Victoria Rail - Frankston to Stony Point, 1992

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Жыл бұрын

Featuring B61 on the Stony Point passenger service, G's and C's (with an S class) on Long Island steel trains and a bit of K class steam action.
Shot on Betacam SP (broadcast quality at the time)

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@DustInOz76 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. I recall doing work experience as a 16 year old in the same year down at Geelong Railway Station. I travelled in the cab of an A class on a Warrnambool passenger train between Geelong and Camperdown. I was in heaven, the crew were excellent, let me ride in the fireman's seat and blow the horn as we rattled along. I recall it was a rough ride, not unlike this line!

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Thx Dustin. I shot that footage all those years ago thinking the B's would be all gone soon. Its amazing a few are still around. Those A's were notoriously rough.

@jamesharding322 10 ай бұрын

I love how you can see the McMahons Road crossing before it was upgraded with traffic, and this also would've been right after the Beach Street, Frankston was removed and replaced with the pedestrian crossing (while the road crossing was re-routed to the overpass just north of the former crossing site) ' Also, 0:41 Goodbye, Old Yeller.....That gunshot sounded like it was REALLY close to where you were standing!!

@tedbear4243 9 ай бұрын

The gunshot may also have been a touch of humour added afterwards ;-)

@patrickbryant5224 Жыл бұрын

Great historical video and thanks for preserving it. Good to see that all these locomotives have survived too.

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Patrick. Ive had all this material stored away for all these years as my interest moved from video work to other things. Ive now returned to my video interest!

@G516R700 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic footage on the Stony Point line back in the loco hauled days. Love the cabride footage too. Also funny seeing the doors wide open and people hanging out, a normal every day occurance back then.

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Cheers. I managed to get it on Betacam SP, which was a real bonus. I just should have done a bit of colour correction and enhancing when I edited, but its easy to spend days going down that path! And remember the days of W class trams with people hopping on and off at random and hanging out? They were the days!

@Match2100 Жыл бұрын

Wow, hanging hoses back on the dummy couplings at 14:30, what a novelty! Quite enjoyed that, especially the cabride segments!

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Yes, someone learnt on Friday night to not leave them hanging when I'm around! It makes me NOT HAPPY!

@Justin.87 Жыл бұрын

Great footage! Thanks for sharing

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Thx Justin. Ive had all this material just sitting off to the side for years, almost forgotten about. Got some Leongatha footage (also shot on Betacam SP) just digitised and waiting to be edited. I will get to it in a few weeks.

@glens4918 28 күн бұрын

Classic footage

@wezza60 Жыл бұрын

The footage of C501 and 507 awesome.

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

The C's and 830/48's are my fave locos, along with the 930's and 44's I guess. Loved working on the C class most of all.

@G516R700 Жыл бұрын

also an interesting point is S307 & C501 are now both preserved at Seymour at the Seymour Rail Heritage Centre (as from April 22nd this year) & C507 is with SSR running freight trains most of the time these days

@jamieb8112 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for sharing. 👍

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Thx Jamie :-)

@robbiewales3007 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely magnificent video

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Thx Rob, tho you might be over rating it a tad! The amazing thing is that some B and S class are actually still in service all this time later. I shot that footage on Betacam SP way back then thinking they were likely soon to all be withdrawn!

@offthegridwithbert924 6 ай бұрын

It's been over 15 years since any steam ran on this line, a real shame. I remember the old orange powered railcar's, always needing to be rescued by a locomotive as they constantly broke down, the line has fallen into disrepair over recent years with many rotten redgum sleepers needing urgent replacement. I have lived beside this line for 35 years, back when BHP had massive freight laden trains sometimes with 4 loco's hauling, and seeing it become what it is today, same route, most of the lovely little rail sidings are gone especially in Somerville and Crib point.

@cliffleigh7450 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video - very enjoyable and historic.

@tedbear4243 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comments Cliff. I'm so pleased I had the opportunity to capture a fair bit of video (and pics) over time as recording history is a really important thing. Just wish I had of got more signal box internal shots around the country.

@dluxy2213 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic flashback to the good old days

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Just wish I had covered more signal box workings

@travismitchell5398 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant footage Ted, I grew up On the back of this line. Thanks heaps for sharing. Please upload the Leongatha footage when you can, looking forward to it! Cheers ! 🙂

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Travis. I'm pleased I didnt leave it any longer to digitise the Betacam SP tapes, as they have deteriorated a fair bit, unlike the VHS tapes. One would have thought a pro format would be more stable, however the metal oxide is dislodging from the tapes. I will post something from NSW next, then probably something non rail, then Leongatha.

@travismitchell5398 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ted much appreciated, looking forward to it 👍

@adavies971985 Жыл бұрын

I also grew up om this line... loved waking up to the horns in the mornings

@gregthompson3274 Жыл бұрын

Great historical stuff here. Remember the B_class loco trips to Stony Pt also the semaphore signals

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Thx Greg. Its amazing how some of these old B's are still out and about.

@dpd6401 9 ай бұрын

Love it

@tedbear4243 7 ай бұрын

Cheers :-)

@johnnyo7621 6 ай бұрын

Was good seeing G543 out and about working and some C's. 😂😂😂 Love the comments about the mutt barking then something that sounds like a gunshot lol.

@slepper98 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant clips, thanks Ted.

@trainsimulatordriver Жыл бұрын

Nice. Back when the friendly blokes would invite you into the cab if they saw you trackside often enough.

@tedbear4243 9 ай бұрын

Correct. the good days :-)

@jackkrisp1164 Ай бұрын

I love the footage! It’s like a time machine. Do you have other videos of the Dandy/Pakenham line or Cranbourne line as well?

@tedbear4243 Ай бұрын

Hi Jack, just wish I had covered even more than I did now, looking back. Ive got some more material of the line from Cranbourne to Leongatha to work thru at some stage. It was all shot on Betacam SP but some of the camera tapes have gone missing and ive only got a VHS copy of those missing tapes, and worse still, it has a time code window at the top of frame. Ive put it in the too hard basket for now.

@ThePaulv12 9 ай бұрын

What a gem of a vid, god! Jaws* (C-501) on the Stony Point line!!! must lie down..... *(It all started with a Filipino woman I heard who pronounced a child named George as Jaws LOL)

@tedbear4243 7 ай бұрын

:-)

@DJ99777 Жыл бұрын

Interesting video😢

@dieseldavetrains8988 Жыл бұрын

Great clip, charming scenery, at 0.42 is sounded like the train ran over a detonator, but didn't sound the horn? Or maybe someone shot the yapping dog! Never got to Stony Point by train despite spending a lot of time at Mount Eliza and Frankston visiting friends in the early 1980's. Great cab ride in the B61, looks like the driver giving his mate a go, teaching him the finer things (good dynamic braking in conjunction with the air).

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Yeah Dave, it was a gun shot sound effect. Thought I'd throw it in and see if anyone noticed! The very annoying yapping dog was real tho. From memory, the driver was not a regular down there (maybe he was from South Dynon?) on this service where as the other guy was. Very grateful to both of them for having myself and the camera on board.

@james.black981 Жыл бұрын

@@tedbear4243 gold!

@adamtaylor7150 Жыл бұрын

Great footage and history! She moves away quickly at 5:40. Without HEP on the B, what did the H sets do for lights/aircon? Or did they have their own generators?

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Cheers Adam. TBH, i cant recall what the story was re power in the event of no HEP.

@JordysRailVideos Жыл бұрын

The carriages are MTH's used for the DRC railmotors

@cliffleigh7450 6 ай бұрын

Yes - each MTH had its own genset.

@HazptMedia Жыл бұрын

Wow interesting

@Jaytheautisticteen 10 ай бұрын

at 0:41 DID I HEAR A FUCKING GUNSHOT!?

@tedbear4243 9 ай бұрын

You fucking may well have, but sometimes things arent always as they seem ;-)

@murringo9 Жыл бұрын

What is the junction seemingly in the middle of nowhere at 13:12?

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

TBH I cant recall. Someone else will let us know hopefully.

@quartermilesmile Жыл бұрын

Would that be the Cerberus branch?

@G516R700 Жыл бұрын

@@quartermilesmile Thought the Cerberus branch went off from the station at Crib Point? Where K163 is seen heading to in one of the clips.

@quartermilesmile Жыл бұрын

Some more investigating and Google maps shows there was a triangle of tracks there.

@cliffleigh7450 6 ай бұрын

That is the Up end of the Cerberus Naval Base triangle. By then this leg was out of use, but in the days of the Navy trains it was regularly used. The other leg goes into Crib Point station and is seen just before the level crossing.

@koutsoumbos 7 ай бұрын

Ted what was the weekly wage for loco drivers in 1992

@tedbear4243 7 ай бұрын

Off hand I cant recall, but might be able to find out for you

@koutsoumbos 7 ай бұрын

@@tedbear4243 metro train drivers today are ob 100.000 per year

@pierrechristian6767 9 ай бұрын

I start my school bus run at Stony Point station to Dromana.

@matthewdempsey6583 Жыл бұрын

And Bernie Baker doing what he loves doing

@moparmissile 7 ай бұрын

is that broad gauge?

@tedbear4243 7 ай бұрын

It is indeed

@marchessa1 11 ай бұрын

sounds like the barking dog gets shot at 0:40

@tedbear4243 9 ай бұрын

Things arent always as they seem ;-)

@michlo3393 10 ай бұрын

15:56 YIKES! Well, they don't let you do THAT anymore. Fantastic video! Hope the dog is okay.

@tedbear4243 9 ай бұрын

Theres quite a few things we cant do any more. It will be cotton wool around soon! Not sure about the dogs condition, tho things arent always as they seem ;-)

@benrowe5319 Жыл бұрын

I’ve always wanted to kno wat the Batton was for and wat dose it do? 11:47

@tedbear4243 Жыл бұрын

Hi Ben. That is a train staff (of which there are several different versions/types) and it is a traditional form of 'safeworking' (as its known in the industry) for single lines. The concept is to, under normal operating circumstances, prevent more than one train being in a single line section between stations at any one time. Some versions of staffs are also used to unlock intermediate points in the sections to allow access to sidings.