Thread: Alco 48 class loco pics

That clears that up.

Still think they're the best looking of their era. Just something retro about them, they could be running today and look good.

One of the saddest pics I've found of them, they're not hauling into the yard. They're staying.

Originally Posted by clubagreenie

Still think they're the best looking of their era. Just something retro about them, they could be running today and look good.

They still are in use. I've seen a couple run by Independent Rail working on the local SW Sydney tracks from time to time.

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Great looking loco .

**Disregard the picture above - the 44 class is mentioned in the link itself.

Was going to say... looks like a judge dread version of a 42 there.

Hi Guys,they are MZ class,old Euro locos,20 cyl emd 2strokes,had a short ride in one at Ardglen a few weeks ago,you should see where the toilet isand the cab is tiny and really old design!!...But they sound fantastic

Now what was this argument about standard and narrow gauge.

Here’s one train that tried both.

The XPT derailed at South Brisbane the other day when it tried to go down the narrow gauge.

Lucky it didn’t go much further with the platform just in front of it.

Standard gauge passenger trains are “normally” routed around the platform at South Brisbane on a dedicated loop line because the standard gauge trains won’t clear the platform.

Originally Posted by 3-Gees

Hi Guys,they are MZ class,old Euro locos,20 cyl emd 2strokes,had a short ride in one at Ardglen a few weeks ago,you should see where the toilet isand the cab is tiny and really old design!!...But they sound fantastic

Interesting engines, EMD's. Fabricated from steel plate and pressings. Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation was created from the 1930 purchase of the Winton Engine Company and the Electro-Motive Engineering Company both of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1937 Winton's name was changed to Cleveland Diesel Engine Division. In the same year the Detroit Diesel Engine division was set up to produce smaller diesel engines for marine and industrial use. The interests of Cleveland and Electro-Motive were merged about 1962 to form EMD. GM sold the division in 2005 and ownership eventually ended up with a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc.

They are two-stroke engines operating very like the smaller Detroit Diesels. Some have Roots blowers for scavenging, and some have a turbo-charger which operates as a centrifugal supercharger via a gear train on start-up and which gear train is shifted out of operation when the system is producing enough breeze via exhaust drive. Big V20's pulling hard do sound nice.

EMD also make, since 1998, a four stroke V16 of 6300 hp.

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They sure do Brian,but they are very ,heavy on fuel as you would expect
As for the XPT derailment,that is not my section but I know the cause from our incident reports, and no mechanical failure was to blame but thats all I can say,also not driver error and not due to dual guage turnout,cheers Gregg

Did Ron forget to throw a switch???