EMD 567 spectacular : Diesel locomotives 

That EMD 567 sound is what got me hooked as a kid in Geelong. Simply cant believe that these guys are still alive and roaming! Some even in original paint scheme too! Amazing. Thanks Rod. Keep 'em coming. This is live history.

For these 1950's & 1960's EMD locos to still be in service today in 2018 reflects a stellar period in time when things were truly built to last, 60+ years and still going..WOW..

Thanks Rod. Great footage. These workhorses earned their keep for decades. I rode the Melb -Sydney line often in the 70's and early 80's and these puppies are what hauled everything. I love the sound they make. Especially the gentle, but purposeful ,noise they make accelerating from rest. For an industrial piece of kit they look beautiful. Thanks for sharing. You wouldn't know what happened to the brilliant EMD scale models that used to be in the foyer of Spencer St Station would you?

Ah. What a beautiful sound. It gives me the shivers they should have never done away with these f units. I have ridden in one of these. Need I say more 😀

HI Gang! Rod, loved these! I grew up with these types of engines in the central US during their hey day here! For those new to the field or just hadn't got there yet, in or about 1931 when steam locomotives were still king of the rails, and outfit called Electro-Motive Car Co. or simply EMC were producing passenger cars trains with small engines. They started getting much larger engines from the Winton Engine Co.and making trains with large motor engines on either end. The car manufacturing giant General Motors saw an opportunity to earn something in the railroading industry and bought both companies forming the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors, or EMD. GM took the designs of Winton and built their own large two stroke diesel engine and placed them in locomotives at first for the passenger industry. They still could use some more power and GM placed roots blowers on the engines driven by gears off of the engines crankshaft (hence the characteristic gear whine). GM had a great deal of success with their passenger locomotives dubbed E units, and made E units from the E1 through E9. GM had this idea of building a freight locomotive with the same engine, same design but half the length of the E unit. Enter the FT unit in 1939. The FT had a round nose for the A unit for the engineer, and the B or booster unit with the same body style, just no cab, as a power booster. Each unit put out 1350 hp (1007 KW). The original FT had an A unit and B unit permanently connected giving it 2700 hp (2013 KW). Originally the term FT stood for Freight/Twenty Seven Hundred Horsepower. Through the years the "freight" units models numbered from the FT all the way through the very large F45 and changed from using the roots blower engines to turbo charged engines. The last F unit model to use the 567 roots blown engine was the F9. So from the FT (1350 hp), to the F3 and F7 (1500 hp) to the F9 (1750 hp) were how they stacked. The F7 was the diesel engine officially responsible for the displacement of the steam locomotive on all the railroads in the US and they were found everywhere one could see a railroad track in the US from 1940 all they way to 1970. The term number 567 was the measure of volume in EACH of the engines 16 cylinders measured in cubic inches (9.29 L). So the end size of the 567 GM engine with 16 cylinders would have been approximately 149 L or 9072 cu in! By labeling the engine this way it could be identified no matter what size the engine was (the 567 engine widely known was actually a 567 C model that had 16 cylinders, the 567 B had the same cylinder size but only 12 cylinders, meanwhile the 567 A was the 8 cylinder version of the same engine). The nice thing for the railroads at the time is that the locomotives could be coupled together with as many units as needed and still be controlled from one throttle stand. No need to wait for fires to warm up a boiler, just start them up, couple them together and go. Incidentally, the "General Purpose" units or GP units (also known as 4 axle road switchers) used the same engines in the GP7, GP9, and others. The venerable six axle "Special Duty" model appeared soon also using the same engines (SD7, SD9). Soon after a time, EMD used turbo chargers on the 567's and got more power. EMD then introduced a new engine, a 645, and with it a second generation of locomotives in the mid 1960's with greater power and dependability and eventually the E's and F's and the first generations of GP's and SD's went by the way side. For more info on any of these and other locomotives, simply look them up on the web. I for one am happy to see some of the "old guard" still around!

MAN! what an era, brings back fond memories as I lived right next the rail line, they sound great under load.

Excellent work Rod. BTW set up my old model set today; had to file the corrosion off the tracks and the transformer seemed a bit noisy, but she still goes! This video, again, kinda brought back a lot of memories seeing as the locos featured are identical to my model.

Awesome. Pure gold.

I can't get enough of these machines. Great compilation, hope you don't mind but I saved a copy. You are so lucky to have driven these things. Growing up in the 1960s I *knew* I was going to work on the railroad. (NYC) Alas, they went bye bye just as I was coming of working age. I went into the next best thing: aviation. I'd swap my whole career for one in railroading, the way it used to be, before ditch lights and safety vests. My grandpa started on the NYC in 1917, ideal timing I'd say.

Hey Rod, excellent photography! I grew up in country NSW as a kid watching 48 class locos do their thing. Am now taking a keen interest in Vic vintage locos. You would be well to publish a book on Aussie Diesels.

Rod, Thanks for the video. Brings back lots of memories. I have spent many years on these type of locomotives. USA types but none the less the same. Great locomotives.

Excellent film. Many interesting power units and many unique film perspectives I don't often see in similar rail-fan video here in the States. Nice to see a bit of the Australian countryside, as well. Thanks.

Excellent. I have been watching you're video work for a while now and it's been great. Well done! Rich

Thanks so much for sharing this video. much love for those old units!

Wonderful. Thank you for putting it up.

Their closest US relatives are SD7's and SD9's. Australian locomotives are ( with the exception of those owned by the iron ore mining companies ) much smaller and lighter than those in the US. These units were built by Clyde Engineering in Australia under licence from EMD.

Sounds like the ones in the original Trainz Simulator, we got the 645 series in the UK class 57 & 59 and the 710 in the 66, 67 & 69 plus the Irish EMD 201 Class locomotives.

Thank you ROD WILLIAMS.U Sir, are a PRO~!!! Bill Howes.

Como amo estas locomotivas

Great! The sound of pure power at 1:00 :-)

Very well done Rod, I really enjoyed this.

10 stars from me. Great sounds and great editing.

Simply perfect

THANKS FOR A EXCELLENT CLIP ,,,LOVE YOUR WORK ...

Exellent video!... love those lokomotives!👍

Wow! Must be one hell of a ride at speed! Are they really that bouncy going that fast?

Really enjoyed your Video, love them EMD's when there screamin, heaps better than GE's

Fantastic!

Those at 7:50 are the most wicked locomotives I have ever heard.

The gen's certainly hummed out a tune but I think the one most audible trackside was coming from the Rootes blowers.

Watching these clips brings back a lot of memories.Lou melli.

AWSOME VIDEO!!!!

Great Video!!

great one

Great video!

The X's had shutters to control the amount of air getting drawn through the radiators. The change of sound would have been coincidental and was probably due to the air compressor loading up. Don't recall where I shot that scene at 6:00

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

Yes Sir. I am now the driver of my favorite loco. The classic E-F Electro Motive

Thanks !!!!!

Exellent video

VR expansion is Victorian railways and it was built by blue bird locomotive works

These all look exactly like our E or F units back in the US. Were these former US engines or bought from America new or did EMD actually make them at your location? These personally are some of my favorite engines. I've never driven them, but I have had the opportunity to be in one while it was idling. You could feel the power even when it was just sitting! Love 'em!

Muy buenas imagenes de video...¿de que año son esas locomotoras, todavia siguen funcionando? se ven en muy buen estado al igual que las vias...! Saludos

Excellent filming and post production work! Thank you for sharing. Take care! ...anwar...

No other internal combustion engine ever sounded as good as a 567C in NSWGRs 42 class GMs, was that whine they made the blower or the alternator?

Hey Rod, many years ago l was on a platform at Spencer Street (always will be Spencer Street to me) with a X class on at idle on a pass. There was a "clunk" and the engine note changed to a more deeper sound does it have shutters and if so what for? A nice collection of vids almost got motion sickness @6.00 was that shot near Wycheproof or Charlton Didn't make it to Cape Lambert yet, another cyclone maybe next week so l can get some Pilbra shots.

Nice Video💖

Realmente espectacular¡

You might want to read the description again. I think it's pretty obvious what I did for a living.

love the roar of supercharger!

professional video qualtiy

0:04 Great sound, Great Video also

The NSW 42 class was essentially the same as the S and GM (12-47) classes.

Isn't this an Australian train line. First gen emds are a treat to see in America. Although the newer locomotives are much more loud that older emds ( if first gens aren't in notch 8 ) Also I don't really like the horns there, I like my k5la's. Great video though! I'm guessing they're a lot more common in Australia than here!

Nothing like an EMD screaming!

No other GM beats the -567 drone

Thanks. Being able to own a decent camera helps. SONY HVR Z5P

Listen to that EMD whine!

WONDER what Rod is up to? Most videos are around this time and would think retirement . . .

At 4.30min mark what town was that train going through middle of the street

Hi, Would anyone know the model number of the horn that we hear at the 3:03 minute mark. I guess it's a Leslie make.

learned your trade, as in, photography/videography on?

Metro B classes??

Why was the train at 2.24 metro branded?

why are the new trains whispering death?

If this is in Australia where are these locomotives manufactured. Did they ship them from the USA to Australia??

Cool P5 at 0:01

Love this footage, just pure music to my ears..........sorry, what was that? 🤣🤣🤣

I love these old diesel locomotives, in particular the GM class. What does the term "EMD" stand for? And were the Victorian S class locos and the Commonwealth Railways (maroon & silver) the same design?

I wish. It's rare stuff. Search these out "Electric Trains Gippsland 1960s Victoria Australia" and "Last L class electric locomotive to Warragul". There may be more out there.

also there was GM in there too Rod :)

aah ok , cheers.

Metro have the locos on long term lease and are sub leasing them to other operators.

1:04 makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

less than three......you're a tough judge.

What is it in an EMD's prime mover that makes that strange noise?

1:04

yea, i replied to myself... and made the comment too early, sorry.

Wycheproof

ASMR for men.

They are silenced to meet EPA rules

nevermind, profession.