i cant believe i watched a full 30 minute video but i liked it

@tressteleg1

8 ай бұрын

Too many people seem to watch just a few seconds here and there, and I don’t see what benefit they can get at all from just doing that. Nice to see that some people go the whole way!

Excellent video and nice editing out of the station stops, except for the arrival & departure moment. Lovely for me to watch as the Glen Waverley line was my train line for most of my life, living and growing up near Mount Waverley station. I left Melbourne (and Australia) in 2016 and my last train journey was at the beginning of that year, so I am really interested in the changes that have occurred/or are about to occur in a relatively short space of time. Will hopefully jump on a service in the not too distant future and take in all the changes, as I moved back to Oz early this year and now live outside Vic.

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pleased you liked it. Two changes in recent years are the removal of level crossings at Burke Rd and Toorak Rd. I think that was partly covered in this video. I’m also hoping to visit Melbourne early December but a lot depends on Covid control and the anti- vaxxers. If you have not seen it already, below is the ride in the opposite direction. Driver's View Burnley to Glen Waverley. Melbourne kzread.info/dash/bejne/jKmBmdaQgcm5fZc.html

@brucekilby9957

Жыл бұрын

This Trip for me is a chance to see the city coming up. Most rides I'm on go down to the 3 underground stations,except for Spencer st. That's a good trip to the city and well filmed.🚉🇦🇺

I've been waiting for this, thank you very much for sharing 🙌

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

😊 I guess you have seen the video I made of the Glen Waverley line in the opposite direction? I forget where it started, possibly Burnley.

@vincentkohlumcfan22

3 жыл бұрын

OMG HIIIII

Thanks for uploading another one, have been watching these vids for quite a while and its really interesting to see things from the drivers perspective. (Thanks to your driver friend for filming these as well) The level of zoom on this video looks great as well!

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

😊👍

My line. Syndal was my childhood stomping ground. Great vid!

@tressteleg1

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

great vid, noticed the fov is zoomed back out more than previous vids, I like this better, keep up the good content

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I happily accept whatever the train driver does for me. Fortunately the FOV setting is quite good this time so speeds appear accurate.

Much better when zoomed out. It actually gives an extremely accurate view of what the driver is actually seeing.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I gratefully accept whatever the driver provides for me. After all, he is risking his job taking these for us.

@johnlang4198

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, which is why dates must be kept vague, and the driver kept anonymous. Ex-employee (station staff Metcard-ed out) so I am well aware of the rules.🙂

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

As an ex-employee, you would understand. And that is exactly why I am vague about the dates. Once or twice there has been a call from Metroll during a run so I replaced the sound with generic sound from somewhere else in that run.

0:14 - Departing Glen Waverley 1:58 - Syndal 4:10 - Mount Waverley 5:55 - Jordanville 8:04 - Holmesglen 10:10 - East Malvern 11:58 - Darling 13:29 - Glen Iris 14:53 - Gardiner 18:00 - Kooyong 20:01 - Heyington 22:15 - Burnley, change for Belgrave, Lilydale & Alamein lines 23:53 - East Richmond 25:27 - Richmond, change for Pakenham, Cranbourne, Frankston & Sandringham lines 29:32 - Flinders Street

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Did you add back in the dwell times I removed?

@thelionking219

Жыл бұрын

I have been on the Glen Waverley Line before and great train stations!

@thelionking219

Жыл бұрын

And I ended at Flinders Street Station on Platform number 3.

@thelionking219

Жыл бұрын

And then had lunch in the city and at Flinders Street station, I had to go to Platform 2 for a Glen Waverley service via Southern Cross and the city loop.

@victorianvlogsofficial

8 ай бұрын

@@thelionking219its actually very useful

Great stuff enjoyed it

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

😊👍

That lower co-actor signal at Kooyong looks different, is it functionally the same as a regular signal?

@RichardFelstead1949

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. It is a regular signal and is so placed due to the main signal not giving the driver clear visibility.

This is a very nostalgic video for me , 60 years past. One thing someone could explain is victorian signaling , the green over the red..... normal speed , it is not a not obviously , the normal , home and distant system . Like NSW railways , I noticed discarded rails , just left aside.Wasted steel !

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

This video may explain Melbourne whacky signalling system. Glad you enjoyed it. Melbourne Train Signals Explained I Hope! kzread.info/dash/bejne/h22Kr5Wfm62ccso.html

@johnlang4198

3 жыл бұрын

Rails weren't discarded. They were there in readiness for installation on the (then under construction) overpass. The Level Crossing Removal Authority then removed the used track, and has donated it to our various heritage tourist lines, which in turn upgrades their track and reduces long term maintenance requirements.

Another good video

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

😊👍

Great Video👍 A have a question to you. Is there still in Melbourne a lockdown because of Covid? Here in germany l can't get much information about that. Keep care of you 👍

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The lockdown is just as strong as ever in Melbourne but with the new cases getting quite low in numbers, on Sunday some restrictions are expected to be eased. New South Wales, at least in Sydney, is starting to struggle but other states have extended periods of no new cases at all. I think Queensland has reached 36 days with no community transmission, the other states being as good or better. So I am doing fine. Hope you can say the same.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you can open this www.skynews.com.au/details/_6201485724001

@peterausfranken

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 Thanks for the link👍 Germany is no island and so all of Europe has to be seen. In France, Spain and Holland there is now a new lockdown because the number of Covid Cases went up very high. Also the UK, Poland and Austria have a lot of new Covid Cases. In Germany we have in places like Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt etc some problems. Here in Coburg/Germany we have a rate of 2 Covid infections to 100 000 people in the last 14 days. In Germany the middle is about 18 in cities like Munich we have a level of 50. In outher countries like France it is by over 200. Some countries have closed there borders now. Covid will stay with us in europe for a time on..

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Most nights on the TV news we get a Covid update from a number of different countries. My thought is that Australia and NZ (maybe a few other countries) have a target of Zero new cases and except NSW and Vic, that is the situation and life is almost normal. Most other countries decided that ‘near enough was good enough’ and now are getting a second lockdown. And just now a German judge has declared limits in ?hotels are illegal. Sorry Germany...

@peterausfranken

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 Yes germany want to have only so much people with Covid that our health system would not be over done with to much work. Australia und NZ can while they are a island try to get zero as target. Here in europe you could have a lockdown for a few years and you wouldn't be by zero. And yes a judge has said the limits against hotels are illegal.

Hey, the noise it made when it was slowing to a halt and started up to depart sounded sort of like the noise the Jubilee trains in London make when they're doing the same thing. Is this Australia's railway system I'm seeing?

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

As far as suburban trains is concerned, each state goes their own way. If the trains make noises like you are familiar with, the electronics used in the controls quite possibly comes from the same supplier. I believe that all equipment used in Australia is imported from various other countries. At the most, bodies are made here but that is becoming less common.

@johnlang4198

3 жыл бұрын

Both are Alstom products, and use the same traction equipment.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

That information comes as no surprise. I can now recognise the three train types in Melbourne by the sounds. The Alstom cars certainly make the loudest weird electronic noises. It also seems that generally Siemens and Alstom trains don’t both operate on any one route but may be mixed with Comeng trains.

@johnlang4198

3 жыл бұрын

All three train types in the fleet operate the Cross City Group (Frankston, Williamstown, Laverton via Altona and Werribee services) and have done so for about 3 years now.

When was this filmed?

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

It is written right at the start of the video.

wow can't believe I sat and watched the whole thing in one sitting!

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

It is nice to enthrall some viewers so thoroughly. 😊😊 I think most people just watch a few seconds here and a few seconds there so I truly wonder why they bother watching it all.

Hello tressteleg1, if I use this footage, edit it into a time lapse (speed footage, music, add speed limit and station signs, add description about the line) and credit the original video (showing the source of the video in the description and in video itself), would it be alright with you, or you prefer not to. I'm aware it wouldn't be transformative for fair use, so I need permission of the creator.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

That will be okay if you will send me a copy of it before publication. I would like to see what you do with it.

@TrueBelievers

3 жыл бұрын

How would you like me to send the video file? Do you want me send it via email?

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Email me using tressteleg(at)icloud.com Use the normal symbol for (at)

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I just had another look at your comment from yesterday, and if you want me to email you a copy of the original recording, I can do that. It will be a better sharper copy than downloading it from KZread. If you want it, contact me via the email address given to you yesterday.

When the new HCMT comes on service on the pakenham and Werribee lines. Can you do a video on it

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I guess my driver will do something, but testing continues. See ‘Victorian Transport Videos’ for some test run scenes of the new trains.

Hello! I was wondering if you found a driver willing to record a dashboard view with you. Preferably on an xtrapolis. There’s isn’t anything like it on KZread!

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I should be in Melbourne right now but that Holiday Inn Covid outbreak put an end to that. At this stage I won’t be down south before December unless I make a sudden decision for a short trip, so nothing can happen on that front until then, if ever.

@MaximumPowerRU

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 understandable. Have a nice day.

Could someone tell me what the decal with the small white cross on a green background over the drivers compartment signify?

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

If you can give me the time point in the video, I might know what you are talking about. Nevertheless the answer is probably easily found in Google.

@davidkmendel

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 Couldn't find anything about it on the net. But it's on all Melbourne Metro trains. Just above the drivers window. I know it is a first aid symbol but in this context does it have a broader meaning for passengers with mobility issues showing driver contact point

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I have looked at some clear photos of the fronts of trains and can see nothing resembling anything you describe.

@davidkmendel

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 to clarify. Above the drivers side window. Not on the very front of train

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

At last I found one. What do you think about a first aid kit?

When exactly was this filmed? Notice some people wearing masks but obviously no social distancing so would be interesting to know exactly when just to see how people were reacting.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Early this year when there was just the first hint of Covid being around, from memory.

Ah my line. Still haven’t ridden over the new bridge over Toorak Rd yet

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it will be still there when you get to ride it. 😊

@Bocca013

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 it will be. Luckily I’ve sat under the new bridge and watched its progress throughout the construction.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Did you take any photos of the works? Maybe I could use them when I cover that construction with a video.

@Bocca013

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 yes I took some on my phone

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Great! Would you Like to contact me on tressteleg(at)icloud.com Use the normal symbol instead of (at)

Is it common for train drivers to sound there horn upon seeing a colleague in another train as a “hello”?

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I would think not. Usually with reflections and especially with drivers on diagonal opposite corners of a train, it would be hard to see who was driving. But if there was a white X on a post beside the track at the location, that is where drivers must blow a whistle. Sometimes again when near a level crossing. Always on leaving a station.

Another great journey, thanks. Noticed only one mask wearer in the entire video. I had to check the date and it is only very recently you did this one! Noticed was it a drop of water or some sort of tree gum on the right of the windscreen the entire journey. Figure it was not just water as it should have blown off sooner. Trivia I know. Thanks again. Still waiting for someone down there to tell me about Melbourne's equivalent to our Opal Card in NSW? I know I can apply from up here and there is a Senior's or Pensioner option.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I collected the video from my driver friend no later than early March so Covid was not then an issue although we were hearing about it. I don’t know what that drop was on the windscreen. If it was outside the driver could do little about it. Using the wipers could just create a big smudge. The Myki card must be touched on when boarding a tram but except for very outer suburbs should not be touched off. Buses and trains touch on and off. There is a daily fare cap. Something like $10 full fare, $5 concession. There is a Myki office Southern Cross Station, almost opposite Collins st. Stations and 7/11 stores also sell and top up.

@geoffreymoore1510

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 Thanks very much for all the info that drop on the windscreen amazed me if is was only water but I reckon it was something other than poop from a bird hehe.Appreciate the Heads up on Myki. I probably won't get down to Melbourne anytime soon anyway. Can't leave wifey overnight for various reasons. Your explanation of when you actually got the video covers no masks, hehe. Cheers.

@blueycarlton

3 жыл бұрын

Senior Myki is not as cheap to travel as a senior Opal card in Sydney which I have. My wife and I travelled from Lane Cove to Kiama and back for $2.50 each!!! A very cheap day out.

YAY tress be bwak! :D

Can we see the controls? 😍 I’m a pilot I gotta see that “Cockpit” 🙏🏻

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

I have taken a few scenes of drivers at work but it’s not always that easy, and some don’t like you taking video of them, but next Friday there will be a Sydney electric train video with full control activity shown. What do you fly? Cessnas or 380s? 😄

It’s pretty used despite being a commuter rail

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

Well especially in Melbourne, it is only the peak hours when people ride the trains.

This is the fastest driver I have seen on the Melbourne network, we should have more of that, after all Metro Trains is supposed to be providing a service...........................

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

If your comment is based on how fast it looks, different amounts of zoom of the camera makes the ride look faster or slower. All Melbourne rides are done by the same driver. I’m sure that his on-time running is equally good with every video unless delayed by signals.

@blueycarlton

3 жыл бұрын

Travel times have not changed that much since the Melb. metro area was serviced by steam trains over 100 years ago. Even with the billions spent on the Caulfield to Dandenong rebuild, the failure to provide provision for a third track and express services will be a big problem that will cost a fortune when it is realised that it is required.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

You are probably correct re speed for nearly all lines. As for the Dandenong line, because of the cost I don’t expect there will ever be any overtaking tracks on this line except here and there where ground level running still exists. VLine trains just have to make do.

@blueycarlton

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 They would have had to have purchased some properties between Caulfied and Oakleigh to widen the right of way. Not so much in the overall cost of the project. May be the electoral cost would have been too much.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

You will see all three stages of construction of the Dandenong Skyrail project in the link below. The problem was that the line was built on the cheap, being built around the existing line. However if the existing line had’ve been moved well over to the side of the alignment, the new Skyrail could have been built to at least provide space for one express track. Too late now. Driver's View Trains Melbourne kzread.info/head/PLLtOIHp49XNDtaNr2H41P2th0S56s6bIH

i take this line everyday to school

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

Now you know what the driver can see as you go along 😊

18:37 *Glenferrie Rd crossing - tram 16

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Oh well, can’t win them all.

WOW! God must be txt'íng a lot of those people! Screentime...ScreenFOCUS! ;)

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

More like the devil having a chat with them.

23:03 TRAIN RACE IN BURNLEY

@tressteleg1

5 ай бұрын

😊

Well at least I have an idea of what the Transperth C Series are going to sound like

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

If they sound the same as the Xtrapolis trains, all I can say is bad luck 😒

@qfa330

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 they are based on the the Xtrapolis... apparently the Xtrapolis 2.0

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

It is the electronics that make all the weird noises.

Glenfeery road crossing Melbourne metro forum glenfeery to flinderstreet

excellent. i've never been on this line so this was a first. i believe this line has the steepest grade in the city. i saw lots of the white,black,white signs. where was this steep grade? all the descents. i wonder if it ever snows in glen waverley. the last catenary support looks like a cut-and-paste. i'm sure it still does the job.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I expect that the steepest gradient is the approach on both sides of Syndal. Stopping a train at the bottom of the hill is probably the greatest challenge for a train driver. In the past, a driver friend let me drive that section. It was a bit tricky. I’m not completely sure what white black white signs you are referring to but if they are the ones I am thinking of, they are telling the driver to use series power, parallel power, or coast depending on which way they are slanting.

@vsvnrg3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 ,yes i am meaning the signs you are thinking of. i interpret them to mean "downhill". i'm not driving so i'm happy with that interpretation. i saw about 9 of them. so you got a sly drive on this line too?

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

@@vsvnrg3263 If you do a Google search for Victorian railways train signs or something like that you should find them and all will be explained. This following video shows me, amongst other places, stopping a train at Syndal.

@vsvnrg3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 , where's this following video you mention?

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

@@vsvnrg3263 try This. Europe UK Trams Trains Trolleybuses kzread.info/head/PLLtOIHp49XNC0_Yij1-K5sFXu_hAe5oZZ

Riversdale Road doesn't cross the Glen Waverley line. It is Kooyong Road.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

As somebody pointed out on Friday...

@archmcdonald6170

3 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 sorry to have doubled up, didn't see the other one.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

@@archmcdonald6170 OK.