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For nearly a century, one company shaped the movement of freight across North America more than any other. Electro-Motive ...

30k Hour overhaul of 12 and 16 cylinder 645F7-B Electromotive Diesel marine generators. The 12cyl has over 100k hours of ...

A view of the EMD 16-645E3 engine (16 cylinder, 3000 horsepower) starting, as seen from the top deck.

The entire process of starting an SD60 locomotive from being totally dead to ready to run. Starting at the electrical cabinet to the ...

EMD 710 (20 Silindirli Dizel Motor)

In this video we go over the EMD engine in greater detail both exrternal and internal.

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There are several ways to boost an engine, but a two-stroke has a limited number of aspiration methods. It naturally needs a ...

Electromotive Diesel 12 and 16 cylinder generators. 2x 12-645F7B 2x 16-645F7B What's inside these big engines? Check out ...

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EMD bet big on cylinder count. In 1965 the SD45 arrived with the 20-645 V20 and 3600 horsepower, promising fewer locomotives ...

As new railfans we all had trouble telling the difference in the makes of locomotives. Here's a little guide that outlines the spotting ...

16-645F7B Electro Motive Diesel ship engine developed a jacket water leak around the liner to head seals. Watch to see the head ...

Why EMD 710 Was Banned: The Engine That Was Too Powerful Discover why the EMD 710 engine was banned, despite its ...

GE's AC4400CW didn't just challenge EMD in the mid-1990s, it changed the rules. This video lays out how EMD's DC-traction ...

This video does a good job of breifly explaining how freight trains operate in general and how efficient they are: ...

We are in the engine room of an old tug built in 1960 by Blount Marine, where we see the full blow down and start-up of the Roots ...

Experience Vintage Power in Action! (This is a revised version of the video.) At the end of October, two legendary ...

The sound of both a V8 and V16 EMD 2 stroke 567 series roots blown diesel powered locomotive. 4911 - EMD V8 - 567c - 2 ...

In the years after World War II, America's railroads faced a historic turning point as steam power gave way to diesel. Two giants ...