Hi all,

Readers may recall my post from last year after stumbling over two Victorian S class locos near my local shops:

https://www.marklin-user...t47967-Victorian-S-Class

Today I went past the flour mill and the following motley crew (not Mötley Crüe) had dropped off a wheat train:



This is a Victorian P class diesel in front with two B class diesels at rear.

Those B class diesels are 70 years old this year, and still working for a living!




Also production line sisters - B75 and B76, which both went into service in July 1953.

The surrounds were awkward so I couldn't get a shot clearly showing both ends at once, but these are two-ended ("Nohab" style) diesels, although the smaller upright windows more resemble the EMD E/F units.



Here's another sister in the original Victorian Railways livery:



https://en.wikipedia.org...ailways_B_class_(diesel)

This article include a lot of nice photos and interesting information on them:

http://www.victorianrail...0power/bdiesel/bdie.html

I noticed that too, but no, it's because the downhill slope starts in between the two locos - have a look at the difference in angle of the locos in the first photo:



Also, they have different bogies fitted - maybe they'd be slightly different heights as well.

- Herman

Tonight, S-class 312, which entered service in 1961, has spent another day hauling, and waits for morning to start work again...





- Herman