Talk about "Johnny on the spot" Matt! Well done on this one Sir, and I hope the action continues when I'm down in early March! I saw the Great Southern in Brissy last week, it gave me a blast as I was turning the work ute in the corridor next to a signal we were working on. Take care and may see you in March. Cheers Gregg.
Walk the dog each morning along the path back of Mitcham station . Always enjoy the freighters coming through & have done since I was a little boy ., we’d count the carriages as they passed ❤ Great post . Cheers
Hi Matt watching N. R s smoking nice to see pulling up the hills makes mo so happy ,,I’m going to have a cup of Tea cheers mate ..And the surprise of the 30s was great thanks Matt bloody little ripper cheers ❤️🙏👍🇦🇺
Cheers, mate. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! NRs might not excite everyone, but a bunch of them together can look good after a long stopover on a grade, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to head out for this one! I hope you enjoyed your cuppa tea.
Was mich bei den australischen Superfreightern immer wieder erstaunt ist, dass sie im Gegensatz zu den amerikanischen Güterzügen ohne DPU, oder Helper fahren. Also 11000 Tonnen nur an einem Haken hängend durch die Adelaide Hills ... faszienierend Grüße aus Germany
@@edmundcarew7235 Danke für die Antwort. Wahrscheinlich ist mir diese Zahl von anderen Zügen im Kopf hängen geblieben. Trotzdem 6.000 Tonnen am Haken, ist schon eine Leistung
*andyhe3284* - Waren Sie schon einmal in Australien? Wenn nicht, kann ich es nur empfehlen. ----------------- Have you visited Australia ? I recommend it. 🙂
A friend of mine drives coal trains from Gunnedah to Newcastle and they have locos at the front and helpers in the middle of the train. There is a longer tunnel somewhere along the route and it happens that the mid helpers starve of oxygen because the front locos took it all (depending on wind conditions).
@@michlo3393 yeah nah, mate was a typical Aussie pisstake. I've seen too many vids of truckies jamming their rigs on rail tracks then getting ploughed through. Sadly watched some dumbasses get killed because of their impatience.
Tim, Two engineers from Pt Augusta(?), unceremoniously shunted upstairs a while back, mightn't back you here. That one wasn't done from a papadum licence either.
G'day Matt, Today in Adelaide staying at my friends house in Balhanna near the main line, hearing combos all night. Whilst travelling here on the freeway where the freeway crosses over the line at 6pm Saturday evening was there another breakdown ? Look like a SCT combo not moving at all . Great video Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺 Cheers Louis Kats 🇦🇺
Enjoy your stay at Balhannah! Yes, I heard about the SCT. I believe it broke a coupler, which split the train in two, leaving about 1500M of train stuck between Bridgewater and Ambleside. They later repaired the wagon and got it going in the night. Thanks for watching as always and glad you enjoyed the video!
Tonnage of the train isn't public information, you'll have to ask someone more in the know. As for the Gradient, it's depending on what section. Callington Curve is 1 in 44 and Yantaringa about 1 in 50. Out of Balhannah for the Great Southern was 1 in 48.
@@powerstar550 This service would normally operate overnight departing Melbourne at 5:15PM, arriving into Adelaide at 6:40AM but was obviously delayed due to the failure. Mind you, the track runs by Geelong compared to the highway which goes via Ballarat at a much shorter distance. Some services can do the route in about 11 hours like 7MP7, which departs Melbourne at 0110, arriving into Adelaide at 1140.
Grainy and 5MA5 were on the same day, which was yesterday! However, I was unable to get the Grain Train due to prior plans. SCT seems to have broken a coupler up the hill today.
Bushfire risk a complete furphy. I can believe tunnel height could be an issue. Most likely though is it is too expensive for the demand on the service. Most of the suburban lines aren’t electrified yet so it is hard to imagine that this largely freight line is a priority.
@@peterj5751 In any one week, there is only 52 train movements between Belair and Murray Bridge. Of that, 48 are freight trains and 4 for the Overland train. The amount of train movements between Adelaide and Belair in one week is about 280. Most goods go from Adelaide to Melbourne by B-Double trucks via the SE Freeway.
It was said that G526 was the main issue, but that was definitely powering out of Ambleside, perhaps they were able to fix it but were worried it would fail again.
Gheringhap Loop Sighting had it as 80P, but the railways would designated it as 38 Wagons due to five pack & twin pack sets counting as only a single wagon.
Those Metropolitan Trains are now Hybrid, Diesel Battery Trains. All the freight locomotives are diesel-electric. Here is more on the Hybrid Trains: dit.sa.gov.au/news?a=1450731
@@MS_Trains thanks for reply and link, BUT the trains still need a diesel engine to run ! they save 20% on fuel but still use 80% to run ! there will never be an ability to run long distance heavy goods trains on battery power alone !
Great presentation. I especially liked the voice-overs and all the info. Great work.
Talk about "Johnny on the spot" Matt! Well done on this one Sir, and I hope the action continues when I'm down in early March! I saw the Great Southern in Brissy last week, it gave me a blast as I was turning the work ute in the corridor next to a signal we were working on. Take care and may see you in March.
Cheers Gregg.
Cheers Gregg! Hope you catch some great action in March too. Might see you depending which week you're in town!
Amazing effort to get all of this, in one morning!
And Imagine if I stayed for the return Grain... haha
@ Imagine if you were one of those who went out 24/7!
Walk the dog each morning along the path back of Mitcham station . Always enjoy the freighters coming through & have done since I was a little boy ., we’d count the carriages as they passed ❤
Great post . Cheers
Great video subscribed cheers
Hi Matt watching N. R s smoking nice to see pulling up the hills makes mo so happy ,,I’m going to have a cup of Tea cheers mate ..And the surprise of the 30s was great thanks Matt bloody little ripper cheers ❤️🙏👍🇦🇺
Cheers, mate. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! NRs might not excite everyone, but a bunch of them together can look good after a long stopover on a grade, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to head out for this one! I hope you enjoyed your cuppa tea.
Nice one well done video compilation
Was mich bei den australischen Superfreightern immer wieder erstaunt ist, dass sie im Gegensatz zu den amerikanischen Güterzügen ohne DPU, oder Helper fahren. Also 11000 Tonnen nur an einem Haken hängend durch die Adelaide Hills ... faszienierend
Grüße aus Germany
The maximum gross weight of these intermodal trains is IIRC about 6,000 tonnes, not '11,000'.
@@edmundcarew7235 Danke für die Antwort. Wahrscheinlich ist mir diese Zahl von anderen Zügen im Kopf hängen geblieben. Trotzdem 6.000 Tonnen am Haken, ist schon eine Leistung
*andyhe3284* -
Waren Sie schon einmal in Australien? Wenn nicht, kann ich es nur empfehlen. ----------------- Have you visited Australia ? I recommend it. 🙂
@@PaxAlotin He better bring plenty of money.
A friend of mine drives coal trains from Gunnedah to Newcastle and they have locos at the front and helpers in the middle of the train. There is a longer tunnel somewhere along the route and it happens that the mid helpers starve of oxygen because the front locos took it all (depending on wind conditions).
Very cool. Thank you.
Tim
Thanks Tim! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Great video Matt.
@@blueskyboys9855 Thanks mate!
Look Americans, we Aussies STOP at train signals and note there's not gates to scoot around!
Happy Straya Day maaaaaate.......your sarcasm will be lost on em though 😉 😜 👍👋
@@petersampson4635 Aww, since when did Australia turn into Europe? looking down your noses at us all of a sudden. Take it easy!
@@petersampson4635 Straya Day maaate!👍
@@michlo3393 yeah nah, mate was a typical Aussie pisstake.
I've seen too many vids of truckies jamming their rigs on rail tracks then getting ploughed through. Sadly watched some dumbasses get killed because of their impatience.
Tim,
Two engineers from Pt Augusta(?), unceremoniously shunted upstairs a while back, mightn't back you here. That one wasn't done from a papadum licence either.
Great vid mate. Is there any website to track these trains?
Thanks, mate. Nothing in the hands of the public. ARTC does have software, but it's only used by their employees for safe working practices.
Ok new to the channel. Am I wrong in thinking this is computer generated?
G'day Matt,
Today in Adelaide staying at my friends house in Balhanna near the main line, hearing combos all night.
Whilst travelling here on the freeway where the freeway crosses over the line at 6pm Saturday evening was there another breakdown ?
Look like a SCT combo not moving at all .
Great video
Happy Australia Day 🇦🇺
Cheers
Louis Kats 🇦🇺
Enjoy your stay at Balhannah! Yes, I heard about the SCT. I believe it broke a coupler, which split the train in two, leaving about 1500M of train stuck between Bridgewater and Ambleside. They later repaired the wagon and got it going in the night.
Thanks for watching as always and glad you enjoyed the video!
@MS_Trains 👍👍👍
It would have been nice to know the tonnage of the train and the gradient of the Adelaide hills
Tonnage of the train isn't public information, you'll have to ask someone more in the know. As for the Gradient, it's depending on what section. Callington Curve is 1 in 44 and Yantaringa about 1 in 50. Out of Balhannah for the Great Southern was 1 in 48.
That must’ve been the Great Southern that I was on a couple of days ago!
Yes, the train that departed Friday 25th! Hope it was a fantastic trip!
It was excellent - I highly recommend it!
Didn't think the South Australian Government were going to electrify that rail line
They're not! Just running the Hybrid Diesel Battery Trains now.
How long does it takes from Melbourne to,Adelaide on average ? Or vice versa
@@powerstar550 This service would normally operate overnight departing Melbourne at 5:15PM, arriving into Adelaide at 6:40AM but was obviously delayed due to the failure. Mind you, the track runs by Geelong compared to the highway which goes via Ballarat at a much shorter distance. Some services can do the route in about 11 hours like 7MP7, which departs Melbourne at 0110, arriving into Adelaide at 1140.
Strange to see pacific national locomotives break down
The old G's and even the NRs are getting tired now. 94's can't come soon enough for train reliability.
@@MS_Trains So true hopefully they come into service soon
Another great video 😊
Train's seem to be failing more often. We had a grain failure the other night and something is struggling in the hills at the moment.
Grainy and 5MA5 were on the same day, which was yesterday! However, I was unable to get the Grain Train due to prior plans. SCT seems to have broken a coupler up the hill today.
@@MS_Trains ah ok wow.
The Adelaide Hills line can never be made electric due to potential bushfire / wild fire risk.
That is a big furphy. NSW has overhead in exactly the same situation and probably even more remote then this.
i believe its actually due to the short tunnels around Eden Hills
Bushfire risk a complete furphy. I can believe tunnel height could be an issue. Most likely though is it is too expensive for the demand on the service. Most of the suburban lines aren’t electrified yet so it is hard to imagine that this largely freight line is a priority.
@@peterj5751 In any one week, there is only 52 train movements between Belair and Murray Bridge. Of that, 48 are freight trains and 4 for the Overland train. The amount of train movements between Adelaide and Belair in one week is about 280. Most goods go from
Adelaide to Melbourne by B-Double trucks via the SE Freeway.
I’ve seen them hosing down the bush either side from the guard wagon going through Stirling on hot days
Assuming the troublesome loco's would have been offline running into Adelaide?
It was said that G526 was the main issue, but that was definitely powering out of Ambleside, perhaps they were able to fix it but were worried it would fail again.
@@MS_Trains definitely not 526, that was fine
@@MS_Trains If they can't maintain their G Classes properly, they should sell them to another operator who will treat them right.
@@retabera Don't worry because when the 94's come onboard these, the 81's and BL's will be retired (scrapped knowing PN's history).
Acacia Ridge, not Brisbane
I can't help noticing that the South Australian Railways use lunar lights (junction route indicators)
Just on the Metro Broad Gauge Passenger lines.
Some flat wheels on that grain train
that frieghter is soo long...anyone bother to count?
Gheringhap Loop Sighting had it as 80P, but the railways would designated it as 38 Wagons due to five pack & twin pack sets counting as only a single wagon.
This is Australia's answer to Chinese trains.
SURELY ALL TRAINS ARE DIESEL ELECTRIC NO?
Those Metropolitan Trains are now Hybrid, Diesel Battery Trains. All the freight locomotives are diesel-electric. Here is more on the Hybrid Trains: dit.sa.gov.au/news?a=1450731
@@MS_Trains thanks for reply and link, BUT the trains still need a diesel engine to run ! they save 20% on fuel but still use 80% to run ! there will never be an ability to run long distance heavy goods trains on battery power alone !
@sj-qn4uy who exactly is claiming they will?