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Shunter Music
Добавлен 6 янв 2020
Island Shunters
A day in the life of a gang of shunters in the 1970s.
A time capsule of railway work and Pyrmont, Sydney at that time
A time capsule of railway work and Pyrmont, Sydney at that time
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Why was this included on the Well There's Your Problem Bonus playlist, Roz?
Gravity shunts, rough shunts...
I worked with Brendan at Blacktown station. If it wasn't for him I would've lost my mind.
Darling Harbour was a hive of activity back then, up the steep ramp to the woolsheds, across to the navy victualling wharf, around to the meatworks, heading across to the wharf canteen for a cheap lunch, all just memories now.
Be good to know where these guys are now, bloody excellent....
Brendan retired & is spending his time travelling.
Even way down there they had a shunt dog 🐕😂😂. I remember the Collie cross that used to follow the shunters up and down the yard and ride on the buggy.😂 Dirty, dangerous job but geez they were good at it!
A friend's stepdad was a shunter and was crushed to death in the late 80s in Sydney shunting. It wasn't an uncommon thing either, nostalgia aside thing's had to change.
Top little short. Old railway fellas are a funny bunch, shunters eve more so!
Great footage. Who played the guitar?
Terry Wilson. ex Wasted Daze and The Magnetics. RIP. We sat down with the rough cut and he played along with it. Not many takes. Then Jim Stevens, the editor, asked for some music to do a montage to. After a few gos Terry said he was empty. Then he came up with the Rollin and Tumblin Piece that for me was the highlight of the film. What a talent!
Great history thanks for that
No not carriages they are for passengers freight is carried in wagons,how did the wagons get mixed up with carriages?ah yes kiddy speak.
Superb! A priceless record of an era we will never see again. The days before hi-viz and block container trains. The lone blues guitar work suits the film.
Thanks for the memories spent years down the harbour and the island while I was at eveliegh 19 class later the 73 class.
Back when Darling Harbour was industry and not tourism
How many of the shunters survived?
As far as surviving the job is concerned as far as I know all the main characters did until I left in 1984.
This is absolutely my favourite railway film of all time! What a time it must've been to be on the railways, I'm in Tassie but the stories from the old campaigners here paint a very similar picture of how things were here in the 70s. I like the no-nonsense Yard Foreman (I assume!) seeming to tell the blokes off but actually just telling them to take care of the cameraman. Also funny how some things don't change though (like 12:00)!
Thanks so much for that stellar review. Indeed, that part you pointed out was the most important part of the film I wanted to get across. The family of that Station Master (Webeck I think his name was) was there for one of the first showings. I have followed the antics of my Tasmanian colleagues over the years especially when reading the stories of Patsy Adam-Smith in her books, especially
@@shuntermusic154Watched Patsy’s films as a kid and read all her books as well. She was a great librarian and historian.
Nup. Not that rough!
Great video,loved the whole thing. 👍🏼👍🏼👌🏼👊🏼
Thanks Rod!
The macho working culture at the time was really stupid and dangerous. It caused a lot of unnecessary workplace deaths. It's still around to some degree (and so still causing deaths) but it's obviously hugely improved.
@Eliza Coleman There are many work practices that would not be tolerated today and for good safety reasons.
Yaayliam and yaayrailtwinks!
Bloody EXCELLENT
Hello fellow bono eposodo viewers.
thank you wtyp
Genuinely interested to know if any of these fellas are still with us or indeed still working on the railway.
I had a comment from Brendan's wife a while ago. I never heard from any one of the 3 since I left the railways in 1984
Aussie railways in the 70s had two types of guys. Round and twink. Both were union.
Hello fellow hog
I like when the Pom said tucker 20 minutes at least then had a bit of a smirk to the other guy , I did shunting for six months and the meal breaks were an hour and a half . We cut corners to get that break . Half of them used to use it for card games , sleeping , whatever .
Ha ! Ya not wrong ,I worked at Cooks River back in 85 as a sprag ,top days working in that yard ,loose shunting was still permitted then too. Top days !
Dos not look very safe for workers !
Not safe but fun...
Cool footage 👍
I was an elec car shunter for eight years. Shunting sparks was slightly more involved than goods wagons but a little less dangerous. I did training at Enfield, Darling Harbour and Rozelle. In the rain it was possibly the worst job in the universe as you just had to keep going. Humping heavy jumper leads across the yard to finish off car changes was the pits.
Gritty and realistic. Shunting as it used to be done! The only thing missing was a look at their night-time performance. Enjoyed the comparison with New Zealand. Kiwi shunters more likely to have vests, jackets, or overcoats. Sydney shunters in boots, footy shorts, and gloves...
The range of fashion choices at that time was spectacular! When I started some guys wore sneakers. The wet weather choices were varied. The more gear you had on the longer it took to get the job done=going home (the pub) later. I did think about a night shoot. It would have been too dangerous for both the shunters and Sam the camera operator. We would have had to have our own lights.
@@shuntermusic154 which are you in this doc?
@@bambogini In the red jacket and blue shorts at 3:56
Wow its all about safety now..
Yeah…and less common sense 🤦♂️
Tough job in all weather conditions. Respect guys.
Classic stuff...the days of Sydney - long past sadly