Train Enthusiast's Video Diary 1995-07-19 

I miss the good ol' Chatswood... the station changed a lot when the ECRL got built.

Wow!! Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. I lived in Sydney until mid 1981 and remember it all quite well. Love the Sydney Harbour Bridge scenes. Just of interest, the trams used to use the two traffic lanes on the eastern side of the Sydney Harbour Bridge until 1958. Back then, they even had their own Milsons Point Station. Interesting seeing the Mono Rail. i managed to travel on the Mono Rail during a visit to Sydney in early 2000.

Grant Goldman announcements were playing in Dubai in 2013. At the airport train connection. I think I heard it too in Paris of all places in 2013 Steve callachor North avoca. N S W

I caught the train to Chatswood for school every day around this time. It was just a regular suburb back then - Although a great one (with the many shops). And the station was just a regular island platform 2 & 3 and an unused platform 1. And St Leonards down the road was just a quiet station too. Both stations and surrounds are so different now. Yes it's progress (and a delicious one at that with awesome food choices!). But I really miss the old Chatswood.

fantastic - long may you continue !

sure miss grant goldman doing platform announcement now days

Thanks for the upload, not enough NSW train videos from this time. Proof we can build good trains.

A Goofy Movie, Pocahontas, Toy Story, Jumanji, Casper, Babe, Balto, Cutthroat Island, Batman Forever, Free Willy 2 and more hit theatres in 1995 back then!

Great video !

funny i am still riding on the same train 30 years later

Chaswood was so different

what that chatswood in the olden days on the ground now it on a bridge

Trains were a lot more exciting back then. Now 2/3 of the network is just bland Waratahs

Not many SUV's back then on the road.

Karoonda narrow gauge?

its quite interesting. im east asian, and I know that chatswood is now a kind of chinese area but like yk before 15 years ago chatswood was for italians im really curious to the era

17:20 That Tangara does not have the doors closing warning tone.

Sydney was still normal without stations full of look at me add ons plastered on by government to look progressive for its own sake and overzealous oh&s. I forgot about those stretched VR/VS Commodore cabs to take the disabled 5:25. Also the same as a patrol car 6:14 which were great in their day. Those sliding window panes on the doors I forgot about 11:37. I can see some things were the same like this selfishness 15:59. Great record of the everyday you have here.

Same sound effect but male announcer talks instead of female

It was lovely that the nice lady took you out for the day. Was it day release from the Asylum ?

6:57

the old train

my mom born in 1987