That's awesome! One of the best vids I have ever seen on YT. The sound is excellent. Cranked up on the home stereo it's almost like being there. Your friend is right though - they put two locos on a little short train and give him one DFT for 60-odd wagons!
That sounds about right. They use the same EMD 12-645 engines as the DC classes but the DFT and B classes use a turbocharged version rather than a Roots-blown type. That way it can better use the power to drive its six traction motors. I read they have a tractive effort of about 200kN
I wish they'd put a 12-710 engine in there. Not only do they pack some serious wallop, they sound wickedly sweet too (710 cubic inches per cylinder)
@HDDcam73 I thought it's around 2550hp because it uses the 12-645E3C engine. Look it up on Wikipedia. There's a loco based in Victoria that uses the same engine as I heard
@5irRatchet Yeah I've heard of engine ratings from 2300 through to 2600HP... the info I found on Wikipedia said 2400HP... so maybe NZ got a toned down version? :-)
That's awesome! One of the best vids I have ever seen on YT. The sound is excellent. Cranked up on the home stereo it's almost like being there. Your friend is right though - they put two locos on a little short train and give him one DFT for 60-odd wagons!
nzmedic 3 days ago
That sounds about right. They use the same EMD 12-645 engines as the DC classes but the DFT and B classes use a turbocharged version rather than a Roots-blown type. That way it can better use the power to drive its six traction motors. I read they have a tractive effort of about 200kN
I wish they'd put a 12-710 engine in there. Not only do they pack some serious wallop, they sound wickedly sweet too (710 cubic inches per cylinder)
HotForgeChaos 1 month ago
man that is such a nice sounding loco....and that's a serious load it's pulling...nice piece of driving to....what HP is the DFT?
185pilot 3 months ago
@185pilot yeah it was a pretty heavy load for one DFT... about 2000 Tonne my mate reckoned (he was driving it) ... power output of the DFT is 2400HP
HDDcam73 3 months ago
@HDDcam73 I thought it's around 2550hp because it uses the 12-645E3C engine. Look it up on Wikipedia. There's a loco based in Victoria that uses the same engine as I heard
5irRatchet 3 months ago
@5irRatchet Yeah I've heard of engine ratings from 2300 through to 2600HP... the info I found on Wikipedia said 2400HP... so maybe NZ got a toned down version? :-)
HDDcam73 3 months ago
the original df sounded cool too
bonzo226 4 months ago