Australian Trains: XPT Cabride from Cootamundra to Demondrille 

It’s a fabulous trip. It is a National disgrace that the Idiots in Canberra ( yes Canberra) have allowed the whole railway infrastructure to fall into such disrepair. Tim Fischer tried but was overwhelmed by the Economic dries. It is unbelievable that this is the railway connection between 2 cities with a population of over 10 million people . Could not happen anywhere else in the world. It you are lucky enough to goer a good carriage that rides well . It’s a great trip.

Great to see semaphores still in action.

Great video. Love all the semaphore signals.

very good overall nice to see the old stations along the way thanks for posting, better late than never.

when the ticking kicked in it sounded like the start of You're the Voice. I was waiting for Farnham to start :)

At Demondrille there is an old closed branch line to Cowra and Blayney. At Cowra there is a museum

Interesting video & awesome traction motor noise.

Zero nine, you are correct, they are modified for steep grades in NSW.

The main running lines were resleeped since then, causing no end of trouble with mud holes.

The ticking noise is the recorder, like a black box in aircraft. If no ticking, it's not working, so i'm led to believe anyway.

The main, in your face deficiency in the design of the XPT is that cab windscreen wiper imo that looks like it's been borrowed from a car and leaves large areas of the screen untouched. Shame that the screen wasn't cleaner for the otherwise excellent video.

So many bends and the track so rough! So slow!

Great work. But how confusing for a driver is the mixture of upper and lower quadrant semaphore signals?

The XPT is basically the Australian Version of the British Intercity 125 HST, right?

My friend Harry loaned me his invisibility cloak :-)

when u pay close attention u hear the reused mat64 like electric motors

what is that plate in the points at 1:12? how is the train meant to go straight down the track if thats there?

Seems he forgot to blow the horn on time for the road @ 1.30

Look at the signal lights there very probably from the 1800s

No idea, but it was very annoying!

Diesel electric

Is it diesel electric or diesel hydraulic?

This isnt steam