Thank you :) I was surprised how far the dual gauge ran. I noticed that almost every crossing between Ballarat and Moorabool had a standard gauge rail embedded too.
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
There was a plan for standard gauge across this line but it looks like that idea is no more. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@emdB67 Жыл бұрын
@@driver667 It seems that if they plan ahead and allow for something like that, it won't get done. But if they decide, during works, not to prepare for the future, then they'll do it. :)
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
@@emdB67 sometimes it's a guessing game trying to work out how it will end up 🤣🤣
@emdB67 Жыл бұрын
@@driver667 I had the Webb Dock line in mind. Parts of that were ready for dual gauge that never came. There's also the bridge still sitting on the ground (at the current end of track, below Westgate Bridge), apparently for the Howe Pde extension that never came and almost certainly never will.
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
@@emdB67 I drove trains on the Webb dock line a couple of times. Shame it's not still operational. 👍
@ghostfiregamings6878 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video!
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that you enjoyed it 😊
@DetteS7 ай бұрын
you definitely made that kids day at 5:27 !
@driver6677 ай бұрын
I think that kid was pretty happy 👍😀
@mels1811 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Happy to hear you enjoyed it 😊 👍
@clayton4115 Жыл бұрын
awesome footage !
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Glad to hear you enjoyed it 😊 👍
@c-historia Жыл бұрын
great video on this channel 🚂
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
Very happy to hear you enjoyed it 😊
@RichardFelstead1949 Жыл бұрын
" You have reached your destination". Thanks for the ride 667.
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
No problem. Glad you enjoyed the ride 😀
@raymondwelsh6028 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos, was this on standard guage or broad guage?
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
This is a broad gauge empty transfer from Ballarat to Geelong. Glad to hear you enjoy the videos 👍😊
@robbieberry9700 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the ride from Ballarat to Geelong on a line I did not know about 😊❤
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
Happy to hear you enjoyed the video 👍 😊
@glennmagann8648 Жыл бұрын
Just out of curiosity why did you go all the way to Corio to turn around when you could have gone straight to the yard?
@simonboxshall7392 Жыл бұрын
that's Pacific Nationals yard, there isnt any through road as the route they took was a freight line
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
We could go through the yard but the vlocity would then end up back to front compared to the other vlocity units at Geelong. I have driven heritage (58RM DERM) through the yard a few times back before the pandemic.
@simonboxshall7392 Жыл бұрын
@Driver667 out of curiosity when they run the steam rail from Melbourne to Geelong then to Ballarat they would go through the Pacific Nationals yard onto the main line?
@STYtrainspotter2007 Жыл бұрын
cool driver, was this a test for the Ballarat to Geelong line to be re-serviced ?
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
They were empty transfers from Ballarat work shops to Geelong when the line through Sunshine was closed for works. 👍😊
@timothywinter2412 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. There weren’t many tracks you didn’t use 😅
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. I get around 🙂
@bobm5500 Жыл бұрын
What happened to your camera , picture quality is down ?
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
Check the quality that youtube is set to. Sometimes the connection will give you a lower quality. It is uploaded in 4k. 👍😊
@ghostfiregamings6878 Жыл бұрын
May I ask how this trip was done? Was it for like training purposes or a stock move?
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
It an empty transfer from Ballarat work shops to Geelong
@ghostfiregamings6878 Жыл бұрын
@@driver667 thought so! This would be amazing if they added it to be a main line again, between Geelong and Ballarat.
@driver667 Жыл бұрын
@@ghostfiregamings6878 you never know what the future holds 🙂 👍