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Perhaps this is an express train that skips certain stations

The roadbed is a credit to Sydney Trains for keeping it clean.

Which disturbing noise are you talking about? All locomotives have rattles and squeaks in the cab, some say that they are put there to keep crew's awake.

Yes I will. The second set of points is the new Mt Pleasant branch line.

@@B10Mman thank you. I got some photos of it but can only drive so far ☺️

No it wasn't.

@@B10Mman Oh ok. Sounded like him. We were regular mates 20 years ago.

Hi Michael, I'm recovering from shoulder surgery at present, I've given myself 6 months to recover and get fit to pass their fitness assessment.

@@B10Mman when ur up and about n in tip top shape I'll look forward to watching more 81's

Hi Michael, yes it does. They need to do something with Omega Tunnels for the wires to head south to Bomaderry.

2 man crew, on PN trains in NSW on the mainline. Could be a combo of driver - second person or driver - driver.

Sure, I'm up for that, anyrhing to help with a school project. My email is gusbunzel@gmail.com send me an email with your questions and I'll answer them for you.

Well it is dark in the middle of the night on that stretch of track with no lights to illuminate it.

More like I sat on it mostly, but thank you.

Yes I was, or in our terms a locomotive second person or assistant driver, commonly known by older enginemen "the boy"

Yes, there is. Where the new overhead bridge at Gerringong is, that used to be a level crossing (Fern St). The next is a dirt crossing at Bailey's St Toolijooa, the Sharpes Lane and Harley Hill Road, just before Berry there is Galls Lane and then Prince Alfred St/Wharf Rd that runs from the Princes Hwy (Queen St) to Broughton Creek that turns into Coolangatta Rd to Coolangatta/Shoalhaven Heads.

The video was stopped before Berry Station. At the down home signal before the station and level crossing. If memory serves me correct, we crossed the up pass that gets put in the up siding just south of the station to allow us to proceed.

Yes, we were on an 81 class that we picked up from Sulphide Junction. There was 3 work trains stabled there and we took them back to Chullora and the locomotives back to Clyde Yard.

It depends on where in the north you go? If you hug the coast, it's beautiful and my last trips out to Ulan and Gunnedah were great too and they were in March and April 2020.

Cresent head, Hat Head, South West Rocks and so on surely you’re joking 🇦🇺

But they aren't as accessible as the south coast.

Oh not sure about yourself calling a dickhead. But its nice I damn wish I could live in Kiama.

Poo

Hi Pete, that new bridge (Fern St) was opened in 2015. They call it Omega Bridge because of the location of the old Omega Railway Station as you would know with being a local.

Hi Ian, I'm glad that you liked my video.

My mate was driving that day. Besides, we were on that "permanent" 40km/h speed restriction through Omega tunnels. Plus the train was on the limit for the 81 class.

Hi Jenny, you can't please everyone, I've been signed off as a driver in the Hunter Valley, stay tuned for some Hunter Valley cab rides in the not too distant future.

@@B10Mman there was already 2 around the Hunter, 1 was to Pelton & 1 was to Teralba Borehole until they got taken down

Exactly

Not always, Jason. I've seen it brown too.

You know, working on the trains here isn't a hard job, some say that it is, but it's not, really. Doing those "mainline" jobs are the cream of the job, funny thing is, one day, you could be shunting Boral at Enfield or Cooks River then do that Manildra train to Bomaderry the next day and on Clyde Local the day after that or running to Botany. Now all I do is coal trains in the Hunter Valley. Different day, different job, I treat them like those Kinder Surprise treats and enjoy everyday.

Meadowbank Bridge and Como Bridge John Whitton was responsible? Far out!!

Somehow, I don't think so!

The railways aren't the fastest when it comes to picking up used rail or fasteners from trackside regardless of the price of scrap steel which right now Jan 2021 is $100 to $300 per tonne. Most of the time they take it to places and have it ultrasound tested for reuse elsewhere.

james baker Enjoy it whole it lasts, sadly it’ll more than likely be gone one day.

The thing with that idea is, you need a favourable government with a member of their own party there to push the issue. The only drawback is the Omega Tunnels, I haven't heard of any plans of replacing them, we can only run standard containers down there as hicube containers are too high for standard wagons through the tunnels. It would be a good line to duplicate BUT in saying that, it will lose it's single line charm. It did lose some of it's character when they replaced the Electric Staff Working to Rail Vehicle Detection (RVD). We got a staff at Kiama and had to sink it at Berry and pull a new staff at Berry and give it in Bomaderry. same process when in the up direction.

Wayne Hampson I was planning on doing the second half, Berry to Bomaderry but I've transferred into the Hunter Valley to run coal trains. Stay tuned cos I'll document most of my day runs on here.

I live in Bomaderry. Not far from the station.

@@B10Mman why the transfer you don't like general Freight.