Drivers eye view, Deer Park to Bacchus Marsh

[@letsseeif]

Thanks for your very enjoyable video ride. We often travel by road to Bacchus Marsh so this journey was particularly interesting. Thanks again.

[@driver667]

Very happy to hear you enjoyed the ride 😀 👍

[@letsseeif]

We intend to use the train soon.

[@driver667]

@@letsseeif 👍😊

[@peterhooper7610]

Pretty sure the video of the railway tracks from Deer Park to Bacchus Marsh looks very new one and thanks for sharing us. 😉👌

[@driver667]

Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😊

[@jimcrawford5039]

The changes along this line(and others) is fantastic!

[@driver667]

There have certainly been a lot of changes lately 👍😊

[@margaretcampbell2681]

Excellent Video😀

[@driver667]

Very happy to hear you liked it 👍 😊

[@bettysteve322716]

nice to see the weir has an island again, if anyone can remember back that far, 1982 you could almost walk right across the bottom, (but it was 2 feet of sticky clay, run and dive and slide and years later suddenly thinking of all that lost fishing gear we were sliding through).

[@driver667]

I remember that. There were a few items sticking out of the mud 😀👍

[@peterredfern1174]

Well my old line has certainly changed since I retired,too numerous to mention,but I will say the amount of housing next to the line after rockbank certainly blew me away,safe driving mate,👋👏👏👍

[@driver667]

When I was younger, it was just paddocks. It is amazing to see it now. 👍😊

[@KerrynB-w1s]

Where did the old line go before the Caroline springs station pls?

[@driver667]

That is a siding. Runs across the paddock to a ballast siding. Has not been used for a number of years now 👍😊

[@robbieberry9700]

the next station is Ballan😊

[@driver667]

😊👍😀

[@gregbowen617]

Nice ride - what is the max permissible speed on this section?

[@driver667]

160kph. Glad you enjoyed the video 👍 😊

[@unknown-ho3kt]

The newer vlocitys that are around now is there anything different about them?

[@driver667]

There are small modifications to the cab structure and layout and some updated electricals but they are the same basic unit. 👍😊

[@MaskMcGee]

How does it work with what routes you drive, do you change what you drive? Like every week or something? I'd imagine it'd get boring doing the same route over and over again.

[@driver667]

I do a different route everyday. Keeps me interested 😀👍

[@margaretcampbell2681]

Do you ever have any issues with the people who get on at Melton?

[@driver667]

No, never had any issues with the people in Melton. 👍😊

[@bettysteve322716]

you got me all curious now, hehehe

[@driver667]

@@bettysteve322716 🤣👍😊

[@neilforbes416]

2:42 Caroline Springs........ from where does Caroline Spring? *Booooiiiinnnngggg!*

[@driver667]

😀😀👍

[@top40researcher31]

@neilforbes416 its more like like shere did she spring from

[@neilforbes416]

@@top40researcher31 That's what I said already! Du-uh!

[@neilforbes416]

Jokes aside, I wish NSW trains would run at the speeds these Victorian trains travel. It would cut almost, if not a full hour of the trip from Broadmeadow to Sydney. I don't use Hamilton Station as car parking is scarce, and I *FLATLY REFUSE* to use that *UGLY MONSTROSITY* at Wickham!

[@driver667]

It was crazy closing Newcastle. We are certainly lucky in Victoria to have a state government that is pro rail. 👍😊

[@top40researcher31]

@neilforbes416 the top speed these trains can do is 120km

[@top40researcher31]

@neilfrobes416 you don't use the newcastle interchange

[@neilforbes416]

@@top40researcher31 *NO!* And it will *NEVER* be used by me! And it's *NOT* in Newcastle, it's in *WICKHAM!*

[@top40researcher31]

@@neilforbes416 do you know someone who lives in wickham