Am I a Closet Trainspotter?

[Jerry_Atrick]

It must be time for me to go and buy an anaroak, as I have found myself putting on drivers views from one railway station to another (usually in Aus) for background listening/watching.  I find them quite cathartic mostly... Here's one heading from Melbourne (Southern Cross) to Albury.. weaving through North Melbourne it looks like...

 

Except for the odd foghorn which startles me, quite relaxing.

 

[onetrack]

What is it about rail networks that makes them the fertile breeding ground for graffiti vandals? I detest riding Eastern States trains simply because of the graffiti eyesores one is assailed with on a constant basis when travelling on them.

 

Furthermore, I am absolutely puzzled by the track locations in the video? I always thought Australian trains ran on the left - but the Victorian train network is obviously run by the Asians, where you just drive anywhere there's a gap!

I see the train in the video bouncing from driving on the right, to driving on the left, then in to the centre, and all over the place in general? This must be pretty unnerving for train drivers?

[facthunter]

The train driver doesn't control which track he goes on. The main thing is to be sure there's no one else on the same track when you are on it..   Nev

[onetrack]

I was reading about the Violet Town rail disaster last month, it must have been terrifying for the freight train driver watching the Southern Aurora barrelling towards him at full speed.

 

https://mx-schroeder.medium.com/dead-man-driving-the-1969-violet-town-australia-train-collision-b7e5e25ea437