27:00 So cool to see the train racing the road traffic on M1. It's even better when I watch the video at 2x play speed, LOL! I have done many trips on that M1 highway for my trips between Dandenong and Bairnsdale, but never rode on this V-Line train. Thanks for sharing.
I came across your videos by accident. It was amazing to see the Australian country side and how it changes through out the video. It was good to see my old stomping ground of Kalgoorlie. Thanks for the video, I appreciate your time on rendering.
@@driver667 I’ve been in Victoria several items, have friends in Melbourne area. I’m hoping to get there for a lengthy stay… and that train looks like a nice trip to take! Thanks again.
Excellent video. I enjoyed seeing the skyrail go in at Pakenham. Hopefully once that is complete the funds will come through to complete the duplication through to Traralgon. Ridiculous that in the 21st century it still has single track lengths.
As a local it was very interesting to see the Sky rail in Pakenham from the other side of the fence, I watched that part 1:11:00 to 1:15:00 approx. at 0.25 speed and saw lots of familiar landmarks from a new perspective. Those sleepers are hypnotic. Cheers 👍.
I like the video. I used to visit my grandparents in Taralgon. It would be nice to see an outside shot of the trains if possible. Give some perspective.
I just found out I own shares in Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Cool. 🤩 I think this video is the first one I've seen from south west Victoria. Also cool. 😁 When I finish it, I get to watch the 4th launch of Starship. Cool to the power of 10. 😎
I noticed they are starting to build a Sky train starting @ Packenham. We have had a Sky train system in Vancouver since 1986. Ours uses third-rail for power & is driverless (operated by a central computer). Thanks for video.
Yes, they are building sky rail through Pakenham to eliminate the level crossings. They have been building quite a lot of sky rail lately. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😊
thanks for the video, question, do the velocity trains need access to both sides for start up? Hence why the first and last trains out of Bairnsdale are N Class?
There is no agreement to stable a VLocity at Bairnsdale overnight which is why the loco is still rostered on that run. There are things on both sides that we need to check when preparing a VLocity for traffic. 👍😊
funfact: the closest station to east pakenham depot is actually a regional station (nar nar goon) rather than a suburban station (pakenham and btw was this on an N class?
I love your videos but appears to me that Australia has a bad graffiti problem like we have here in the USA! I am amazed to see some of the tags so high up that I wonder how the heck they did that and when did they have time to do it! I see railroad cars tagged all the time around here where I live and some of it is so beautiful but then its not at all. ThankYou
You're welcome. Yes, we have the graffiti problem here also. It's amazing they have nothing better to do than waste their time on childish garbage. It's a bit of a problem in most places around the world, but not all. 👍😄
I am currently a night shift scrubman for a shopping centre in Ballarat which is a good job but I have always wanted to be a train driver. Can you give me any advice on how to make myself an attractive candidate for the position of a train driver and how long does it take to learn a route? I often fear I would take longer than expected to learn a route. I used to know a driver Gordon McPherson based in Ballarat and we would talk route knowledge a lot but he retired now and I don’t see him anymore unfortunately.
Keep an eye on the websites for the major rail operators and apply when they open positions for drivers. There are no real preparations to get in apart from do your best at the intake exams online and keep trying if you don't succeed the first time. 👍😊
From the video it looks as if this a standard guage line but knowing there are a lot of Broad guage makes me wonder. Would appreciate your comment please.
I make the short ones as most like the shorter videos but as you see with this video, I will be making long ones after the short videos are up. The long ones are so time consuming to make and then upload but there will be more coming. 👍😊
@@billy3424 I have found the opposite through talking to people but I am going to cater for both. The suggestion for a video that pops up at the end of each video takes you to the next video if you click on it. The long versions are coming, they just take an excruciatingly long time to complete, render and then upload. Thanks for watching and have a great day 👍😊
Not gonna lie, the FULL section between Dandenong and the City…they absolutely need a third track. I saw you slowing down at so many yellows after Pakenham, and you making no stops (not even Noble Park) - the vLine needs a track that like in New York that will allow faster/express trains to shoot by the “locals”. Don’t get me wrong, the level crossing removals are great but man, Gov of Vic needed someone like Andy Byford to be like “uh uh uh, no Dan, build the bloody third track. Don’t be slack, especially if Southeast Melbourne is still growing!”
It would've been nice but there was so much political opposition to just 2 tracks in the air at the time that I think 3 tracks wide in the air would've been politically very hard with the extra compulsory buying back of people's houses. Maybe if both sides of politics were all for it at the time it may be a different story now. I guess we will never know. 🤔 👍😀
@@driver667 this is why pollies everywhere are so timid. People will whine about EVERY BLOODY THING but spend their time crammed in sardine cans of trains or get stuck in hours of gridlock but can’t figure out why. To that I say “it’s you, you bloody whinging numbnut.” But enough of that. Also skyrail is so much better than trenches… I saw your Sunbury Line video to Swan Hill (mostly trenched) and I dunno, the stations just look so much less nice, and the communities are STILL torn in half. But hey, careful what you wish for.
I enjoy the sight of karst geology clues. To be a visit option should I enter again into Australia. Recommend such caves found within the Blue Mountains outside Sydney. What I won't do again is risking another walk underground with sharks,
its already happened a n up train from sale was put accidently into caulfield loop it was easier to run it round the loop to spencer street station as it was called at the time and let the ventilation fans run to clear the fumes
@@garygeorge7035 it has happened a few times over the years. The difference here is that this tunnel has no visible signalling in it unlike the existing underground. The existing underground was made to take diesel trains if required. This new tunnel is only good for HCMT units. 👍😘
Do you ever see idiots running across the tracks? and does it happen often? also are train drivers ever informed that ticket inspectors are on the train? sorry for the questions just find this stuff interesting.
Once in a while you might see idiots on the track but not often. As a driver, I have nothing to do with ticketing or ticket inspectors. I don't know when they will appear. 👍😊
Gee that brake drive me nuts. its so annoying. Im glad i dont drive those locos other than that. an enjoyable video. i am surprised how English the countryside looks. I could settle down there very happlily. but you dont take retirees. Despite your Government constantly delaying the high speed projects. its good to see developments on that line. doubling what was previously single. electreification will hopefully come next and maybe making it fit for 100mph running. whether that means upgrading many of the level crossings and fencing off more of the track i dont know. but the signalling looks ok for 100mph running
This locomotive hauled train is limited to 115kph but the vlocity units that run on this corridor are allowed 160kph (100mph) as far as the edge of the suburbs, a little before Pakenham. There has been a lot of work going on across the network. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍😊
What's the point in honking 2 seconds before you hit the crossings? It's way too late and you're just making needless noise when you're that close. If anyone's in the crossing at that point you'll run through them before they hear the horn - they don't have enough time to get out of the way and you can't stop in time, so you're just sounding the horn to no one's benefit.
You might think that from sitting watching on the screen but it is a different story actually in the situation. You will notice that it is not just at the crossing but back a distance before the crossing also that it is sounded. It's one thing to see it from the lounge room but another to see it from the cab with the full perspective of being on location.
27:00 So cool to see the train racing the road traffic on M1. It's even better when I watch the video at 2x play speed, LOL!
I have done many trips on that M1 highway for my trips between Dandenong and Bairnsdale, but never rode on this V-Line train. Thanks for sharing.
Very glad that you enjoyed the ride 👍😊
@@HoolyDooly-si2zz I don't know about lead foot but I do give the traffic a go for it's money 🤣🤣👍
I came across your videos by accident. It was amazing to see the Australian country side and how it changes through out the video. It was good to see my old stomping ground of Kalgoorlie. Thanks for the video, I appreciate your time on rendering.
Glad to hear you enjoy them. Thank you 👍😊
Thank you! I live in California… love seeing rail videos of Oz. Very photogenic and it like being there! Cheers
Very happy to hear you enjoy them. One day I want to get back over to your state, a lot I want to see there still 👍😀
@@driver667 I’ve been in Victoria several items, have friends in Melbourne area. I’m hoping to get there for a lengthy stay… and that train looks like a nice trip to take! Thanks again.
@@duanestanton3738 glad to see you enjoyed it. Enjoy your visit when you come 😀👍
Have watched this trip n parts, very nice informant video, thanks for putting that one on to you tube
Happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀
Thanks. Enjoyed picking out the landmarks.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the ride 😀 👍
I would like to see these Longer vids
I will put one together every so often. They just take soooo long to put together and even longer to upload to youtube 👍😊
I can't see enough travel video done from atop any
slow donkey in South America. Have a go at it, mate.
@@jcee2259 👍😊
thank you
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Great video, thanks for posting.
No problem, glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀
Aussies, Always MAKE Good Stuff
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Thing that stands out most, the driver uses the warning horn, which not a lot of countries do, excellent journey, thanks
Very happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😊
@Hooly Dooly ha ha, that is my cat sitting up on the couch watching tv with us 😄 He thinks he is human like us 👍😄
@Hooly Dooly yes, my cat head buts me if I don't give him enough attention, or food! Lol, they sure do have personalities 🤣 👍😊
very good vid, looked smooth. thank you.
Thank you. I am working on other 'long' videos also. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😊
@@driver667 Sure is more inertersting that what the TV companies calls “Reality TV” This is as real as it gets.
@@johnfenn I agree 💯👍😊
Excellent video. I enjoyed seeing the skyrail go in at Pakenham. Hopefully once that is complete the funds will come through to complete the duplication through to Traralgon. Ridiculous that in the 21st century it still has single track lengths.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍 You never know what the future holds 🤞😊
As a local it was very interesting to see the Sky rail in Pakenham from the other side of the fence, I watched that part 1:11:00 to 1:15:00 approx. at 0.25 speed and saw lots of familiar landmarks from a new perspective. Those sleepers are hypnotic. Cheers 👍.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. The sleepers can be hypnotic 😀👍
@@HoolyDooly-si2zz good job 👌 Just as long as you look after the ATO. 😉👍😀
I like the video. I used to visit my grandparents in Taralgon. It would be nice to see an outside shot of the trains if possible. Give some perspective.
Glad you enjoyed it. I am looking at adding a picture of the type of train to videos in the near future. Thanks for your feedback 😀 👍
I just found out I own shares in Norfolk and Southern Railroad. Cool. 🤩
I think this video is the first one I've seen from south west Victoria. Also cool. 😁
When I finish it, I get to watch the 4th launch of Starship. Cool to the power of 10. 😎
That's a lot of coolness 😎😀😀👍
This is south-east Victoria, not south-west haha.
@@Darththorn I was wondering when someone would notice I stuffed up.😄
Two hours and eight minutes to Caulfield - exactly 2 minutes faster than the Up Gippie 50 years ago
And 11 hours to render the video, 🤣🤣🤣 Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀
That's only how long the video runs to Caulfield. The station stops are all edited, so actual travel time would be longer than shown on the timer. 😉
Nice video😀
Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😊
I noticed they are starting to build a Sky train starting @ Packenham. We have had a Sky train system in Vancouver since 1986. Ours uses third-rail for power & is driverless (operated by a central computer). Thanks for video.
Yes, they are building sky rail through Pakenham to eliminate the level crossings. They have been building quite a lot of sky rail lately. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😊
@@driver667 so this be the last of the sky rail ?
@@Mediawatcher2023 it is for Pakenham but I don't know where else it might be built. 👍😊
@@driver667I believe the rail bridge in Coburg is going to be extended all the way to royal park
@@guy8968 hmmm, interesting 🤔
thanks for the video, question, do the velocity trains need access to both sides for start up? Hence why the first and last trains out of Bairnsdale are N Class?
There is no agreement to stable a VLocity at Bairnsdale overnight which is why the loco is still rostered on that run. There are things on both sides that we need to check when preparing a VLocity for traffic. 👍😊
Have you got any early morning drives on the Bendigo/Ballarat lines?
I had one on the Bendigo on an N class but can't find it at the moment. It may be on a failed hard drive. See how I go trying to retrieve it 👍😊
have to shoot this again with the new stations opened and the track duplication works complete
Yes, I will be getting my camera over the line again to film the changes 👍😊
funfact: the closest station to east pakenham depot is actually a regional station (nar nar goon) rather than a suburban station (pakenham and btw was this on an N class?
Yes, it was on an N class 👍😊
I love your videos but appears to me that Australia has a bad graffiti problem like we have here in the USA! I am amazed to see some of the tags so high up that I wonder how the heck they did that and when did they have time to do it! I see railroad cars tagged all the time around here where I live and some of it is so beautiful but then its not at all. ThankYou
You're welcome. Yes, we have the graffiti problem here also. It's amazing they have nothing better to do than waste their time on childish garbage. It's a bit of a problem in most places around the world, but not all. 👍😄
Traralgon is certainly looking different!
You're not kidding, it's a huge deal now compared to what it was 👍😊
@@driver667 Looks like even Morwell is getting a 2nd platform!
@@vrfan Morwell, Longwarry and Bunyip. All getting 2nd platforms.
@@vrfan Not as flash as Traralgon's (per usual), and we are still waiting for the job to end, what is it, six months late already?
I am currently a night shift scrubman for a shopping centre in Ballarat which is a good job but I have always wanted to be a train driver.
Can you give me any advice on how to make myself an attractive candidate for the position of a train driver and how long does it take to learn a route?
I often fear I would take longer than expected to learn a route.
I used to know a driver Gordon McPherson based in Ballarat and we would talk route knowledge a lot but he retired now and I don’t see him anymore unfortunately.
Keep an eye on the websites for the major rail operators and apply when they open positions for drivers. There are no real preparations to get in apart from do your best at the intake exams online and keep trying if you don't succeed the first time. 👍😊
Why was electrification cut back?
Only the suburban trains to Warragul were using it in the end and it was deemed not worth the money for the upgrade required. 👍😀
From the video it looks as if this a standard guage line but knowing there are a lot of Broad guage makes me wonder. Would appreciate your comment please.
This is a broad gauge line. The Albury service is the only service vline has that runs on standard gauge. 👍😊
@@driver667 Thanks for your rompt reply ; much appreciated
@@alanwyatt4538 👍😊
i always thought it does the city circle and comes back or is that done during peak time/
I'm guessing you mean the underground loop in the city? No diesel trains run through there. 👍😀
@@driver667 ahh sorry i got mixed up with the electric
@@Mediawatcher2023 👍😀
What speed are you doing
Maximum speed for this locomotive hauled train is 115kph 👍😊
Maybe you can put these short vids together to make long videos of full runs. Hunting down the vids to complete them is a pain.
I make the short ones as most like the shorter videos but as you see with this video, I will be making long ones after the short videos are up. The long ones are so time consuming to make and then upload but there will be more coming. 👍😊
@@driver667 I think you will find that most people like the long ones better. Thanks, Have a nice day !
@@billy3424 I have found the opposite through talking to people but I am going to cater for both. The suggestion for a video that pops up at the end of each video takes you to the next video if you click on it. The long versions are coming, they just take an excruciatingly long time to complete, render and then upload. Thanks for watching and have a great day 👍😊
What happened to Oakleigh?
@@chrisjessicathornton4850 rationalised 👍😀
Not gonna lie, the FULL section between Dandenong and the City…they absolutely need a third track. I saw you slowing down at so many yellows after Pakenham, and you making no stops (not even Noble Park) - the vLine needs a track that like in New York that will allow faster/express trains to shoot by the “locals”.
Don’t get me wrong, the level crossing removals are great but man, Gov of Vic needed someone like Andy Byford to be like “uh uh uh, no Dan, build the bloody third track. Don’t be slack, especially if Southeast Melbourne is still growing!”
It would've been nice but there was so much political opposition to just 2 tracks in the air at the time that I think 3 tracks wide in the air would've been politically very hard with the extra compulsory buying back of people's houses. Maybe if both sides of politics were all for it at the time it may be a different story now. I guess we will never know. 🤔 👍😀
@@driver667 this is why pollies everywhere are so timid. People will whine about EVERY BLOODY THING but spend their time crammed in sardine cans of trains or get stuck in hours of gridlock but can’t figure out why. To that I say “it’s you, you bloody whinging numbnut.”
But enough of that. Also skyrail is so much better than trenches… I saw your Sunbury Line video to Swan Hill (mostly trenched) and I dunno, the stations just look so much less nice, and the communities are STILL torn in half. But hey, careful what you wish for.
@@TheVeryTC skyrail does work but trenches can work also.... everything has a downside I guess 🤔👍😀
Much better than the vlocities
They are slowly disappearing 🫣🤔
I enjoy the sight of karst geology clues.
To be a visit option should I enter again
into Australia. Recommend such caves
found within the Blue Mountains outside
Sydney. What I won't do again is risking
another walk underground with sharks,
👍😊 enjoy the sights 😀
@1:12 at pakenham skyrail ?
Yes, the new sky rail is being built through Pakenham to remove the crossings 👍😊
@@driver667 i first heard about that five years ago sad to see the old station to go
@@top40researcher31 the place will certainly look different 🤔👍😊
Shame, you should have veered right just before South Yarra and given us a view of the new Metro tunnel all the way through. ha ha.
Hmmm, that would be interesting, 🤣👍😊
its already happened a n up train from sale was put accidently into caulfield loop it was easier to run it round the loop to spencer street station as it was called at the time and let the ventilation fans run to clear the fumes
@@garygeorge7035 it has happened a few times over the years. The difference here is that this tunnel has no visible signalling in it unlike the existing underground. The existing underground was made to take diesel trains if required. This new tunnel is only good for HCMT units. 👍😘
Do you ever see idiots running across the tracks? and does it happen often? also are train drivers ever informed that ticket inspectors are on the train? sorry for the questions just find this stuff interesting.
Once in a while you might see idiots on the track but not often. As a driver, I have nothing to do with ticketing or ticket inspectors. I don't know when they will appear. 👍😊
@@driver667very dangorous and besidedes its tresspassing
@@top40researcher31 👍😊
Gee that brake drive me nuts. its so annoying. Im glad i dont drive those locos
other than that. an enjoyable video. i am surprised how English the countryside looks. I could settle down there very happlily. but you dont take retirees. Despite your Government constantly delaying the high speed projects. its good to see developments on that line. doubling what was previously single. electreification will hopefully come next and maybe making it fit for 100mph running. whether that means upgrading many of the level crossings and fencing off more of the track i dont know. but the signalling looks ok for 100mph running
This locomotive hauled train is limited to 115kph but the vlocity units that run on this corridor are allowed 160kph (100mph) as far as the edge of the suburbs, a little before Pakenham. There has been a lot of work going on across the network. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍😊
What's the point in honking 2 seconds before you hit the crossings? It's way too late and you're just making needless noise when you're that close. If anyone's in the crossing at that point you'll run through them before they hear the horn - they don't have enough time to get out of the way and you can't stop in time, so you're just sounding the horn to no one's benefit.
You might think that from sitting watching on the screen but it is a different story actually in the situation. You will notice that it is not just at the crossing but back a distance before the crossing also that it is sounded. It's one thing to see it from the lounge room but another to see it from the cab with the full perspective of being on location.
1:00:04 lasagne
My cat doesn't eat lasagne 🐈🐈👍😊
folks ask,where you live, my reply,up walkabout creek and micks my neighbour
Oh, just around the corner... lol 😆
THIS SYSTEM MUST ELECTRIFY! N O DIESEL!
It used to be electrified to Traralgon. 👍😊
@@driver667during that time did metro suburban trains run all the way to traralgon?
@@qjtvaddict the suburban trains only ran to Warragul 👍😀
1:06:10 🇺🇸🍻🇦🇺😊
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I'm just bookmarking but I like to send a little toast to the country whose rails I'm riding. Have a g'day, mate.
@@cliffdwelling3807 thank you. You have a great day also. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😊
Too bad you can't make better time west of Pakenham.
We get caught up in the suburban area with nowhere to pass slower trains. 🤔🤔👍😊