A huge variety of Australian diesel locomotives working up Cowan bank - late 2013

Scenes recorded over the last few months of 2013 between Hawkesbury River and Berowra of a huge variety of diesel locomotives working hard up Cowan bank on the northern outskirts of Sydney.

[@aviaterred]

Hi Bevan, thanks for your videos, always enjoyable. I live in Brooklyn and say you need to do a 2023 version. SSR in particular have dredged up an array of relics and put them back into service. Especially to move the NIF's around. I saw a candy 44 the other day and that's just the start. Alco's have sure been making a comeback on the bank.

[@ashtonnotary5653]

The candy loco you saw woulda likely been 42103 the “Chumster” an EMD bulldog streamliner, the only candy 44 left is 4465 stored in Werris Creek.

[@TailsFan369no2]

When will you visit the zig zag ?

[@fritz46]

Great video! But why bother to electrify a line and then use diesels? It's expensive, and if you do it you should use it to make the investment pay for itself.

[@JTGarbo]

The passenger division of this network has ran entirely on overhead powered trains since the late 80s and still do.

[@fritz46]

But this is probably only a small fraction of the total tonnage! I assume it's the commuter traffic around Sydney, and the electrified part is not long enough to justify locomotive swaps on the fright trains.

[@kaypac6350]

The voltage in this system is only 1500v DC and I have read that it doesn't have the capacity to handle these heavy trains

[@gold4leaf]

@@JTGarbo electrification to Gosford opened in January 1960 (which includes Cowan Bank)

[@robertmcfadyen9156]

Remember when 46 , 85 and 86 class frequented this area ? I do .​@@kaypac6350