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2025 project update: VR K class
Recorded from members K153, K163, K183 and K190
Featuring:
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1. 15 different whistles from K163, 5 each of short, medium and long
2. Exhaust chuff as recorded from K163
3. Variable speed air pump/compressor
4. Injectors from K153 & K163 (user selectable)
5. Heavy load and coast simulation
6. Brake valve sounds with physical brake action
7. Coupler clang and uncouple
8. Headlight with dimmer and variable speed turbo generator
9. Marker light control (for future model release)
10. Sanding valve, two stage safety valve
11. Coal shovelling, handbrake & taildisc
12. Flange squeal
13. Rail joint clack
14. Firebox grate / ashpan emptying
EMD export G8B/G18B: VR T class
In collaboration with Seymour Railway Heritage Centre
1st order member T342 entered service with the Victorian Railways in 1956, retiring from government service in 1989, before moving into private hands. Rated to 950 HP and powered by an EMD 8-567C prime mover with D15 generator. The C signified a new crank case design (from the A and B version) by EMD, for 567 engines built from 1953.
4th order T378 was introduced in 1964, providing 26 years of service before withdrawal and subsequent transfer into private ownership. While originally fitted with an 8-567CR, a more powerful 8-645E prime mover was fitted by the Victorian Railways in the early 1980s. The G18B 8-645E prime mover has a higher idle and maximum speed than seen on the 8-567CR prime mover, and thus presents a louder soundscape.
4th order T382 entered service in the same year as T378, again built by Clyde engineering in NSW. Ownership finally moved from government to a private consortium group, Freight Victoria in 1999. This order of G8Bs fitted with a 8-567CR prime mover were capable of 950 HP with a respecified crankshaft and firing order and thus sound different to the original C spec fitted to the 1st order T class.
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