Cab ride an EMD 567

[VTSPQR]

@ Rocketboy1950..............Gre­at videos! Thanks for sharing them. =)

[moonspots01]

Is that dual guage track your running on?

[Rocketboy1950]

@moonspots01 Yes, some of it would be.

[megs905]

ARG wow thats 1 older locomotive u dont see anymore

[megs905]

what train was the first one?

[Rocketboy1950]

@megs905 A long time ago when ARG were running in to Melbourne

[produKtNZ]

Now that's a scary horn O_o

[Rocketboy1950]

@produKtNZ Oddly enough my wife said something similar on our wedding night.

[produKtNZ]

@Rocketboy1950 Hahaha nice ;)

[amfan12]

@Rocketboy1950 You were married on a train?

[Rocketboy1950]

@amfan12 Terminology varies from country to country. What you call fanny we call something right next to it by the same name, you say ass we say arse, you say boner we say horn.

[amfan12]

@Rocketboy1950 Twas a joke.

[Rocketboy1950]

@amfan12 couldn't be sure

[shazam75]

hi Rod

Where was this train going too? looks quite long and fully loaded and why does it only have a T and Y?

Cheers!

[Rocketboy1950]

@shazam75 It was one half of the MC2 service going to Somerton to be attached to the other half. The big locos came out with the other part.

[shazam75]

wish i had the aptitude to be a loco driver.

[produKtNZ]

@shazam75 How do you know you haven't?

[shazam75]

@produKtNZ cause u need mechanical skills

[rhondaw1]

nice sounds

[Kilofon1]

Hello what I so like about your locomotives is the Geiler Sound, however, is the German Railways boring:)

[Rocketboy1950]

@Kilofon1 I would love to have access to the amount of rail traffic that you have in Germany........boring it is definitely not. I love electric traction.

[maddennis55]

What is the purpose of that 3rd (inside) rail?

[Rocketboy1950]

@maddennis55 Dual gauge track. Victoria was originally built as 5'3" but our main interstate routes are standard gauge 4'8 1/2"

[trainguyONR]

wow this is awesome, funny how much it looks like a train simulator game

[Rocketboy1950]

No, the simulator game looks like this :-)

[metroliner89]

Is that an F-40PH? Cause it says EMD!

[Rocketboy1950]

It is a G8B. EMD have lots of models that you will not see in the US

[Petermax99]

Good job on the video.

[Rocketboy1950]

I try, in fact my missus reckons I'm extremely trying.

[casperblackcat1975]

Where was this train heading to?.

[Rocketboy1950]

This was a transfer of loading from the docks to Somerton to form a train to the Riverina; MC2

[JetMechMA]

Why do the cabs of locomotives outside the US look so different than the ones in the US? I've never seen the inside of the other cabs, but the ones in the US look a little austere to me. I don't see how an Engineer in the US can stand to be cooped up in there for hours at a time?...I mean in comparison to the cockpit of an airliner, for instance.

[Rocketboy1950]

They are not that different. The cab units are virtually mirror images. The hood units of course are nothing like the US for a number of reasons but the iron ore units are straight off the boat and identical. Cooped up is not how I would describe my time in the cab. I always had the landscape going by and I was free to stand up and move around if I wanted to.

[JetMechMA]

I've been on my knees in the belly of a plane grinding corrosion for the last twenty years. And they stole my pension to boot. Your job sure beats that. By the way, how long is a work day for a cross country locomotive engineer? 12 hours at a time?

[Rocketboy1950]

It depends on the kind of trains, the company and perhaps the country you live in. Here in Australia a day would be 7-9 hours for passenger or local commuter. Up to 12 on a bad day on freight and rostered 12 hours on the iron ore roads and I believe some of the coal traffic. Other factors may be one man or two and operating systems and communications coverage.

[JetMechMA]

I always wondered about that but what you said is just common sense I suppose. It's just that the fuel tanks look so big on the locomotives that I thought maybe they kept them on the move longer than that. Thanks again.

[Rocketboy1950]

The locos can go transcontinental. The crews get changed. Some of our trains in Australia haul a crew car. That way they get changed over every 8 hours.

[charlieb640]

I road with GWI's crews near Adelaide several years ago. Railroading in Australia is different than I'm used to managing in NA, but at the same time so much of it is the same.

Amazingly friendly people. Love it there.

[jagerfaust2009]

Really good footage, much appreciated.

Thanks and cheers!

[jagerfaust2009]

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[Conraildan]

U guys over there need to get some better horns!! You ever heard of LESLIE"s ??

[Rocketboy1950]

Not only have I heard of them I have used them regularly.....also Nathans. The smaller units tend to have the smaller horns.You will hear Leslies in some of my later clips

[FeiBenZhu]

I like the T class horns! =) When I was a kid growing up watching trains at my grandparent's house in Newport, I used to listen carefully for the sound of a T and run out to catch a rare glimpse of the old workhorse in action.

[shazam75]

top video - thanks Rocketboy!

[Rocketboy1950]

Personally I would celebrate by getting people like you and burning them alive on a pile of guitars. We all have different interests which is one of the things that makes the world interesting. I happen to enjoy listening to a well played guitar, possibly how you stumbled upon my videos.

[luvtrns4evr]

love the sound of a 567 prime mover. nice video, thx for posting.

[Koseiko2008]

Is this anywhere near Perth? I am curious about the electric stock adjacent to this line.

[Rocketboy1950]

This is Melbourne

[shazam75]

this is brilliant!! can you please post the section from Totty to mcIntyre Loop - please! I use to live at Sunshine and would like to see that part of the journey!

Thanks alot!!

[gazzathejerk]

Damn it, Rod, you stopped the video 5 seconds too early - I didn't get a chance to see if I was the signaller on duty at Somerton that day!

[Rocketboy1950]

You were not there that day

[moondayglo]

nice vid. thanks for sharing.

[SnatchEater69]

Hey is all that new overhead wiring up yet at the end of the video?

[Rocketboy1950]

Yep, and trains are using it.

[BrayWyatt]

it would be better if u had the hole clip but i enjoyed it!

[Rocketboy1950]

I do have the whole clip but it runs for an hour.

[norfolkdash9]

where is this?

[Rocketboy1950]

Melbourne, Australia

[norfolkdash9]

Oh ok theres a melbourne county here in Kentucky, United States

[Rocketboy1950]

There is also a Melbourne town/city in Florida

[norfolkdash9]

how would you know that? Dont u live in Australia?

[Rocketboy1950]

Yes I do but I travel and read. That's just one of those useless little facts I have stored just for occasions like this.

[norfolkdash9]

oh then where DO you live?

[Rocketboy1950]

I live in Melbourne Australia. I am writing this response from Beppu city, island of Kyushu, Japan.

[pennsyr1]

Australian railroading is pretty cool!

[AZZ124567]

why don't trains in Australlia blow there horns 2 long a short and a long for railway crossings like USA or South American trains do? also how does the train to dispatcher radio system work down under? Andy Bowe

[Rocketboy1950]

Andy, whistle blowing is an over rated commodity, the more you use it the less impact it has. Its a bit like the boy who cried wolf. We blow once 400 metres out and once prior to a crossing. You will find many places in the world that they do not blow at all....see my Japanese clips.

[Skimboarder761]

poor

[blackxz2]

Sorta sounds like a horn off a comeng lol

[wlaohu]

Sounds very much like a NSW 422 class. But what about the horn put some AN class horns on it.

[roadwolf2]

you would use all of her 1800hp v8 grunt doing that

[Rocketboy1950]

Only 1000HP ( app. ) in a normally aspirated V8

[NIR89]

Great video. I hope the horn on T392 has now been fixed!

[pete37038]

Top Notch. EMD rock

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

nice video. cool .

[Trashman242]

It would be really neat if you could get a video showing the controls in action, especially on an EMD like this! Great video too!

[Superedit]

Holy Moses...such interesting power!

[seth4404]

Gotta love that 567 :). Are these locomotives EMD built, or are they contract built?

[gregrudd]

Built localy under licence.

[Rocketboy1950]

You see 4'8.5" and 5'3"

Our tracks are most probably in the same state of disrepair as yours with the exception of a lot of the Victorian 5'3" that has just been relaid for 100mph passenger trains. These are lightweight railcars that will not cause much track damage. There is very little freight operating over these lines.

[robertgift]

But are your cars and passenger cars more spacious and smootheriding?

Some of our tracks are "beaten to death" by heavy freightraffic, and the ride isurprisingly bumpy.

In your video, do we see 5' and 5'3" or 4'8.5 and 5'?

Thanks  Robert Denver, Colorado USA

[robertgift]

Wow! 5'3"? Are your rail cars wider than our 4'8.5"

Are your passenger cars more spacious? Wish our gauge was bigger. My Great Uncle, a steam locomotivengineer, said our gauge limited locomtive size and power.

[Rocketboy1950]

Sadly our loading gauge is far smaller than the US. Very much British based albeit larger but certainly not to US standards.

[robertgift]

Nice steady camera, but Boring.

Why stop video before showing the grade crossing with signals, horn, etc.

[Rocketboy1950]

I am trying to give people a general overview of life on a locomotive. 100mb does not permit me to cover all situations in one video. Will post more with grade crossings.

[robertgift]

Oh, thanks for telling me about 100mb. I did not know.

Interesting seeing two gauges. Standard 4' 8.5" and

5'?? I like to see signals, switches, grade crossings

where you can hear horn, etc.  Thanks

[Rocketboy1950]

and 5'3"

[dashloc]

Very nice, the engines sound is too good :)

[steelyd1]

Good to see some AUSTRALIAN train movies here, FINALY!

I hate looking at american stuff!