Australian Locomotive cab view, Western Victoria!

Some footage from an NR class locomotive leading 4PW4 Steel train through wester victoria and the Towns of Stawell and Ararat, November 2012

[@PaulBrown-yz8cy]

Gday mate this is paul from Adelaide. WOW what a bloody fantastic video. one of the best films iv;e seen 4 a while lo9ve 2 see these more often please !!! well done mate keep it up !! take care thank you very much !!!!!!!!!! 😀😀

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Cheers! 🍻

[@anna8099]

I could not possibly think of a job that I would love more than this! Awesome - loved this video!

[@davidcundy]

Loved this video. When I was a kid at boarding school in Ballarat in the 70s I used to take the Dimboola train to Ararat, then take the Portland train to Glenthompson, where I grew up. Unfortunately, the Ararat-Portland train no longer exists, as far as I know.

[@julianbristow4793]

Perth! and Australia! Nature looks good from the train.

[@SheltonDCruz]

Thanks alot!

[@johnpro2847]

I notice Ararat and Stawell yards just a shell now. They were once a hive of activity ..Same for most of the entire Victorian system.Sad indeed.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yep that's what privatisation did to the network.

[@westfootscrazy]

I love cab views!!!

[@hellblazer275]

MIXXX FM gotta love it

[@regionaltrainvlogstrains638]

Soo cool I would love to drive this train

[@clayton4115]

fantastic!

[@worf8964]

i love that horn sound

[@scoobycarr5558]

The telegraph poles remind me of Union Pacific's former Southern Pacific in California's Tehachapi line.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Interesting, glad you liked it! :)

[@zacbazeley252]

Dream job 😍

[@rileyhardy6324]

I would love that job!!

[@NorthernRailsTrainsInTheNorth]

Interesting to see you guys don't use a full horn sequence through the crossing on that side of the pond! Great video

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

No this is Australia, things are different here.

[@wleeeee]

First time heard an Train with Radio

[@NR54trailerail]

Very nice mate! Love these cab shots. What was the line that branched off at Stawell?

[@rileyhardy6324]

What was that first song? Love the vid!

[@alexthompson5275]

What's the beep when you're in Ararat

[@66secularist]

What horns do the NRs use? It's just not as mean as the Leslie Supertyfon.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Rod A kockum sonics MKT75 series horns

[@SheltonDCruz]

really nice - since Western Vic is relatively flat, are you making small and infrequent notch movements to keep at a steady speed?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

It appears flat, but it's actually somewhat undulating, nothing steep u til you get between Ararat and deep leed, then it's 1 in 50s and in a 3000t+ train you notice it, same with the undulating terrain. Unless you are in full power, you are always moving the throttle to maintain speed and plan ahead for up and downhill runs.

[@SheltonDCruz]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Thank you - maybe you can do a video from Ararat to Deep Lead to show us the 1/50 grades - that would be really cool.

[@bobbob-fg5wy]

@@SheltonDCruz Deep lead is the other way. Before this video started, back toward Horsham.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Logging onto the ASW safeworking Mode.

[@nihongo02341]

WHat is ASW safeworking? Like Train Orders?

[@michaelsrailwayfilms7928]

I wish PW/WP trains still ran

[@supercuda1950]

Wow, you have been at this a while. You mention broad guage. How does the width of your rails compare to US? Also, do you use concrete ties?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yes we have broad gauge which is 5'3" we also have standard gauge too. Yes we use concrete sleepers/Tues here as well as wood, plastic and steel.

[@bigman4225]

standard gauge is the same as uk us etc. broad gauge is 5 foot and 3 inches

[@vsvnrg3263]

at 6:00, is that now sg, not bg? part of the murray basin rail project?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

vsv nrg the line off to the left is currently broad gauge, but is in the pipeline to be converted in coming years to SG

[@alexthompson5275]

It's now standard gauge

[@lachlantrainvideos]

alex thompson no mate that’s the Ararat line to the left

[@bobbob-fg5wy]

Would be good if they replaced that bridge wouldnt it, the one on the turn to the left.

[@santoro2020]

What's the procedure for blowing your horn at a crossing in Australia?

[@legass420]

santoro2020 depends which state and if its in a city or not. In Victoria trains often blow twice at a level crossing sometimes its a long blast and then a short blast.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Here in the USA it's two long, one short and one long toot

[@wannabetraindriver]

Hey Aussie train driver!! Applied for a position with pacific national today.. The end of the application asked if I wanted to put any extra comments?? Any hints?? I was going to mention Aussie train driver on you tube!!! :) .Keep the vids coming!!!

[@rileyhardy6324]

Hey can you tell me how to get that application?

[@Planetrainguy]

What happened to the horn at 2:10?

[@kanga1234567]

Bridge caused a change in sound

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yes, no ballast to absorb the vibrations

[@SD70MAC]

Standard gauge or Narrow gauge ?

[@DagorDagorathSauron]

Standard gauge

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

1,435mm or 4 foot 8 and a half inches.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

2:09 why are you on the horn? Can't make out a W board...

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Usually do through cuttings incase there are people walking up there, which is not uncommon.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Ah sorry mate, That's fair enough, working the rail up in QLD (not driving) and that makes good sense. Assume everyone is an idiot and things go better, happy life on the steel highways to ya.

[@Rocketboy1950]

Woooda bin betta without that radio squawking away in the background.

[@nihongo02341]

The music you mean? If so yes. But good video!! Love the sound of those GEs. Haven't had the chance to get behind the NR yet. GEs pull really well.

[@jimpikoulis6726]

Australians demand big HP Loco's

[@larryasquith3705]

E

[@alexthompson5275]

shit nearly at 4 million clicks

[@willmarshall4766]

Shame about the music though

[@cmeonthemove]

Wish we could do that in the UK!

[@johnpro2847]

yep ..not sure if listening to entertainment devices is legal, but any music with train and plane vids usually ruins the sound of the loco/plane which most people enjoy. .Thanks for posting

[@bigman4225]

@@johnpro2847 music is legal atleast in victoria and its just a ge so you arent hearing much because the loco has lots of soundproofing too

[@UPWesternRailroading]

Do you not blow for crossings down in Australia??? Here in the states they would fire us for not blowing two long a short and a long for each crossing. Also, are you allowed to listen to music down there? They have completely banned all electronics here.....so no music.....we do it anyway, but pretty soon inward facing cameras are coming......I don't know if I will even want to work for Union Pacific anymore when that day comes. Maybe I can get hired on down there and ditch this over-regulated tyrannical shit hole that was once called the United States.

[@johncallahan2490]

Maybe it's a rural thing. I live in Melbourne, Victoria, and I always hear them blow their horns coming into crossings.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Michael Lindsey yes we do, but if its clearly seen there are no vehicles, animals, or people on or near the line, some drivers dont use the whistle in those situations.

[@pgo1972]

Pretty cool to see the broad gauge trackage.

[@vsvnrg3263]

paul g. o'neil pretty cool to see it gone as far as i'm concerned. the multiple gauge scourge has cost the australian economy zillions of dollars over the years and could have been the reason we might have all been speaking japanese now had the country been conquered in the second world war. and it's the main reason there are so many trucks on country roads today.

[@nihongo02341]

Australia is a bit more relaxed about it. No Federal Railroad Administration. But we have been privatizing railways here in the last 20 years.... We should have stricter codes. I guess a driver would get fired if they were told to and continued not to do so. But the Pacific National drivers seem to be a bit more pro active on this than other railways. As Aussie says, they don't really have to.... and no one cares unfortunately. But we do have lots of accidents and derailments and we have had a lot of accidents with trucks. But still nothing is done. It should be mandatory like the USA. Set a standard.