Love the video - brings back memories. I grew up in Essendon, and in about 1971 I was heading home from Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds. Back then, there was only a Give Way sign for cars crossing the Mt Alexander Road / Pascoe Vale Road intersection (0:48). I was sitting at the open doorway of a W-Class tram as a young woman in an early '60s Holden plowed into the side at speed. Needless to say, the tram didn't budge an inch.
That would be a collision you won’t forget in a hurry. Guess the car went straight to scrap. Tram may have had a bit of scratched paint, maybe damaged footboard, all easily fixed.
@@tressteleg1 Funnily enough, the old Holden (similarly built like a tank) wasn't too bad. Though I do remember seeing the rear wheels briefly leaving the road! Love your work.
Moonee Ponds, oh the memories. I remember taking this exact route to go see my dad who was working as an aircraft engineer at Essendon Airport very often (and still does when he doesn't have any job contracts elsewhere (he's currently working in Malaysia if you were wondering)). I also went on this route for plenty of other reasons. it's crazy to see how much has changed since I lived there as a child. thank you for bringing these memories back
An interesting mix of tracks shared with cars and fully segregated in two separate parts of the route. Tks for the video! Crazy to think that, in their minds, the tram can still make it to the terminus in the same amount of time as 40 yrs ago!
Well, in theory just as fast but in practice it took 6 minutes longer. Of course, the earlier timetable also may have been equally impossible. But it is an interesting mix of shared and segregated running.
Comparing your old video of this route, to this route and my visits to niddrie/essendon, There has been alot of developement, while also retaining most of the original stores, restrants and recognizable shops.
Seems to me they could have extended the tram line to the Airoport? About 2 Kms further? However, that might have overcrowded the trams and reduced benefit for the locals? I understand they are finally connecting the Airport with a separate rail line to the City? I haven't been to Melbourne for decades. Fabulous City full of that colonial atmosphere, or at least it was like that.
A few years ago I hunted around at the tram terminus and did find a connecting bus which went to the airport and terminated under some obscure car park not real close to the airport entrance. From memory, the journey was somewhat more than 2 km and I’m not sure that anybody besides my self was on the bus. I think that extending the tramline would be such a long slow journey that the vast majority of people would stick with the SkyBus, or any rail line which might one-day be built.
I just did a Google map check, and the distance is more like 5.5 km assuming roads are wide enough as they refuse to build more than a minimal amount of tramline these days which is shared with road traffic.
Beautiful day for riding a TRam Sir! Are you on a B class ( if I remember right), I assume it is as the approaching units are? That is a very nice route indeed! Time to get back to Melbourne and ride some Trams! Cheers Gregg .
Yes, a B class. You can see its number bottom left hand corner of the screen. And usually other trams running on the line are the same class, mostly but not always. And it was a perfect day for video. Yes you should get back to Melbourne for some tram riding but hold off until when it is supposed to be summer, ha ha…
@@tressteleg1 Thank you ! I assumed it was, due to the other trams on the route? My favourite tram in Melbourne, the single articulation and the square line fronts make for a good looking unit imo. They have good acceleration it seems too. When I move to the Adelaide Hills next year, I will be visiting Melbourne a lot more to ride the Trams, but at least I will have some in Adelaide. Gregg 🙂
@@FishplateFilms I always thought that the B class had a pleasant appearance, in fact rather similar to the A class which unfortunately are quite small trams. You should hear plenty of freight trains grumbling their way up the tracks in the Adelaide Hills when you move there. As for the Adelaide trams, it’s a pity that their total lack of traffic light priority in the street sections is even worse than in Melbourne, and that’s saying a lot! At least some traffic lights in places have little phases which help the trams even if the trams don’t provoke the lights to cut short the existing phase.
@@tressteleg1 LOL funny you mention the trains in the Hills... I stayed at Mt Lofty Station back in 2016 and ended up buying the block of railway land on the other side of the tracks! I've spent the last 4 yrs design the house with my architect and hope to start works next year? Yet to ride the trams there but on the list 🙂
@@FishplateFilms Interesting. I hope that all your plans and dreams come together well. Have you seen my Adelaide trams videos? The latest is ‘Driver’s View Royal Adelaide Hospital to Glenelg’
I published southbound to the city a few years ago. You will find the link below as well as for my other lines already done. I have recorded the run to North this year but not processed yet. Melbourne Trams - Driver's Views, Rides ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNAm1qAXx3Oc73LehZsggS3t.html
Unlikely nowadays except in a 40 K zone or something like that. Before they were governed to around 65 km/h I believe the occasional driver got booked but they never caught me.
It's been 30 years since I caught this tram. Used to get off at Pascoe Vale Road and Buckley Street. Thanks for recording and sharing this video.
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Love the video - brings back memories.
I grew up in Essendon, and in about 1971 I was heading home from Puckle Street, Moonee Ponds. Back then, there was only a Give Way sign for cars crossing the Mt Alexander Road / Pascoe Vale Road intersection (0:48). I was sitting at the open doorway of a W-Class tram as a young woman in an early '60s Holden plowed into the side at speed.
Needless to say, the tram didn't budge an inch.
That would be a collision you won’t forget in a hurry. Guess the car went straight to scrap. Tram may have had a bit of scratched paint, maybe damaged footboard, all easily fixed.
@@tressteleg1 Funnily enough, the old Holden (similarly built like a tank) wasn't too bad. Though I do remember seeing the rear wheels briefly leaving the road!
Love your work.
Ha ha! And glad you like my videos. 😊👍
Moonee Ponds, oh the memories. I remember taking this exact route to go see my dad who was working as an aircraft engineer at Essendon Airport very often (and still does when he doesn't have any job contracts elsewhere (he's currently working in Malaysia if you were wondering)). I also went on this route for plenty of other reasons. it's crazy to see how much has changed since I lived there as a child. thank you for bringing these memories back
I’m pleased it brought back happy memories. 😊
An interesting mix of tracks shared with cars and fully segregated in two separate parts of the route. Tks for the video! Crazy to think that, in their minds, the tram can still make it to the terminus in the same amount of time as 40 yrs ago!
Well, in theory just as fast but in practice it took 6 minutes longer. Of course, the earlier timetable also may have been equally impossible. But it is an interesting mix of shared and segregated running.
Nice video. Nice speedy ride. Thanks Tresseleg1💚👌
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Comparing your old video of this route, to this route and my visits to niddrie/essendon, There has been alot of developement, while also retaining most of the original stores, restrants and recognizable shops.
It is nice that you were able to see the differences 😊
Route 59 has 59 stops - Airport West being stop 59!
Yes, quite a coincidence. It was the 59 long before it went this far.
Seems to me they could have extended the tram line to the Airoport? About 2 Kms further? However, that might have overcrowded the trams and reduced benefit for the locals? I understand they are finally connecting the Airport with a separate rail line to the City? I haven't been to Melbourne for decades. Fabulous City full of that colonial atmosphere, or at least it was like that.
A few years ago I hunted around at the tram terminus and did find a connecting bus which went to the airport and terminated under some obscure car park not real close to the airport entrance. From memory, the journey was somewhat more than 2 km and I’m not sure that anybody besides my self was on the bus. I think that extending the tramline would be such a long slow journey that the vast majority of people would stick with the SkyBus, or any rail line which might one-day be built.
I just did a Google map check, and the distance is more like 5.5 km assuming roads are wide enough as they refuse to build more than a minimal amount of tramline these days which is shared with road traffic.
@@tressteleg1 Cheers Mate! I might get back to melbourne this year. Keep up the nice vids.
@@29brendus All good. Just book for when the calendar says it will be summer. Maybe, unlike me most years, you won’t be frozen most days 😆
Airport west is named that because it is west of essendon airport. Not tullamarine
Beautiful day for riding a TRam Sir! Are you on a B class ( if I remember right), I assume it is as the approaching units are? That is a very nice route indeed! Time to get back to Melbourne and ride some Trams!
Cheers Gregg .
Yes, a B class. You can see its number bottom left hand corner of the screen. And usually other trams running on the line are the same class, mostly but not always. And it was a perfect day for video. Yes you should get back to Melbourne for some tram riding but hold off until when it is supposed to be summer, ha ha…
@@tressteleg1 Thank you ! I assumed it was, due to the other trams on the route? My favourite tram in Melbourne, the single articulation and the square line fronts make for a good looking unit imo. They have good acceleration it seems too. When I move to the Adelaide Hills next year, I will be visiting Melbourne a lot more to ride the Trams, but at least I will have some in Adelaide.
Gregg 🙂
@@FishplateFilms I always thought that the B class had a pleasant appearance, in fact rather similar to the A class which unfortunately are quite small trams.
You should hear plenty of freight trains grumbling their way up the tracks in the Adelaide Hills when you move there. As for the Adelaide trams, it’s a pity that their total lack of traffic light priority in the street sections is even worse than in Melbourne, and that’s saying a lot! At least some traffic lights in places have little phases which help the trams even if the trams don’t provoke the lights to cut short the existing phase.
@@tressteleg1 LOL funny you mention the trains in the Hills... I stayed at Mt Lofty Station back in 2016 and ended up buying the block of railway land on the other side of the tracks! I've spent the last 4 yrs design the house with my architect and hope to start works next year? Yet to ride the trams there but on the list 🙂
@@FishplateFilms Interesting. I hope that all your plans and dreams come together well. Have you seen my Adelaide trams videos? The latest is ‘Driver’s View Royal Adelaide Hospital to Glenelg’
Have you made a route 19 video yet?
I published southbound to the city a few years ago. You will find the link below as well as for my other lines already done. I have recorded the run to North this year but not processed yet.
Melbourne Trams - Driver's Views, Rides
ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNAm1qAXx3Oc73LehZsggS3t.html
Can you upload route 82 updated
I will keep it in mind. I recorded Moonee Ponds to Footscray.
good videos , has a tram ever been booked for speeding?
Unlikely nowadays except in a 40 K zone or something like that. Before they were governed to around 65 km/h I believe the occasional driver got booked but they never caught me.
Melbourne's fast new tram service😂
Well it is a bit faster thanks to a new timetable with impossible running times. Just traffic lights to fix now (more likely never 😆)