It doesn't make sense, that so much energy goes into building the infrastructure in the first place, it keeps towns alive everyone needs to be connected and have access to transport.
Great doco mate, I really enjoyed it! I grew up on Phillip Island and used to love walking bits of the rail trail out at Kilcunda, such a beautiful area.
I went on one of the final trips by steam to Foster in 1988, November? D3 639 and K153. I think Foster was chosen as the terminus, as it did have an operational turntable to turn the locos. And a stop for a while on the way back, as one of the locos ran low on water and had to go off light engine to get some.
Great! Went down to Leongatha in mid March this year. Tracks all the way up to the station from ruby were all ripped up. There were a bunch of sleepers and stuff in the corridor. Was a very sad sight. The tracks at the station and rail yards still remained although unfortunately the day after I went there, the rail yards at Leongatha station were ripped up :(
@@FogartyAvenue there sure are! I just subscribed. Hope you can finish the South Gippy rail series to Yarram. I just binge watched the ones you've done so far.
Sorry, the section from Woodside to Yarram was operational during the 1960s when I used to go to Foster every School Holidays until 1970. I believe that section was closed some time after 1970...
One of the most shortsighted closures by thick politicians and docile compliant railway administration up there with the Mornington Line. Even when closed it could be seen that the city would continue to expand in those directions and d the cost of reinstalling them prohibitive.
Good Documentary 👍 The government will regret it one day building a rail trail from Nyora to Leongatha because if it reopens it will be harder to build the new track It’s also sad that the South Gippsland Tourist Railway didn’t reopen this next year, they were fighting to get it open but they did a rail trail instead 😔
@@FogartyAvenue yes There’s always hope. At least there’s still chances and I used to love going down there looking at the old abandoned tracks and stuff as well 😞
Very nice video, nice short info about what happened, we have new trains here now........................... and dancing ppl on the train................ no toilets :-)
Epic indeed and yes Floyd is the rail gramp so I will let him have that status. I could have gotten more in-depth but it was just a quick overview tipe thing that forms the intro for the hike vid so I didn't want to lose all the non train gramps.
lucky enough to go on a few steamrail trips to leongatha as a child before it closed.... damn what a tradgedy
That sounds cool but yeah it's a shame.
Lovely green grass and sand trains.
Been to the fish creek hotel many a time!
Chad dad.
Good chicken
Bloody sad. There are towns along that route that could use a train service .
Not too many parts of Australia are as scenic as Sth Gippsland.
It's a shame.
It doesn't make sense, that so much energy goes into building the infrastructure in the first place, it keeps towns alive everyone needs to be connected and have access to transport.
Great doco mate, I really enjoyed it!
I grew up on Phillip Island and used to love walking bits of the rail trail out at Kilcunda, such a beautiful area.
Always sad a line closure :( Awesome video . . .
Thanks for watching.
Wow that was a really damn good video. Loved the history and it was such a shame to see this line closed.
Thanks. Yeah it turned out realy well. Yeah MEGA waste but what can ya do.
One of the greats!
I went on one of the final trips by steam to Foster in 1988, November? D3 639 and K153. I think Foster was chosen as the terminus, as it did have an operational turntable to turn the locos. And a stop for a while on the way back, as one of the locos ran low on water and had to go off light engine to get some.
Very quite interesting. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great video!
Thanks!
Fantastic and very informative video. Thank you for publishing it.
You are welcome, thanks for watching it.
Great to see you again making videos
Thx
Thank you for the video really enjoying watch, lovely!
Thx
Great video, thank you.
Glad you liked it!
Great! Went down to Leongatha in mid March this year. Tracks all the way up to the station from ruby were all ripped up. There were a bunch of sleepers and stuff in the corridor. Was a very sad sight. The tracks at the station and rail yards still remained although unfortunately the day after I went there, the rail yards at Leongatha station were ripped up :(
Interesting, ouch well I'm glad I documented it then.
Great doco!
Thanks, there's heaps of fabulous videos on this channel!
@@FogartyAvenue there sure are! I just subscribed. Hope you can finish the South Gippy rail series to Yarram. I just binge watched the ones you've done so far.
Oh is that why the leongatha line ended. I remember that train.
Sorry, the section from Woodside to Yarram was operational during the 1960s when I used to go to Foster every School Holidays until 1970. I believe that section was closed some time after 1970...
Interesting.
One of the most shortsighted closures by thick politicians and docile compliant railway administration up there with the Mornington Line. Even when closed it could be seen that the city would continue to expand in those directions and d the cost of reinstalling them prohibitive.
It's frustrating.
its going to re-open to clyde in the future , thats why there is still tracks there
@@chopperking1122 the tracks won't help anything - the corridor will be completely rebuilt whenever the clyde extension happens.
great video!
Thx.
Very good video
Thx.
Great video
Thx guy.
why is the tree so tall at 1:33
good sunlight or its just on a hill and looks tall who knows?
interesting question.
Sprouters?
Mega sprouter
@@FogartyAvenue i wish i owned this channel just so that I could heart that comment
Sun, rain, air, earth, chlorophyll and time?
Good Documentary 👍
The government will regret it one day building a rail trail from Nyora to Leongatha because if it reopens it will be harder to build the new track
It’s also sad that the South Gippsland Tourist Railway didn’t reopen this next year, they were fighting to get it open but they did a rail trail instead 😔
Also why’s there a private video in the Hiking Railways Playlist?
Yeah it's all pretty poopy. Adleast the government still owns the corridor so it might be able to be re used but peeps love paths.
@@FogartyAvenue yes
There’s always hope.
At least there’s still chances and I used to love going down there looking at the old abandoned tracks and stuff as well 😞
Very nice video, nice short info about what happened, we have new trains here now........................... and dancing ppl on the train................ no toilets :-)
Thanks and y no toilets!?! TOILETZ
Epic
your video's are more informative to watch :)
But les gave it a good crack.
@@mysteryexchange4192 haha thanks I guess. I helped him with finding historical footage and dates
Epic indeed and yes Floyd is the rail gramp so I will let him have that status. I could have gotten more in-depth but it was just a quick overview tipe thing that forms the intro for the hike vid so I didn't want to lose all the non train gramps.
2:38
What did you see?
Big thank you to the idiots that closed this line
Round of applause!
Lib pollies called kennet
0:58
What was it?
Letting and making rail lines die is nothing short of stupid!
Definitely
noice, do we have a rough idea when the main hiking vid of the south Gippsland line will come out?
It will grace your eye balls this coming Sunday at 8:30AM. STRAP IN.
@@FogartyAvenue :OOOO
@@FogartyAvenue Yay!
They now are making a rail trail bike track from Nyora too Leongatha which should be open in 2022.
Sounds better than nothing.
Okay
Okay
Shames Tom of track from the leongatha line was ripped and turned into a rail trail
Yeah it's a shame but adleast the line will be used for something again.
Sand trains 🚆 who knew?
Grouse vid!
Thank you sir.
Surely these outer areas need trains in an era of trying to reduce carbon emissions…?
Definitely but the government is dumb.
Bass straight oil 🛢 helped but must have been the main reason rather than passengers.