Let us see if you can guess where these mistery videos are from. A clue, it is not in the continental US territory. [:-^]I took care in selecting it, to show of several kinds of ‘action’ or ‘diesel strugling’
Guessing may be easier than you think. Most You-tube videos have a description including time and place. For instance I picked one of the ones in the middle and it said it was in Portugal.
And in this line, wich is shown in most cases, wich is single track most of the way, with CTC, there are days in wich 50 trains pass thru. It becames a little more trickier when passenger trains mva at speeds between 100 and 140 Mph, and freights do only 60
Actually it’s an RSC3, from a group of 5 bought new in 1951. Before these there were 12 RSC2’s also factory direct from Alco wich arrived in 1948. It was the first dieselasation project done in an intensive way in Europe. The engines had to be RSCs, since european track standards are quite different. Form this Alco model, only 3 other RS2s came to Europe, bought by Spain’s Ferrocarril del Langreo, secondhand from US Roads. Even though, they had to be modified, with the cabs being chopped, due to tight tunnel clearances, and their ‘excessive’ axleload of 27 metric tons (the RSCs weight only 19,5 metric tons per axle, wich is more conform with UIC standards) were not very favourable for them
Back to th RSCs, these units were all repowered with 251 prime movers in the 70s, with horsepower raising from 1500 to 2185, therefore becaming RSC3u’s. From a total of 17 units, 6 are still operational, but with track contractors, wich appreciate its simplicity and resistance. The first unit, 1501, is today a museum piece, but sadly not operational. 2 other units, 1510 and 1524 are stored
Off course from the all lot I prefer the '51 units, because of the Nathan 5 chime horn. It was full nirvana at every station or grade crossing.[:-^][:-^]