Thanks for that. You may be able to help me - do any of your trains have a front window where passengers can see the track ahead?
@brianmuhlingBUM Жыл бұрын
Nice memories, well put together. 😊
@tressteleg1 Жыл бұрын
😊👍
@chuckmaddison29243 ай бұрын
I was just thinking of these so came looking. Rode them from city to Carlisle early 70's
@tressteleg13 ай бұрын
👍😊
@MightylooWishtick4 жыл бұрын
OMG life was so simple back then and i loved the old trains my dad use to work at the Midland west-rail factory back then. He was laid off when that place closed it's doors. I used to travel to school on the old trains and they were never on time.
@tressteleg14 жыл бұрын
jed Wishtick 😊👍
@redtale65274 жыл бұрын
By the late seventies early eighties the bodywork of the ADG-ADX railcars was starting to rust away from the chassis so they needed major repairs at the Midland Workshops to keep them safe. The Prospectors fiberglass front was made at the MIdland Workshops and the Mann flat twelves were overhauled there at approx 1,000,000 km .
@tressteleg14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that local extra knowledge.
@waynewhite23236 жыл бұрын
The scene just East of Bayswater at the 2.20 mark Is the junction for the Forrestfleld airport link. Thanks tressteleg1...That was some great history!
@tressteleg16 жыл бұрын
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@tressteleg16 жыл бұрын
I really don’t know. I never lived in Perth. To me they were no more than the local trains. Maybe a Google search for diesel trains perth may reveal something, but my guess is that they possibly used similar components to the NSW sets as there may not have been a wide choice of suitable parts anyway.
@waynewhite23236 жыл бұрын
Distant cousins maybe but quite unique to Perth manufactured at Mildland railway workshop.
@vsvnrg32635 жыл бұрын
wayne white, and there is still a car yard on that corner at 2:12 .
@classaventra8 ай бұрын
This is so old that I think it’s my memories but real it’s not😊
@tressteleg18 ай бұрын
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@marc-austintampharne45115 ай бұрын
Just for future reference - it's NORTH FREMANTLE and NOT Fremantle North
@tressteleg15 ай бұрын
OK. The subject is not likely to arise again.
@waynewhite23236 жыл бұрын
Moved to Perth from Melbourne in 1983 and remember the Brian Burke state opposition government campaign to reopen the Fremantle line very well, the Court government said they could provide a better service with buses, but I think old Charlie Court just wanted everyone to buy cars!
@tressteleg16 жыл бұрын
Local input is always welcome. Thanks also for your comment on the origin of the railcars.
@waynewhite23236 жыл бұрын
There's interesting rail projects going on in Western Australia, I'II keep an eye out for you in April 2020 at the opening of the Forrestfield airport link.
@tressteleg16 жыл бұрын
Unless a tram line opens, there is not much to drag me to Perth. I have not even been on the Mandurah line. I took video of the fuel cell buses in about 2004 and should still have that video. Do you think anyone would be interested in it?
@albert38016 жыл бұрын
I would be very interested!
@waynewhite23236 жыл бұрын
tressteleg1 The Perth fuel cell bus project had big problems, buses spent most of there time in the workshop, we don't really talk about them anymore, it's diesel Volvo and Mercedes all the way...would still watch!
@kenchristie92143 жыл бұрын
I could never understand why Perth kept the 42 inch gauge when the rail system was electrified. %6 inch gauge is far better.
@tressteleg13 жыл бұрын
What is wrong with 3’ 6” gauge? The QR electric tilt train runs at 160 km/h in some places - no other Australian train goes any faster and Brisbane suburban track standard compares very favourably with wider gauges. Perth potentially is as good as QR.
@DKS2256 жыл бұрын
That was interesting to watch filmed three years after The whole Sydney-Perth route was converted to Standard Gauge Two years after 3801's epic Sydney Perth Western Endeavour run and 1 year after The Prospector was introduced that replaced an overnight Sleeper train named The Kalgoorlie.
@tressteleg16 жыл бұрын
What really fooled me was the massive changes at Bassendean which has changed massively since 1972. What Bob, who identified most locations, explained to me was that the apparent disappearance of the SG line there was caused by its conversion to dual gauge and track rationalisation in general. It’s a pity that none of the Prospector cars were saved.
@witzendoz5 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine having trains today with open doors LOL, the stupid people of today would just fall out.
@tressteleg15 жыл бұрын
Stupid because they are wrapped in cotton wool from birth. For open doors watch any Sydney Trains Video by tressteleg1 or tassiebaz. Open doors was normal.
@witzendoz5 жыл бұрын
@@tressteleg1 it was the old style air con
@tressteleg15 жыл бұрын
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@oo0Spyder0oo4 жыл бұрын
it would be good if they did, cull the stupid.
@mikenolzeynolan46354 жыл бұрын
A bit b 4 my day , but i do remmember the orange diesel trains