Trains around Victoria in 1989

Trains around Victoria in 1989 and Albury NSW
*View a variety of Vline power at Spencer Street, including A66 in bicentennial colours
* Hitachi and Comeng EMU's
* Vline and SRA at Albury NSW
* Cab Ride Ballarat to Melbourne
* Visit to Ballarat workshops and South Dynon Loco Depot
* Trains at Sunshine, including The Overland, Sydney to Melbourne Express and Intercapital Daylight
* City loop
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Non publicly accessible places visited with permission

[@doshwhop]

Oh man. This takes me way back, in 89 my mum worked for the met and I was in kindergarten. Orange V lines were my favorite.

[@WeldinMike27]

Fantastic. V/line was a fond memory of my childhood.

[@animal6287]

Victorian Railways was a fond memory of mine

[@Gaminggunzeller]

I remember when I was only a baby or really young that every suburban train around Melbourne was in The Met livery and some V/line trains were either in the red and white livery or the classic orange and grey livery. I'm now 22 and I still remember those days.

[@TheAxelay]

Very EPIC and cool, there must of been something so magical about being a trainspotter in the late 1980's with the kind of freedom to get these kinds of imagery that will probably go down in history. That 1788/1988 Bicentenary A66 loco sure brought back alot of memories when I was kid in 1988 (only 11 at the time). I always knew even then that this was about as epic as it was going to get being a train nut. Spencer Street so free, open and alot more unrestricted than the boredom Southern Cross counterpart as of now. It would've been paradise to have recorded it all back then. So much variety and personality that the locos had back then that I vowed as a kid that as an adult I would like to that. But no with Southern Cross so many rules, regalations, p.c. crud killed off that dream and also it's to dark to really film anything without PSO harassing you like every 10 minutes on why you want to film trains sigh..It's not even worth it these days and it's too dull and boring to even bother with. Besides the 80's was it, it was the time to do all of the this. Seeing those NSW locomotives was something I though I'd never ever get to see until seeing now and thank for the timeless footage......

[@andrewsurgenor1294]

back when health and safety meant common sense! At leas there is still loco hauled passenger trains for now!

[@raybesserdin7542]

Yes, you witnessed the twilight of the good times. Glad you had the opportunity for such great memories. I'm with you👍😀

[@RailfanDownunder]

Superb. ... Absolutely bloody Superb Sir 😊

[@andrewsurgenor1294]

Thank you

[@raybesserdin7542]

Some great recordings. Thanks for sharing 👍👍😀😀

[@bradleytanner7230]

Awesome video mate. Brings back so many childhood memories 😁

[@marty6980]

The "Bulldogs" are the best i reckon, love the "A" series!

[@darylcheshire1618]

Once I was in the Intercapital Daylight stopped at the loop at Moonee Ponds viaduct for 45 minutes, the NSW loco had developed a flat wheel and was going bumpety-bump. I understand in that case another locomotive is attached in front of it. Presently the light engine arrived, an S class facing the wrong way. It was attached to our train by it’s nose and we started off being driven from the hosters end. Supposedly a no-no as controls are limited and only used for shunting. I assume the relatively short distance into Melbourne was OK. I don’t know if it had multiple unit capacity. Probably there were minimal spare locos that were on the standard guage.

[@DEPORTER_SUPPORTER]

Thanks for the memories.

[@gerrymungs7986]

Thanks for uploading this :)

[@robbiewales3007]

Brilliant video, brings back a lot of memories

[@G516R700]

fantastic video

[@McFearsome2]

I had a lot of fun playing "guess that location"...

[@seiner0ne]

I live in ballarat, its alot different now. Theres no rail activity anymore apart from the occasional grain train heading for geelong.

[@Zonda1996]

Disappointing that they cleared out the siding near Humffray St the way they did. All we get to see now are those ugly V/Locity trains that can't even run on time. I also recall walking to Wendouree from the old Alfredton Cattle Yards line circa 2001 and seeing a big shed siding of stored B class locomotives in VR livery somewhere along the way. Does anyone have any recollection of this, or what the fate of those locomotives was?

[@mendocinobeano]

I'm confused. I was a Suburban Guard from 1980 to 1990. We always ran trains from the rear of the train. At 23:34 a Hitachi set pulls into what I think is Parliament Station and there is no Guard in the rear motor (M80). After watching it a few times it appears the Guard was in the middle motor as he can be seen on the platform and then we hear his whistle and then the two bells as he climbs back and the train departs. The Guards were still there running trains from the rear carriage in 1990 so this can't be 1989. Pedantic I know but I'm really curious why the Guard was in the middle of the train as don't recall that change ever being made.

[@midnightteapot5633]

I was a Guard from 1983 to 1995 , they moved us to the center motor for a time, can't remember now, maybe six months or a bit more (don't know what year). There were too many incidents of vandalism and coupling riders in the back, so we were returned to the rear van. After that they fitted bulkhead doors from the van to the carriage and we were supposed to "rove" through the train rear van, middle motor, driver cab and back between stations. Of course, it was completely impractical and most of us gave up doing it. Not long after the sparks went S.P.O.T and we were history. The unions made out that all these changes were implemented to make Guards more useful and pro-active and thus to save our jobs. A cynic might say it was done to destabilize our traditional role observing signals and create impractical work practices that we would not/could not perform and basically hang ourselves. When they got rid of Guards ALL of the Guards union reps got Drivers jobs!

[@cameronwhyte7223]

Had no idea there were unpainted Hitachis as late as 89.

[@adwaitpatil3670]

Comeng didn't even make that much sound in its early days but xtapolis makes same noise as much as an aging comeng

[@nickhiscock8948]

A66 is still around today with Vline

[@G516R700]

hasn't been running for a year almost

[@nickhiscock8948]

I thought it did one trip on weekdays from Bacchus Marsh to Melbourne and back with a H set?

[@comengsh]

@@nickhiscock8948 it used to, now I think it's just based at Bendigo doing nothing.

[@leonmead6175]

23:57 still the same 30 years later

[@vincentweatherly9991]

6:21 The title is a lie! This was shot at Albury

[@HazptMedia]

Vincent Weatherly ikr

[@vsvnrg3263]

vincent weatherly, a fellow pedant. pleased to meet you.

[@greghenderson6782]

Well the BG used to finish there. Let's claim it! 😊

[@TrainmasterCurt]

Is that an EMD E-8 @ 17:04 ?

[@andrewsurgenor1294]

It's an export version model A16. 16-567 engine.

[@kingey71]

Where’s Gippsland?

[@planetx1595]

In regional Victoria, not to far from Traralgon

[@alanriley9754]

Look at the coal trucks!

[@zdravkoleski2375]

Was that rock or coal passing through footscray? What locco were yous in 14min mark

[@andrewsurgenor1294]

Coal train. Cab views are from an N class.