Oh all that EMD is music to my ears Just love the sound of those engines.

@quyeny22

Жыл бұрын

Fr!

I LOVE that sound of a Roots-blown 567, especially when they throttle up or down! And that paint scheme is even reminiscent of the old Erie line here in the States.

@roadwolf2

13 күн бұрын

The VR livery was actually based on the Erie railroad livery. Good spotting.

Why EMD is the best diesel engine ever. Starts with the minimum of fuss, and a minimal amount of smoke too

@azrailfan2717

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching railways around the world using EMD prime movers in their locomotives. It’s an all so familiar sound to me here in the states

@CPAlburtisRailfan

Жыл бұрын

Ok, but Baldwin….

@cpeast

Жыл бұрын

Way better than that EE junk in GB, class 37, and what not, that doesn't start worth 💩. Not to mention pukes toxic fumes in the air for half an hour after they finely start to run on more than one cylinder. EMD rules! 👍

@WildWildWeasel

Жыл бұрын

@@cpeastah yeah the trash 37s, typical bri’ish engineering lmao

@jetstream454

7 ай бұрын

​@Shiftymon This and the previous reply, are the first hate comments I've seen toward the Class 37 lol. I certainly find their long hard starts disappointing as well lol

Still one of the best sounds on the planet. 👌👌👌

@StaffordMagnus

Жыл бұрын

Loving that blower whine!

@jamieteal2107

11 ай бұрын

@@StaffordMagnus👍🇦🇺

@claudioeternod7064

9 ай бұрын

Sure it is the best sound. In Cuba we have still sone G8. The sound is lovely.

I love that "sawing" and "singing" from the old EMD. I just love it 😀

What a sound!!

Looks and sounds as though the major surgery was a success. Great job by all involved.😊.

The 2-stroke V-16 diesel is simple and reliable, makes 2,500 hp and sounds fantastic

@pootispiker2866

8 ай бұрын

2500? That's wishful thinking

@StaffordMagnus

8 ай бұрын

@@pootispiker2866 Nar, 567 powered Xs made 1800hp, the 645 ones made 2200hp, and the rebuilt XR classes kick out 3300hp.

@calcutt4

7 ай бұрын

@@StaffordMagnus actually the 16-567E powered X and S class generate 2000hp, of which 1810 is available for traction

the Sound 🤤

As a youngster it was a thrill to see the occasional X or B class on the Mansfield branch (at least as far as Yea) - they were just so audibly impressive.

Looking forward to hearing them on the Christmas train.👍

Classic EMD, good video.

Great sound from 5:18

X31 looks in top shape. Thanks for sharing.

Goodto see them so well loved, and running like a Swiss watch

@robertmcfadyen9156

Жыл бұрын

They need frequent overhauls , though .

@Mechknight73

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmcfadyen9156 They do however work hard when asked to. Westrail had a lot of faith in the Clydes, and were the first to order units with 3500 horsepower in the from of the L class. Most are still alive today, albeit mothballed 50 years of service is nothing to be ashamed of

We used them here in the class 041 121 and 141 class locos during the 1990s and the class 071s had the emd 645E3 engine and the 201 class had the 1210 same as the class 66 and 69 in the UK and the same as SD70Ace

This is so good I had to watch it again 👍

Great video sound amazing too

Sounds incredible!

Sensational work👏

Great footage mate, X31, T378 & T382 were sounding great on Saturday on their way to Tocumwal and back. Was a great tour as always.

I've enjoyed this so much. Thank you!

Outstanding!! Cheers!

love EMDs

X31 will be ready to stretch it's legs this Saturday when it teams up with T378 on a heritage train to Tocumwal

@bigman4225

Жыл бұрын

Stretch its legs. Haha. Very funny. That thing can't stretch it's legs without killing itself! And it's new parts have come from china. See it working for Qube by Chrissy. T378 too.

@robbiewales3007

Жыл бұрын

@@bigman4225, what about T382

Before I'da let them move that old beauty, I'da made them dang Grease monkey wrench Turner's wipe them grody handprints off before those panels heated up and maybe stained that yellow paint! Sounds like a new one!!

Hearing the T load up during cranking

Nice video

Great hand signals the young man was using when connecting the cars. You can actually see them from the locomotive. Nothing worse than holding your hand up and slight flicks of the finger tips.

Perfect! She's ready for Qube! Pick her up next week?

Gee these guys get to play with real trains!

Reminds me of staying at Dimboola caravan park in the late 60s and early 70s

👍👍👍👍👍👍

That's just music to the ears

I suppose we can say the rings are bedded in now. In addition to the 7 carriages and the T, I would like to have seen another locomotive with a dynamic brake providing a resistive load the lot being dragged up a 2% grade. That would've been a proper test but perhaps too much load too soon on a new donk. Some people like me are never happy....

@robertmcfadyen9156

Жыл бұрын

Like the early days of the 42 class in New South Wales , a series of light engine and progressively harder load trials before full operation . Winding back the governor before graduating towards full 835 RPM operation . You can "PRE - BED" piston rings these days with lapping CNC . I have had this done to MY Yamaha motorcycle with success .

T328 is the railways version of the racv.

X31 has its engine modified. It sounds good even though its modified and its great for part source availability. Could X37 be restored like X31?

I assumed some oil would have slung off those rockers with the covers open. Guess not.

Y’know I kinda forgot that this was filmed in Australia. Like, I saw the locomotive and immediately thought it looked American but the scenery kind of looked like something out of Austronesia or southern Canada or a blend of both

EMD 567

Looks like a SD40 with its "eyes" open LOL

Call this analogy weird, but the higher the rpm, the less it sounds like an EMD and the more it starts to sound like an extremely low revving supercharged sports car. Maybe I think this is because this is essentially a V8 scaled up and merged with another. Oh and I forgot to mention that it is converted to 2 stroke and runs off diesel if you're living under a rock.

The x31 needs a proper horn

What ever happened to EMD? Cat. bought them out, where are they? I can hear a three engine, EMD leading, a half a mile away. the EMD-710, 20 cylinder. Comes rolling through Gastonia, NC at 50 MPH.

@Slim_Slid

5 ай бұрын

General Motors sold out EMD after EPA regulations were becoming serious and market sales kept declining while GE was taking over.EMD always ran into problems for the last few decades,the last best units they manufactured were the GP40-2's & SD40-2's.Greenbriar Berkshire acquired EMD and made things even worse by cutting down costs and using off shelves parts as much as they could. Finally,Caterpillar became both EMD's & PRLX's parent company.The only product that was built since then was the SD70AH-T4's which ironically became failures just like the SD90MAC's that they were primarily based upon. Caterpillar has also fallen into a bad spot with EPA regulations,so them owning EMD won't change a thing sadly.EMD's future is almost dead at this point.Wabtec/GE controls the locomotive market.

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore; not like did back in 1954!

What kind of horn does T738 have?

@railtrolley

Жыл бұрын

Should be RVB Hurricane 3 trumpet. Same as used on many other VR diesels, and suburban EMU's from the Taits to the Hitachis. I have a set.

@amessman

Жыл бұрын

@@railtrolley neat, certainly nothing we have here in the USA... thanks for the info!

@railtrolley

Жыл бұрын

@@amessman the RVB was the sound of VR for decades.

Are the passenger cars "red rattlers"?

@robbiewales3007

5 ай бұрын

No, the wooden suburban trains such as the swing doors were called red rattlers. The carriages behind the X and T are called E class carriages

What kind of air horn does this unit have? A horn off an Amtrak locomotive would have sounded better.

@voidjavelin23

3 ай бұрын

these G8s have a Nathan P5

Of course it has 4000 horsepower engine its a 16 cylinder

this sound wake up me every morning we have EMD G16 from the 60s and its every day use to today days