This is an excellent video with great narration and captions. The drone shot of the art silos and the train is one of the best that I have seen. Excellent video. Well done 👏 👍
Nice mate, always watch from beginning to end - am in the Uk love the scenic shots as well as the many and varied traction, gauges and liveries. Keep up the good work.
@@AnonXio Thanks for watching all the way through mate! We always get some great variety on Grain Trains down here as operators take whatever they can get to haul them. Will keep the videos coming for sure! Thanks again.
Another great video Matt! The drone silo shot was cool and I must check out the art work on them when I move down. Keep up the good work mate. Cheers Gregg.
Yes, correct, CLF1 was a write-off. Got a video on the it before it's end here: ua-cam.com/video/MRQHquZuOoE/v-deo.html G514 got lucky and did, however, return to service this year. I'm not sure about CLF4 at this stage; I heard they're working on its return, though.
Thanks for all the detail of the 8 train movements. The images are very clear and sharp. About the best rail clips on YT, is it the camera/lens and or processing? The sub graphics are very good too.
Not completely sure on the type Mark. All I know is it use be loaded at Hopetoun and moved to the Hamilton Plant and Portland some years ago before that. The movements to Hamilton ceased in 2017 as did the Hamilton plant. Thanks for watching mate.
Nice shots. I'm not living in Australia but quite interested in the railways down under. What puzzles me is that the G and BL class of Pacific National look externally as exactly the same locomotives, why the 2 different class designations?
Thanks, mate! Glad to hear you're enjoying our videos from downunder. I understand the confusion about the Gs and BLs. Different companies wanted different class numbers at the time. The BLs were ordered first for Australian National in South Australia, with fifteen ordered. At the same time, across the border, V/Line in Victoria was also keen on this new engine type and ordered a select number. Australian National reduced their order from 15 to 10. This meant that the first five Gs (G511-G515) to V/Line were initially meant to be built as BLs for Australian National. V/Line ended up with 33 of the class, while Australian National stuck with 10. Years later, Australian National was sold to National Rail, which later became Pacific National, and V/Line Freight became Freight Australia, brought by Pacific National some years later. So overall the two different classes ended up working for the same operator in the long run. Hope this helps, mate. Cheers
G'day Matt,
Absolutely crystal clear footage one of the best channel regarding Trains in Australia on UA-cam.
Cheers
Louis Kats 👍
1:39 The locomotive equivalent of Arnott's Assorted Creams.
Great video.
It's really a delightful freight train spotting series !! Greetings from India.
Great video 👍🏻
This is an excellent video with great narration and captions. The drone shot of the art silos and the train is one of the best that I have seen. Excellent video. Well done 👏 👍
Thanks, mate! As always glad you enjoyed this production.
@@MS_Trains you're very welcome 👍
Great video Matt.
Cool video
cool trains
8:25 Rock steady drone work at the silos. What drone and camera setup is that? Lovely editing and production all round, thx.
Thanks mate. Drones a DJI Mini 3 Pro, Video Camera is a Panasonic with a Sony Mic for audio, and I edit with Power Director.
Nice mate, always watch from beginning to end - am in the Uk love the scenic shots as well as the many and varied traction, gauges and liveries. Keep up the good work.
@@AnonXio Thanks for watching all the way through mate! We always get some great variety on Grain Trains down here as operators take whatever they can get to haul them. Will keep the videos coming for sure! Thanks again.
Thank you. Always good.
Fantastic videos mate. Nice lash ups
Another great video Matt! The drone silo shot was cool and I must check out the art work on them when I move down.
Keep up the good work mate.
Cheers Gregg.
The SSR clf1was written of.
Along with another CLF and a g and something else all written off.
Yes, correct, CLF1 was a write-off. Got a video on the it before it's end here: ua-cam.com/video/MRQHquZuOoE/v-deo.html
G514 got lucky and did, however, return to service this year. I'm not sure about CLF4 at this stage; I heard they're working on its return, though.
Thanks for all the detail of the 8 train movements. The images are very clear and sharp. About the best rail clips on YT, is it the camera/lens and or processing? The sub graphics are very good too.
Many thanks! The equipment is excellent, but there wouldn't be any recording going on without me pressing the buttons ;)
Great video :)
Hi Matt nice video mate good to see some G class stay safe out there cheers ❤️👍👍🦘🇦🇺
What sort of mineral sands used to be exported?
Enjoyed the video and the details.
Not completely sure on the type Mark. All I know is it use be loaded at Hopetoun and moved to the Hamilton Plant and Portland some years ago before that. The movements to Hamilton ceased in 2017 as did the Hamilton plant.
Thanks for watching mate.
Love it Matt, good to see you in God's country, Victoria LOL!!!!! Great coverage of our grain trains. Regards Bill 3936 Vic
Thanks Bill! Yes, God's country... or Mexico depending on where you're from. Hope you're going well mate. Thanks for watching.
Nice shots. I'm not living in Australia but quite interested in the railways down under. What puzzles me is that the G and BL class of Pacific National look externally as exactly the same locomotives, why the 2 different class designations?
Thanks, mate! Glad to hear you're enjoying our videos from downunder.
I understand the confusion about the Gs and BLs. Different companies wanted different class numbers at the time.
The BLs were ordered first for Australian National in South Australia, with fifteen ordered. At the same time, across the border, V/Line in Victoria was also keen on this new engine type and ordered a select number. Australian National reduced their order from 15 to 10. This meant that the first five Gs (G511-G515) to V/Line were initially meant to be built as BLs for Australian National. V/Line ended up with 33 of the class, while Australian National stuck with 10.
Years later, Australian National was sold to National Rail, which later became Pacific National, and V/Line Freight became Freight Australia, brought by Pacific National some years later. So overall the two different classes ended up working for the same operator in the long run.
Hope this helps, mate.
Cheers
@@MS_Trains This answer is very helpful, now I can understand why many other classes look very similar but have different designations.