Steam Trains in the Rain; Steamrail Belgrave Line Shuttles with K153 & the Tait [4K]

On Saturday 29th June 2024 Steamrail Victoria visited the Belgrave Line in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs for a series of steam & electric shuttles between Ringwood and Belgrave with steam locomotive K153 and the Tait EMU. The Belgrave Line is rather scenic, particularly beyond Ferntree Gully as the line transverses through the Dandenong Ranges with section of windy single track in deep bushland.
In this video we see the train at various locations along the line on what was a rather cold winters day with non-stop rain. We start trackside at Boronia where we see K153 lead the first trip towards Belgrave, before seeing the Tait through the tunnel under Boronia and Dorset Road. We then see a couple of clips around Ferntree Gully including trankside and at the station, before seeing the train arrive and depart Belgrave. Afterwards we see the train again at Tecoma and Upwey, before finishing up at Heatherdale at the end of the day with the transfer back towards Flinders Street and Newport.
The days' outing was the first time a heritage train has visited the Belgrave Line since May 2022 after the previous steam shuttles with K183 & K153 (back then masquerading as K100) were cancelled after one of the carriages made contact with an overhead stanchion on the first shuttle trip. As the day was incomplete I decided to finish this video by including the two clips I filmed of K183 & K100 that day at Tecoma and Upwey.
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[@ComengProductions]

Another awesome video mate! I got trapped in pretty heavy rain while filming at the level crossing at Upper Ferntree Gully, not helpful when the train slowed down to a crawl and I just had to stand and wait in the rain, got a good photo though!

[@Gaminggunzeller]

Good to see K153 back with it's original number again. Only difference is it still the cowcatcher from when it masqueraded as K100 and K140.

[@thex-wing]

Other fantastic video mate good to catch up with you at Heatherdale Station at the end it was pretty good and also to that shot of the k153 leaving Bayswater heading to Boronia yep that shot I would have definitely done on a fine day I consider that a million dollar shot

[@ThebusofdoomFSX]

Cheers James, nice to see you again too. The other money shot I wanted to get was the climb out of Upper Ferntree Gully along the path as it curves over Burwood Highway, but didn't get the chance to get there due to Metro weather-related delays.

[@MainlineStories]

Ah yes I was on this train, on this exact Timetable of the train running

[@nickapenianski9696]

I've been on the afternoon shuttle one

[@victorianvlogzooooooo]

nice, i like the comeng rgb who horn than this

[@RailwaysOfDoom]

Rain and hangovers don't mix