Born in QLD. I LOVE QLD. I'm in WA these days. This brings back the GREAT memories.

Thankyou for this fantastic posting. I was a kid starting to get into trains. QR were so relaxed. My mate lived near Altandi and we use to catch trains everywhere. In school holidays we went to Mayne see the officer in charge signed one of those metho indemnity forms and we wandered all around the loco sheds and yards. We even climbed into locos and had. A look around. This was a working yard with two 14 and 15 yo wandering around. The best was going to Redbank. We signed a form but told sorry you can't wander around but if you have someone they'll show you around. They sent a first year apprentice. Saw everything! Load shed, engine change ours the works. Thankyou for posting.

@angusbeef9200

22 күн бұрын

Would never happen today, I wish

Also thankyou for the Runcorn shots. Bradken siding might have still been connected then. Again I did a tour of Braken this time with a group. They use to supply wheels etc. The Beenleigh goods still operated in the 1980s and primarily had a few FJS or HJS with a van going to Bradkken. Thankyou for posting brought back so many memories. An easier time to be a rail fan.

@tressteleg1

6 жыл бұрын

+Jason Grandcourt Thanks for both your comments. You Railways depot experiences were much the same as mine in Sydney around 1960. A friend and I wandered into Enfield loco depot and started looking around. "Hoy! What are you doing?" We told the person. I think an indemnity form had to be signed then an apprentice came and kept an eye on us.

I was growing up in Brisbane through that period... I remember diesel hauled sets in morning peak. If I were to model Queensland rail it’d be this period

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

😊 An interesting time for QR.

Thank you so much for sharing this. Always wanted to see what those old airport stations (Bunour & Eagle Farm) were like when my dad was younger

Great footage. Thankyou for sharing. We used to catch the rail motor from Dakabin before it was electrified and much like a bus you needed to hail the driver or he would roll right past if nobody rang the bell to get off.

I remember riding the trains to the old Pinkenba grain terminal where I worked many moons ago thanks for the trip down memory lane

@tressteleg1

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! So many interesting things have disappeared with the passage of time.

Great video. You were correct that was Albion, the flour mill siding was on the left. It's now been developed into units. Also loved the South Brisbane part. Could see the other platforms and Interstate sidings on the right. Can still remember the interstate railway station had long ramps and station covered in ferns. Caught the Limited there many times till they put the dual gauge to Roma St. Interstate and extra platforms became amusement park and disco for Expo 88 and of course now is convention centre. Could also see old South Brisbane TAFE buildings where I did my apprenticeship block training as Electronics Tech back in the 80's. Thanks for jogging some happy memories.

@Timmsy

5 жыл бұрын

Wow the memories alright..did my pre apprenticeship decorating at Sth Bris early 90's .. Used to catch the old small silver trains n have a cigarette on the way home 👍

I lived in Brisbane 1983 through 1990 and rode a lot of the trains. Brings back memories. Was back in 2019 to visit. Yeah Runcorn station - bought my first house in Runcorn. Would commute from there to Albion every day, occasionally in one of the red rattlers.

@tressteleg1

4 жыл бұрын

Sound Dude 😊👍

note the single gauge on the Merivale bridge(it was designed for, pps was non electrified when built also and does now carry standard gauge traffic) around 5:15 in 1986 was modified to carry dual gauge traffic from Roma St to the new standard gauge 3rd road just before South Brisbane station. tressteleg1, for a number of years the entire line beyond eagle junction was closed to passenger service(bus service in lieu to Pinkenba), then later passenger services recommenced to as far Doomben only (Doomben to Pinkenba continues to be serviced by bus).

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

I never noticed the lack of SG. So it seems I captured a little bit of history there.

Memories of getting off the Brisbane Limited from Sydney at South Brisbane and walking bags in hand over to Roma Street to get the Queenslander heading further north..

@tressteleg1

Жыл бұрын

Most people would have done that by tram. But in our younger days the walk would be nothing.

Love the Pinkenba line footage especially the Winfield billboard.

More great footage. I only ever went to pinkenba once in all the years I lived there - there were only 2 trains a day, those Loco hauled 7 car stainless sets. I caught one of those rail motors when they were duplicating the Beenleigh line from kuraby. I can’t believe they rebuild those emu’s they look mangled!

@paash698

5 жыл бұрын

when that happened norm, emu's were still being built

Thanks, I remember taking part of that trip every day for 7 weeks back in October/November 1976, when I was doing my first-year college at Eagle Farm. I started from Oxley and would change trains somewhere between Roma Street and Bowen Hills to continue out to Eagle Farm.

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

😊 you never know what will pop up on KZread!

@thedave7760

4 жыл бұрын

That journey would have taken quite a while in those days. I used to start at Oxley and go to school at Indooroopilly that would take about 30 minutes with the old diesels and the silver and red wooden sets. So slow to accelerate and long times on the brakes barely getting to 40-50kph on the short stops.

Another fair-dinkum beauty video clip from yesteryear mate, thanks for posting. Gee, this one brings back some fond memories (sadly not from the drivers' cab like the footage though, ha ha) however, as a young fella, I can remember catching the old 2000 class rail motor or diesel hauled stainless steel suburban SX sets down to Pinkenba and back to town from time-to-time, thank you ;)

@tressteleg1

8 жыл бұрын

+Dave Murchie Glad you liked it Dave. The supply of vintage electric is almost dry, so you will have to put up with NSW steam tours for a few weeks...

In the late 80's I used to visit my Grandparents. Electric from Caboolture to Ipswich and then a railmotor to Grandchester and later Rosewood as I believe Grandchester stopped passenger stops. Thanks for the upload and memories.

@tressteleg1

4 жыл бұрын

Rob D 😊👍. Quite some years ago, as you say, electric trains extended to Rosewood but there is no suburban service beyond there. I guess that buses meet some of the trains at least, to reach Grandchester.

Great clip. Thanks for sharing.

Back in the 80s I would go from Bowen Hills station to South Brisbane and your shot of the train ending at South Brisbane brought back memories. The old wooden carriages where each row of seats had their own door got me thinking how today that would be so dangerous to our safety conscious society. Thanks for sharing.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Most of these dangers are imagined by health and safety zealots thinking up more and more rules just to keep themselves in a job. The more people are wrapped in Cottonwool, the less they think for themselves which is where we are today.

Thanks so much this era of the Brisbane suburban railways had the best trains I remember going to museum In Toowoomba and the old suburban map was still in one of the classic SX cars

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

😊👍

Thanks for sharing - I have a liking for some of the older series.

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

+Roy Burnell Yes, they have character at least re sounds. I was lucky enough to get 2 on my rare trip to Brisbane yesterday, sitting near a power bogie.

I remember the silver bullets well, I rode them on the corrinda line to work.

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing them on that shuttle for a while but can’t remember whether I caught one of them or an electric on that short run. Previously they used to run in other parts of the state, including local trips around Townsville- Cairns a long time ago.

Interesting mix of equipment. Thank you posting this video.😀

Thanks for having soo much memories of the 90's heritage of trains. I love the sound of the EMU trains in this video. Shame that the New Generation Rollingstock is replacing them soon.

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

+Harish's Metro and Suburban I agree with you completely on the great sounds of the EMU trains. They are best on the long straight lines where they max out at around 100 km/h. It's just a pity that Brisbane doesn't have any lines with long steep climbs. Even Ferny Grove doesn't have much.

@HarishDharmapalan

6 жыл бұрын

Yes. Now that all tracks have changed to concrete sleepers, it doesn't sound like that anymore. U may hear abit of clatters on the interchanging lines but apart from that it's just a smooth noise on the tracks. Also do you know about the track closure in the Brisbane CBD between Roma Street to Bowen Hills? For example Central station Brisbane platforms 1-4 closes between 10am-2pm and all train services divert to platform 5-6 and it's the other way around the next day. It's just silly to do track maintenance at a weekday that confuses commuters.

@tressteleg1

6 жыл бұрын

+Harish's Metro and Suburban I just enjoyed a ride a ride on a first series EMU train. Great sounds as usual. I had not heard about the weekday shutdowns. I wonder why not at weekends?

@HarishDharmapalan

6 жыл бұрын

When I was there they did a weekend shutdown between Roma St to Bowen Hills. Monday they did Caboolture and Redcliffe services track closure on Central platform 6 with 5 opening for Ipswich and Springfield services which is very strange as 2 platforms close at the same time. Thursday had Central platforms 1-4 close letting all services divert platform 5 and 6. Queensland Rail is stupid with their schedule of track maintenance. I was there between the 13th-18th September 2017.

So many memories. Great work

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

👍

I was a porter at Whinstanes/Doomben in the early 80's before transferring to Toowoomba as a shunter.so it brings back many a memory.

@tressteleg1

3 күн бұрын

@@WillsWindow That would have been a very interesting time with the mixture of rail motors, loco hauled trains with stainless or wooden carriages, as well as every increasing electric Trains!

@WillsWindow

3 күн бұрын

One of my tasks was to walk out to the semephore signal climb up the ladder and top up the kerosene that kept the flame lit to show the signal, it was probably one of the last in use as the system was going electronic CTC.

@tressteleg1

3 күн бұрын

@@WillsWindow Yes I have heard of the station junior (different names in different states) having the exciting job of topping up the signal kero. Yours could well have been the last, but again a unique experience that today’s station juniors could not imagine 😆

@WillsWindow

3 күн бұрын

@@tressteleg1 👍

Fascinating, thanks for this.

It's incredible to see the transformation of both Brisbane and her rail network.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

😊👍

Absolutely fantastic video! So many childhood memories right there.. lived not far from Albion station for a few years

I love 80s EMU my first ride from ipswich to ekka in early 80s as i was awe with sound and A/C, RIP driver and 1 pass

@tressteleg1

Жыл бұрын

Yes those trains were quite a step up from all that had trundled around Brisbane before them.

The 1st 12 minutes are pure gold. Thank you. It's an outrage that no Evans sets were preserved in Qld. Interesting set 33 (a later set of 1950s vintage) had an earlier car in the middle there. The 1984 scenes must have been very late in the year with EMU's displaying Beenleigh - the wires energised officially beyond Kingston on 3.11.1984.

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

+WorldOfTransit I believe that I spent Christmas at Runcorn (Brisbane) in 1984. I suppose the safety zealots thought that the many doors on Evans Sets made them too dangerous to run as people could open doors and fall out.

@WorldOfTransit

7 жыл бұрын

What impressed me the most is you've captured the 2000 class's signature tune of the jingle jangle on track joints - no one has ever been able to explain to me what is in the springs/bogies of these fine railcars that makes it.

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

+WorldOfTransit I could not hear the sound myself but I have no doubt that you did hear it. One possibility is that many rail carriages have a chain between the bogie and the body so that in the event of a derailment, the bogie is prevented from rotating too far. So if the 2000 the cars have a chain for that purpose maybe that is the jingling noise. Hopefully you can find out if they have chains.

@roydidlock1867

5 жыл бұрын

I was on the staff at Central Station in the 1980s. Evans cars were also highly dangerous for people opening doors of departing trains to jump in.

I got to ride one of those trains recently, it was a heritage railtour

The silver bullet, it was picking up my sister in 1997 from buranda, I was 10

that was awesome....such a flashback to the days of catching the train to school. The old RED RATTLERS......but by far my fave was the silver bullet.....wish i could own one :)

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

😊👍. I guess we will all have to make do with riding a silver bullet at a museum.

Thanks for these ancient old videos. Very interesting seeing all that went on in Brisbane in those days. Diesels pulling suburban trains. Also saw some familiar looking "Fish and Chips" type stainless steel cars, same as here in NSW as Intercity for the Mountains and for the Northern line to Gosford I think when electrification first went that far. Seeing other comments about these stainless sellers rocking and jerking, I wonder how much worse that might have been on the narrow gauge? Looks better on the smaller screen. Blurry if opened right up.

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

Those QR stainless carriages were built around the same time as the Sydney U sets and the idea was that if Brisbane were electrified one day, these trains would be modified. As it turns out, the closest they came to electrification was occasionally being hauled by an electric loco in suburban service. I can’t comment about track standards, but let’s just say that QR track is often smoother than what Melbourne has, and not far behind Sydney.

My grandfather used to be the station master at kuraby, until his death in 1961

@tressteleg1

6 жыл бұрын

Nice. It is interesting how many of my viewers tell me of family connections with my videos. Just tonight one guy saw his dad driving a Melbourne tram in my movie/video.

@paash698

5 жыл бұрын

as well, my mother, and both of her brother's, and i all worked for qr at various points of time. my father tells me that one of his forbears worked on the construction of the Ipswich to Biggs Camp (later Grandchester) railway construction, prior to commissioning in 1865. I would be pleased to assist if you want any further info about qr (S.E.D)

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all those interesting detail. I will bear your kind offer in mind.

Just subbed. Very interesting to see Evans carriages still in use in the 80’s!

@tressteleg1

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, amazing about the Evans, but equally so the longevity of Swing Door and Tait Electrics in Melbourne which must have looked old fashioned when new. I trust you continue to find some of my postings of interest.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

😊👍

Thanks for this lovely video. I'm no train expert/fan but I'm very nostalgic for several reasons. My grandparents lived in Sunnybank Hills and had a clear view down into the valley with the line and Runcorn station and Bradken workshops in the distance. First time I ever caught a train was with my late grandad at Runcorn station, coincidentally also in 1984! What a treat that was for a 7 year-old boy. As a teen in the early 90's I used to stay with them on holidays sometimes, and the iconic sound of the old trains with their high pitched whine and the 'clatter, clatter' of the tracks was a strangely comforting sound at night as I lay in bed. These days, because of new trains and new tracks, the sounds are much reduced. But I still miss the old noises, for sure. Now, I actually live in Runcorn and go jogging on Beenleigh Rd roughly between Fruitgrove and Runcorn stations. It's really lovely to see what it was like decades ago compared to now.

@tressteleg1

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pleased that you liked it so much. Lucky for you, around 1984 my sister lived at Runcorn, Fairmont St maybe. So a few views around the station were natural when I visited, then living in NSW. The original electric trains certainly sounded unique and their disappearance will be missed by me, and I daresay many others.

From my understanding the crash at trinder park was caused by a signal failure as it displayed green but it shouldn't have displayed it, also it was shown that the train when going through the junction forced its way through

@paash698

5 жыл бұрын

**without prejudice** from my memory of this the driver admitted he was not watching the road at the signal(picking up his billy lid or something off of the floor)

For my first job I commuted from Eagle Junction to Central. Always caught the Pinkenba train because it was less crowded. Back then there would have been at least one every 20 minutes in the morning and I guess around one every 40 during the day. Great memories of a lost world.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

It must have been a very long time ago that there was a service so frequent to Pinkenba!

The EMU compressor sound was very audible! 10:11 I've never heard an EMU make that sound before.

@thestargateking

7 жыл бұрын

QRtrains I hear that every now and then

I remember catching that train at yerongapilly to school

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

👍

Wow great videos and stuff :) Also when it said "Probably Albion" It was Albion

@tressteleg1

8 жыл бұрын

Many Thanks!

@fishoheino2599

8 жыл бұрын

tressteleg1 :D

Amen. Yes they were friendly back then. But look at what they have to put up with these days. Thanks for the vid, I enjoyed it. :)

@tressteleg1

Жыл бұрын

Yes, just about all the rail crews I met were a friendly lot. I think it was the inflexibility of the Rail Safety Act which turned them all into rule - following tyrants.

The last use of a Evans set was in 1986 during the Papal visit.

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. A bit of history captured.

The 1500 class locomotives were my favourite

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

I only came to Qld 10 years ago so never knew the 1500s well enough unfortunately.

What is the station at the end? Id there a demolished station at the pinkenba loop?

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

Pinkenba was the last station on the line. I can tell you no more than that as I don’t think I have been back there since but the line was cut back quite a few stations probably when it was electrified. Google maps may help you.

@jockohara9723

5 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 yeah i travelled by bike to the old low level platforms the other day, unfortunetly i couldnt get into the pinkenba suburb as its too unsafe to travel through by bike due to very busy traffic that carrys heaps of huge trucks and 1 road (kingsford smith) nevertheless do you have any idea why the line was closes down? The pinkenba suburb greatly intriegs me due to it being once a home to many now 90% industrial

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t know why it closed down. I was not living in Brisbane at the time. As for electrification, I suppose they did not think the low traffic would be worth the cost. The line only ever had a small number of trains each day. You might find more from a Google search.

I have no explanation. The tape sound was not modified at all. Maybe it was a crook air compressor, or even maybe the air conditioner. I am only guessing.

@qrailways1591

8 жыл бұрын

Oh OK! It's amazing they're still in service to this day and they don't seem to have worsened.

interesting video, like .

@tressteleg1

Жыл бұрын

😊😊👍

good heavens. the noise is deafning

10:56 looks like the UP approach to Kingston ie. beenleigh bound

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

I won’t argue with you as obviously you know the line much better than me. However while I did get out at Trinder Park to to walk to somebody at Argonaut, Kingston Rd and likely took video, especially when waiting for the train back to Runcorn, I don’t recall ever setting foot on the track anywhere near Kingston. But my memory in the past has been proven wrong by my own videos. I would still like to hear from you at tressteleg(at)icloud.com using the normal symbol instead of @ Thanks...

Nice

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

👍

That accident was between trinder park and kuraby i believe

@tressteleg1

Жыл бұрын

Yes I think the driver forgot to wait in the loop at the station for the oncoming train and proceeded without authority onto the single track where the approaching Train soon made contact.

Often wonder if they could've continued this line to the new airport

@tressteleg1

4 жыл бұрын

Ef Waugh The Main Problem is that the old terminal was on the south side of the airport grounds, the new terminals on the north side.

@efwaugh3161

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah true. Thought they might have been able to branch it off at Bunour or Meeandah but obviously couldn't for some reason. Great old footage.

@tressteleg1

4 жыл бұрын

😊👍

What about all the smoky stovers of the 1950s And 60s through Yernga mum always rushed to get the cloths off the cloths line when they went past the Good old Days are long gone 😥

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I was too busy chasing Brisbane trams to worry about those dirty old puff-puffs, although you will see a couple of them crossing the tramline.

Hear the clickety-clack of Jointed Track

@AmboscottUK

4 жыл бұрын

I just hear the squeal of cheap wheels & track

Am I right in thinking that the stainless cars at about 7:00 in are supposed to have been EMU sets ? I seem to recall the idea was to juice the lines at 1500V DC but it didn't happen, and so these cars remained unpowered, despite looking like EMU stock. Might've paid them to fit at least the cab ends out with controls to run them as push-pull sets like our old 4TC sets to Weymouth. I understand some were sold to Thailand ? They almost look like a mini U set !

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

River Huntingdon You are correct in thinking that not only did they look like Sydney U Sets (built around the same general time) but they were designed for eventual conversion to electric operation. However it was around 1979 that electrification came to Brisbane and by that time air conditioned trains was the way to go, so the stainless sets remained unmodified, eventually just working peak hour extras like in the video. When eventually enough electrics were built, their use was over but a set or two have been retained for use behind historic locos, sometimes even steam.

@thestargateking

7 жыл бұрын

tressteleg1 every year those SX cars get pulled out by a steam loco to do exhibition steam train shuttles

@boop-oop-a-doop9293

7 жыл бұрын

dan b There are 2 sets up here in Toowoomba

Dude you should come back up here everything has changed

@tressteleg1

5 жыл бұрын

If ‘up here’ is SE Qld, I have lived in southern Brisbane since 1995, currently Gold Coast and handy to the tram 😊

Must have been good back them

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

The big change that QR staff used to be a friendly lot, and certainly towards railfans. It’s probably the rail safety act that has turned many of them into little despots like elsewhere in this country.

@lucasgiles7613

2 жыл бұрын

@@tressteleg1 yea exactly too much stuff happens, they have to be safe now.

@tressteleg1

2 жыл бұрын

Many activities in the past were not ‘unsafe’ until various bureaucrats decided that they must be. And if they did not create more and more rules, they would soon be out of a job. Many of today’s ‘safety’ rules are nothing but BS in my eyes.

Great Great Great Footage 1984 Old Diesels going Down Beenleigh Road Runcorn To FruitgroveWish I Could Jump In That Footage Great Days Thank You Any More Footage

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

+SAINT TONY I'm glad you enjoyed it. In their own way, just about all railways were more interesting in earlier days. Unfortunately I am just about out of vintage Aussie video.

@sainttony2397

7 жыл бұрын

I live 5 minutes from Runcorn All Hours Where The Footage Was Filmed I Used To Catch Thoses 1460 & 15012 Class From Sunnybank To Runcorn

QR EMU TRAIN WHERE SILVER BACK THEN BUT NOW 2016 THAY ARE SILVER AND YELLOW WITH A RED QUEENSLAND RAIN SIGN

@ghostcreeper8219

7 жыл бұрын

i met to say red not rain

as i recall i was rostered to work beenleigh line selling tickets the day after the trinder park crash, all i can say is thank god it was first thing on saturday morning. if it had happened on a week day, even an an early service, who knows what the toll may have been, but a lot more than 3...

@tressteleg1

6 жыл бұрын

It was a big story. I lived in Wollongong at the time and the TV scenes in my video were recorded from the news there. Unfortunately these things happen at times, mostly when someone was tired.

It was defo Albion

I'm a 85 kid

DARRENR 🏠 have OK yes

sad part is them electric trains a STILL running and it has not go any better

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

Paul Williams All the electric trains are up to scratch. The problem is that timetables are made slower and slower so that politicians can move easily brag that 99% of the trains are on time. Too bad if a ride takes 10 minutes longer than it did 20 years ago.

@paulwilliams5208

7 жыл бұрын

slower or faster is one small part of the big picture, the origination of the WHOLE system from buss meeting trains to useability of the stations (disable, security) and frequency of trains, Brisbane is lagging be hide.... walk over to Boondal station and see that the train had JUST left, you have to WAIT 30min in Perth a system just as big as Brisbane (number of suburban stations and distance) trains are FIFTEEN minutes apart, busses meet trains....

@tressteleg1

7 жыл бұрын

+Paul Williams Brisbane and others of our cities could learn a lot from Perth. They are aware, but 'don't want to know'. I won't use my local bus to Helensvale station as too often I see it and can tell from its time it will miss the city train. At least the tram extension will get rid of that problem.

glory Day's, a pack of smoke's was 3$,now it's 36$

haha single track

Wow forgot how white Australia was.

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

Times change. I don’t care where people come from provided they basically fit in with our lifestyle and don’t try to change it to suit their particular preferences.

PERO LO UNICO QUE ENFOCÓ FUE EL PANTALÓN DEL CHOFER, TAL PARECE QUE LWE ATRAIA ALGO DE ESA PARTE.

hahahah how primative. and old wooden sleepers still.

Thank God for Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen - Qld rail was so backward it wasn't funny and he saved rail in this state! WA by extension too!

@tressteleg1

3 жыл бұрын

I won’t disagree with that! I think the reasoning was that it was cheaper to electrify than continue using imported oil. It’s a pity that similar thinking seems not to exist these days.