Classic Australian locomotives Haulin' Grain!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- 1950s EMD F style streamlined units hauling grain across Victoria, Australia in September 2021!
A longer than usual video with some close call drama as well as cab footage shot safely with a gopro 9 camera.
Disclaimer: No sheep were harmed in this video, but goes to show what we deal with often at work.. This train loaded takes 500 to 700m to stop in emergency, running over sheep while generally not considered an emergency, we realise that running them over isn't always a pleasant option so where possible we do our best to avoid such situations.
Questions welcome. This was shot on the Korong vale - to sea lake line. Northern Victoria Australia.
The unseen backbone of our country. Keeping our economy moving. Great work to all the hard working rail employees.
It wouldn't be an Aussie train video without a couple of old Falcons sitting in the grass behind a house
Absolutely!
That last little guy almost got turned into a flapjack. Lucky little fluff ball. I was actually scared for it.
Nice video mate. Love those vintage EMD diesels so glad we still have them running today.
Fabulous video , the 567 sound , and the old hasler speedometer . Your partner is nice and relaxed with the feet up.🙂
Breathtaking and gorgeous scenery. Cheers from Indiana!
Love that you guys use these beautiful EMD rebuilds in daily service. 'ol Edward Henty pulling freight since 1957. I just love the sound of those V16 EMD's.
Thank you so much for taking me back .I found myself looking left an right approaching those crossings, looking down the track it all came flooding back..and almost tugging on the whistle cord..just makes me want to return to driving, regards
Doc from Down under
Nice video! love that P5 horn on the second locomotive. Definitely sounds like the ones Norfolk Southern uses here in the US
Yes the new cast P5. 😊
Fabulous, really great panoramic views of the vast plains, the green and yellow contrast with the canola crops, the shadows and this vast machine gliding effortlessly through it all.
beautiful scenery & great in-cab views too. Nice to see the old EMDs still running
Cheers!
This is great. 😍 Love this type of video and haven’t really seen many filmed in Australia before. The colours are beautiful!
Glad someone’s having a good canola year, because we’re not. Love your videos. Thanks for all the hard work, and the longer they go for the better.
WA is all set for a bumper canola harvest. It looks magnificent.
Yes I hear for the first time in a long time, Australia will beat Canada for canola exports. Should be good for Aussie farmers!
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER
Well if we do well out of it, we’ll give you a contribution for your camera collection 🎥 💜🛤🚂
@@jennyanydots7582 that's okay, thanks for the offer, thankfully I make a little bit of side change out of these vids, a new drone is next. Can't wait to edit some footage together with ground and drone shots! ❤️
S317 looks nice wearing Australian National based paint colors. These old EMDs are still great workhorses delivering the grain needed to make bread pasta and more from the farms to a processing facility. Wow
Beautifully shot and edited, I am glad you're able to record these views before they are lost to time forever, keep up the good work. Cheers, Doug.
The first Loco is S317 and the second is S302, now stored due to fire damage suffered in March 2022.
Hi Adam, another fantastic video, love the sounds those old EMD's make. It's good to see that country Victoria has had a good lot of rain. Stay safe, cheers Lee.
Love seeing the OLD EMD's on point, thank you for the videos,
Stay safe.
abstolutely stunning mate 🤩🤩🤩 keep up the good work... ❤️❤️ really glad to see those oldies still running 🔥🤩
worked that line as a fireman in 1978/79 relief out of Bendigo
How cool!!
Really enjoying your videos. Glad about the sheep! 👍
Thanks for the memories I loved working on those old gm on the south yes there was the spirit aura riv daylight and many high wheelers on the freight
Excellent work as always, the country scenes at 4:30 are stunning!
Nice one Adam, red soil looks like out this way in western NSW. Try hitting a horse head on at 80KMh in an old 44 class, now that's value! GoPro9 done a good job, happy with mine also. A semaphore signal near Charlton, thought they were gone years ago.
We have a few semaphores still in vic. Seymour line had some tillk recently, the Ballarat/Geelong line, Charlton, Boort, and other locations.
What a top day, lovely colours all about. Thanks for sharing, best wishes.
Goodday Adam
Absolutely sensational great visually all round, coffee with the video so relaxing even the background music.
Still waiting for you to barnstorm through Sunshine.
Cheers
Louis 👍
Cool to see some unusual views of real operations :)
excellent. its all so green at the moment. 9:00, how considerate of the management to provide a footrest.
Got a few of them in Denmark still too. Known as Nohab's.
Top vid, thanks. I remember S302 from my short fireman career at Dynon then Benalla, about 82-4
A great life experience.
Great video showing the countryside in excellent lighting conditions. Good to see the semaphore signals at Charlton recorded for posterity
Okay, I see your problem! The engineer is on the wrong side of the cab! Funny to see the old brake valves where you have to return the handle to the lap position after making the reduction.
Fantastic, as usual Adam. I look out for your new postings all the time. As in many of your previous videos, I often marvel at the faith that you place in the mounting of the Go-Pro when you place it on the outside of the loco.
I've lost one already, haha, but I've got a super magnet so no dramas now.
I thought that flock of sheep were rail kill for sure, glad they didn't get killed. Think of how many drivers it's taken over the decades to get that brake lever so polished and worn lol
wonderful work there love the good old 1950s EMDs great work
great video thanks loved the morning light
Thanks for the great ride mate. I enjoyed this and all of your other rides from in the cab and the outside views too.
Cheers!!
Beautiful country out the back of Wychitella and Charlton.
Quality content Adam. 👌
Nice, I enjoyed that...cheers
Thanks for help keeping us sane. When was Charlton station removed, my memory is very scratchy.
Great video friend👍
I wont really to be a train driver 🥺
What a beautiful and tranquil place.
Thanks for posting
Fabulous videos, fellas, enjoying every one of them.
Rail equivalent of an FJ Holden. But still earning revenue. Amazing.
The sheep even go to extreme lengths to get that 2 stroke fix and sound.
Great video. Love your work!
An EMD engine and RS5T horn is a marriage ordained by God himself.
Not sure what that horn on S302 is called but when I was a kid I knew when I heard that I was in for a treat as it was probably an X class pulling freight 😝
It's an RVB 3 chime, which has since been replaced with a Nathan P3 on a custom manifold.
It's a new cast Nathan P5, have a look on RUclips for them.
When your going up the middle of the main street in Wycheproof do you pull up and get a pie at the takeaway?
Haha not as yet but we rest across the road, however we have stopped at the terminus hotel to pick up a meal.
There's 2 large photos I took of our trains outside the pub. The night one was when we stopped for a meal.
AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2021 the train pulling up at the pub! That’s way better than the take away.
Fantastic
Absolutely top notch: keep up the good work
Absolutely enjoyable. The recording and colouring was perfect.
Love these videos, great work mate
I wonder if you were the crew driving when I took a photo with my ute in front of your train at Nullawill
Driving past Charlton, thats where i live.
Maybe I would enjoy this more with just the train sounds, no music at the start. Otherwise it's amazing, deserves lots more views
Nothing wrong with a bit of intro music.
You are my childhood
Thanks again!
Awesome as usual 👍👍
👍 That’s one big Ten out of Ten! 👌
Cheers!
Make that 11 out of 10.
I never seen a locomotive with the controls on the left side. Do not imagine that 24RS brake valve is pressure maintaining?
In Australia it's common, no this brake is not self maintaining.
I recognise some of these! They park just near my house in Kensington. I do have a question, when shunting is going on at the grain silos in Kensington, how come the EMDs have sit there with the engine on idling for so long?
Depends on the tike of day, some crews don't shut them down during the day, myself I like to shut them down if they are there all day. But they do have to be running to check oil's.
I hope the sheep are ok.
They are fine. 😊
Any idea how much is still original 50s vs what has been replaced over the years?
Engine has been changed to a 645E V16.
A few upgraded electrical components, sound proofing etc.
Bloody awesome views !!!!!!
think i see you yesterday night ballarat around 9 or 10 pm
Yep that was us.
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER great seeing you earlier through here ha ha usually its early morning while i catch some sleep
During the cab scene at approx 9:04, under (what I assume to be the vigilance button), there is a small lever you occasionally hit. What does that do? I’ve seen it in a few locos and it’s always been a mystery
That's the power/brake selector.
To go from powering to dynamic braking. It's positions are 1/off/B
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Cheers, that clears that up, great video as always.
Thank you Adam, great footage! Vic has had timely soaking rain today too. How's the Sea Lake track riding now post maintenance? What's the line speed now?
Line speed hasn't really changed, the sea lake was the better track, its the Managatang track that's worse for wear.
Que bonito viaje en el tren de 2024
Great video mate
S 317 ?
Interesting there's no horm sequence for crossings like in the US. Huge safety thing, I guess people elsewhere are much smarter and stop for trains lol
Yes that's true. We have a long, then short generally but we don't make noise if we don't need too. And there's good visibility.
Was that grainie to wycheproof? Sealake or nulliwil? Thanks great video
Nullawil
Yes.... 100 car grain train that would be a sight
Nice. How many locos and wagons, and weight of this train? Curious to compare against other countries
This is a small domestic train, 4 locos - 31 wagons on this train, about 2300t when loaded.
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER thanks
How are multiple engines controlled at the same time to pull?
Through a multi unit cable and air hoses.
Hopefully none of the sheep were injured.
Nope all survived
I`m sure the sheep are all fine.. they`d be a lot safer in their own paddock , though.
NGL I got an adrenaline rush when you were bearing down on those idiot sheep just like if they were a pedestrian not paying attention.
My teacher at my rail course said that when he had a near miss he got that rush and that’s what helped him get used to it over the years.
You get to blow the horn
I so want to get a Traineeship after 25 years in administration offices!
Best to apply online these days. Have a crack.
Both semaphores at 3:25 were showing clear 🤔
Yes they usually in, train crew set them to stop if they are working there as added protection.
Those poor old unloved AU Falcons
Are those semaphores functional? :O
Yes they are, if the points are laying for the siding.
The semaphore signals of today would be electric, that is because there are no more signal boxes operating wire pulled signals. My position on the railways from 79 to 89 was a signal adjuster on the Victorian Railways.
@@peterhearn3297 oh that's cool!
Very good footage, will you please consider making a longer video, say an hour or so? It is next to impossible to view Australian cab rides as they mostly do not exist but they definitely pique my interest.
I've got fair few cab vids, can definitely do some longer vids though! 😊👍
Very nice. What's the aftermarket apparatus mounted on the control stand?
Ice radio?
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Don't know. I'm a railroad mechanic from North America and haven't seen anything like that.
Yeah the aluminium unit on the co trip stand is a UHF/phone/sat phone in one. So we can talk to other trains, train controllers, and any phone number, sat phone too incase of emergency.
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER I see. Thank you. I was wondering if it was some sort of collision avoidance system.
Which locos were on this besides Big John
Can't remember now
Looks like fairly old trains .
Electrical multiple drive
(EMD) Electro Motive Division of General Motors, La Grange, Illinois USA.
Which video setting did you use on GoPro 9? I have one too.
High bit rate 100mbs, either 25fps or 50fps for slow mo. And varying cine/wide or ultra wide angle. 4k of course.
3:27 is that Minyip?
Sure is.
Charlton
Adam driving a train??
Nice video. How old is that loco? Cheers
Would love to do this as a job.
Any tips to get started in the industry?
It's not easy. But keep an eye out on seek.com etc jobs occasionally pop up.
Goddamn it - I love filthy esses.
All is well with the world. Our good broad gauge locomotives running on broad gauge as they should be and turning fat lambs into Vindaloo.
Standard gauge in Victoria is for hipsters; I'm deeply suspicious.
Must lie down...
why do we associate country style music with rural aus.
Because it's country, I would have assumed death metal may not quite work here. Haha
Someone should make a controller what ever you call it, for the train simmers
It's been done, "desktop" type. But yes a working controller would be good fun, even a VR simulator
Whats the prime mover? Is it a 645 or 567?
567
S317 has a 645E
👍👍👍👍👍cheers
what does the bloke in the passenger seat do?
Make the coffee and keep the driver awake...
All the ground work generally.
paperwork
Looking after things when the driver is going for a pee?
@@moestrei good luck no toilet on the s class be good idea for ssr to retrofit 1