CSXT 9553 U23B 32 degree cold start video

[mikere]

Sounds like my upstairs neighbors at 2am

[waitotong]

You have my empathy 9553, I don’t want to leave my bed during winter mornings too

[privatedetective]

There's one of these units creeping through my neighborhood in the wee hours. Such a comforting feeling hearing an old boat..

[gmaster]

YouTube: wanna see a random train start even though you've never watched anything about trains?
Me: ok sure

[jamesshanks]

The GE B23-7 engine was the nicest engine I ever used for switching in the yard. Good fuel economy, excellent throttle response and plenty of compressed air supply from the 312 cubic foot of air and pulled like a bear. Loved them. All that and 2250 horsepower made it a very capable yard engine.

[eduardoaquino]

Well done Batteries!! none of this would be possible without you guys.

[juliusadams]

Legend has it he is still trying to warm the engine up

[mcspikes]

It certainly is an easy starting, clean burning engine.

[JayDS]

The flames are a nice touch! I need to get one of these for my front yard.

[Obi_Wan_Kenobi_]

I had a conversation a few months ago with a railroader in his 80s who worked the Feather River route. He said that once they got up and running, The U23s were, for a while, the best pullers in their fleet.

[alvisstalwart]

I honestly just love equipment and all the cool stuff humans make. This is a solid video.

[Jhnnymck]

This is what it takes to get me started for each day!

[who_cares]

I did some heating system work on a tugboat that had an engine from an old csx freight train like this. It was hooked to a 6 1/2 foot prop. Most massive motor I've ever seen, and deafening while it's running. They cold started it in the winter once when it was 10 degrees outside and it sounded just like this. It had a residential oil fired boiler in the engine room for heat, which runs on the boats fuel supply. Occasionally it goes out and we have to go over there and get it running again.

[GerLemmi]

Sounds like my dad is starting his 1986 VW Jetta 2 Diesel. And it takes the same time too 😂

[lisztdylan]

Sounds like my roommate whenever his girlfriend is over

[nickk]

Even diesel trains are running lope tunes now, ridiculous

[billmarden]

I talked to a Conrail guy about 20 years ago and he told me they leave the locomotives running 24-7 until the weather warms up. That could be like 3-4 months. They're only shut off for repairs...

[jessejohnson]

One of the very best cold start diesel loco vids ever

[protoharry]

"Seymour, why is there smoke coming from your train?" "Oh, that's not smoke, its STEAM! For the steamed clams we're having! Mm, steamed clams." "Seymour, you don't steam clams with a train."

[BubbaThaumaturge]

We lived near the tracks along the Wildwood Live Oak subdivision of SCL back in the 70s. U boats combined with SD-45 locomotives had a surging chug-a-lug sound you could hear and literally feel for miles as a train approached. When you combined the engine noises with the roar of the the entire train on riveted track, it was unmistakable. I sure do miss those sounds.