3000HP EMD CLP12 CAB & ENGINE ROOM!

The engine room of Australian EMD AT26C Locomotive CLP12.
An SD40 in Streamliner car body.
Unique to Australia and now owned by Southern shorthaul railroad.

[@ryandavis7593]

I guess that is a restroom that is well ventilated if not incredibly breezy and loud. The air room is uncomfortable when in idle and borders the hubs of hell in notch 8. Greetings from the high plains of Texas. Great job brother from a SD40-2/EMD composite mechanic.

[@peterhann9254]

Lovely video. Been quite a few years since I'd seen inside the engine room of a CLP. Thanks 😊

[@ConRob_The_Gunzel]

awesome video mate! always good to still see old bulldog nose trains still in service.

[@schmoburger6086]

I never realised the CL's had desk controls until now... It's a pretty modern looking setup for it's age. Similar to an 82. That cab overall looks like a damn nice place to be.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Morrison Knudsen did the upgrade, the originally had typical emd controllers.

[@petersabolewsky4983]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVERI would like to ask about the controls. When you are operating an EMD Streamliner type locomotive, do prefer the newer controls like in ‘Casper’ or the original controls as in the Victorian Railways B/A class type?

[@FozenMoustache]

Thank you for sharing, the enginge is not so different to what i got in the loco I`m driving. I got the 16-645E3B to work with. To hear these engines ideling is music to my ears. Greetings from a Norwegian colleague.

[@Wonderer245]

I really wish I could become a locomotive driver to experience these beasts once in a life, sadly grown up in a household and expected to find a white collar job in an AC room, this will remain a dream forever🥲

[@PharaohDeathMask]

A perfect video. Thanks for filming this. The explanations were really useful, too.

[@stevenspaziani9159]

That is an awesome looking engine, EMDs have always been my favorite as a locomotive engineer, only GEs I ever actually liked were the B27-7's .

[@lachlantrainvideos]

That’s a whole lot of empty space at the rear! Thanks for guiding us through. Amazing.

[@rearspeaker6364]

needs a pusher engine fitted there.........

[@billmorris2613]

The body looks a lot like the EMD E units. The E units had two engines, from 1100 to 1500 HP each, and a steam generator. Now there is only one engine and no steam generator. We have one of the last E-9s built. About 15 years ago I looked into putting the engine, trucks, and electronics from an SD-40-2 into the E-9 body. The UP did it, but used the engine and electronics of GP 38-2s.

[@australiantrains8988]

Timken roller bearings have AMTRAK on them, the originals. I heard that SSR are going to use the vacant head end power units section, partition it off, for a mobile barracks so the relief crew can stay on board and "book off" while the train is still travelling! Great video Adam, thanks for the tour.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Hahaha gold! Gets warm in there!

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Very detailed and well shot video, very informative thanks

[@Greensleeves94]

Excellent stuff Adam, hope it's not too long before CLF1 gets back out (and preferably back down here too)

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Won't be too long before we see it leading, getting radio fitted atm.

[@ianburit3705]

Amazing freight set up mate.. Dont see nothing like It In the UK..Thanks for the video..

[@patkelly6349]

The most beautiful loco we ever had in Victoria

[@tracynation2820]

An excellent video. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

[@kymaustin6203]

If that was in the Commonwealth Railway days that engine room would be spotless. They certainly do not look after them like they used to.

[@farque2842]

totally agree ,I have never seen such a dirty and neglected mess ,the dunny says it all.

[@alistairwhite2906]

Definately could take a second or two to dust the cab/clean up......

[@ryandavis7593]

Y’all need see the American short line locomotives. Very dirty. That Casper unit is spotless in comparison.

[@graememorrison333]

Ooh Yeah. Proper badass dieselpunk!

[@KiwiGraggle]

What an utter beast of a machine.

[@setandcentered]

Thanks for the cool video! Not much cool stuff left on the Class I roads in the States these days.

[@nickwoop4153]

Again, another great video well done👍👍

[@KubotaBXathome]

Fantastic music thanks for posting!

[@davidpemberton9326]

simply beautiful engine thanks for sharing with us

[@rivervalley664]

Great video, keep up the good work and stay safe, by the way there have been too many curries eaten by the state of the wash room. lol cheers

[@marcusireland5696]

that toilet looks absolutely rank

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yeah it was pretty nasty, was only a 2nd unit then.

[@bennyboyracing2974]

Another great video my friend would really love to see a you upload a video of an AN engine room!!

[@RODALCO2007]

Music to my ears, those large diesels.

[@alstefan4814]

love it, keep on posting awesome video's like this please,

[@jolonsweeney8387]

Casper could do with a clean inside but she's a brilliant looking locomotive

[@graemewhite8463]

Nice one mate , even got room for billiard table down at the blunt end now.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

🤣🤣 True!

[@WeldinMike27]

So much room for activities. Was there that much space in there when they were CL classes? Or were they stretched?

[@BenTouring4orby]

The cab seems less nosiser for a Turbocharged loco, also looks pretty comfortable space

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Casper - how cool!

[@offthegridwithbert924]

The dunny looks about as Australian as you can get lol

[@davetrendell8841]

It looks like a crime scene!

[@classydays43]

@@davetrendell8841 the greatest ideas were conjured up on dunnies like these.

[@desertbob6835]

I do miss the EMDs here in the States.

[@petersmith4455]

hi, wish we could have these emd clp12 lcos in england, classic locos, reminds me of the Santa Fe locos,

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yes the CLP & CLFs were the last Bulldog style EMDs built, back when locomotives have style in Australia.. Now they are just box looking junk.

[@michaelXXLF]

The bog looks like for emergency use only. Has that ever been cleaned? Good thing it is placed right beside the main ventilator! The engine room looks like it could use a couple of acres of ArmaFlex!

[@lachlantrainvideos]

The loco doesn’t lead so the dunny doesn’t need to be used.

[@ericsundell9978]

I wish these things were a thing in the us domestic market, least from a foamers point of view, this is pretty neat to see.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

They will be running in Australia for a few years yet, putty about corona, or id suggest you come over!

[@ericsundell9978]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER I'd love to go down under some day. My old man did a bunch of times in the 90's as he co-wrote a researsh study with an Australian gentlemen, but had nothing but good things to say, I've wanted to go ever since!

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yeah we are pretty chilled down under, plus we have some old shit boxes running here in regular service which is cool.

[@donotwantahandle1111]

What happened to the old orange double ender that used to be at Goulburn?

[@alexanderyefremov6453]

Круто! Обожаю старую технику!

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

They removed the 240 volt genny. That was the difference between the CLP and the CLF. The CLF didn’t have the genny. Hence CLP, passenger loco, CLF freight loco.

[@erzahler1930]

What was that 4th motor in the consist? If I didn't know any better, I would've said it looked like an old Southern Pacific Black Widow!

[@thebops4180]

Awesome . . .

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning from SE Louisiana 1 May 21.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

G'day mate from Seymour Australia, driving a train as we speak! 👌

[@billmorris2613]

AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2021 I’m a retired engineer off of the Union Pacific. In the US we can not use any electronic devices while operating. Have a safe trip?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

@@billmorris2613 so I've heard, here there's a bit more flexibility as the train crew does just about everything including phone calls to dispatchers/controllers, yards, managers, relief crews etc.

[@peterscandlyn]

I guess the 'plug-and-play' control that allows all locos to operate as one is a pretty robust and simple bit of gear?

[@travelingtom923]

Great video! The look like old American, E-8's. How much longer do you think they will be running those locomotives? Would be worth a visit that is for sure.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Another 5 years easy!

[@travelingtom923]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER That is very good news. Keep those wheel rolling!

[@GamingJamesGames]

Very nice tour. Question, how come CLP12 still can't lead a train yet?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Ice radio is not working yet

[@carloscardenas4141]

@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER 2021 how did you coordinate when 4 EMD pull a load for not overduty one of them?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

We have load tables for tonnage so we know what they can pull on what gradient.

[@MagnetOnlyMotors]

0:57 are those cobwebs on the inside of the window?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Most likely haha

[@ericheine2414]

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[@torquetrain8963]

Definitely was built with railways, and is being destroyed by highways and car and pickup truck centricism. Healthy freight rail system, but totally lobsided car centric disaster of a passenger transport system.

[@SheltonDCruz]

wowow thanks!

[@nigelmitchell351]

How old is this loco please, and is the loading gauge the same as the US.?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Hi, these were the last Streamliners built in the world early 1970s. No not the same size as the usa locos. Same gauge but UK loading gauge.

[@Tiger351]

Built by Comeng in Granville New South Wales in 1970-71, last 17 streamliners ever built.

[@damienodonohue1327]

I think they were built by Clyde in SA, then Morrison- Knudsen did an up-grade years later!​@Tiger351

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

Love it how they give the ol girl windows to look out. Thats like baby gas turbine power levels. Did they ever use turbines in locos here in australia?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

No we never had turbines here

[@louiskats5116]

great video extremely well presented, what happen to the old Alco 45 series loco, it is normally part of this consist ?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

They come and go from each consist depending on loading and repairs needed.

[@Nobodyyounowknow]

Is that the intake for the turbo right next to the bathroom?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

That's the traction motor blower intake.

[@Rhys4AUFC]

Nice

[@FreezeAU]

I’m pretty sure that loco wasn’t *actually* doing 49 km/hr, no matter what the speedo said 🤨

[@rearspeaker6364]

it was trying to get to 142 km/hr......

[@darylsmioth1904]

I would love to mess with the fuel racking settings and give her an additional 300-400 hp.

[@ryandavis7593]

Unfortunately that’s not how it’s done. The fuel rack settings give you correct rack settings for the fuel injectors. If you turn it up the governors internal settings will simply not comply and may keep the engine from being able to be shut down. To add horsepower you must adjust the internal balance rod. It has a thumb screw that allows you to adjust the balance point. Unfortunately total horsepower is even limited here by air to fuel ratio. The turbo is rated for a specific CFM that is a product of gearing and impeller size. But that is only half of it. The injectors must also have proper metering rods to match the CFM. The only additional horsepower one can get by the governor is about 25 horses. How do I know you ask? It’s what I do for a living. Greetings from the high plains of Texas. No sass intended and all for education. Great discussion topic though.

[@TheAussieFloof]

@@ryandavis7593 Would it make any difference to the performance anyway due to it being diesel-electric? meaning is the actual power output the train can produce limited to the traction generator and traction motors?

[@TheBeeMan1994]

@@TheAussieFloof Yes, But you really gotta crank the power up to burn up a AR10 alternator or D77 traction motors, The 20 cylinder versions pushed about 3600 horespower and still did fine with the 20 cylinder 645. So really in technicality you should be able to crank up the power and put it to the rails, youll eventially get to a point to where either the main gen or traction motors couldnt keep up or to where you would generate more power than the engine could put to the rails due to tractive effort

[@24nov67]

were these locomotives built in the states then shipped to Australia?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

No built in Australia with American components

[@lcstrainspotter3888]

Ceep up the good vids a how often do you upload?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Whenever I can usually.

[@lcstrainspotter3888]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER I love KZbiners like you have time to comment out of 4000+ people

[@joepinto509]

F unit front nose on a sd40...leave to the ozzies to do something different like there cars...they take bits and pieces of our cars and do mods to make it there own.

[@jemijona]

And you blokes are buying our Barra motors for your cars now eh. :)

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

A GM locomotive in Australia? Quite interesting.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

We have many!

[@johne5854]

What's the length of that train.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

About 1000m so not super long

[@peterhall4086]

Whose supposed to clean the cab and the shitter?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

The cab and shitter is the crews usually. Now that it's leading its much cleaner.

[@peterhall4086]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER Thanks for that, I thought maybe there were engine cleaners at the yards or something. What's the general routine for starting one of these up?

[@thedelawareranch2379]

That toilet looks a little ruff

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

It's much cleaner now but not amazing no.2's are best avoided.

[@AquilneIce]

Wonder what it takes to be a train driver for Australia... because I'd be honest here, kind of want to dropout of school to become a train driver

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

How old are you?

[@AquilneIce]

I'm 15...

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

@@AquilneIce might need to stay in school a bit longer buddy, need to be at least 18, but even then it's hard to get into, don't cut your education short for any job if you can avoid it.

[@AquilneIce]

oh.. dang that's a shame, I got to wait for so long

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

@@AquilneIce there's always tourist railways you can volunteer at, which can help with rail skills.

[@سهيلهاحمد-ش5ي]

كان فى القدم لدينا مثله فى مصر

[@HEHE-dx9og]

And your going to replace this with solar OR batteries how????

[@Gus1966-c9o]

Oh who said that you peanut ?

[@nickclark2278]

I initially noted how dirty the the interior of the cab was… the layers of dust on the desk etc… Then saw the toilet 🤮 I think I’d prefer to risk hanging my arse out the door

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Hahaha it was very bad when it first came into service but it's since been cleaned

[@wazza33racer]

how many hp on the dynamic retarder?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Probably similar to the power output. 3000hp

[@robbiewales3007]

I wonder when it will lead a train

[@lachlantrainvideos]

When the controls get fixed up as it’s windscreen wipers don’t work, vigilance control is isolated.... it’ll be a while until it leads something unfortunately

[@rearspeaker6364]

@JS317Productions never heard a desktop control called a "backhoe"before-any history about that term?

[@rearspeaker6364]

@JS317Productions must hurt your back using them,i guess..........

[@lexx555]

When the kettle and hot plate are functional!

[@rearspeaker6364]

@@lexx555 no microwave or fridge??

[@jesstill7833]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@sailingyemaya9781]

Might be time to get a new maid

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

😂😂

[@tomharrington1393]

🚂🚂🚂

[@vaidyanathannarayanaswamy7116]

For a diesel electric loco the control panels are very ergonomic.In fact better than electric locos we have here.

[@gdobos76]

A "little bit" dusty cab...:(

[@lachlantrainvideos]

Cab isn’t used much as it can’t lead

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Will be cleaned soon enough.

[@flomateo2665]

la crasse et la merde

[@zdravkoleski2375]

What locomotive where the front and rear? Rear looked like modern version of C class?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Front was an RL class and the rear was a BRM class.