I grew up in a railway house in Ballarat East,my family lived there from the 1880's until it was demolished in 1986 to widen the line. My family held the record for most members of one family employed by VR at the one time. My brother in law is still station master at Ballarat. So many trains , single head lights coming in the distance , the hum of the line , good old days.
This gives me an idea to record here, lots of trains pass here. Maybe I should visit Ballarat and take a look at the station. By now, the line to Ballarat is on maintenance till 30th of January.
+EdarusStarcraft It doesn't evenn run as far as the Queen St Bridge but at least it's still there. I remember when the track went into the old petrol facility and the facility still had petrol wagons on rails.
I've been thinking of doing something like that for a while now actually. It'd only have passes in it with the distinct lack of freight through Bendigo
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I grew up in a railway house in Ballarat East,my family lived there from the 1880's until it was demolished in 1986 to widen the line. My family held the record for most members of one family employed by VR at the one time. My brother in law is still station master at Ballarat. So many trains , single head lights coming in the distance , the hum of the line , good old days.
Yes it was busy back then. Nothing today compares.
This gives me an idea to record here, lots of trains pass here. Maybe I should visit Ballarat and take a look at the station. By now, the line to Ballarat is on maintenance till 30th of January.
It's worth a visit but most of the freights run after dark these days.
The first time I've seen four 'G' class locos on a train!!!
It's pretty rare and even rarer through Ballarat!
I lived at the base of King St bridge , there use to be three lines , one headed off to the eureka stockade .
I remember the Eureka line. There was a Caltex petrol depot there with a track for the rail oil tanker.
I was a railway worker once and the times have changed since the 1970 and 1980s till now
Yes they hsve. I've been driving trams for 18 years and lots has changed in my time as well
Any old footage of Ballarat East line ?
No I don't go back That far. I remember the line but that's it.
Nice work. It is probably appropriate to describe the "Wendouree Branch as also being the line to Ararat.
+Karen Campbell I'll add that to the description. I plan on doing a current to version of parts of 4th the Ararat line as well.
How often to grain trains pass through Ballarat?
Very rarely these days. The odd grain train to PN Boort and SSR somewhere further north. Maybe two a month if your lucky.
Now the Broad Gauge signals are up and running again at the Geelong Grain Loop, expect to see more frequent activity.
@@Schony747 thank god. I miss listening to the trains pass through late at night
Didn't realise the third line out at Ballarat East was still there, thought it was all ripped up and gone.
+EdarusStarcraft It doesn't evenn run as far as the Queen St Bridge but at least it's still there. I remember when the track went into the old petrol facility and the facility still had petrol wagons on rails.
It wasn't THAT long ago that there was a bunch of old engines around the turntable near there too haha
The old West Coast Railway Ballarat East facility. I've got photos somewhere.
Thats the one, yeah.
at 7:28 the track on the right use to go to eureka
That's correct. My meory was the petrol facility.
yes thats right, now it's a rail trail
Very nice Brenden
Thanks Brad. Now we just need one from Bendigo.
I've been thinking of doing something like that for a while now actually. It'd only have passes in it with the distinct lack of freight through Bendigo
You've also got plenty of light engine movements and a few freights that you upload. I think a show on Bendigo would be great.
what was the loco behind G522 was it a X.T.Y.H CLASS ?
both tines it was G522 XR X
Cheers, I might visit some of the locations on the 27/28 May during the Heritage Weekend in Ballarat.