HARD WORKING Diesel Locomotives - BRILLIANT Lashups & Colour - Grain Trains 2.

[@kineticdeath]

LOVE that sound of the diesels roaring through the underground station at 5:10!

[@Schony747]

They sound great anywhere notching up in my opinion 😀😀

[@kineticdeath]

@@Schony747 thats true, i guess the underground section just gave that bit of extra echo factor!

[@SWATforce1]

That incline looks insane in the video. Do locos notch up when going the opposite direction?

[@TheDemocrab]

12:00 Handful of heritage facts because this shot has a few cool things in it First: That bush behind the "End RFR" sign would be located near the end of the former Ballarat East Railway Station, the train would have just passed the old platform on the Melbourne tracks. Those bluestone sheds behind the train is actually the old Goods Shed with the platform inside, today used by Steamrail and where the only extant Y-Class Steam Locomotive is stored. (Y-112, built in Ballarat on July 24th 1889) Second: The rightmost line is the mainline between Ballarat and Melbourne, the middle line (The one the El Zorro train is switching onto) is the Geelong mainline and that last, leftmost set of tracks is the only remaining bit (And origin point) of the old Buninyong Branch Line that went right up to the Midland Highway in Buninyong until just after WW2 and still went through to a former siding where the Eureka Museum, Pool and Caravan Park is today. The old station platform at Buninyong is also still extant at the Buninyong tennis club along with various cuttings and culverts along the old route, although it's been mostly built over these days. Third: The Bombardier workshops (The big white/silvery shed with the train photo on the side) is where the old Ballarat East Yard used to be with the engine sheds being where that big greenish/yellow shed is now. There's still one of the old turntables there, it was once inside the big engine shed and I believe it still sees use for turning heritage locomotives for Steamrail in Ballarat when needed.

[@Schony747]

I still remember the Ballarat East turntable. That won't be getting any use soon!

[@TheDemocrab]

@@Schony747It's funny seeing this comment again a few months later, now the turntables working again and I saw it turning R711! I'm happy they got it working again

[@lelomiliken7598]

On the favorites list...🎆🎆🎆

[@Schony747]

Thanks for looking 😀😀

[@robbruggink8937]

This is the Site of A Major Rail Terminal. It had Steam Facilities that Serviced the NW Region. It had Maintenance Sheds, Coal Handling and a Great Number of Safeworking and Rollingstock Staff.This is a Heritage Site and the Station should be revered....

[@Schony747]

Yes like many sites still in existence. We lost so many branch lines when they were closed and only a few were preserved.

[@robbruggink8937]

Great Videos, Thanks Mate for Sharing......

[@Schony747]

Thanks always for having a look

[@robbruggink8937]

As a Train Controller,, those Grey Chinese Wagons were Always overloaded, so when they had to climb the WRP Bank, it was a Challenge for the Best Driver Engineers to Overcome. Good Training for New Recruits. Such a Great Team of Operators....

[@Schony747]

Nothing has changed. Pacific National 9149 with 2 XR up front stalled this morning as well.

[@robbruggink8937]

At 5 Mins. in the Video, this is a example of co-operation between Metrol and Centrol to Achieve a Great Resolve.

[@Schony747]

I'm sure where they can they work in with each other.

[@perun9434]

Those cab units are gorgeous

[@Schony747]

Yes. The heritage scene helps with this and thst is alive and well

[@jennifersaunders1302]

Gee some of trains are traveling great distances to pick up grain delivered grains great job guy's 👍🏼🇦🇺

[@Schony747]

Man some of these trains are travelling days to get grain. This will probably change with a good grain harvest in NSW this year.

[@jennifersaunders1302]

Love A go train during Isolation thank you👍🏼🇦🇺

[@Schony747]

Thanks. In know you enjoy all the videos

[@robbiewales3007]

Apparently H1 isn't going to be scrapped. It's been used for parts for a while but the loco got sold

[@Schony747]

Yes it's a good thing it's been saved!

[@SWATforce1]

Those RLs sound grunty as. Now I wish we had an EMD 16 in NZ

[@Schony747]

Yeah they certainly add some noise to the consist.

[@thebops4180]

Give us a C, give us a 5, give us a 0, give us a 9, what does that give us? C509

[@DOMINICAAVIATION]

Awesome shots my friend 👍

[@Schony747]

Thanks Man

[@Greensleeves94]

Some nice variety there Brenden

[@Schony747]

Thanks Brad

[@GoldM4official]

Are you tracking S302 and S317?

[@thebops4180]

AWESOME . . .

[@Schony747]

Thanks

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Great as usual i really want to see a train go over the viaduct at 3:16 where is that viaduct.

[@lachlantrainvideos]

Exeter Central 00 gauge model railway By Nicholas Gowanbrae id say

[@Schony747]

Moonee Ponds Creek Viaduct Gowanbrae. It's a regular feature on my Airport West & Gowanbrae features.

[@perrygoldstein2217]

Mate great video really enjoyed it

[@Schony747]

Thanks for having a look

[@hazptmedia]

Great vid

[@louiskats5116]

Hi Brendan, Is there no more Deni train or is it just stop running due to the drought. Can't it run down the Echuca line through Bendigo to Qube ?

[@Schony747]

It very rarely runs these days because of the drought so as you say the train runs via Bendigo. It's uneconomical to fix a line with very little use according to the government

[@louiskats5116]

@@Schony747 Makes sense, you watch in 10 years time they spend millions again reactivating again

[@louiskats5116]

@@Schony747 That makes sense

[@mrg6103]

What is the purpose of Broad Gauge?????????

[@Schony747]

It's too expensive to convert everything to SG. You could argue the same with NSW. Vic and SA had BG so why did NSW go SG?

[@vickstar1992]

Has the Toolamba line been permanently closed? Great video :)

[@vsvnrg3263]

vickstar, i saw at 1:01 it says its been mothballed. according to wikipedia it was reopened in 2013.

[@lachlantrainvideos]

vickstar1992 it’s been booked out for almost a year now. Heard it might be getting fixed though.

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@lachlantrainvideos ,ta for setting the record straight. i'd never noticed schony ever getting anything wrong. so wikipedia needs updating.

[@lachlantrainvideos]

vsv nrg yes. It may be getting fixed as part of recent funding that was allocated a few weeks ago

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@lachlantrainvideos , i had a look around this internet thingy. there are plans to put money into the bendigo echuca line. no mention of toolamba to echuca.

[@chrisholmes6311]

Who’s drone at 22:00? Hope it was yours and we see some footage

[@Schony747]

Wasn't my drone. I don't have one but people are telling me I should invest in one.

[@thebops4180]

On behalf of all the DL fans out there we are extremely disappointed at the lack (none) of footage presented in this presentation? LOL

[@Schony747]

If you can find me a DL on a grain train I'll add it to the next one 😀😀

[@thebops4180]

@@Schony747 Don't waste your time, I wouldn't believe there was a DL fan out there :) I hope they didn't high-five each other when they came up with that design. A locomotive only a mother could love.

[@arunbhoopathyt6503]

Toonish 2 good

[@Schony747]

Always a popular train with an S class leading!

[@jennifersaunders1302]

The Grain train what horsepower would Locomotives be 6,000 bhp please 👍🏼🇦🇺

[@jennifersaunders1302]

I have noticed that some of the Locomotives aess over 50 year any buy Australian companies buy new Locomotives in future? 👍🏼🇦🇺

[@lachlantrainvideos]

What grain train. Most of the trains seen here are grainys

[@jennifersaunders1302]

Yes the first train two locomotives at the start of the video please

[@lachlantrainvideos]

Jennifer Saunders those are 2 S class locomotives that deliver 1800hp each

[@SaintKimbo]

@@jennifersaunders1302 Ha Ha ! I grew up in the suburbs North of Melbourne, near the main Melbourne-Sydney line and I can remember loving to watch and hear those yellow and blue Vic Rail EMDS go past as a kid, and I'm 61 years old now and are still seeing 'em !