Final Steam and Rattler Shuttles on the T3 Bankstown Line | THNSW - Bank...

Howdy all,

Well, we're back in the swing of Over the Border specials and we bring to you our vision of the Bankstown Heritage Weekend, farewelling the heavy rail operation in preparation of conversion to Metro.

Two heritage trains made their appearance known throughout the day. Locomotive 3265 Hunter operated three shuttles in an anticlockwise loop through Bankstown, and Red Rattler F1 operated three different routed shuttles.

For this video, this was recorded with out substitute camera after it failed a week earlier, so I was still getting used to using it during these shuttles. Apologies if some of the shot turn out a little shaky or out of frame because of this. We are still in the process of acquiring a new camera, however this process is taking a little longer than planned.

Also from this video, we will be returning to our monthly uploading for the month of October. So, catch everyone next week. Cheers.

AMRA Vic Branch Clubrooms Open Day 2024

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Well, we're back for another video as we slowly complete our 4 day frequency.

Today we have our most recently recorded video, capturing this years open day at the AMRA Vic clubrooms. This year followed the same lines as last year, with Murri displayed up and the two main layouts below.

This video is the first video to be fully recorded on mobile while we plan out a replacement video camera.

Cheers all, one more as part of the higher frequency, then we are slowing things down for the month of October.

Goulburn Model Railway Exhibition 2024 - Part 2 | Goulburn Model Expo - ...

Howdy all,

It's time for another post. Didn't get a chance to post our last upload due to being out of Melbourne at the time, but here we are.

Today's video takes us out of Melbourne for the inaugural Goulburn Model Expo. This is part two of our coverage where we completed 12 layouts in this video. The exhibtion was one of the larger scale shows being comparable with some of the suburban shows in magnitude with 50 exhibitors all up.

We will be back in Victoria for our next video, although this is our last video to be recorded on the video camera for the time being.

We're still awaiting for new Australian models to complete another unboxing, so apologies for the long wait. Cheers all.

Trains Around Melbourne #20

Howdy all,

So we're back for one last time this month, and just before we take a break. We have a next instalment of our Trains Around Melbourne series, which has been delayed from last month.

Anyways, gonna keep this post short and sharp. We have one video due during the break, but currently the video might possibly be delayed, if this is the case, the community post will be updated.

Anyways, cheers all. Enjoy the first few days of Spring.

Steam Battles Rain & Shine | Steamrail - Hurstbridge Wattle Festival Shu...

G'day, we're back for this week's videos.

To start us off, we return to our heritage coverage, of this year's Steamrail Hurstbridge Wattle Festival. This year it was a little interesting in two ways. For the first time we saw the Taits venture up for the shuttles and the pending weather that we had been watching the whole day to pounce... This year's video is slightly shortened from previous years as we only cover the first 5 shuttles, missing out on the Night Train, that we would have once ridden.

Last night we announced our plans for the first part of September on Facebook, this will be announced on the YouTube Community tab tonight.

Cheers all.

First Day of Trains at the New Parkdale Station - Melbourne Trains

Howdy!

Well, time for this week's second video, and it kind of got thrown in at the last minute as I realised there was a bit of space in the schedule by moving the next upload back by a day.

Anyways, chewing through our backlog of Metro videos, we are at Parkdale Station for it's opening day earlier this month. The station was rebuilt as a 'Skyrail' design as part of the removal of the level crossings at Parker and Warragul Roads.

We take a look at some of the first services though the station beginning out day in the mid-morning, then returning for some late afternoon shots.

An announcement will be made on some changes to the scheduling for the next couple of month soon, so stay turned on the Community Tab.

Cheers all.

Eaglemont Rattles & Shuttles - Steamrail/Elecrail Charter: Eaglemont Her...

Howdy all,

Welcome to this weeks video, a little late because I forgot to press the publish button.

Anyways, after a run of metro and exhibition videos, we head out for the preserved Tait train which travelled out for what's becoming the annual Eaglemont shuttles. As part of the Eaglemont Heritage Day, the Eaglemont Village community charters the Red Rattlers for the day to travel from Eaglemont Station.

This year's video, we attempt to get a few different spots compared to out previous coverage in 2022.

Cheers all, there should be one more video this week, as I've realised I'm minorly stuffed up the scheduling, but we'll have to see. There will also be an announcement next week for some upcoming plans.