In this modern world there are so many people Vlogging about Aviation which opened up the world to those who can afford and have the desire to travel, also to deliver freight that people/companies want delivered in a more timely manner than by sea. It’s easily forgotten now that Railways opened up continents and are equally an important part of transport history. Very much enjoying your content. Cheers
Hi mate great video. My mum was brought up in Casterdon. When she married and lived in Melbourne, as a family we used to visit Casterdon. The line was closed then bur the tressal bridge was still there and the old railway lines. I used to walk down to the main street and there is a pathway that went across the tracks between the station and where the line stopped. Good to see a video of the Casterdon station. Cheers.
Great video and thanks for posting again. You have captured some beautiful scenery of the wonderful Western District, the region where I grew up, lived near Cavendish and went to secondary school in Hamilton. The Coleraine & Casterton railway stations have always intrigued me some what, very flash stations at the end of well you might say insignificant lines, but perhaps the quality of the buildings may have reflected each regions wealth or important people. The Hamilton railway station seems to be a rather bland building in comparison, to me it all but looks like the foyer of an Art Deco style town hall, were as the other two stations seem to me to be a typical Victorian regional Railway Station style of building. Growing up at Cavendish I remember well the closure our local line as well as the others, Branxholme also had a somewhat spiffy station in the day but it is long gone sadly. To add to this railway tale, as a young boy, probably 7 or 8 our local school travelled from Hamilton to Warrnambool by train and return, so that must have been around 1974 ish. Possibly this is where my attraction for all things railway comes from. Thanks for the clip again, cheers, Andy in Adelaide.
Cheers and thanks for sharing. I'd never had the chance to see the region before. I was immediately charmed by how productive, green, and beautiful it is! Next up, Horsham across to Peronne. And I'll be back one day to explore more around Portland and the Southern Grampians.
@@Outdoorstype your next up video should also be great, later in life I lived on the outskirts of Goroke and the line you're referring to was just across a paddock South of our house. Looking forward to that one. Andy in Adelaide.
Be interesting Mike to find out a quote to re timber one of those trestles. Once you have found those handsome gum trees I guess permits would be required to fell them. Nothings cheap or easy these days
You've probably moved on since you have uploaded this footage, however having just seen your Chowilla dam branch footage, I wanted to advise you, as you were in the Hamilton area of the short lived cross country line from Dunkeld to Penshurst which has quite a lot of archaelogy remaining. As far as I know the line was very short lived.
theres only 26 letters in the alphabet. so when the victorian railways had the 27th new type of loco they had no choice but to start to reuse the same 26 letters again. i think there were 3 r class steam loco types.
It’s appalling that the state can’t run a passenger service to Hamilton. The line from Ararat is indirect and the VR ran a rail motor. Resd the history of “The Battle of the Coloured Lines” where there was debate about the route the rail should run to Hamilton. One proposal was to extend the Mortlake line.
The reason both theses lines closed was the projected cost of replacing those two long wooden trestles It All comes down to future revenue over track repair .
Yes good idea Mike as you know we never had wooden trestles in South australia probably because SA was not blessed with suitable timber to build them sa relied on cast iron , steel and concrete.
This was typical of many line closures in Victoria and New South Wales repairs and replacement of wooden trestles . The coonabarabran line in New South Wales was a graphic example it had several costly badly maintained wooden trestles
Be interesting today Mike to ascertain what the cost would be re timber one of those trestles, indeed if you could find the huge gum tree trunks used. Then I guess permits would be required to fell those handsome gums ?
In this modern world there are so many people Vlogging about Aviation which opened up the world to those who can afford and have the desire to travel, also to deliver freight that people/companies want delivered in a more timely manner than by sea. It’s easily forgotten now that Railways opened up continents and are equally an important part of transport history. Very much enjoying your content. Cheers
Cheers, you're right about the importance of railways. It's easy to forget what came first!
Love the Railway 🛤 lines and the greenery 🍃 happy holidays ❄️🍒❄️🍒
Thanks for the festive wishes! You rock Mysterious!
Hi mate great video. My mum was brought up in Casterdon. When she married and lived in Melbourne, as a family we used to visit Casterdon. The line was closed then bur the tressal bridge was still there and the old railway lines. I used to walk down to the main street and there is a pathway that went across the tracks between the station and where the line stopped. Good to see a video of the Casterdon station. Cheers.
Cheers, great to hear a personal story from Casterton! Thanks for watching.
Before coming to SA, my grandmother grew up in Neerim South and had to take at least 5 different trains to reach Casterton to see her cousin.
That's a complex journey. Thanks for watching.
Great stuff......these lines built a nation.
They sure did! Thanks for watching.
Your doing a fantastic job with the channel. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work. Much appreciated. 👍
Cheers, appreciate that!
Another good video,thanks. Worked on both lines in the mid 60s. Not Carsterton.
Cheers, great to hear from someone who worked on those lines. Appreciate the pronunciation pointer.
Great video and thanks for posting again. You have captured some beautiful scenery of the wonderful Western District, the region where I grew up, lived near Cavendish and went to secondary school in Hamilton.
The Coleraine & Casterton railway stations have always intrigued me some what, very flash stations at the end of well you might say insignificant lines, but perhaps the quality of the buildings may have reflected each regions wealth or important people.
The Hamilton railway station seems to be a rather bland building in comparison, to me it all but looks like the foyer of an Art Deco style town hall, were as the other two stations seem to me to be a typical Victorian regional Railway Station style of building.
Growing up at Cavendish I remember well the closure our local line as well as the others, Branxholme also had a somewhat spiffy station in the day but it is long gone sadly.
To add to this railway tale, as a young boy, probably 7 or 8 our local school travelled from Hamilton to Warrnambool by train and return, so that must have been around 1974 ish. Possibly this is where my attraction for all things railway comes from.
Thanks for the clip again, cheers, Andy in Adelaide.
Cheers and thanks for sharing. I'd never had the chance to see the region before. I was immediately charmed by how productive, green, and beautiful it is!
Next up, Horsham across to Peronne.
And I'll be back one day to explore more around Portland and the Southern Grampians.
@@Outdoorstype your next up video should also be great, later in life I lived on the outskirts of Goroke and the line you're referring to was just across a paddock South of our house. Looking forward to that one. Andy in Adelaide.
Thanks Mike for this video! 👍
No worries!
Great video.
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.
Be interesting Mike to find out a quote to re timber one of those trestles. Once you have found those handsome gum trees I guess permits would be required to fell them.
Nothings cheap or easy these days
Not cheap or easy but it is possible.
You've probably moved on since you have uploaded this footage, however having just seen your Chowilla dam branch footage, I wanted to advise you, as you were in the Hamilton area of the short lived cross country line from Dunkeld to Penshurst which has quite a lot of archaelogy remaining. As far as I know the line was very short lived.
I'll add that to the list! It's a beautiful area I'd like to return to. Thanks.
I’m really intrigued by that picture of an R class. Looks nothing like any R class I know!
So am I now!
theres only 26 letters in the alphabet. so when the victorian railways had the 27th new type of loco they had no choice but to start to reuse the same 26 letters again. i think there were 3 r class steam loco types.
It’s appalling that the state can’t run a passenger service to Hamilton. The line from Ararat is indirect and the VR ran a rail motor. Resd the history of “The Battle of the Coloured Lines” where there was debate about the route the rail should run to Hamilton. One proposal was to extend the Mortlake line.
Thanks Mike once again cheers max
I remember the Derm rail motors being used on these two lines ,
DERM - Diesel Electric Rail Motors.
@mikevale3620 indeed Mike a wonderful piece of rail technology built under licence in Melbourne from a US company
The reason both theses lines closed was the projected cost of replacing those two long wooden trestles
It All comes down to future revenue over track repair .
Great point!
Another line in Victoria the line to Bright was closed simply because two huge tresstles on it needed replacement.
Similar to the replacement of all the wooden bridges country wide... This is becoming an idea worth following up.
Yes good idea Mike as you know we never had wooden trestles in South australia probably because SA was not blessed with suitable timber to build them sa relied on cast iron , steel and concrete.
This was typical of many line closures in Victoria and New South Wales repairs and replacement of wooden trestles .
The coonabarabran line in New South Wales was a graphic example it had several costly badly maintained wooden trestles
Be interesting today Mike to ascertain what the cost would be re timber one of those trestles, indeed if you could find the huge gum tree trunks used.
Then I guess permits would be required to fell those handsome gums ?
That's a great point. Where would we find such massive gum trees in the numbers needed?