CPR 7020 ALCO 539T Engine Start October 15, 2014

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I can’t believe you got her to start again after being idle for so many years. I was born in Toronto in 1968, I’ve lived in the city my entire life, and I remember seeing that train when it was in service still, and then I remember seeing it just sitting there, rusting outside for years and years. I just thought it was a piece of junk, I had no idea it could ever be brought back to life, you guys are amazing mechanics! For those of you who remember, the area around the round house has changed a lot over the past 30 years hasn’t it? I still remember as a little kid driving along the gardener in the school bus on day trips, having to hold our breath as we passed by the Cherry Street smelting plant, remember that stench? And then as we went along on the right you’d see the railyard, it was absolutely massive, at least it seemed like it when I was 10 years old, I still remember the very first go train that went through there, I just look at it now, it doesn’t even look like the city that I grew up in. My Toronto is long gone, buried under a mountain of sky high Glass and steel skyscrapers, you can’t even see the Royal York anymore, but you can still see the round house, not to mention the steam whistle brewery, always have to make a stop there first before going to the train museum! But I wish I was alive before that, when steam trains ruled the rails, what I wouldn’t give to have seen the round house filled with steam trains. I haven’t been to union station for a long time, but the roof used to still bare the marks of the steam era, as black soot coated the ceiling. Now it’s become all glass, I know change is inevitable, but that entire area changed way too much too fast, and took away something that was, at least for me, so precious about the character of our city, now we’re just another generic forest of skyscrapers, with zero aesthetic appeal, and the round house is now nothing but a big tourist trap, how I long for the days before all the change begin to happen, the days when the CN Tower stood alone, when there was nothing else around it except train tracks. That’s the Toronto that I remember and love.

GIguy

That's one thing I love about these old Locomotives! Sometimes it takes some coaxing, many times alot of coaxing and they always come back to life. Tilcon Wallingord had a GE 44 Tonner with 1948 CAT twin prime movers. When she was overhauled, some parts had to be made and the hunt was on for new cylinder heads. 6 months later and no more smoke, starts right up and purrs. Growing up 200' from the New Haven in the 60's, I saw every make and model at their best and worst. Rarely did I see a Locomotive dead in tow.

Greenelectra

There's something mesmerizing about the sound these old Alco's make... Gotta love the S1's, 2's, 3's and 4's... Late first gen diesels that help start a revolution.Thanks for the video...

WHJeffB

Nothing like a can of 'Start ya Bastard' to do the trick !

raycross

yes that is the sound. Makes me wish I was still able to work on them. They were great four stroke engines. They would actually run on one cylinder, if well maintained. Of course, I loved the EMDs, too. Baldwin not so much. Too hard to install rod bearings on those things. Alcos were of course tuff to install rod bearings in. I installed 96 traction motor brushes on a cow and a calf, in one day. They had the hold downs that you had to hold to install them, tight squeeze for a big guy up in there. You know what they say, if you actually did it, it ain't bragging, just facts.

Yes it's all about the ALCO sound and night light show. As I can remember way back in the 1960's hear in NYC on the LIRR across the street from my parents house. At night used to run outside to see the light show as many a Alco's would show off as they moved freight in and out of the yard up a slight grade. It got so that I would know which loco was on the leed just by the sound of the exhaust. And on a hard pull of a stone or coal drag not only did I see sparks but flames and wheel slip sparks. Wow thank you guys for the memories.

ThumperKJFK

Old stuff that was made to last for ever, if you put a new train from now to rest for 26 years, it will be dead for life after it.

FSXNOOB

Awesome! Love the sound of these old relics. Always seen them pulling cars and have a sound all their own

tomheck

Beautiful 539 turbo whistle . She purr's like a kitten. Thank you for sharing.

ModelingSteelinHO

Chris and Michael, thank you for the hard work, just to show all of us God Bless

edwinstorz

Its amazing how this old stuff always pick up again. No matter how hard the start is and how long ago the last run. I remember a video of some guys in Germany who found an old Panther tank from the second world war. They only put new oil in it and after a long start the engine came alive for the first time since the second world war 65 or more years earlier. You can see this also with a lot of old diesel locomotives like this one. Sometimes i have the impression that in the old days they made it to last forever.

jpsholland

The mechanical cacophony is amazing! 🚂

HooperWest

Firing on two cylinders out of six…sounds like a car I owned.

bcgrittner

It's alive !!!! Tried and true Alco 539's. My local road was the proud old Boston & Maine and my local yard was Castle Hill in Salem, Mass. growing up in the 1960s and into late 60s and the 70s when I got around more we would go to Big B&M yard in Somerville, MA. and also Lawrence, MA at the Andover St. yard and there would always be some tired looking very weathered B&M S1, S2, S3 or S4 Switchers idling around in the B&M Switcher Black and Red stripes, Maroon and Gold Minuteman or Plain "Blue Dip" paint schemes, they were always a favorite as they burbled along ! There used to be 45 S-Type switchers on the B&M now I believe this is just one S3 left #1186 used on a summer tourist road way upstate in Lincoln, NH. Thanks for this video ! : )

progx

Friend of mine was trying to start an engine with ether and he didn't notice that he got too close to the alternator terminal. He was resting the can on the block and leaned the can over to spray into the intake and accidentally hit the hot terminal. It melted a hole in the can and sprayed all over the place. It was a wonder it didn't catch on fire or explode. It's nice to hear old iron come to life.

obsoleteprofessor