash and noise. I had never seen this in operation; this is what it looks like…
We inspected a GP18 on 9/4/2008, including running the engine. During the inspections, we opened the valve covers, checking for lash and noise. I had never seen this in operation; this is what it looks like…
@DeserTBoB93535 Thanks for the info. ? I gather FM’s yard switchers wernt so bad and were better than their road power.
@formidable38 The FMs couldn’t cut it out on the road, as SP found out with their Transmasters. But, they were GREAT on the commutes for years. . . cool ambient temps, fairly clean air? and short runs. They lasted there for over 20 years.
@caffjohn No, that’s? normal.
@calloway322 Do you have ANY clue? as to the weight of any EMD engine? Didn’t think so.
@douro20 That’s? because the same guy designed both. . . . “Boss” Kettering, in 1938.
These engines aren’t too different? from a Detroit diesel.
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THIS is how a GE locomotive is SUPPOSED to sound. sounds a lot better than the? GEs despite the fact they have identical sounds during idle.
@caffjohn? at 0:12 you can see oil dripping from the rocker arm shaft
It looks very dry. Has the oil flow been temporarily? turned off during the inspection?
@formidable38
me to, got a h16-44 baby trainmaster and a h10-44 switcher.
the russians built a copy of the fm engine u know? and alco.
@tpvalley I have mate yeah. Ive an H0 model of an FM “Trainmaster”. They wernt a bad loco from what I gather but were not quite up there with EMD and went the same way as Alco. Not sure if any are left running but there are a? few vids of their switchers on here that are still running either on shortlines or preserved, like the FM H16-44.
@formidable38
yes, u can even take? head off without having to touch exhaust manifold as it slides into a reseess;
ports in head and block that align!
Have u heard of the fairbanks and morse diesel?
works like a deltic but it has only one bank of cylinders and 2 cranks.
@tpvalley I knew it was fairly simple compared with our stuff but I didnt know you could do it without disturbing the timing gear, cams,? etc. Theres a pic or two out in web land of these “power packs” I saw once, you crane it in, cylinder, piston, con rod, all in one. such a great idea, especialy when you consider all this stuff took off in the 40’s or thereabouts.
@formidable38
do u know that u can change piston, liner, and cylinder head without removing overhead cam?
all u do is open the top cover and unbolt and big end, the whole lot lifts out, then u? replace with power packs- combination or liner, piston and head.
@tpvalley I agree and im britisha aswel. You cant get a better loco primemover than EMD,? period!
We’l be stuck with EFI though as it keeps emisions in check to keep the tree huggers happy.
It amazes me how many 567’s there are still earning money throughout alot of the world. Gota be one of the best diesels ever built.
@NewJerseyBill Yes, that’s true. . . I actually read about that after posting my last post. . . :/
So I guess it could only be one of two scenarios, if it’s a 45-degree vee: either the crank is like a straight-8 crank with a 22. 5 degree twist in the middle, or there is no twist and you have 2 cylinders firing at? the same time.
@randommagnum
One thing to remember, the two banks on an EMD are NOT offset. ? Both bank connecting rods come down to the crank at the same spot, one rod is known as a blade, the other a fork.
Two? stroke: Simple. Reliable. Boring.
@randommagnum
i believe the fuel is supplied at a lower pressure to effectively “fill” the injector and the governor adjusts the amount of fuel allowed to be injected and then the center lobe rocks the centre arm and forces the fuel out? of the injector at high pressure which atomizes it and allows a good burn.
what model of? engine are this?
that sounds cool
Trrr Trrr Trrr Trrr? Trrr Trrr Trrr
It is for? the injector, that injects the diesel fuel into the cylinder at the appropriate timing during the compression stroke.
Ok, i see the? two rockers on each end open the 4 exhaust valves. What is the center rocker for? Its not in sinc.
One word: AMERICAN.
We still run these engines (GP9’s) every day at work. Very strong engines. They’ll? burn to the ground before they give up.