I commute daily on the Gippsland line, though only from Warragul to the city and back for work, however the times I leave the office late after 6pm the next train from Southern Cross is the 6:33pm service to Bairnsdale which is the evening Gippslander. It's always a treat to ride the N-class even just to Warragul, the quiet ride compared to the Vlocity sets is nice, the Vlocity sets always screw with the noise cancellation on my AirPods and some of the engine noise still bleeds through, doesn't happen on the N-sets though and is usually dead silent the entire trip. Will be a shame once it's retired though, I still think a buffet equipped Vlocity is needed for this line beyond Traralgon, they should make a few more of the Albury style sets and make them broad gauge for the longer lines to Bairnsdale, Swan Hill and Warrnambool. Not being able to buy food/drinks for a three or more-hour trip is unfortunate.
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
Another great video from you, well done. Will be sad when the last N class service ends. Surprised to see in a couple of locations the signal showing green in the oncoming direction of train.
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
It's a real shame as I always enjoyed them and when they passed Cremorne it was a delight, though the last time I saw it without riding it, it was vandalised.😔😭
This why I didn't what this to happen to the N Class Locos to Bairnsdale I just wish they were running forever! Because these trains are part of my childhood!!🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢😢😢😢
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
I’d still use them on short services to bacchus marsh Melton Wyndham vale little river stony point etc even Ararat to Nhill I wonder why they don’t extend the line from Echuca to moama as a terminal station
I think loco hauled vline trains will still be operating on the Bairnsdale line for maybe a few more months bc ima be riding an overnight loco service to and from Pakenham where we will stay in a fancy hotel for the night
Incorrect it will not be the last until after 15 th September but the state is broke so anything can happen until one gets the working timetable for it,
Which part is incorrect? The video depicts trains 8460 and 8469 as the last two N Class locomotive-hauled trains to operate in Gippsland which is accurate. They are indeed about to end next week in association with the timetable change on the 15th which will see trains 8460 and 8469 swapped out with a Vlocity.
@@ThebusofdoomFSX FN9 is not the last train….and Warrnambool line is still running N set till 1 st October so far…. Don’t believe me ? check up the times tables in V/line website ! I know I have and the old N sets are currently on borrowed time! Frontline crew now says tba for what the last Warrnambool line N set currently as they say pushed near the end of the year! But tba is the word… As for that line is tba with rolling stock shortages and vols breaking down all over the system currently since forced to longer routes sadly we regressed to the rail motor days…..no buffet, no relaxing comfortable seats either!
@@garrymock2742 Trains 8460 & 8469 are the last two regular Bairnsdale services operated with N Class locomotive hauled trains which is the message this video conveys. They're still running with N Classes to this day and will continue to do so for a couple of more months or so until the new stabling in Bairnsdale is complete.
Why does the working timetable of v/line has the VN still listed on Eastern line? I think all the track works have be completed beforehand as well as the siding for vols. I say currently it TBA.....
They will still be running to Swan Hill for the foreseeable future as there's currently no plans to operate Vlocity trains on that line. You can ride one between Melbourne and Bendigo with a Myki card. They still operate all services to Warrnambool, and the evening train from Melbourne to Bairnsdale and the return morning trip to Melbourne the following day. Both Warrnambool and Bairnsdale services are supposed to be replaced with Vlocities before the end of the year but no exact date has been set.
There goes a train suited for purposed being replaced by a two decade old commuter train that was never really intended for long distance services like this. Seeing how backwards the state is going and only caring about capacity on long distant services is just honestly sad. Shoulda built new locomotives and carriages (like of Siemens Charger and Venture cars being used by Amtrak over in the United States) instead of reusing an outdated DMU to do the job, but nope the government just had to choose the cheap way, did it? Pathetic. 🙄 also nice video btw
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
V/line could have converted some z carriages to DVT's since the main problem is turnaround time, but I guess we have to sit our rears on an uncomfortable DMU now
N Classes and N-Sets have not ended service on the Gippland line and in fact will continue until around mid September. This video's description is misleading, it calls the depicted services "the last N Class services", except it doesn't mean the last individual services, but instead the last 2 scheduled daily times that N Classes run on the Bairnsdale line. These trains will continue running at these times until mid September this year, when there is no longer any need for them and the schedule updates. The only reason they still run is because Bairnsdale does not have the facilities to store VLocities overnight, and so the services which require a trains stabled overnight either before or after require N-Sets. This will not be the case soon, but it still is and thus the first up and last down Bairnsdales are N-Sets for now
BusofdoomfFSX please change the title and description of the video to make it less misleading. It nearly seems you're doing it on purpose for views, please let that not be the case.
@@Comeng17 Thanks for your feedback, but I do not consider the video title and description to be misleading and I see no need to change it. The video itself, the title and the description correctly refers to trains 8460 & 8469 as being the last rostered N Class services on the Gippsland Line. This video does not state that these are the last ever N Class services to Bairnsdale and that they won't be running ever again; the video title and description would have been worded appropriately if this was the case. It's noted clearly that this video was filmed in February 2024 and that N Class services still run to Bairnsdale and will continue to do so until the new stabling siding at Bairnsdale is completed later this year.
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
Fantastic videos of the N classes mate
I commute daily on the Gippsland line, though only from Warragul to the city and back for work, however the times I leave the office late after 6pm the next train from Southern Cross is the 6:33pm service to Bairnsdale which is the evening Gippslander. It's always a treat to ride the N-class even just to Warragul, the quiet ride compared to the Vlocity sets is nice, the Vlocity sets always screw with the noise cancellation on my AirPods and some of the engine noise still bleeds through, doesn't happen on the N-sets though and is usually dead silent the entire trip.
Will be a shame once it's retired though, I still think a buffet equipped Vlocity is needed for this line beyond Traralgon, they should make a few more of the Albury style sets and make them broad gauge for the longer lines to Bairnsdale, Swan Hill and Warrnambool. Not being able to buy food/drinks for a three or more-hour trip is unfortunate.
All good things come to an end, I guess. Great video mate.
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
Another great video from you, well done. Will be sad when the last N class service ends. Surprised to see in a couple of locations the signal showing green in the oncoming direction of train.
Sad 😢 Such a shame, but I guess everything has to retire eventually. I just adore the hum of the engine. Can’t get enough of it!
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
Bro i live in bairnsdale and there was a n class here yesterday and its augist way past febuary 💀💀
I’ll miss the sound of that GM 2 stroke. Such a shame
It's a real shame as I always enjoyed them and when they passed Cremorne it was a delight, though the last time I saw it without riding it, it was vandalised.😔😭
This why I didn't what this to happen to the N Class Locos to Bairnsdale I just wish they were running forever! Because these trains are part of my childhood!!🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😢😢😢😢😢😢
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
@@Comeng17 Sitting on a Bairnsdale service currently and asked the conductor. Last N Class ran about a week ago.
@@mattholley3642 I commented a month ago. They were very much running when I made that comment
@@Comeng17 I know. I was confirming the approximate date.
Today is the last day for the N class on Bairnsdale line, and is currently running to Southern Cross at the time of sending this comment. 😢
@@JuliansTrainsandGames Farewell to the Gippslander!
I’d still use them on short services to bacchus marsh Melton Wyndham vale little river stony point etc even Ararat to Nhill I wonder why they don’t extend the line from Echuca to moama as a terminal station
Real shame that the N classes are soon to be nonexistent in passenger services, I really do prefer loco hauled trains over DMUs.
couldnt agree more :D
DMU's are good for intercity services (we've obviously had them since the Sprinters in the 90's) but absolutely not for long haul.
I think loco hauled vline trains will still be operating on the Bairnsdale line for maybe a few more months bc ima be riding an overnight loco service to and from Pakenham where we will stay in a fancy hotel for the night
Incorrect it will not be the last until after 15 th September but the state is broke so anything can happen until one gets the working timetable for it,
Which part is incorrect? The video depicts trains 8460 and 8469 as the last two N Class locomotive-hauled trains to operate in Gippsland which is accurate. They are indeed about to end next week in association with the timetable change on the 15th which will see trains 8460 and 8469 swapped out with a Vlocity.
@@ThebusofdoomFSX FN9 is not the last train….and Warrnambool line is still running N set till 1 st October so far…. Don’t believe me ? check up the times tables in V/line website ! I know I have and the old N sets are currently on borrowed time!
Frontline crew now says tba for what the last Warrnambool line N set currently as they say pushed near the end of the year! But tba is the word…
As for that line is tba with rolling stock shortages and vols breaking down all over the system currently since forced to longer routes sadly we regressed to the rail motor days…..no buffet, no relaxing comfortable seats either!
That funny it must not have been the last N class from Bairnsdale cause I just heard the ex Bairnsdale at 7:30am this morning
@@wmaximiw10 of course, there's still a couple of more months before it finishes up.
@@ThebusofdoomFSXpeople are saying that the Gippslander will be withdrawn in September
@@Merri-bekRailfan we'll see, that's the current rumour mill but I'm still awaiting official confirmation.
That is not the last N set thay where still running until the the track works started thay will resume after the track works are finished
@@garrymock2742 Trains 8460 & 8469 are the last two regular Bairnsdale services operated with N Class locomotive hauled trains which is the message this video conveys. They're still running with N Classes to this day and will continue to do so for a couple of more months or so until the new stabling in Bairnsdale is complete.
Why does the working timetable of v/line has the VN still listed on Eastern line?
I think all the track works have be completed beforehand as well as the siding for vols.
I say currently it TBA.....
My favourite line
nice
RIP gippslander
How long do the N Sets have left? Hoping to see one at least when I go to Melbourne late November this year.
They will still be running to Swan Hill for the foreseeable future as there's currently no plans to operate Vlocity trains on that line. You can ride one between Melbourne and Bendigo with a Myki card.
They still operate all services to Warrnambool, and the evening train from Melbourne to Bairnsdale and the return morning trip to Melbourne the following day. Both Warrnambool and Bairnsdale services are supposed to be replaced with Vlocities before the end of the year but no exact date has been set.
@@ThebusofdoomFSX Cool, thanks mate.
@@ThebusofdoomFSX Vine said all Warrnambool line services will be run by velocities when the line reopens in August
There goes a train suited for purposed being replaced by a two decade old commuter train that was never really intended for long distance services like this.
Seeing how backwards the state is going and only caring about capacity on long distant services is just honestly sad.
Shoulda built new locomotives and carriages (like of Siemens Charger and Venture cars being used by Amtrak over in the United States) instead of reusing an outdated DMU to do the job, but nope the government just had to choose the cheap way, did it? Pathetic. 🙄
also nice video btw
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
@@Comeng17
I’m aware.
Swan Hill is still lucky to have ‘em before they’re going to succumb to…you know.
V/line could have converted some z carriages to DVT's since the main problem is turnaround time, but I guess we have to sit our rears on an uncomfortable DMU now
highpoint nando’s
I hope at least one loco and set of carriages get preserved
I heard a few more n sets Will be preserved and all N-class Locomotives will go to the fright companies
N Classes and N-Sets have not ended service on the Gippland line and in fact will continue until around mid September. This video's description is misleading, it calls the depicted services "the last N Class services", except it doesn't mean the last individual services, but instead the last 2 scheduled daily times that N Classes run on the Bairnsdale line. These trains will continue running at these times until mid September this year, when there is no longer any need for them and the schedule updates. The only reason they still run is because Bairnsdale does not have the facilities to store VLocities overnight, and so the services which require a trains stabled overnight either before or after require N-Sets. This will not be the case soon, but it still is and thus the first up and last down Bairnsdales are N-Sets for now
BusofdoomfFSX please change the title and description of the video to make it less misleading. It nearly seems you're doing it on purpose for views, please let that not be the case.
@@Comeng17 Thanks for your feedback, but I do not consider the video title and description to be misleading and I see no need to change it. The video itself, the title and the description correctly refers to trains 8460 & 8469 as being the last rostered N Class services on the Gippsland Line. This video does not state that these are the last ever N Class services to Bairnsdale and that they won't be running ever again; the video title and description would have been worded appropriately if this was the case. It's noted clearly that this video was filmed in February 2024 and that N Class services still run to Bairnsdale and will continue to do so until the new stabling siding at Bairnsdale is completed later this year.
Not the n class is one of the oldest vline train
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
L. Regional passenger trains aren’t as interesting when they’re not loco-hauled.
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message
@@Comeng17 I’m aware of that. Still, big L.
@@TrickyMario7654 definitely, just trying to clean up the mess ThebusofdoomfFSX made
Guess that's the end of an era. F.
This is not the last N-Set service and they will in fact continue until September, this video is just highly misleading in it's conveying of that message