Description
Sound installed Gopher Models B61 ‘Bernie Baker’ ex Victorian Railways locomotive.
B61 is currently owned and operated by SSR (Southern Shorthaul Railroad) and was named Bernie Baker with a special paint scheme to commemorate the gathering of Streamliner locos at Goulburn NSW 2016.
- Installed with Zimo MS490 sound decoder
- 128Mbit sound storage, 16 bit sound playback, 1W amplifier
- Custom 660uF keep alive capacitor
- 15 x 11mm sugar cube speaker with custom enclosure
- EMD-567C prime mover sounds with either Nathan P5, Leslie 3 Chime, Leslie 5 Chime, RVB 3 Chime or Westinghouse A B horn
- Simply change one CV value to switch between any of the above horn profiles
- Directional headlights with soft start (F0)
- Dim headlights (F1)
- Shunting mode – momentum heavily reduced (F19)
- Sound features via function buttons:
- Coast on demand and automatically (F5)
- Light/heavy load – prime mover notches up slow/fast dependent on speed (F6)
- Drive lock (F9)
- Notch 8 (F12)
- Manual Notching (F16 – on/off, F17 – notch down, F18 – notch up)
- Mute (F20)
- Volume increase/decrease (F22/21)
- Cue-able sounds:
- Long, short & alternate horn (F2, 3, 10)
- Dynamic brakes – when activated prime mover automatically drops to idle (F4)
- Brake squeal (F7)
- Coupler (F11)
- Air compressor – loops until switched off (F13)
- Air release (F14)
- Spitters (F15)
- Automatic sounds:
- Air compressor – randomly plays when locomotive is at rest
- Air release – randomly plays when locomotive is at rest
Victorian Railways (VR) B Class built by Clyde Engineering.
EMD ML2
- Power Unit: EMD 16-567BC, V16, 950RPM Max
- Generator: EMD D12
- Traction Motors: 6 x EMD D27
- Power output for traction: 1500hp
- Continuous tractive effort: 40,240lb
- Max speed: 83mph (133kph)
- Weight: 114t 0cwt
There were 26 in class B60 to B85 and was delivered between 14 Jul 1952 and 22 Feb 1954.
B60 was the only named B class in VR – Harold W Clapp. In VLine livery it was Sir Harold Clapp
B62 was the first diesel to run 1,000,000 miles in Australia.
View on the Gopher Models website: B61 Bernie Baker
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