Driving a CL class Locomotive!

Driving the Australian CL class locomotives
A drivers view of the controls and how it all happens, it looks easy but years of practice allow for predictions and how best to operate the train or locomotive.

Unfortunately my Pc has been having an issue rendering which is being sorted. So I uploaded this is 1080P instead of 4k.

Enjoy! 🤟

[ethanthevictorianrailfan]

Cant get enough of the CL's! Nicely done mate, super cool seeing what you guys to to move these beasts. Rest in peace CLF1 :(

[EOL]

The CLP'S are very nice.& noticed they used to be owned by GWA Australia. But SSR finally has picked them up for use on grain haulage.

[OfficialSEICK]

Sadly CLF-1 got damaged in a rail crossing accident and is pending scrapping. CL17 is preserved though and is under restoration. Wow nice ride.

[marhell]

Cool video. Awesome Locomotive, love the CL's.. want to physically check one out inside one day.. Cheers.

[TheTonystearns]

Thanks for the share, pretty neat seeing in what your guys version of what we call ee8 or ee9 unite ( covered wagons) you guys got updated operator consoles that’s too cool . Happy safe railroading . ❤

[RYNT]

Even though our freight does not have buckye couplers we often try and bring the wagons together after stopping so uncoupling can be done easily. All our locos have desk controls but our single ended GMs had a console. The brake handles go the opposite to ours, we push forward to release. Throttle operation the same.

[Trains-With-Shane]

Nothing beats the thunder of a big EMD turbo prime mover. Was that CLF3 at the head end there on the last clip? LOVE that unit!

[bigman]

drove these once when arg/gwa was common in victoria i belive early-mid 2010s as i was a momentum subbie at the time and gwa had no crew available or not qualified

[rivervalley]

Hi Adam, another great video as per usual, many thanks and stay safe. Cheers Lee.

[KCSM_]

Here in Mexico, those locomotives are called Chatas because of their exterior design.

definition of Chatas: Flattened nose

[joshhillman]

Very jealous. I'd love to be able to do this for a living.

[marhell]

Awesome Locomotive.. one of my favourites the

[NicholassTrainChannel]

As always a pleasure to watch. Nice one.

[robertcameron]

I thought a couple of these clp were written off in a derailment in Victoria a couple more need a lick of paint running around in grey.

[dberk]

double thumbs up another awesome upload. Thanks You

[legass]

Awesome video mate! At around 2:21 you appear to quickly move the controller into idle before moving back to notch 1. Why is this?

[chrismcdonnell]

I never understand why the brakes are manipulated while the throttle is active. I clearly have a lot to learn.

[MrRandom]

Oppff that horn on the passenger train sounded like a over blown kazoo.

[scr]

It’s kind of funny the trains in the US the drivers sit on the right but in AUS THE driverS sit on the left

[ausblue]

lots of work to drive a train, , thanks