Drivers eye view, Flinders Street to Heidelberg, K class steam locomotive

Travel with the train driver as we journey from Flinders Street station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Heidelberg in the northern suburbs on a K class steam locomotive. August 2023

[@MargaretWishart-or3yt]

It’s was amazing how it was inner city but had an urban feel. Thank you

[@driver667]

The line to Hurstbridge runs out into the green wedge of Melbourne and suburbs. It is a nice line. 👍😀

[@dontown-lb5ke]

I remember my 1st train ride by myself @ 5 yrs old was behind steam in a Parlor Car in 1955. Since then have logged over 250,000 km by rail.

[@driver667]

That's an impressive amount of travel. 👍😊

[@mels1811]

Brilliant train

[@driver667]

Happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😊

[@martythemartian99]

I love the way vast clouds of steam shoot forward from the pistons when the K class starts moving. Makes me think the K stands for Kamouflage. 😁

[@driver667]

You may have a point there 🤣🤣👍

[@noelroberts8199]

Around 18:50 she might have been beating the speed limit slightly, She can really hike along. Gee I love this old girl. As a kid in the 1950's I had a Triang train set with beautiful old locomotives like this..........

[@driver667]

We are always big kids at heart 👍😊

[@warrenhennessy7684]

Keep em conning thanks driver 667you bring alot of pleasure with the Work you do God bless My friend Warren and Ingrid Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 👍👍😃🤠🦘🐨🐨🐨🐨❤

[@driver667]

Thank you. Very happy you enjoy them 👍 😀

[@xenophonharlamoff5074]

That was the most unexpected ride for me to see, the Collinwood Town Hall, after that, the place where I used to live close to the Fairfield station. I used this line for more than 40 years to go to my work or do any other social activity for my family's needs. The driver's view is fantastic. Thank you very much.

[@driver667]

Very happy to hear you enjoyed the ride 👍 😊

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Thanks for sharing.

[@driver667]

No problem. Happy you like it 👍 😀

[@macka46]

Great video, loved it, keep em coming.

[@driver667]

Very happy to hear you enjoyed it. I'll keep em coming. 👍 😊

[@warrenscarlett9302]

👍👍👍

[@driver667]

👍😊

[@michaelnaisbitt7926]

These clips under Steam Power are really very enjoyable Has anyone at Steamrail considered the commercial prospects of selling these I ran mine through a big screen TV it was amazing and I am sure I am not alone in this loved the sound

[@driver667]

I am just very happy you enjoyed the ride. 👍😊

[@margaretcampbell2681]

Love it ❤❤❤

[@driver667]

Very happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😊

[@Bobbydazzlla]

It must be such a buzz driving a steam train through Melbourne and soaking up all that attention from bystanders as you chuff by. Mum and dad lived near the Yarraville golf course and Mum said you'd always know if Geelong won by the whistle of the steam train as it passed through Spotty and Yarraville.

[@driver667]

You can hear them for miles 👌 Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😊

[@archmcdonald6170]

At 6:24 there is a STOP sign, does that mean that part of loop is now not used?

[@driver667]

No, it means that track is temporarily out of use for track work. 👍😊

[@I_Am_Michael]

cho-cho-cho cho-cho-cho cho-cho-cho.

[@driver667]

Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😊

[@Mediawatcher2023]

​@@driver667choo choose translated means give give

[@BleuJurassic]

why is there a chunk missing out of the thing on the left most I have seen are round 😁

[@driver667]

I think it is to help with buffer lock that can happen on tight curves. But I am not an expert on this. 🤔👍😊

[@vlinenclasstrains]

Where can you get a HD GoPro Camera.?

[@driver667]

Any good store that sells camera equipment. JB Hifi, The Good Guys, Office Works, Harvey Norman, etc.

[@vlinenclasstrains]

@@driver667 Great, I want to try and get one too

[@driver667]

@@vlinenclasstrains good stuff 👍😀

[@robbieberry9700]

Rosanna is the next station 😊

[@driver667]

👍😊

[@bettysteve322716]

Remember when they finally had to raise the rails through Victoria Park because every time the pies lost, the river of tears would flow down to the tracks and stop the trains? hehehehehe,

[@driver667]

🤣🤣🤣👍😊

[@2teKnoA]

Very relaxing! What do the numbers in the white squares mean?

[@neilforbes416]

They're kilometre markings counting out from Flinders Street Station.

[@driver667]

Yes, as pointed out, they are kilometre posts but the 0 kilometre post is actually at Southern Cross. 👍😊

[@neilforbes416]

@@driver667 I'd have thought it would be Flinders Street as that is Melbourne's equivalent of Sydney's *Central Station. Southern Cross is akin to Sydney's Redfern Station.

[@driver667]

@@neilforbes416 kilometres are measured from Southern Cross, overhead stanchions are measured from Flinders Street. Has a lot to do with the history of the system, how it evolved. 👍😊

[@vlinenclasstrains]

Do you Know the Capital City Line Rail Trail..?

[@vlinenclasstrains]

What's that known as...?

[@driver667]

@@vlinenclasstrains yes, I know of it. It is a path around inner Melbourne that combines some rail trails with bicycle paths to form a loop. It's just known as 'Capital City Trail ' 👍😀

[@vlinenclasstrains]

@@driver667 is it a Former line from Royal Park..?

[@driver667]

@@vlinenclasstrains Royal Park across through North Fitzroy is the inner circle railway line. 👍😀

[@tomhenry6440]

Wattle Festival shuttles?

[@driver667]

Yes 👍👌😀

[@beasts4life_99]

Is this from the wattle festival shuttles?

[@driver667]

Yes it is 👌 👍😊

[@neilforbes416]

16:16 Clifton Hill - any relation to Benny Hill? LOL😁

[@Mediawatcher2023]

ok play the benny hill theme

[@driver667]

Yes, it's his twice removed cousin 🤣🤣👍

[@neilforbes416]

@@driver667 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@neilforbes416]

@@Mediawatcher2023 Oh, yackety-yack!😁

[@Mediawatcher2023]

@@neilforbes416 oh great now i am seeing girls getting chased around the park lol

[@rosssmith3609]

What is the Knock in the engine

[@2teKnoA]

If it's at higher speeds it might be the connecting rods. But it might also just be a metal thing dangling and banging against metal in the rhythm of the locomotive

[@driver667]

I think it is the lifter that you can just see in the side of the picture banging with the rhythm of the locomotive 👍😊

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Thanks for sharing.

[@driver667]

Your welcome. Glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😊