Loved the sound of these beasts pulling up or idling through Hawkesbury River station, while I was in high school, waiting for the 7.36 to hornsby 🤘

What an awesome machine. I love that it's still going at nearly 70 years old. They really built them to last back then.

I love that EMD prime mover sound of it notching up.

The best sound out there, a good old fashioned GM clagging along under a full load in 8th notch, loved em as a freight guard out of Sydney and still love em today.... They'll outlast any modern loco by miles...

It's great to still see these beauties in action

Awesome video! The greatest engine configuration and the best type of diesel engine...2 stroke V16! Nothing beats the sound of these gems! Classic EMD so happy they're still circulating. Testimony to these old school rebuildable loco's.

Greetings from the USA. The only place we get to see these old beauties is mostly in museums. I guess that Aussie train whistle laws at crossings are a bit different. Over here it’s 2 long , 1 short, 1 long blow at graded crossings. But we have a lot of stupid people with drivers license over here as well and common sense is in short supply. Much love to you guys and thanks for the videos.

Absolutely amazing locomotives the GMs considering they are almost 70 years old these grand old veteran locomotives and some are still going strong that is truly amazing.

Thanks for the videos. I drove with trucks years ago.

4 valve heads. All 4 are exhaust valves. The intake ports are uncovered when the piston travels past them, allowing air in from the air boxes. This fresh air scavanges the cylinders up and out the 4 open exhaust valves, which then close, filling the cylinder with a clean charge of air, as the piston travels back up past the ports in the liner, cutting off the intake portion of the cycle.

Interesting stuff. In the late 90's, I was a little kid and the loco driver of a V/Line N class let me have a ride in the cab and push the throttle forward on two occasions and toot the horn. I loved it.. World was a different place back then. I can't imagine anything like that would happen these days allowing a young kid into the cab of a loco.

A vintage locomotive still in good condition today and still running without any problems!

That opening shot is gorgeous! And the video just gets better from there.

Hi Adam, many thanks for the engine stats and the cab ride. Its great to see those old loco's still earning their keep. Stay safe. Cheers Lee.

For those who do not know, these engines are made very differently than an automotive engine. They don't have a machined block. Instead, what you see is really a frame. There are individual cylinder and piston assemblies that mount into the frame. They are called "Power Packs" and the V16 configuration, of course, has 16 Power Packs. That is one reason servicing is made easier. If one cylinder has a problem, all you have to do is replace that one Power Pack. (The video refers to this as "fabricated Shell with removable internals.) At a railroad trade show I attended at McCormick place in Chicago in the 1960's, they had an engine frame on display with all the inspection covers removed, but nothing inside. The had an O scale model railroad track with train running in and out of the frame through some of the inspection holes.

I believe these are the same as the FA units run by Chicago & Northwestern in the U.S. during the 60's, as we lived next to the tracks and would hear the commuter trains going by every hour. Beautiful locos, and thank you for the video reminder of those memories. They had the horns on the roof instead of the nose.

These 567's that I worked on (GP's) really only had 2 notches and that was in idle and notch 8. The Missouri Pacific would stick about 4 to 6 of these together with a huge train of trash and let you drag from one siding to the next getting out of the hot trains way until you reached your destination. Probably never got over 40 mph either.

Great video, love the sounds, cool cab footage. Thanks for showing.

Really enjoyed this. Not often enough that the cab view is presented in a lot of videos. Well done :-)

If memory serves me correctly most of these locomotive carbodies were manufactured by Clyde Engineering under license from EMD. They would then install EMD prime movers into the locomotives.

Loving the cinematography mate, have a good day !

Cheers for the technical details, very interesting indeed. Especially the way the traction motors are moved between series and parallel, lots to think about after this one. Excellent video as always thanks Adam!

GM22 engine sound like heaven.

Great insight - thanks for sharing being on a wonderful old workhorse. I am so impressed with a 80kmh train that you keep it so close to that 80 mark all the time. That must take great judgement. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

That's an awesome office window view.

Ayy Gonna work on dem trains absoukate love rail and its been lifelong dream 16 years old but rail here I come

Love the sound of the engine

Wow, that horn sounds just like the old high hood Southern RR SD40s here in the states. I’d recognize that specific horn tuning anywhere.

Love the sounds, you guys have a little different way of sounding your horn in Australia it seems. One blast followed by another quick blast right before going thru the crossing. In America its two long blasts followed by a short blast and then another long blast as the train goes thru the crossing.

love the EMD fantastic sound, excellent video ,mate.

Fine old prehistoric GM power.

Its great to see this old reliable iron still working and making money!

Thanks for a great insight and lots of facts. Next best thing for a would be , if i could be...Grew up loving EMD, at 50 + years nothings changed.

Awesome video. Love the 567 prime mover 🤠. And the horn sounds close to the Old cast P3 that southern pacific favored

Glad I’ve seen GM22 at Ararat and Maroona.

The Australian's F unit can't be beat in its category, only surpassed by the F unit itself.

Awesome video. Thanks 👍

Good video. It reminds me why I want to keep my job on modern equipment with ride handling suspension and bogie components, insulated and isolated cabs and crew amenities like clean and working toilets.

Man, I wish we could get away with those short horn blasts here in the US.

another excellent video. Extremely reliable is an understatement: Millions and millions of miles. Many of the US Class 1's are scrapping their GE Junkamotives and rebuilding and retrofitting all the stored EMD motive power as they still have millions of miles left in them. BTW leave the descriptions up a little longer. Thanks for all the great EMD videos. Very well maintained ROW and rail bed. These long wheelbase locomotives usually pitch a lot but these 22's seem to ride better than the E8's and 9's. Perhaps a little Windex on the windscreen before the next video would be nice. (-: So the 27's have RH controls and the 22's have LH??

Really enjoying your videos including this one. They are interesting, show the job you do and the genuine respect for the machinery so well, without feeling like a video that is all dripping in foam and gunzel juice.

Somehow electric does dosent have the same attraction...nothing beats the noise these things make. Wish I had followed in dads footsteps and joined the railways when I was younger...would never get in now :(

Even Aussie locomotives have the cab controls on the wrong side.

Must be a very chilled drive. Great vid.

How has this got one dislike?? Mint video once again mad dawg.

ive always loved these engines even the new ones look and sound awesome, ive watched two videos of yours today and youve just earned another sub, cheers mate great vid take it easy,

Love the facts you've added in. Good stuff.

What a gritty grungy beautiful locomotive. Since I was a boy I always wanted to sit in the cab of this class loco. Thanks to you I feel I have done it, at 60 years of age.Is the red button on the left what is known as dead mans switch?. I am guessing. Thank you.

Seriously! This takes me back to my childhood! Awesome 👌

Absolutely awesome camera work once again! Great work!

What a beauty!

The 567 sound we had for years but it's only the 645 E3 and 710 engines we have now , just two types of loco now. We had those Hasler speedometers with the wind up clock but not now.

Bloody legend thanks for sharing bro

Wow that sounds amazing great video

Wow that is so awesome!

Fantastic vid...thanks.

Fantastic!👍

Still sprints along the rails pretty well for an old girl.

Another good one mate . Excellent.

Great video!

Wicked mate i know they are old and not as powerfull as later locos but to me thats what an Engine should sound and look like thanks mate great vid cheers.

Yes, outstanding video ! I’d love to see the same treatment applied to a C class ....... leave the cab door opened though, just so we can hear how many car alarms it sets off.

Awesome video Adam. Thanks for the extra few toots at donnybrook

How sweet it is.

Great video! Well done mate!

You can see that cleaning the windscreen (a major safety item IMHO) isn't seen as one of his duties.

Great video pity the windscreen was so dirty, it would give us a better view. Love to see some captions about the various guages and controls in the cab. Keep it up.🇦🇺

Brilliant vid man, thanks for sharing 👍👍👍🇦🇺

Good move

EVERYONE has to love this train surely?. It's what you think if when you think of American railroads. Well nice train, has a mean look from the front I reckon

Excellent Vid and loved the camera angles. A couple of Questions: How long does it take from the time you open the door on the train, do what you have to do to get it started, let it warm up before the wheels move? Are the modern trains of the last 10 years or so turn key start or do they take a similar start up to this engine? Do you need to let them cool down after stopping for the day? Thank you!

Well, I learn something new every day. I had no idea that in Australia, that the engineer sits on the left, as opposed to the right side like here in the states. I guess that shouldn’t be surprising as it’s a similar but opposite situation with our cars. One question I have: do you guys have to follow a certain procedure to honk the horn when approaching a level crossing? In the US, engineers have to sound the horn in a long, long, short, long pattern when approaching the grade crossing, with the final long blast being sounded as they enter the crossing.

Nice job, informative. Been better if the windshield was clean in and out !?!

have they changed the throttle control stand, seem to remember they were similar to a B class, plus the addition of the a selector for Dynamic brake

What is the large blue valve for?

I love the sound of those classic air horns! You don't hear them much these days, they're all so generic now, no flourishes by the engineer anymore. Are those K5LA horns or Nathan Air Chimes? I can't ever remember which is which. 📯

Jeeze i love that sound. Honestly im gunna use this to fall asleep of a night. Id love to hear just a full shift of locomotive sounds from that engine room and cab. The ticking sound is the air compressor right? Its funny how close the train sim sound is to real life. Do any of your locos have kettles? I noticed a few up here in the north have jugs/kettles on the dash. Throwback to old steam loco times.

Good value there Adam, wonder how many more years they will "squeeze" out of GM22 and GM10? The "Do gooders" and "Tree Huggers" are agitating that they are a noise and emission problem and want them off the road. Last year there was mention on Prime TV local news out here about it. No aircon in GM22 either, must be like an oven in peak of summer eh? That's how it was in the old days, simple, basic and it all looked after itself. Happy with the GoPro Hero9? Great video, thank you.

Do you drive for 8 or 12 hours without a meal break or dunny break.

IN the us your operating station would be on the right side of the locomotive

wonderful. thank you

Great video, what's with the bottle jack?

Lucky guy in the black t-shirt. 120.000hrs between rebuilds......roughly how does that translate into Kilometers?

From a driving point of view, how do these old locos compare to modern ones?

Man I wish the railroads in the states would let us wear shorts lol! Whats the weight of some of your heavier trains over there?

I've always wondered why the throttles operate backwards in Australian EMDs.

The brake levers on the left. Is one a dynamic brake?.

The knock off valves are failing in the air compressor hence the sound of air coming from the inner cooler safety valve.

Why does GM22 have a P3? Haven't seen those used on Australian equipment before.

the lever that is above the trottle does that control the normal & dyomatic switch?

I think these (The GM22) were superceded by the CL Class.....is that correct?

Was all that engine talk at the start something you learn on the job and is expected to know? It was all Japanese talk to me LOL! Awesome again. Love to see a repeat in a C class :)

Delicious.

I like it.

What's the cost in that weather going through WOW keep that speed up on making it your train line Caution by any emergency of chance you know

I wanted to a train driver another dream that fizzled out, is that on the standard gauge? They are the same as the S class but don’t have the cab at the back

Why does Australia have such old trains? Dessert climate better for them? Love these old EMDs!

11.12 is that a supercharger

1:45 Is that ever the truth. EMD locomotives just run and run [and run]. . .

The engineer is on the wrong side!