The Iconic Australian C Class | SSR Grain Trains across Victoria
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Meet the Australian C class locomotive, famous for its iconic design and raw power, celebrating 47 years of continuous service on freight trains across the country.
This video features footage of Southern Shorthaul Railroad's C class locomotives powering grain trains across the Victorian North Eastern railway with a special guest appearance by a vintage C class later on.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Introduction to the Cs
0:59 Albion
1:47 Donnybrook
2:51 Wandong (The Great Divide)
3:39 Kilmore East
4:22 Tallarook Loop
5:55 Seymour Depot (With a Special Guest)
7:17 Mangalore
8:15 Raw Power Tour Info (Outro) - Розваги
Have driven one of those C class
I love that SSR still uses the big vintage EMD's. SD40-2 is my favorite freight locomotive. Glad to see that it has an Aussie cousin in the C class. Also noticed CLF3 "Space Ghost" on the Kilmore East segment. One of my favorite locomotives on their roster.
Early 1980's at Islington in South Australia, saw my first C class in the original VR livery.
We were used to only seeing GM's, CLF's, CLP's and 930 class.
It was C509 from memory and it blew my mind, sitting there idling at the TNT yard.
The Victorian C class is a carry on of the WAGR L clas of which there were 26, with two those owned by WMC. They were heavily used especially after the WAGR freight was sold off. Train weight limits tendered to be ignored. The L class were used on heavy iron ore trains from Koolyanobbing to Kwinana, Standard Gauge wheat trains and interstate freighters. L class even ended up in Victoria in VicRail days to assist a locomotive shortage. There was no problem after fitting of radios as they were identical to the C class except for the cab. The L class ended up every where and two variants were built for Weipa in QLD. None are in service in WA as they were replaced by 19 EMD Q class of 4000hp. 76000hp of Q for 72000hp of L class.
Those are the horns that Union Pacific used on their DDA40X "Centennials" here in the United States. Top notch track structure there. Those trains were just smoothly gliding over the rails. Great video!
This class of locomotive is my all-time favourite Aussie Loco...nothing else comes close...thay are such a beast, with imposing looks and beautiful sounds. And of course that (almost) uniquely Victorian, nose-mounted Leslie Air Horn!
Awesome. Just subscribed. I’ll be visiting Australia in August and am hoping to catch some C class and streamliners in action.
The SD40 and its GT26C siblings were arguably the most reliable locomotives to run on this planet, no wonder the type or at least the drive train were used at every continent, except Antarctica of course.
In Europe the GT26C was used by Yugoslavia (JZ 663), the prime mover has been used in locomotives built for Norway (Di4), Denmark (MZ 1,2), the UK (Class 59), Ireland (071 class, but V-12), Spain (319.3 and 319.4 no turbo charger) and Turkey (TCDD DE33000)
I had once the honours of having a cab ride on a DE10 of Zimbabwe National Railways from Dete to Victoria Falls, the DE10 is a proper GT26C as built by EMD.
Nice one!
Best looking Aussie locomotive ever made :) Pity they still cannot make that design :(
great video mate
Amazing video! Didn't realize there were any RS5T horns in Australia.
Many thanks for crediting me for my drawing! I’ve had a soft spot for the C for a long time!
Are these drawings available to the public like the American Trainiax drawings? They look great
@@jackstephenson5238 I’m working on that! Currently updating and upscaling them with a view to putting them on a site and also in a book. I’m also on a search for a decent vector program that doesn’t cost $3k a year to use…
@@stedwill6931 Totally understandable, seems like a lot of graphics softwares are inaccessible to regular people but, I look forward to their eventual release!
Awesome footage. Thanks 👍
Great video :)
DR, more of these please for us dumb Yanks 🇺🇸trying to learn about the incredible diesel locos in 🇦🇺! Clyde-GM & so on.. loving this!🤘🏻amazing the safety cabs on these when in the U.S. they still used the cramp cab👎🏻
What a great video! Superb photography! 👍👍
Nice
Theres the WAGR L class which is even closer to the EMD SD40. Sadly, very little of these are operating, with 2 as shunters in WA, one over east and the rest in storage or overhaul.
Yeah, I omitted the L class out of the original script as it was too long, and I only had one photo of an L.
You do have L277 frolicking about in NSW though.
None are preserved yet. Someone should start a petition to Aurizon to get them to preserve a few WAGR L Classes like L268 which had a unique livery.
@@DivergentRailways L277 Is not a WAGR L class!
@@bigman4225, it was never part of the wagr but isnt it the same otherwise?
aurizon dug a few (2 or 3) out and trucked them east to make good for use about 8 months ago. there is some videos on it.
Great video Max, also hi me at 1:05
us train nerds get excited about the c class but no-one gets excited about the wagr l class. of course the c is just an l with make-up on it.
Yeah, absolutely.
L class s*** all over the C class.
Disagree with you there.
Half the locos in Australia are derivatives of an SD 40