Great video of the 80's and 90's and the old electric Red Rattlers
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Worked as a young Station Assistant (Sydney) in 1986 - seems like another lifetime ago. ... Loved the open doors of the Red Rattlers in summer ( wouldn't pass OH&S these days).
The motors on those red sets sound interesting. Over the decades the most common trains you were most likely to catch when waiting at the station was the red sets “red rattlers”, the S sets, Tangara trains and then the latest Waratah trains, with the K sets, C sets and Millennium (M sets)” being less common but still plenty of them. Will be a shame when the Tangara trains are retired.
I remember these red combo sets (single deck motor cars with double deck Tulloch trailers) well when I was going to high school. I wish we had camera phones back then, because having a new Tangara beside one at the station most mornings was a mind-blowing look at technology advances. I wish I was able to take photos, but we never imagined the red sets would be wiped out just a year or 2 later. Mind you, 15 years after that I would often end up sitting in a grey-painted Tulloch trailer…. I always thought the red rattler name came about from the wooden sash windows that rattled incessantly in their frames, especially when open all the way.
4:30 The bloke casually walking across the tracks. That's an emergency call these days 😂 Simpler times where common sense prevailed. Open windows and doors on the trains. Starion attendants didn't wear hi vis vests, no tactiles on the coping, no signs every where you look. No incessant safety announcements blasting at you every 30 seconds. No changing the company name every few years. The fence between the tracks and the footpath at Milsons Point as you head over the Harbour Bridge was so short. Adults and kids alike could be trusted to use the network without getting a Darwin award. Those days are long gone.
Loved these trains growing up most nostalgic of that time 87/94
Great video of the 80's and 90's and the old electric Red Rattlers
Worked as a young Station Assistant (Sydney) in 1986 - seems like another lifetime ago. ... Loved the open doors of the Red Rattlers in summer ( wouldn't pass OH&S these days).
The motors on those red sets sound interesting. Over the decades the most common trains you were most likely to catch when waiting at the station was the red sets “red rattlers”, the S sets, Tangara trains and then the latest Waratah trains, with the K sets, C sets and Millennium (M sets)” being less common but still plenty of them. Will be a shame when the Tangara trains are retired.
Great footage!
The seventies, Train's were older again Windows open , Door's open , spin around seats
Love them rattlers 👍🏼
I remember these red combo sets (single deck motor cars with double deck Tulloch trailers) well when I was going to high school. I wish we had camera phones back then, because having a new Tangara beside one at the station most mornings was a mind-blowing look at technology advances. I wish I was able to take photos, but we never imagined the red sets would be wiped out just a year or 2 later. Mind you, 15 years after that I would often end up sitting in a grey-painted Tulloch trailer….
I always thought the red rattler name came about from the wooden sash windows that rattled incessantly in their frames, especially when open all the way.
interesting
4:30 The bloke casually walking across the tracks. That's an emergency call these days 😂 Simpler times where common sense prevailed. Open windows and doors on the trains. Starion attendants didn't wear hi vis vests, no tactiles on the coping, no signs every where you look. No incessant safety announcements blasting at you every 30 seconds. No changing the company name every few years. The fence between the tracks and the footpath at Milsons Point as you head over the Harbour Bridge was so short. Adults and kids alike could be trusted to use the network without getting a Darwin award. Those days are long gone.
sydney trains look like something an AI would generate lmao. Things are ooogly.