Drivers eye view, Newport to Hurstbridge K class, Aug 2023 

Very happy to hear you enjoyed chilling to the video 😀👍

You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍😀

@@Lonegan63 it's great for everyone to be able to still experience these trains today on the rail network. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

Yes, it is great to see the interest it brings out in people that come to the track side to see it go past. 👍😀

You're welcome. I am glad you enjoyed the trip on the steam loco. 👍😀

It is indeed 👍😊

It is a great sounding whistle. Glad you enjoyed it 👍 😀

@@Planetrainguy they had a stowaway on the front 🤣🤣👍😀

I am very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

It is very scenic along there. Probably about the best scenery for the suburban system. 👍😀

Thank you. Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

Thank you. Very happy that you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

Very happy to hear you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

You are welcome. Yes, steam locomotives is where it all started around the world. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀🐈🐈

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

While you are waiting on the list, you can look at a few videos. 😀 I hope you are successful at getting a ticket. 👍😀

@@driver667 Thanks Colin 😀

Thank you. Very happy you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

It certainly is 😀👍

@@chefjack33 yes, with full credit. Glad you enjoyed the video. 👍😀

@@driver667 Thank you sir

It's changed a lot over the years, that's for sure. I was based at Eltham years ago and so much has changed. Glad to hear you enjoyed it 👍 😀

@@driver667 I went on the sparks in 74 and was thinking of either HB or EL,if I had ,I might’ve still been there,who knows,👋👋👏👏👍🚂

@@peterredfern1174 you never know, could have been. 😀👍

It is certainly something to watch go past. Sounds and looks more interesting. 👍😀

There is no runaround track at Hurstbridge. The train had K140 on the other end and ran push-pull. Very happy you enjoy the videos. 👍😀

It is great living next to the line and being able to watch the trains rumble by. 👍😀

Very happy to hear you enjoyed it 👍😀

It looks faster when the camera is lower. The speed would have averaged around 60kph on this trip. Glad you enjoyed the ride 👍 😀

@@MrJAG they are an attempt to stop trespassers from crossing the tracks. 👍😀

@@driver667 so what's to stop people crossing at a different spot than where the spikes are? lol

@@MrJAG it's just in places they've had trouble before. A bit of an experiment in trying a deterrent. 👍😀

I don't think there is anything beneath them. They have been there for decades. I think they are what was the flavour of the time as far as sleepers for this situation. 👍😀

@@driver667 , so these sleepers may be a trial. just like theyre doing trials with recycled plastic sleepers. or just like the trial with concrete sleepers done back in the 30's or 40's. they were trialled at caulfield. dad and his fellow driver friends told me about them in the late 70's, and they couldnt understand why they werent used throughout the entire system. i have seen pictures of them years ago. i have noticed that the modern concrete sleepers often develop cracks at the centre. this is bad design. whenever i have to catch a train here in perth i walk the platform looking for cracked sleepers and always find at least one. the cracks are not dangerous but do allow water to seep inside to start rusting the steel rods. the novel sleepers in this video have no need for pre-stressing bars which is a big advantage when they are being made..

@@vsvnrg3263 yes, I think they were a trial at the time. It's a pity they didn't use concrete across the network much earlier. 👍😀

iirc, it's to allow the loco to couple up to passenger rollingstock without the buffers pinching the flexible walkway walls between each carriage (Don't remember the proper name for them)

Yes, the engine on the other end blows it's horn every so often. 👍😀

@@driver667 Don't you mean whistle?

@@00Zy99 🤣👍😀

I'm not really sure but it has been surmised here by others that it's so as not to clash with the concertina of the end of the passenger carriages. 👍😀

👋👋hello 👍😀