KiwiRail DM Class - Coal Train Trials to Bankside (HD)
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- During January 2025, KiwiRail's two prototype DM class locomotives, no's 8012 & 8029 made their first runs on the mainline under their own power. The first phase of testing was stopping and starting tests between Rolleston & Bankside on the Main South Line, firstly as light locomotive before progressively hauling rakes of coal wagons. We captured one of these test trains, running as TT91 on Thursday 30th January which saw the locomotives haul their first rake of 30 coal wagons, the standard length of a West Coast coal train. Enjoy some of the first views of these flash new 4000hp beasts as they are put through their paces, from running at line speed, to dynamic braking & getting away at full power from a standing start!
Kudos to the videographer and the train crew.
Horn sounds a bit like my ,OO gauge Hornby Class 20. With TTS sound Great to see the new locs
kinda sounds like the tgv horn
Good coverage of there first 30 wagon test run man. Got there first test on the Friday out here 👍
Brilliant mate cheers for covering the test run.
Great video mate 👍 I really enjoy it
Oh the combo's that tinny horn can make.. we shall soon see which LE's have skill in music.
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Fantastic video.
Great video
Quite hardcase that they have similarities in appearance to the DLs.
The jury's still out about the horn
The horn belongs on a Hornby model train!
Hope they perform better than the previous cat Powered locos the DJ class.
Were the wagons loaded? If they were, that's good acceleration.
I was thinking the same thing. The other locos that use those Cat engines around the world seem to have great acceleration so I believe they would be loaded
They use the same powerplant as the Eurodual, Euro 4001 and BR Class 68. It's 85L of displacement. It is a very modern engine.
It is the successor to the legendary CAT 3516 which is mainly used for power generation and in tugboats. But it was also used in the Vossloh G2000 locomotive.
Air New Zealand got a new ATR72. It was paying its way five days later..........Great video all the same.
It also wasn't the first of it's kind and had already been approved by the authorities to operate.
@@leonkernanThe DM isn’t the first of its kind (if that’s what you’re saying). The body and maybe a few other things are, but the engine and running gear aren’t.
@@SWATforce1 still the first of its kind in NZ. No doubt Stadler will have done a brilliant job but it's a great strategy from KR to test them out to discover any changes that need to be made before the main production run.
Yes, but many thousands of those have been built for 25 years or more. These are a brand new type. Testing a new aircraft type takes a bit longer than that
Sorry if this sounds skeptical or negative but what is the purpose of this test? There can't have been any doubt that they could haul a standard size train on the flat, the manufacturer would have made sure of that. Shouldn't the testing focus on the limits of performance and edge cases? A test that gives an unexpected results is actually useful, one that confirms what you already know is a waste of time.
Still good to see if they are up to our standards
Who are you to even ask that question, especially of the videographer?
@@peterscandlyn agreed
when a car comes in from over seas for sale it has to go through a compliance and wof check, same for the trains.
@@Cybob420 This tbh