Great vision and memories for me..Dad was a relief SM at Fassifern and my brother and I used to catch a rain ride from Wyong to take his hot lunch up on occasional Sunday in the early 60's. Looks like a Newcastle Flyer being pulled by one of the non streamlined 38's. Also a 35 pulling a set just like our school train. Double Garratts were seen hauling out of the colliery
Loving your videos, plenty around my old home at Lisarow. Particularly like seeing Arthur Birch’s name up bring the cameraman. I worked for Arthur at the Reptile Park at North Gosford in the late 60’s. I would have seen you guys out videoing plenty of times. Are you living on the Coast?
You do have good videos featuring live sound film of steam. Some of the steamers sound American like with 5 chime whistles on most of them sounding like New York Central or Union Pacific whistles and the American built 59 Class 2-8-2s having the three chime whistles that sound like Southern Railway 4501's whistle. I have a podcast called Revival Steam. This fictional podcast makes listeners imagine a world of 21st-century American Revenue Trains pulled by steam locomotives. I use railroad sounds from Videos, DVDs, CDs, LPs, and cassettes for the podcast. Of course, I would have to ask permission first before using them. I do have a DVD that I bought from you several years ago featuring sound films. I want to ask you if by your permission, can I use the sounds from the DVD to be used in my podcast?
Good old memories, thanks. Travelled from Wyong to Gosford for high school until 1963 so a lot looks familiar. Millmaster Feeds on siding at Ourimbah then looking north at Chittaway Road bridge. The water tanks at Tuggerah sidings with the old The Entrance Road between the tanks and the station. Esrly 59's / Baldwin class were oil burners I recall
A great little video thanks for the memories I worked those goods trains from Gosford to broadmeadow and back many times the 59 class was a good loco we had a few at Enfield.
My father worked on the wharves in Sydney with Customs in the 60's, l worked on the wharves in the early 80's. Not much had changed. Except the shunting was now done with small diesel locomotives. It was the best of times. Sydney was a working harbour, from Garden Island, to Balls Head, Gore Hill, Glebe, Anandale, Pyrmont, Cockatoo Island, Balmain, Drummoyne, Lavender Bay, the list goes on. There was always something happening, it was never boring. 👍🇦🇺
Hi Graeme, I really appreciate you rescuing this footage and sharing it with us. It really brings the reality of the steam alive for those of us who were not fortunate enough to see it personally for ourselves. The scenes that really opened my eyes was the b & w footage of the 17 Class and the scene of the final run of 3402. How marvellous that someone was there to record it.
@@BelbinVideo Last Steam Train to Gosford , 23rd January, 1960. Darling Harbour, Sydney, in the early 1960s. Garratts etc. Rozelle goods line, Clyde and Enfield. 3830+3813 Spirit of Progress Delivery April, 1962. NSWGR 59 class, pickup goods, between Gosford and Tuggerah, Winter, 1972. And Fassifern, 1966-68. Historic archival footage.
Only rough plans at the moment. It's still evolving to a degree but most earthworks are done, basically to take it out around the balloon loop and back so the locos will face the opposite way each run. The section shown here is the zigzag up to the engineering works.
Yes, it had developed a dip although, in fairness, I suppose your surprise was reduced by the fact that you were told it was going to happen whereas we were not.
@@BelbinVideo It was visible on the previous runs. I did the safe working and network procedures through Southern Cross Rail Training 20 years ago, I’d love a to be involved with a historical railway again
@@greghayes9118, yes, you're right in that it was showing as a kink or dip. It wasn't, however, broken at that stage. If it had been there is no way it would have passed over it at all, as it did on the way down, with a section of the railhead missing completely. Being a relatively new track we attend to these things as required but the breaking, entirely, was not predictable.
One thing I noticed. that some of fireman on those engines had not trimmed their tenders just A BIT LAZY and OH&S was not a big thing and if a lump of coal fell off the tender and hit someone in the head it was just bad luck! you could always find coal along the side of the track in the bush I WAS ONLY 7 but I lived in North Gosford in the 60s so I i was Lucky to see lots of steam.
What a buzz to get Perry steamed up after 26 years! What condition was the boiler in I wonder and if much had to be done to finally get her into steam?🤔It’s a tribute to the guys dedication, blood, sweat and tears - and no doubt, a beer or three! I’m enjoying the Mandalong diaries! Thanks for posting👍🏻
I only live around 20 kilometres away and never knew the line existed, the closest railway to meet I thought was Richmond Vale, i would love to volunteer, hlw do i contact them.
