1994 July - Northern NSW
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Second part of the June July school holidays travel to far northern NSW to witness the 'changing of the guard' transition from first generation ALCO motive power to later generation GM diesel 81 class working a mix of National Rail Corporation (NRC) and Freight Rail services, noting that NRC commenced some 10 weeks earlier.
Best viewed on a large screen with volume set to high. Enjoy magpies and native birds as they chatter away, witness long gone, typical NSW rail line side infrastructure as depicted at The Risk interlocking, listen to the humming GM chant, as 81 class take up their first few weeks of new assignment on the far north.
Sadly, 44 class were all but gone on the far north by July 1994, with this short video taking witness to the last revenue working of a 45 class on a fright train ex Acacia Ridge.
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.
Cool thanks mate
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.
That was fantastic . My old box in the 70's , The Risk . Brought back a lot of great memories
Very pleasing to hear.
Great name for a railway station.
This has simply and rather randomly popped up on my feed😅 thankyooooo 🙏😁
Such knowledgeable folks 🙏😁
Magnificent, thank you.
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.
One question I forgot to ask . I noticed they were only hand exchanging . Was the auto exchanger no longer used ?.
to the best of my knowledge that was discontinued long before the film was taken.
@@nswrailvideos7113 thanks . I was wondering. Film was 16 years after I transferred to Lithgow Loco