I love Doris Jones,because she loves Steam Trains 19:42 😍...what a great generation my parents fashioned. ✌
@realbudgiesmugglertwohatsb26113 жыл бұрын
Old school people maybe your Grand Dad lived this way of life there was pride and dignity back then so be nice to old people they are the salt of Australia....
@CalebsRailFilms4 жыл бұрын
This was part of my first ever train DVD which I got for my ninth birthday in 2004. Who would’ve thought then I would become a volunteer on the Pichi Richi Railway just over a decade later. I’ve been involved for nearly five years now. I produced a promotional film for them last year and was released earlier this year. It can be seen on my channel. W933 pictured here is currently stored and awaiting overhaul. Two other WAGR W’s work on the railway, W916 that was restored in 2002 to look like Silverton Tramways W22. The original W22 was beyond economical repair but parts were used off of W22 for 916. W934 currently runs and came back to service last year after completion of a lengthy overhaul. The carriage body seen in the workshops near the W Class is the carriage section for the Coffee Pot and behind that is our much loved Brill Railcar which returned to service in the early 90s. And who would’ve thought that the Abt Railway in Tasmania would reopen fully almost twenty years after this was made. Went on that railway in 2016 and took over 2500 photos. My Nikon got a thorough workout that day. Anyhow, thank you for uploading my friend. Many memories with this DVD. Cheers Caleb
@CalaisRider4 жыл бұрын
EXCEPTIONAL presentation - thank you. i WAS BORN IN 1957. As a kid I remember LISTENING to the steam train engines when I was a passenger and occasional sleeper carriage. On an Uphill grade the engine used to say "I THINK i CAN", I think I can, I think I can (at a slow rate). Toward the top and lesser grade the engine would say I "THOUGHT" I could, I thought I could, I thought I could ( a happy engine). Then on the downhill grade the engine would say "I KNEW" I could, I knew I could, I knew I could (at quite quick beats). Its just how I used to listen to the train and engine in my young days. Plus the beautiful burning coal "Aroma" is something I will never forget - even now that I'm 62 years old now.❤😍 😁
@michaelhunt44453 жыл бұрын
The Pichi Richi Pass. The old timers would take the capital letters off the notice. This service now goes through to Port Augusta although it went to Woll Shed Flats the first time I rode it. Stopped twice for photo shoots and it was a very good experience for a Pom.
@fordlandau4 жыл бұрын
59 on. The report on the Dorrigo branch on Big Country. Fascinating. Nothing came of the dreams to restore the line ! The line has mostly been taken over by nature. . A hoarder has created the biggest mass of locos and carriages at Dorrigo. These trains will never run. The so called museum will never open. Worth a visit !
@666plb3 жыл бұрын
The ABC was different in 1985, modern day abc staff would have a climate panic attack if they saw that much smoke and steam.
@simonf890211 ай бұрын
Yes. The ABC once made great docos. about Australia. Now the ABC hates everything that is Australian. Remember Weekend Magazine.
@simonf890211 ай бұрын
The Glenreagh to Dorrigo preserved line was destroyed by one man. A locomotive hoarder he has alienated all others and stockpiled the largest collection of locos ever. The line now is an impassable wilderness. I believe he’s seen here as a much younger man. A shameful story.
@oldwarriorproductions84115 ай бұрын
@@simonf8902the Dorrigo “Museum” frustrates me. It’s just a scrapyard full of rotting engines.
@aaronlynch7480 Жыл бұрын
Steam train of Australia 1985 chapters 0:01:08 intro 0:03:22 PICHI RICHI RAILWAY 1979 0:10:36 THE ABT RAILWAY 1983 0:16:19 THE HONEYMOON EXPRESS 1973 0:19:22 PUFF PUFFS 1972 0:28:09 SUGAR AND STEAM 1980 0:36:58 SMALL GAUGE STEAM 1978 0:43:36 THANKS FOR THE MEMORY 1984 0:58:48 The Rag Tag Railway 1984 1:27:52 Closing
@VT29steamtrain4 жыл бұрын
I remember this! I loved this show!
@mathewgreen40994 жыл бұрын
Great stuff, many thanks for posting.
@neilforbes4163 жыл бұрын
Loco 3526. This clip is monochrome but the engine itself was in black livery anyway back then. This engine recently reappeared at Maitland's Steamfest in 2019 in an all-new green livery. We might've seen it in 2020 but Covid-19 put paid to that. We were hoping to see the legendary 3801 as well but will have to wait until 11th & 12th September, this year(2021) for our chance to see these locos again.
@neilforbes4163 жыл бұрын
The 32-class locos were named for regions of NSW. 3237, built in the last year of the 19th Century, 1900, was named *Lachlan* while her slightly younger sister engine, 3265, built in the first year of the 20th Century, 1901, Australia's birth year(federation), was named *Hunter!*
@travelingman26642 жыл бұрын
@Neil Forbes why did you mention last year of the 19th Century everyone would know that
@neilforbes4162 жыл бұрын
@@travelingman2664 No, not everyone. There are several who associate 1900 wrongly with the beginning of the 20th Century.
@travelingman26642 жыл бұрын
@@neilforbes416 i don't use KZbin as an education tool when it comes correcting people because its so wrong to do so if they make a mistake.....well so what a person correcting someone is not going make any difference
@davidbarnes15633 жыл бұрын
Aussie Pom,3506 3526 and 3535 were painted blue in in the 1930s to haul the Caves Express, with a set of blue and cream painted 'R'' series carriages before being rebuilt into their final form..at that time,various classes of engine were painted in green or maroon to brighten up the public image of the Railways; various 12,32,34 and 36 class were painted green, while 4 32 class were painted maroon for Newcastle services; 3265 has been restored to represent that service, in addition various carriage sets were painted in contrasting colour schemes as well..I can't help but think of what could have been with the Enfield depot site,given that the RTM wanted to renovate no 1 round house , and replace 2 and 3 with an exhibition hall the same width as no 1; the atmosphere and authentic facilities of a steam depot were lost, I unfortunately never saw it personally, and have always viewed Thirlmere as like a theme park, although they have done some good locomotive work on a their own financial budget, with some government assistance (3801 especially, and hopefully the 57)
@neilforbes4163 жыл бұрын
18:40 The announcer(narrator) got it WRONG! Loco 3526 had always, from the time of its build in 1915, worn *black* livery up until being overhauled in 2018 when she was painted green. And it was in that new green livery she returned to Maitland's annual *Steamfest* in 2019.
@andrewduffy11013 жыл бұрын
3526 was painted green in the 30s/40s
@neilforbes4163 жыл бұрын
@@andrewduffy1101 Okay, but when we saw her at Maitland Steamfest a few years ago, she was in Black livery and that's what I believed she'd always been.
@simonf89023 жыл бұрын
The Glenreagh to Dorrigo line still does not run.
@marvwatkins70292 жыл бұрын
Hopefully by 2022 all these railways and engines are still around and their routes extended.
@HyperCat722 жыл бұрын
Mate it is 2022
@Mason586543 ай бұрын
@38:27 @39:50 🇺🇸 Man, that’s a gorgeous engine.
@csm101000 Жыл бұрын
11 out of 10
@CHELSEA-nm9ss3 жыл бұрын
any idea how I could get permission to use some of this footage in an official Railway museum exhibition art piece?
@Kobifrmda2 жыл бұрын
Never
@neilforbes4163 жыл бұрын
That BHP shunting loco (22:43) would not have been built in America as BHP Newcastle had ready access to companies like Varleys and A. Gonninan & Co. to build their shunting engines, both steam and diesel powered.
@travelingman26642 жыл бұрын
yes it would
@marvwatkins70292 жыл бұрын
Well the Garrett certainly came back to life. And backed to the main line... to "race".
@michaelnaisbitt16394 жыл бұрын
Only a few of the locos shown in this VCR upload are still in operational condition
@stef.b.m.lk19024 жыл бұрын
And the project at DORRIGO has gone down the drain
@maxcady90712 жыл бұрын
No Camden line? 😢
@Nathan93Baker5 жыл бұрын
39:22 what gauge is that green loco?
@bruiser36013 жыл бұрын
51/4 inch (133mm) gauge
@Foxttellio2 жыл бұрын
What a lovely accidental find haha
@neilforbes4163 жыл бұрын
37:50 These locos spent far too long in the wash cycle and shrunk! LOL
@jonathanthebigredengine2 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is cool
@Bluey88904 жыл бұрын
3820 never went to WA it was 3801
@marvwatkins70292 жыл бұрын
A little chancy on that last run.
@edwardlovesbigmacs16933 жыл бұрын
28:09 For you sugar cane train fans
@michaelroper42375 жыл бұрын
19:40 I love train ladies
@marvwatkins70292 жыл бұрын
It's good to see that at least one women was interested. Many more should be.
@SamStone19642 жыл бұрын
This old woman certainly is. It's my dream to find an old train carriage one day and put it on my property.