Drivers eye view, Clifton Hill to Flinders Street, Dec 2024

[@brentanward2464]

Nice short trip 👌 thanks .

[@driver667]

@@brentanward2464 glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@georgehoward9306]

Short but sweet video!

[@driver667]

@@georgehoward9306 very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

[@Joshontherails]

Just finished the vid to Clifton hilland this was so timely uploaded, Thanks

[@driver667]

@Joshontherails you're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@andrewkaras8001]

Short trip but a good one thank you👍

[@driver667]

@@andrewkaras8001 you're welcome. Happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@darylcheshire1618]

one day a platform trolley fell into the pit at Princes Bridge, No. 3 steam crane (Polly) was dispatched to assist. A bookshop in Flinders Street that sold rail publications (Hylands) was instantly emptied to watch Polly’s progress over the Spencer Street Viaduct.

[@driver667]

@@darylcheshire1618 there have been a few trolleys in the pit over the years 🤔👍

[@georgeheilman4243]

Nice video to watch while I'm spending some idle time in the shade.

[@driver667]

@@georgeheilman4243 sounds like a great idea. Good job 👍😀

[@yargn3594]

Great video

[@driver667]

@@yargn3594 thank you. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

[@OfficalMelbourneGreenQuad]

Nice

[@driver667]

@@OfficalMelbourneGreenQuad glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@martythemartian99]

This is the Billy Barty of train videos. Short and very entertaining. 😊

[@driver667]

@@martythemartian99 glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@Jorad66]

I like this video. The marvelous old Melbourne I remember. I traveled through Glenhuntly & Oakleigh on the train last year, and felt like I was on a roller coaster. Ugly.

[@driver667]

@@Jorad66 things have changed a bit along the Frankston and Dandenong lines 🤔🤔👍

[@Magpie_Mark92]

I was hoping the Victoria Park sidings would be expanded to store more trains

[@driver667]

@@Magpie_Mark92 I don't imagine that they will be expanded at all. 🤔👍

[@Magpie_Mark92]

@driver667 A few years ago, they were something with it then it stopped

[@driver667]

@@Magpie_Mark92 👍😀

[@darylcheshire1618]

In the ‘70s the VR wanted to close one of the station Collingwood or Victoria Park or maybe one of the Richmond stations? There was a big outcry and it didn’t happen. In those days the VR would throw out an idea and if nothing happened they would carry it out, for example tiny stations Ruby and Bena near Korumburra were suggested for closure and nobody said anything and it happened.

[@driver667]

@@darylcheshire1618 they had a lot of ideas... 🤔🤔

[@darylcheshire1618]

At Princes Bridge (in steam days) there was a traverser so a loco can go to the other track to run around the train. I saw a photo where a loco fell into the traverser pit because the traverser was on the wrong side. Facepalm

[@driver667]

@@darylcheshire1618 hmmm. 🤔👍

[@parveenbhumbak9543]

Great video. Which day is this video from. Can you make a video which you go on a sprinter from filnder street to seymore

[@driver667]

@@parveenbhumbak9543 We run from Southern Cross to Seymour. Here is the link to one I've made already. 👍😀kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZKXdmuLq9afjZYsi=QNjUGOpULBEBrKJp

[@brucewilliams8714]

Thanks, 667. Now the Prince's Bridge station has gone, the combined platform 1 is huge. Do you know its length?

[@driver667]

It is long but I'm not sure exactly how long it is. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@alksjefnojasfngoiusd]

Wait are you a real train driver, If you are what is it like? I really would like to be one one day

[@driver667]

@@alksjefnojasfngoiusd yes I am and yes, it is a great job. 👍😀

[@Xixid1]

Yo what happens in train driver training V/line.

[@driver667]

@@Xixid1 they teach you everything about driving trains. 👍😀

[@Xixid1]

@ how long until, you drive a real train?

[@driver667]

@@Xixid1 you need to get a job first. 👍

[@Xixid1]

@ can’t that be my first job?

[@Xixid1]

@ can’t I apply for V/Lin and if my applcation get accepted the drircan be my first job, or do I need a first job to get it?