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Western Railroad Discussion > EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinderDate: 01/27/23 17:54 EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinder Author: x9000 Tonight at about 1838 on the VFR Laramie web cams, there was a EB UP manifest coming down main 3. As the lead engine came by the microphone on the camera, you could hear that it was missing a cylinder. Lead engines were 3 GE's but could not get the engine numbers. Didn't sound like it would make it past run 2 or higher without coming apart.
Date: 01/27/23 19:01 Re: EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinder Author: funnelfan I've heard some "chitty chitty bang bang" GE's before. One was in a helper set in Sheridan, WY a few years ago. Heard the engine idling in town over night, then the next morning heard a locomotive coming out to the mine with the very noticeable bang....bang....bang...
Ted Curphey Ontario, OR Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/27/23 20:36 by funnelfan. Date: 01/27/23 19:40 Re: EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinder Author: x9000 After dropping some cars in Laramie, they backed up to pickup the rest of the train and at about 2030 they reved up sounding like a tugboat and headed east up Sherman Hill.
Date: 01/27/23 19:42 Re: EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinder Author: LocoPilot750 BNSF had some GE's that "skip fired" at idle, not sure they still do that. It was a fuel saving system that fired every other cylinder at idle.
Posted from Android Date: 01/28/23 03:53 Re: EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinder Author: splitreduction I hope you called it in!
Posted from iPhone Date: 01/28/23 06:41 Re: EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinder Author: oneblock Why call it in? The crew knows what it is doing. The railroads of today will not fix anything until it will not run anymore or parts are laying on the walkway.
Date: 01/28/23 08:02 Re: EB in Laramie -- Sounds like it lost a cylinder Author: PHall I suspect that if there was one cylinder that was not firing that there would be alarm bells and the unit would be off line because the computer took it off line.
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