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Great capture Barrie

What class is that?

Superb😊

Video would have been better by playing over the talk in the cabin with music etc Plus you might know where you were going, but most watching does not. Be simple to add names of stations or landmarks in the editing process

Great memories,, all very familiar to me, I started there in July 1984 as a trainee engineman and cleaned locos there until I became I fireman.

I lived in Grays Point 1959-1974 and walked that line many times as a kid....great memories

Good clips, thanks for sharing. Cheers.

0:40 3801!?

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I saw it at central

Awesome captures Barrie.

A great little video thanks for the memories of having worked at delec after they closed Enfield remember playing cards in the fuel man s humpy while on shed work.

DELEC officially closed a couple of weeks or so back, good video of a once proud past Barrie. Haven't seen you out this way yet, looked for you at Condobolin station this morning!

Nice video, thanks for posting.

Thank you, Barrie. I just çame across this video, matching up with the 2nd half video.

Well done, I remember seeing the South Coast Daylight when it was under it's own power. As a kid I'd wonder what the sign on the side that said 'Sand' was all about. Cheers.

Riding a red rattler isn't the same on welded rail. The rhythmic clacking every few seconds was hypnotic.

Beautiful

Prior to the Bathurst extension, do you know if this station saw any rail car (Broken Hill Explorer?) activity? Or just request Dubbo XPT? In 2009 when I was driving out to Dubbo med school to see my now wife I visited this station and it was much worse for wear. Good to see it looking fantastic!

You're welcome to come chat anytime! The video was very informative and i even learned some new things!!!

I caught the train to school from Revesby to St James from 1981 to 1985. So many stories to tell. Sometimes during heavy rains, Wolli Creek would flood from Bardwell Park to Turrella. The water level was way above the wheels and the red rattlers went through without a problem. The waves created was like being on a ferry.

There is a blue steel plaque on a rock on the platform near the signal box in memory of Noel Hawley, a young railway worker (night duty officer) who was shot dead near the signal box by a local drunk on a rampage with a .22 rifle in the 1970's, he left a young wife and baby daughter behind at Lithgow. Surprised that Leanne or one of the old timers at the pub didn't tell you the story. Great clip Barrie, Rydal Show is well worth attending, I used to go each year.

You have done it again, Barrie, and taken us to another railway gem. I have passed this location many times over the years and never given it a thought. Now I feel that I must visit some time soon. Excellent video. Well done, Barrie 👏 👍

What a great video!! Thank you

When I first rocked up in Sydney in 1988 the K series are my abiding memory of seeing them along side as I crossed the bridge in the car. Your pic at 3:09 is very evocative - all that aluminium and alot more character than the Tangara IMHO

Hi Barrie 👋 I really enjoyed the real country sounds that transported me to the location. Sounds that are not heard from inside the train. Well done 👏 👍

81's were quite advanced for their time!

Ay glad to see this finallly!! I remeber when you came into the pub! Been keepin an eye out for it!!

Not being narky Barrie, but I would have inserted the dates the water tower, pumping shed and dual brick viaducts were built, reflecting on Main South rail history, also the date that Gunning station opened. Not everyone would have seen the previous video on Gunning and your history walk. Otherwise, top dollar!

3:35 what did he say?

Where abouts is this?

NO GRETA THUNBERG WAA HARMED IN THIS VIDEO

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In summer they were very stifiling inside.

The 81 was one of the best locos the nsw railway bought and the g was great 👍 with the bigger engine. A great little video.

I’m pretty sure it’s a goanin s set judging from the pointed out front, have you ever been on any comeng s sets? Great vid btw!

A bit of history 😊

Old Sydney was steeped in character and . The rot was about to begin the next year and continues now.

Hello. Do U have phone number. I will send a Video and photo. I got video of close up of Explorer train

Tango? It's Tangara or T set

Thank you, Barrie. (No.3) This is incredible. I only found out recently of this video clip. A trip down memory lane. Thank you.

THE RICHMOND ROCKET 🚂 I remember catching it from Parra to Blacktown once or twice😂

Was it standard practise to run with locos and carriages from both railways?

I clicked off the video and came back straight away because I forgot to leave a like! Great footage of run around operations that Sydney will never regularly see again. This video shows many trains and liveries that we’ll never see again, so it’s excellent that they have been captured on camera so that the past of our railways won’t be forgotten. Excellent video Barrie, can’t wait to see what’s next 😊

Opening scene with the two parcel vans triggered some memories of "Blue Spot" and "Track Fast" parcels. The old days when everyone went for a beer at the Journalists Club or Graphic Arts Club on pay night. Great cab tour of the XPT, they looked best in the original colour scheme back then. Great work Barrie.

I remember having the doors open whilst travelling 100km/h and sticking my head into the breeze. Also peggi g fruit out of the train and onto the steel centenary support structures and watching them explode on impact. Also of pressing the pressure relief valve when we had pneumatic door closing versions. The sound of the motors revving up with a sharp “ping” when the acceleration atopped and coasted was fun as was the shunting between powered and non powered carriages. The smell of the brakes too was unique. My favourite were the really old rattlers built in the 1920s with triple leaf springs which bounced all over the place and were very loud. I loved the lights which were incandescent and glowed a warm yellow light that was relaxing as a child. Loved the red rattlers and glad to experience the joy of riding them many times. A bygone era where things were made to last.

NO birds were harmed ???? Yeah right.

Nice video. It’s not a joke to call the XPT a High Speed Train, just incorrect. Did the Australian authorities ever call the XPT a high speed train with it’s design speed of 99 mph? Perhaps, since I did hear a tv news presenter say that the XPT replacement trains are going to be bullet trains although they are no faster than the XPT, having the same design speed. The BR IC125 the XPT is based on is now only classed as Higher Speed Rail (up to 125 mph). Though the definition of higher-speed rail varies from country to country, most countries refer to rail services operating at speeds up to 200 km/h (125 mph) as Higher speed Rail. Wikipedia. The XPT with its lower geared power car traction motors has a design speed of 160 km/h (99.4 mph). This is necessary to cope with the hilly terrain the XPT has to traverse. The BR IC125 would not perform well at all in Australia. People who run down the XPT for being slow do not consider the arduous conditions it has to work in, not just the long steep gradients but the poor quality track in places.

Impressive indeed thanks Barrie for sharing ❤😊