I love that these old American-esque designs remain in service to this day. It's pretty much the closest thing to seeing retro American diesels doing modern work. Just goes to show you can't always just replace designs as soon as they have arrived. They seem to be getting on just fine with rarely any issues.
Thanks for the great video. I used to often look out my office window in the arvos and see the A's on the paper train. I miss seeing them running around now.
@@Schony747 How would you know? Will it be scrapped or will it be sold to someone? As PN hasn’t done anything with it in two years or seven or eight years.
@@nickstransportvlogs as of 2024, A78 ownership has been transferred to SRHC. A78 will eventually be transferred to SRHC but for now A78 is still in storage at North Bendigo.
@@Schony747 A78 spent a while in storage with an uncertain fate until Pacific National decided why not donate A78. A78 however needs new parts and bogies if they want A78 to run again
@@youtubeviewer7030 Funnily enough, they decided to just build the N Class engines instead because it ended up being cheaper to build new engines anyways.
Loved your camera work!! Funny thing with age everything gets snapped. What the state and federal governments need to be doing is to take control of the railway system,thus giving the unemployed people a skill eg diesel mechanics, electrical mechanics as well as keeping up the maintenance on tracks and signalling etc!!!
I think the v/line ones have been sold for preservation but a66 will most likely still be used when there is motive power shortage and it is the only a with an ice radio
@@mabiorcholappreciationpage l believe back in the VR days T400 was the commisssioners loco for going around Victoria to actually see what needed upgrading. Yes in this day and age you would be refurbishing those A classes instead of Recycling them!!@
@@Schony747 Just as sad are old abandoned lines and stations :( I'm not sure if you know of the old freight line that once ran from just after Royal Park near the zoo through Carlton to Fitzroy with coal and wheat freight? I Iived near the line. Was awesome chasing the loco's each day after hearing the distant horn . . .
I wonder where a 60 is it was the old b60 the first of the bclass 1953 named Harold W Clapp the chairman of Victorian railways and the person who introduced the spirit of progress
A66 is still with V/Line Passenger. A60 and A62 both preserved. B74 is preserved. B76 and B80 on beoad gauge with CFCLA leased to Qube in Victoria and B61 is active with SSR in NSW.
That was originally B60 introduced in 1952 I think. She was the first diesel operated by Victorian Railways. Was builr by Clyde Engineering at Granville in NSW, then the trip to Melbourne was made on Standard Gauge, the bogies were exchanged at The Bandiana Army Base near Wodonga. That base had both Broad Gauge & Standard Gauge line going into it. It was went to to Melbourne to be introduced into service, around 68 years ago when I write this.
Hello, I had NOT seen any double cab locomotives like forever since the 1980 s , now see very OLDER EMD,,units, now it seems everyone has gone to to the crap GE locos, Cheers from NJ, USA
A78 is the only Non-V/Line A class loco that still exists, it is currently stored in North Bendigo.
It's surprising it's still in storage. I thought it would have been gone a long time ago
I love that these old American-esque designs remain in service to this day. It's pretty much the closest thing to seeing retro American diesels doing modern work.
Just goes to show you can't always just replace designs as soon as they have arrived. They seem to be getting on just fine with rarely any issues.
The Classic EMD design regardless of the shape
EMD dropping the bulldog design is the peakest thing human engineering can done
The EMD’s sound is so incredibly distinctive. You just can’t miss it!
Not as loud as the original but the turbos still sound nice
Great video, fantastic looking locomotives
Thanks Paul. Good looking locos with a number of them scrap metal now since I published this.
Thanks for the great video. I used to often look out my office window in the arvos and see the A's on the paper train. I miss seeing them running around now.
Thanks again for the comments . How do you like the captions on the bottom?
@@Schony747 Excellent mate thanks! The where and when is always really good when you're watching. Great stuff!
Ok thanks. I'll incorporate more into my videos.
afl steve You can still see B classes quite often on the Maryvale
Boy did the A class have a great horn!
Yes indeed.
The best one going
Great film ,ive loved trains for nearly 70 years.
I've loved trains for over 50 years as well
Luckily A78 is the last PN A class. Its bogies was donated by someone, it is currently at Bendigo North Workshops.
It won't be there forever
@@Schony747 How would you know? Will it be scrapped or will it be sold to someone? As PN hasn’t done anything with it in two years or seven or eight years.
@@nickstransportvlogs as of 2024, A78 ownership has been transferred to SRHC. A78 will eventually be transferred to SRHC but for now A78 is still in storage at North Bendigo.
A78 is preserved now. Pacific National donated A78 to Seymour Railway Heritage Centre in January 2024. Its soon to be transferred to Seymour.
Preserved or used as parts.
@@Schony747 A78 spent a while in storage with an uncertain fate until Pacific National decided why not donate A78. A78 however needs new parts and bogies if they want A78 to run again
Absolutely awesome!!
They have a "very old" look about them. They may have been built in the mid-1980s but they have a look of 1940s and 1950s about them.
The original B Class were built in the 1950s. The rebuilds took place in 1984 and 1985.
Explains their "old" look! LOL
@@neilforbes416 cost cutting messure
@@youtubeviewer7030 Doing it "on the cheap(and nasty)"!
@@youtubeviewer7030 Funnily enough, they decided to just build the N Class engines instead because it ended up being cheaper to build new engines anyways.
Thanks for the entertainment and the memories 👍🍑
Thanks 😀😀
Nothing better than a RS5T!
Loud and proud. You can hear the loco from a long way away.
@@Schony747 so true!!!😀
I liked the old gray and Orange colour screams on the fleet
I prefer the blue & gold VR livery
Even the burgundy and blue V/Line passenger looks good.
These got scrapped? That's a shame, I love the double cabbed streamliners.
There's still a couple around. V/Line A66 still runs heritage trains. A62 and A60 are both under restoration after going into preservation
Sorry its A71 not A81 with A78,P20
The A is an excellent locomotive but best in orange and gray
I think the A would look pretty good in the new V/Line PTV livery as well
I prefer the yellow and green of freight Australia.
Loved your camera work!! Funny thing with age everything gets snapped. What the state and federal governments need to be doing is to take control of the railway system,thus giving the unemployed people a skill eg diesel mechanics, electrical mechanics as well as keeping up the maintenance on tracks and signalling etc!!!
That would be handy but we all know that's never going to happen again. Except V/Line. That will stay publicly owned.
Wish they were all still in service the future doesn’t look great for them, I can just see Scrap waiting for them in the future
I think the v/line ones have been sold for preservation but a66 will most likely still be used when there is motive power shortage and it is the only a with an ice radio
Like Josh said they will more likely end up in the heratage centers a60 62 and70 a66 will continue to b around also
@@michealproboscas3979A60 and 62 are preserved while A70 was sold to SSR.
Amazing how PN keep 3 X classes active on BG but scrap all the A classes
They still have P20, T400 and H1 active. I would definitely keep a few A's over those 3
al gone now, 2nd series under PN is history, only A78 left at Bendigo at time of writting
37 may run again, it's stored at Seymour, but yes needs a hell of a lot of work and $$$$$ spent on it. One day maybe though.@@nathandunn5076
Callum Binyon now all it is is T392, X48 and X50. S306 still owned by PN but preserved by 707 operations.
@@mabiorcholappreciationpage l believe back in the VR days T400 was the commisssioners loco for going around Victoria to actually see what needed upgrading. Yes in this day and age you would be refurbishing those A classes instead of Recycling them!!@
AWESOME . . .
Awesome but not so awesome as they don't run anymore.
Schony747 I know it’s really sad
@@Schony747 Just as sad are old abandoned lines and stations :( I'm not sure if you know of the old freight line that once ran from just after Royal Park near the zoo through Carlton to Fitzroy with coal and wheat freight? I Iived near the line. Was awesome chasing the loco's each day after hearing the distant horn . . .
@@Muggar62 Well you just reminded me that back in 1981 l worked at Royal Park taking out the channel rodding for the points.
I hope they turn some A class locos back into B class again.
They can't do that
JOSH’S TRANSPORT CHANNEL but they would need to use the original motors and horns
JOSH’S TRANSPORT CHANNEL ok
I wonder where a 60 is it was the old b60 the first of the bclass 1953 named Harold W Clapp the chairman of Victorian railways and the person who introduced the spirit of progress
A60 is now at Seymour undergoing restoration for preservation. Check out the link
th-cam.com/video/E-CSvFSp6x4/w-d-xo.html
I remember seeing that train on the stony point line sometimes years ago sometimes
Awesome
Thanks again mate!
A81 has been as busy as set of jumper cables at a country funeral!!!!!!
In the final months, much of the PN A class fleet was steel very active as well
Are any A or B classes still in service in some way or form or are they all scrapped and forgotten?
A66 is still with V/Line Passenger. A60 and A62 both preserved. B74 is preserved. B76 and B80 on beoad gauge with CFCLA leased to Qube in Victoria and B61 is active with SSR in NSW.
@@Schony747 awesome, thanks! 👍
I wonder if A66 still runs possibly peak hour services
great
One has to be retained and that is A60
A60 62 70 and a66 will survive for now
That was originally B60 introduced in 1952 I think. She was the first diesel operated by Victorian Railways. Was builr by Clyde Engineering at Granville in NSW, then the trip to Melbourne was made on Standard Gauge, the bogies were exchanged at The Bandiana Army Base near Wodonga. That base had both Broad Gauge & Standard Gauge line going into it. It was went to to Melbourne to be introduced into service, around 68 years ago when I write this.
@@beagle7622 Not the first. The F class diesel shunters were introduced from late 1951
@@calcutt4Didn’t know about them.
The first green engine I got that in Lionel model engine
When new the livery suited these locos.
Hello, I had NOT seen any double cab locomotives like forever since the 1980 s , now see very OLDER EMD,,units, now it seems everyone has gone to to the crap GE locos, Cheers from NJ, USA
These older EMD units with Pacific National are all gone now. All but A78 has been scrapped.
But it was a great video
Nice
Thanks Mate!
And what's left of them
matthew dempsey A60, A62, A66, A70, A78 are the survivors
The freight Australia livery is the ugliest I've ever seen.
It did look really good in the original livery when it was new and very shiny with Freight Australia.
@@Schony747 Imo it looks yuck on the A classes especially