Nohab to Nyborg

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8 жыл бұрын

Many US railfans are unfamiliar with the fact that there was a European "F" unit, manufactured under license by NOHAB of Sweden and AFB of Belgium. Long the workhorses of state railways in Norway, Denmark, Belgium & Luxembourg, they even ran behind the Iron Curtain in Hungary through the Cold War. With privatization of the state railways, they have scattered all over Europe. The example shown in this video is owned by CFL Logistics, and is operating on the little used branch to the Koppers plant in Nyborg, Denmark. This involved some side-of-street running through the middle of town, and some actual street running on the road to the plant. Service was down to once per week at the time of our visit in 2013, so being there on the correct day was important.

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@cthart 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Neat to see some contorted industrial lines like this still being used.

@ilovesheen7446 Жыл бұрын

Really gives a sense of scale seeing it pretty much drive on the street here, terrifying in a cool way

@stephenpowell5912 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely great watching these DSB Diesel locos at work .Oh look a train going through the streets and on the road.love to see this.

@iusetano 8 жыл бұрын

The cab reminds me of a "Baby Faced Baldwin" . Great catch and thank you for uploading. Excellent video.

@fmnut 8 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree. The carbody had a bit more curvature for clearance reasons.

@zapo8034 5 жыл бұрын

Nohab as a streetcar. Fantastic pictures.

@johnbroughman6204 8 жыл бұрын

Almost reminds me more of a Baldwin Babyface double ender that the CNJ used to run

@El_Transportacoches_33 Жыл бұрын

3:29: For a moment I thought the bell was coming from the locomotive, rather than the level crossing, as being American built under license I thought the locomotive would carry its own mechanical bell.

@SimonTog 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, Thumbs up, and hallo from Denmark :)

@trainsandtrucks 4 жыл бұрын

Most beautiful video! I love the Nohab sound!

@nederspoorns4158 5 жыл бұрын

Love it!👍

@ethan6720 8 жыл бұрын

wow that old emd

@wernersievers3153 8 жыл бұрын

Hello . Yes, there are still some of these countries that are also ready to drive .The Yellow they call "potato beetle"

@rogerevans936 7 жыл бұрын

Double ended bulldog cab. Similar to the Victorian Railway s B class here in Australia.

@Tom-Lahaye 7 жыл бұрын

The VR B class was the actual pattern to which all European bulldog nosed Nohab and AFB locomotives were built. The bogie pattern is shared with those of the early B class, the cab and roof is more curved to fit into the gabarit used in Europe, but altough they look to be lower than a B class or US F unit they are actualy 1 or 2 inches higher at the roof top. I always liked to see and hear the AFBs (NMBS/SNCB 52-53 and 54 classes) in Belgium, they did run in the south east in the more elevated part of Belgium, these climbing gradients up to 2.3% double or tripple headed was an awesome sight and sound. Apart from these there are many more locomotives in Europe powered by EMD 2 stroke engines, from 8-567C up to 16-710G3C, Belgium had even railcars powered by one Detroit 12V-71 or 2 6-71 engines, these were sold under GM-EMD for rail applications.

@highflyinryan76weezer25 5 жыл бұрын

Doesn't Australia still regularly use f units?

@rogerevans936 7 жыл бұрын

Does have a real babyface Baldwin look about it though

@TrainmasterCurt 7 жыл бұрын

Looks like a cargo version of the British Deltic

@fmnut 7 жыл бұрын

A more apt description would be the Euro-F unit. Deltics had a much more square cross section to the nose.

@leevernoy9766 8 жыл бұрын

Didn't EMD make a couple of double-ended "F" units for the Jersey Central? Seems I read an article in TRAINS Magazine some years back about it.

@fmnut 8 жыл бұрын

no, they were Baldwin DR 6-4-2000 units built in 2 batches of 3 each.

@fmnut 8 жыл бұрын

Clyde EMD did make a double ended F unit in Australia for Victorian Railways.

@mattsmocs3281 8 жыл бұрын

Nice catch. Sucks that some teens spray painted the one side, and is it in demonstrator paint or the company? Ether way this thing is great.

@fmnut 8 жыл бұрын

It is a pseudo demo scheme. Several of these units working for different operators have them, it's a retro thing. This one was never a demo.

@mattsmocs3281 8 жыл бұрын

***** ok. but it does look the part really good. just need to get rid of the spray paint.

@gilbertporter4992 Жыл бұрын

Why did they paint this in the GM demonstrator livery? Has it been repainted since?

@fmnut Жыл бұрын

The loco is owned by CFL, a private freight hauler. At the time of privatization, many of this type were sold off from the various state-owned railways for private operation. There were a wide variety of paint schemes applied. Also, I do not believe this is the demonstrator scheme, as that loco was dark blue or green with white striping and bore the lettering NOHAB-GM. I believe the scheme on 1023 is more of an homage to the GM ancestry of the unit, even though it is repowered and no longer has its 567 power plant. CFL painted several of their NOHABs in this scheme, some with and some without the GM logo. I can find no evidence that the loco has been repainted.

@yardhog Жыл бұрын

@@fmnut cool information. What is the primemover now? Was running clean that's for sure.

@fmnut Жыл бұрын

@@yardhog some MTU variant, don't know the exact type.