4K Aging EMD Locomotives Rescue a Stalled Grain Train at Warrenheip Bank 

Yes indeed. Proven quality as well.

Wonder what the ammeter readings were at first movement.

@@Schony747 I'm a retired US engineer. EMD's last about 1 day short of forever.

Thanks for looking 😀😀😀😀

Yep! The little engine that could 😀😀

Yes they got off to a shaky start but then nailed it up the bank.

Yes they put on quite a show for us that day!

Schony747 you lucky person being there !

Well at least some of the art has a bit of skill behind it. It's not the first comment of it's kind and won't be the last either I'm sure.

Anything from a standing start really but more special as it's on a hill 😀😀

Pretty much 😀😀

Hold my beer we'll be out shortly

The stuff I grew up with as well. Thanks for looking.

@@Schony747 Come to NZ and you'll hear that on the regular, we're still using Clyde Engineering rebuilt units initially made in the 50s

Same mechanicals, different clothes. Sure the Pilbera iron ore lines have American locos (only slightly modified) inc GE AC 6000 CW's (all now scrapped). But 1 loco on the mainline (former government railways) look the most American, well out of the hood units, anyway. The Western Australian L class. You'd have to look twice to see its not a Yankie, some like an SD (in fact it, along with many locos in Australia, is basically an SD 40 mechanically.

@@johnsergei I'm a retired US engineer. I have to know why all the GE's are scrapped. I'm an EMD man myself, ALCo second, never liked GE engines. I operated GG1's-E33/44 electrics, all kinds of GE's from U25B/C's all the way up those miserable P42's on AMT.

@@gordonvincent731 If were talking early diesels, proir to the 1990s (& the privatisation of Australias State government railways) GE diesels were almost unhered of here. Evey state had its own idea on how to run its railways & most states, had a different gauge to it neibour, so there was little loco sharing (selling etc). The early diesels were almost exlusivsally EMD, Alco, English Electric & with small Walkers diesel hydralic hood units (usually with Catapillar engines) as shunters on mainly the narrow gauge systems. The Emu Bay Railway, a once private mining line in Tasmainia used these little Walker locos, to haul their trains, a bit like a miniture version of the Pilbera trains or an American coal train. But even 4 x 55t locos is still a decent amount of heavy metal. @ some stage they regually ran fewer but longer trains with 7 locos up front. These machines were smaller than even most shunters on the government railways & most of these were from those 3 big makers, with few from EMD, (with the exeption of Vicrorian Railways) Only NSW, Victoria & South Australia had standard gauge or broad gauge tracks & here, even their early diesels were big. Federal government (that ran the long distanse transconinental lines, mostly in South Australia) used EMDs. NSW has a small number of EMDs. Victorian railways was all EMD (apart from some early shunters & none were Alco or GE) So, wrong state if yuu, didn't like that those 2 strokers. South Australia was mostly Aloo, with the EE 900 class, one of my favourite locos. There was nothing like them, They look very American, but there was nothing like thrm over there ether. Alco PA looks similar, but inside a 900 you'll find EE 16 cylinder 4 stroke diesel, they stutter, they don't splutter like an Alco. The biggest system, NSW ordered Alcos, mostly & the private Pilbera mining lines, used Alcos that even today, are too heavy for the governmbent mainlines. Most of those oldies are now gone. They did have a few EMDs up there in the late 70s, but I think they were sold of to an American railroad. Pity that @ least 1 6000CW wasn't saved, but no buyer could be found & like a ship, the scrap price makes selling fror scrap, a viable option. It is 200t of metal after all. Shove it onto a beach in Bangladesh? Today, You can still here 2 stroke EMDs but only on some trains on certain lines (usually a mixed consist, newer 4 stroke GEs etc) EMD 2 strokers haul some passenger trains in Victoria still (N class) Alcos will be hard to find today, but a few are still in uses. Locos like the NR & similar looking quiet beasts, dominate, nowdays.But once, it was the Australan eqivilent of an F series EMD, or a World Series Alco, based on the FA. or smaller 6 cylinder hood units of those machines.Funny that, the small brancline units were the most numerous, but on the mainline, you saw more of the big stuff.

eh

Always loved the Alcohol chugging

Yeah they didn't do a bad job!

Yeah that was a hard contact hookup, power unit shook when it hit!

Had a short lunch break.

made even more dangerous by crew member standing on locomotive when rule say he should be ground guess he want to be killed

I could sit and listen to the whole consist all day. Thanks for looking 😀😀

Yep from around the 5 minute mark, it's really impressive.

That's a great story! And back then when you opened a door there was no harm or bad intentions either!

Thanks and very enjoyable to see it live as well

Yes. Plenty of old action in Victoria!

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Girls too ! I fell in love with trains at Dubbo and nearly got run over by steam trains asa kid with my dog Have facilitated the train thing with my grandkids at timbertown , it’s a vital part of childhood

Us girls can love a thrash and clag Vid as good as any guy.

Yes 50 years old and still going strong!

Yes and after this video they are still getting lots of mainline work.

Yes indeed. I was pretty happy I could capture this!

We love any freight trains running up Warrenheip Bank

It's not the first and won't be the last either. There has already been a couple this grain season that have failed as we.

@@Schony747 Seems like the place to be on my next holidays. Chair, esky full of beer and a camera.

It was pretty good trackside!

Thanks again 😀😀😀😀

You can hear the trains all the way back to Ballarat East!

Yes an oldie but as popular as ever!

@@Schony747 I used to hang out at spencer St station on the weekends just to hear them pulling out.

Yep a first for me as well. Plenty of standing starts but not in this situation.

Thanks Paul. Right place right time as I was visiting my parents.

Thanks alot

Made. In. Mc.cook. I'll. Close. 2. Chicago.

Thanks for looking. Really appreciated.

Did in this case. It made a pretty quick escape when all 3 locos fired up!

JS317Productions one of the G’s I presume

@@Schony747 hello my friend I think you need to watch your video again as all 4 locomotive are power on with regards from big man

More like 2700 hp, the X is 1800 and the T 900

Too long in the open in unprotected rail sidings.

Best sound from a loco mate

Any old EMD that runs in Victoria such as these always draws a big crowd. This train had people out right along the line.

Yes. This has been a pretty big hit already all over the world. Thanks for having a look 😀😀

@@Schony747 No problem! If you have time check out my channel. Thanks.

But the bigger diesels, the 2 square locos from the 1980s, are quieter & the modern locos, (bigger & more powerful still) are just too dam quiet. All these 4 babies are 2 stroke EMD designs, though the bodies & shape are different to American locos. When I was a boy , the old locos like the T & X class were all we had round here.

@@johnsergei I noted that the two stalled units appeared to be oriented in reverse of North American practice, with the radiator fans in front, behind the cabs, as opposed to at the rear of the units.

@@whiteknightcat The two G class units (the original locos which stalled) are dual cab. So unless the radiator fans are smack in the middle of the loco, they'll be behind one cab or the other.

Great. There was lots of waiting around but I enjoyed putting it all together.

Yep and not the first time either.

My most popular train videos are the old EMDs.

And sound great. Thanks for watching 😀😀

Thanksc😀😀😀😀

Great. Thanks for looking 😀

Thanks 😀😀

you're glad???? this country also suffers.

Is called rust prevention.

Thanks always 😀😀

Yeah that's the general consensus about EMDs.

Thanks alot 😀😀

Yep and lots of horse power as well!

Thanks for looking 😀😀

The older EMDs have been quite busy lately rescuing trains in Victoria!

Great! Thanks 😀😀😀😀

There's always someone who dislikes a video.

Probably a environmentalist

Thanks Mate 😀😀😀😀

Yes. The X certainly made the train I reckon.

Not everyday but it's happening more than Qube would like I'm sure. Thanks for looking.

Yes I enjoyed filming this evening though it was for the wrong reasons. Thanks for looking.

Yes mate! A favourite of many.

Thanks for looking mate 😀😀

Thanks for watching! These grain cars sit around for long periods so are a sitting duck for our talented artists!

@@Schony747 I don't call them 'artists.' They are graffiti vandals who damage private property.

@@edmundcarew7235 Perhaps it was sarcasm? In any case, I agree. I hate graffiti in all its forms. Even hate those ugly graffiti covered Melbourne lane ways that people rave about.

I'm surprised you haven't watched that one before! Thanks for having a look 😀😀

There were many photos. The one taken from the elevated view at Warrenheip was very good.

Some if these "street artists" would do very well legally if they had the opportunity I'm sure! Thanks for taking a look.

Nope but the modern stuff an has the NRs, SCT etc is pretty good as well.

But brilliant video!

Yep 😀😀😀😀

Just a bit and as usual.the antiques come to the rescue.

Thanks 😀😀

Yes I well past their use by date but still going strong!

These grain consists are like sitting ducks so it's no surprise they get the art treatment.

Yes. I still enjoy filming there

Yes it a world wide thing now with locos and a colourful freight consist in tow 😀😀

Thanks. It was impressive trackside

Danjw07 YT the G’s may be newer but are still 25-30 years old (build 1984-1989) and the older ones where low horsepower due to the high number of branch lines in Victoria at the time

That's pretty normal from my observations

In general here in USA the knuckle couplers have a minimum coupling speed of 3mph to get enough force to make a join and push the knuckles closed and locked. I'm going to expect that holds equally true Down Under.

Scott FW thanks, interesting point. I am not too familiar with the Buckeye coupler, but will bear this in mind should I encounter one.

Yes mate. The old girls saved the day again.

@@Schony747 but it is fabulous of the emd sounds 👌

Thanks 😀😀

Yep. Thanks for looking 😀😀

Actually grain wagons but art is pretty common on those wagons these days.

So are the wagons just left unprotected a lot of the time or are the artists allowed to spray them over there?

Yeah ~ ~ it's like a worldwide disease & ℹ'm tired of looking at it

@@lazyrrr2411 How many of these idiots get actually caught and punished every year?

@@MatthewQuigley none

My thoughts exactly. A sad story when there's no locos at Ballarat.

pac nat coud lern a thing or too but they more useles ten qube

Thanks for taking a look 😀😀

Yes 😀😀😀😀

andrew ganley , Yes, But I also remember the old 2 cycle GM ENGINES , , sill a few around in the USA, ,,,, CHEERS from NJ,,USA

I'm sure it happens everywhere on the occasion

Yep! Nothing more to add really 😀😀

Proven product that will be around for years to come.

@@Schony747 The second-gen EMDs in America are still running strong! They are built to last to be sure.

Yes and plenty of space as well