The model is ML-2, though I don't know if that's an EMD or Clyde designation (Clyde built EMDs under license down under). It's basically an F-7AA, so to speak, except for the Flexicoil trucks. This was 1952, and I'm having trouble thinking of an earlier use of Flexicoils. Victoria Rail didn't copy a Santa Fe paint scheme exactly, but came close enough to look really good.
Either way, cool locomotive and I could see the Santa Fe owning these. Love the looks of the double end and 6 axles!
Looks more Erie to me - in the picture the blue and Erie's green would look similar in that reduced lighting.
I see what you mean, with the rounded nose stripe and the wings. But I think you're thinking of the black freight scheme, not the passenger green. When it had a shine on it, it picked up the blue sky well.
The first Victorian Railways B classes were also delivered in 1952. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_B_class_(diesel) VR also received single ended "S" class diesels that were a six-axle loco based on the EMD F7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_Railways_S_class_(diesel) I've heard that the paint scheme was based on the Erie scheme.
Well, hi. This exotic stuff most of us never heard of were your hometown trains. I've developed a fondness for Victorian Railways, which keeps popping up in my threads and hijacking them. https://www.trainboard.com/highball...onder-the-central-switched-to-hudsons.138101/
