DL CLASS LOCOMOTIVE CAB, AUSTRALIA.

a Short ride inside ex AN, now Pacific nationals DL50, diesel locomotive, Melbourne Australia.

[@Leadplug]

Thanks for sharing from an ex GM loco driver in Ireland. Great acceleration and the sound brings back happy memories.

[@dashaB-sl4pu]

LOVE THE "TRAILBLAZER FRIDGE" IN THE CAB

[@TheNthbeach]

Thank you for sharing. It was wonderful to her the rumble and the other noise of the DLs. Been a while since I was behind the controls.

[@m3nathan]

love the big Leslie on the nose

[@damienodonohue1327]

Great video, thanks for putting it up👍

[@westfootscrazy]

I love cab ride videos, that's a great one.

[@Metalhead4life66666]

Great stuff. love these kind of vids

[@MickFix]

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@tryhardparrot]

Cool vid. Enjoyed the ride. Thanks for posting.

[@trainsandlocomotives]

Great video!

[@SheltonDCruz]

wow what a video!! THANKYOU

[@emd6456]

Electro-Motive, the classic.

[@GM645E]

Great video thatnks for sharing!

[@MidnightBreezeIWP]

Best video on KZbin right here. I love when the drivers show the controls

[@alexander1485]

+Midnight Breeze engineer/operator.

[@alexander1485]

driving is stupid considering the only way a train can change direction is from a switch which is either powered (dispatcher) or manual (conductor). Engineers are termed because back in the day engineers actually had to problem solve and fix or keep an engine running to the best of their ability sort of a bad problem. They throttle modulate, as in, forwards or backwards, and thats not considered driving. So there you go, the logical and common sense version, not the stupid ignorance dumb silly English term.

[@alexander1485]

logic is hard.

[@alexander1485]

doesn't matter where you are, "drive" and "trains" is ignorant and improper, apparently australians, europeans and english need to learn that.

[@alexander1485]

dude, what i said is PURE FACT. IT has NOTHING to do with countries. Driving a train is impossible unless the engineer can control his own switches and ONLY THEN can he control his own direction of travel, instead of his own MOVEMENT of travel.. Stop bieng a dumbfuck, please.

[@SergeyMoiseyev77]

Interesting video, thanks!

[@zdravkoleski2375]

I've never seen these DLs b4 should’ve done a walk around interesting looking locco

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yes they are a V12 710G3 3000hp unit, pacific national owns them all still, and some are in and out of service, they weren't a bad unit but far from the best we had.

[@clayton4115]

fantastic !

[@biswajitray2094]

the driver is the controll IM so proud of train driver

[@robbiewales3007]

Got a very nice RS5T horn

[@Zalzaz]

nice :) enjoyed the video

[@alphatan2]

what a beautiful morning

[@SheltonDCruz]

excellent!

[@Paradoxical124]

That several hundred ton train accelerates faster than my fathers old Ute.

[@dennisdavidson4175]

It'd be nice to send one of the DLs to Port Adelaide, have it done up in the original AN colours and exhibit it in the museum, but knowing PN, they'd probably scrap them all.

[@Railwayman01]

It WOULDN'T surprise me in the slightest.....

[@MiguelNavarreteCruz]

Que maravillas trenecitos

[@zuiderzee9141]

Right on the nose; that's a fairly straight forward position for a massive airhorn, I'd imagine it's a *might* loud in the cab though.

[@NoThroughRoad50]

Where could I see a DL running in NSW? I have seen them parked but not running. Great video!😊

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

They do run around Tamworth, narribri area at times, one was with an 82 class last week. I'll keep an eye out.

[@stingo492]

When they used to work head end into Perth we always found the cabs very cramped. 12 hours on one from Kalgoorlie to Perth was a test. I always preferred AN or EL as lead unit.

[@multitechenterprise9131]

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[@damienodonohue1327]

Interesting, your the blokes who know, I would have thought not to bad!👍😅

[@woobyvr9654]

i once drove a 7 and quater inch A66 and that was fun now i need to get on your level

[@vinaypandey6758]

QuebeC VR on

[@All_Noing]

What's the lever between the independent brake handle and the reverser? Is that the horn? I'm an engineer for CN in Wisconsin and everything looks familiar except for that lever. Oh, and everything's on the wrong side of the cab.

[@roycefaggotter6860]

Yes you are correct, that is the horn, ex Australian National driver.

[@mrteamcoach7483]

No it’s not that’s just the way it is in Australia

[@marcus2944]

everything's on the 'correct' side of the cab ;)

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yes, that's the horn valve.

[@gamerdrive5565]

@@marcus2944 wait wtf our trains are LHD our cars are RHD and I’m assuming old mates from America or Canada, where they have RHD trains and LHD cars. There’s a reason, I’m sure it’s not just for giggles.

[@TimsBitsnPieces]

My mates charter boat the "Blackbird" is just to the right as you go over that Dynon Rd bridge and he is an avid train fan and I told him about your channel ~;0)

[@dirtydogg06]

Wow very interesting to watch

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Thanks :)

[@gm16v149]

Interesting vid mate. Looks good in 1080 fullscreen. The facts at the end were a good bonus as well. I guess if you ever get up to the North West you'll have to get used to sitting on the other side! As well as looking at monitors instead of analogue guages!

[@MiguelNavarreteCruz]

Que hermoso 😂😂😂😂

[@MarkInLA]

NOW THIS I LIKE !! Real hard core heavy metal roliing on heavy metal rail through some of the twists and turns of the high iron !!

[@kennethjones6650]

Rumours that the DL’s are coming close too the chopping block even though this video is ten years old they have quite a nice cab

[@AdelaideTrainVideos]

Please more :)

[@codrake784]

I enjoyed the video of how you were using the control levers. I noticed when you pan around the cabin twice I did not see the 2nd person in the cab?? Is it Doo in Victoria only. I am bit curious

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

There's always 2 of us but my mate may have been on the ground or in the engine room.

[@NR54trailerail]

Fantastic video mate.

[@desjacobson2176]

Mating animals

[@desjacobson2176]

M

[@KG84C]

Is that Motorola GM360 radio? Satellite NEC phone too?

[@jackotrains3984]

Great video, great to get to see and hear what its like in the DL's, I want to become a train driver but if/when that happens I reckon the DL's might be gone, maybe not so much in NSW & VIC but I reckon there days are nearly numbered here in SA

[@buzzytrains9037]

I'm from the future, the DLs are in NSW but gone from VIC

[@SouthTrainsAndPlanes]

@@buzzytrains9037 and SA

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

​@@buzzytrains9037no way

[@lindamoody4166]

I really like trains

[@hoverhead047]

G'day James, Attached to the Screen is the thermister for the demister.

[@greatscot7779]

Good vid for Driver's...............

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

We also use NR class locos which all have computer screens, but we still sit on the LHS. only the imports are rhs. lol

[@abkparnktv4562]

nice

[@sonalkadu7721]

I. love. the. train

[@arkhan99g]

great shot. I really want to work with you. I m a big fan of these kind of railway. I am from Pakistan. And, in future, i seriously interested to work with railway.

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

Nice video perspective, very similar to the GP59s and F59PH/Is in the USA

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yes they were based off those models, but have a 710G V12 engine.

[@CentralJerseyRailfan]

AUSSIETRAINDRIVER those have 12-710 engines too.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

@@CentralJerseyRailfan ah interesting!!

[@MrBobbyDan]

I dreamed of being a locomotive driver, but it never happened. I became a Firefighter instead and drove and operated a truck instead.

[@KiloByte69]

Oh yeah?

[@biswajitray2094]

good

[@NSWTransportVlogs_]

The horn sounds like the C class horns in nsw

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Transport nsw with ben Leslie S5T same as the C class.

[@NSWTransportVlogs_]

Oh ok. But amazing video

[@dannyread8307]

gm engine?

[@chopperking1122]

that is so good ! bunbury street tunnel ! Im amazed at how fast they accelerate ! and the speed you were zooming along at . there was other locos trailing , were they powering ?

[@AussieGunzel]

4:42 is that a L class?

[@alexthompson5275]

Does the DL class have a CD player as well

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

No.

[@boggisman]

Do you ever get anoyed when driving these train because of the loud noises? Would you wear some sore of ear protection?

[@brettbh6208]

No it gets quite soothing depending on what type of engine it is and how hard you're working it

[@alexander1485]

haha its weird with him on the left.... since thats where I sit... (conductor)

[@arthurashema9675]

What were QR National locos doing down in what I assume is Dynon?

[@007FlashJack]

Being serviced by Gemco.

[@lindamoody4166]

Looks like train sim world

[@Nathanrailfan]

Is that a BL class or G class behind the DL loco?

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

Nathanrailfan Most Likely BL Class

[@macauleyhaywood8643]

That’s definetly a G class because of the middle door and angled roof

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

Macs Trains yeah it is

[@leonkernan]

G because at 4:02 you can see the step cutouts behind the cab door instead of in front of them.

[@amitkumarthakare6754]

Amitkumar n Thakare

[@desertbob6835]

Looks like a bassackwards F-40.

[@aussie_trainspotting_videos]

How loud is the horn from the cab?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Not too loud really.

[@alexander1485]

i like how your name has "train driver" in it but over here, we refer them as train pilots.... :P

[@turbochargedtractionproduc8073]

Sounds like a nz dft turbocharger

[@dwiandika6324]

Video ini bikin aku menjadi

[@iamlord2all]

i have one question when running 3 to 5 locos how are they all operated with 1 or 2 guys

[@RailroadScannerMan15]

called distributed power operation.

[@brettbh6208]

Multiple unit

[@kutless22974]

Were all DL's rebuilt from AN's?

[@VictorianRailHeritage]

Kyle Granada no none of them were

[@roycefaggotter6860]

Hi , who shot this I am an ex Peterborough driver, now finished with the railways. Even though still highly interested in that area.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Im a Driver from Melbourne Australia

[@roycefaggotter6860]

OK thank you, i was Peterborough based S.A, we worked a lot of different loco's from there, I was in AN at the time, and started of with SAR there, looking at these videos, i realize i miss driving but not the shift work.

[@1983Jeffy]

What do the letters on the signals mean? I saw F and M.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Freight terminal / Mainline There's a few variants that come up on those signals.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

@JS317Productions V for Victorian BG, S for SG.

[@lukegatfield7033]

Wait how come QR National had a pair of VR X Classes?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

They bought them years ago when freight Australia folded.

[@frankyeo921]

Is this with MTU engine? Which Aussie trains have MTU engines.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

No this is an EMD 710 V12. The CSR and QBE class have MTU engines.

[@RailroadScannerMan15]

thats interesting. left side operation.. hmm. do these locomotives use what we use in the US? the exact AAR reverser handle? looks to be the same. could be notched differently.

[@dalereeder7944]

Michael Appleby 8 power notches down and 8 dynamic braking notches up

[@gazdeb80]

Did Pacific National change there name to Aurizon as well. When it was owned by QR till it was floated off and made private.

[@Railwayman01]

No, they didn't change names. Aurizon and PacNat (Pacific National) are separate companies....😊

[@chrisszollos1543]

Pacific National was originally National rail, it was NSW government owned railway. It was sold off to Toll and Patricks. They also acquired Genisys & Wyoming Australia, which is now One Rail. Aurizon is what Queensland Rails bulk and intermodal rail used to be. PN was never owned by QR or Aurizon.

[@narwhalzrul3392]

What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@paul.-jj6yh]

This vid is 11 yrs back..... how long have u been driving trains

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Since 2006

[@paul.-jj6yh]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER do u get trained on different engine types or is it one size fits all.???

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

No we get trained in all classes separately as each has their own differences!

[@paul.-jj6yh]

@@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER ty... Happy driving.... certainly a career worth having ...beats my customer service job any time

[@AkubraHatman]

Nice work. Was there actually any work being done? Looked like you we're having way too much fun. :)

[@TheAussieFloof]

It'd be nice if the boss just 'Go for a spin in the DL50 if ya like'

[@aussietrains423]

Hi nice video I’m thinking to be a train driver when I grow up but I don’t know if a signal is red or not and I don’t know any train controlls

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

You get trained on all of that.

[@aussietrains423]

Ok:)

[@roycefaggotter6860]

I did footage like this But Peterborough to Broken Hill. I have never uploaded it.

[@nihongo02341]

I got some footage of my Kalgoorlie run from Perth on the Q class.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yeah Guys Be Sure To Upload it! the more footage the better.

[@abdulgafuralhadi529]

Abdul gofur

[@althom01]

wheres the cd player

[@someynamero3346]

so how many kangaroo power this locomotive has?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Somey Namero lol.. 3000!

[@Goodmorning-bo6yw]

ok

[@goravkushwah1299]

Gorav.kushwah

[@alanwells4752]

More rattles than a millionaire’s baby!

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Hahaha!

[@richardbaker430]

Do they have a vigilance safety device

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

They sure do.

[@Dexter1142]

I'm going to guess that this is a switching crew?

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Yes you are partially correct. they are a locomotive provisioning crew. fuel and marshall loco's for outbound trains.

[@Dexter1142]

aussietraindriver So they only deal with locomotives?

[@ajayjain9642]

samyak jain

[@Lalit9942]

Pradeep

[@dwiandika6324]

Video ini ingin menjadi masinis

[@dwisalon4218]

TEST.........

[@greatscot7779]

A good video, loved it, and asked if I could share it, but never received a reply.........

[@vjollcapapajani7123]

very

[@RobertB56]

Cramped cab and rough as guts to work on only used as trailing unit nowadays

[@Rhys4AUFC]

Easily the best horns around, much superior than the cheap nr horns

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

do you ever feel tempted to download a train simulator game for your time off hahaha :) cuz to me thats the best fucking job in the world!

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

fhhsvnggbh haha yes I have simulators at home.

[@AUSSIETRAINDRIVER]

Lol, no mate, none were built from AN's, the ANs were built after the DL's and they are both a completely different loco.

[@AbulKalam-xi8zf]

aussietraindriver English blu film

[@vincentweatherly9991]

AUSSIETRAINDRIVER in the description, you said “ride inside ex AN, now Pacific nationals DL50”, that seems to imply that it was rebuilt/renumbered from an AN. Could you please clarify what you meant

[@lachlantrainvideos]

@@vincentweatherly9991 the locos are ex Australian National

[@vincentweatherly9991]

@@lachlantrainvideos ok. I was thinking AN class

[@lachlantrainvideos]

@@vincentweatherly9991 understandable.

[@ChinaAl]

The US and Canada are about the only countries who refer to 'us' as Engineers. The rest of the world refers to us as Engine Drivers. HA! Looking at those controls, they're the same as what I ran in Chicago on the newer MP36's. Only you guys are sitting on the wrong side! ha ha Airline polit are left seat, Railroad engineers/drivers on the right seat. Except Boston and Miami got it all wrong as well with the subway motormen on the left. UGH! ;-)

[@DennyDreadBassMan]

The early CTA 'L' trains I remember the drivers being on the right in that little cab. I always thought they were cool. I grew up right by the South Shore line.

[@donretsas1791]

Check the rest of the world. You drive your cars on the wrong side of the road as well LOL

[@billalahoria8632]

👟👟👟

[@mohankrishna1443]

poor camera quality

[@macauleyhaywood8643]

It's 1080p what are you talking about?

[@mohankrishna1443]

ur sensor quality is low

[@lalchandlalchand7044]

Lalchand