I rode on that railmotor in the 80s they served pancakes on it

Thanks for sharing this 👌👍🖐bloody awsome to look back wow..

Amazing video! Now I know who was flying the drone haha, can see myself and my car quite a bit in this video

Thank you for capturing this part of history ❤

Wow the nostalgia is real with this video. I prefer the old retro designs of Wynyard and Town Hall back then. Now it's all just grey, grey and more grey. Look at how much seating was available at the station platforms too; not to mention all the rubbish bins. Now everyone's glued to their smartphones obnoxiously FaceTiming or watching videos on loudspeaker, impossible to find garbage bins because of constant terror threats. Miss the simpler times!

By the way does Tasrail allow Tourists trains run on his lines even now?

They're in the United States as of now. All 5 SD50S locomotives are active. Should they be returned to the pilbara?

Love it mate wondered if you were out couldn’t believe how many people were out chasing Saturday. I was out too chasing then on the train

Top video MJ

funny i am still riding on the same train 30 years later

8:39 shes going reasonably fast there. Its a shame the track is so winding and curved, she can't show her full speed!!

its quite interesting. im east asian, and I know that chatswood is now a kind of chinese area but like yk before 15 years ago chatswood was for italians im really curious to the era

I used to drift off to sleep listening to three or four 900 class headers grinding up the out-bound gradient from Goodwood towards Mitcham in the 1970's......on a cold winter's night they had a distinctive sound, kinda scary(as a kid) but somewhat friendly. We lived a block away from the line, and I would love to hear a triple header on the night again. Needless to say, they sounded AWESOME!

Wow!! Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. I lived in Sydney until mid 1981 and remember it all quite well. Love the Sydney Harbour Bridge scenes. Just of interest, the trams used to use the two traffic lanes on the eastern side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge until 1958. Back then, they even had their own Milsons Point Station. Interesting seeing the Mono Rail. i managed to travel on the Mono Rail during a visit to Sydney in early 2000.

Pat and sue from Canberra railway museum

The Monarto to Sedan line could be revived. The idea is to have 1800m double stacked freight trains bypass the slow Adelaide Hills route.

The railway has changed a lot since then! :)

17:20 That Tangara does not have the doors closing warning tone.

Used to drive the K class locos great on the mainline but terrible to shunt with being English electric power would take ages to build up then you would get a surge of power very hard to control for accurate shunting .cast iron brake blocks as well

wow it is a shame F251 isn't in operation

2 good 🎉. 🎉❤

Iv never seen a quintuple header

Really nice shot of the climb up to Mitcham and framed by the semaphores and level crossing protection. Racing away from Balhannah was a nice catch too. Thank you.

I been on these trains with my grandparents down to Fremantle markets and have fish and chips at mg mckallis fish markets in Fremantle Australia

I been on these trains from mt lawley stn to midland stn and down to Fremantle markets and at the beaches at Fremantle

Making light work of that little consist. Nice to see it leaving its former home at Dry Creek. Used to watch the smoke rising above the urban landscape on its way to us at Keswick. Thank you.

Funny how 844 hauled the train back to Keswick, then years later, it joined SteamRanger's fleet!

Great catch. A modeler's consist. Very complimentary shot approaching Sleep's Hill and the meeting of 1940s to 1970s power at Mt. Lofty. Thank you.

Such great local history here. That memory etched vandalism poster in the red hens. The orange window tint and green moquette on the jumbo seats and the 6 car set from Noarlunga (73). Seagulls and _sunlight_ at Adelaide Station. We loved that front seat of the jumbo experience. Remember my sister expecting to see the driver's hand appear behind the glass where the emergency brake handle was. Thanks!

As a former employee , I drove Goninan 3009 , (S122/67) on her last day of operation in 2019 . It was an emotional moment when arriving at Leppington . Note my avatar of her .

Loved the Sector 1 R and S sets .

In the opening scene it says W203 "Pinjarra" its W920 "Pinjarra":)

Sydney is a 💩hole now

Chaswood was so different

The 3000/3100 Railcars looked heaps better Yellow

Great video. I remember, as a small child, taking the steam train to visit my grandparents in the 60's

Brilliant video. Man I love the sound of those Alcos

Addendum: English Electric not Alco as in my former comment. Very similar styling😀. Love the sound

What a great clip. South Australia had some stunning railways, locos and other rolling stock. Remains one of the most confoundingly tragic railway rip-up programs this country suffered. Meantime films like this at least won't let that past go completely without record. Something particularly elegant about those 900 class Alcos. Thanks for sharing

I remember when SD50 6061 was delivered. I was temporarily in Dampier but lived in Tom Price, in Area W. It was ALCO country, however. The Pilbara cabs were great.

wow. amazing. i used to catch the train from lang lang to cranbourne to go to school in 1987. so many great memories. so glad someone has some footage preserved of the train

It was lovely that the nice lady took you out for the day. Was it day release from the Asylum ?

2 years on and in September 2023 it will be thirty years since Jeff Kennett cancelled the Vinelander. Sadly Independent MP Ali Cupper who advocated strongly in parliament for the return of the train and despite very low costs to do so was voted out at the 2022 state election and the seat of Mildura has returned to the Liberal/National party. It seems it will be a long time to come before the passenger train finally returns. However with the recent fare reductions brought in by the Andrews government in 2023, the fare to Mildura, now being $9.20, $4.60 concession and even cheaper on weekends, patronage on the buses which was always good is even stronger now. Hopefully with the strengthening patronage once more word gets out about the cheap fares, there will be another push to return the passenger train as a part of the public transport network of the north west. Mildura's population along with the Sunraysia meanwhile continues to grow strongly and will be 100,000 before very long.

I would love to see a standard gauge belair line

Well captured, cheers.

Great stuff, thanks for sharing. Cheers.

Kingston flyer 1912 in South island of New Zealand.

Interesting to see a DD17 with chopper couplings.

Thank you for bringing back my memories of Sydney trains!

I caught the train to Chatswood for school every day around this time. It was just a regular suburb back then - Although a great one (with the many shops). And the station was just a regular island platform 2 & 3 and an unused platform 1. And St Leonards down the road was just a quiet station too. Both stations and surrounds are so different now. Yes it's progress (and a delicious one at that with awesome food choices!). But I really miss the old Chatswood.