Running Four EMD Engines In A Ship Engine Room 12,000 HP

I had an older V12 567 EMD. 567 cubic inches per cylinder rather than the later 645 model. These engines are a joy to work on. You could pull a cylinder liner, head, piston and rod out all in one piece in about half an hour. Each cylinder is like a separate engine and can be rebuilt one cylinder at a time. Even the cam shafts were split into stub shafts and could be replaced individually for each cylinder. They were truly designed with convenience for working on in mind. Mine was in a 90 foot tug.

I love seeing a very clean and well lit engine room. Especially when it is packed full of GM 2-stroke monsters.

Great camera work. Finally somebody stops the camera on labels and parts so we can pause and look at them. Also, thanks for the captions.

It is basically 4 EMD LOCOs going for a sail !!!!!!! NICEE !!!!!!!!!.

Thanks for sharing! I love the signature sunset clip

Easily THE most exciting video that has ever appeared in my YT recommended list. 😴

Nice video, worked as a mate on both Pathfinder and Henson for a few years, brings back some great memories!

Very interesting, thanks. Several of classes of pre WW2 US Battleships used turbo electric propulsion. Generation was by steam turbine instead of diesel. It is really revealing how many additional pumps and systems are required for operation. Lubrication, cooling, air startup, hydraulics. And it all has to operate 100’s of hours continuously!

...just breathtakingly powerful and amazingly well run, maintained, and, yes, lit up as machine or engine room. WELL DONE the engineers, OC! Superb display of going about your work in the sterling, top draw levels. The joie elsewhere therefrom is untold. A ‘bespoke’ outfit carrying its own brand spotlessly! Touché from ZA’s Fairest Cape Winelands!! Let’s have some more...??! 👊🔥💯 bos.

great video EMDs will always be my favorite this is the first iv seen how electromotive drive on a ship works thanks for sharing

That was awesome video. Brought back some memories when I worked on towboats on the Columbia River system that had 649 EMD’s and Caterpillar engines, hydraulic steering systems, air starts, it was always fun to roll an engine over with the air starts when some poor un-expecting soul wasn’t aware it was going to happen 🤪🤪🤪🤪👍

Great video ,worked on the EMD 710 engines on Locomotives in UK , ours are V12 with electronic fuel control , no fuel rack or governor like these 645's , not loads different though. We have woodward governors on older loco's though they look similar but with no controls on top like yours have

Nice seeing a completed engine. I'm retired from a company which built and machined the oil pans and air box covers.

Loved those EMDs. Worked on SeDco oil rigs for years. Easy to work.on.

The marine application tag is from Progress Rail division of Caterpillar. These locomotive engines were no longer able to meet Tier 4 for pollution standards. One of EMD's attempts to do so was to dramatically raise the exhaust post combustion temperatures to decrease unburned hydrocarbons and other combustion components. That effort raised the NOx levels above above acceptable T4 levels, but probably met standards for diesels operating out to sea. Interesting. Those had to be some late F7's by looking at those shiny stainless steel builder plates.

LST engineman here..we ran Cleveland 16-278A 16 cylinder engines, they were the first cousins to the EMD 567C engines, they shared a lot of parts. The Clevelands had a longer crankshaft, each crank throw was supported by a main bearing.

Worked at EMD for a spell (Post GM spinoff), good to see the product still at sea.

I love it. It reminds me of the engine rooms onboard theUSS PROTUS ( AS-19) 1980-1981.

Captain Scott would be impressed!!

Hello, I was amazed about ‘TURBOS, ‘ as most had ROOTS BLOWERS, MANthat is the CLEANEST motor room , & the lovely sound of 2 CYCLE DIESELS, many on railroad locomotives. CHERIO🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸