Notching Up from Zero! - Victorian Diesel Locomotives 

Everyone loves the old school sound and fortunately Victoria still has regular old school locos running around. Thanks for having a look

I'm seeing why this video is so popular. Many people like yourself have worked on these locos and have fantastic memories.

Yep 100%. There's something special about both things you mentioned. Thanks for having a look.

Beautiful 😀😀😀😀

Yes mate just going about their job with no fuss!

Correct. Straight down to business!

Thanks for looking. It looked to be a great time to drive back then.

Yes the Vlo made a bit of a mess!

There's something about the old locos that are still running around. Thanks for having a look.

Thanks for having a random look.

@@Schony747 got yourself a new subscriber

Fabulous sound and a bit of a favourite amongst Victorian Railway fans

2012 to be exact

The third series X is one of my favourites.

@@Schony747 there were 3 series wasn’t there.

Thanks Rob. Yep I agree. The old stuff sounds awesome.

Thanks. Ballarat Station is pretty amazing

@@Schony747 I know

Yes and a brilliant sound as well!

Probably didn't even notice the train 😀😀

Go ahead mate. Grab any sound files you find useful from the channel.

Everyone loves a good streamliner!

@@Schony747 And a 567 lol

Here you go. Read all about the class. They were built under licence by Clyde engineering. Our tighter loading gauge meant the F series nose shape was modified a bit but yes the general configuration is F model. The weight is about 110 metric tons or tonnes. They were originally broad gauge 5'3". There still is quite a lot of Broad Gauge about in the state of Victoria. Note we evolved a variant of the 567 engine that was incorporated into production by EMD 50 or so years ago. I'll give you some links to some other interesting EMD based locos built for the VR. Surprisingly quite a few are still in revenue service all over Australia and many have been converted to standard gauge and run all over the country. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_B_class_(diesel) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_S_class_(diesel) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_X_class_(diesel) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_C_class_(diesel) A private operator imported some NOHABs (DSB Class MZ) from Denmark to Australia iirc. They have 20V645s in them but they're not US E series or F series in looks. They look 'utilitarian' which is code for ugly as your mother inlaw. You might like them lol. They are quite successful actually. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSB_Class_MZ

Thanks for that. I had no idea either.

Yep!

Yes even are 60 years they still sound awesome

@@Schony747 How come Australia continues to use 567 diesel engines? In America, just about all of our class 1s have gotten rid of anything powered by a 567 since the late 90s

@@floridianrailauto9032 My guess is reliability. And possibly some railway companies have a heritage fleet like the S and B classes in this video.

Correct - 557 and 553

Gerry They were obviously more advanced than you thought!!

Yes. Both locos are on line.

Yes indeed!

oh deer. I lost my john deer

Never fear, we tracked her(tractor) down to Rydlemeer! LOL

Yeh real funny

@@patkelly6349 Irish?

Given their age I'm not surprised.

Thanks Mate

Correct. Both EMD locos and only build around 5 years apart as well

Missed out? This is a compilation over many years.

Yeah you could be mistaken with the ancient power running around 😀😀

Thanks 😀😀

No problems hauling passenger trains. The N also used to pull freight before passenger and freight was split

Nope. No mucking about!