Railworks America

So who gets fired for that? The person calculating the tonnage, or the engineer? Conductor?

Mike (or anyone...) - what is that double-headed carbody thingy behind the lead? I've never seen one of those.
M.

fraserm wrote:Mike (or anyone...) - what is that double-headed carbody thingy behind the lead? I've never seen one of those.
M.

that my friend is a Victorian railways b class diesel based on older Gm products but built in Australia under license by clyde engineering back in the mid 50s iirc

evafan002 wrote:

fraserm wrote:Mike (or anyone...) - what is that double-headed carbody thingy behind the lead? I've never seen one of those.
M.

that my friend is a Victorian railways b class diesel based on older Gm products but built in Australia under license by clyde engineering back in the mid 50s iirc

Otherwise its a E unit.

BNOV2 wrote:

evafan002 wrote:

fraserm wrote:Mike (or anyone...) - what is that double-headed carbody thingy behind the lead? I've never seen one of those.
M.

that my friend is a Victorian railways b class diesel based on older Gm products but built in Australia under license by clyde engineering back in the mid 50s iirc

Otherwise its a E unit.

the iirc was regarding the build date not the loco type or who built it I am sorry I guess I should have made myself clearer on that point although I should add that what on earth a B class is doing in New South Wales i have no idea

evafan002 wrote:

BNOV2 wrote:

evafan002 wrote:

fraserm wrote:Mike (or anyone...) - what is that double-headed carbody thingy behind the lead? I've never seen one of those.
M.

that my friend is a Victorian railways b class diesel based on older Gm products but built in Australia under license by clyde engineering back in the mid 50s iirc

Otherwise its a E unit.

the iirc was regarding the build date not the loco type or who built it I am sorry I guess I should have made myself clearer on that point although I should add that what on earth a B class is doing in New South Wales i have no idea

I knew it was a B class from other videos from Australia. I was pointing out to those who didn't know.

Cheers!

B classes are different from E units though. i think they had C-C instead of A1A-A1A and the obvious external differences.

evafan002 wrote:

fraserm wrote:Mike (or anyone...) - what is that double-headed carbody thingy behind the lead? I've never seen one of those.
M.

that my friend is a Victorian railways b class diesel based on older Gm products but built in Australia under license by clyde engineering back in the mid 50s iirc

Thanks for that! You are correct, sir. The picture in this Wiki entry is the same unit, B74:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_B_class_%28diesel%29
Always learning...

Almost related: I thought North American train fans were crazy, but they've got nothing on this guy:

http://blissedasanewt.tumblr.com/post/4 ... ways-crash