Driver's Hybrid Night View Sandringham to Flinders St

[@warrenlansley771]

I want to travel on THAT train where night magically turns into day and then back again. Cool! And yes, some of the network's most beautiful stations are on the Sandringham line.

[@tressteleg1]

Wait for the next full solar eclipse 😆. The Sandringham line seems to be a bit of a museum line. No level crossings are currently listed for removal (thankfully).

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Ya can't beat a night time train ride. Meditative. Good for mind.

[@tressteleg1]

Except when it suddenly becomes daytime for a number of seconds, and then back to night 😆

[@williamoreilly4479]

Wonderful early morning ride. One could almost call this the “British” line with all the English sounding names along the way. More so than any other line in the system.

[@tressteleg1]

👍😊

[@vsvnrg3263]

i liked how it ghosted from dark to light and back again. a challenging edit. well done.

[@tressteleg1]

Thanks. I had no choice. Those bits had been unwatchable.

[@brianmcdonald6519]

@@tressteleg1 I was thinking the same thing!! Great editing job!

[@TheFinalMinutes]

Thanks matey, loving these as ever!

[@tressteleg1]

👍😊

[@jdcreswell440]

Like the night trip on the train 🚉. 😊

[@tressteleg1]

👍😊

[@freeagent8225]

Love the Sandy train and the beach, so different to the nth suburbs.

[@rawpower5292]

good videos as always bro :)

[@tressteleg1]

👍😊

[@AndrewCastlemaine]

Sandy line. The line of my childhood. Still think Ripponlea is perhaps Melbourne's prettiest station

[@tressteleg1]

👍😊

[@carrahulley8484]

5:50am to 6:35am good video on the road

[@tressteleg1]

👍😊

[@andrewr2825]

Interesting positioning move to say the least to get from the Sandringham siding to platform via Brighton Beach! But to save any delay to inbound services I guess it has to be done. Like you say, weird🤔

[@tressteleg1]

I had to ask the driver and that was his reasoning. Sounds right. I seem to recall that when he finally got into Sandringham the next arriving train was waiting anyway.

[@darylcheshire1618]

standardization of positioning moves, all trains from Sandy and Brighton Beach are inserted the same way.

[@tressteleg1]

@darylcheshire1618 From what my driver tells me, the earlier trains from Sandy go straight to the platform. Just the last one out coincides with the arrival of the first from FSS.

[@luizaugustoramos2520]

Woow, the transition from night to day and back to night was awesome. I assume it took a while for you to get it done. Congrats, another great video! As for the train, as much as I understand the reason behind the backtracking, it totally goes against efficiency. Wouldn't it be better to simply start that service at Hampton? I don't see a loss for Sandringham passengers as it gets 2 ohter services within minutes of each other (the Comeng we first cross then the Siemens that is waiting us to clear the platform and will depart in 10 minutes tops).

[@tressteleg1]

Yes I was happy with the transitions, the first time I had attempted anything like this. It was not as hard as it might seem. I agree that the backtracking is inefficient, but any attempt to remove the service filled by that run would result in screams of protest about discrimination or whatever, even if just a handful of people would be disadvantaged by a few minutes.

[@scottyerkes1867]

Night rides are fascinating. Thanks tressteleg1👍💚

[@tressteleg1]

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[@tonnyyyyyyyyy2]

The comeng sounds are so relaxing

[@tressteleg1]

Yes, and some are expected to still be around 10 years from now.

[@tonnyyyyyyyyy2]

@@tressteleg1 Wow! I hope that comes true

[@tressteleg1]

When you ride those trains, the overhauled ones now have passenger information displays inside the carriages similar to newer Trains. Those are the ones that are planned to remain in service for years to come.

[@tonnyyyyyyyyy2]

@@tressteleg1 Arnt they the Alstom comengs. I prefer the EDi's as they sound better and have more character

[@tressteleg1]

@@tonnyyyyyyyyy2 Alstom overhauled them. If they sound any different, they may have been fitted with new gears.

[@RodneyMarchant-bg4hq]

Luv ya work brother. You should use manual focus to stop the hunting. That also stops the camera from focusing on the rain drops.

[@tressteleg1]

I am not the cameraman or a train driver. So what happens along the way, which has not happened in any of the other night videos I have done, is just bad luck. Rather than scrap the video, I decided to insert the daytime scenes of the lost locations.

[@RodneyMarchant-bg4hq]

@@tressteleg1 I wasn't being critical, merely offering a suggestion. I think you you merged the night/day segments together very well.

[@tressteleg1]

👍😊

[@firstfreeone]

Good vid Richard. A quick question though. Why does the driver not walk back through the train to change ends instead of climbing down and walking the train back to the other end?

[@tressteleg1]

I will give you a clue - apart from the HCMT Trains on the Dandenong line, all trains are three car sets.

[@firstfreeone]

Hi Mate. I worked that out as the next train past you. I am accustomed to looking at vids of Waratah sets in NSW and our own Indian crap NGR sets here in Brisbane that are one train unit only.@@tressteleg1

[@torrenstransitenthusiast6985]

What do you mean by hybrid? Do you mean it's a hybrid train?

[@tressteleg1]

It’s half night and half day……..

[@brianmcdonald6519]

@@tressteleg1 Lol!! I had that figured out after the first night to day transition!!

[@tressteleg1]

@brianmcdonald6519 I guess some viewers are sharper than others, ha ha.

[@torrenstransitenthusiast6985]

@@tressteleg1 oh ok I thought that you have hybrid trains like we do in Adelaide

[@tressteleg1]

No. I vaguely recall reading of Adelaide hybrids. Are some Comeng trains now also fitted with pantographs + other electric gear?

[@brianmcgill7314]

No argument here, It’s just me I’m not saying don’t post night videos 👌

[@brianmcgill7314]

Nope not a fan of night vision 🥴

[@tressteleg1]

No surprise, but there is a finite number of train lines in Melbourne so other options became necessary. Nevertheless some people love night views.