i was an enginemen in 1984 and loved every bit off it i was based at south dynon loco i retired last year after 38 years as a firemen loco driver and spark driver i would do it all again but unfornunately its all gone
I joined in 1984 was going to be a fireman but station staff convinced me to be a signalman. I stayed for 4 years. Working with only blokes was fun. Enjoy your retirement😅.
This video was produced by a gentleman named Gary Scott - i have tried to track him down but it has been futile - he was a photographer who was shooting VR only when the V/Line scheme was coming in. Thanks Dave - Regards Shelton
@@SheltonDCruz You might try John Phillips down in Melbourne, also on You Tube with rail postings. John was with VLine in the Media Unit so he would probably know him or of him. Worth a try...DDT
After the rail ending I see the weirdest thing on RU-vid. More random content without doing playing for longer than the length of the video. Still love the VR film that no one else seems to have covered.
How goods this, 6 car Tait with 2 motors, the 2 derms with a carriage in the middle and T357 sounding like going into high notch for a quick getaway & theres Le Mans Toyota near the bridge
at 5:58 thats siding is closed now but it went to a fertilizer and shipping container place , my bad its not the canal siding, i meant its the Maribyrnong river siding, and i have watched hundreds of Victorian railway videos and this is the only one i have ever seen with that line, cheers mate
@@SheltonDCruz Briquettes were there. I've seen them in very the late 90s or early 2000s (possibly the latter). There were a couple of bogie wagons full of them with the beacon on the back of one of the cars at the south end still flashing even though were just 2x cars sitting there. I'm thinking about 2002 was the year. Where's the time go seems like a couple of years ago? Must've been close to the end of that line.
The canal siding is where I learned to shunt in March 1980. My first shift was night shift and it was pouring rain. We had no radios just hand lamps and we were kicking off wagons chasing after them, jumping on the end step and putting the handbrake on when we were in clear and applying it slowly so we gently coupled up to anything else in the road. I was scared witless and thought I was going to die there. I think the on job trainer shunters were Bluey Ross and a guy called Taffy. Our classroom instructor was a guy called Llewyn Charles. He had a prosthetic leg and he made a big show of pulling off and waving it in front of us and saying "this is what happens when you're not careful". Certainly had the desired effect.
Back in the days when the freight of wheat was VR's biggest money spinner and subsidised the biggest money loser; suburban passenger trains. So VR pulled up our country lines. What a no brainer!
Hi there i would like to ask a question on my channel i am doing a series called engines of V/Line it is a series where i talk about all the engines that ran with vline and i was just wondering if i could use some of your fottage for my videos i will credit you of course but if you dont want me to then i totaly understand but i thought i would ask you first.
