Double Deck and Other Wollongong Diesels 1985

9 1/2 minutes. for a few years 5 pairs of double deck trailers were towed behind 48 class locos handling local train traffic. This ended with electrification of he line late 1985.

[@sanctuaryism]

late 1985. when I came along onto this earth.

[@tressteleg1]

The Zombie Squad Too Bad you missed those days.

[@sanctuaryism]

@@tressteleg1 yep october '85. I know in more ways than one. I am too much of an old head as it is. hence why I like the old stuff. someone has got to create a time machine.

[@tressteleg1]

The Zombie Squad 😊👍

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Ahh the good old Red Rattlers. With windows & doors you could open. Couldn't have that these days. Trains have changed. But some of the background hasn't.

[@tressteleg1]

Ah, the young are not likely to know the joys of open windows, and even open doors while racing along.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

@@tressteleg1 For sure. We lived in the greatest years. The group compartments in the Red Rattlers were the best. On school trips we use to take the lightglobes out it was humbled in the dark when we went through the tunnels. Then punchlines back after the tunnels.

[@tressteleg1]

@@rhettcorbett3346 And today you would grumble if all the lights were off!

[@rhettcorbett3346]

@@tressteleg1 I wouldn't. Don't need em on.

[@simonburns1055]

Down the Gong

[@OutimageNet]

Hoping to see my old blue BMW 650 leaning up against Port Station Box ;)

[@yerolo]

Great to see this old footage of old NSW rail motors and locos. Thankyou to Richard for the filming and yourself for uploading :-)

[@simonburns1055]

48's with number 2 end leading

[@tressteleg1]

@@simonburns1055 Some services terminated where there was no turntable, and anyway there was no time to muck around turning locos especially when the runs were only half an hour or so long.

[@iwenttobunnings7868]

These videos are absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing this. It's quite weird seeing those S set driving trailers operating without overhead wires or motor cars.

[@tressteleg1]

+I went to Bunnings Maybe next week you will see 2-car sets in operation, with wires.

[@johnsergei]

Almost looks like a 48 hauling double stacker containers or even more so SCT high roof vans. Unlike America in Australia the wagons don't usually dwarf the loco in height.

[@johnsergei]

What a great time warp video. Since then even the U & V sets have come & gone from this region. Yet here, they haven't even arrived yet.

[@tressteleg1]

Thanks. It’s nearly 40 years since electrification to the Coast started, and that is about the life span of a train, so it’s not surprising that the Us and Vs have gone, Vs just barely hanging on with Blue Mountains runs. You have not said where ‘here’ is - Main South?

[@KevinCNYC1991]

Those Class 48s sound really good with those Alco engines.

[@FredNurk]

The Alcos characteristic smoke screen would not be noticed in the steel works haze. Thanks for GREAT video

[@johnsergei]

Splutter, splutter. No stuttering, that EE or Sulzer.

[@ThatSeanG]

Loco hauled s sets

[@tressteleg1]

Yes, for just a few years.

[@australiantransportvlogs5191]

Cool video!😊👍👍

[@tressteleg1]

Thanks

[@GlenSydney]

Priceless footage, thankyou for sharing.

[@traindude1949]

Wow! Cameras have changed immensely and so have the railways. Thanks for sharing.

[@campblbm]

Great stuff. Wollongong yard as it was when I worked there in 1973. B Frame was still intact when this video was shot. A priceless record of the transition from a dumping ground for life expired rolling stock to a modern service.

[@tressteleg1]

+Barry Campbell Glad you liked it Bsrry. Certainly unique. Your comment has been sent on to Richard.

[@MarkHenstridge]

Nice very nice, thanks for uploading it!

[@tressteleg1]

👍

[@johnburn6959]

Yes and the new planned carriages to carry less passengers 2017

[@rjl110919581]

GREAT VIDEO SEE NSW RAILWAY IN 1985 AS 48 CLASS LOCO WITH LOCAL RUN UP MOSS THANKS FOR VIDEO

[@tressteleg1]

Glad you liked it! Right now I am working on a ride from Wollongong to Moss Vale by CPH Rail Motor and return with a meeting of the Spirit of Progress from Melbourne. I’ll publish it in a few week’s time. Hope you can wait that long :-)

[@OutimageNet]

This brings back some memories!

[@tressteleg1]

Yes, an interesting few years.

[@johnbass75]

yep' u sets are the sisters of the brisbane sx sets in design. would have been cool to imagine travelling in such a consist like that (s set driving trailers loco hauled) here in sydney! Looking at some pics on the net shows an exhaust attached to the front of a guard's compartment driving trailer, not the driver only trailers, so maybe the perkins generator was placed in the vacant spot behind the no 2 end bogie where the compressor for the s set motor car is? jm

[@garyb7075]

A great video of times past thanks for sharing

[@joehooyen725]

Love the old trains,you could open a window,pull down a shade & most had comfortable seats.cheers

[@glennt69lol]

when the station actually had a bar that served beer lol

[@glennt69lol]

@Stephen Terrill I was living directly across from the station Gladstone Ave, there's a massive Novatel or some hotel on that land now, my dad was a driver and after bundying off he'd grab a beer and come home, this would of been back between 97 - 2003 Wollongong has changed so much since those days

[@glennt69lol]

@Stephen Terrill I remember one day a friend of mine found the electrical sub box to Woonona unlock around 9pm at he switched all the power off lol, lights and everything went out but not the railway signals or anything like that just all the power to the station, also back in those days beyond Dapto was still not electrified yet and they were running diesel sets between Dapto and bombaderry still with the ancient staff key arrangement

[@glennt69lol]

@Stephen Terrill those floods were bad I got turned around on Appin Rd and drove back to Liverpool were I was working at the time and slept at a friend's, I remember driving back down through fairy meadow and it looked destroyed, I always tell my kids the weird feeling building up to the flood, like it was heavy heavy rain that wouldn't relent, you almost had sense that something ominous was happening

[@davemail66]

Wonderful old transport footage from the past (as always mate), thank you kindly for sharing ;)

[@tressteleg1]

Certainly is wonderful, Dave. Your kind words have been sent on to cameraman Richard Jones, as will any further comments.

[@davemail66]

Okey doke.....that sounds beaut, thanks mate ;)

[@SR-xk8cd]

Awesome video, thanks for sharing, the 1980’s was a great time in Australia.

[@tressteleg1]

👍👍

[@DKS225]

A very Rare gem indeed it's fantastic

[@tressteleg1]

+DKS225 Thanks. I'll send your kind words on to Richard. I don't think he realises just how much his video work is appreciated.

[@DKS225]

The only time i've seen 48's working double deck trailers is in books this is the first time i've seen them on film

[@PBeringer]

Absolutely priceless footage! And now it's stuck on the internet FOREVER! Hooray! Thanks so much for uploading! Love your work

[@realjohnboxall]

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

[@tressteleg1]

😊👍

[@graememellor8319]

WOW awesome to see CPH 36 prepping for the Moss Vale run, did that job a few times as a guard, hated the staff machine at the top though, was a temperamental shit of a thing. Thanks for the memories mate.

[@tressteleg1]

It looks like I am keeping you busy with memories 😊

[@graememellor8319]

@@tressteleg1 yes mate, takes me back to better days.. I am thankful for your vision happier times. Plus learn a bit about the vic system, didn't know they used the auto trips at signals like NSW. Good old four bells to pass signal at danger lol

[@tressteleg1]

Graeme Mellor Melbourne had nothing like the versatile bell codes between guard and driver that NSW has. While they used two bells to start the train, the only other code I heard of was multiple bells for a non-scheduled stop. And with driver-only suburban trains now, nobody to ring any bells.

[@johnbass75]

Looks like nsw's version of the sx carriage sets arrangement in brisbane ie towed suburban cars by loco. Where was the generator for each 2 car set located? On the driving trailers with no guards compartment or the ones with the guard compartment? Looks like the dirving trailers with no guards has a grill instead of a window on the diver compartment's side. Cheers.

[@tressteleg1]

+johnbass75 A closer match for the SX carriages is the New South Wales single deck interurban cars classified as U Sets. See my video. The SX cars were designed to be later converted to electrics. As for the double-decker trailers, the use was only for a couple of years until electrification commenced. From memory, the generator was in one of the guards compartments, the guard using the other of each 2 car set. The grille you are talking about is probably where the generator was. These cars later returned to normal service in Sydney.

[@fuoco13]

The days before the ghastly overhead lines were installed. It may have been rough travelling, by today's standards, but it was a lot more fun. Have a look at all the parcels and goods being loaded onto the rail motor. Priceless images. Thanks for uploading.

[@tressteleg1]

+fuoco13 When young, I considered a Railway without overhead to be incomplete. Generally it was more fun. One day I will post video of travel between Wollongong and Moss Vale by the normal CPH railmotor service.

[@richardsmith8654]

That is a classic and thank you for uploading it for everyone to be able to view. I had never seen this strange consist except in photos in a couple of books. It is great to see the video. It is also interesting to see the driving trailer without the guards compartment used as the trailing car. I only ever saw then used as trailers and never once saw one used as intended. I understand that the drivers union opposed their introduction and they were all rostered only as trailers. Do you know if they ever saw any limited revenue service as intended? Your video collection is priceless. Thanks

[@tressteleg1]

+Richard Smith (Javaricho) Firstly, I was not the cameraman for this video. It was made by a friend, Richard Jones, who worked for the railways all his working life. With regard to those cars, this is what he sent me recently. I believe he would have mentioned if they ever worked as intended. "Sets were numbered K1 - K5. Cars were D4011 - D4015 (first series driving trailers 10 built without full Guards compartment - banned for use by electric Drivers as the only exit was through the passenger compartment) and D4021 - 4025 (75 built with full Driver/Guard compartment). They were marshalled with one of each type coupled. Sets were stabled overnight at Thirroul and Scarborough."

[@richardsmith8654]

Thanks very much for the response. That is very informative. Please pass on my thanks to Richard for the video as well.

[@tressteleg1]

+Richard Smith (Javaricho) Done!

[@ChinaAl]

Where is this please? If I had to guess I['d say Australia ? Thanks

[@tressteleg1]

Good guess! Wollongong is about 80km/50 miles south of Sydney on the coast. Today all passenger trains are electric. Freight is all diesel.

[@ChinaAl]

😃 Thanks. Yes I cold tell by the style of the trains. Plus Was an engine driver for 34 years and subway driver for 7 years before that. Interesting video.

[@tressteleg1]

And where are you? New York maybe, but of course many other places have subways too.

[@ChinaAl]

Chicago area.

[@tressteleg1]

Thanks. I think of Chicago more as an ‘El’ town than subway. I’ve taken movie then video there a few times since 1976 (in the snow that first time).