Who puts these trains together; can't they figure out how much motive power will be necessary? Seems like this is a good way to burn out generators and motors. Just spcalatin', but I do enjoy seeing the Australian landscape and the trains.
@@MS_Trains Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense. In fair weather are the 2 locos enough? Did NR68 continue through tto Melbourne too or was it taken off after going through the range?
Every locomotive I see is bloody filthy here in Australia, I live next to the Stony Point line in Victoria and the Pacific National loco's running on this line are also never washed, I guess the tight asses at PN can't be bothered keeping their loco's clean!
Great and informative videos. Just love your work! My question, how are the DPU’s controlled? I assume it is by radio. Can you please confirm this for me and possibly tell me a little more about it, ie: FM, AM, Digital and what band and range? Control has come a long way in the 40 years since I was involved with the railway.
M&S Trains hi there. Have become a real railfan and watch lots of web (utube) particularly in the states. They seem to have what they call DPU’s ( distributed power units ) which I understand from questioning them, is managed by a single driver in the front engine, by radio control. I have not been able to get any more info about this from the states. They either don’t know technically or don’t want me to know. I assumed, watching your video (and know that I am Ausie and have been in and around railways since I was a little kid as my father was station master CANBERRA ) and associated with commonwealth railways for 40 + years) that Ausie was now also using DPU with 2 engines upfront and 2 engines at the rear. I did not see the drives in the tail units 😳 sorry!
Dean; most of our newer locomotives come from the builder equipped to operate as DPU. All that is needed is a switch to be flipped. Then, even though the locomotive is in the rear [or sometimes middle] of the train, it acts as if it's at the head end. I, too, am unsure, but I am of the opinion that the control is electrical rather than radio transmission.
Awesome capture. And love the atmospheric weather at Mount Lofty. 👏👍😍
Great video... but an excellent catch with MP7 & the PN/Ghan/IP liveries together.
great stuff. thanks for what obviously took a long time to film.
Who puts these trains together; can't they figure out how much motive power will be necessary? Seems like this is a good way to burn out generators and motors. Just spcalatin', but I do enjoy seeing the Australian landscape and the trains.
Very interesting video with plenty of variety. Hope to see a running session of your home layout sometime soon. Cheers Greg
Why did the train fail? Loco failure? It would explain why they didnt just push it over and keep going...
@@MS_Trains Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense. In fair weather are the 2 locos enough? Did NR68 continue through tto Melbourne too or was it taken off after going through the range?
Why not try to push over the hill once they had the extra locos?
Gud vidoz I'm from India 🇮🇳
Every locomotive I see is bloody filthy here in Australia, I live next to the Stony Point line in Victoria and the Pacific National loco's running on this line are also never washed, I guess the tight asses at PN can't be bothered keeping their loco's clean!
Why are Australian locomotives so dirty why don't they clean them give a coat of paint
All you need is a dust storm and then some light rain and everything is dirty.
Great and informative videos. Just love your work! My question, how are the DPU’s controlled? I assume it is by radio. Can you please confirm this for me and possibly tell me a little more about it, ie: FM, AM, Digital and what band and range? Control has come a long way in the 40 years since I was involved with the railway.
M&S Trains hi there. Have become a real railfan and watch lots of web (utube) particularly in the states. They seem to have what they call DPU’s ( distributed power units ) which I understand from questioning them, is managed by a single driver in the front engine, by radio control. I have not been able to get any more info about this from the states. They either don’t know technically or don’t want me to know. I assumed, watching your video (and know that I am Ausie and have been in and around railways since I was a little kid as my father was station master CANBERRA ) and associated with commonwealth railways for 40 + years) that Ausie was now also using DPU with 2 engines upfront and 2 engines at the rear. I did not see the drives in the tail units 😳 sorry!
Dean; most of our newer locomotives come from the builder equipped to operate as DPU. All that is needed is a switch to be flipped. Then, even though the locomotive is in the rear [or sometimes middle] of the train, it acts as if it's at the head end. I, too, am unsure, but I am of the opinion that the control is electrical rather than radio transmission.
Great video, I was hoping for M&S vs wild tho.. jokes nice video, good to see you there