Nice shunting footage% Great work%

Goods Shed all fenced off, looks like someone using it for something. Volkswagen seen better days. Great clip, thanks Brad.

Excellent footage, thanks Brad! Nice to see the new timber sleepers and the maintenance which has reached that far south. Going to be a lot smoother and faster riding for the freight operators. Plenty of steam train action coming up in the month or so too so hopefully they get it completed by then 🙌

@gashy1000

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Callum was looking at the sleepers laid out along the track and thinking you had mentioned this a number of times, on here and RP, hope your right with the faster and smoother riding. cheers.

@Greensleeves94

3 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see the resleepering work but an absolute disgrace that they're still using timber. Surely they could have gone for low profile concrete or steel given they have publicly said these lines aren't being gauge converted.

@callumbinyon723

3 жыл бұрын

@@Greensleeves94 Apparently Sea Lake to Berrillwolock is all concrete. You would have thought timber is more expense these days? Yes I agree, massive oversight as usual! I hope they actually add some fresh ballast too as it looks quite thin and sparse up at Sea Lake. There was a PN grainy there today too.

@Greensleeves94

3 жыл бұрын

One wonders if someone high up in Vline has shares or a connection to the timber sleeper companies. No-where else is still using them. As for the location of the concretes, they'd have got far better use out of them if they were used on the section between Dunolly and Korong Vale. Hell, even just between Inglewood and Korong Vale for starters.

@callumbinyon723

3 жыл бұрын

@@Greensleeves94 Well, we know how corrupt Vline was at the top! You would have thought that the part with the heaviest traffic would be prioritised! Not sure if the Manangatang line is receiving any maintenance after the Sea Lake?

excellent.

Are you going to try and see the AK cars, I’m seeing them at Maroona.

@aussietrainspotter1093

3 жыл бұрын

Do you know when they’re going to go through

@nickstransportvlogs

3 жыл бұрын

@@aussietrainspotter1093 | Yes, they’re going to come around Maroona Junction around 10:25 AM. Then depart at 10:31 AM.

@aussietrainspotter1093

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickstransportvlogs what date is it going to be on do you know?

@nickstransportvlogs

3 жыл бұрын

@@aussietrainspotter1093 Ok, it is coming around Wednesday, that’s all I can tell.

@nickstransportvlogs

3 жыл бұрын

@@aussietrainspotter1093 For some reason the link I’m sending of when it’s coming keeps getting deleted

I thought Charlton was a complete loop. Is one set of points out of action?

@Greensleeves94

3 жыл бұрын

Nope, the Grainflow siding is a dead-end siding. The Jumbo site is a loop with an entrance from either end.

I can't believe PN still uses ex-FA and ex-V/F hoppers

@Greensleeves94

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they've got three Broad Gauge rakes in service and several more on Standard Gauge. Probably around 400 or so hoppers active with probably another 150-200 stored

@callumbinyon723

3 жыл бұрын

@@Greensleeves94 Not sure we'll see more PN BG rakes activated soon. They haven't got enough locos and they are generally using 3 locos per grainy now as security. There are 2 - 3 sets sitting at Nth Geelong that have been serviced but unused as yet.

@vsvnrg3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@callumbinyon723 , they could always get those other x class locos they had just kicking around. oh, hang on, they chopped them up.

@callumbinyon723

3 жыл бұрын

@@vsvnrg3263 Surely they could convert the many spare SG locos they have onto BG as required?

@vsvnrg3263

3 жыл бұрын

@@callumbinyon723 , they may not have any. or at least any that are prepared ready for use. others will know the answer to this.