The ALF class, Australia's noisiest turbo box locomotives

[@ldegmtrainspotter]

Briliant rail video, nice images with trains! Good work! Thumbs Up & Subscribe
Greetings from Romania
Andrew

[@Rhys4AUFC]

Thanks 😃

[@FishplateFilms]

Nice compilation Rhys! I always enjoy the grainy's at Lofty, especially when they have older power like these classics!
Thanks for posting.
GRegg.

[@Rhys4AUFC]

Thanks

[@australiantrains8988]

I wonder why they removed the number two end cab? Doesn't make sense, must have been a reason? 🤔

[@Rhys4AUFC]

Definitely made no sense to remove the 2nd cab and place the horns behind the cow catcher

[@shanejohnson4898]

When they were rebuilt, AN the then current owners wanted a heavier unit so they concreted the No.2 end and turned them into a single ended unit.

[@Rhys4AUFC]

During 1994/95. They also made slightly lighter and not heavier

[@chrisholznagel7428]

Obviously you haven't heard QLD Clide locos.

[@joshkenny3566]

The ALF class locomotives are not only my favourite but also the last lifeline I have got with trains before it ends when they retire on the rails. Do you know where exactly ALF22 is? I haven’t physically seen it since April this year, is it still in Islington workshops being repainted?

[@Rhys4AUFC]

@@joshkenny3566 I believe it’s still getting new paint

[@joshkenny3566]

@ Okay, I remember ALF24 doing a Tailem bend grain run in early October last year in the old GWA orange painting and then resumed running again approximately 2 months later after being repainted into modern Aurizon livery, do you know when ALF22 got sent into Islington Workshops for a repaint?

[@Rhys4AUFC]

It would’ve gone in this month, don’t have the exact date

[@joshkenny3566]

@@Rhys4AUFC No worries and just lastly do you know if Aurizon plans to repaint all 6 ALF’s? Or just locos between 22 and 24 that was left in the orange GWA scheme after One Rail handed things across in July 2022?

[@Rhys4AUFC]

I have no idea