Classic Australian locomotives Haulin' Grain!

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AUSSIE TRAIN DRIVER 2024

2 жыл бұрын

1950s EMD F style streamlined units hauling grain across Victoria, Australia in September 2021!
A longer than usual video with some close call drama as well as cab footage shot safely with a gopro 9 camera.
Disclaimer: No sheep were harmed in this video, but goes to show what we deal with often at work.. This train loaded takes 500 to 700m to stop in emergency, running over sheep while generally not considered an emergency, we realise that running them over isn't always a pleasant option so where possible we do our best to avoid such situations.
Questions welcome. This was shot on the Korong vale - to sea lake line. Northern Victoria Australia.

Пікірлер: 186

@phil4977 2 жыл бұрын

The unseen backbone of our country. Keeping our economy moving. Great work to all the hard working rail employees.

@hoofie2002 2 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't be an Aussie train video without a couple of old Falcons sitting in the grass behind a house

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@crusiethmaximuss 2 жыл бұрын

That last little guy almost got turned into a flapjack. Lucky little fluff ball. I was actually scared for it.

@RYNT1157 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous video , the 567 sound , and the old hasler speedometer . Your partner is nice and relaxed with the feet up.🙂

@momsartlawes8033 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous, really great panoramic views of the vast plains, the green and yellow contrast with the canola crops, the shadows and this vast machine gliding effortlessly through it all.

@IckAck03 2 жыл бұрын

Breathtaking and gorgeous scenery. Cheers from Indiana!

@858493 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking me back .I found myself looking left an right approaching those crossings, looking down the track it all came flooding back..and almost tugging on the whistle cord..just makes me want to return to driving, regards Doc from Down under

@Trains-With-Shane 2 жыл бұрын

Love that you guys use these beautiful EMD rebuilds in daily service. 'ol Edward Henty pulling freight since 1957. I just love the sound of those V16 EMD's.

@The_Real_DreamM 3 ай бұрын

Really enjoying your videos. Glad about the sheep! 👍

@michaelhyde-parker6344 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful scenery & great in-cab views too. Nice to see the old EMDs still running

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@NicholassTrainChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video mate. Love those vintage EMD diesels so glad we still have them running today.

@DougRail 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully shot and edited, I am glad you're able to record these views before they are lost to time forever, keep up the good work. Cheers, Doug.

@AgentCircus007 4 ай бұрын

The first Loco is S317 and the second is S302, now stored due to fire damage suffered in March 2022.

@emd6456 2 жыл бұрын

Love seeing the OLD EMD's on point, thank you for the videos, Stay safe.

@jijokoshyksjijo3989 2 жыл бұрын

abstolutely stunning mate 🤩🤩🤩 keep up the good work... ❤️❤️ really glad to see those oldies still running 🔥🤩

@STHSIndustries2K6 6 ай бұрын

S317 looks nice wearing Australian National based paint colors. These old EMDs are still great workhorses delivering the grain needed to make bread pasta and more from the farms to a processing facility. Wow

@jennyanydots7582 2 жыл бұрын

Glad someone’s having a good canola year, because we’re not. Love your videos. Thanks for all the hard work, and the longer they go for the better.

@KathleenJ 2 жыл бұрын

WA is all set for a bumper canola harvest. It looks magnificent.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I hear for the first time in a long time, Australia will beat Canada for canola exports. Should be good for Aussie farmers!

@jennyanydots7582 2 жыл бұрын

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Well if we do well out of it, we’ll give you a contribution for your camera collection 🎥 💜🛤🚂

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

@@jennyanydots7582 that's okay, thanks for the offer, thankfully I make a little bit of side change out of these vids, a new drone is next. Can't wait to edit some footage together with ground and drone shots! ❤️

@FromtheWindowSeat 2 жыл бұрын

This is great. 😍 Love this type of video and haven’t really seen many filmed in Australia before. The colours are beautiful!

@CMOTrains783 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video! love that P5 horn on the second locomotive. Definitely sounds like the ones Norfolk Southern uses here in the US

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Yes the new cast P5. 😊

@rivervalley664 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, another fantastic video, love the sounds those old EMD's make. It's good to see that country Victoria has had a good lot of rain. Stay safe, cheers Lee.

@therailrangervmtg8658 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work as always, the country scenes at 4:30 are stunning!

@robertcameron3455 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the memories I loved working on those old gm on the south yes there was the spirit aura riv daylight and many high wheelers on the freight

@roscoepk32 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting

@redbackphill 2 жыл бұрын

worked that line as a fireman in 1978/79 relief out of Bendigo

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

How cool!!

@slepper98 2 жыл бұрын

What a top day, lovely colours all about. Thanks for sharing, best wishes.

@gregmichael8473 Жыл бұрын

Great video showing the countryside in excellent lighting conditions. Good to see the semaphore signals at Charlton recorded for posterity

@michaelwilson8243 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous videos, fellas, enjoying every one of them.

@jimmytechnologies 2 жыл бұрын

Love these videos, great work mate

@regionaltrainvlogstrains638 Жыл бұрын

wonderful work there love the good old 1950s EMDs great work

@grahamglencorse307 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great ride mate. I enjoyed this and all of your other rides from in the cab and the outside views too.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!!

@louiskats5116 2 жыл бұрын

Goodday Adam Absolutely sensational great visually all round, coffee with the video so relaxing even the background music. Still waiting for you to barnstorm through Sunshine. Cheers Louis 👍

@PaulPavlinovich 2 жыл бұрын

Cool to see some unusual views of real operations :)

@TheHoghed 2 жыл бұрын

Okay, I see your problem! The engineer is on the wrong side of the cab! Funny to see the old brake valves where you have to return the handle to the lap position after making the reduction.

@andrewcole5647 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Love your work!

@petertempleton4239 2 жыл бұрын

great video thanks loved the morning light

@cjeremie 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely enjoyable. The recording and colouring was perfect.

@philcampbell3104 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic, as usual Adam. I look out for your new postings all the time. As in many of your previous videos, I often marvel at the faith that you place in the mounting of the Go-Pro when you place it on the outside of the loco.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

I've lost one already, haha, but I've got a super magnet so no dramas now.

@alfredgravy6375 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely top notch: keep up the good work

@vsvnrg3263 2 жыл бұрын

excellent. its all so green at the moment. 9:00, how considerate of the management to provide a footrest.

@offthegridwithbert924 2 жыл бұрын

I thought that flock of sheep were rail kill for sure, glad they didn't get killed. Think of how many drivers it's taken over the decades to get that brake lever so polished and worn lol

@skuula 2 жыл бұрын

Got a few of them in Denmark still too. Known as Nohab's.

@tomharrington1393 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome as usual 👍👍

@RailwaysOfDoom 2 жыл бұрын

Quality content Adam. 👌

@jeffr100rs 2 жыл бұрын

Top vid, thanks. I remember S302 from my short fireman career at Dynon then Benalla, about 82-4 A great life experience.

@cudgee7144 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for help keeping us sane. When was Charlton station removed, my memory is very scratchy.

@MarkHenstridge 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, I enjoyed that...cheers

@leokimvideo 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I would enjoy this more with just the train sounds, no music at the start. Otherwise it's amazing, deserves lots more views

@martincrisp3385 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with a bit of intro music.

@aussie_trainspotting_videos Жыл бұрын

You are my childhood

@richardmartin7824 2 жыл бұрын

The sheep even go to extreme lengths to get that 2 stroke fix and sound.

@SheltonDCruz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

@RichoBCV 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful country out the back of Wychitella and Charlton.

@dieseldavetrains8988 2 жыл бұрын

Nice one Adam, red soil looks like out this way in western NSW. Try hitting a horse head on at 80KMh in an old 44 class, now that's value! GoPro9 done a good job, happy with mine also. A semaphore signal near Charlton, thought they were gone years ago.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

We have a few semaphores still in vic. Seymour line had some tillk recently, the Ballarat/Geelong line, Charlton, Boort, and other locations.

@Denvermorgan2000 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful and tranquil place.

@jamesburnside3023 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@woodypeckerspec4265 2 жыл бұрын

Bloody awesome views !!!!!!

@66secularist Жыл бұрын

An EMD engine and RS5T horn is a marriage ordained by God himself.

@gabin682000 2 жыл бұрын

Driving past Charlton, thats where i live.

@G516R700 2 жыл бұрын

Great video mate

@JPL04MEDAN 2 жыл бұрын

Great video friend👍 I wont really to be a train driver 🥺

@simonf8902 2 жыл бұрын

Rail equivalent of an FJ Holden. But still earning revenue. Amazing.

@FeiBenZhu Жыл бұрын

Not sure what that horn on S302 is called but when I was a kid I knew when I heard that I was in for a treat as it was probably an X class pulling freight 😝

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Жыл бұрын

It's an RVB 3 chime, which has since been replaced with a Nathan P3 on a custom manifold.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Жыл бұрын

It's a new cast Nathan P5, have a look on KZfaq for them.

@benrothacker6420 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if you were the crew driving when I took a photo with my ute in front of your train at Nullawill

@MiguelNavarreteCruz 5 ай бұрын

Que bonito viaje en el tren de 2024

@callumbinyon723 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Adam, great footage! Vic has had timely soaking rain today too. How's the Sea Lake track riding now post maintenance? What's the line speed now?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Line speed hasn't really changed, the sea lake was the better track, its the Managatang track that's worse for wear.

@jamesgovett2501 2 жыл бұрын

👍 That’s one big Ten out of Ten! 👌

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

@moestrei 2 жыл бұрын

Make that 11 out of 10.

@stevenstart8728 2 жыл бұрын

When your going up the middle of the main street in Wycheproof do you pull up and get a pie at the takeaway?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Haha not as yet but we rest across the road, however we have stopped at the terminus hotel to pick up a meal. There's 2 large photos I took of our trains outside the pub. The night one was when we stopped for a meal.

@stevenstart8728 2 жыл бұрын

AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2021 the train pulling up at the pub! That’s way better than the take away.

@mickoneill243 2 жыл бұрын

I recognise some of these! They park just near my house in Kensington. I do have a question, when shunting is going on at the grain silos in Kensington, how come the EMDs have sit there with the engine on idling for so long?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on the tike of day, some crews don't shut them down during the day, myself I like to shut them down if they are there all day. But they do have to be running to check oil's.

@dpd6401 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. How old is that loco? Cheers

@revenniaga6249 2 жыл бұрын

I never seen a locomotive with the controls on the left side. Do not imagine that 24RS brake valve is pressure maintaining?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

In Australia it's common, no this brake is not self maintaining.

@markmckinley5989 2 жыл бұрын

Any idea how much is still original 50s vs what has been replaced over the years?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Engine has been changed to a 645E V16. A few upgraded electrical components, sound proofing etc.

@michealproboscas3979 2 жыл бұрын

Was that grainie to wycheproof? Sealake or nulliwil? Thanks great video

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Nullawil

@nigelcooke8213 2 жыл бұрын

S 317 ?

@maestromecanico597 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice. What's the aftermarket apparatus mounted on the control stand?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Ice radio?

@maestromecanico597 2 жыл бұрын

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Don't know. I'm a railroad mechanic from North America and haven't seen anything like that.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the aluminium unit on the co trip stand is a UHF/phone/sat phone in one. So we can talk to other trains, train controllers, and any phone number, sat phone too incase of emergency.

@maestromecanico597 2 жыл бұрын

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER I see. Thank you. I was wondering if it was some sort of collision avoidance system.

@alanhutchins4233 2 жыл бұрын

Nice. How many locos and wagons, and weight of this train? Curious to compare against other countries

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

This is a small domestic train, 4 locos - 31 wagons on this train, about 2300t when loaded.

@alanhutchins4233 2 жыл бұрын

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER thanks

@stephenwilliamson4556 2 жыл бұрын

During the cab scene at approx 9:04, under (what I assume to be the vigilance button), there is a small lever you occasionally hit. What does that do? I’ve seen it in a few locos and it’s always been a mystery

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

That's the power/brake selector. To go from powering to dynamic braking. It's positions are 1/off/B

@stephenwilliamson4556 2 жыл бұрын

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Cheers, that clears that up, great video as always.

@whophd 2 жыл бұрын

Which video setting did you use on GoPro 9? I have one too.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

High bit rate 100mbs, either 25fps or 50fps for slow mo. And varying cine/wide or ultra wide angle. 4k of course.

@jimpikoulis6726 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.... 100 car grain train that would be a sight

@DJP-ph7yj 10 ай бұрын

Which locos were on this besides Big John

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 9 ай бұрын

Can't remember now

@motivated2connect 4 ай бұрын

I so want to get a Traineeship after 25 years in administration offices!

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 4 ай бұрын

Best to apply online these days. Have a crack.

@jamestemple5696 2 жыл бұрын

How are multiple engines controlled at the same time to pull?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Through a multi unit cable and air hoses.

@FeiBenZhu Жыл бұрын

Those poor old unloved AU Falcons

@dear-sir 2 жыл бұрын

Very good footage, will you please consider making a longer video, say an hour or so? It is next to impossible to view Australian cab rides as they mostly do not exist but they definitely pique my interest.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

I've got fair few cab vids, can definitely do some longer vids though! 😊👍

@gregbowen617 2 жыл бұрын

You get to blow the horn

@jesstill7833 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍cheers

@ctwentysevenj6531 2 жыл бұрын

I hope the sheep are ok.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

They are fine. 😊

@TristXD 2 жыл бұрын

Are those semaphores functional? :O

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Yes they are, if the points are laying for the siding.

@peterhearn3297 2 жыл бұрын

The semaphore signals of today would be electric, that is because there are no more signal boxes operating wire pulled signals. My position on the railways from 79 to 89 was a signal adjuster on the Victorian Railways.

@TristXD 2 жыл бұрын

@@peterhearn3297 oh that's cool!

@wargamz9051 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting there's no horm sequence for crossings like in the US. Huge safety thing, I guess people elsewhere are much smarter and stop for trains lol

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that's true. We have a long, then short generally but we don't make noise if we don't need too. And there's good visibility.

@derekonxbox 2 жыл бұрын

Whats the prime mover? Is it a 645 or 567?

@DJP-ph7yj 10 ай бұрын

567

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 7 ай бұрын

S317 has a 645E

@FeiBenZhu Жыл бұрын

Both semaphores at 3:25 were showing clear 🤔

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Жыл бұрын

Yes they usually in, train crew set them to stop if they are working there as added protection.

@bigman4225 2 жыл бұрын

think i see you yesterday night ballarat around 9 or 10 pm

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Yep that was us.

@bigman4225 2 жыл бұрын

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER great seeing you earlier through here ha ha usually its early morning while i catch some sleep

@aydoyt 2 жыл бұрын

3:27 is that Minyip?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Sure is.

@EricaMTB 2 жыл бұрын

Charlton

@kanga1234567 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully none of the sheep were injured.

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

Nope all survived

@michaelwilson8243 2 жыл бұрын

I`m sure the sheep are all fine.. they`d be a lot safer in their own paddock , though.

@bonza167 2 жыл бұрын

what does the bloke in the passenger seat do?

@brenm412 2 жыл бұрын

Make the coffee and keep the driver awake...

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

All the ground work generally.

@bigman4225 2 жыл бұрын

paperwork

@moestrei 2 жыл бұрын

Looking after things when the driver is going for a pee?

@bigman4225 2 жыл бұрын

@@moestrei good luck no toilet on the s class be good idea for ssr to retrofit 1

@grosvenorclub 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like fairly old trains .

@JimLahey21 2 жыл бұрын

Adam driving a train??

@horsehead8306 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to do this as a job.

@horsehead8306 2 жыл бұрын

Any tips to get started in the industry?

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2 жыл бұрын

It's not easy. But keep an eye out on seek.com etc jobs occasionally pop up.

@ThePaulv12 2 жыл бұрын

Goddamn it - I love filthy esses. All is well with the world. Our good broad gauge locomotives running on broad gauge as they should be and turning fat lambs into Vindaloo. Standard gauge in Victoria is for hipsters; I'm deeply suspicious. Must lie down...