DL LOCOS

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13 жыл бұрын

The arrival of the first six of the 20 DL locomotives built in China for KiwiRail. The unloading at Mt Maunganui, their delivery trip to Te Rapa, driver training and DL 9008 & 9020 first main line run to Huntly.

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@Rocketboy1950 13 жыл бұрын

An absolutely excellent piece of video work. Thanks for the look at the 'dog bones' across the water.

@photohunter71 12 жыл бұрын

Hope you can get to speak to the guys at KiwiRail and get them to persuade UK rail freight operators to get these beasts! They sound ace! Great Video!

@genesiscarlos437 2 жыл бұрын

Muito legal ver a inauguração das novas locomotivas da Kiwi Raul parabéns

@BeeEmmW 12 жыл бұрын

fantastic video mate, but poor form locos. burried neck deep in traction motor issues, electrical faults and computer failures. the only thing that works properly is the engine, which wasn't built by dalian. kinda reminds me of the Australian XA class locomotive, withdrawn in a few years

@Mechknight73 11 жыл бұрын

30 years is supposed to be the "projected service life" of a locomotive, at least back in the X and XA class' day. The engine that powered them was originally meant to power a submarine, and when it failed at that, they put it into a locomotive. Westrail's engineers eventually developed their own solutions for their various engine bugs, but you wonder about the axle layout: double bogeys at each end, and four under the engine

@TheSonic10160 Жыл бұрын

Simple: Using steam locomotive rules to design diesels makes sense for the era. Baldwin centipedes, NZR Df class, the X and XA, and early electric locomotives all throughout the world, like the Ce 6/8 Krokodil, Little Joe, Ed class, NYCRR S and P motors and so on

@fsgt32 13 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!! Can't wait till they are in Palmerston North, any idea on when that would be?

@samgor6423 5 жыл бұрын

the train are so cool ！

@nzrscene 13 жыл бұрын

@TrainsNZ The DL's will feature in Volume 65.

@nzrscene 13 жыл бұрын

Not sure what happened with the aspect ratio. Originally 16:9 but somehow downloaded as 4:3. Will need to repost.

@comtrain 13 жыл бұрын

Damn Those cabs look tiny!! Hope they have lots of Chinese Drivers to operate them ;) Rod

@nzrscene 13 жыл бұрын

@kaizerzydeco The tracks are no longer in use and if they were, the axle load of the locos was too great for the wharf therefore the reason for the multi-wheel transporters that spread the weight more evenly.

@douro20 10 жыл бұрын

I wonder why they didn't build these with 16V240 engines? It may be a very old design, but they have been modernised with the help of Caterpillar.

@HotForgeChaos 8 жыл бұрын

+douro20 Power to weight ratio is a lot better with the MTU 4000 series over the 645 series. The 240 series has made a comeback by Cat/EMD as the 1010 T4 series

@Huttworker 12 жыл бұрын

You don't want a bar of them, they're falling to pieces.

@produKtNZ 13 жыл бұрын

Is the aspect ratio correct? the new loco's look taller than the dx pushing it

@Fishfingers232 11 жыл бұрын

The engine is German, not surprised.

@matthewdempsey6583 6 жыл бұрын

so does that mean there is two versions of the dl class old oz gp38s and nz new chn dl classes im confused

@PeterCarolM 13 жыл бұрын

I wont say that they are great looking loco's, but I hope they are reliable and economical. Must be a huge improvment on the 1970's era Diesel loco's in service at the mo. ...and i have to say the horn sounds a little 'Gay'!

@sw6188 4 жыл бұрын

Those horns sound like sick cat meowing. Give me a GE / GM set of Leslie Supertyfons any day! Real horns for real locos. As could be expected, these pieces of junk have been anything but reliable and economical. Plagued with a plethora of problems from day one. See Tim Sandhu's comments above, and he didn't mention the asbestos found in every loco - despite the specifications clearly stating there was to be no asbestos used.

@trippo123456 12 жыл бұрын

What?? The WAGR X and XAs ran for over 32 years. And thier biggest problem was the Crossley HSTVee8 pulse charge 2 stroke engine. So not sure what your talking about?

@johnparkimp3 13 жыл бұрын

Does anyone have the gen on what horsepower they are and any other technical info pls?

@roncasey8015 10 жыл бұрын

When did they change from GE type locos?, ie. "USA Dash type"

@sw6188 4 жыл бұрын

When they bought these pieces of junk - 2010.

@nathanbedford3666 4 жыл бұрын

@@sw6188 the main thing that causes us to hate them is the squeaky horn. And they are ugly

@sw6188 4 жыл бұрын

@@nathanbedford3666 The horn sounds like a strangled cat. Why couldn't they have just specified some Leslie Super Tyfons like the pairs used on DFT and DX locos?

@nathanbedford3666 4 жыл бұрын

@@sw6188 even the ef locos and am emus have far better horns

@splodium 7 жыл бұрын

can you cold start one of our dls?

@turbochargedtractionproduc8073 7 жыл бұрын

iiJustToxic I think all locos a Can be cold started. But I'm pretty sure the engine control system handles cold starts

@HotForgeChaos 12 жыл бұрын

The entire fleet's wheel bearings are being replaced, under warranty

@mckenndk 13 жыл бұрын

SShhh no one is ment to know I like diesels

@dieseltrainfreek 6 жыл бұрын

you get what you pay for !

@NZRT5068 6 жыл бұрын

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

@nickfrank1 13 жыл бұрын

@PeterCarolM maate there ugly as, plus most of the L class and what not have lasted a heck of a lot longer than these DLs will i can assure you

@NZRT5068 6 жыл бұрын

bloody more asbestos thank you china

@kdlehel 10 жыл бұрын

mtu power.

@Blackscorpion1963 6 жыл бұрын

Nice vid bro - but that's where the compliments stop because the DL Class locos are proving to be nothing other than shameful dog tucker. FAIL! They are no where near in the same class of high class chronic long term performance the DX Class locomotives have proven to be. The DIXIES will never be beaten as this country's greatest ever locomotive in the history of rail transport in NZ as far as this Kiwi is concerned.

@sw6188 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree with you. Even the Da locos (some 50+ years old) that have been restored by preservation societies are better than these junkets.

@NZRT5068 6 жыл бұрын

more scrap