Sydney Railways-Last Days of the Red Sets-Run-Pasts-Part 1, the Underground

Sydney Railways-Last Days of the Red Sets-Run-Pasts-Part 1, the Underground. These scenes were filmed in December 1991 and January 1992, just before the Red Sets ceased regular operations. In this part, filming was done at Sydney underground stations and the approach to the underground.

[@leokimvideo]

Back when the Sydney trains had character. These red rattlers had smells and sounds like no other train today. Getting on a red rattler was always an adventure.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi, leokimvideo. Yes, back in the good old days. Thanks for watching and for your insightful comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@viviekazanili1077]

What Wonderful memories of going underground so many times my mum would take me to the City a lot as she used to work as a cleaner in office buildings & do 3hrs every nite and she would take me quite a lot and i loved it i really miss that.🤗

[@Djr67]

Love the sounds and smells travelling on these old trains, you really knew you were on a different mode of transport , great memories

[@tassiebaz]

Hi dean r, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I think we all miss the good old days. Regards, tassiebaz.

[@maxwellsmith80]

As soon as I saw it I remembered the smell and the sound of them. The brakes and the clanking as it lurched forward

[@maxwellsmith80]

Loved the red rattlers. Hardly any of the doors closed and you could stand by the door on a hot day

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Maxwell, The red rattlers certainly were classic and fun to ride. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@12121149]

Before the electric doors, remember jumping off the train before it stopped.Its what we young guys did. Traveled many miles on these wonderful trains,still in my mind,clickity clack ,clickity clack, noise that they made as they did there thing,taking us from place to place,and always safe.just sayin'

[@MarkWilliams-bf7ti]

Not to mention wheelspin in the wet!

[@slugerama]

I love the sounds these trains made as they departed the city circle stations. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Brian, Absolutely, that's a big part of what holds my interest in this kind of stuff. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@sydneytravellervlogs4659]

Wow this was many of the reasons I wish I was born in the 90’s and saw the Sydney suburban trains man!

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Sydney Traveller Vlogs, Thanks for watching and for your comment. Yes, it was a very interesting time back then. I'm glad I captured some of it to share. Regards, tassiebaz.

[@MrButtonpresser]

The trains of my childhood. The days when a local train ride was a child’s adventure.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi MrButtonpresser, Yeah, back in the good old days. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@pm110978]

Miss the old red rattlers..How noisy was it inside especially when travelling underground.Good thing there was no mobile phones back than 😜

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Paul, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I miss all types of older equipment and am constantly seeking out this vanishing breed. Personally, I prefer the noise of the trains to that of mobile phones (and their users). Regards, tassiebaz.

[@pm110978]

tassiebaz agree with you about the mobile phones and their users.The Red Rattlers will be out this weekend during the transport heritage expo in Sydney 👌

[@dieseldavetrains8988]

Like the classic Tait's in Melbourne the rattlers were the real Sydney, the whine of the traction motors, the bang from electrical flash overs, real suburban trains. Didn't go for the Beclawat windows though. The drivers used to stand most of the time rather than sit on that rigid backed stool. Back in those days people were more hardy and didn't whinge and moan that the set wasn't air conditioned like they do today. At 7.50 it looked like Clive Livingstone wandering along the platform, he retired as SM at Town Hall. Great video, much appreciated.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Diesel Dave Trains, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I'm glad you liked the video and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Your words describe how I feel about equipment that used to run in the good old days. It's just not the same with the newer stuff. I hope you'll have a look as some of my other videos to get more of the sights and sounds from the past. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@davemail66]

Just brilliant tassiebaz and thoroughly enjoyable to watch, this clip brings back some fond and wonderful memories of Sydney’s red single deck and Tulloch double deck (trailers) suburban sets back during their many years of service.

[@paulsz6194]

The. tangarra train coming into Museum station at 5:54 is such a contrast, and would have looked very futuristic in its day ( compared to the Red sets) , when it came out in 1988 or 1989.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Paul, Thanks for watching and for your comment. Yes, it was quite a contrast, but I still prefer the older stuff. Unfortunately, there's not much of it left anywhere. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@paulsz6194]

@@tassiebaz 👍. Glad I came across your channel. Reminds me as a child riding in the Red Sets, with the Green interior, the metal blinds and the manual closing doors.

[@tassiebaz]

@@paulsz6194 Hi, I'm glad you came across it too and I hope you are enjoying viewing the videos as much as I did photographing them and putting them together. I've got more in the works so please stay tuned. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@maccomplex]

They were! It was a real treat to catch a tangara!

[@johfc]

Yes, the Tangara was revolutionary when it launched in 1988, the Bicentennial year. I still prefer the original livery as opposed to the current yellow.

[@G516R700]

Fantastic video, great video of the old classic Sydney suburban sets, would have been great going on them with the doors all open in the warm summer days and nights.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi G516R700, Thanks for watching and for your comment. I'm glad you liked the video and appreciate you taking the time to let me know. Yes, riding these classics was a great experience and I was glad I got to do it and to capture some memories to share. Cheers, tassiebaz. 😃

[@dragonragevideos4565]

sweet memories for me catching them when i was 3years old with my dad to go fishing

[@tassiebaz]

Hi brandon, Thanks or watching and for your comment. Glad it brought back some good memories for you. Regards, tassiebaz.

[@essarorunga9520]

Train at 3:30 was from Bankstown line via Sydenham whilst the 4:30 was also on the Bankstown line but via Lidcombe and Strathfield. This was signified by the two lights on the right hand side.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Essa, Thanks for watching and for your informative comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@stevecallachor]

As kids coming home from school we could always tell the destination by the lights on the front car. We hung around Strathfield, Lidcombe and Regents Park we had about an hour to kill in the afternoon after school. We were lucky we didnt kill ourselves with our dare devil-devil antics. My own kids never got to take such risks(I think!!!) Stavros

[@doohickey-enjoyer]

I love the hum of the older electric sets.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Mr. Blue, Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@billyboy7449]

Ohh man I miss these Trains so much

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Billy Boy, Thanks for watching and for your comment. Not only do I miss the trains, but also the good old days during which they ran. Cheers, tassiebaz. 😁

[@marcusbaker830]

Nostalgia hits hard

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Marcus, Yes, we all miss the good old days. Thanks for watching. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@michaelmontgomery4782]

remember going through tunnels my mate dicko unscrewed the light bulbs in the carriage totally dark

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Michael, Thanks for watching and for sharing your memories. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@justinecrowley1739]

Sydney Trains should bring them back. Way better than the Tangara, Millennial and Waratah trains. People enjoyed the Red Rattler yesterday for the Harbour Bridge's 90th Birthday. Yes, the good old days. I was about to start high school when these trains left service. Why not, the old silver ones are still running, and so is the XPT for the record.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Justine, Absolutely agreed!! Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@Jockuptown]

lmao these trains are cool, but they are not "way better" than current models, take off your rose tinted glasses and join us in the present.

[@tassiebaz]

@@Jockuptown Hi, They have their place in history and nostalgia and remind people of the good old days. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@laustinspeiss]

There’s some memories! Replaced the older ‘red rattlers’… I used thes a lot! School days through the sixties and early seventies. Individual doors, and later double sliders. Earlier stock… no modified auto doors.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi L Austin Speiss, Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment. Sounds like the good old days with good memories. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@laustinspeiss]

@@tassiebaz There was one really tragic event, around Feb 1975… between Waitara and Hornsby. Before ‘reliable’ auto doors were commonplace. My girlfriend’s 12 year old brother was standing in the centre of the double door area, holding the poles, and the carriage lurched…. you can guess the rest. He was on his way to buy a valentines gift for his ‘girlfriend’. At only 12 yo… 😢

[@tassiebaz]

@@laustinspeiss Hi, Sounds horrible. It's remarkable they could run with doors open till relatively not that long ago. Same for Melbourne W class trams. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@johnnicholls5344]

Philip Shirley, Head of the NSW Public Transport Commission in the 1970s, had all the suburban rolling stock painted in blue and white. Blue and white single decker suburban trains is a bit of a mouthful compared with 'red rattlers'.

[@tassiebaz]

Hi John, Thanks for watching and for your interesting and informative comment. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@belchy94]

I bet there got better air conditioning then the waratahs

[@antonydi]

With those windows open yeah they probably did

[@AliceMoments2010]

And then they took all the fun out of it and powered the doors !!! lol

[@AliceMoments2010]

and pre recorded station announcements

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Doc, That's called "progress". Thanks for watching. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@MrJohnnybe123]

The golden era ..

[@tassiebaz]

Hi James. Yes, the good old days, now much appreciated. Thanks for watching and for your comment. Cheers, tassiebaz. 😃

[@stuarttaylor4188]

geese I miss those trains

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Stuart, Agreed, many of us do. Thanks for watching. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@christophermoore753]

The design people were smart making the underground system. Right across the network. Not sure where old carriage went to. I suppose they got scrapped..

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Christopher, Thanks for watching and for your comment. From what I read, preserved cars C7396, T4527, C3218 and C3426 are now known as Red Set F1, and operate occasional special passenger trips. Stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@christophermoore753]

@@tassiebaz as the other viewers commented bring back memories. I still remember before the line going towards Bondi was built im sure if coming from south to be able to go around the city had to change because no line existed until the Bondi line was constructed later on.

[@tassiebaz]

@@christophermoore753 Hi, I believe the Bondi line opened in 1979. I think trains could go around the city from Central via Town Hall, Wynyard, Circular Quay, St James, and Museum in either direction. I've never lived there so my knowledge of the railway operations is a bit limited. Other viewers may want to comment. Regards, tassiebaz.

[@paulsz6194]

If only they kept extending the Eastern suburbs line to Randwick, like it was meant to be..

[@peterkehoe1984]

@@paulsz6194 You can blame the NIMBY chardonnay set for that. It was absolutely criminal the Woollahra station between Edgecliff & Bondi Junction was never completed because of those fools.

[@essarorunga9520]

A rare 4 carriage at 10:40

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Essa, Thanks again for taking the time to comment. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@Djr67]

I read somewhere that not all the red set power cars could be used with the Tulloch DD trailers, just wondering what is the story there?

[@tassiebaz]

Hi dean r, Thanks for your question. I don't have the technical knowledge to answer, but I know someone who does. His response is: "The first ?40 Tulloch trailers were put in what were then the single deck S sets (later called W sets). These trains used 120 volts for their low voltage, older trains 32 volts and also in S sets they had power operated doors. So they could not be randomly exchanged between older and newer single deck sets. I think some Turlocks were also modified to be used in trains with the DD power cars, so changed from 32v to 120v for that use, and power doors fitted." Hope this helps. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@Djr67]

@@tassiebaz thank you so much for getting back to me and going to so much trouble to find the answer for me. I'm going on a tour on a single deck red set tomorrow, I'm looking forward to it, should be a lot of fun.

[@tassiebaz]

@@Djr67 Hi, My pleasure. Enjoy the trip tomorrow. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@Djr67]

@@tassiebaz Cheers, thanks so much tassiebaz 😃

[@paulburrow4964]

I am now building this in n scale model trains

[@tassiebaz]

Hi Paul, Sounds like a wonderful project, even thought I wasn't much good at building models. I did have some friends that built amazing layouts and I always admired their talents. Thanks for watching and stay well. Cheers, tassiebaz.

[@T4799]

The marshalling of the train at 3:55 is quite odd

[@dylanc6311]

From my understanding, the middle car facing the wrong way indicated an 'indivisible' 8 car train, meaning it couldn't be split into 2 x 4 car trains. There's a few other instances of this throughout the video too.