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Discussion of Electro-Motive locomotive products and technology, past and present. Official web site can be found here: http://www.emdiesels.com/.

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 #481898  by pwormald
 
I made some video clips last trip, it's only a small camera but it captures the sound great.

The best two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teZj-wcTlJo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTDGSc0n5_I

More here:
http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=pwormald

Think you'll agree the 664's are LOUD!

Plenty photos on here:
http://locopage.fotopic.net/

Thanks
Phil

 #481918  by MEC407
 
Excellent videos!

Do those units have turbos? I can hear a lot of whistling when they throttle up, but it sounds different than the typical "whining" sound of an EMD turbo.

 #481929  by pwormald
 
MEC407 wrote:Excellent videos!

Do those units have turbos? I can hear a lot of whistling when they throttle up, but it sounds different than the typical "whining" sound of an EMD turbo.
No turbo, you can tell by "G26CW" if it were turbo fitted it would be "GT26CW"
 #602111  by hadzibane
 
Slovenian engines was build by licence that EMD gave to ex.Yugoslav,now Croatian factory "Djuro Djakovic" in town Slavonski Brod in 1985.Former Yugoslav Railway/her slovenian part Zeleznicko Transportno Podjetje-Railway Transport Enterprise Ljubljana/,ordered 20 of this engines,all of they is in working order and working just fantastic :-D
And, this is G 26 CW-2,not G 26 CW :wink:
Greetings from Serbia!