Steam and Diesel parallel - R711 to Bacchus Marsh: Australian Trains

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  • @Buynot
    @Buynot 5 років тому +33

    Man, Australian railroads are like the perfect combo of British and American equipment!

  • @lolman9630
    @lolman9630 7 років тому +61

    i know burning coal is bad for the environment and everything but Steam engines have so much more character than modern locomotives.

    • @johnrickard8512
      @johnrickard8512 6 років тому +12

      Well then run them on charcoal and you won't have that problem. As it turns out steam engines are not very picky about their choice of fuels.

    • @koolmckool7039
      @koolmckool7039 5 років тому +5

      In actuality it's very good for the environment.

    • @gabrielvigil8538
      @gabrielvigil8538 5 років тому +1

      I know it is so cool seeing history

    • @zacsyt6725
      @zacsyt6725 5 років тому +8

      If anything diesels are bad for the environment

    • @OriginalBongoliath
      @OriginalBongoliath 5 років тому +7

      Coal doesn't remain in the atmosphere. It settles back down to the ground at worse. If anything a bad stoker is what makes coal come out of the chimney when it should be only water vapor which is harmless.

  • @briefroboboy
    @briefroboboy 11 років тому +16

    putting 2 vintage locos in a race- the perfect combo!

  • @CelestinaakaClonaClox9999
    @CelestinaakaClonaClox9999 3 роки тому +7

    Just listening to the steamy whistle and diesel horn together makes me happy

  • @Angelo32516
    @Angelo32516 13 років тому +18

    Beautiful steam locomotive, will always be my favorites. I liked the video, I'm jealous , I wanted to be there too. The region where the video was made is beautiful, one day I will meet Australia. A hug!!

    • @carterjames8829
      @carterjames8829 4 роки тому +2

      Well who knows? It's a new century; maybe a new locomotive will be invented, then the diesels will suffer the pain they put the Steam locomotives through.

    • @davidantoniocamposbarros7528
      @davidantoniocamposbarros7528 3 роки тому +2

      @@carterjames8829 there's eletric locomotives. Maybe the next century there will be solar or even atomic locomotives.... Yeah solar locos are much expected

    • @Dinosorable
      @Dinosorable 3 роки тому +1

      Over decades to today, some people, such as non-profit organizations, have actually been investing in designs for modern, efficient, safe, clean-running and even low-maintenance steam locomotives, some taking inspiration from Argentinian designer and engineer, Livio Dante Porta, who designed the 1949 steam locomotive, the Argentina. Today, we have the Coalition for Sustainable Rail here in the United States, and the Mackwell Locomotive Co. in New Zealand.

    • @carterjames8829
      @carterjames8829 3 роки тому +1

      @@davidantoniocamposbarros7528 Yes I know that, but electric locomotives sort of helped diesel locomotives replace the steam locomotive.

    • @PoopsBlankuwait
      @PoopsBlankuwait 2 роки тому +1

      @@davidantoniocamposbarros7528 Bro, what's the use of having solar locomotives if daylight only lasts 24 hours, I sincerely believe that diesel locomotives, despite the fact that they create new locomotives, should continue to function, because neither steam nor electric locomotives have as much power traction like diesels.

  • @Godzilla691138MW3
    @Godzilla691138MW3 9 років тому +48

    Oh man when I heard the two trains blow their whistles and horns, the steam locomotive won my like.

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  11 років тому +4

    Thanks, the bull farm curves is one of the classic spots in Victoria to photograph trains in action.

  • @raygardini4412
    @raygardini4412 4 роки тому +5

    Really enjoyed that video. Nothing comes close to the sight and sound of steam engines.

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  12 років тому +6

    Thanks. I've also got a few videos from SGR on my channel. I'm actually a volunteer at DSCR, so I know how hard track work is for a group of volunteers.

  • @americarsqueensland1667
    @americarsqueensland1667 6 років тому +7

    What a superb side by side comparison, a Steam and Early Diesel Electric Locomotive. You don't and won't see that too often.

    • @vrfan
      @vrfan  4 роки тому +3

      What makes this shot even more unusal is the lead diesel loco is normally based in NSW and has only visited Victoria a handful of times.

  • @raymondwelsh6028
    @raymondwelsh6028 Рік тому +2

    It really handled the climb out of Bacchus Marsh towards Melbourne really well. Be great to see it tackling the really long steady climb towards Ballarat the other way out of Bacchus Marsh. That was alway a test. Love these videos.🇦🇺

  • @RichoBCV
    @RichoBCV 13 років тому +4

    Great to see R711 perform so well on the climb out of Bacchus Marsh.

  • @billsalvey
    @billsalvey 10 років тому +4

    that was a real treat to watch...thanks for posting this vid.

    • @carterjames8829
      @carterjames8829 3 роки тому +1

      Ikr, this is an amazing video. I do hope that they post another video like this one, but only there are a lot more locomotives.

  • @ordrazz
    @ordrazz 4 роки тому +4

    Hearing the R Class whistle always makes me cry, & well up with pride.... I love it so much, so loud & haunting, so Victorian !! I love my state, I love the R Class

    • @taylordampier
      @taylordampier 3 роки тому

      They should be abolished loud noisy wastes of space

  • @georgeferrocarril4894
    @georgeferrocarril4894 11 років тому +2

    What a great video, loved the return shot at Bull's Farm curve, very pretty countryside, thanks for posting this

  • @G516R700
    @G516R700 6 місяців тому

    An awesome video James, especially the 42 & R racing each other for a bit on the goods line. Great timing.

  • @tobys_transport_videos
    @tobys_transport_videos 13 років тому +3

    Great video! I love the opening scene featuring the parallel run with 4204 and B65! Well done! I am SO looking forward to the trip in May 2012 to Bendigo with R711. :-D

  • @tonyhenwood9280
    @tonyhenwood9280 6 років тому +1

    this would be great to see old and new trains great stuff

  • @MattOatenVR
    @MattOatenVR 13 років тому +2

    Great Video!
    I managed to get the parallel run at Francis St. (Across from Kingsville Cemetery)
    Great to see 711 back on the mainline.

  • @pattibrooks1907
    @pattibrooks1907 5 років тому +3

    Love trains the sounds they make

  • @HughFromAlice
    @HughFromAlice 13 років тому +3

    Nice vid. Great engine R711. Here's one person saying to all those volunteers 'You did a great job guys. You should be proud'.
    TU :-)

  • @rockguitarist931
    @rockguitarist931 2 роки тому

    I love the NSGWR scheme, and it's awesome that the streamliners were pulling freight instead of an excursion.

  • @michaelsrulee
    @michaelsrulee 11 років тому +7

    Fantastic video! Thank you!

  • @FeroxGraxaim
    @FeroxGraxaim 4 роки тому +3

    Ok. This is epic

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  11 років тому +2

    These are Australian EMD locos built locally by Clyde Engineering. While they are based on American F units they are lowered and stretched to fit into our smaller loading gauge, plus the second one has two cabs to permit running in either direction. ie: an adaption for local operating requirements.

  • @labhunter1
    @labhunter1 11 років тому +2

    Great video! Thanks for posting it.

  • @timsricochet
    @timsricochet 11 років тому +1

    Nice shot at the start...very nice. Great job

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  11 років тому +3

    Thanks. I also need to give credit to the crews for the perfect positioning of the 42 behind the R. :)

  • @littleorangeclock
    @littleorangeclock 12 років тому +2

    Geez, you must have driven like the clappers to get all of the Rockbank-Melton-Bacchus shots!

  • @davidfrobel7582
    @davidfrobel7582 11 років тому +4

    love it wish I was there to see it,,, thanks

  • @Shane-Singleton
    @Shane-Singleton 5 років тому +3

    0:41 you can hear the driver of that diesel back off the throttle. Bet he saw the camera set up and wanted to make sure they got a good shot of the steamer.

  • @fknmillsi
    @fknmillsi 10 років тому +3

    4204! Couldn't have picked a better lead loco!

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  11 років тому +6

    It was a test run for the steam loco. The diesel was simply a backup and wasn't powering.

    • @CelestinaakaClonaClox9999
      @CelestinaakaClonaClox9999 3 роки тому +1

      How was it moving then?

    • @warDaddy1jj
      @warDaddy1jj 3 роки тому +1

      @@CelestinaakaClonaClox9999 that steam loco is moving on its own. its actually simple.

    • @CelestinaakaClonaClox9999
      @CelestinaakaClonaClox9999 3 роки тому +1

      La La guy ! No I meant, if the diesel wasn’t powering then how was it in operation?

    • @warDaddy1jj
      @warDaddy1jj 3 роки тому +1

      @@CelestinaakaClonaClox9999 to be simple, back in the day when there's mostly steamliner running on the rail in 1940s. They start to move when the crew keep putting woods or coal in it to make it move as much as possible

    • @warDaddy1jj
      @warDaddy1jj 3 роки тому +1

      @@CelestinaakaClonaClox9999 it's actually quite complicated to start a steam locomotive

  • @xinnti7979
    @xinnti7979 5 років тому +4

    beautiful loco! I have ever thought Australian locos's shape is similar to North American that, but the loco looks like German that!

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  11 років тому +1

    Thanks, I'll be surprised if I ever get anything like it again. The tuscan and yellow diesel has only been into this state twice (this was its second trip)

  • @benjamincormack3217
    @benjamincormack3217 5 років тому +13

    When you go jogging with your dad

  • @nightlightabcd
    @nightlightabcd 10 років тому +1

    Really nice video, nice engine and really nice track to.

  • @Rocketboy1950
    @Rocketboy1950 13 років тому +1

    A nice piece of conspiring to get that parallel run.

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  11 років тому +2

    The lead diesel has a Nathan P5. Leslie Supertyfon S5-T's are also reasonably common here.

  • @northseabrent
    @northseabrent 9 років тому +3

    I'd love to see the line rebuilt through Gippsland places like kurrumburra coal creek, and have an old steam locomotive travel along it. Used to Holliday down at Wilsons pyrometry in the summer.

    • @Physigist
      @Physigist 6 років тому +1

      this sound a bit out there, but I wish there was some alternate universe where there would be a law in place, which would state that if you build a train line, YOU CAN NEVER SHUT IT DOWN! that way people of our generation (Gen Z; 1980-2010) could see all the amazing lines that existed. it would also mean things such as the outer and inner circle lines of Melbourne could be used. both were dismantled just 10 years before they would have hit pay-dirt as freight diversions, and 20 years before hitting pay-dirt as Passenger lines!

  • @kealoa9
    @kealoa9 11 років тому +1

    The diesels are both GMs built under licence by Clyde Engineering in Sydney. The 42 class dates to mid 1950's and belonged to the new South Wales Government Railways (NSWGR) and the B class is former Victorian Railways. Much the same under the skin except the B is double ended and the 42 is single ended with only a hostler control in the #2 end. You should hear the 42's winding up from a standing start with a heavy freight on a rising grade.. music to your ears.

  • @VictorianRailHeritage
    @VictorianRailHeritage 5 років тому +2

    B65 and R711 both worked on the west coast railway!

  • @charlesboast9347
    @charlesboast9347 7 років тому +1

    when I was brought up as a child my Dad ran a National Grain Elevator at Smart Siding Manitoba

  • @NathanH5
    @NathanH5 13 років тому +1

    Nice whistle comparison!! New South Wales RR shop-made 5-chime vs new-cast Nathan P12345 horn. The horn is louder (directional) but the whistle blows the horn away in prettiness!!
    The whistle is not a Nathan...those blow GBDEG, above middle -C.
    I love seeing that engine running fast on the straights...There's nothing like big steam!!

  • @RailPreserver2K
    @RailPreserver2K 5 років тому +1

    Love the southern railway p5 horn on the diesels

  • @Trains-With-Shane
    @Trains-With-Shane 3 роки тому +1

    Anybody know what type of horn that diesel was running?

  • @photorayoz
    @photorayoz 8 років тому +4

    Bloody amazing !

  • @midcitygym
    @midcitygym 13 років тому +1

    work of art.

  • @grimsley9989
    @grimsley9989 6 років тому +1

    If I remember right, there’s a video of the driver’s perspective (from inside the diesel) of the parallel run somewhere on youtube. Next time I find it, I’ll link it in the comments

    • @bigman4225
      @bigman4225 3 роки тому +1

      yes bernie baker who is now retired recorded it all and is on dvd and youtube

    • @grimsley9989
      @grimsley9989 3 роки тому

      @@bigman4225 You do not know how long it’s been since I posted this and how hard I tried to find it. You’re a proper legend man!

    • @bigman4225
      @bigman4225 3 роки тому

      @@grimsley9989 no problem glad you can find it cheers

  • @Rocketboy1950
    @Rocketboy1950 13 років тому +1

    good stuff, well done.

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  13 років тому +1

    @mlawre08 Thanks. I use a Sony FX7 with a Rode Videomic

  • @MickFix
    @MickFix 10 років тому +4

    Nice one!

  • @duxberry1958
    @duxberry1958 8 років тому +2

    A very nice Video ...

  • @allanegleston13
    @allanegleston13 11 років тому +1

    oooh .what a haunting sound

  • @carterjames8829
    @carterjames8829 4 роки тому +2

    At least one part of the world still supports steam power. 🚂🚅

  • @ABN397
    @ABN397 11 років тому +1

    This is where Rod Marsh got the nickname Bacchus from!

  • @Sock659
    @Sock659 3 роки тому +1

    Bust My Boilers

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  12 років тому +1

    Haha, I'm not that crazy. As it was a test run, the train stopped several times to check R711, which made it quite easy to chase. :)

  • @CGT867
    @CGT867 8 років тому +2

    Pity you didn't zoom in for the first shot - the smoke looked spectacular in the distance.

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  13 років тому

    @Porkonfork Steamrail's website (steamrail. com. au) has details of the public day tours and shuttles they run during the year.

  • @TahreyUK
    @TahreyUK 11 років тому +1

    All the cows running away at the end... :D

  • @MUNCHLAXSNORLAX22
    @MUNCHLAXSNORLAX22 13 років тому +1

    lol, final scene, the cows started running away from R711

  • @ericoxner8451
    @ericoxner8451 11 років тому

    Wow very cool video you have here.That diesel has a very american horn on it.In the us the railroad northforksouthern has horn that sound like that.Very nice shot of the 2 trains side by side.

  • @ucwepn
    @ucwepn 11 років тому

    Superb video

  • @Navneetkumar-sr9gz
    @Navneetkumar-sr9gz 5 років тому +2

    who saw the cows running when they hear horns 😆😂

  • @abateodora
    @abateodora 11 років тому +2

    That's a huge smoke cloud :)

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  11 років тому +1

    Thats actually a bull farm, which gives the curves their name.

  • @irelandbloke
    @irelandbloke 10 років тому

    Super shots

  • @Gracebeliever077
    @Gracebeliever077 11 років тому +1

    Very Nice! How cool is THAT?

  • @nomon95
    @nomon95 7 років тому

    incredible,,,two locos running together,,,,but the steam loco has less efficience (20%)than diesel engine(40%),,,but steam loco may burn wood,,,carbon,,,Fuel,,,etc,,and works,,,and works,,,,,the time runs,,,and the steam locos still working,,,,make smoke,,,yes,,but with upgrades in the combustion chamber,,,the smoke may reduce considerabble.....i wish the BIG BOY come to run again,,,is a beast,,,7000hp!!!

  • @thomasbbrann
    @thomasbbrann 8 років тому +3

    COMING AT YAAAAAAAA!!

  • @Creeperboy099
    @Creeperboy099 5 років тому +1

    I like both
    That diesel horn sounds a lot like a GP38-2 at my local railroad museum

  • @vrfan
    @vrfan  13 років тому +1

    @Rocketboy1950 In my case it was pure luck :) Had no idea they were doing that. I was originally going to start gunzelling it at Sunshine. Just as well I changed my mind!

  • @buzzygaming7667
    @buzzygaming7667 4 роки тому

    btw now these diesels are round back of steamrail workshops

  • @mikeytrains1
    @mikeytrains1 6 років тому +2

    I equally loved that P5 as much as the R711's whistle! Loved it! Was the 711 ever in that livery during its service years?

  • @Porkonfork
    @Porkonfork 13 років тому +1

    Great Video,
    where can l find information about these trains outings?

  • @americarsqueensland1667
    @americarsqueensland1667 6 років тому +1

    you wont see a steam and diesel loco side by side to often these days.

  • @kermitefrog64
    @kermitefrog64 7 років тому +1

    The romance of the old steam trains! With current fuel costs and with modern advances in steam they can be economical.

  • @vincentweatherly9991
    @vincentweatherly9991 4 роки тому +1

    You’d think that the sprit of Bendigo would Test to Bendigo

    • @vrfan
      @vrfan  4 роки тому

      Its based in Newport, so did a test run from there to Bacchus Marsh

  • @dylanruppert4547
    @dylanruppert4547 10 років тому +9

    wut kind of horn is mounted on tht diesel?

    • @vrfan
      @vrfan  10 років тому +2

      Its a Nathan P5

    • @dylanruppert4547
      @dylanruppert4547 10 років тому +1

      VRfan - Train Videos Downunder i thought so just wanted to make sure

    • @dakotafoy1996
      @dakotafoy1996 7 років тому +1

      +VRfan - Train Videos Downunder so whats the difference between the black smoke and white smoke coming from thr stream engine is it white maybe because using cleaner coal

    • @orszag572
      @orszag572 7 років тому +1

      It has nothing to do with cleaner coal, it's the combustion efficiency. Refer to a contemporary documentary: ua-cam.com/video/NHo860Q66Gw/v-deo.html

    • @RailPreserver2K
      @RailPreserver2K 5 років тому +1

      Nathan p5, they were used on the southern railroad and the Illinois central

  • @user-ry3qc3cc9r
    @user-ry3qc3cc9r 3 роки тому +1

    Diesels will always lose to steam engines. People say that steam engines pollute the environment, look at all the smog that diesel left: 1:12

    • @shruthisrikumar5907
      @shruthisrikumar5907 3 роки тому

      Dude that's the smoke from the steam engine not diesel it's just dark so you can still see it

    • @user-ry3qc3cc9r
      @user-ry3qc3cc9r 3 роки тому

      @@shruthisrikumar5907 you idiot. look on the left a little. you can clearly see the smog from the diesel

    • @lennoxschannel7484
      @lennoxschannel7484 2 роки тому

      Diesels can win on most occassions to steam like strength and speed.

  • @briefroboboy
    @briefroboboy 11 років тому +1

    Wow! A single headed and a double headed Santa Fe! What does it mean?

  • @mlawre08
    @mlawre08 13 років тому +1

    Great shots! What type of video camera do you use?

  • @aussietrainlover
    @aussietrainlover 9 місяців тому

    LOVE IT

  • @rmgilyard
    @rmgilyard 2 роки тому

    Maybe both steam and diesel locomotives are equal with power, sound, speed and design.

  • @LegacyIvyTerascale
    @LegacyIvyTerascale 5 років тому +1

    i'd rather have that than a veyron

  • @toddrobinson458
    @toddrobinson458 8 років тому +1

    one steam engine vs TWO diesel engines!!!!!!

  • @catherinelardizabal8557
    @catherinelardizabal8557 4 роки тому +1

    I think its gone

  • @antinazi101trainsgamesandm5
    @antinazi101trainsgamesandm5 7 років тому

    THAT STEAMY KICKED THE F7 RIGHT IN THE ASS!!!!!

  • @austinclark9867
    @austinclark9867 6 років тому

    I subscribed

  • @vasilykhokhlov
    @vasilykhokhlov 10 років тому +1

    Съемки великолепные. Паровоз красавец.

  • @paul1089
    @paul1089 13 років тому

    Was that same whistle R766 held? It seems to have a similar tone

  • @AlcoLoco251
    @AlcoLoco251 10 років тому +1

    I've seen video from the inside of the cab of the diesel from this run. Apparently the crews staged for this to happen.

    • @carterjames8829
      @carterjames8829 3 роки тому +1

      Which Diesel Locomotive? There's like 3 in the video.

  • @jmarcos18
    @jmarcos18 12 років тому

    Congratulations for video. Brazil

  • @zdravkoleski2375
    @zdravkoleski2375 4 роки тому +2

    Cool!

  • @nickonizer
    @nickonizer 7 років тому

    what was with the steam train

  • @qazzafimuhammad522
    @qazzafimuhammad522 9 років тому

    Nice Video

  • @aliciaehlers3942
    @aliciaehlers3942 4 роки тому +2

    🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃
    🚈🚌🚌🚌🚌🚌

  • @rushs11
    @rushs11 11 років тому

    The horn sounds like an American Nathan P5

    • @voidjavelin23
      @voidjavelin23 7 місяців тому

      because its obviously is a nathan p5

  • @Isochest
    @Isochest 11 років тому

    Is bidirectional signalling common in Australia?

    • @Dazzalinco1
      @Dazzalinco1 7 років тому

      Yes except in the suburban lines operated by mostly electric trains.

    • @navdeepsinghchhikara4367
      @navdeepsinghchhikara4367 4 роки тому

      @@Dazzalinco1 steam loco is grandpa, diesal loco is father and electric loco is grandson🤣🤣🤣