DIESEL COAL TRAINS AT LITHGOW

A diesel coal train climbs out of Lithgow with an extremely heavy load and barely makes it up the incline with three 'c' class refurbished locos. . Your COMMENTS and RATINGS will be appreciated.

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[cagorrie]

Excellent video, nothing beats a hard working set of locos, steep grades and great sound

[charade97]

@cagorrie Thank you! Yes you are right-I used to to wait for the coal trains leaving Lithgow and race up to this point, the steepest grade, and video them climbing. After a while it becomes monotonous and you can only take so many many videos of the same thing!

[isomolle]

Do you know, how many tons a fully loaded coal train weights? The diesel are working really hard.

[charade97]

@isomolle This particular train weighed, from memory, 3800 tonnes, which is the average weight to Port Kembla from the Lithgow area. The trip generally takes between six and eight hours via the outskirts of Sydney.

[MrCalmesh]

Great 5* Nifty idea that, shifting from diesel to steam. Like it. You're either a tripod man or you have a more steady hand than I. Good stuff.

Alan

[charade97]

@MrCalmesh Oh thank you. Just noticed your comment. Haven't been uploading anything for a while. Just bought a new camera.

[megakid009]

i only looked this up because nickelback mentiones it a few times in some songs

[erniepond1]

@charade97

Line from Sydenham to say Sutherland is not quite on the outskirts of Sydney. At present, it handles some 6 suburban and one intercity service in off peak as well as goods traffic.

Anyway video is great and thanks for extra information on locos. Pacific seem to have split up the C class, mixing them with 82s and the odd G class

Hurstsville Station, Sydney, Australia- Coal Train- G513,C508 and G511 Hauling 24 PHTH Wagons

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[aussietraindriver]

@ERNIEMAC2 Furthermore - EMD if you dont already know are the manufacturer of the 2 stroke diesel engines used in these locomotives, the S5T is the Supertyfon series horn mounted on the nose of the locomotive.

[2sk21]

@charade97 I had a great trip and managed to get some good railfanning. I have posted a couple of videos - search for my userid here on YouTube. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, I was not able to make it to the ZigZag railway - hope to make it on my next trip.

[charade97]

@2sk21 Hi, just wondering how your trip to Australia went and whether you managed to see any of the private railways including the Zig Zag? I also hope that you had a good trip.