The EMD 2 strokers would have to be number one on any Hit Parade! I always loved the B’s, Esses and T’s and their variations from the old VR and it will be a sad day when their days are finished and we have to thank SSR for prolonging the lives of them for sure, hopefully there is still some years left in them! and a top job there capturing them! Fantastic! 👍
The amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to keep these girls running is apparently pretty amazing. It must be a Labor of love by SSR down here.
You are correct, bloody brilliant sound. May the EMD B,S,T,C,X class live on forever. Wind direction and location can have that symphony go on for an eternity. 👍👍Thanks for providing the chance to hear it again
Great sound both the locomotives and the video. There are very few things built 70 years ago that are still in use today. If you were involved in the design or manufacturing of these great machines you would be incredibly proud that you were able to build something that lasted so long. I have a two year old son and I hope to one day as he gets older take him and show him the sight and sound of a B/S as it roars from the platform. There's nothing else quite like it.
Yes, these are sounds from my childhood in Dimboola listening to the B's and then S's pull the interstate goods up the incline out of Dimboola towards Adelaide or the whine as the applied brakes and compression coming down the incline to Dimboola yard. Of course, The Overland, used to have the B's pulling it when we caught it at 4am in the morning on the way to Melbourne. I am sure I heard this train when it passed through Howitt Street crossing the other night.
@@Schony747 My great uncle was Station Master at Ballarat late 40s and early 50s but he passed away too young. Oh he was also a Victorian Railways Commissioner too. His name was Richard Floyd Stanistreet. Yep, have memories of Dad jumping out of the still moving carriage at Ballarat Station and doing a sprint to the Tea Rooms to get an order in for brekkie.
hi, greetings from england,great video, these locos and myself are the same age !used to have a Triang Railways model of this loco when i was a child in the 60s,anyway wish we had these locos in england,
Good day Brenden, Absolutely brilliant you caught the essence of EMD early V16 567 at its best. 567 cubic inch per cylinder about 10 litres x 16 = 160 litres x 3 = 480 litres of brute, 2 stroke EMD power. Yes I didn’t count the P class. You need to run a tour group just holy solely on chasing these old 567’s. You would have Yanks & Canadian’s plus plenty of Aussie jumping on your tour bus. Would love to hear them attack Gooseberry Hill. Brilliant just brilliant I can still hear them. Cheers Louis Kats 👍🇦🇺😀
Another great video. I wonder if it is possible to see a video of the inside of these old locomotives? I assume that there has to be somewhere for the drivers to relieve themselves on the longer journeys.
I assume since those B class engines are double ended they can be ran from either end. Do they have one prime mover or 2? Also, Austrailia seems to have some very talented "taggers:. You could join them and tag a couple while the train sits still (lol).
One prime mover and controls at both ends. The talented taggers were actually commissioned by SSR to paint the cars. The cars were going to get tagged anyway so you might as well have something professional.
So many engines just for such a small wagon rake...there were not even 20 boxes .... In India, the smallest rake is close 65 boxes usually hauled by WAG Class Electric locomotive (only one) say 5500HP.
What was listed below is correct. If you look up Wikipedia on the Web, you will find all info for all classes if you do a search on each individual loco class.
