Great video, mate. Love the extra doors on Melbourne Metros.

@tressteleg1

29 күн бұрын

Well the extra doors don’t seem to speed the loading much. This may be of interest. What is Best? Single Deck or Double Deck trains? kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZyHlZOGk5PJltY.html

It's sad that what made the trains and trams pretty unique is gone but such is progress! Does feel very sanitised though. I can imagine the people in the flats near by are enjoying the peace though!

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

Agreed. However looking at planned future projects, I could see no mention of the two remaining tram/train crossings so possibly they will remain for some years to come.

To Hassan, I could not reply to your Comments. Hope you see this. Please send me your link.

@hassansayyab1194

Ай бұрын

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At 4:00 to 4:45 - quite a difference in the forest of OHLE between the 2 views through Caulfield station there. At 6:15, 7:00, 9:20 and 14:30 - that tram square was cactus by the end. There were at least I think 2, maybe 3 tram derailments in the last 6 months before it finally closed.

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

The sky was cleared a lot when the connections between Frankston and Dandenong lines were removed completely, part of the conversion of Dandenong to the Metro operation. As I stated in the video, the design of the crossing for the trams was weird. No surprise at all that several trams had mishaps there.

Awesome video!😁

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

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Interesting video!! Thanks tressteleg1💚👌👍

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

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That Comeng horn at 2:11 was magnificent!!

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

Yes, and I suppose you realise that all those whistles have been taken away because some bureaucrat decided that they did not comply with the rules!!

@Older_is_better_PTV

Ай бұрын

@@tressteleg1 Yeah. I’ll admit that with the variety of their horns, some of them were pretty weak… but metro would tune them up and they were plenty loud enough to hear coming at a level crossing!

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

@@Older_is_better_PTV I have no idea what was wrong with them. Somebody commented here about it recently and I think my driver confirmed that they were all gone.

@Older_is_better_PTV

Ай бұрын

@@tressteleg1 Yeah, they’re all gone now. They didn’t meet the required decibels, not loud enough so they needed to be replaced in order for the Comeng’s to remain in service.

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

@@Older_is_better_PTV Not loud enough! They must have got very tired as you used to be able to hear them for miles!

Thanks! Re the "weird design" comment. Is it not common to have continuous grooved track on Melbourne tramway sections?

@tressteleg1

29 күн бұрын

I was a talking about that short casting on either end of the grooved rail. I can’t think of what it was for.

@peterelvery

29 күн бұрын

​​​​@@tressteleg1Ah, that! I believe that's a one-piece cast fishplate/footing thing (probably has a name) that each end of the train rail is slid into before being concreted into the roadbed. It ensures a smooth as possible transition for the train but an almost inevitable series of clunks for the tram.

@tressteleg1

28 күн бұрын

@@peterelvery Well it is easy for the trains as they simply cut little notches in the railhead to let the tram flanges get through. I’m still not sure what those castings are supposed to do. Maybe they bolt onto the railway track to guide the tram rail so it does not get out of gauge. Even so, I would call the design a failure.

@peterelvery

28 күн бұрын

@@tressteleg1 I think cutting notches in the hardened rail top would mean that all the shock load of the wheel hitting the gap would have to be absorbed at what is now the weakest point. Also the track's axle load rating would be compromised. A cast "shoe" underneath mitigates these issues. (Of course there are no tram/train crossings in Sydney for me to compare)

@tressteleg1

27 күн бұрын

@@peterelvery Well despite whatever the theory is, that is what they did. On tramways wheels are carried through the gap by ramping of the flangeway which carries the weight of the tram through the gap but I just had a close look at the crossing in the video and there is no sign that that was ever done here for the trains. I have a feeling there might be rubber padding underneath the entire square. I first saw this method used in Ballarat many years ago when the trams crossed the railway line just west of the station.

Why did it need those steel girders across the top when other station didn't? And also what are the letters on the signals at 17:50?

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

I can only assume that the soil in that area is less stable, maybe sandy but it does seem excessive. Usually letters indicate the route to the driver. Not sure here.

Is the line no-longer going to be triple track?

@tressteleg1

26 күн бұрын

Did you watch it to the end? It shows the final situation.

@Planetrainguy

26 күн бұрын

@@tressteleg1 ohhhhhh oops nevermind 😅

@tressteleg1

25 күн бұрын

@@Planetrainguy This shows how important it is to watch ALL of a video before asking questions. If you don’t have time to watch all of it, you are watching too many videos and won’t remember much about any of them.

@Planetrainguy

25 күн бұрын

@@tressteleg1 yeah :/ I thought the first clip was the before and after with it finished. I’ll do better next time :)

@tressteleg1

25 күн бұрын

@@Planetrainguy OK. Play them at 2x speed if you wish, but don’t then ask me questions which were answered in my captions/ texts 😄

7:40 W 393M

@tressteleg1

29 күн бұрын

Ah yes, I caught our old friend 393M, but that was taken a few years ago.

One trame square less in Melbourne😉

@tressteleg1

Ай бұрын

Yes, the most interesting one is gone. As far as I know, one of the others is not on the list of future projects, but I have not checked lately.