South Australia's South Line - Tailem Bend to Serviceton

[@Rusty_Gold85]

I love old Australian History . We don't have much of it and it didn't last long and is already being forgotten . The modern era of the 70's onwards surpassed the droopy creep and slowness of 1880's-1960's with new engineering ,mechanics and technology.

[@Outdoorstype]

Thanks for watching!

[@krdcountrytv]

Great film and a nice tribute to places of railway interest.

[@Outdoorstype]

Thanks, that's very kind of you to say.

[@kevkoala]

Serviceton is my old home town. Dad was a train examiner there when I was born. To see the station building brings back a few memories. Apart from that, it breaks my heart as to what it used to be.

[@Outdoorstype]

It's still a beautiful place. Thanks for watching.

[@MarkHenstridge]

I am glad that someone is there at Serviceton taking good care of the station, thanks for another great video.

[@Outdoorstype]

And what a great guy, volunteering his time to look after the place and give tours.

[@aurelius2277]

Very interesting how SA had the 3 different gauges at one time whereas herein WA we only had the 3 ft 6 everywhere due to financial restrictions in the WA Treasury for many years. Well it is of course not like that now. Keep up the good work - Really like the drone footage.

[@Outdoorstype]

Thanks!

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Well edited and produced Michael.

[@Outdoorstype]

It's my pleasure, Richard. Thanks for watching mate.

[@philipreiffel5077]

That was brilliant seeing those areas i visited many times! The melb to adelaide line runs behind my place at Murray bridge.

[@Outdoorstype]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@MrEpsilon2012]

Excellent video - thanks for all your videos. I have been catching up. Your work to document the long neglected and abandoned SA railway network for future generations to understand the history is important work. Thanks for all your videos and considerable amount of driving to document. Look forward to the next one!

[@Outdoorstype]

Thank you. This is my passion project - to bring these old lines to life visually out of old books and photo galleries so that the record of them is renewed. I'm no expert, but I might be when I'm finished!

[@graemecastleton545]

Hi, terrific video, that object at 6.30 is a rail anchor, attached to the rail each side of a sleeper to stop rail creep. I doubt they would be used now with concrete sleepers. Keep up the good work.

[@Outdoorstype]

Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!

[@kellyswoodyard]

My first relieving firemans job was at Serviceton, in the early '70's, a month long episode. I was a young fireman based in Ballarat. There was a dining hall, a bar, single mens quarters, as Serviceton was the loco change over point between S.A. and Vic. There was always, 24 hours a day, the rumble of S.A. ALCo loco's and the 2 stroke whine of the Victorian EMD loco's. It was as hot as the hobs of hell, and would blow a dog off a chain. I only went there once, that was more than enough for me.

[@Outdoorstype]

That's great history! Thank you.

[@PeterYoung357]

Great video again. No doubt you know that Serviceton was meant to be right on the border but because of a surveying error Victoria won a court case between the colonies!

[@Outdoorstype]

I meant to include that in there but somehow I forgot! 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@mickbellman6052]

The vidoe skills keep getting better every vid. That overhead shot at 4.40. 👌

[@Outdoorstype]

Thanks!

[@Turner-Be-Thy-Real-Name]

Keith, the classic scene of the abrupt end of the road for many EV er's this past Easter.

[@Outdoorstype]

Saw that! Guess they need a few more chargers. 😂

[@kenfowler1980]

Thanks mate fantastic video! Seeing how busy that line is, the SA government could run railmotors to Serviceton or Vline or someone! Anyway thx again!

[@Outdoorstype]

No worries, Ken! It's hard to see why they'd run passenger trains there again when the Dukes Highway and freeways are actually good now. Much cheaper to find another way to support the people who may still need rail to get around.

[@markarthurson7715]

Well done. Thanks.

[@Outdoorstype]

Cheers for watching!

[@slepper98]

Excellent presentation, thanks very much. I wonder how much they're asking for that 'thriving country general store'? Bit of paint she'd be sweet. Have a good one, cheers.

[@Outdoorstype]

Good question. Be a good place if you're the kind who likes watching trucks drive by.

[@LKSimbalvr]

Coonalpyn railway station and goods shed were demolished sometime between 2001 and 2010

[@Outdoorstype]

Thanks for that!

[@NR31man]

0:53 The Overland is not. Only passenger train The great Southern passes in the summer months and the Ghan on Special occasions and the Indian Pacific when there’s something happening on the Broken Hill line! And the train still go to Bordertown to load of logs

[@KanesTrains]

Technically the overland is as it is to quite a small degree, a passenger service for locals along the line whereas the other trains you mention are cruises on rails

[@casnick1]

I'll stand corrected, but I think the Overland is the only passenger train to service the area, which I'm guessing he means actually stopping to pick up passengers, which I believe it does at Murray Bridge and Bordertown, in South Australia, and Nhill, Dimboola, Horsham, Stawell, Ararat and Geelong in Victoria.

[@Outdoorstype]

Thanks Hunter, that's a fair comment, but that sentence was way too long so I just went with 'The Overland'. 😂 Nah, seriously, just tryna keep it evergreen as I can and I don't count cruises on rails as non-suburban passenger trains.

[@Antony_Jenner]

Nice video Mike, I am thinking of doing that run soon myself. and come back via the coast.

[@Outdoorstype]

Obviously I agree with that plan. There's so much more I have and haven't explored out that way. Go see it.

[@darkangel2347]

I'm sure many Taylor Swift fans saw these places recently. She did not come to Adelaide to perform so her Adelaide fand hasd to travel to Melbourne to see her at the MCG.

[@Outdoorstype]

haha! Not sure any of them cared though. Thanks for watching.