Graham_A_M
06-25-2013, 07:44 PM
Im sure you guys clicked on this thinking it was some idiotic TT set up for a car, but I thought this was still pretty damn cool. This is out of a locomotive, presumably a whole General Electric made unit...
It's only 3200hp, but being a two stroke diesel, it probably puts out 10,000 ft pounds of torque or around there somewhere.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zpsab275d3b.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zpsab275d3b.jpg.html)
My dad and I were talking a load of grain to an elevator in our semi, and passed by a rail yard in the town. They had this ginormous two stroke diesel V16 all torn apart. I assumed it was totally done... considering its now sitting out side in the rain. Oddly enough its made by General Electric.... the same company that makes your Hot water kettle & light bulbs.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps570b385e.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps570b385e.jpg.html)
^ The thickness of that crank is over 13cm/6" in diameter
Total circumference is probably 42cm/18" or more. Possibly closer to 20"
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zpsc8e9dd26.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zpsc8e9dd26.jpg.html)
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps4e8e5df3.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps4e8e5df3.jpg.html)
^Thats the output shaft on the back side of the engine.
You can see the vicious soot in the exhaust ports. Im surprised it even ran at all. I thought I took a pic of the bad ones, but the ridiculously huge amount of spent gas to be expelled out of those mammoth cylinders was coming out of a 1" hole on some cylinders. The port is originally big enough to put your fist into.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps1d8620f9.jpg
Here you can see its turbo (which is surprisingly small for what looks like a 100L engine). Those two big tank like things on the top are fluid exchanging intercoolers.
I honestly don't want to know how much a new replacement engine would cost, probably a quarter million at the very least, probably closer to half a million.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps0aa68ec9.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps0aa68ec9.jpg.html)
For these newer ones, they've increased the power output to around 5,000HP.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps19bff874.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps19bff874.jpg.html)
How this all works in a locomotive, is you have these mammoth engines which power an equally impressive generator. These massive generators provide power to a 1k hp (++++) electric motor between each set of drive wheels.
Realistically speaking, that's the only way to transmit power to the wheels, since any lateral torque would twist the wheels in circles, and no other drive train can be used since the wheels need to be able to articulate to negotiate turns.
Really cool to see. I thought they used these ginormous inline engine configurations, so this was really cool to see in person. I have NO idea how much this engine weighted, probably 4-5 tons.
It's only 3200hp, but being a two stroke diesel, it probably puts out 10,000 ft pounds of torque or around there somewhere.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zpsab275d3b.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zpsab275d3b.jpg.html)
My dad and I were talking a load of grain to an elevator in our semi, and passed by a rail yard in the town. They had this ginormous two stroke diesel V16 all torn apart. I assumed it was totally done... considering its now sitting out side in the rain. Oddly enough its made by General Electric.... the same company that makes your Hot water kettle & light bulbs.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps570b385e.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps570b385e.jpg.html)
^ The thickness of that crank is over 13cm/6" in diameter
Total circumference is probably 42cm/18" or more. Possibly closer to 20"
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zpsc8e9dd26.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zpsc8e9dd26.jpg.html)
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps4e8e5df3.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps4e8e5df3.jpg.html)
^Thats the output shaft on the back side of the engine.
You can see the vicious soot in the exhaust ports. Im surprised it even ran at all. I thought I took a pic of the bad ones, but the ridiculously huge amount of spent gas to be expelled out of those mammoth cylinders was coming out of a 1" hole on some cylinders. The port is originally big enough to put your fist into.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps1d8620f9.jpg
Here you can see its turbo (which is surprisingly small for what looks like a 100L engine). Those two big tank like things on the top are fluid exchanging intercoolers.
I honestly don't want to know how much a new replacement engine would cost, probably a quarter million at the very least, probably closer to half a million.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps0aa68ec9.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps0aa68ec9.jpg.html)
For these newer ones, they've increased the power output to around 5,000HP.
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/Graham_A_M/null_zps19bff874.jpg (http://s267.photobucket.com/user/Graham_A_M/media/null_zps19bff874.jpg.html)
How this all works in a locomotive, is you have these mammoth engines which power an equally impressive generator. These massive generators provide power to a 1k hp (++++) electric motor between each set of drive wheels.
Realistically speaking, that's the only way to transmit power to the wheels, since any lateral torque would twist the wheels in circles, and no other drive train can be used since the wheels need to be able to articulate to negotiate turns.
Really cool to see. I thought they used these ginormous inline engine configurations, so this was really cool to see in person. I have NO idea how much this engine weighted, probably 4-5 tons.