Driver's View North Melbourne to Ginifer Sunbury Line

[@RichardFelstead1949]

I was a trainee engineman , aka firemen, from December 1968 to May 1974. The line has changed a lot in the intervening years. Keep up the good work Tressteleg.

[@tressteleg1]

Thanks for your recollections. The real Thanks goes to our train driver with his camera! There are more in the can and will include Before, During and After scenes of some of the Skyrail and associated projects when the scenes are available.

[@thelionking219]

I have been on the Sunbury Line before and it was amazing. 🤩

[@tressteleg1]

Well I rode it last Monday. That was quite a nice fast run from Watergardens to Diggers Rest. The rest was fairly ordinary.

[@sonycans]

9:21 - It is about this location that the old White City stop used to be. This was a single platform and it picked up people at 17:30 just once because there used to be a Olex cables.

[@tressteleg1]

😊👍. In other videos there were also traces of stations which had closed because nearby factories had also disappeared. I guess that can be the evolution of railways.

[@waynewhite2323]

Always a pleasure, thank you!

[@tressteleg1]

👍

[@zoomosis]

Thank you! Looking forward to Sunbury.

[@tressteleg1]

I’ll probably do it two weeks from now. I have no idea what I will do for next week :-(

[@209039497]

I hate going past South Kensington outbound while standing!! i loose balance over at the part where the tracks overlap and at a high speed too.

[@tressteleg1]

Melbourne trains have always gone through junctions too fast.

[@TCHITOTTM]

Just looking at how bad the platforms are in need of some money Great video just sit back and watch the wired go by

[@tressteleg1]

Lots of track are also in need of much TLC as well, and is a bit more important.

[@ChannelReuploads9451]

And to think, they want to hook the Metro Tunnel in to that section of track...........

[@tressteleg1]

I’m wondering whether they are building typical ‘Metro’ style cattle trains with just a few seats around the walls?

[@jimpikoulis6726]

I'm surprised by the amount of mud holes

[@aydapple]

Great to see my local line being driven by great Metro Drivers! Also Will you have any future Sunbury line videos and which train was this driven on? (Comeng, Siemans) I think it’s Comeng becuase i can hear it’s motors! 😂 This was a morning service right?

[@tressteleg1]

If you watch it again you will see your questions were answered.

[@aydapple]

tressteleg1 Yeh, i know that there will be a Ginifer-Sunbury video however will there be more videos for this line?

[@tressteleg1]

There are quite a few short little sections so I suppose they are the start of Before, During, and After videos relating to level crossing removals on the line. Until I receive some of the After videos, I can’t go any further.

[@coconutboo9704]

Have you done one to Werribee yet

[@tressteleg1]

I’m pretty certain that I do and it includes another train race. I’ll keep you in mind but Sunbury will have to be finished first. Sunny again but only 23° expected on the Gold Coast today. Why would I want to be in Melbourne? 😄

[@coconutboo9704]

That’s true it is freezing here it’s 8 degrees now

[@tressteleg1]

Haha! 15° here already. Have a nice day. Picnic lunch today 🌞

[@localfishingtv6525]

Great video

[@tressteleg1]

I knew you would be looking for it. I’ll probably do the second half in 2 weeks. Watch Cuba on SBS Now! I have been there.

[@localfishingtv6525]

tressteleg1 watching it now

[@tressteleg1]

I made 6 videos of my trip there in 1990, but stay with the TV for now!

[@canismajoris738]

Your trains are slowing down in transit? 16 secs out +?

[@tressteleg1]

There is no way to know why the first train slowed. It could be for any reason including a temporary speed limit due to dodgy track awaiting improvement. There is no doubt that my driver friend was slowing to make the video more interesting for all of us.

[@MrMeehan1993]

16.42 m video took

[@TheAussieFloof]

God I'd love to be a train driver

[@tressteleg1]

Have a chat with some drivers first if you decide to go and do that.

[@coconutboo9704]

Hi do you live in Melbourne

[@tressteleg1]

I was a tram driver at South Melbourne from 1988 to 1994. Then I moved to Queensland where we barely get any winter 🌞

[@coconutboo9704]

Thanks