Sunday, 29 August 2021

Triple Streamliners on the Slow Goods to St John - AMRA Model Railways

G'day everyone,
We are back for another week, no that we have began our temporary fortnightly schedule. Today we return to the clubrooms to follow another service from Lloydhust to St John featuring triple streamliners.
Stay safe, catch you all in a fortnight.

Sunday, 15 August 2021

Metro Trains on the Final Day of North Williamstown Station | Pre-LXRA

A little late today because of a few processing issues.
Anyways, time the last of the three videos captured during our one weekend out of lockdown at he start of the month. Today we visit North Williamstown Station on the final day of trains stopping. The station is being rebuilt as part of the LXRA project, and is planned for completion later in the year.

Today also marks the beginning of our revised uploading schedule which will be in operation till mid-November. Looking at the current situation, it looks likely that we will be adopting the fortnightly schedule for a little while till a few more railway related events are able to operate again.
Thanks again, till next time!

Sunday, 8 August 2021

Red Rattler Driver Training to the East | Steamrail/Elecrail - Taits Mai...

G'day everyone, time for another weekly video.
Hope everyone's been well despite being in another lockdown. Today we take a look at the operations from the previous weekend of when the Taits made there operations on the eastern lines.
Hopefully you all enjoy!

Also, seeing I only use this weekly, time for a slight update with is to be announced later in the week. From the end of the week, there will be temporary changes to the schedule effective until the 15th of November. This is a change from weekly videos to fortnightly during the times when videos are not able to be filmed recently. This is due to a hard drive issue and preparation for our 10 year.
Thank you all, should be seeing you all next week!

Sunday, 1 August 2021

Steam Hauls V/Line Carriages 'Up the Straight' | Steamrail - Ballarat Dr...

We are back on schedule with videos!
After the relaxing of restrictions from Victoria's latest lockdown, we are now able to get back to chasing trains again.
Today we capture R761 on a driver training run to Ballarat, close to that of around two years ago when she also ran to Seymour. This time the service ran via Bacchus Marsh both ways, finally making the return of steam to the section, properly.
R761 hauled two sets of V/Line H carriages, this being the first time in over 20 years.
Anyways, enjoy, and catch you all again next week, should be pretty self expiatory what's to come next week.

Tuesday, 27 July 2021

V/Line Trains Over Robinsons Road, Deer Park - Regional Trains

Alright, time for another video!
Today we take a look at the recent advancements on works at Robinsons Road Level Crossing, one of 75 level crossings being removed by the Victorian Government.
Located in Deer Park, the crossings has the Regional Fast Rail running though it. With the increasing frequency, the traffic bottleneck is rather atrocious at all three crossings in the area.
I hadn't intended to upload the video so soon, however there were some issues with getting the video planned for this week ready. Hopefully everything will be back on schedule next week, assuming I can sort out my hard-drive issues.
Thanks again, catch you all again soon!

Monday, 19 July 2021

Pacific National's Friday MP4 Intermodal Service (2018) Now Online

 G'day all, this week we have our delayed weekly video. Schedule is back to normal for a while, until our planned changed take place closer to the end of the month, subject to the current restrictions.

This week we have another short compilations capturing Pacific Nationals 6MP4 intermodal service at various locations in Melbourne's western suburbs. Till next time, stay safe.



Thursday, 15 July 2021

Trains Around Melbourne #14 Now Online

 Welcome back, our final extra video for the season has now been published, or at least around an hour ago. We have our 14th installment of Trains Around Melbourne.

Anyways, a little bit of an update, if anyone had seen the post from the community tab on YouTube, we have pending scheduling changes which are planned for the near future, more information to be posted closer to the day.

With the suddenness of the current lockdown, next weeks video will have to be pushed back, as we assess the available videos in the backlog, and prepare them for future use. The original plan was to be partly dependent on new content over the next weeks, but the situation is fully known anymore. So, till next time, stay safe, catch you all on the other side.