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There was no railway line in Padstow in 1994. Absolute rubbish. ""25KvAC catenarary? What a total load of rubbish. Why are imbeciles like this submitting fairy tales? I just cannot see the point.

Great memories here, but at a guess I'd say this was very early 1980s. I remember riding on 3137 many times as a kid back then (I'm 50 now), the two Tuscan and Russet end-platform cars, 3642 doing Loop Line duties occasionally, as well as 3214, 5461, 1243, 1709 (as 381), and 3001 and 5910 return to service. I remember one time when 3137 took the "through train" all the way back to Sydney!

Fascinating historical footage. Thanks.

A lovely little video worked plenty of trains on the branch both directions.

Little statio, little need. But still very much wanted

Why would a steam train stop at such an insignificant station?

I wish i was alive in 1996. Pity i was born in the 2010s.

I USED TO RIDE THE TRAIN ALL THE TIME FROM GLANVILLE TO SEMAPHORE THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Thankyou wonderful memories flooded back, its something i can share with my grandkids thank you so ❤ it

Fantastic video mate, would have loved riding the loco hauled NSW Trains, would have been lots more fun than the normal Explorer/Endeavor cars these days. Ah well, great to see lots of videos of the loco hauled stuff around

Very nice video, love the action shots

fantastic video mate

Great video, it certainly drew out the rail fans, the Cardiff Locomotive Auction on the 16th of Dec 1994 saw the majority of both classes snapped up by Sims Metal. I wonder in coming years would a "Farewell to the NR class" would draw the same crowds? Choice locations too, thanks for posting, really enjoyed it.

I did not een know there was a border loop NSW/OLD. thansk for putting this up

Awesome! 😃

Just a little correction, the opening script says The Main North. It’s actually the North Coast Line, whereas The Main North went up up through the Northern Tablelands to Wallangarra. 😉

So where's the footage of the 44 class, first seven minutes only two 44's in the dark.

Wasnt the last loco hauled Griffith circa 2000?

Commentary at 5:01 is brilliant haha; what were they thinking? A great video of this run; very well done!

And now 30 years later Victoria is loosing its loco haul services very quickly

And of course QR had follow suit by abandonment of its suburban rail operations in 1999😢😮

Man, it's so good to see a proper loco hauled passenger train with a luggage/guards van.

One of my favourite NSWGR diesel locomotives. I had the pleasure of working on these locomotives from 1979 until they were retired.

A very weather-beaten consist for the farewell.

The Dickhead in the Xplorer hits horn then can't find the park brake

The 44 class at the video start 4468 had no road numbers in the front number boxes, not a good presentation. The Wingello scene was a good one, my favourite. A sad day for NSW railway history, great video though capturing the moments.

Thank you for sharing.

I cry, like only an old man can, for all the "babies thrown out with the bathwater".

Amazing video, If only I could time travel back to that era.

Memories ........

The whole decade was one of change from the cessation of overnight sleeper services to Brisbane and the Tweed, the City Rail 'station sparkle' program starting at Lewisham and St. Peters at the start of 1990. Vigorous track and signal upgrading programs coupled with the advent of National Rail in 1991, the eventual closure of Cardiff, Broadmeadow and later DELEC locomotive depots, One-Spot Wagon Maintenence at Wollongong, Outer Suburban Tangaras and private operators bringing back various members of the 47 class on metropolitan workings. But the Macquarie Rail Link that began in November 2002 and later went on to become the Sydney Metro System doesn't count. That was obviously a whole different chapter.

great video ! it sure is refreshing to see all these trains without a trace of grafitti, that only a decade later would cover the train world. Love these engines that reminds a lot of the american alcos like PAs and Fas. thanks !

Ahhh, the days as a kid you could go to a locomotive maintenance depot and ask for permission walk around and even go into a loco. The 80's were great. Went to Mayne and even walked around Redbank workshops as a kid in Queensland. The OIC trusted us not being idiots and signed a methylated spirit indemnity (probably not worth the paper that it was written on). It is a shame too many idiots wrecked it and then safety enforcement kicked off hard, because the lowest common denominator decided to sue business and government. Ah well they achieved a much more safer place which is a good thing, but lost the close up interaction with people doing their work. Such is life.

Yeah majestic in their day,pulling the Southern Aroara & passenger services ,kept clean ,until relegated to freight services,,then got quite grubby ay.😢

I chuckle when I see that the 44 class was considered obsolete and slated for withdrawal in 1994. I live in Junee, where the last one in commercial service still gets around, thirty years later.

Australian trains (the whole trains) are the most generic trains ever.

Standing on the running line (6:49) with tripod in the four foot, no PPE and probably no RISI card, what one got away with in the good old days eh? Great video, but was hoping it would be chockers with "44" class, as the title suggests. The blue and yellow looked nice when kept clean on 4458.

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Cool thanks mate

Memories for sure🙏 I worked as a station assistant at Muswellbrook station nsw 1966/67 and the signalman on nightshift often gave me the staff to exchange for him. The only worry was when it was with the fireman on a steam loco .. not many, but still a few. My favourite job was on the railways. Wish I'd stayed on until retirement ..

Put out on June 30, 2024... 30 years ago to the day after it was filmed June 30, 1994.

This has simply and rather randomly popped up on my feed😅 thankyooooo 🙏😁

Such knowledgeable folks 🙏😁

Sad.

44220 (15:01) is still going strong with SSR, was at Parkes NSW a few months back. The "candy" colours never lasted long on the 442 class, faded very quickly and usually covered with ALCO emissions. Great video, thanks for posting.

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One question I forgot to ask . I noticed they were only hand exchanging . Was the auto exchanger no longer used ?.

19:52 It is confusing when what is clearly an interstate Brisbane to Sydney National Rail superfreighter service getting tagged as a Newcastle service albeit considering that services just like it are crewed by single or double 81 class locos. That will end when 86 class electric working from to and from Broadmeadow Depot is abolished in favor of through working when National Rail crewing begins on the Sydney-Brisbane corridor on July 25 1994 or a few days following that. The Candy and Freight Rail Blue 81 class started working this route from June using SRA drivers apparently. There were also National Rail Seatrain landbridge services that started from Port Botany to Acacia Ridge in June 1994 with none of the SPD/TNT stuff unless it was picked up and attached at the TNT Contrans depot at Sydenham near Marrickville.

That was fantastic . My old box in the 70's , The Risk . Brought back a lot of great memories

Thank you, always love seeing candy passenger services.