Sydney CityRail Miscellany 5 - Harbour Bridge

[@celeryjuice210]

Come to our train stations now, all state of the art glitchiness

[@OldAussieAds]

7:19 - That was a pretty cool livery. The second best to the Red, Orange and Yellow of the C sets later in the vid. Oh and the Tangaras looked very good back then... all glass looking front and the red stripe down the side.

[@ObsessedwithTrains]

Old Aussie Ads I agree

[@Beeksucksatcommenting]

7:19

[@TeeDeeCommunications]

I watched all 5 of your Sydney City Rail videos from 91 - brought back some great memorys for me Simon - glad you managed to dig up the 20 yr old footage. I agree with so many of the comments especially about being able to stand at an open door while the "Red Rattlers" were at full speed over the bridge or between Redfern and Strathfield. Top Job - thanks again for the memorys!

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@slugnbozo Some red painted trains comprised of single and double deckers and I think these also had hand operated doors. Simon

[@Brosk1s]

Wow so awesome to see the red rattlers& Tulloch trailers look so new!

[@OZnationalist]

Great video!

[@zordmaker]

My definition of true freedom : Standing at the open doorway of a Sydney single deck 2 motor power car as it thunders it's way from Wynyard and over the harbour bridge. A 20 year old feeling my kids will never get to experience.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Hi there, I recall travelling on and filming many types of double deck rolling stock, but everything I have is on at least one of my films. So, if you've seen all my films and not seen the trains you were hoping to see then I apologise as it means that I did not film them. Simon

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@clubpenguin777 I'm curious to know you say that? It was no worse than many other systems in Britain and Europe and probably better than most North American systems. Simon

[@aussiemusicfan0298]

A brilliant video !

[@officialstevenma]

The Tangaras look so much better back then

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@123yessure pleased you liked it - there is more of these trains to come - look out for films 1 and 4. (film 4 looks inside these trains!) Film 1 is uplifting as I type this, film 4 should be ready within a week.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@T4799 That scene looking at the train from the side was filmed with the shutter speed at 1/1000th and therefore there is an element of special effects - which may explain why the train's composition looked to be somewhat odd. Simon

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@perrymak2000 Before the days of powered doors trains had hand operated doors, and one type of such door was the hand-operated sliding door, as seen on the Tulloch trains. Simon

[@OldAussieAds]

@citytransportinfo I stand corrected. It's there on one of your films that there were double decker red trains (Tullochs) that had hand operated doors. I think the reason I was confused was that when the Red Rattlers (single decker reds) were discontinued, they kept the Tullochs going for some years after and I'm pretty sure they upgraded the doors to powered.

[@zordmaker]

06:05 : Oh that's gold. You never truly realise what you once had until it's gone.

[@tedsertori9282]

Now we don’t even have most of the silver sets either

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@knightman1970 there is one scene inside these trains I am unsure if I want to share online - basically I'm agreeing with someone who was saying that those are the best trains... Simon

[@mitch0088]

i like at the ~9:50 mark showing the tunnel portels there is debris in the foreground, including 2 spoked axles

[@breVs2]

what a beautiful sight

[@ozrock17]

I miss the rattlers SO much.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

Yes, I should have started with film 1, then 2, etc., but then I found that I had so much videotape that it was not working out how I wanted. I was going to make film 4 my super 8 cine films from 1988, but now this will probably be film 6. At present however my film projector is not working & until the repair shop can get a new drive belt I cannot digitise anything. I can only digitise films in our winter, as in the summer it gets dark too late and the noise annoys people who are in bed.

[@123yessure]

Thanks for sharing this mate. You're a legend. This is seriously rail porn to my eyes haha. I used to live in Syd at this time and I miss riding in the trains with the doors open, hearing all the strange sounds from the wider variety of models running back then. The experience of taking a train in Syd is slowly getting more and more sterile these days.

[@carlohilton]

Wow amazing footage!

[@Djr67]

@zordmaker yes it was more of a thrill going for a train ride back then, now its just getting from A-B I use to love the smells and the noises of the old red rattlers

[@OldAussieAds]

@perrymak2000 I especially loved standing at those open doors when in underground. So loud and a bit dangerous feeling.

[@jascokovacevic]

The silver trains, which are still around today, I think they are the K-sets, always had automatic doors, but back in the 1990s, even when the door closed, it was pretty simple to force it open while closed. They look like the same doors on the K-sets today but not even Superman could force it once it closes - are they new door regulators or motors retrofitted to each door with greater pressure when closed?

[@pwhnckexstflajizdryvombqug9042]

They have locks, so you can't open it

[@jamesfrench7299]

They were very easy to overcome and you just held them open with your foot.

[@videodoodler]

You don't have pictures inside one of the double-deck Tulloch carriages do you? I remember these from when I was little. I loved the green interiors - including the green vinyl seat covers with the NSW Rail logo imprinted across them... Rail was more 'fun' back then, although the manual doors used to scare me (thought I'd fall out). However, the trains are probably more 'comfortable' today, I think. Thanks!

[@T4799]

The M set at 10:30 is marshaled in a very strange way.

[@OldAussieAds]

@citytransportinfo The Tullochs were electric. It was only the Red Rattlers (single decker) that had the hand operated wasn't it?

[@zordmaker]

@T4799 Its a 7000 series, much quieter than the 3000 series cars.

[@T4799]

@zordmaker The Third power car (Fifth carriage) seems a little silent.

[@thesydneysider2020]

City Looks alot different back then

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@zordmaker and catching / filming it at that moment was quite something too - especially as the camera was looking at a different train...

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@Hazboy666 yes, they were still quite new.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

There is a 6th film to come... its from 1988 and super 8 cine film. Hopefully this will come later this year (2012), after I've had it digitised (professionally).

[@MrChowTheTroll]

@Bails992 Some tangaras have the M and H set seating now.....

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@knightman1970 more to come... inside views too! Simon

[@cityraildude]

There are still trains today that have windows that open

[@sanctuaryism]

and to think they were still building the tunnel just below this when this would have been shot.

[@Scoinsoffaterocks]

How come it is on the right side and not in the left? I know I am Canadian but at least I know that down there they drive on the left (plus I can see the cars driving on the left).

[@quasarcreator]

Love these trains but unfortunately as I'm only 12 I've never been on the red rattlers, although I've heard they were great. Also why do some of the red rattlers have both single and double deck carriages? Thanks and love the videos

[@nelsonbyron4673]

You’re 22 now!

[@quasarcreator]

@@nelsonbyron4673 holy shit you’re right, what a throwback! Will have to have another watch of this video. Still have yet to ride a red rattler :’(

[@noelland3779]

Nice video

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

@Hazboy666 some of my other Sydney films have them as well - including a ride inside :-)

[@knightman1970]

good to see the old rattlers again

[@sydneyinterurbantrainvlogs]

7:15

[@MrGutfeeling]

Such a shame they added all the high fences.

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

agreed! but people were throwing things on the tracks.

[@cityraildude]

How come number 5 comes before number 4?

[@ObsessedwithTrains]

Hey Simon, can I use some of these clips in one of my videos plz?

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

please send me an email... citytransport.info (at) gmail.com

[@andybowen34]

how did you get to side of the trains are on mate i am very interested to know

[@CitytransportInfoplus]

I just walked there! I think there may have been signs about that side being for cyclists but if there were I just ignored them. I think the rules are stricter nowadays, which is a big shame.

[@GlenAnderson71]

I don't think they had security on the bridge back then, so you could walk on the cyclist side

[@cityraildude]

@citytransportinfo Oh Okay!

[@game-azing]

Pretty unsafe open windows and red set non doors!