Glenhuntly station and Neerim Rd manual gates 1976

[withaminutetogo]

Marvellous memories from my teenage years - thank you

[missninjajess]

I'm pete coulson, one of the 2 schoolboys in the clip, i have very fond memorys growing up in glenhuntly and was a paper boy on glenhuntly road for many, many years. i also worked at the hardware store, the chemist and the butchers just down the road and remember all the old faces. my friends father worked on the Neerim road gates for many years. i also recall seeing the devistation of cars that had careered through the closed gates. i was 13 in this and am now 49, great footage, thanks.

[nowagi]

The two Caulfield Tech schoolboys 50 seconds into the clip are myself Jeff Smithers and friend Peter Coulson. Looks like we were up to no good.

[Romerjon17]

Remember, Remember November 11th :D My birthday :D

[deatheater60]

l was on the frankston train today and how glenhuntly station looks so different, its great to watch this video as i wasn't around in the 70's, i wonder we are those people are now?

[internezzo]

Also I seem to recall that the semaphore signal on the up line at the signal box was one of the unusual automated ones which would crash dramatically to horizontal when the first carriage was barely half way past it, unlike most of the others which had to wait for the signalman to release the lever.

[internezzo]

Thank you for filming this in the first place and uploading it here. I grew up near Huntingdale station but was fascinated by the railways and travellled all over the system as a child in the 1960s. Glenhuntly was one of those exciting stations where tram tracks crossed the railway tracks at the level crossing, which was protected by interlocked gates. The trains had to take the crossing slow and the sound of the train wheels crashing over the intersection with the tram tracks was exciting.

[TomMarvan]

@internezzo I seem to recall Kooyong had the same hand-operated set up for its railway track/tram crossing. Great memories.

[crankie72]

I do believe that train was on time...LOL

[johno01970]

Money well spent!!! Thanks for the post....

[chrissun86]

Just as I suspected the harris car blue trains had all their doors open, and the herald sun made such a fuss about a hitachi train door not being able to close recently.

[LawrenceJesterton]

@chrissun86 It was a lot of fun going to and from school standing in the open doors of a harris train. Safety wasn't such an issue back then. Good times

[Laverous]

Great video. And first time I've seen a Give Way to Right sign in ages. (1:50)

[tramman82]

GREAT STUFF!! I'm dissapointed I didnt find it sooner!

[BlackMaria61]

The Red (Tait) carriages were retired from most lines in 1980 because they were a fire risk in the new City Loop Underground, but continued on the St Kilda line a few more years until that was converted to a light rail (tram) line. The Blue (Harris) trains lasted a bit longer but were prematurely retired becasue of the asbestos in them, though some carriages were modified for Vline use and are still in service on the Stony Point line from Frankston & elsewhere

[bozza03]

I noticed there were a few Hitachi trains in that footage (which if I'm not mistaken would have only been built 5 years prior) as well as the red and blue rattlers (which I'm pretty certain were scrapped before I was even born).

On what loookatme said, we need to give Connex the boot. Irrespective as to whether Connex is doing a great job or a shit job, it doesn't belong in private hands

Time to sack Connex and re-establish the Public Transport Corporation(ie bring it back to public ownership)

[phizer666]

OMG! Great memories for me too. Seeing old Mr Hales turning the wheel to close the gates was something too. I forgot all about that shoe place at the station, I used to get my shoes repaired there!

I remember the old movie theatre/snooker hall that was demolished to make way for the safeway and the TAB on Royal Ave. Great post!!!

[vk3ase]

Good to see some one with local knowledge of the area going back a while is enjoying the clips

[Rocketboy1950]

For those of us that grew up in this era we know and appreciate how much it cost compared to todays digital age. Well done for making the record. The only part I have is the graffiti on good old Ektachrome slides.....still got 'em. And I have to wonder if I was driving any of those trains.

[Haydz01]

the last bit was early 80s i guess because thats when the met started but the rest was deffinantly 1976 plus look at the peoples clothes heh. haha how about the horse! wow great tiomes in life then brilliant of what was shot of the railways also to see some melbourne in the 70s which is good heh

[w1zza]

nice work, rather old :P

[Hellfire153]

lol, we still have the same shit trains!!!

[loookatme123]

run by a shit company

[1501M]

The Blue (Harris) and Red (Tait) Trains are long gone.  Both Silvers are still running tho.

[vermontcreekbed]

Dave I remember many crossings on the Frankston line especially the one at Wickham Road Highett where the operator came out of the small hutt hat was heated by a fire in the winter months. Thanks for the memory.

VK3W-W-W Jack.

[markbesley]

Wonderful that you have captured this history - red rattlers and blue asbestos trains. The anti-Kerr graffiti was a good inclusion.