Trains in Brisbane - 1994
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2018
- Trains in Brisbane -1994
Features Diesel loco hauled suburban trains in Brisbane.
The first location is Thorneside. The next scenes are at Tingalpa Creek and Lota, then Vulture Street and finally at the old Gloucester Street station site. During 1994 heaps of weekend Cleveland services were hauled by diesels (as far as Thorneside anyway) due to trackwork associated with the Bulimba Creek deviation.
Take a trip back in time to the final years of loco haulage when City Train was interesting to watch. - Авто та транспорт
Ah, two years before I was born Mr Surgenor!
Back in 1994 when the power lines were switched off to Thorneside.
Are there any diesel hauled passenger services still operating in Brisbane anymore?, other than special events or long distance services.
I can remember in the mid 80's when I started high school at Ferny Grove High, my parents separated for about 6 months and I had to move to Geebung.
Lived right near the caboolture line and loved watching all the freight trains on the line.
Best part was rather than change schools I was allowed to get the train from Geebung to Ferny Grove, and, the train timetables back then indicated if a service was electric or diesel hauled or rail motor.
So ofcourse I picked the one train in the morning that would get me from Geebung to Bowen Hills which was diesel hauled, and this one was with the old red wooden carriages, no aisles in those carriages, just rows of bench seats and every row had a door that opened like a house door, you even had to stick your hand out the window to open the door from the outside to get out of the carriage, as it was too dangerous to have a door open handle on the inside of the carriage.
There was also 1 only diesel hauled service out of Ferny Grove every weekday morning at 7.20am. I use to get that train to college in the early 1990's cause you could actually legally smoke cigarettes in the last carriage. It had the stainless steel carriages.
No, only the Westlander and Spirit of the outback
Tim, the final locomotive hauled suburban services concluded at the end of 1999 with the introduction of the Suburban Multiple Unit 220 Series so Andrew is right that the Spirit of the Outback and Westlander are the only locomotive hauled passenger services out of Brisbane.
Although, one suburban carriage set is kept in the QR fleet, it is currently in storage at the Ipswich Workshops after being condemned for asbestos and before that, it was recently only used for heritage excursions around Brisbane for special occasion e.g. Ekka etc.
@@taureanlea3777 I can remember in the mid 80's.when Brisbane had the electricity strikes QR assembled diesel hauled passenger trains to circumvent the power strikes. Does anyone remember those strikes? The then Qld premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen sacked the entire unionised state owned (SEQEB) electricity workforce, there was power rationing, by memory it was power on for 5 hours then power off, rampant looting in the dark and when the surge of power came back on houses burnt down because heaters were left on when the power was cut. This went on for about a month.
Used to be an 823 from shorncliffe extra service in 1993 to thornside I
I used to leave early to catch the diesel train to school of a morning from thorneside.... Had to get a lift to Thorneside first though...shame it doesn't happen anymore...
Thats exactly what I would have done!
arrr the memories of being a 12 year old putting coins on the track then hiding under the bridge at tingalpa creek... probably get arrested for that today
You should've been arrested for that back in those days tbh. You could've killed someone.
I can remember seeing that being done back in the 80's at the first bridge out of Ferny Grove station before the line crossed Samford Rd, and worse, kids would sit on the Bridge pylon and duck as the EMU passed over inches above their heads. One Sunday back in 1987 I was hearing back to Ferny Grove as a teenager on the train, and between Keperra and Ferny Grove on the bridge next to the golf course a kid didn't duck low enough, crazy shit back then
Whoever thunbs down this vid doesn't have a soul
Where was that turning triangle in the first 30 seconds of the video? Thanks for the video. Some good memories of the places I recognise!
Cleveland line I think!
I thought it must be, because it is the only line I remember having a triangle. I just didn't remember the station look quite like that.
The first location is Thorneside. The next scenes are at Tingalpa Creek and Lota, then Vulture Street and finally at the old Gloucester Street station site. During 1994 heaps of weekend Cleveland services were hauled by diesels (as far as Thorneside anyway) due to trackwork associated with the Bulimba Creek deviation. I remember those days well!
Thanks for he clarification, I have added this to the video description.
@@andrewsurgenor1294 no worries 👍