About the best diesel action video I've yet seen. From a time the locomotives gave visual and auditory output to match the horsepower input by such mighty machines. I love the display of smoke and "diesel music" that really gave you a feel of the power at work pulling against gravity and resistance. That was as time stunningly recorded!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏😀😀👍👍
I was drum major of a National Guard band from Texas that visited Adelaide in April of 1986. I did not have time to do much train watching and hope you have some video or pictures from that year
Matt there's plenty of broad gauge action on UA-cam from around this exact area and around that time. A quick search revealed quite a lot of vids. Perhaps not 1986 per se but 1988, a bit earlier too. Here's a couple: ua-cam.com/video/4qihWWz4aSs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/J5CJmXqE_h4/v-deo.html Although a lot of these locos have been scrapped or donated to preservation an amazing amount are still in revenue service as of 2024 in SA, Victoria, NSW and QLD. Some might even make it to WA. A lot of the X class survive all the C class survive, many N class survive (all EMDs BTW). Quite a few Alcos still exist in revenue service particularly in NSW.
@@ThePaulv12 Thank you, Sir. I was 31 back then, and have forgotten most of the names of the folks I met in South Australia. I remember that one of the members of 10/24 battalion band of the Royal South Australia Regt was an employee of SAR. He told me about the 900 class ( I think those were Alco PA look-a-likes, sort of with English Electric prime movers) and they had just been retired. There was still broad gauge track everywhere at Mile End. I brough home several books, but have no idea where they went.
It’s the 22nd year of the 21st century. Why we even releasing anything on DVD and expecting the next generation who have never used DVDs to pick up ‘remembering’
What a great story as a Sunshine Boy, attended Sunshine Primary School & Sunshine West High School from the 70's to the 80's & my parents still live in Sunshine & so do I, both my parents worked at Massey Ferguson & tell me the day MF closed all the church bells in Sunshine rung out & everyone knew something serious was up. I was in Primary school & even I remember that day.
It’s the 22nd year of the 21st century. Why we even releasing anything on DVD and expecting the next generation who have never used DVDs to pick up ‘remembering’
Because there's no useable internet in most of regional Australia would be my guess. You city centric types have utterly, and I do mean utterly no idea. In 2024 in Maryborough central Vic with a population getting on for 10,000 you can't even load a Google homepage on your phone during the day. 2 mins outside of the town there's no phone or internet at all.
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About the best diesel action video I've yet seen. From a time the locomotives gave visual and auditory output to match the horsepower input by such mighty machines. I love the display of smoke and "diesel music" that really gave you a feel of the power at work pulling against gravity and resistance. That was as time stunningly recorded!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏😀😀👍👍
Fantastic stuff! Man I absolutely loved watching this entire video and the professional way you filmed it back then!
Thanks for the step back in time. Brings back many good memories from an old Port Augusta resident.
I was drum major of a National Guard band from Texas that visited Adelaide in April of 1986. I did not have time to do much train watching and hope you have some video or pictures from that year
Matt there's plenty of broad gauge action on UA-cam from around this exact area and around that time. A quick search revealed quite a lot of vids. Perhaps not 1986 per se but 1988, a bit earlier too.
Here's a couple:
ua-cam.com/video/4qihWWz4aSs/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/J5CJmXqE_h4/v-deo.html
Although a lot of these locos have been scrapped or donated to preservation an amazing amount are still in revenue service as of 2024 in SA, Victoria, NSW and QLD. Some might even make it to WA.
A lot of the X class survive all the C class survive, many N class survive (all EMDs BTW). Quite a few Alcos still exist in revenue service particularly in NSW.
@@ThePaulv12 Thank you, Sir. I was 31 back then, and have forgotten most of the names of the folks I met in South Australia. I remember that one of the members of 10/24 battalion band of the Royal South Australia Regt was an employee of SAR. He told me about the 900 class ( I think those were Alco PA look-a-likes, sort of with English Electric prime movers) and they had just been retired. There was still broad gauge track everywhere at Mile End. I brough home several books, but have no idea where they went.
Magnificent film, thankyou for sharing, am so sad to hear of John's passing, remember him well from when working in the Rail industry.
Tragic but he left a phenomenal legacy to remember for all-time. A life well lived.
For those now watching this video and others on this channel, John has passed away in September 2021
Thanks for letting everyone know, may he Rest in Peace.
And those memories are now lost sadly.
Phenomenal capture. 👏👏👏👏👏😀👍
Absolutely excellent video ❤
Thanks for sharing this footage - really great seeing
Great video thanks for uploading
Awesome video :)
Hello John, I have previously purchased part 1 and wondering if you plan to release part 2 on DVD or blue ray.
Loved this DVD. Do you plan to release a part 2 for this?
It’s the 22nd year of the 21st century. Why we even releasing anything on DVD and expecting the next generation who have never used DVDs to pick up ‘remembering’
This is part 2.
See the video title.
Nope, I’ve got the full version of this on DVD which is titled “Train Time SA Part 1 January to April 1995”
34:14 That's quite a load for a 930 on this grade.
Thanks!
I went to South Australia back in 1992, quaint town, a bit to spread out though...
What a great story as a Sunshine Boy, attended Sunshine Primary School & Sunshine West High School from the 70's to the 80's & my parents still live in Sunshine & so do I, both my parents worked at Massey Ferguson & tell me the day MF closed all the church bells in Sunshine rung out & everyone knew something serious was up.
I was in Primary school & even I remember that day.
❤
It’s the 22nd year of the 21st century. Why we even releasing anything on DVD and expecting the next generation who have never used DVDs to pick up ‘remembering’
Because there's no useable internet in most of regional Australia would be my guess. You city centric types have utterly, and I do mean utterly no idea. In 2024 in Maryborough central Vic with a population getting on for 10,000 you can't even load a Google homepage on your phone during the day. 2 mins outside of the town there's no phone or internet at all.