A Tale From The Geelong & Melbourne Railway!

The grand opening day of the Geelong & Melbourne Railway in 1857 was.. really chaotic. This story is adapted from the account given in 'Victorian Railways to 62' by Leo J Harrigan. Want to help support the channel, get early access to new content and exclusive behind the scenes videos? Join me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Taitset This video is written, narrated, drawn and photographed by Martin Bennet (..that's me). Music and sound engineering for this video was done by my brother Cian, check out his stuff here: https://hyperfollow.com/cianbennetmusic Chapters: 00:00 - Victoria's first country main line 00:34 - A peculiarly harmonious whistle 01:11 - The first train 02:33 - 2 3/4 tons of poultry 03:44 - Stopping at Duck Ponds 04:29 - About 2 hours 04:47 - You had one Job 05:04 - £890 05:31 - VR to the rescue #trains #history #railways