Drivers view WA, Forrestfield to Midland, Nov 2024

[@stanleyj.mitchell4851]

Brilliant. I worked in and out of Forrestfield from September 1973 until April 2001. Forrestfield Yard has changed so much that I barely recognised it. Once you were clear of Forrestfield I got my bearings back.

[@driver667]

@@stanleyj.mitchell4851 glad to hear you enjoyed checking out the changes and enjoyed the ride. 👍😀

[@adamwatts2904]

Thanks for showing the freight network around Perth. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@driver667]

You're welcome. Very happy to hear you enjoyed it. More to come. 👍😀

[@colinpacker]

Midland is my home ground. It is amazing the changes taking place in such a short time. Good to see it from a different perspective. Noted this continues to Northam. Will be great to see that. On another note, I commented previously when you managed to get a light aircraft landing on Rottnest. This time the loco was buzzed by one of the big boys. It's all in the timing.

[@ACDZ123]

I used to drive out to midland to get a pizza from John at san Remo pizza at centerpoint back in the 70s and 80s..was an old train outside...all long gone now. Good pizzas

[@driver667]

@@colinpacker a light aircraft on Rottnest and the big one buzzing us this time. Yes, it's in the timing. 😂😂👍😀

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@ACDZ123 ,that old loco now has a better home. i think it was the one that went hell-bent-for-leather to kal with divers and equipment on board for miners stuck underground back in the 1890's.

[@driver667]

🤔👍

[@TassieDinkum90]

REALLY hoping that this journey will continue to Northam, a cab view through the Avon Valley would be spectacular

[@driver667]

@@TassieDinkum90 it sure does and yes, it's very nice through there. 👍😀

[@davorlekenik9563]

​@@driver667......woooow ....I didn't know that southwest AUS is so green

[@driver667]

It is quite nice down there. 👍😀

[@davorlekenik9563]

@@driver667 .....I know....I see

[@josephkarl2061]

More of that dual gauge goodness I always like 👍 Many thanks 👌

[@driver667]

@@josephkarl2061 you're welcome. Very happy you enjoyed the dual gauge. 😀😀👍

[@top40researcher31]

@@driver667 i was close lol

[@fibopol9805]

G'day Mate and Congratulations!! Following nearly all your videos, thanks for posting... Regards from Bs As, Argentina. All the best, Rodolfo, a former railway worker, like my father... UN ABRAZO

[@driver667]

Thank you very much for watching and for the kind words Rodolfo. It's a great career working in the railways. Sounds like you've had a great career and kept the family line in the railways. One day I will travel to Argentina and ride the rails. Greetings. 👍😀

[@skippymaster57]

I remember travelling on this very line through to Midland Livestock Sale Yards and the Midland workshops from Forrestfield in the 70's as part of the Standard Gauge Shunting crew #7. Mostly in the middle of the night from a guard's van in the middle of winter. It got me thinking about train routes for passengers. I still have the proposal I presented to State Govt, to extend Passenger lines from the Thornlie line through to the new High Wycombe station, alongside the current lines into Midland at Woodbridge. This I presented to Minister for Transport, Rita Saffioti, in 2016, as part of an overall Southern circle route, as seen in one of your journey's from Leighton to Cockburn. It would save a lot of travel time for those coming from the South to travel to either the Western, or Eastern parts of Perth and reduce congestion into Perth. Good trip, many memories. Keep them coming, great job.

[@driver667]

@@skippymaster57 sounds like you have some good ideas there. Very happy you are enjoying the videos. 👍😀

[@vsvnrg3263]

as rachel hunter once said in a tv ad "it wont happen overnight but it will happen". good on you for trying. i once explained to a man described as a "rising star" of the labor party the importance of converting narrow gauge to standard gauge and he was surprised to find out there was a gauge difference.

[@driver667]

Unfortunately a lot of politicians don't know about railways in depth except for one or two. 🤔👍

[@watrainfilms8520]

Fantastic!

[@driver667]

@@watrainfilms8520 very happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@georgeheilman4243]

After a day of commuting back and forth through the same suburban scenery, this makes for a nice change.

[@driver667]

@@georgeheilman4243 glad to hear you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

[@renebergsma6241]

Ive lost count how many trips going through Forrestfield rail yard . Working from Narrogin Merredin Kalgoorlie kwinana and lastly Three Springs. It started from 1977 to 2007.

[@driver667]

Sounds like you've had a fair bit of experience in WA and collected a few stories along the way. 😀 Thanks for sharing. 👍😀

[@shanemac1111]

The rapid growth of Perth infrastructure is impressive and long overdue, now I'm leaving for the Pilbara I'll never get to use or see it. haha

[@driver667]

@@shanemac1111 there is a lot of work going on. You never know, you could be back in the future to use it. 👍😀

[@thomasrobinson8336]

Great video

[@driver667]

@@thomasrobinson8336 thank you. Very happy you enjoyed it 👍 😀

[@neilgerace355]

Thanks! 6:19 former fuel point? 14:24 Southern end of Woodbridge triangle. The other leg leads to the East Perth terminal and was originally double-tracked. 17:11 Harper Street is one of only two public four-track level crossings in WA that i can think of. The other one will be at Cale Street, also in Midland. 18:14 This new track and the temporary passenger platform is for the country services from the East Perth Terminal, mentioned earlier. The Indian-Pacific runs through here but doesn't stop. 18:33 Former Helena Street four-track level crossing, recently closed because it would interfere with the new Midland station under construction. 20:16 Building and fitting-out of Perth's new EMUs is being done here.

[@driver667]

@@neilgerace355 all interesting information. Thanks. 👍😀

[@martythemartian99]

16:27 Woodbridge? Looks like a concrete railway station to me.🤣

[@driver667]

@@martythemartian99 that could be a trick. 🤔👍😂

[@neilgerace355]

It was called West Midland until developers lobbied the state government to have it changed :) Near this station many old houses are still standing that used to house people who worked at the Midland Workshops. There was a special train service for them called The Rattler.

[@driver667]

@@neilgerace355 🤔👍😀

[@leehowe3279]

The road crossing after the Woodbridge station is actually the Morrison Road level crossing.

[@driver667]

Thank you. 👍😊

[@vsvnrg3263]

the midland station is moving to the new structure being built at 18:40.

[@driver667]

There is a lot of work going on there at the moment. 👍😀

[@vsvnrg3263]

@@driver667 , how do you like the new level crossing there at cale street? i dont! while removing a bagload of them on the armadale line theyve added a new one here. oh well, theyve spent great gobs of cash on the armadale line, i'll give credit for that.

[@driver667]

@@vsvnrg3263 as well as a new line to Ellenbrook. I guess there is only so much you can do with the money available. 🤔🤔👍

[@mihailoarsic5716]

👍

[@driver667]

@@mihailoarsic5716 😀👍

[@michaelmccarthy2983]

Are you able to do the drivers view WA freight train for south west and also to Northam

[@driver667]

This one will continue through to Northam. 👍😀

[@milesroxy97]

I surprised Perth railway culture was the signal still there as 1980s infrastructure As didn’t have time for upgrades modern signal

[@milesroxy97]

And one of midland station was later distance is upgrade station or something?

[@driver667]

Midland station is being upgraded. Sometimes the old signals still do a good job. 👍😀

[@PerthAussieGarbo0759]

is this near kewdale yard just wondering plus do they use this small track thats in hazelmear the crossing with 3 tracks just wondering

[@driver667]

@@PerthAussieGarbo0759 it's near Kewdale. This is dual gauge track. Both the narrow and standard gauge tracks are used. 👍😀

[@PerthAussieGarbo0759]

@ ah ok I was just confused about that rail bit on bushmead road

[@vsvnrg3263]

the kewdale lines are near the end of the previous part of this video.

[@PerthAussieGarbo0759]

@@vsvnrg3263 no not the kewdale sorry that 1 train pass that is on bushmead rd or something like that is what I’m trying to say

[@top40researcher31]

1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow gauge

[@driver667]

@@top40researcher31 narrow and standard gauge. This train is on standard gauge. 👍😀

[@top40researcher31]

@@driver667 ahh ok thanks

[@driver667]

@@top40researcher31 you're welcome. 👍😀

[@top40researcher31]

@@driver667 😃