N465 City of Ballaarat - Australian Trains by Raysha1811 - Tuesday, 14 December 2021(1080p)
N465 City of Ballaarat just made my day. It's one of two that I've hardly seen, so I was naturally happy when this one came flying through from Melbourne. I am filming this from behind a fence, and I can assure you, it was close enough for me.
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The N class locomotive story.
The N Class are a class of diesel locomotives built by Clyde Engineering, Somerton for V/Line between 1985 and 1987. The class entered service on the 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in, BG) and operated on main lines all over the state, with the exception of the Gippsland line beyond Traralgon, a restriction that was later lifted. The class also saw regular use on The Overland Melbourne to Adelaide overnight service until it was withdrawn for conversion to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in, SG) standard gauge in March 1995.
As well as being operated by V/Line, class members were hired to the Warrnambool line operator West Coast Railway from 1993 until its own locomotives became available in 1995, and to Shepparton line operator Hoys Roadlines between 1993 and 2004.
Today, with the VLocity diesel multiple units having entered service, the N class play a lesser role, their main use being peak hour commuter services and long-distance services beyond the Regional Fast Rail network to Bairnsdale, Shepparton, Swan Hill and Warrnambool on the broad gauge and Albury on the standard gauge. The class are authorised to operate at 115 km/h (71 mph), but some units have been upgraded with D77/78 traction motors and have a maximum speed of 130 km/h (81 mph).
As of 1 June 2020, all engines had been fitted with the upgraded traction motors.
The N class were delivered in the V/Line tangerine orange and grey livery, and progressively named after cities in Victoria, except for N453 which is named after the City of Albury on the other side of the Victorian/New South Wales border. The N class is, therefore, one of only three Australian locomotives where every class member is named. N465 carries an earlier spelling of the city now Ballarat, originally Ballaarat. On 3 March 1987 locomotive N470 was returned to Clyde Engineering, Somerton for a ceremony, where brass plaques were affixed at both ends under the builder's plates, reading "N470 completing one million horsepower of diesel-electric locomotives built in Australia by Clyde Engineering Co".
From 1995, the class members were repainted into a red and blue livery, with the V/Line logo on the side being altered after the privatisation of V/Line in 1999. As of 2008, most N Class members have received white stripes along the cab-fronts, and cowcatchers painted yellow to increase visibility at level crossings in a program started in 2007.
In May 2008, locomotive N468 was repainted into the new V/Line livery of red with grey, white and yellow. Three of the repainted locos were converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge in 2011 following the conversion of the North East line.
On 8 April 2017, N457 made its first revenue run to Albury in a new PTV livery of Purple and Yellow. This follows the painting of Set SN 8 into the new livery to match the V/Locity fleet and the wider fleet of Victorian trams and buses. - Source; [ Ссылка ]
N Class names;
Loco: Name:
N451 City of Portland
N452 Rural City of Wodonga
N453 City of Albury
N454 City of Horsham
N455 City of Swan Hill
N456 City of Colac
N457 City of Mildura
N458 City of Maryborough
N459 City of Echuca
N460 City of Castlemaine
N461 City of Ararat
N462 City of Shepparton
N463 City of Bendigo
N464 City of Geelong
N465 City of Ballaarat
N466 City of Warrnambool
N467 City of Stawell
N468 City of Bairnsdale
N469 City of Morwell
N470 City of Wangaratta
N471 City of Benalla
N472 City of Sale
N473 City of Warragul
N474 City of Traralgon
N475 City of Moe
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BG = Broad Gauge (1600mm/5’ 3”)
DG = Dual Gauge.
SG = Standard Gauge (1435mm/4’ 8 1/2”)
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