Super shots !

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😀😀

@irelandbloke

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 You're welcome :)

Excellent shot of where the old Buninyong line left the mainline right behind the last grainer as it fades to black.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember the truncated line to the oil yards in Ballarat East. Thanks for taking a look.

Of note in the video Brenden, is the colour light dwarf signal at Clunes, showing the "PURPLE" instead of a red stop aspect. This is common for sidings to ensure that mainline trains do not see a red on approach. May also have had a "LUNAR WHITE" clear aspect instead of a green for the same reason. Also noticed that when he came off the Geelong line he ran through the switch, forcing over the points and changing the switch target. Would have thought that was a controlled point, now thinking otherwise.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

I always wondered why there was a purple or white signal colour. That answers that. Thanks

Great filming and informative narrative. Know your stuff!👏👏👏😀👍

@Schony747

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😀😀

This whole fiasco would make for some very expensive grain. Good work to get the whole story.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

The whole fiasco is repeated from time to time when other trains stall as well

I remember how one technical train passing by my village every day, and we called this train "cuckoo")

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. How did it get that name?

Great FOOTAGE Brendan thanks so much, i love the seaphore signal@2.48

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob. Always happy to see your contributions

An interesting video, showing freight working in country Vic. Good camera work.👍

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking.

Hahahahahaha the fastest PN grain train up Warrenheip. Nice footage mate

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah no trouble with that consist

Excellent.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😀😀

Good job you’ve done there with your choice of sites and lots of interest!👍

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I try and make it as interesting as I can so people will continue to watch 😀

Another interesting video. Thanks!

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Your contributions are always welcome 😀😀

Lucky I read the comments first as I was going to make the same observation about whether they should have left a few more wagons there or not considering the length of the siding. One for the trivia buffs. Wasn't Mad Max filmed at Clunes? If so, there's some more evidence of how our VR network has been stripped as my memory wants to say there were 2 or 3 roads there in addition to the main. As I say though, the trivia buffs might have to put me right on that one.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Probably many roads a Clunes like many other locations. Places like Ballan and Gordon even had yards back in the day.

@andyrob3259

2 жыл бұрын

You Are 100% right. The Toecutter gang are seen riding down the Main Street at Clunes and at Clunes station. Clunes was also where Ned Kelly was filmed and many other movies as it has a fairly intact colonial business area (like Maldon) with few modern buildings.

@ajo3085

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyrob3259 Thanks very much Andy. I'll have to watch it again now. 😊

@andyrob3259

2 жыл бұрын

@@ajo3085 yes. The street is so intact often all they (filmmakers) have to do is remove tv antennas and throw gravel/dirt onto the road tarmac to make it look old.

@ajo3085

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyrob3259 Wow. I haven't been up that way since I was a kid. I'll have to get up there and have a look as I've always enjoyed the colonial era buildings. Cheers!

I love the sound of a EMD645. Even if it is half a world away

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Yep enthusiasts never get sit of a quality engine sound

Love that sound!!

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone loves the G class sound. It wasn't exactly working hard either!

nice

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate

Nice Video! Green G524 looks good!

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

524 still looks pretty good and still sounds great.

Great catch!

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. One out of the box this one.

Don't forget to look out for the supporting cast. Black Winged Stilts show boating here and there.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Yep a typical country scene with a supporting local cast. Thanks for having a look 😀😀

I'm going to wait until the 1080p version comes out.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Did you enjoy the HD view?

@itechcircle9410

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 yeah it was great

A really lovely video. thanks. I went through Ballerat in June 2019. When we were all in the land of the Covid innocents.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

It's a great City Ballarat. I grew up there. Thanks for looking.

wow very rare indeed!

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool to see in person as well. Thanks for looking.

Cool thanks mate

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for looking 😀😀

Just wonder if you have ever mention the remains of the old Ballarat East station, which in it's day was an impressive blue stone construction and you have the old Ballarat East Engine Sheds off to the left when looking towards the Ballarat Station waiting for the G to move onto the Geelong line. Enjoy your work. Have a good one.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

It was mentioned in the subtitles. I'd like to do a full video around Ballarat of the old stuff

@allenjones5525

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 Just by the by my great uncle was Stationmaster at Ballarat in the early 50's as well as a Railway Commissioner. This is on my Mum's side and her family had a connection with the victorian railways going back to 1868. Hope you can get to making the video about the old stuff around Ballarat. Cheers

Damn that’s one big train

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed and a very slight struggle for the loco as well 😀🤗

3 old steam locos on the left at 10:30 ???

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

stuffed D3's

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Old locos at Steamrail Ballarat East

so they just left the points set for the siding for the next crew to notice

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

It's all controlled remotely from Ballarat or Centrol in Melbourne. The points were set for the straight not long after

@bigman4225

2 жыл бұрын

ballarat.

@retabera

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 Ah interesting that they would automate such a rarely used siding. I guess they wouldn't want some drongo to play with it unnoticed.

excellent

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Man 😀😀

Thanks for the grain train video. Slowly getting my hand around putting up some videos of my own. Not professional of course.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Go ahead and have a go. Mine aren't professional. I just enjoy putting it all together

@geoffreymoore1510

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 Appreciate the encouragement. Still trying to fix my other KZread account. Can't seem to get "in the back" for editing??

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

No idea to be honest. I use Corel video studio and then upload the file Once I've edited it and rendered it.

Goodday Brendan, I don't think that G Class broke a sweat pulling those wagons. Where do they switch the rails to go into the siding ? Cheers Louis 👍

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

It's all controlled through Centrol in Melbourne

@gazfish

2 жыл бұрын

Surprised it came off idle

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 Wrong! Controlled from Ballarat! Like Bacchus Marsh!

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

My understanding is it's all controlled through Centrol. Bairnsdale and Swanhill have a local panel. Otherwise it's all Melbourne. My train controller mate even controls Shepparton from his desk at Centrol

@louiskats5116

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 Thanks Brendan The marvels of modern technology. Cheers Louis 👍

The plovers were not amused by the intruder....

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

It would have been a bit of a shock. 😀😀

Wonder what the train number was 🧐

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

No idea. Maybe someone else might know.

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

TD Number: 9150

old school local goods,

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Just like the local shunts that were taken off the mainline goods.

Looks like four old steam locos in need of TLC.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Sitting there at The Steamrail Ballarat East Depot waiting as a part of a future project I suppose.

What’s with the three old steamers off to the side? Museum pieces?

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Part of Steamrail I'm assuming as it has a depot at Ballarat East

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

Steamfail own them not that they need them as they do not care about the D3 they have at newport.

I saw G523 the other day

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

It's standard gauge so pops up regularly on grain trains

Wooden stops? Are You joking? Such stops are crashed by a 14 ton railcar when s they are forgotten. Derailing.. I'm used to "safety points" directing the train away from the main line. Maybe this mechanism is faster and cheaper to install.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

The road is very rarely used and my understanding is its more like a storage road for emergencies and not used as a safety road hence the wooden stoppers. This is the first time in many years I've actually seen the road in use.

@Stefan_Boerjesson

2 жыл бұрын

@@Schony747 I have a lot of respect for 3 US 4 axel cars fully loaded.... In the video I thought I heard the sound of metal when the stopper is put to rest on the car. Normally safety points are used in order to let 2 trains enter a station at the same time. If one train misses to stop the safety point will direct it out in the nature, not up into the other incoming train. For a siding like this it looks like overkill.

how did you know this movement was to occur at this time?

@southaussiegarbo2054

2 жыл бұрын

There's sites for tracking trains

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

I get my info from Facebook tracker groups. I was in Ballarat for a change, saw the post and went out and waited. Normally I'm not even close.

Sounds like and almost looks like a Class 66 'Shed'

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Very similar but some obvious differences

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

G class is a 3000hp Emd 645. Shed's are a 710

Could they have placed 4 or 5 wagons in that siding?. that would have taken a load of the consist.

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like 5 would have fitted. I don't think it would have made a difference anyway in the bigger scheme of things

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

4 and a Small Loco. Otherwise it will foul the dwarf.

Your grain cars are shorter and smaller than USA

@Schony747

2 жыл бұрын

That's a fair comparison. I look at some of the US videos and the grain wagons are much bigger.

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

our loading gauge is also smaller.... so of course they are

@raytylicki9001

2 жыл бұрын

120 tons max per USA grain car

@raytylicki9001

2 жыл бұрын

@@troller2908 You have 5 ft 3 in and USA is 4 ft 8.6 inches. The line here is wide gauge

@troller2908

2 жыл бұрын

@@raytylicki9001 that's track gauge. Not loading gauge!