Exploring the Former Nyora-Wonthaggi Branch Line! The Bass Coast Rail Trail!

[@mikehudsonrocks9585]

Always a cut-above. Thanks again so much for the content and enthusiasm!! Cheers!!

[@Victorian_steam]

Thanks for watching !! Hope you are enjoying the videos !!

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Nice video mate. Good to see Wonthaggi station and goods shed preserved and in good condition. would definitely make a good day out.

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers bro!!! Thanks for always watching !

[@johnsexton8759]

The end of the line was at the State Mine about 2 kms beyond the station and that's where K192 is now plithed with a couple of goods wagons. And the exhibits around the precinct are great. Lots of old machinery. I've done Kirrak 3 times and always found something I hadn't seen before. Do have to be very careful down that way though all through Sth Gippy. Heaps of snakes, mostly tigers I believe. All that long grass at Kirrak gets pretty scary in the warmer weather. I did most of my time down there in winter.

[@Victorian_steam]

Have been there already in a previous video! Great place !

[@deckchair41]

Great video mate. I grew up in Korumburra and unfortunately never got a chance to ride the train from Nyora to Wonthaggi. I was only 8 when it closed. Its hard to believe the highway use to go under that first trestle bridge you showed in the video. 2 lanes of cars use to fit underneath, although it had dangerous bends either side of the bridge. Keep up the interesting videos and your enthusiasm for railway history.

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers !! Its always great to be in the area

[@thex-wing]

Another fantastic video well done I really enjoyed this one great content

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers James !!!! Thanks for always watching !

[@thex-wing]

@@Victorian_steam no worries mate anytime did the train chase up to Traralgon today

[@Shinraaaaa]

Love the content mate! - Keep up the good vibes!

[@Victorian_steam]

Thank you! Always good vibes here!

[@TimberdeckingnowAuDeckBuilders]

In 1968 I travelled to Grand parents home in Graham St Wonthaggi with my elder bother. We were lucky enough to catch the train from Platform 1 Flinders Street. The train was one of those Blue & Yellow Diesel Rail cars. We sat at the very front to the right of the driver with an uninterrupted forward view of the track. As we approached the the spur line at Nyora , a small explosive charge placed on the track by a VR employee, signalled a switch in the points to divert to the Wonthaggi line as we approached. The line was a very scenic ride, especially from Anderson Station onward and over the Trestle Bridges. When the rail car arrived in Wonthaggi , the Station Master was waiting to collect the passenger tickets. Not less than 10 passengers disembarked the train that morning. The Station Master exclaimed cheerfully “it’s like Flinders St today” Having said that, I guess he was accustomed to many zero passenger arrivals. Wonthaggi was bottoming out of its population decline is 1968. The local population was around 2000 at the time I believe. Oddly enough, had the line remained open, Wonthaggi’s population would probably be much higher than the massive gains it has experienced in the past decade or two.

[@Victorian_steam]

What An amazing story, thanks for sharing that! I wish I could’ve ridden the rail motor on the front seat my self on the line, I’ve sat front seat at the Healesville railway and was amazing !

[@steveweatherly1965]

Hi, another great video love your work. There's a rail trail up my way that runs from Ballarat to skipton approx 50klm trail that goes over a old wooden bridge at newtown which the wife and i visited a few weeks back as well as some beautiful country side. I work at areas along the trail and it's excellently maintained

[@Victorian_steam]

That line is on my list of places to visit !! Cheers for watching !!!

[@DarrinReed]

The points for the branch line were on the road crossing near Nyora Station, then the line went up a small hill to follow onto Wonthaggi.

[@Victorian_steam]

Would love to see photos if they pop up !

[@ColinWilhelms-b8o]

Good work again. It reminded me of riding the rail trail there a few years ago.

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers! Would be a great ride!!

[@michaelhall8586]

I love your shirt!

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers! It’s from the Yarra Valley Railway!

[@rus0004]

I'm the one thousanth subscriber 😃 Congratulations bro!

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers mate!!!! Made my night!!! Hope you’re enjoying the videos !

[@rus0004]

@@Victorian_steam I am. I have a great fondness for the Victorian Railways, and I love seeing the old abandoned lines. Glad I found your channel.

[@Victorian_steam]

@@rus0004 awesome !

[@jimpikoulis6726]

I had a rough day, so I thought I might come on and blow off some steam!!!!

[@Victorian_steam]

Ahaha !! Perfect then!!

[@bradleytrevaskiss9843]

hi bro .... cooolll

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers !!

[@MrLeslloyd]

I didn't know this line existed despite taking the steamer from Meeniyan to Melbourne numerous times,and i played footy in Wonthaggi.Love the enthusiasm you inject.I looked up google earth and see the line continued to another mine on the other side of town.Would there be a turntable there or maybe it looped back around to the right and joined the line into town.

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers for watching !! The line ended at the state mine, it’s currently open to be visited !

[@BeightonJunction]

Great video again, just noticed that at the station site in the video, on the tall metal structure there was a whistel mounted on the top, pretty neat. Also do you know which locomotive was plithed at the station site? Was it the one now at the state coal mine? Thanks for the content brother!

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers!! I didn’t even notice the whistle! And yes it was the same loco at the state mine now !

[@noelroberts8199]

Bass is pronounced like GAS not BASE. Love your videos on all things trains.......

[@Victorian_steam]

Yes I realised ahahah been scolded ahaha !!

[@thies7831]

9:48 This is ridiculous. The bridge is being blocked off, stopping anyone from walking on it and collapsing with the unreliable structure. However, one is allowed to walk under it and being hit by parts, should it come down when touched or the ground moved.

[@petergilfillan8340]

Hi. Its BASS Coast not BASE Coast(FYI).

[@Victorian_steam]

Fair fair !!! Cheers !

[@gregthompson3274]

Like the way you respect private property,have seen other videos around this subject,people wandering all over someones private property without asking,makes it more difficult for people who do the right thing

[@Victorian_steam]

Cheers! If it’s private it’s private! exploring railways is still not exactly in the line but it’s all dependent on situation and having respect!

[@GaryNoone-jz3mq]

Will you stop pronouncing Bass as if it were spelt base.

[@Victorian_steam]

Yes have been told! Cant be perfect all the time aha!!