Drivers eye view, Castlemaine to Kyneton

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  • Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
  • Travel with the train driver as we journey from Castlemaine to Kyneton in the north of the state of Victoria, Australia in an N class diesel locomotive. Maximum speed for this train is 115kph. August 2023
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  • @TheManuel012009
    @TheManuel012009 8 місяців тому +1

    Love these class trains.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  8 місяців тому

      They are a great type of train 👍😀

  • @AZqyc
    @AZqyc 11 місяців тому +2

    [ x ] Another nice, fun ride ... thanks for sharing. [Greetings from Tucson]

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      Very happy to hear you enjoyed the ride 👍 😊

  • @warrenhennessy7684
    @warrenhennessy7684 11 місяців тому +2

    Thankyou driver 667 Enjoy All of the hard work you do God bless you and your family WARREN AND INGRID MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😃🤠🦘🦘🐨🐨❤❤😊

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      Thank you. I am very happy to hear you enjoy them 👍 😀

  • @TiTiSuwardhi
    @TiTiSuwardhi 11 місяців тому +1

    this is amazing ! magnificent view

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому +1

      Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😊

  • @malcolmryan-cowell3850
    @malcolmryan-cowell3850 11 місяців тому +6

    Interesting to see the relatively short stretches of single line. Could now do with both lines returning, to expedite the timetable increases. Wonder who was intellectual giant of rail infrastructure planning who managed this? Even put the single track in the centre of the permanent way to ensure the maximisation of work to make it dual again. Tsk, tsk ...

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      At the time patronage was on a downward spiral not like the explosion in numbers we have seen since. We could certainly use that second track today. 👍😊

  • @RichardFelstead1949
    @RichardFelstead1949 11 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for sharing. I've been trying to find location of Redesdale branch.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      I've only ever seen one photo of Redesdale Junction station taken in the 1930's. Wooden building on the up platform, looks like a small shed waiting room on the down platform, ramped ends on both platforms and looks like they are wooden faced. Hand gates on the crossing with the station on the immediate up side of the crossing. The photo is taken from the van of the train to Redesdale looking back after departure. 👍😊

  • @chuckmaurice3646
    @chuckmaurice3646 11 місяців тому +1

    Vary good ride and view also.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      Very glad you enjoyed the ride 🐈👍😊

  • @margaretcampbell2681
    @margaretcampbell2681 11 місяців тому +2

    Until I started watching your videos, I didn’t know Victoria had so many railway lines 😊. Do you know when that tunnel was built. It looks pretty old

    • @RichardFelstead1949
      @RichardFelstead1949 11 місяців тому +3

      1880 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_tunnels_in_Victoria,_Australia

    • @philipwilkin1975
      @philipwilkin1975 11 місяців тому +1

      The line between Melbourne and Bendigo was opened in October 1862, so the tunnel is very old.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому +1

      Looks like the question is answered 😄 Glad you enjoy the videos 👍😊

  • @xr6lad
    @xr6lad 11 місяців тому +2

    Was there once an actual station at Redesdale Junction or just the junction of the Redesdale branch?

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому +1

      I've only ever seen one photo of Redesdale Junction station taken in the 1930's. Wooden building on the up platform, looks like a small shed waiting room on the down platform, ramped ends on both platforms and looks like they are wooden faced. Hand gates on the crossing with the station on the immediate up side of the crossing. The photo is taken from the van of the train to Redesdale looking back after departure. 👍😊

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 11 місяців тому +1

      @@driver667yea just tried to do a search myself. Been along there many times and I know the old branch followed the tree line away from the main line but never knew a station was there.

  • @jamieteal2107
    @jamieteal2107 11 місяців тому +1

    Always enjoyable what engine do these locomotives run? 👍🇦🇺

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому +2

      The N class has a 645 - 12 cylinder diesel engine made by EMD, a division of General Motors. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😊

    • @jamieteal2107
      @jamieteal2107 11 місяців тому +1

      @@driver667 thank you good to know their still running GM power 💪👍🇦🇺

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      @@jamieteal2107 👍😀

  • @philipwilkin1975
    @philipwilkin1975 11 місяців тому +4

    Why , why. why was the line single tracked between Kineton and Bendigo, IMO that was the stupidest political decision in the history of this state.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      👌😊👍

    • @my_adventures67
      @my_adventures67 11 місяців тому +1

      I completely agree, I’ve even gone into Melbourne and suggested to them to duplicate it between Kyneton and Bendigo.
      They’ve told me that they’re looking at business cases for this.
      I say, hurry up and duplicate.

    • @driver667
      @driver667  11 місяців тому

      @@my_adventures67 👍😊