The Bendigo line

A few passing trains, a couple of tunnels and some sights on the old main line.

[@damienodonohue1327]

Cannot imagine how awful it must be operating long end leading, almost zero visibility!! You guy's do a great job👍

[@zyoidburg]

my fav train video to date

[@jagerfaust2009]

Another gem with mandatory headphones and full volume. Pretty thought provoking as well with all the historical bridges and buildings etc of past generations....This goes straight to favorites.....Thanks (the only thing I was missing was my chair not vibrating)

[@rimskykorsakov]

Great video. This video makes it obvious ... this route will never be double-tracked again under and over all those heritage structures.

[@Rocketboy1950]

@kellingc Thanks, it's a beautiful old piece of railway with lots of stone bridges and buildings.

[@Rocketboy1950]

Light engine on the down. Two ballast hoppers on the up.

[@theduck2811]

Great view of the Bendigo line.

[@Rocketboy1950]

yep.

[@nickeax]

Thank you, I loved it!

[@Rocketboy1950]

The tracks are bi directional. One side is rated for 160km/h the other is slower. Trains get the fast track or not according to the train type and its schedule.

[@IdoloR]

lol wow, im not into trains, never considered them an interest but seeing this video got me in the mood for taking a train ride ahhhh reeeeeeeally want to go on a nice train ride through the new forest with my friend lol thanks for uploading this, its realy gave me an idea of sumthing i fancy doin for a day

[@MickFix]

Awwsome! Love it, more to come we hope!

[@MrLegodad]

best railway track in victoria gr8 upload enjoyed every minute

[@wekwafe]

i did, bu there is a dffereance between tags and murals.

[@Rocketboy1950]

It is bi directional and running on the right is seen in this clip as us being on the slow track to facilitate the passenger service on the fast track.

[@brackenboy6321]

Very shortsighted that in former days it was double track with very few trains daily and now it is single track with many trains daily. At some future stage they will have to reinstate the double track. Thanks for posting.

[@Rocketboy1950]

We are travelling at 80km/h. Looks can be deceptive as you get higher off the ground.

[@stevewilson3573]

Rod Williams f

[@millenzep]

Interesting in that on the double line sections you seem to run on the right side rather than the left as we do in NSW. Is this normal on all double line in Vic? I notice signals on both sides though, is this set up for bi-directional running?

[@Rocketboy1950]

Without looking in my diary I would think it was T357

[@Rocketboy1950]

@shazam75 As far as I recall they were empty and coming down for use on a plant train.

[@thelastname2k]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@towrong1]

They're not usually this slow, only during peak hour in Melbourne metro when they're stuck behind metropolitan services.

[@bryan3550]

Good views of a once great line, built in the 1860's by pioneers with foresight, ruined in the 2010's by bean-counters with no sight. We are regularly delayed waiting for passing services in opposing directions. Brilliant! Just waiting for the first disaster from a high-speed points failure... Not if, but when... B-(

[@smitajky]

But you miss the whole point. In the city the cars use 300 hp to race off from one red light and then have to brake hard for the next one. With this fast train we can now get from one delay to the next faster than ever before.

[@KG84C]

But is it not the state governments (Liberal) role to be dickheads and close useful infrastructure? Politicians, just vermin!

[@MattOatenVR]

Great Video!!

[@gleno19891]

Hey. I live in bendigo and have been up this line hundreds of times goin to melbourne for the rugby. What type of loco are you in? It kinda sounds like a T class

[@ufn489]

Interesting video for sure however the progress was painfully slow Ha!. Pac-Nat are now running intermodals through the suburbs of Adelaide at 8okm/hr on S.G concrete sleepers.Hope they stay on track.

[@Rocketboy1950]

@hoggerdave It is.

[@rimskykorsakov]

I bought a "Trains" Magazine last week which was all just maps of the North American Railways: 1 map showed Double Track in 1950; another showed CTC or other traffic control now. Until Granville, Australia's worst railway accident occured on the Bendigo Line (nothing to do with heritage). I commend Trains's latest issue- with maps of where the coal goes, where the passengers go, what happened to sundry railways, Pittsburg 1945, and what AMTRAK does ... to anyone interested.

[@vrgunzel]

What was the train hauling? Grain?

[@magpiesextreme123]

hahahaha good horn lol

[@Rocketboy1950]

I drove home, when we were running long end leading.

[@kellingc]

You did a wonderful edit job on this, keep my intrest and the 18 minutes didn't seem long at all. Even though I'm in America, and model the Southern Pacific mostly, this line looks like it would be fun to model.

[@FlyBikes089]

What kind of units what you in? And great video, 5 rate!

[@Rocketboy1950]

@hoggerdave Diverging speed through the points

[@millenzep]

OK makes sense, cheers.

[@produKtNZ]

Hey :) Are there any pics available of the engine in use in this video?

[@Rocketboy1950]

Locomotives not fitted with TPWS safety gear are only allowed 80km/h

[@wekwafe]

hahahaha. yeh i've never heard that from a train driver. but it would be difficult to get to the freights..

[@JustinBalingit-jd2ct]

This is a Really Old Line Back to Melbourne 7:43

[@JustinBalingit-jd2ct]

Only for one Train 8:23

[@JustinBalingit-jd2ct]

These were those Cars of The Train This Was Put On The Ground 12:08

[@JustinBalingit-jd2ct]

Back to Bendigo 14:03

[@JustinBalingit-jd2ct]

Vline Trains Used these Lines 15:17

[@JustinBalingit-jd2ct]

Retuning Back To Melbourne 16:34

[@Rocketboy1950]

It kinda is a T class. What's rugby ? I thought it was a place in England :-)

[@tribble921]

I want to do this for a job

[@jakesfreights]

what locomotive is this?

[@Rocketboy1950]

they hate it and would happily look the other way while they ran over the person doing it...well some would anyway.

[@Rocketboy1950]

you didn't understand my last response ?

[@Rocketboy1950]

T357

[@Rocketboy1950]

It's a diesel.

[@Rocketboy1950]

Now I'm embarrassed, you weren't supposed to see that.

[@wekwafe]

this guy has made me want to be a train driver :-)

[@denzel387]

yes we do have the train track mr legodad

[@benrothacker6420]

Is this by any chance a vintage DERM?

[@legass420]

ben rothacker Yeah judging by the sound of the horn it is a DERM or something like that.

[@alexthorn1462]

Definitely not a DERM

[@vincentweatherly9991]

T class and as he said below, T357

[@jimpikoulis6726]

More EMD power

[@wekwafe]

what about like whole cars, like the whole carriage. you have to give it to the artist that that's bloody insance though.

[@wekwafe]

really? i'd want to do like connex stuff once they get the boot. and a question do metropolitan train drivers like hate graffiti???

[@Rocketboy1950]

don't do it the hours suck

[@rimskykorsakov]

See my comments below.

[@Rocketboy1950]

@MrLegodad It was the best until those fucking morons single lined a lot of it for RFR. SFB idiots will have to put that double line back in years to come.

[@Rocketboy1950]

Yeah, one's a bigger piece of mindless shit than the other one. I'm talking about passenger trains and locomotives. I would actually like to see the companies allow the freight vehicles to be used as a canvas for quality work, just leave the people stuff alone.

[@stevewilson3573]

Rod Williams a