Doing a Locomotive Load Test on an EMD SD 40-2

Dave, you are a ray of sunshine in a world full of pessimists and contrariness , I can always find you have a wonderful out look for the day

Dave is the kind of guy that found his niche in life. You can tell he enjoys the heck out of working for a railroad, and if he weren't working for them, he'd probably be railfanning them. I feel privileged to do both and really feel Dave's excitement. It got to me too, I just couldn't stay in the industry long enough to satisfy.

This is one of the few channels that gets an automatic like no matter what he shows: his infectious enthusiasm makes every video a joy to watch. Thank You Dave, Thank You very much!

Now that is something you don`t see every day! Thanks Dave.👍

Brings back the interesting days working in the Back Shop. The MILW was always power hungry. My buddy was supervising a load box test on an EMD SD45 after a total rebuild. The crew were at run-3 when the power desk foreman came by and demanded the loco. The crew let him know it would be a few hours to do the job right. He reached over and shoved the throttle into noch-8 and the unit shook a bit. The next thing the group heard was the turbo's impellers punching a neat circle of holes all around the car body. Needless to say the power desk didn't get what they wanted. Turns out that some yahoo left a large socket inside of the of the inlet to the turbo housing. Looking back I have one regret, I now wish I had keep some sort of daily journal of the people I worked with and all of the insane stuff that happened. I could've written a book or two.

Hearing it ramp up, keep at a higher rate, hold, and then slowly decrease sounded cool. Loved watching that exhaust steam! You can tell when it started to warm up, the steam decreased. Keen!

Very cool! Love these old EMD's!

Always love seeing 3098. Especially when I get to her her running. Nothing sounds better than that 16-645E3 around notch 4-5 where that low frequency rubble is really thumping. Thank you for stopping to grab a few minutes of film for us, Dave! I imagine when it's time to head home you're really looking forward to doing so!

Dave, it's so fabulous to see you enjoying your work as you do, and it pales only in comparison to the pleasure I get from learning from while watching your videos. It's difficult for me to thank you enough for all the extra work you put into making these videos, but thank you, my friend!! Praying God will continue to bless you

As simple as that was, I loved every bit of it. From Dave's infectious smile, and always-upbeat demeanor , to the lighting. It's almost a dark evening sky but the building lights are enough to highlight the snow flurries and the diesel smoke, along with the sides of the locomotives. Then add in the roar of the EMD engine and the humming of the dynamic brake resistors ... pretty cool, huh Dave ?? .. Alright .. I sure thought it was. Thank you for sharing this with us, Dave.

I work on outdoor power equipment and I use a load bank tester to test the output of generators. It reads voltage, amps and hertz. Very useful tool.

The 645 - 16 makes a beautiful sound. We had these in our SD40-2's on Utah Southern, and there's nothing better than the sound of those 2 units in notch 8 taking 100 cars up the hill. Thanks for sharing!

😡Dave is such a grouchy and angry man. Most newborns cry their first minutes after being born. Dave? Starting giggling within ten seconds and never stopped! 😂 We need more people like him.

What a wonderful sound. Thanks for staying late to give us a chance to listen to the load test my friend.

Thanks for staying after work to bring this to us Dave! Very cool to hear that prime mover wind up! I like all the smoke too, keep up the great work!

You are NOT seeing that anywhere else, but here📹👷‍♂️.That primemover would spin that generator off like it wasn't bolted on😋🚂🇨🇦🇺🇲🙋

Thanks Dave, enjoy your videos and your enthusiasm. I retired from GE (Wabtec) three years ago as the test cell engineer at the Grove City Diesel engine plant. I have always loved trains and big mechanical things. Was real exhilarating to be in the test cell with one of the big 16 cylinder engines. We would break them in slowly through the eight notches then shut them down for inspection and adjustments. After that, they would restart and notch up rather quickly (5 - 10 minutes) to Notch 8 which was 6250 hp for the 16's. Shook you to your very core.

Dave my man, I’ve been busy and have not watched anything for a couple of months. I’d almost forgotten how infectious your personality is. Along with your fantastic content! I appreciate what you do.

Thanks Mr. Dave. Kudos to the mechanics that keep these engines running. Looked very clean and sounded solid in run 8.

Once upon a time I lived in a house that was well into an acceleration area for trains and I heard more than a few coming through notched up high like that. Shook the house too and we were at least 200yds from the tracks.