Comments on: Those Were The Days https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/08/those-were-the-days.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=those-were-the-days Model railroads and model trains Wed, 15 Aug 2018 05:30:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ian Bell https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/08/those-were-the-days.html#comment-23214 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 05:30:26 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4921#comment-23214 The B class locomotive (now A class), in my opinion, is the greatest looking locomotive ever! I was just a kid when Victorian Railways introduced them. They were regular workhorses of the system for over 50 years. There is a single ended variant with limited control from the back end. They were an S class. I have 2 B class and 1 S class on my layout.

The B class were rebuilt in 1984 – 85 with a bigger prime mover, and reclassified as A class, using the same numbers. A66 is the last A class locomotive in service and maybe the last bulldog nosed EMD locomotive in the world still hauling regular passenger services

A66 is being rested from the end of August until the end of the year and will return to service in January 2019

For video of B60 and A66 see this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W8Br2RZZk4

Ian

]]> By: Ian Bell https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/08/those-were-the-days.html#comment-23205 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:49:16 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4921#comment-23205 They were/are a fantastic locomotive. The difference between the American locos and the B class was they had driving positions on both ends, in other words they were double ended. The B class were refurbished some years ago and renumbered to A Class using the same numbers.

Most of them have been retired, but A66 is due to be retired – AGAIN – later this month. It is 66 years old, and still being used for commuter services to outer Melbourne that are not electrified.

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