Sunday 28 August 2022

Caulfield Model Railway Exhibition 2022 - Part 2 | Australian Model Rail...

Hello all,
Well, we're back for another week, and time to complete our pair of videos of the Caulfield Model Railway Association.
This part covers some of the larger sized layouts the exhibition had to offer.

Just came off a full on day at the Wattle Festival, and it comes as a weird feeling that whole railfanning industry has changed so much post COVID. Don't know if it's better or worse, but it does make the activities harder and harder. We are still keeping at it with the tours as part of our 10th year, don't know what the future holds.
Thank you all, catch you all next week.

Wednesday 24 August 2022

Push-Pull A Shuttles in Warragul | Steamrail - Spirit of Warragul & Warr...

Alright, second video for the week, credit to the way we upload two part videos nowadays.
Today we have our vision of Steamrail Victoria's Spirit of Warragul Day Trip and Warragul Shuttles from Saturday the 20th of August. Video is a little long, so sit back and relax. 
Anyways, the tour saw locomotives A2986 "Spirit of Warragul" and V/Line Heritage's A66 head down to Warragul for shuttles to Longwarry, the start of the single track section, currently in the process of being duplicated. Technically this video could have been split into two, as the transfers and the shuttles were two separate tours, but we are still testing how a longer video will go.
Anyways, next week we will have part two of the Caulfiled Exhibition, so stay tuned for that, then for a little while, heritage videos will be a week behind their uploading.

Until then, stay well, catch you all next time.

Sunday 21 August 2022

Caulfield Model Railway Exhibition 2022 - Part 1 | Australian Model Rail...

G'day all,
Time for this week's video. Today we are at the Caulfield Model Railway Exhibition, operated by the Australian Model Railway Association at Caufiled Racecourse. The exhibition was held on 20th and 21st of August and marked the 50th exhibition for the association. This video captures the events on the second day as on the first we were out to capture Steamrail Victoria's Warragul Shuttles. In part one we begin from the east side of the showroom and gradually move along the southern wall to the west. It's good to have the return of one of the larger Melbourne exhibitions again.
As this is a two parter, we will be having a second upload this week, however, like the last few times, the video to be uploaded on Thursday will be the Warragul Shuttles, then part two will be uploaded as next week's video.
So until next time, catch you all down the line.

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Sunday 14 August 2022

Double Hudson Rs Power East | Steamrail - Snow Train 2022 - Train Two | ...

Welcome back everyone,
Some of these videos are getting a bit easier to assume at the moment with the coinciding event occurring the weekend before uploading. Today we capture the second Snow Train for 2022 from Steamrail Victoria. Hauled by two of the final Victorian Railways express steam locomotive's, the Hudson R Class, the popular annual special to the Latrobe Valley has returned. Unlike the video for Train One, this isn't a full chase video, as due to a conflicting schedule, I was only able to capture the trip to Traralgon, as it was intended that we would ride one of the specials. To end off the video, we head back to Southbank to listen to the sounds of steam echoing through the dense landscape.
Anyways, hope you all enjoy, until next time, catch you all down the line.

Sunday 7 August 2022

V/Line A Class Dash to the Boarder | 707 Operations - The Riverlander Sl...

Another week and we have returned for another video.
This weeks was once again a short turnaround video, with the majority of the video being filmed yesterday. This should be the last of these for a while, with the next few tours being on Saturdays.
Today we chase 707 Operations Riverlander weekender tour to Tocumwal. The train was hauled by V/Line Heritage A66. We capture the train departing from Southern Cross on the first night of the tour, then rejoin the train for the return to Melbourne from Tocumwal on the Sunday.

Till next week, stay well.