PN Freight 6MP5 rescues failed 4PM6 in the Adelaide Hills

Around 0620 on Saturday the 16th of June 2018, Pacific National Intermodal 4PM6 (NR77/AN8) from Perth to Melbourne failed between Sleeps Hill Tunnel & Eden Hills Railway Station. Serval hours later, Pacific National locomotives ex 6MP5 (NR39/G530/NR99) arrived from Belair to pull the service to Melbourne. Later 4PM6 is seen at Glenalta after a short stop near Eden Hills Tunnel and Belair, where the MP5 crew was left to await its new locomotives from Adelaide running as D213s. Once D213s arrived with 8211/NR57/NR62, the crew coupled the new locos to the MP5 consist and departed heading for Adelaide.
It's believed 4PM6 failed due to NR77, which seemed to be dead attached.
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[@macauleyhaywood8643]

Great work Matt, lots of power. I was lucky enough to catch this last night but unfortunately it was dark.

[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

Great video! Very interesting turn of events!

[@regionaltrainvlogstrains638]

Wow a great collection of locos there lovely shot

[@midlandcompound]

Great stuff! Really enjoyed that thanks. I visited Australia in 2000. Went to Belair and was intrigued by the two different gauges side by side, our (Irish) gauge and the European standard (or narrow gauge as we call it!)

[@franzbrunner499]

brilliant -never heard of Irish gauge -is that allover Ireland? what is the narrow gauge in Ireland?

[@FishplateFilms]

You were "Jonny on the spot" with that one Matt!! Great work and how come I never see things like this when I'm down there..LOL Keep them coming young man. Cheers Gregg.

[@jaistorey6839]

awesome work again M&S Trains***********

[@PopCultureJunkie78]

Great catch. 👌😉

[@CGT867]

Good video - well done!

[@adelaideonthego]

Great video.

[@charliepearson1174]

Cracking stuff, certainly was an interesting morning :)

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

nice video

[@sylphil51]

That's an A Grade catch!

[@anthonymccaw2844]

Well done

[@derekobrien4703]

Interesting to notice the super-elevation at Belair; evidently designed for quite some speedy traffic.

[@vsvnrg3263]

good stuff.

[@trainco1643]

Awesome filming, did you use the ARTC Master Train Plan to find out the time the train went through or was this something you heard about?

[@youmadbro742]

From an American. Great video

[@imacgra1]

nice catch. Those locos were certainly working up through the notches. What's the ruling grade over the Adelaide Hills? Certainly seems to be the steepest line in SA by quite a margin. Bit like the Blue mountains out of Sydney maybe - 1 in 33 vs 1 in 40 on the South, North and Illawarra lines.

[@vsvnrg3263]

iain gray, its 1 in 40 either side of mt lofty.

[@dannygayler90]

I remember when the NRs were first built , 60 in Newcastle , ( where I used to live ) and 60 in Fremantle and they are still going . Out of 120 NRs , how many are left ?

[@andrewtailby4364]

I think 3 or 4 have been written off from crashes

[@dannygayler90]

@@andrewtailby4364 Yes , I believe You are correct !

[@panoscoach310]

119 still in use. Only one scrapped, N3 renumbered as N121

[@nicklaubsch4207]

What happens just loco died or what?

[@warriormonx]

Do modern trains often fail on grades? What is the cause as it seems odd that the power to weight to grade could be incorrectly calculated as I am assuming that’s what has happened?

[@warriormonx]

@@MS_Trains thanks Matt! Amazing vids

[@raymondwelsh6028]

Don’t know what the thinking was with trying to get 2 loco to haul that stalled train when it should have had 3 or 4. Great work🇦🇺.

[@MS_Trains]

Thanks, Raymond. A third locomotive sure would've helped on this occasion, but then we wouldn't have got to see all this excitement! Thanks again mate. Matt - M&S Trains

[@Mick_4591]

@@MS_Trains P P Performance on those that " plan and do the calculations"

[@WestAussieTrainz]

Another great videos keep up the marvellous also can u do more Pilbara vids pls thanks

[@WestAussieTrainz]

M&S Trains yep I understand

[@WestAussieTrainz]

M&S Trains thank you so so much

[@grahamreynolds3681]

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[@ThroneOfBhaal]

Is this considered slightly embarrassing, having to have someone else come fish you off a hill? Or is it just par for the course? Seems to happen fairly regularly.

[@tobypotter2160]

From the lack of smoke, looks like NR77 failed.

[@condoblueskies]

How could NR 77 and AN 82 pull all that over those grades?

[@andrewtailby4364]

They do fine on cowan bank and its a step grade

[@Mick_4591]

@@andrewtailby4364 i bet not as steep as where this was?

[@johnmoore8016]

Was NR77 dead when the train left the station? Why pull more dead wight? Why not leave it and move it with an other power unit all my itself.

[@woobyvr9654]

wouldn’t be the first time NR99 and G530 are together

[@woobyvr9654]

wink wink ;)

[@Mick_4591]

How do you get to the different locations to fime the same train?

[@MS_Trains]

Trains in the Adelaide Hills move slowly normally around 30kph on average with max speeds normally only 50-60kph due to the tight curves. The roads in the hills are speed limited between 50-80kph aswell as often taking much shorter routes than the railway as the line can only climb a certain grade while roads aren't as limited to how steep they are. This makes getting in front to refilm the same train very possible. Lots of spotters in the Adelaide Hills often chase trains sometimes seeing them as many as six times between Adelaide & Murray Bridge. Matt - M&S Trains

[@gordonvincent731]

I'm a retired engineer. I can tell which one is the GM engine, but what brand are the other two? What are the particulars?

[@gordonvincent731]

@JS317Productions Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@bigman4225]

hi gordon i am ex driver here in australia do you mean the nr class if so they are ge engine cheers

[@gordonvincent731]

@@bigman4225 Thanks for your kind reply, I appreciate it.

[@bigman4225]

@@gordonvincent731 glad i can help you have a good day

[@Matt_57]

Great 1st comment