Go Electric (State Rail, 1984)
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- An information film produced by the State Rail Authority of NSW (now defunct) detailing the intensive capital investment activities associated with the electrification of the interurban lines during the 1980s to allow introduction of electric interurban & freight services.
This video is uploaded with strict permission of TfNSW.
Thank you for sharing this. Rekindles memories from back when our railways were valued and regarded as important.
Carpet and lounge chairs in central grand concourse? These 80s folk were spoiled rotten!
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@@ozfoxaroo because it is
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Great video and I learned many things. One would think with all the billions spent on the Sydney Metro they could find some extra funds and extend the electrification to Goulburn and Bathurst, or Orange? "Go electric". Very interesting video, top value!
Largely unlikely. Goulburn electrification had been politically touted a few times over the years, but due to things like ARTC control south of Glenlee/ Macarthur its unlikely to get past Picton if it happens at all. Talks have been put around abkut electrification to Maitland too, but again requires ARTC to come to the party. Bathurst and futher are almost total non starters. Electrification through to Wallerawang and change over/ termination there is somewhat possible as it makes sense for a partial extension to pick up the potential customers there, along with a single platform turn around point that better serves the operations and communities more than the bathurst bullet can as is. Though the Marrangaroo tunnel woukd require significant modification for NIF operations.
Unfortunately the legacy voltage of only 1.5kV cannot support an electric freight locomotive fleet, which weakens the case for extending electrification.
@@moblet well I don't think there would ever be a case for electric locomotives again in NSW, regardless of 1500DC or 25kv AC
@@james.black981 Why did they get ride of the electric locos?
@@jimzafiriou7808Money. Privatisation. Government capitulation to the private sector. But … money.
13:40 Good ol’ Illawarra Steelers shirt! Just think, they aren’t around anymore and this film/video was made only two years after they entered the NSWRL after a long drawn out campaign to enter the comp multiple times. I remember the electrification of the South Coast line back in the days as it felt like the longest time to complete the task due to the disruption caused to train services between Wollongong and Sydney. I guess they took their time to do a proper job, as it still functions well to this day. To be honest, it still looks as if it was only completed recently because of the job well done by the workforce involved. 👍🏼
Thanks for sharing and thus preserving this treasure! Legend!
I remember when they put new wiring and poles up. Renovation of track using concrete sleepers
I miss city rail and miss the Interurban V Set. It is annoying that they got rid of those electric powered locomotives in exchange for the diesels. They should electrify the Kiama to Nowra section, Macarthur to Goulbourn and Newcastle to Maitland
The electric powered Locomotives were withdrawn from service due to the state government charging pacific national to use the electricity and also because they weren't powerful enough for freight.
Damn. Those glimpses of old Central. Never forget what they took away.
Incredible find!
Aww reminds me of being in High school and watching videos like this.
Do you have and can you post more of these
I'll second that
Fantastic!
7:25 "After the mast is set surveyors check the exact position" ... "That's pretty close there.."
0:41 today's OH&S nannies would have a heart attack if they saw old mate turn up to work like that
Lol yeah so much great examples of what we can't do these days.
Old mate with no shirt,
Blokes without gloves. Crazy times but common sense was a thing back then
Brilliant, thank you.
8:00 Telegraph poles, with telegraph lines still strung? Surely they were decommissioned but left in place, would love to know which section of track that is.
You can tell old mate at 13:40 is a Wollongong local...
A few WHS issues
Its kinda sad that we haven't done more electrification since the kiama electrification in 2004. In this world of climate change and oil prices through the roof it only makes sense that we do newer electrification programs to Bomaderry,Bathurst,Canberra, The Hunter and much more.
Haven't seen any 84's for a long time
Most of the workers would be retired by now
Yes I am!
I was a driver based at Delec (Enfield) and recall working the wiring trains with trusty class 48s down the Illawarra during the wiring process.
They were rough and ready days but it was when the railways meant something and we appeared to be heading somewhere; pardon the pun! 😊
SRA days .. the best
better than privatization
Why did they get rid of electric locos. ?
Private operators found them too expensive to operate and too inconvenient because they had to be swapped out at the ends of the electrified area.
This is what happened to the L Class electrics on the Gippsland
@@leonkernan Then why not introduce bi-mode locomotives for both electric and diesel lines?
Like what the NSW Trainlink are with the CAF units
Because they weren't powerful enough for freight. And the state government charged them to use the electricity. That's why pacific national went back to using diesel.
Go electric they said, then they got rid of the electric locos
Imagine an alt timeline where they electrified the mainlines fully like the Main north to brisbane and electric freight still existing today like the QR coal lines
@@QUBE80CLASS-n3z well i remember a promise of extending the western line elec to Orange but of course it never happened
Why it stopped at Bowenfels when it was supposed to go a bit further
@@QUBE80CLASS-n3z I think as a turning point
@@QUBE80CLASS-n3z It was to capture workers that would live at Bowenfels but it didnt eventuate
For some reason those electrical stauntions fascinated me. Id draw them as a kid and teen. Lattice towers and power poles. I think my being in the orbit of autistic spectrum has Plenty to do with it 😅
As usual journalists are bad at math. 200 mast every kilometre translates to a mast every 5 meters. It probably more like a mast every 50 meters if you look at a railway.
But at least they can spell. It's metres, not meters.
@@JoelDavies-cl6nr They can, you cannot. It's both meters and metres. I can give you links to thousand science and engineering books where it is spelled as meters. As both spellings are correct.
@test143000 water meter, parking meter, gas meter. For the purposes of distance in Australia, we use metre. And i had this clarification from an English teacher from The Sydney Grammar School.
@@JoelDavies-cl6nr In Australia, there is a preference for "meters" over "metres" (55 to 45 for each 100 citations). Go back to school, maaaate.
@@JoelDavies-cl6nr In Australia, there is a preference for "meters" over "metres" (55 to 45 for every 100 citations).