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i was expecting the door closing beep like on the comeng when those doors closed

Peter Spender, the very worst of a cohort of successively woeful ALP Transport Ministers as the Cain-Kirner Government plummeted to oblivion while bankrupting the State of Victoria. Nothing's changed.

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Didn't they scuttle them in a swamp or old flooded quarry near Cherry Lane, Laverton?

why is this so adorable

so sad they had asbestos, such good trains otherwise. THAT GODDAMN FLUFFY ROCK RUINED EVERYTHING!!! also 4:20 "h sets predicted to remain in service till 2025" Me in 2024: *Buys a coke can that was once a h set*

Great video, I like the editing and amount of information. However, you could probably improve on your spelling and grammar in the video.

"H sets would last till 2025" last service 2nd feb 2024

Real

The H-Carriges ran their last Vline service on the 2nd of February 2024.

what a shame the "grey ghost" program wasn't more successful. I think that colour scheme looked really good. Thanks for making this video.

so that's what it's called!

I love the sound it makes when starting up

This is adorable hahaha, love it!

I had both Pantographs cut through on my H type coupled set one time in Jetty Road Glenelg and they hooked up on the overhead line, instantly stopping the Trams. This peanut of an Inspector turned up and screamed at the top of his lungs "lower those Pantographs"! I calmy replied "I can't, they're stuck". Took him a bit to get it through his thick skull

And there is Peter Spyker….the bloke who couldn’t string 3 comprehensible words together…. Those were the days - John Cain, Joan Kirner, Steve Crabb, David White…. Move onto 2023 and we have incompetent Labour in “charge” (apologies to the CFMEU and Fire Brigade unions who actually run this state) and again, driving the state into financial catastrophe……. Thanks to “Teflon Dan” Andrews and “Burger Flipper Jacinta” Allan….. Let’s not overlook the gaggle of dubious “ministers” as well!! Oh, for a real Opposition. With “Pretty Boy Johnny” Proscuitto running that lot, we are in deep trouble because that lot couldn’t manage a two seated outdoor Australian country dunny!!!! Happy days, Victorians!!! Special thanks to all the imbeciles in the Mulgrave electorate who keep voting for that slimy MP.

As a long-time member of the Australian Railway Historical Society, I recall the day when we took a Harris set on the Gippsland line to see how fast it would go and it reached 80.2 mph on the down side of Darnum. At that time the line was electrified to Traralgon.

This ad is giving off 1989/90 vibes to me here?! But the ending is it a cop giving a ticket for parking or a council worker?! Has to be a cop. A better melbourne back then and scratchy tickets were kinda fun to use.

And I still have old met tickets

Great memories of the better days of Melbourne public transport.wish had never changed.jeff kennels government killed all of that.

Classic...Love all The Met ads..

I've never actually ever got the chance to go in a Harris because my main lines were always St. Kilda or Sandringham but I did get to ride a refurbished Grey Ghost variant back in 1991, last saw the yellow greaser in 1997 as well. Ironically the Grey Ghost variants were used alot in the St. Kilda/Port Melbourne lines before the light-rail system change...It's unfortunate for me that before then I cached alot of the 15/16 Tram into the city only then after the light rail transformation did I end up using the St. Kilda alot via the 96 or the Port Melbourne 109 tram...Just bad timing and I was a kid back then sigh...

the mascots are cute, do they have a name?

Back when we had friendly well trained conductors roaming our PT system not these failed wannabe cops harrassing kids at every opportunity. Privatising PT never ends well

I saw an xtrap arc at Croydon

Whoever the stupid non railway person was who signed off on the ugly tangerine livery at the time for the loco hauled H carriages, should have been taken out the back and severely "disciplined". Arguably the worst colour ever used by V.R. They could have gone back to the original blue with yellow striping. Seriously, some of the operational decisions made by the old V.R. when it was run at the top by mainly non railway people in the later years was an embarrassment to the organisation. And so much money was wasted with stupid ideas that did nothing to attract more passengers. As much as I didn't like Kennett as a Premier, (as a person he was not a bad guy actually), he had no choice but to privatise most of the railways, which had been stuffed by previous governments employing "bean counters" with no common sense to manage it. No understanding of passenger rail and service whatsoever.

Sad

Was amazing to see the film of them all shiny and new! I only ever remember the faded dark/pale blue when they were on their last legs. Thanks!

Somewhere on the net will be a description of the blocks (MTTM) and units (TTM) into which Melbourne sparks were divided up to the Harris trains, with units being detached and shunted to Jolimont sidings outside the peaks; a fascinating practice, and subject.

I didn't know that at least oen was saved along with one other refurbished one! Glad they did!

Nice content

That bit at the end was brutal

Holmesglen station hasn’t changed since 1980. Why didn’t it stop. Once in a while there used to be a Glen Waverley to Flinders St express, stopping NO stations. Maybe this was its ghost train.

bloody beautiful trains, can still recall the smell of the brakes clearly, total nostalgia trip

They are possibly restarting the train because of a fault! :)

The Sunbury, Cranbourne and Pakenham Lines will be running through the Metro Tunnel by 2025 and the Metro Tunnel will have direct access to the Melbourne Airport Rail Link by 2029. But the Suburban Rail Loop from Cheltenham to Melbourne Airport is still another 30 years away!

is it switching from 3rd rail to 25kv overhead?

Aye

Hated driving them, cold & draughty & with the EP brakes in step 7, the stench of the hot brake blocks entering the cab was even worse and on the Pakenham line at full main line speed the train would often bounce up,and down and the panto's would lose contact and hig voltage arcing would burn holes on them, not sad to see them go

why is there no spark??

School holidays in Melbourne during the 60's and 70's, plenty of Tait and Harris sets, miss them all. A great shame that a set wasn't put aside for preservation like the Tait's. Great and informative video, well done.

How did the building go on fire?

Some historical footage right here!

Yeah that happened….

I believe the remaining sets were built at M&K Westall. I've met a man who worked there building VW beetles with Harris carriages being built on an adjacent production line.

comeng still got that M Metro

Where did they keep the Emus ? The RSPCA should be advised😮

And it's Bacchus Marsh

903M and 795M now resides in the North Williamstown museum

State transport 😳