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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- Travel with the train driver as we travel from Castlemaine to Muckleford on the Victorian Goldfields Railway in Central Victoria, Australia in a locomotive hauled (Y class) passenger train. Castlemaine is a main station on the Bendigo line.
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Thankyou for posting these videos, have watched a few in the last few days and found really calming :)
Very happy to hear you enjoy them 👍 😀
As always , a great video.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀
Great little railway and credit to the volunteers who keep these lines open,Victoria's lost the bulk of its branch lines,must try it out
It is certainly nice to travel on a branch line and is great to see them being preserved for future generations 👍🙂
Ah, Muckleford. Stood on the Castlemaine end of the platform filming a chap having a driver for a day birthday experience. His wife was also watching and, after a couple of minutes, suggested that I might like to shake both feet vigorously and move because a colony of bull ants was about to swarm up my leg. I was standing on their nest entrance in the platform...I still hold the world record for the standing jump at Muckleford station.
🤣🤣 oh my, that would not be a good experience. Great memories though, I bet 👌
It's a shame that they've ripped up the Maryborough to Castlemaine line, that could have been useful for a direct Ballarat to Bendigo service at some stage, or even an alternative route through that area if needed.
It is a pity but I guess as long as they keep the rail reserve free, it's always possible to reopen it. Don't expect it any time soon 🤔👍🙂
They can't even build a railway to the airport in budget
That is a pretty big hole that really should be filled.
Well, this is a different kind of video.
I found myself sitting there watching the whole thing all the way through.
Great view. 👍
Very glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😊
I WOULD LIIKE TO THANK DRIVER 667 FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO ITS GREAT TO SEE DRIVERS VIEW DO YOU HAVE ANY OF THE 70S SURBUBAN/COUNTRY DRIVERS VIEW GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMIILY WARREEN AND INGRID MELBOURNE AUSSIE LAND
Thank you very much. It is a lot of work to put these together but I enjoy it and it makes it worthwhile when I know people enjoy them. I don't have views from years back. I took a lot of photos back then but not video. If only I could tell my earlier self to video everything. Very glad you enjoy the videos. All the best to you and your family 👍😊
That’s really cool Colin.
Glad you enjoyed it, Charlie. 👍😀
@@driver667 Yeah.👍😁
@@vlinenclasstrains 👍😀
This was fascinating, thank you. And surprising to me: what services are on this line? I live in Europe and am out of touch. I am on summer holidays, so was bemused to see the autumn colours of trees around Castlemaine - and enjoyed the change to eucalypts and the lovely central Victorian countryside. My paternal great great grandfather moved from Muckleford to Kerang, where I grew up. Not as lovely, but I did enjoy Driver667's recent trip from there to Dingee, where my mother grew up.
Me again, something rather different: I read recently that the Victorian gauge of 5'3" was not exactly copied from the Irish gauge, as we all believed, for the Irish one was actually specified as 1600mm!! (Although, yes, they are exactly the same 😅)
This line is a tourist railway these days with return services on a Wednesday and Sunday. Glad you enjoyed the ride on the broad gauge 🤣😀👍
I always add tiles when I film Train trips on V/Line, Metro, Steamrail, 707 Operation, and Other Train Trips.🙃😄👍
Good job 👍 😀
Another awesome video. Would love a short view of the train and carriages before the start of the journey. I assume that this is the Goldfields Railways in Victoria. Would appreciate a link in the description as I was not aware that this railway was still operating. 😎
Glad you enjoyed the video. All good suggestions and I will have a look at what you suggest 👍😀
Awesome video as well!👍👍😁
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀
Haven't seen a good cab ride in this direction before (although I've got lots of memories of the line in my own video collection). Assuming the long rails are to replace the (sometimes very) old short-jointed metals, where did they get such a treasure trove from?
Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, they are replacing the old short rails. I believe some of the newer rails came from parts of the Castlemaine to Maryborough line and some has come from the level crossing removals. 👍😊
Brilliant video
Glad to hear you enjoyed the video 👍 😊
Great video. Do you know when the Castlemaine-Maryborough rails were removed.
Sorry, not sure exactly but only in the last couple of years. I think most of it is still in place with sections removed. Maybe I need to get out there and make a video or two of what is left across there. 🤔 👍😊
Good see concrete sleeper and rails replacing at a time This would change speed 80Km if more tree clearance removed along side of track.
It will certainly improve the track and allow heavier trains to operate. 👍😊
Our bicycle touring club have travelled on the tourist train several times. We ride up on the rail trail and have lunch at Maldon and return from Maldon to Castlemaine by train.
All the best to the enthusiastic and friendly volunteers who keep this line alive, especially the guard who loaded all our bicycles in the guard van for the return trip. It is a lovely ride through the bush. Recommended.
28 August 2022: Maldon train at Morris Street level crossing: th-cam.com/video/BlqXuClcS8w/w-d-xo.html
It would be a nice day out on the bicycle enjoying the bush in one direction and the train in the other. 👍😀
These videos are great. Where and how is the camera mounted for these videos? It would be nice to get a shot of the train before it starts too.
The camera is in this case fitted to the front handrails of the Y class. There it is left to do it's job on the trip. Glad you enjoy them 👍 😊
I've always wanted to go on this rail line, one of these days I hope I will, does it go beyond Muckleford? If so where does it terminate?
Yes it runs to the township of Maldon. The next video to complete the run will be coming soon 👍😀
Wow! North Korea is so pretty!
Hmmmmm🤔
@@driver667 😋😋
@@ravenvehement6797 👍😆
Was this part of the recent rail shuttles up there, the same one you drove the A class back from?
No, this was a different day to the shuttles. 👍😊
@@driver667Ok, but was it still for another specific occasion? I'm pretty sure diesel locos don't usually operate on the line, although I'm not too familiar with it so please don't hold me to that.
@@therealsammyvee888 it was a normal operating day. The Y class was the only loco available to run trains at the time apparently.
@@driver667That's pretty interesting. Thanks for letting me know.
So where is the Castlemaine XXXX brewery?
Might be a little bit of a trip to find it 🤔
Are going to are you doing a drivers view of Mornington railway
Yes, I will get down there and have a chat to them and video the line 👍😊
Riding a T class loco😊
Actually it's the Y class locomotive 👍🙂
That’s VR Y133
It is 👍 😀
castlemaine was a brand of beer?
There was a beer called Castlemaine. 👍😊
Does this go to Daylesford?
No, this one is the Maldon line. 👍😊
Do you know if the rails beside or in the middle of he running tracks is new or worn?
They are in the middle of re railing at the moment. Some are old and some are yet to be put in place. 👍😊
@@driver667 Could make a start on heading to Shelbourne with the old rails. 🤔☺
@@emdB67 not a bad idea 👍😊
@@emdB67 I walked the Shelbourne line when I was a kid. It's a rather dull trip in both directions, the most interesting thing I saw was a wheat silo at the former terminus.
The rail in the middle of the tracks is "new". If you look closely you can see that the old rail has a narrower head, meaning it is lighter. (also is in shorter lengths)
what is the line speed on this section 😀
A maximum of 40kph. 👍😀