Those 3 82 class loco's + the 3 81 class loco's as bankers makes a 18900 hp assault on ardglen bank WOW!!!

@vrfan

3 жыл бұрын

Its a great spot for train watching!

Wow, that's a great video. I will always cheer for you in Korea I'm looking forward to a great video. Have a nice day.

Love the video. I've been a rail buff all my life, I'm 75 now. Travelled from Cairns to Perth and many places in between in Aus. I also travelled from Geneva to Paris when I was young and more recently New Oleans to New York. All great journeys. Will always prefer railways to any other mode of transport. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for posting. Very nice scenery and sounds of these engines at work. I'd love to visit this area also.

Thank you for the great videos and your efforts

Another great video James. Thanks for sharing! :)

Jesus surprise to see all that freight travelling up the Holy North.

The camera stuffed up and lost focus when we went into the tunnel :/ next time I'll set it to manual focus when i know there's a tunnel approaching.

Ahh no worries. Its just that I had located that section of track on Google Earth and noticed they would be approaching a tunnel. But its not a problem. I reeeeally enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing!

You got an awsome rail channel

Thanks, The whole area has some nice scenery. From the train itself, I think the best view is as you drop downgrade from the Ardglen tunnel towards Murrurundi.

Exellent job on the pictures

Good video VRfan

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I was hoping you would let that cab ride view run on into the tunnel that was approaching but otherwise I loved it.

Thanks, yeah I assume it's the same thing. I think banking is a british term. Down here there are other locations where distributed power is used (locos at the front, middle and sometimes rear) or there are extra locos added at the front. However, banking at the rear is the more traditional form of it from the steam days where the locos simply push at the back and are not part of the train's consist.

Beautiful county. thanks for an outstanding video. How many trips per day do these trains make? Thanks again. (Mississippi gulf coast USA)

nice

got any more vidz like that? try filming the border loop that:s a good one!! going through the mile long tunnel i have been there with loco friend of mine back in 1991 with consist of load. OH! by the there is a lookout near by so check for freight & XPT toot toot for now.........

Its a helper locomotives?

Nice coal train

What camera did you use?

Thanks. The 1in40 grade on the Illawarra line between Como bridge and Sutherland station is another challenge to coal trains. Here they use mainly four 82 class and now some three set new 4,400 HP Class CEY DE Locos. I took a video to compare these two classes at Mortdale Station. watch?v=xx-UeqDIuO0 Keep up to date at Liverpool Range as an interesting comparison.

Is the term you use, "Banking", similar to what we call "Pushers"? Running extra engines, in both the middle and end of long trains. I was very interesting to watch a diesel pusher set, disconnecting from the train they were pushing, "on-the-fly";(which refers to uncoupling while moving). All-n-all, a most excellent video compilation. Thank you.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER

5 жыл бұрын

Yes banking is what we used to push trains up banks, steep Inclines.

How baby staff for the six locos?

@tobys_transport_videos

5 жыл бұрын

I think you mean "how many staff/crew," for the which the answer is 4. Most Australian railways still use a 2-person crew on freight engines. The back 3 engines drop off from the rest of the train about 100-150 metres before the tunnel, as you will see in my video from 2 years ago at kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXqssLqlZtXAmJc.html

08:45 Uncouple the helpers on the fly???? That's ILLEGAL in the states, LOL!

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER

5 жыл бұрын

Those rear units are crewed so no issue with an automatic lifting pin.

do the helpers take the lead of another coal train

@brucewilliams8714

7 жыл бұрын

- Not as I recall. They run back light to Willow Tree to await their next turn. Had a cab-ride in a 48 class banker (the front one of three such) many years ago, from Willow Tree to Ardglen. It was a most curious feeling watching the train moving away from us when we stopped banking.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER

5 жыл бұрын

They sit in the yard waiting to push another train up.

What's the gradient percentage in Ardglen?

@bimma320

5 жыл бұрын

ChopperV 1 in 40 or 1.2%

@johnlow1201

5 жыл бұрын

Greatvideo

@mdgfb05

4 жыл бұрын

@@bimma320 2.5% grade.

@bimma320

4 жыл бұрын

TGs Train Clips correct. Not sure why I got 1.2? Percentages suck. 1 in 40 is how I was taught

Locomotive manufacturer?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER

5 жыл бұрын

Clyde engineering, with EMD parts

Why 3 engines in d front n 3 at back???

@vrfan

9 жыл бұрын

VINODH VINU It's a 1 in 40 grade. The three engines at the front are the train engines, while the ones at the back are the bankers and simply help the train up the grade before cutting off and returning to Willow Tree where they wait for the next one

@vinodhvinu1

9 жыл бұрын

Thnx VRfan

@nattawankaewampai684

7 жыл бұрын

VINODH VINU ทิ

Gm's

pathetic ):-[