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The 2 stroke EMDs notch up is always soo soothing to my ears, no matter which country it is but the pick up and nothing acceleration of GM EMD locomotives are always the same ✨

@tbh791

5 ай бұрын

The EMD 710-series prime movers that power these new SD70MACHs are slightly quieter than the older F40PH 645-series engine at notch-up to Run-8, although not by much. At idle, the 710 also produces a noticeable & very distinctive high-pitched 'ying-ying-ying' sound that contrasts nicely with the muttering & burbling sounds of an idling GE.

@hatakekami

5 ай бұрын

@@tbh791 I love the notching of the gt45pac series of EMD, and even the chugging of the dl3000 series of Alco locomotives but idk for some reason I'm not a fan of GE locomotive sounds, it sounds more like a tractor

power ramping is quick and very smooth, plus all the lights on the walkway...

@realtoytrains

7 ай бұрын

Very quick it seems 👍🏼

@FlightAndTrack

7 ай бұрын

P42 better

@tbh791

5 ай бұрын

​@@FlightAndTracknot for commuter trains. They load too slow.

I’ve never been happier hearing my favorite horn on my favorite commuter rail 😭

That first shot with the perfect lighting and the horn echoing off the buildings is amazing, as is the rest of the video. Great stuff.

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

These are really sharp looking units. I really like them! It sure took a long time for them to arrive after being ordered. Hopefully they work out well for Metra

Nice hi-rez camera work in low-light settings! These new SD70MACH's are impressive - and very nice-looking - new additions to METRA's locomotive fleet. Thanks for posting this video.

I honestly kind of like them. The horn is nice, and I'm also relieved they aren't using Gevos.

@NorcalValleyRailfan

7 ай бұрын

EMD > GE when it comes to passenger trains

@GhostlyGuitar

7 ай бұрын

I like the horn too!

@centerbeamgamingandtrains7451

7 ай бұрын

Yeah and also it never would be. For some reason Metra has a fetish for EMD

@CheeseMiser

7 ай бұрын

Explain to me what a gevo is

@BlueWaterRailfan

7 ай бұрын

@@CheeseMiser GE ES44DC series, the most common locomotive being used on North American class I railroad mainlines. They all look the same (minus the paint scheme), they have the same horn, and they are basically the Ford F150 of the North American railroad world. They aren't terrible locomotives since they do get the job done, but when you are railfanning, it can get really boring seeing the same locomotive for the same time over and over again.

The new SD70ACH's look and sound really good.

That's a beautiful locomotive I wish Tampa Bay had good commuter rail like Chicago as because traffic in the Bay area is getting ridiculous.

@pauljensen5699

7 ай бұрын

Traffic in Chicago is absolutely obnoxious, even with Metra.😅

Never though I’ve seen the day than a Freight Diesel electric locomotive would be turned into a commuter Engine (I’m not hating on it I’m just surprised and tbh they look amazing for me)

@liamthewerewolf8233

7 ай бұрын

Same

@qshot9848

7 ай бұрын

The amazing thing is that it works way to well compared to what anyone was thinking.

@liamthewerewolf8233

7 ай бұрын

@@qshot9848 yeah. Maybe it just looks good in that paint scheme

@nanoweber250

7 ай бұрын

You would have to go back to the year 1991 when GE delivered 20 dash 8 locos to Amtrak as a short term solution while the Genesis loco designs were still a work in progress at the time.

@MilwaukeeF40C

7 ай бұрын

How about GP40s with F45 cabs or F45 cowl hoods. MARC, MBTA, and NJT were using those... Not sure why anyone thought all that surgery was necessary to make knockoff F40PHs but they were cool.

Metra's SD70MACHs look great. These are also the first six axle passenger engines since the F40C. Remember that Metra has an option for up to 27 more of these, and if these turn out to be successful, they might be ordered. However this most likely means that the two remaining F40Cs will never return.

@rrmike90

7 ай бұрын

The Alaska Railroad rosters 12 HEP equipped SD70MAC locomotives, they were specifically ordered that way in two orders, 8 in 2005, 4 in 2007. These METRA units are really dang close to ours, I'm not entirely sure what the difference is.

@shananhale985

7 ай бұрын

Cool spot

@davidng2336

7 ай бұрын

@@rrmike90 as far as I’m aware, the Alaska Railroad units can switch between passenger and freight mode. But that’s about it.

@rrmike90

7 ай бұрын

@@davidng2336 I would imagine the HEP unit itself is slightly different.

@easternroutemainlinevideos6823

7 ай бұрын

It would be interesting if they repower the F40Cs with 16-710G3A prime movers

Its nice to see these locomotives get new lifes over, and over again, EMD has given the industry some incredible classes of locomotives, some classes still going after almost 60 years, that shows how good EMD is at making locomotives, GE cant say that. The only good classes GE gave the railroads were the dash classes, and the ac44cws, the gevos are literal aids

That horn is insane

@tbh791

5 ай бұрын

Nathan Airchime K5LLA, the same horn that is installed on most SD70ACe freight units.

I work in Fulton Market and saw a couple of the Machs last week. They look great!

So awesome! LOVE that horn!

Gotta love the sound of those diesel engines ❤

All these Metra trains...and not a F40 in sight. Weird.

Those are awesome, I remember seeing some of them being built down in Patterson GA.

4:37 Amazing sound of departure of SD70MACH’s

These locos look and sound great !😊

SD 70 MACS are one my favorite Loco's. Good catch.

Wow! Beautiful locomotives and they look like no problem pulling the consist. I remember riding the METRA back in mid 70’s when I was at Great Lakes Naval base. Weren’t those E models that pulled them?

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

CNW F7’s and E9’s back then

Seeing all if the people through the green tinted windos is kind of erie. Its like a ghoast train with life less humans. I watch too much horror 😂. But still beautiful machines

They look nice and are pretty quiet.

@JoeyLovesTrains

7 ай бұрын

They do actually seem somewhat quiet, which is not what I was expecting

5:45 that f59phi sounds crazy

I'm over here trying to figure out how i'm gonna get this in H.O. scale....

I wonder if they will ever use the SD70's on Union Pacific lines.

I saw 508 coming up through Tennessee. Should be a few weeks and it'll be running revenue.

Now that's power power!

Mmmm that horn tho, compared to the old one is crazy

Nice new hotrod for metra

funny, it has billboard lighting on the long hood!!!!

@videomaker133

7 ай бұрын

Frankly, it looks AWESOME

@realtoytrains

7 ай бұрын

Walkway lights 👍🏼

500 should be making its run soon.

Yoooo whatttt they have K5LLA’s?!?

Great vid. The SD 70 is very cool to see😅

looked to be kicking butt, metra needs better seats though

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

New cars are on order through Alstom, unsure when they’ll start being delivered though.

How do the crews like the new mach's?

Interesting. Looks like they have some serious acceleration ability. I do wonder how high their fuel consumption is compared to Metra’s older units.

@MilwaukeeF40C

7 ай бұрын

I wouldn't be surprised if fuel consumption is lower than an F40PH screamer.

The way you typed "Metra's" which is now "Metras", reminds me of the word in Spanish for "marbles", the little glass pellets one played with when one was a kid xD

0:41 Nice Metra SD-70mach

I literally saw the same exact Locomotive on the MILW district west line

Cool video and channel just subscribed

Yeaaaah 😎🤟🏻🚂🔥

I love the way they look, hope they keep them clean. Not gonna lie though, Metra kind of went overkill with the SD70MACH - it's just a commuter train

I wish it was still a freight locomotive

Made me subscribe!

Nice work!!

Nice video, what city is the footage ? Thanks!

Is that train going to St. Louis like Amtrakk? When does the charger get adeed on

thats gonna be a new sound, instead of a metra tuned P5 we'll be getting some K5LLA action.

@FlightAndTrack

7 ай бұрын

I like p5

Awesome

It must be nice to commuter rail in your city. Cincinnati has the beautiful Union Terminal and no commuter rail system at all! Cincinnati stinks when it come to public transportation👎👎 I love Chicagos Commuter Rail System👍👍

7:57 Epic!

I still think a full-width cab is better looking for commuter trains. I'm sure they work fine, I just find them ugly for commuter rail.

Overkill

@InventorZahran

7 ай бұрын

Not overkill when you've got long, heavy trains of double-decker coaches to move!

So compared to normal freight engines, were these rebuilt to focus more on speed itself instead of raw power?

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

As far as I know it was only adding HEP and upgrading electronics. I’m not sure if the speed/power was affected. Maybe someone knows more

@marquesdean5075

7 ай бұрын

On the SD70MACH two of the traction motors were removed from the axles closest to the fuel tanks making them idler axles,giving the locomotives a B1-1B configuration. Plus the locomotives were brought up Tier 4 emissions compliance during the rebuild.

@MilwaukeeF40C

7 ай бұрын

I think it was mostly a cost basis. Available used engines, able to be repurposed for passenger service.

Metra when given the option to use literally anything but EMDs: no :)

Why did #85 have a strobing red 🚨?

Just curious, should'nt the field of stars on the American Flag decal be facing forward? t That's if the short hood is considered front of the locomotive.

@MilwaukeeF40C

7 ай бұрын

That is technically correct but you really can't win with a push-pull train. Put real flags up and the wind will always have the field leading.

Chi-Town ChooChoo Nirvana

Maybe I just haven't looked hard enough on other railroads, but I don't know of anyone besides Metra that has cab cars in the middle of consists. Are tha cab cars not useful elsewhere where they could actually be used as a cab car, or does it not matter enough on Metra?

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

They’ve got plenty more cab cars than they actually need to run. They operate no different than a regular coach when not being used as one.

@mrfunkyman12

7 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails thanks for the info, I was just thinking that on my home of the LIRR, cab cars are never sat in the middle (the EMUs don’t count lmao) and neither on Amtrak I believe

@utahrailfan1946

7 ай бұрын

​@@mrfunkyman12Many commuter railroads have more cab cars than they need, so they put them in the middle of the train. UTA FrontRunner, Sounder, Coaster, Caltrain, New Mexico Rail Runner all do this.

I'm curious how the HEP unit is powered, sounds like it's electric and not from a generator. Aren't these rebuilt to have HEP, what does the H designate?

@_mynewcareer

7 ай бұрын

Inverter

Did the first train hauled by the new engine have any delays? Would be pretty funny considering the engine's designation ending in MACH (unit of measuring how many times the speed of sound something is travelling, MACH 1 is exactly the speed of sound)

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

Not that I know of, they seem to be good running engines thus far

FL-9 models had 3 wheels is like those new models replacing those

9:26 Why does that f59phi have the emergency light on? It is supposed to activate when the emergency brake is applied.

@davidng2336

7 ай бұрын

Possible glitch?

@CO2707guy

6 ай бұрын

They haven’t fixed it for years

Like the long length,but not the catwalk on the front

I cannot believe they can't justify over or underpasses here.

@pauljensen5699

7 ай бұрын

Ironically, Chicago has the largest number of bridges, or near the largest number bridges in city limits. When the city of Chicago was built, many of those areas that have level crossings were originally farm land as the city was being built.

Where were these taken?

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

First few clips were taken at Racine St. in downtown, at CP Morgan. The rest of the clips are on the Western Ave. Station platforms, next to tower A-3

What kind of camcorder you use?

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

iphone 13 pro

@boxcarfrank

7 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails no way! Wow!!!!!

They kinda sound like the PL42AC locomotive njt uses

Ok so I'm pretty dumb, so why did Metra get SD70MCACHs?

WHAT DO THEY HAVE UNDER THE HOOD FOR ENGINE POWER??

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

EMD 710, 4000hp

@zacharycalgher3978

7 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails4300 horsepower actually.

Is this in Chicago or somewhere else?

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

Chicago

@chuckman231

7 ай бұрын

Thanks @@SturtevantRails Was thinking that Sturtevant really grew in the last 5 years. LOL! Great video!

How extremely noisy, like a ship.. Why are these lines not electrified? Best regards, Europe

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

Metra has one electrified line, the rest remain diesel powered because that’s how they were when metra took over operations on them. They don’t have the money to electrify and most of their lines operate over freight railroads trackage so i’m sure they wouldn’t be fond of that.

I thought the units Metra got from Amtrak were going to get painted in Metra livery???

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

They are in a metra livery, one reminiscent of their older paint scheme.

@vistalite-ph4zw

7 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails Oh ok, I know they acquired several units from Amtrak. The blue & silver unit I believe was #80, is still in the Amtrak livery with Metra logos. I thought they were getting painted like the SD70s scheme...

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

@@vistalite-ph4zw Ah, didn’t realize what you were referring to. Yes as a cost saving measure the PHI’s were only freshened up. One is painted as the CNW unit and one has been painted into the new metra scheme but the rest remain in surfliner paint for now. I’m sure they can use the old “paint doesn’t move people”. Personally I prefer the amtrak scheme anyways, looks good on them.

@vistalite-ph4zw

7 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails Ok gotcha, I agree I like the surfliner scheme as well..

Dimming your headlight while going through a station platform. Smart.

Are those new or rebuilds?

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

rebuilds, ex-KCS I believe

@4-8-4Northern

7 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails ok thanks

Metra should’ve bought some of Amtrak’s old P42s for extra power just in case the SD70 don’t work out

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

If i recall correctly they tried them out and didn’t like them. Slow loading and the crews are used to working on EMD prime movers

@zacharycalgher3978

7 ай бұрын

There was a KZread video of a Metra test train that had an Amtrak Genesis diesel and a Metra F40PH that was filmed in 2000 and it was unsuccessful.

@FlightAndTrack

7 ай бұрын

​​@@SturtevantRailsmaybe they will get them for cheap though. Emds won't last forever. Most of the emds are old.

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

@@FlightAndTrack The P42’s are just as old as the machs. Metra likes their second hand units and i’m sure they’ll keep following that until they try to give battery or hydrogen a try again.

@FlightAndTrack

7 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails not the ones from 2000

New subscriber:I enjoyed the video. Thanks for being there and sharing. congrats on 1K subs. Greetings from the treasure coast of Florida. 🚂🚃🚃🏝

SD70MACH - Metra's WDP4

Needs MARS light.

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

The LED light on the roof of the cab is kind of like a Mars light, doesn’t flash too strong though so I’m not sure what you would consider it

@nanoweber250

7 ай бұрын

​@@SturtevantRailsConsider it a 21st century version of the old SP standard and LED's last much longer.

Who wants metra to buy p42s?

@LeoLeo-qo7yw

7 ай бұрын

I think nobody.

soon those locomotives are coming to the BNSF Line

@BNSF1848

7 ай бұрын

They’re not

@supermarkie624

7 ай бұрын

So weird that metra has 6 axle power

@fluffnose3386

7 ай бұрын

Technically only 4 axles have traction motors… but they do still have 6 axles so you aren’t wrong!

@railfandepotproductions

7 ай бұрын

​@@supermarkie624there were the BN e8s used by metra, those ex Milwaukee road f40c units

@wondabiz

7 ай бұрын

@@supermarkie624 theyve had 6 axle power more than once before

They look great but there's no denying Illinois, Metra, and all the freight giants are stalling on electrification or even getting the Siemens engines

@SturtevantRails

7 ай бұрын

Metra does not have the money for that

@marquesdean5075

7 ай бұрын

A portion of Metra’s funding comes from the Illinois state government. The closest thing to electrification is the Electric Line and the South Shore Line out of Millenium Station. Maintaining the electrified lines isn’t exactly cheap either.

7:58 what horn is this

@SturtevantRails

6 ай бұрын

K3LA, just being barely quilled

@CO2707guy

6 ай бұрын

@@SturtevantRails oh thanks.

hell sd70

What's a gevos buddy

@voidjavelin23

2 ай бұрын

the general electric evolution series is the most common locomotive you will find on class 1 railroads in america. theyre basically the ford F150 of class 1 railroads due to how common it is to find it either on as a lead or back unit

Have no real interest in commuter lines, at all. But, I really do like that they had available freight units rebuilt to use for their new power. I would think it saved them a fortune over buying new. And they look so much better than the wimpy euro styled mini van looking things do. Not sure I'll be in Chicago within the next month or decade, but if I find myself there I would want to ride behind one of these! Thanks for posting.

@edisonz2006

7 ай бұрын

Whether you like it or not European-style multiple units are the future for commuter rail in America. They are much more efficient.

@TheRandCrews

7 ай бұрын

Ofc a former will prefer 20th century looking freight trains modified for passenger service as a band aid solution than actual newer trains and a revamp/modernisation of services

@bahnspotterEU

7 ай бұрын

@@TheRandCrews A foamer‘s greatest enemy is a modern and efficient operation.

@spoorwegenTF2

7 ай бұрын

I would say enjoy it while it lasts, because this kind of solution is not viable in the long term and the realities of economy and efficiency will eventually catch up to Metra. It happens in Europe too - the logistics of passenger rail services have to be made simpler and faster. Modern multiple units are so fast with turnaround times, coupling/decoupling, and not having to be shunted that it's saving railways tons of money. The end result is that locomotives are phased out on many (or most) passenger services. this has happened in Western Europe over the past decades and is now happening in other parts of Europe, and in Asia, and it's also starting to happen in North America.

@bradleymcwilliams6348

7 ай бұрын

@@spoorwegenTF2 If starting from scratch, they may be very true. But my guess is with these trains hosted by freight lines, probably too many obstacles for the multiple units you mention. If I'm not mistaken, it's not legal to run those on freight lines in the US, but I could be wrong?

Never liked liverys with diagonal stripes on the nose

Suprised they not gonna go electric catenary system.

@kristoffermangila

7 ай бұрын

Too expensive and the freight roads do not want those wires hitting their double-stack container trains...

Hopefully they will scrap the ALCs or whatever they are.

Just plain ol boooooaaaaaaarrrrrriiiiiiiinnnnnngggg