Isnt it cute how the driver blew the horn alot. The RVB's sound so happy and cheerful. Unfortunately all good things come to an end. R.I.P to the RVB's Comengs 😭

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

:((

@thenetheriteminecart384

4 ай бұрын

I went on 4 types of trains today! Two X'Trapiles 100's, a Comeng on Metro and on V/Line a Sprinter and a VLocity.@@StrayaTrains

@JackGourdon-je4ze

3 ай бұрын

@@StrayaTrains buy a horn if they on sale somewhere

Not only will I miss the RVV trains for their amazing sound but also as a blind person it made it so easy to figure out what kind of a train it was before it was close enough for me to tell by the other sounds it makes. Thanks so much, our dear train opperators, for making everything so uniform and boring 😭

@Detrabot

4 ай бұрын

All we have left is the actual motor of the train, which we gotta enjoy before before it’s gone😭

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

:((

@ianmontgomery7534

3 ай бұрын

I expect you have similar problems hearing electric cars.

RIP to the iconic RVB horns. They will be missed.

Very sad to see the very last RVB horn go. We will all miss the beautiful sound of the RVB horn on our beloved piece of Australian engineering. (:

it won't be the same without the RVB horns, they were a unique feature of comengs, and for me at least it will take some getting used to not hearing the rvb's anymore. Thankfully a while back i was able to ride a comeng with the RVB horn on the sandringham line and got some footage of the rvb horn blowing

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

100%. How good you got one on the Sandringham Line!

The RVB’s 3 chime whistles were an iconic sound to Melbourne. They were like a musical instrument when they were working correctly, everyone knew the sound, they were the voice of the comeng trains virtually. Removing them from the comeng and replacing them with louder and a more unpleasant whistle that doesn’t even suit them means Melbourne will never sound the same again. I wish they’d fit an artificial horn to them so at least they still retain the same sound, ect. But altogether I WISH THAT THE NEW HORN TRIAL WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. But there’s nothing we can do about safety in the present day.

Thank you for capturing this. The ol’ RVB Party Whistles have been an iconic part of the sounds of Melbourne for decades. Melbourne and the surrounding suburbs won’t sound the same again.

Just in January, I took a ride on an RVB Comeng. Though I didn't give it much thought at the time, I find it sad that the traditional RVB is gradually disappearing and being replaced by more modern (but imo worse) horns. Beyond the sound of the trains sitting idle, this distinctive feature of Melbourne's Comeng trains are more than a horn. It is a piece of history.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Well said

Yet another childhood sound gone. Damn. But cheers for the video though, and hats off and massive respect to that driver for making the best of this occasion.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

100%

This is actually depressing, the new horns are so loud and disruptive, the RVB sounded the best. Luckily they still exist on other trains such as the Tait, but I will definitely miss hearing these on our Comengs.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

100% nice it is still around. But yes, sad as not on Comeng anymore

watching this now, i realise i was almost definitely on one of those trains that day not even knowing it was the last service with the RVB 😢 rest in peace! its a shame they didn't just keep the horns considering comengs will be retiring soon anyway. not looking forward to forever having my ears blown off by the new horns

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

At least you got to ride it

Great vid! Knowing something like this silly horn upgrade would occur, I managed to record RVB’s on some of the now scrapped EDI’s and Alstoms, half of the current Alstoms, and ALL but 5 of the Stage 2 EDI’s still in service today! It’s been a pleasure to ride and witness these epic horns, the Comeng won’t be the same without them. RIP RVB 3 Chime horns :(

How lucky, the last EVER Line with the RVB Horn was my home line (Craigieburn Line)

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Very cool

I'm so glad you were able to capture the last two rides. Passing the Calder Park HCMTs at 115km/h was a worthy passing of the torch moment - it had it all: an EDI, a flat wheel, orange displays and of course the RVB! Thanks for the video.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Thanks vetry much. No doubt that was the highlight for me as well

I'm on the Craigieburn line, and the Comeng is by far my preferred train. I'm always disappointed when I don't get one. They're more comfortable and have a better seating arrangement imo. I didn't realise the horn had changed! Boo

I literally went out of my way to go to the city today to find the last set with the RVB horn...... I'm very upset that I missed my opportunity to ride on it literally a day after..

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Unlucky :(

I miss the Hitachi trains. They looked cool pulling into the station. Comeng will eventually go too. They've been amazing trains. Total workhorses. Though I get they become harder to repair as they get older

It was the nicest sounding whistle on any of the trains, it's a soft sound

It’s very sad to sad this happen and I’m glad you managed to capture the final moments.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Thanks

The new horns scare me! I always prefered the RVB horn over this loud horn! RIP RVB horn!

I wish I was there to film a full journey on the last Comeng with the RVB but I had work. Great job capturing something that is now history.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Thankyou

That horn needs to go into a museum….or I hope saved as rolling stock at Newport railyards.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Agreed. Hope some get saved!

Comeng weirdly looks so much newer than our old 3000 class railcars in Adelaide, even though the 3000 was BASED on the Comeng and were built AFTER them. Dyu know how much longer Comeng is meant to be in operation for? Thing’s almost 45 years old at this point!

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Likely another 5-10 years depending on various factors!

Melbourne's soundscape won't be the same without it! farewell RVB. 😢

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

:(

Comeng they are comeing to there end of there life with is sad to see oh well this life great video Straya Trains

It will be odd not hearing the old horn from the comeng, as someone who is one the pakenham line the rvb was the only one I would remember when thinking of a comeng

@Detrabot

4 ай бұрын

Literally everyone thinks of the old horn as the comeng horn, it lost most of its character because of the replacement 😭

good job to the driver honestly he new that he had the chance to use the last horn as much as he could pretty cool driver rest in eace r.v.b horns gonna miss them as they are iconic for melbournes comeng fleet still not a fan of the new zollner horns :(

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Indeed. Huge shoutout to the driver

I only have been on the Sunbury line a few times in my life, the only trains I rode was a Alstom Comeng, when I was going somewhere, I was on 660M comeng, then when I come back, it was 660M comeng,

great video mate a sad one but great it was documented thank you 😊

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

RVB horns are so iconic why would they get rid of one of the things that makes a comeng a comeng?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

They are

Give us some ideas about the distances, fees, times etc. Maybe you did and maybe I'm not there yet in the video. :))

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback

Thanks so much for documenting this! I moved back to Melbourne in April. I miss this sound so much...another icon of Melbourne gone! Such a great horn. The new sound is frightening and has no character. Makes it hard to tell which trains are passing (except for the comengs unique traction motors.) Anyway hopefully a RVB can be saved for a preserved comeng in the future? 🤩🤞🎺

@StrayaTrains

Ай бұрын

Thanks!!

I have to laugh a bit. I'm from Geelong and grew up with the N class. That's a _proper_ horn. The Melbourne trains always sound like they are asking a question rather than announcing their _presence_.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Lol

Comeng trains are the best metro trains and this horn together with the tait horn were the best,will miss this iconic sound

I miss the Kokums horn of the L-class. Couple of Ls in preservation.

I thought it was meant to be GOOD Friday 😢😢😢

@CivilBreak63501

4 ай бұрын

Fr

Me and my friend used to try guess the train by the horn, but recently all the trains started sounding the same, this makes a bit more sense now… 😔

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

It was fun to do that as some Comeng especially had unique horns :(

Such a Melbourne sound!

Fairwell RVB 3 chime

One of the common sounds to hear in the city was the RVB horns

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

100%

That’s a familiar horn I know anywhere

Yesterday I was on one (the 3:37) from Sunbury

@StrayaTrains

3 ай бұрын

Nice

Disappointed I won’t get to hear this in-person when I visit Melbourne at the end of the year

@StrayaTrains

3 ай бұрын

:(

Thankfully someone caught it shunting to Craigieburn yard. What is it with this country, I get there has to be renewal but we always replace good quality (and Australian built) products with far inferior ones. Take the x'Trap's and Siemens for example, yes the x'Trap's are reliable but they have FAR worse ride quality than the Comeng's. And it took them nearly a decade to get the Siemens to be reliable. The RVB's might have been loud but they actually sounded nice, whereas the new ones are loud and sound terrible. They actually make you shriek when you're close to them, well they used to at least anyway. Still sound terrible. Yet another part of the Comeng's as I remember gone. I'll miss them.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Yes they did. Either way very sad the horn all gone now

@user-dr5fw5mb5z

4 ай бұрын

Coil sprung secondary suspension is what you get when you order a train built on a budget. That being said the X'Trapolis fleet is by far the most reliable. The RVBs were not loud enough to comply with the Australian rolling stock horn regulation, which is why they were replaced with the new Zollner variant. Like them or not, the Zollner is fully compliant. The biggest advantage with the Zollner is its sharp penetrating tone, which cuts through ambient noise much better than the more 'whistle-like' RVB tone.

They should keep the RVB on some sets for preservation

@StrayaTrains

3 ай бұрын

I wish

@JackGourdon-je4ze

3 ай бұрын

@@StrayaTrains things just dont go the way we plan

Goodbye and Farewell Metro Comeng RVB 3 Chime Horn😭😢🥺😢

@StrayaTrains

3 ай бұрын

:(

Do you know what happens to the horns after they are removed? Are they stored? Scrapped? Sold on?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Not sure

@YoussefPlayzz

4 ай бұрын

100% Scrapped

@user-dr5fw5mb5z

4 ай бұрын

They are not getting scrapped, but will be getting donated to heritage railways and V/Line as spare parts for their rolling stock. They will not be sold to the public.

@Planetrainguy

4 ай бұрын

@@user-dr5fw5mb5z Thank you

We all will miss the RVB 3 chime horn, but what are they getting replaced by?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

New louder horn called Zollner

NO IS THIS HOW IT ENDS?! NO PLZ NO! 😢😢😢😢😢

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

:(

@YoussefPlayzz

2 ай бұрын

yep, gotta end cause it wasn’t loud enough

Such a stupid idea to get rid of those horns considering the fact the comengs are going to be fully retired in a few years time!!

Mu brain hurts! Having not really heard one these horns before, it keeps rejecting the vision, fully expecting the footage to be of the cab of a 19th century steam engine.

I was told 1 in 3 Sunbury trains is now a HCMT, is this correct?

@StrayaTrains

3 ай бұрын

Only two weekday service in the morning at the moment. The rest are run by either Comeng or Siemens

I just realise, I rode 423M!!! Imma post the footage tmrw to commemorate this

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

How lucky!

Hey Bud what Camera do you use for your videos?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

My phone

What was even the point of trash new horns. The old ones were fine and sound way better. Edit: Should I write a very persuasive letter to Metro Trains Melbourne asking if they can bring back the old RVB horns?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Haha can only try

@YoussefPlayzz

27 күн бұрын

That is completely impossible and the RVB wasn’t loud enough so idc about it, Zollner is very good!

Will you be visiting the new Narre Warren station which opened yesterday?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Most likely. Have you been?

@therealsammyvee888

4 ай бұрын

@@StrayaTrains Not to visit yet, but I have been through there yesterday on the train. I thought you would have gone and put out a video on opening day like you usually do.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

@@therealsammyvee888 was unable to sadly

@therealsammyvee888

4 ай бұрын

@@StrayaTrains Ah well, soon hopefully.

So what happened to the train? Did it get scrapped or did the RvB horn get replaced at Craigieburn?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

The last Comeng to have the RVB removed

@TurquoisechannelshortsYT

4 ай бұрын

@@StrayaTrains wdym? Did it have its horn replaced after it terminated at Craigieburn?

@joeltennant1162

4 ай бұрын

Thats what he said in the video. That it was replaced that night..

@TurquoisechannelshortsYT

4 ай бұрын

@@joeltennant1162 oh ok thx 👍

How do you find out all this information?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Magic

@ryanp256

4 ай бұрын

@@StrayaTrains 😂, Seriously though I have no clue where to find all this

@joeltennant1162

4 ай бұрын

It's not what ya know but who ya know lol

🫡

1:30 that’s the set I’m building in Obby Creator

@Comeng_

4 ай бұрын

Yo i tried to build a comeng in oc it turned out quite shit tho

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Sick!

What RVB stand for? And what is an RVB Comeng?

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Not sure what it stands for. But it is the type of horn that they used to have

@nathan.l.h

4 ай бұрын

Roy Victor Butler.

Why replace a perfectly good horn? I don't get it

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

:(

@YoussefPlayzz

2 ай бұрын

cause it wasn’t loud enough

@stopbunsen

2 ай бұрын

@@YoussefPlayzz lol

arent the old horns more safer because the new horns are flat our boring and everyone is used to them whereas the old horns are unique and stand out

What is your favourite line to ride an EDI Comeng Straya Trains

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Sunbury. What about yours?

@YoussefPlayzz

4 ай бұрын

@@StrayaTrainssame, but I’ve never rode to Sunbury, furthest I’ve got was Sunshine, and only on a Alstom Comeng

@kenodbogoda9546

4 ай бұрын

​@@StrayaTrains Sunbury as well

Why didn't you film to the end of the line? It would've been logical.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Had somewhere to be at night. I would have otherwise

#i hate Zöllner

@YoussefPlayzz

4 ай бұрын

370 hz

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

Don't we all

First

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

:)

I got a clip of it at Sunshine and I was able to beat it to Kensington, although I went to Platform 1 and filmed too late to catch the level crossing horn... And I got obstructed by the other Comeng.

@StrayaTrains

4 ай бұрын

At least you got a shot of it on its last day!