Shame on the Authorities that closed these lines and the tram lines of Sydney. Boy ...do we need them now, in these days of "super-size-Sydney". Do we need to be so large. We could have a few cities each with a million people in them. Not ONE HUGE METROPOLOUS.

July 1998 not August 1998

July not August

Just imagine what a great tourist attraction that would have been today...

2029 can still be seen at Thirlmere rail museum

Absolutely priceless footage. Some great film here. Thank you Bob Harvey 😊

My first job railways auburn and glenferrie station in the 80's, got back into it in 2000's but the old days of all stations manned decent customer service parcels etc was the best memories. My late father was A SENIOR railways union worke,r i recall the fight just to get management to not allow trucks with rusted holes in the foot wells not be used..

Dad was a very keen amateur photographer and film maker and loved his trains and trams. Although his first love was trams, he was nevertheless just as keen on filming steam locomotives, the occasional diesel locomotive and on rarer occasions the Sydney ferries and even some aircraft thrown in for good measure (I got my lifetime aviation bug from the latter, not so much the trams stuff I'm afraid, though I do enjoy watching old steam trains (or "puffer trains" as Dad used to call them). Dad was especially productive in the 1970s when he would take us all on steam train trips all around NSW. On weekends (strictly after dinner of course) he would sit there at the kitchen table painstakingly editing his raw film footage with a film splicer, advancing later on to including home made title footage on his films as well adopting a new-fangled re-usable self adhesive titling system that had just come onto the consumer market. Thereafter would follow "film nights" where his prized creations were shown on the "big screen". This particular footage was taken a couple of years before I was thought of so to speak and both Dad and Mum travelled on the last service on that line. At 19:41 that is actually Mum waving at Dad and looking into the camera! I actually lived at Blair Athol for 17 years (between 2001 and 2018) and made a point to try and find as much of the old Camden line alignment as I could, since it effectively skirted the southern border of what later became the very same Blair Athol suburb. It became much easier to find when some earthworks were performed on that southern border (to facilitate construction of a community hall). You could then get a better look at where the line went - at least before Maryfields, the land of which is now private property.

I was born in 1963 and lived at Kenny Hill.... such great memories. Brings life to the tales I was told as a kid 👍

I will.never forget the interurban route to Sevastopol. It was quite an experience in one of the single truck cars.

Nice n I scrb you 👍♥️

A magnificent and important record if an average day 60 years ago. Thank you.

That train took me to and from hospital a number of times. A family friend, Don Selby, was a fireman on that train for many years.

Miss the conductors, worse thing the government ever did taking them away 😢 As a little kid in the 80s the no.67 was my line, I remember collecting the ticket stubs, and it was a great day when you got a star or heart shaped cut out shape on your ticket. I recall a Connie giving me a few stubs he’d stuck in the advertising along the top of the windows.

Brisbane should never have gotten rid of their trams. They are the most popular form of public transport globally. The only reason that Melbourne still has its trams is because of my dad's cousin, Major General Sir Robert Risson. He was head of the tramways board in Victoria. And another thing, did you notice all the Australian made cars. What a time

Fantastic shots

Beautiful thanks a lot 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

You wouldn't recognise the RVR at the tunnels for the whole area is thickly wooded and where the rail lines were is now often a deeply rutted dirt track. Richmond Main Mining Museum was going to restore ROD 21 but then found it to be in need of too much work for them so they gave up, painted it black with the letters ROD on it's tender. The other two ROD's are at Dorrigo and will never run again.

My Dad bought special tickets to take us children on the very last tram trip down Coronation Avenue. At the time, we didn't think it a big deal but he said we'd appreciate having done so in the future. I hope he knows how right he was. 🥰

A lovely little video thanks for the memories I worked the a class at the harbour and the k class at Enfield and the s class at Sydney yard and Enfield.

A lovely little video thanks for the memories yes the east side and the Bondi shunter in Sydney yard while i was at eveliegh .

Incredible memories! Thank you. :-)

What a Experience working on the Trams .Best paying job ever had .South Melbourne depot was like a family the Trammies stuck together. MY brother john Colton and my self and my sister jean and x husband max̌ davis .We all worked at south Melbourne. AND old Nola is still alive in Shepparton She was the first female Tram driver of south Melbourne..Great memories. DING Ding

At 16:40 I didn’t think there was any footage of PWD No.79 ever but this made my day

Short sighted politicians who were responsible for removing rail lines all across the state. Now we need them but they are gone forever. Guess what? It's still happening today. Are our politicians incompetent or corrupt. Probably both.

Brings back some memories. Thanks for preserving and sharing

I was a tram conductor in the early 90s…..best job I ever had!❤

A great little video what a shame they didn't keep a 34 and 58 class for the museum.

This was really sweet. I wish we still had conductors.

lovely video.another sad story

I liked driving real slow in front of the tram and then watching the conductor complain to the cops at the police station not to forget the driver, giving the horn heaps. What fun times

Hi from 2024

Dick in son 👈🏼

My parents had a VW beetle CPB631 and we were living in Cobbitty then. I remember seeing the last trip of the train from that car at Kenny Hill

The stations of the cross are visible at the Franciscan monastery on the way down the hill to Campbelltown at 6.40

My mother used to take this train to work. Kenny Hill is the 1:19 grade. In winter, it could take a couple of goes to get over. Great filming. Camden was a great place to grow up.

Great compilation Michael, although not a steam person I enjoyed trying to guess many of the locations.

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Theirs a house and big trees behind the smoke at 6.21-6.30...there still there.

I was a little curious about the train. I knew of it but wasn't from NSW. Then I was captivated by the sombre piano. Looking further I saw so much more of what we have lost. People hanging out of open doors and windows. Photo stops. Jumping off the train when not at a platform. Even while still moving. Dressed up for the occasion. I recently went on a steam excursion and how different it is. Freedom is what we have lost. Not just the trains or the lines or the steam engines. Something so much more. I also noted wryly how the majority of those in this clip are now dead.

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What a great video! Thanks for sharing! :)

To think there was a trainline there. Modern day we have no trains going to Narellan and Camden

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People in power with no foresight shutting everything down. Didn't they realise the population of Sydney would grow ???

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Great video thanks for sharing

Jonesy goes Traming back in time.#pmsl

dated 4th September 2000

dated July 20th 1998