DFT 7158 at Papakura (AWESOME SOUND)

DFT 7158 slowly gets under way with 2000 ton from Papakura (the old station) a few years back, it's a decent length train too for one loco, crank up the speakers for that awesome DFT sound!!!! I filmed this with my old Sony mini DV camcorder.

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[185pilot]

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?

[HDDcam73]

@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

[5irRatchet]

@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

[HDDcam73]

@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? :-)

[nzmedic]

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!

[HotForgeChaos]

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)

[bonzo226]

the original df sounded cool too