Very nice country around there too. Couldn't be greener right now after all the rain. The Tarwin river was even in flood. The South Gippsland line was unique. Pity the excellent Leongatha service was stopped. Would surely be worth restoring these days
I've only been to South Gippy once....It was so beautiful there... All those farms on rolling hills... Nice neat crops in paddocks that looked like a lush rich green patchwork quilt spread over the countryside there, all those heathy lush rich dairy cows... Unlike the dry harshe bush further east...
I think Bracksy wanted to reinstate the Leongatha but some timber bridge would have cost millions to repair. The government did repair a smaller bridge used by the tourist railway.
Pity they pulled it up. Perhaps when they built it they could have placed it similar to the highway between west of Meeniyan to avoid building long trestle bridges over the Tarwin River flood plains. That way it would cross the river only once rather than three times. The long wooden trestle bridges were impressive but they were a maintenance problem as they aged and a problem in keeping the line going
@@reidgck I agree. But I must say that the old wooden trestle bridges have this air of romantism(?) and majesty about them, especially the large long ones. I look at the concrete piers and it's just not the same! Perhaps the one in Orbost has that charm *because* it's so dilapidated.... :-)
@@sergeant5848 The wooden trestle bridges in Victoria become dilapidated with age far more quickly because of their construction which promotes rotting of the decking. because along the tops of these bridges were built long wooden containers in which ballast was placed on which the sleepers were placed which also made the bridges heavier and more bulky. In comparison to Victorian trestle bridges, those in Queensland had and still have, three very strong logs placed along their tops which are supported at their ends by short cut pieces of log. The sleepers are bolted across the the mentioned logs and the weight of the train is taken through the sleepers and logs. This type of construction is far more practical and has less maintenance in comparison. They probably could have used the method in Vic that Queensland used and still uses but chose the way first described .The wooden bridges in Victoria would not have deteriorated so quickly if they were designed like those in Qld. There are still a lot of aging wooden trestle bridges in use in Qld .
@@reidgck Yes, I can imagine the trapped moisture, hot summers, moist springs, etc doing great damage. The construction in Qld being similar to the States I gather, but why would Vic choose to deviate from what seemed the norm in bridge building? Interesting. :-)
@@sergeant5848 One aspect is that the Vic ones were very easy to walk across compared with the Qld ones where you have to carefully leapfrog across making sure to step on the sleepers as there is an often a big drop quite visible between them. Slows one down a bit.
There was only the VR platform gates, some misunderstood youths torched the station building in the ‘70s. There might have been a bus shelter. It was a typical VR station building, probably resembled Nyora.
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that leongatha footage is absolute gold, i could only dream of seeing that now days
Very nice country around there too. Couldn't be greener right now after all the rain. The Tarwin river was even in flood. The South Gippsland line was unique. Pity the excellent Leongatha service was stopped. Would surely be worth restoring these days
I've only been to South Gippy once....It was so beautiful there... All those farms on rolling hills... Nice neat crops in paddocks that looked like a lush rich green patchwork quilt spread over the countryside there, all those heathy lush rich dairy cows... Unlike the dry harshe bush further east...
My dad grew up in Gippsland. I have a feeling he filmed some of this.
Bygone memories of a now disused service from Barry Beach,South Gippsland to Cranbourne,South Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.
I think Bracksy wanted to reinstate the Leongatha but some timber bridge would have cost millions to repair. The government did repair a smaller bridge used by the tourist railway.
How could anyone forgive successive Victorian governments for destroying the Gippsland line. I won't.
Pity they pulled it up. Perhaps when they built it they could have placed it similar to the highway between west of Meeniyan to avoid building long trestle bridges over the Tarwin River flood plains. That way it would cross the river only once rather than three times. The long wooden trestle bridges were impressive but they were a maintenance problem as they aged and a problem in keeping the line going
@@reidgck I agree. But I must say that the old wooden trestle bridges have this air of romantism(?) and majesty about them, especially the large long ones. I look at the concrete piers and it's just not the same! Perhaps the one in Orbost has that charm *because* it's so dilapidated.... :-)
@@sergeant5848 The wooden trestle bridges in Victoria become dilapidated with age far more quickly because of their construction which promotes rotting of the decking. because along the tops of these bridges were built long wooden containers in which ballast was placed on which the sleepers were placed which also made the bridges heavier and more bulky. In comparison to Victorian trestle bridges, those in Queensland had and still have, three very strong logs placed along their tops which are supported at their ends by short cut pieces of log. The sleepers are bolted across the the mentioned logs and the weight of the train is taken through the sleepers and logs. This type of construction is far more practical and has less maintenance in comparison. They probably could have used the method in Vic that Queensland used and still uses but chose the way first described .The wooden bridges in Victoria would not have deteriorated so quickly if they were designed like those in Qld. There are still a lot of aging wooden trestle bridges in use in Qld .
@@reidgck Yes, I can imagine the trapped moisture, hot summers, moist springs, etc doing great damage. The construction in Qld being similar to the States I gather, but why would Vic choose to deviate from what seemed the norm in bridge building? Interesting. :-)
@@sergeant5848 One aspect is that the Vic ones were very easy to walk across compared with the Qld ones where you have to carefully leapfrog across making sure to step on the sleepers as there is an often a big drop quite visible between them. Slows one down a bit.
Do u have any footage of cranbourne station at the time the leongatha rail line was open
Only a still picture of the station and yards but would need an email address to send it
There was only the VR platform gates, some misunderstood youths torched the station building in the ‘70s. There might have been a bus shelter. It was a typical VR station building, probably resembled Nyora.
Check StationsPast, they have pictures of Cranbourne pre-1995.
Did the freight and pass go back to melbourne as one train?
no the oil train over took the pass train at korumburra because the pass train has to stop and the oil train is express
@@DERAILER83 I think i found someone with other footage of the same freight run
My mum lives in Fishcreek is this the same line that is now a bike path?
Yes it is. They usually call it a rail trail