Trains around Victoria in 1989 

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.

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

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......

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.

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.

Superb. ... Absolutely bloody Superb Sir 😊

Some great recordings. Thanks for sharing 👍👍😀😀

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

Awesome video mate. Brings back so many childhood memories 😁

Thanks for the memories.

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

Thanks for uploading this :)

Brilliant video, brings back a lot of memories

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

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.

fantastic video

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

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

A66 is still around today with Vline

23:57 still the same 30 years later

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

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

Where’s Gippsland?

Look at the coal trucks!

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