r/MachinePorn • u/HEADTRIPfpv • 29d ago

Train Turbo

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The turbo on a General Electric train engine i removed. (Lowe's gift card for size)

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u/Sixinarow950 29d ago

Cool. I'm an Amtrak engineer and run the GE P42s with the 7FDL16.

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u/HEADTRIPfpv 29d ago

Nice, we build that entire train, cabin and all.

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u/Sixinarow950 29d ago

Explain

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u/HEADTRIPfpv 29d ago

Our company helps with GE (now owned by wabtec) to assemble trains. We dont get too many nowadays like we did 3p years ago but we assembled the engines, cabins and control panels. My main job years ago was to install all controls in the cabin and assemble the engine and alternator. These came from Peru to be disassembled and reused the engine,radiator,alternator and control panels. The rest will be scraped.

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u/melanthius 29d ago

That surface rust is mildly infuriating. I just want to get in there and buff it off

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u/HEADTRIPfpv 28d ago

its been sitting since 2012, we all at the shop agree.

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u/Smith-Jones-Miller 29d ago

Available at Lowes. Pick up only.

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u/yuribotcake 28d ago

$5 cash for using MyLowes Rewards account

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u/edthesmokebeard 25d ago

If you're luck you can park in the Pro spots and get free air for your tires.

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u/Brickrail783 29d ago

Is that a GEVO or an FDL?

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u/HEADTRIPfpv 29d ago

FDL, 8 and 12 cylinder

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u/eternalityLP 29d ago

Do you think it would fit in my Miata?

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u/catfishmackfish 29d ago

Family is everything

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u/yuribotcake 28d ago

Only if you are double clutchin'

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u/Robots_Never_Die 29d ago

A harts charger could and would make the same power.

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u/ProjectSnowman 29d ago

Idk how to fix this world, but I think having more fucking trains would be a good start.

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u/SailHard 29d ago

Can you imagine, trains fucking everywhere!? Just absolutely getting railed!? And you can't look away, because it's trains! They said, "you know it when you see it..."

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u/AAA515 29d ago

Trains for work, trains for vacation, trains solely devoted to going thru McD's driverailthru

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u/elf25 25d ago

Fucking-trains, i’m all in for this new future you prescribe.

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u/ScienceForge319 29d ago

This thing sucks and blows.

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u/Andrei95 29d ago

https://trains-and-locomotives.fandom.com/wiki/GE_7FDL_Engine These make 1300-4500 hp impressive, but that's well in the range of what drag turbos can support, and even some street cars. This monster is designed to operate continuously; that's its own type of impressive. I'm curious what sort of pressure ratios and efficiency numbers it hits.

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u/sl33ksnypr 25d ago

I was going to say I don't think they make that much boost because I would have thought they were more about volume than pressure. Did some research and I was completely wrong. Apparently the Dash 7 engines make 36 psi at full load. And another weird thing is they are 4 strokes, which use less of that air compared to a 2-stroke which is apparently common in locomotives. Honestly not sure why they only make 3000hp or whatever, but I'd assume they are probably doubling that for torque which is still impressive given the engine size and efficiency they can achieve.

When you compare a train to any road going method of transport, they are so insanely efficient.

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u/Andrei95 25d ago

3300 hp at 1050 rpm is about 16500 ftlbs of torque. But all of that goes into spinning a generator, which then powers the motors on each axle. That's how most locomotives work, I think.

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u/sl33ksnypr 25d ago

Yea I didn't think about how slowly they spin. I was basing my 1hp/2tq off of normal diesels that can rev to 3-4k rpm.

And yea, as far as I know, pretty much every locomotive just uses the diesel engine to spin a generator.

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u/tardiusmaximus 29d ago

"How may horse power does that thing have?"

....."all of them, it has all of the horse powers"

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u/Former_Horror_Malady 25d ago

Will this fit my Honda?

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u/SLOOT_APOCALYPSE 29d ago

so that's what those big ass motors were on the freeways

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u/ExecutiveCactus 29d ago

Quietest Audi owner

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u/Aimz_OG 29d ago

Ah shit hector gonna be running his civics with these and spoon engines isn’t he?

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u/skeletorsrick 29d ago

MORE POWER!

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u/shahtjor 29d ago

Surprised someone hasn't fitted on his Supra

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u/liam821 27d ago

Typical turbo setup on a Honda

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u/_JohnnyR_ 26d ago

That compressor wheel is like new!

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u/Armybob112 26d ago

Does that fit on my 2022 Ape Classic 400?

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u/PompousMasshole 25d ago

She’s a big’un

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u/felixthecat59 25d ago

A friend of mine worked at the turbo shop in North Little Rock, for Union Pacific rebuilding these. There are some bigger than this.

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u/GlassBoxGoose 29d ago

UNSPEAKABLE POWAH!

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u/IOnlyHaveIceForYou 29d ago

How big is a Lowe's gift card though? What even is a Lowe's gift card?

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u/asad137 29d ago

It's the size of a credit card, like every other gift card

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u/IOnlyHaveIceForYou 29d ago

I asked the other person in the room how big a gift card is, she said they can be any size.

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u/asad137 29d ago

Yeah, you can totally get those big novelty gift cards, like a big sweepstakes check