Australias own 1970s built CLF class locomotive in action.
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@vernonmatthews1813 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the dash view of the Electro Motive from the Engineers seat. 😎👍👌
@Kudlaty77110 ай бұрын
love how smooth she fires up...
@rivervalley6643 жыл бұрын
Hi Adam, great video, the voice over is excellent it tells non railway people what is going on. Many thanks, cheers Lee.
@STYtrainspotter20072 жыл бұрын
awesome Adam great hornshow at the end
@WeldinMike273 жыл бұрын
Great voice over. A man of many talents.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Haha cheers mate! My always tell me I have a good head for radio!
@WeldinMike273 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER I can see some Distant Signal type film in your future
@grumblesaw4415 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@kiwidiesel3 жыл бұрын
That's one hell of a roll of dunny paper you got on your dashboard mate, few tense moments 😂👍 cool vid tho and appreciate the effort. I Wana hear more on load exhaust note too, music of my people🙏
@iBackshift3 жыл бұрын
MIIIIIIIIIIINT ! ! Love the zing zing of the turbo planetary drive.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Yes very unique to EMDs
@theaussielawn3 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching aussie train vids thanks for taking the time to film them. 🤟
@gm16v1493 жыл бұрын
16-645s are the best sounding engines ever if you ask me. BHP’s 16-710s are too quiet even though they’re around 4,400 HP. Sounds great though good speakers 👍🏼
@andrewlambert16393 жыл бұрын
Agree with ya 100%
@shiftintohigh55643 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for the ride!👍👍😎🇺🇸
@RYNT11573 жыл бұрын
They sound exactly the same as our 071 class which has a GM 645 E3-12Cyl HP 2,475. Brake levers are opposite to ours back is Applying forward is release. Throttle handle is the same. Great Video.
@kleetus923 жыл бұрын
I could listen to that all day!
@billmorris26133 жыл бұрын
Good morning from SE Louisiana 29 May 21.
@DougRail3 жыл бұрын
The voice over really adds so much to the video, well done
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, might do it more often.
@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi3 жыл бұрын
Yeah definetly! Really awesome!
@VT29steamtrain3 жыл бұрын
Great video, very informative and well done! 11/10!
@DivergentRailways3 жыл бұрын
Haha! So it was the day when I went to Appleton Dock! With the passing VL as well, that's golden mate!
@andrewsmart29493 жыл бұрын
yeah gotta love a VL
@FootyOnTheRadio3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant as always.
@SheltonDCruz3 жыл бұрын
wow - thanks!
@jimpikoulis67263 жыл бұрын
Just remember I won't settle for anything less than notch 8....
@larrycook41593 жыл бұрын
So glad that the streamline engines are still in service in Australia. Wondering why the US doesn't seem to operate them anymore. Great video!
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Because they are inefficient and old technology mainly.
@jamesgovett25013 жыл бұрын
An enjoyable trip in the yards in one of the best loco’s, thanks for the info too.
@dieseldavetrains89883 жыл бұрын
I like the drivers cap cover in oil! ALCO style oil leak? Cracking video Adam, well done.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
They all breathe a little bit of oil from the seals. Hardly a worry.
@dieseldavetrains89883 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Voids the need for good old fashioned Californian Poppy or Brylcream hair oil eh? Oil leaks couldn't be worse than the famed 80 class ALCO junkbox.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha if they don't leak, they have a Dry sump! 😂
@johnchandrav.18233 жыл бұрын
This is great! I want to see more footage. Thank you for this! 🤝
@legass4203 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff mate! Absolutely phenomenal content. Keep it up!
@EMD645-E3B3 жыл бұрын
Awesome upload as usual! reminded me a lot of your DL class cab ride video around the PN LPC from 9 years ago!
@lancerohancoulston28243 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks
@RailwaysOfDoom3 жыл бұрын
Quality content, Adam. 👌
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@wasatchrangerailway69213 жыл бұрын
Imagine being on one of these babies at 100 mph on Amtrak!!!! I would give my big hairy grapes to drive one of these super bulldogs!!! I am a retired engineer! can you tell????
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Haha you had me laughing at hairy grapes! Yes they used to be used on passenger trains often. Although limited to 75mph
@wasatchrangerailway69213 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Limiting them to 75 was most likely to avoid birds nesting the traction motors???
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
@@wasatchrangerailway6921 they are built to run at 130kmh
@finndahuman573 жыл бұрын
Amtrak used to run F and E units before getting more up to date and Practical traction
@santhajayasinghe40543 жыл бұрын
I don't know why people love trains so much
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
What are you into? We might not understand that either.
@thebops41803 жыл бұрын
Awesome . . .
@Earthau3 жыл бұрын
Awesome start up Vid and you have the voice of a documentary narrator. A couple of Questions: 1) Can you drive any train in the country or do you have to be trained/licensed in different types? 2) Is it difficult switching from 1 loco to another even if they are the same model because I imagine each would drive/handle differently? 3) Is there ever a time you turn up to work and you see the lead loco and just shake your head because you hate/dislike driving it? 4) If you could pick a loco to be yours that only you drive which one or model and why? 5) Are the new loco's more comfortable to drive or do you like the old machines with character? Thank you for your efforts in bringing these vid's to us.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Haha cheers mate! My mates always said I had a good head for radio! 📻😂 1) you have to get qualified on each loco, but I'm qualified in about 35 locos, that will do me. 2) it's not difficult to drive different locos but knowing where everything is on each one is the challenge, electrical wise. 3) absolutely yes! 4) CLP/F or WA L class. has all the goodies and makes serious noise outside where it counts. 5)new locos have fsr more mod cons, better rife quality, and accessible layout. Older locos are predictable and you have to know what you are doing with them. Cheers for the feedback. 😊
@jemijona2 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Those controls on the dash in front of you look like a pain to have to operate. Surely controls beside you are easier eh?
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER2 жыл бұрын
@@jemijona we need to use them all, driving a train isn't as easy as it looks
@jemijona2 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Yeah. I was watching you and had trouble working out which lever did what. I'll have another look again when my brain is working better. :)
@pte18083 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@TrainsDirectVictoria3 жыл бұрын
You should do a time lapse from Appleton to Seymour or something, it would be interesting to see
@Trains-With-Shane3 жыл бұрын
So on the outside it's the old style of an EMD E-F unit with the big 16-645E3 Turbo prime mover from the later GP-SD's like we have here in the States? That's AWESOME! It's like having the best of both worlds.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Yes sure is! It's alot longer than an F7 though.
@Trains-With-Shane3 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Oh no doubt! It'd have to be to house that monster prime mover. Best sounding prime mover to ever hit the rails anywhere in the world. Especially around notch 4. resonates with such low frequency you can feel your house shake. Love it.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
@@Trains-With-Shane and set off all the car alarms! Haha!
@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi3 жыл бұрын
All we gotta do now is arrange a time to flog that motor and fit it in a car... Hahaha well Maybe a bus, chuck a swag beside the motor and youve got the single most awesome motorhome ever built. As a kid id stand out in the freezing cold air early in the morning to listen to these wind up.
@GamingOnTheRails0193 жыл бұрын
That is basically an F or E Unit
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Yes very similar, yet somewhat different.
@johnd88923 жыл бұрын
Single EMD engine and no idler axles , unlike an E unit. SD type trucks.
@castelaronly3 жыл бұрын
Que anchos de vias tienen en esa playa?
@jackkreighbaum7833 жыл бұрын
Do you still need to aspirate the cylinders on these engines prior to start?
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Nope, just start them up.
@ralfie88013 жыл бұрын
Why are the horns mounted on the nose instead of the more traditional EMD position on the roof immediately behind the windshield? Just curious.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Low clearances on the Australian network.
@Railwayman012 жыл бұрын
And they just look BETTER on the nose of the bulldog Loco's.... 😊
@ralfie88012 жыл бұрын
Railwayman01 That's a matter of opinion, I like the look of a clean nose on them, and every other locomotive also. It doesn't bother me one bit to have to get on the roof to work on the horns either.
@FloydBromley2 жыл бұрын
Great video. What was the lever you were operating when starting the motor? AFAIK diesels don't have a throttle valve (rpm is controlled electrically via fuel delivery) so is it a choke?
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER2 жыл бұрын
These are still mechanical fuel injection so it's a layshaft, the engine needs to turn over a few times to get governor oil pressure up, so while starting we have to push it manually.
@FloydBromley2 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER interesting. Thanks for the insight.
@glenbrown30113 жыл бұрын
Who did the voiceover bloke?? That was a great addition.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
That was me buddy, just a test to see how it goes Really. Haha
@glenbrown30113 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER it was brilliant. Need to do it more often haha.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
@@glenbrown3011 I just might
@marknovak62283 жыл бұрын
Paper towel, for those long haul trips ;p
@vsvnrg32633 жыл бұрын
i was enjoying that then it ended all too quickly. no muffler you say? what about the earlier ones like b, s, 42, gm ?
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
They have resonators so they are still quite loud.
@NoBody-ht1oh3 жыл бұрын
Looks like the independent could do with a bit of a nip up :)
@IanR12053 жыл бұрын
Where’s the CD player?
@peterhall40863 жыл бұрын
Where was the offsider?
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
On the ground.
@TCFan303 жыл бұрын
What's your most and least fav locos?
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
I quite like the CLs, least favourite.. Probs the T class's
@cedarvalleyrail84193 жыл бұрын
So there's no laws in australia about electronics usage on trains? Dang you guys are cool
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Yes and no, we use phones alot for work, provided it doesn't hinder the work or it's not endangering anyone. Some companies have issues with it some don't.
@cedarvalleyrail84193 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Ah I see. In the US most class one guys are too afraid to even have their phones on in their bag because they claim the cabs of newer units have "small electronic detectors". Can't say for myself but that's seems a bit overkill lol.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Yeah man that's a killer! There's some things I'm not allowed to do. But I work around it when it's safe to do so. I edit the footage so there's nothing incriminating at all. Haha
@troyfitzmaurice68343 жыл бұрын
Wat talk do they have
@consmyth13462 жыл бұрын
see you's nearly every day running great sound, then I play my vids over a sub woofer- I call for a gihad on mufflers
@TCFan303 жыл бұрын
To me the driver viewing angle is much more awkward with the Streamliners compared to say the more modern hood cab designs (ie PNs, G class etc.)
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Yes that's correct, it is which is why they have been phased out for driver only operation on modern locos.
@aceprecision16813 жыл бұрын
Yep, this one is the money shot ! Outstanding video and soundtrack. P.S mufflers are for pussies.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
I hear ya!
@aceprecision16813 жыл бұрын
@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Adam, why in Gods name did CLF 3 receive a white colour scheme ? The rumour I’m spreading, is one of the boys in the paint shop ( after puffin a few cones ) said to his work mates “Hey, watch this foreman loose his shit !” This may or may not be true ........
@billmorris26133 жыл бұрын
Would have liked to see the outside view of the engine. From inside I’m thinking it may look like an F or E unit.
@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER3 жыл бұрын
Sure does. Have a look at some of my other vids with the trains.
@dear-sir Жыл бұрын
Disgraceful, there were a fews parts of the windscreen I could actually see through...