This was an interesting ride. learning about Melbourne signals. Ik wondered about that bug as well from the comment just below.
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@@geoffreymoore1510 👍😊
@geoffreymoore1510Күн бұрын
@@tressteleg1 There is a ton of updates on my channel for the Metro workings at St Mary's if interested. I will be going over there again for more next week.
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@ OK
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@@geoffreymoore1510 Yes. Odd.
@civitiesКүн бұрын
20:19 why no passenger service for 7kms (I mean they could extend to Geelong right?????)
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@@civities I just decided to check bus timetables, and bus 190 connects Werribee station with Wyndham Vale station running every 20 minutes weekdays but 40 minutes or so on Saturdays. So obviously there is no heart to extend the wires down the former mainline to meet the VLine Trains that 7 km further south.
@j_y_Күн бұрын
No video description hee hee 8:30 reminds me of the time where i was going to take the train to aircraft, get a train back to laverton and take the laverton loop. Aircraft train got cancelled and I ran back to laverton... surprised the stations are only 1km apart! 12:50 the fly splatting onto the windshield and slowly sliding across lol For the center broad gauge track I see signals facing both sides, is that track bi-directional? Or is the track on the right not the standard gauge one? at 17:20 you mention the 31 marker as 31Km from Melbourne.. I always thought it meant 31 miles from Melbourne (track length)? Do you have any idea what the air releasing sound at 18:27 is? You've mentioned before that you are a tram driver in Melbourne, have you ever driven trains before?
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@@j_y_ 8:30, younger and fitter days 😆 I also noticed the backwards signals and assumed that the two tracks were set up for bi-directional running. Unlucky fly 😆😆 Yes originally they were miles, but with all the metric conversions, the mile posts were removed and replaced with relevant km boards. The air puff was probably the driver moving the brake handle. I was a South Melbourne tram driver 1988 to 1994. I never officially drove trains but had a few drivers who would let me drive their trains. With cameras everywhere these days, it is impossible to get away with it. Sly Drives of Electric Trains. Melbourne, Sydney, London. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moObmI1vqa-Yr6s
@j_y_Күн бұрын
dang it, all this time I thought they were mile posts. But it is still distance via tracks and not bird flies right? Wish I was an adult in the 1990's haha
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@@j_y_ Yes, Km from SSS as the tracks go, not as the crow flies.
@JuliansTrainsandGamesКүн бұрын
Was this one of the last Comeng trains with the old horn?
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
I think the video was recorded before some “expert“ decided that those original horns were not loud enough.
@JuliansTrainsandGamesКүн бұрын
They should have used the new horns as an emergency reminder horn to grab attention of people. The old horn should be the normal soundscape horn.
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@ well they didn’t.
@JuliansTrainsandGamesКүн бұрын
@@tressteleg1 Maybe I could write a letter to the transport people and they might refit the horns of the alstom Comeng and maybe EDI.
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@ Upon receipt, I will hear them laughing from here.
@IPEX-BADDКүн бұрын
You've mixed up Champion Rd, with Maddox Rd crossing. The one you noted as being in planning to close is Maddox Rd, Champion Rd is the first crossing you passed. Planning to remove altogether. That pedestrian was at Champion Rd crossing, on the left, or Williamstown side. Missed Maidstone st, all one in advance Thanks for explaining the signal lights 🎉
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@@IPEX-BADD Thanks. Not knowing the area at all, I expected to make a mistake or 2
@j_y_Күн бұрын
@@tressteleg1 At 1:00 why did they temporarily change the signals to medium speed warning then back?
@tressteleg1Күн бұрын
@ I have no idea why. Being the exit from a siding, I expect that this signal is controlled from ?Metrol or wherever it is controlled from. Whether the operator intentionally did this or whether there was some minor glitch in the system we may never know.
@johnd8892Күн бұрын
That pedestrian at the Champion Rd crossing, and many others like him, will have many kilometres extra to walk in future if he wants to legally cross the railway. Same with the cars and trucks. Safe Labor seat though.
@j_y_Күн бұрын
Keyword.. legally 😆 What part of an active railway would you have to be in for it to be considered tresspassing? Someone I know does some rail photography, and this person sometimes gets a bit closer to the rails, but in my mind as long as I stay off the ballast it's not tresspassing... or is it
@vsvnrg3263Күн бұрын
that signal at 1:04 must be a gemini. it cant make up its mind.