A Trip with Triple K Class Steam Locomotives to Traralgon
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- In this episode we travel from Melbourne to Traralgon with Steamrail Victoria on the first of three trips with triple K class steam locomotives to celebrate 100 years of the K class Locomotive.
The episode features me and some friends chasing the locomotives to Traralgon, including locomotive K153 (K100) throwing a rod, inside the Traralgon round house and the trip back.
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Shot in 4k, best watched in Full HD. Cameras used: A7SIII with Tamron 28-75mm F2.8 & RX100VII with Rode Video Mic Pro +
i had the privilege of riding this train, and i must say, standing on the platform at flinders street at 10:30pm at night with a bag of sausage rolls in hand, waiting for my train home is a memory i doubt i'll ever forget.
Yeah was still a great trip!
Rode the trip. Was sorry for the passengers in my compartment who'd never rode a Steamrail trip before! But I enjoyed it, listening to the climb up Haunted Hills and the radio chatter between drivers during a high-stress moment was eye-opening. Felt like a real journey rather than a day trip, slept on the train and woke up in the same location about 3 times but overall positive memories.
ah that's all part of a heritage trip! Thanks for watching!
Thanks for taking us along.
Thank you for watching!
Very cool. Great to see a triple header. In nsw while we have our preserved steam locos, each loco is often the only one in its class restored, so I doubt we would ever get to see something like this.
Absolutely! That's a good point I guess I never realised, but you do have some outstanding preserved locomotives! Hopefully I can see more of them in the future!
Great video Will.
It was not fun being delayed for so long with K100’s (K153) rod to fall off at the Haunted Hills and Herne’s Oak while on the way to Traralgon, but overall was all right and quite a bit of an adventure!
I was the dude who said Mr James, wearing a blue jacket and a black cap.
But in other words, good video!
Thanks Nick!
Videos like these are really tempting me to fly to Melbourne for a weekend and ride the steam rail! Great video Will
Ah I reckon that sounds like a pretty good idea!
That would have been such an amazing event to watch.. still annoyed this all happens over in Victoria, and nothing happens here in WA... no Government support. and only 1 struggling heritage railway... not even allowed to operate mainline tours.. Amyway Great video mate! really made want to move to Vic now lol.
Thanks!
Ah that's so sad to hear how it is in WA!
@@WillJamesRailways Well, our rail heritage organization (Rail Heritage WA) has managed to restore 2 steam locomotives and is now restoring GM1. but the downside is the steam locomotives can only tun up and down the museum's yards. 2024 is our only heritages railway's 50th so fingers crossed something amazing happens there. but besides that, not much else.
What a fantastic video mate! Thank you - those whistles sound so mournful :)
Thanks Ken!
Fantastic post mortem of a chequered day out which I didn't do 'cos I wanted to watch the AFL Grand Final. I see "Milky" and Adrian featured a bit so I assume "Milky" was driving while you were filming the parallel footage, something you don't always get to appreciate on a chase as you have to watch out for the other *#@*!! motorcaders if you are chasing the train yourself. Watch those little wheels go! Thanks for posting! The wait for this was well worth it. Cheers from Michael.😉
Thanks Michael!
Great work in capturing the elements of a 'chase' and remaining positive in the face of adversity! Tours can and do go wrong, so you may as well enjoy it for what it is. We've all been there.
Thank you! Ah it's all part of a heritage tour!
That day was heaps of fun. Think I even saw myself in your video. The restart at haunted hills was absolutely epic from an onboard perspective
The drone shot at 2:17 is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you!
Steamrail is always great ❤❤❤
That's was I must of heard going through morwell 🇦🇺🐨👍🏽
I reckon David!
Great footage once again Will, very nice and I love your commentary, you’re doing great 👍🏻. Also great job giving recognition to the SEC railway, it’s always very nice to see it get some spotlight every now and then. I’m currently building a working scale replica of one of them so the memory of them will not only live on as a static displays at Newport but also an active reminder of the history of the Valley. I run a Facebook page blogging the build of it as all the work building it is done at home. Update: motors and controllers will be bought soon 😁👍🏻
Thank you!
Ah it’s a fantastic railway, and one I’d love to cover one day!
Can you send me a link to the group, I’d love to see it!
Greetings from Brisbane. Another great video Mr James. I had heard about this trip so was great to see some of it - especially the Traralgon roundhouse.
Thank you!
I'm a big fan of your art Hieronymus!
@@WillJamesRailways Thankyou Mr James. Not many people get it! And I am a big fan of your art. The content is fantastic.
I live in the States (California), but I enjoy seeing steam locomotives wherever they are in the world. It looks like the Australian locomotives share both British and American construction characteristics; they look very handsome. Nice to hear that these engines have American-sounding multi-chamber whistles instead of the tiny little British "peep-peep" whistles, which don't really befit the dignity of the British engines. . .
Great stuff Eric!
They certainly do, although these one certainly more English!
Haha yes I do agree with you on that! Thank you for watching
Excellent!
Thank you!
You must have been right close to me at 14:55 I was on the same foot bridge at Traralgon filming at day. Yes most definitely a very long day for everyone but least we got to see the triple k,s tho. Lovely footage and yes it was my first time chasing a train from Noble Park to Traralgon and back again
I reckon I might have been! Yeah I still had a great day out, im glad you enjoyed it as well!
@@WillJamesRailways it was a good day I do have a video on this on my channel
The K Class really sound awesome, enjoyed the chase. Great video
Thank you!
Great shots,, and the famous whistles through the city sounded just as good as ever.
Thanks Daniel!
Some fantastic footage Will, thanks 👍🏻🇦🇺
Thanks David!
Incredible scenery with the Aussie bush as well. Great stuff!
Thanks Michael!
ka chug ka chug ka chug chugga chugga chugga!
Thanks Raymond
I would love to have traveled on this train, a grand final couldn't even compete. If I can be a little critical, I would suggest that you play music in keeping with the era!
Having said that, it was a great video mate.
Awesome video Will, I was on the trip and I standing in guards van when the piston rod fell off abdthe emg was applied everyone almost fell over but it was fun to see this, it's sad the Seymour was cancelled but the Ballarat was a fun one to see
Thank you!
I filmed it at Dandenong and leaving Pakenham. 😊
Nice one mate!
Love the audio, especially starting up after the mishap. I must say, social media and 100 year old K class doesn't sound right.
Thanks Kent!
Absolutely awesome video Will, I would have loved to have seen that wet hill start and to have been in that round house, to feel the atmosphere live, but this was the next best thing. Thank you.
Thank you very much Lee!
Nice video Will. I saw it arrive and then depart Pakenham station. I would of seen the return at Cardinia Road but ended up calling it quits because of how delayed it was. It was nice that SRV allowed you to ride the train back. - Nicholas.
Thanks Nicholas! Yeah that's fair!
Yeah i think it's something I'd like to do more, chase and ride! Best of both worlds!
Excellent video
Thank you!
Will James: the vr man
What can I say Will? Another quality video....bummer about all the delays and hiccups, but the important thing is you were able to still enjoy the day. Catch ya at another trip sometime in the future. :)
Thanks Gavin!
You must've been filming one bridge from me near the MCG that day!
I reckon I must have been!
The way you edited your footage together was superb! Well done, it looked like a fun outing. Also, what/where was that model railway behind you in the closing credits from?
Thank you very much! It's at the Australian Model Railway Association in Melbourne!
exelent trip report, where are you standing at the outro? i see miniture tracks.
Thank you! That was at the Australian Model Railway Association in Melbourne.
Quite an adventure and a brilliant video that highlighted all the sights and sounds. The roundhouse was incredible and I have never seen drone footage of one in action before. The sound of the whistles echoing through the city buildings never gets old either. 😊
Absolutely Pauline! Thank you very much!
Triple Ks!
That's it Joel!
What are the chances of witnessing the breakdown ?! Right place , right time !
Ah mate! 1/100, and getting the part breaking off the loco!
This is absolutely incredible.
Thank you Les!
And I thought I heard the whistle as I was going to bed around 10:30. Went outside but didn't hear any more. Thought I was imagining it. Turns out I wasn't !
Ah very good!
It was a great trip, apart from my eye haha
i saw that happen
True!
I went on this trip it was great , looking forward to more trips like this.
Great to hear Justin! Thanks!
Great video !!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great job as usual Will. Any clues on the speed restriction please?
Thanks Daryl! In what regards? The K threw a rod, and yeah just restricted to 60kmph for the return journey!
connecting rod fell off of the locomotive
What really happend was the side rod came off the locomotive
K100 (K153) chucked a rod. the rod was put in the guards van for the rest of the journey.
Piston rod fell off from it was painful sitting and waiting on the train
czcams.com/video/X-JE04rsXUk/video.html Someone actually captured the moment it happened. Up close, that is.
Looks like the answer is in the comments, but yes, it threw a rod!
bagus pak
Thanks!
Can you make a trip on the overland
I really really want to! And hopefully I can do it next year and work around the Adelaide model railway show!
The Adelaide model railway show is really good to get some bargains
Something broke on K100(K153) to taralgon K190 had to lead back to Melbourne
I actually saw k 100 and k 183 but k 190 was out of service when he went to Ballarat back a few weeks also 100 years
That they did! I did go on that trip as well! I’m unsure if I’ll ever release video however!
Cool I was at Ballarat at the time
That's a very unfortunate video title.
If you would care to elaborate? Actual feedback is helpful rather than a vague comment! Thanks champ.
Sadly,
It didn't go to Seymour and No Triple Header To Ballarat 😞
Unfortunately it didn’t run to Seymour, however it did run to Ballarat, although one of the K’s failed in the yard.
Which frankly didn’t matter, that was an excellent day out!
American style coaches and locomotives
Carriages certainly are somewhat American inspired! The locomotives are a fair mix of English and Us styles