by trainiac
In the topic relating to a video of 13 EMD's, a discussion came up about turbo "barking". Well, I heard turbo barking first-hand for the first time today on St. Lawrence & Atlantic GP40 3202 (leased long-term from LLPX). Every 2 seconds or so, the unit (in run 8 with a bunch of other 40-series units) would decrease in rpm, "bark", and send out smoke and--somewhat surprising--about a foot-tall stack fire. It was after dark and the effect was quite something, although the smoke was not quite Alco-esque.
If the unit remains in the railroad's mainline consist, it'll pass again in 2 days, at which point I will see about recording it on tape and/or on film.
If the unit remains in the railroad's mainline consist, it'll pass again in 2 days, at which point I will see about recording it on tape and/or on film.
--Michael Eby
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--http://trainiax.net