The Bendigo line

[MrLegodad]

best railway track in victoria gr8 upload enjoyed every minute

[Rocketboy1950]

@MrLegodad It was the best until those fucking morons single lined a lot of it for RFR. SFB idiots will have to put that double line back in years to come.

[kellingc]

You did a wonderful edit job on this, keep my intrest and the 18 minutes didn't seem long at all. Even though I'm in America, and model the Southern Pacific mostly, this line looks like it would be fun to model.

[Rocketboy1950]

@kellingc Thanks, it's a beautiful old piece of railway with lots of stone bridges and buildings.

[hoggerdave]

what does the lit number below the signals mean?

[Rocketboy1950]

@hoggerdave Diverging speed through the points

[hoggerdave]

@Rocketboy1950 I take it it's in Km/hr ?

[Rocketboy1950]

@hoggerdave It is.

[gobombers07]

Great Video!!

[shazam75]

what was inside the ELXs Rod? and where were you taking them?

Shelton.

[Rocketboy1950]

@shazam75 As far as I recall they were empty and coming down for use on a plant train.

[shazam75]

lovely sounds from the old girl

Cheers

Shelton.

[towrong1]

They're not usually this slow, only during peak hour in Melbourne metro when they're stuck behind metropolitan services.

[Rocketboy1950]

Locomotives not fitted with TPWS safety gear are only allowed 80km/h

[ufn489]

Interesting video for sure however the progress was painfully slow Ha!.

Pac-Nat are now running intermodals through the suburbs of Adelaide at 8okm/hr on S.G concrete sleepers.Hope they stay on track.

[pissandwind]

This is great to see the view from the drivers window, amazing how different it looks to looking out a side window.. Sad to see such an awesome corridor of travel being used at such slow speed, our Gov. needs a kick up the arse we should be sitting on at least 200kmh on runs like that .

[zyoidburg]

my fav train video to date

[666Jayroc]

thats awsome to the power of rad

[mallygirl231]

how slow are these things?!

[Elfin1988]

The Americans have a really wracked Reail System. Thats the Reason why they have to drive so slow.

[Elfin1988]

And same in Australia.. The Rail system is not build for High Speed.

[Roguever]

How come trains don't just stick to the left? What's with the switcharoo?

[Rocketboy1950]

The tracks are bi directional. One side is rated for 160km/h the other is slower. Trains get the fast track or not according to the train type and its schedule.

[magpiesextreme123]

hahahaha good horn lol

[Rocketboy1950]

Now I'm embarrassed, you weren't supposed to see that.

[alica777]

This video is a top example of progress under a labour government, we'll take two tracks and make one with passing loops, surprised to even see a freight train on it in daylight.

[wekwafe]

this guy has made me want to be a train driver :-)

[Rocketboy1950]

don't do it the hours suck

[wekwafe]

really? i'd want to do like connex stuff once they get the boot. and a question do metropolitan train drivers like hate graffiti???

[Rocketboy1950]

they hate it and would happily look the other way while they ran over the person doing it...well some would anyway.

[wekwafe]

what about like whole cars, like the whole carriage. you have to give it to the artist that that's bloody insance though.

[Rocketboy1950]

you didn't understand my last response ?

[wekwafe]

i did, bu there is a dffereance between tags and murals.

[Rocketboy1950]

Yeah, one's a bigger piece of mindless shit than the other one. I'm talking about passenger trains and locomotives. I would actually like to see the companies allow the freight vehicles to be used as a canvas for quality work, just leave the people stuff alone.

[wekwafe]

hahahaha. yeh i've never heard that from a train driver. but it would be difficult to get to the freights..

[IdoloR]

lol wow, im not into trains, never considered them an interest but seeing this video got me in the mood for taking a train ride ahhhh reeeeeeeally want to go on a nice train ride through the new forest with my friend lol

thanks for uploading this, its realy gave me an idea of sumthing i fancy doin for a day

[gleno19891]

Hey. I live in bendigo and have been up this line hundreds of times goin to melbourne for the rugby. What type of loco are you in? It kinda sounds like a T class

[Rocketboy1950]

It kinda is a T class. What's rugby ? I thought it was a place in England :-)

[FlyBikes089]

What kind of units what you in? And great video, 5 rate!

[Themikanic]

This would have taken hours to get to Bendigo! Surely it's not at real time speed.

Mike.

[Rocketboy1950]

We are travelling at 80km/h. Looks can be deceptive as you get higher off the ground.

[aussieNickuss]

80km/h....seriously? Looks might be diceptive, but it looks like you're cruising at 30km/h max most of the way.

[MickFix]

Awwsome! Love it, more to come we hope!

[mallard290]

are you driving the train?

[Rocketboy1950]

I drove home, when we were running long end leading.

[produKtNZ]

Hey :)

Are there any pics available of the engine in use in this video?

[thelastnameismine]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[NR54trailerail]

Was this taken on friday? The station master at Sunbury told me I had missed a light loco when I went to Sunbury station about 8pm on Friday night to see a grainy.

[Rocketboy1950]

yep.

[nickeax]

Thank you, I loved it!

[vrgunzel]

What was the train hauling? Grain?

[Rocketboy1950]

Light engine on the down. Two ballast hoppers on the up.

[lilgunzel761]

what engine was this in?

[Rocketboy1950]

T357