Six Bulldog noses : Triple A class : Australian trains and railroads

The original EMD bulldog front end was a work of art but only Australia had them on both ends of a single locomotive. In fact only the Victorian Railways had them. This trio are rebuilds of our 1950's ML2's and are now operated by Pacific National. Getting three on one train is a rare treat so I went out after them.My #1 camera is under repair so #2 and #3 were pressed into action. #2 usually gets left alone after I press REC because it is too bloody small and difficult to handle. #3 is a G12 and pretty much has to be left alone after REC is pressed. The inset is from the G12 as it only shoots 720p.

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[aussietraindriver]

The next day rod we tried to drag the chain a bit and let the tocumwal catch us from seymour so we could parallel it toward heathcote but doing 25kmh for 15 mins wasnt enough for it to catch us... they passed us at wallan and we caught it again at tottenham.

[Rocketboy1950]

@aussietraindriver Be nice to be on board with the camera. Many moons ago I managed a parallel run with the up Albury pass out of Seymour and the ICD. An A class with an N set made it child's play to position the Albury anywhere I wanted to beside the ICD. I did that all the way from Tallarook to Broadmeadows. Had to get the jump on it coming over Heathcote Junction to compensate for what was then a 90km/h curve through Wallan. Oh for a video camera :-(

[JohannE29]

Love the picture in picture. You might have started a trend.

[Rocketboy1950]

@JohannE29 Odd thing is I would not have done it had both my 1080HD cameras been available. I normally switch between approach and trailing views.

[EUROTRASHSPAMMER]

Pretty cool....I don't recall ever having seen

a double nosed setup on an EMD model like that.

[Rocketboy1950]

@EUROTRASHSPAMMER They have a slightly different style in Denmark as well.

[metrovick001]

Another superb video (as usual) Rod. Thanks for sharing.

[Rocketboy1950]

@TerryToon17 I think I heard about 2800 tonnes. It all goes to the port. Could be containerised grain, fruit, wine or produce. Definitely not manufactured goods, it comes out of irrigated farmland.

[TerryToon17]

The locos seem to be doing a great job on that hill, do you know what is in the containers, or the weight of the load? Was it a light load?

[labhunter1]

Nice video as always! That sure is one hell of a grade. But them old gals are doing it just fine!