Where've ya been by rail?

Skraw · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

The problem with the Eastern Suburbs railway is that the tunnels are only just bigger than the trains I think. When you look out the window the wall seems inches away. Nowhere for the noise to go.

I've realised now probably the only non-standard gauge railway I've been on is Zig Zag! (excepting non-railways like monorails etc).
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simont141 · Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 318 Location: Adelaide

IP, Adelaide to Sydney (and return)
Overland, Adelaide - Melbourne (3 times return)

SA
Pichi Richi: Quorn - Port Augusta probably a couple of hundred times, and also a bit of the Bruce line.
Steamranger: Adelaide - Gawler, and Adelaide - somewhere in the hills, Gawler - Victor
All the main suburban lines

NSW
Central - Lithgow (3 times)
Central - Hornsby (numerous times)
City loop
Central - Bondi
Central - Campbelltown

Vic
Flinders - Belgrave
Puffing Billy to Lakeside
Also caught one out Box Hill way, but can't remember the details (I was very pissed at the time)

WA
Hotham Valley Pinjarra - Dwellingup
Perth - Maitland
(Annoyed because I missed the Mandurah line opening by a couple of months)

Secret Agent · Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 1:58 pm Post subject:

I've been everywhere except one place and you don't need rail or my help to get there! Shit-eating grin

With apoligies to who ever wrote the song "Ive been everywhere"! Laughing

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409 · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 5:45 pm Post subject:

Let's see here.

South Australia

- Adelaide to Gawler Central/Noarlunga Centre/Belair/Outer Harbor/Grange/Tonsley.
- Adelaide to Angaston as well as via Penrice Quarry.
- City West to Glenelg (was an invited guest on the inaugural run from Victoria Square - City West).
- Quorn to Woolshed Flat.
- Goolwa to Victor Harbor.
- Mt Barker to Mt Barker Junction.
- SA portion of the Overland.

Victoria

- Melbourne to Frankston/Werribee/Hurstbridge/Belgrave/Pascoe Vale.
- Frankston to Stony Point.
- Broadmeadows to Seymour.
- Tram routes 55/59/78/16/35/109.

New South Wales

- Berowra to Milson's Point.
-Central Station to Berowra via Parramatta.

Not the biggest list on earth but it isn't backed up by the biggest budget either!
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colinw · Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 4

Queensland:

- Entire Brisbane suburban/interurban system including Pinkenba when it was still open.
- Brisbane & Ipswich freight only branches except Gibson Island - Port of Brisbane, Acacia Ridge, North Ipswich workshops, Churchill, Ebenezer, Wamuran
- Mary Valley branch to Imbil, and old line via Gympie
- Former Brisbane Valley branch to Toogoolawah
- NCL to Cairns
- Cairns - Kuranda - Mareeba - Forsayth (on the Forsayth Mixed)
- Monto Loop - Gladstone - Monto - Mungar
- Kingaroy branch - Theebine - Kingaroy
- Maryborough branch including the spur to EDI/Walkers
- Central line, Rockhampton - Longreach - Winton
- Springsure branch as far as Gindie
- Western line, Toowoomba - Charleville - Cunnamulla
- Quilpie branch - Westgate to Quilpie
- Wandoan Branch - Miles to Wandoan
- Glenmorgan branch from Dalby as far as Tara
- Southern line - Toowoomba - Warwick - Wallangarra
- Millmerran branch - Wyreema - Millmerran
- South Western Line - Warwick - Dirranbandi

New South Wales:
- North Coast Line - Brisbane Roma St to Sydney Central (XPT & Brisbane Limited)
- Main North Line - Wallangarra to Sydney Central (1972 on the Sydney Mail via Wallangarra - my first long distance train journey and a treasured memory)
- Murwillumbah branch
- Sydney suburban lines except Richmond, Cronulla, Bondi Junction and Carlingford
- Sydney - Port Kembla, then Port Kembla - Moss Vale return (Cockatoo run)
- Sydney - Picton - Moss Vale - Robertson - Unanderra - Sydney (3801 limited tour)
- Sydney to Lithgow return
- Royal National Park branch on the tram

Victoria:
- Belgrave line & City Loop
- Spencer St to Bendigo
- Spencer St to Warrrnambool
- Flinders St to Upfield
- Lilydale line
- Puffing Billy as far as Lakeside
- various tram lines

New Zealand:
- Auckland suburban system to Waitakere and Papakura, including the Eastern line. (Old Auckland station - haven't been in to Britomart yet)
- Auckland to Hamilton (Silver Fern railcar).

England:
- Various London Underground lines
- Docklands Light Railway
- Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington
- Bristol Temple Meads - Birmingham New St
- Bath Spa - Bradford on Avon - Westbury
- Westbury - Plymouth
- Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple
- Taunton - Bristol via main line (didn't go in to Weston-super-mare)
- Golden Valley Line - Swindon - Kemble - Stroud - Stonehouse - Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa
- Shrewsbury line - Birmingham New St - Wolverhampton - Cosford (went to the RAF musem there)
- Birmingham local lines (not sure which ones - heritage diesel tour started from Birmingham International)
- WCML - Birmingham New St - Crewe - Manchester Piccadilly - Lancaster
- Morecambe branch - Lancaster - Morecambe
- Buxton Branch from Manchester
- Freight only branch from Buxton via New Forest
- Across the Pennines - Manchester - Sheffield
- ECML - Sheffield - Leeds
- Leeds - Bradford Interchange
- Back across the Pennines again - Bradford Interchange - Halifax - Burnley - Blackburn - Preston. (Wonder where Melbourne got their suburb names from?)
- Birmingham New St - Coventry - Oxford - Didcot
- Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway - Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse

USA
- Los Angeles "Blue Line"
- Los Angeles "Red Line"
- San Diego Trolley

Stick that one up your arse!,
Colin

colinw · Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 4

Queensland:

- Entire Brisbane suburban/interurban system including Pinkenba when it was still open.
- Brisbane & Ipswich freight only branches except Gibson Island. Have been to Port of Brisbane, Acacia Ridge, North Ipswich workshops, Churchill, Ebenezer, Wamuran
- Mary Valley branch to Imbil, and old line via Gympie
- Former Beaudesert Branch, Bethania to Beaudesert
- Former Brisbane Valley branch to Toogoolawah
- NCL to Cairns
- Cairns - Kuranda - Mareeba - Forsayth (on the Forsayth Mixed)
- Monto Loop - Gladstone - Monto - Mungar
- Kingaroy branch - Theebine - Kingaroy
- Maryborough branch including the spur to EDI/Walkers
- Central line, Rockhampton - Longreach - Winton
- Springsure branch as far as Gindie
- Western line, Toowoomba - Charleville - Cunnamulla
- Quilpie branch - Westgate to Quilpie
- Wandoan Branch - Miles to Wandoan
- Glenmorgan branch from Dalby as far as Tara
- Southern line - Toowoomba - Warwick - Wallangarra
- Millmerran branch - Wyreema - Millmerran
- South Western Line - Warwick - Dirranbandi

New South Wales:
- North Coast Line - Brisbane Roma St to Sydney Central (XPT & Brisbane Limited)
- Main North Line - Wallangarra to Sydney Central (1972 on the Sydney Mail via Wallangarra - my first long distance train journey and a treasured memory)
- Murwillumbah branch
- Sydney suburban lines except Richmond, Cronulla, Bondi Junction and Carlingford
- Sydney - Port Kembla, then Port Kembla - Moss Vale return (Cockatoo run)
- Sydney - Picton - Moss Vale - Robertson - Unanderra - Sydney (3801 limited tour)
- Sydney to Lithgow return
- Royal National Park branch on the tram

Victoria:
- Belgrave line & City Loop
- Spencer St to Bendigo
- Spencer St to Warrrnambool
- Flinders St to Upfield
- Lilydale line
- Puffing Billy as far as Lakeside
- various tram lines

New Zealand:
- Auckland suburban system to Waitakere and Papakura, including the Eastern line.
- Auckland to Hamilton (Silver Fern railcar)

England:
- Various London Underground lines
- Docklands Light Railway
- Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington
- Bristol Temple Meads - Birmingham New St
- Bath Spa - Bradford on Avon - Westbury
- Westbury - Plymouth
- Exeter St Davids - Barnstaple
- Taunton - Bristol via main line (didn't go in to Weston-super-mare)
- Golden Valley Line - Swindon - Kemble - Stroud - Stonehouse - Gloucester - Cheltenham Spa
- Shrewsbury line - Birmingham New St - Wolverhampton - Cosford (went to the RAF musem there)
- Birmingham local lines (not sure which ones - heritage diesel tour started from Birmingham International)
- WCML - Birmingham New St - Crewe - Manchester Piccadilly - Lancaster
- Morecambe branch - Lancaster - Morecambe
- Buxton Branch from Manchester
- Freight only branch from Buxton via Peak Forest
- Across the Pennines - Manchester - Sheffield
- ECML - Sheffield - Leeds
- Leeds - Bradford Interchange
- Back across the Pennines again - Bradford Interchange - Halifax - Burnley - Blackburn - Preston. (Wonder where Melbourne got their suburb names from?)
- Birmingham New St - Coventry - Oxford - Didcot
- Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway - Toddington to Cheltenham Racecourse

USA
- Los Angeles "Blue Line"
- Los Angeles "Red Line"
- San Diego Trolley

Stick that one up your arse!,
Colin

Somebody · The Peanut Gallery Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 304

OT to this thread, but welcome to Railbastard Colin Shit-eating grin

. Hope to see your posts around here - always like seeing your views on rail in Queensland Cool

Skraw · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject:

Where haven't you been in Qld, colinw?? That would tell us more!! Smile

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major Pecs · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 62

Dusting off the memory (or possibly popping it out of pickling solution)

Actually, it's all too hard.

I'm glad I went and did
-3801 Silver star, so much new and interesting trackage, all the while with an esky at my feet.
-A nuthouse QLD trip many years ago. Did the entire north coast, Mt isa, Gulflander, Savannahlander to Cairns, yaraka goods. Covered a lot of miles in 2 weeks.
-Mildura and Murrayville in 2002
-last train to Foster (vic)
-Fort William to Mallaigh by steam (UK)

I regret never doing
-Steam Melbourne to Adelaide just before the end of BG.

I really want to do
-Sandy Hollow line. There was a tin hare trip last year, full out before I even got close to booking.

I'm off to do
-Budapest to places south
-Eurostar

colinw · Joined: 07 May 2008 Posts: 4

Quite a few regrets here too, most of which are utterly impossible because I wasn't born yet or happened when I was a kid:

- never got past Toogoolawah on the Brisbane Valley - last tour ran in 1988 before I was interested.
- would have loved to have seen Brisbane's trams in their full glory. Time machine fantasy is going back to about 1960 and assassinating Clem Smile

- in NSW, would have loved to have seen the height of the age of steam. 36s and 38s on the Newcastle Flyer, garratts on heavy coalies.
- In QLD - the rack railway at Mt Morgan.
- SA/NT - the 3'6" to Alice Springs, and the old NAR out of Darwin. Just love the ambience of outback lines.

Overseas regrets:
- would have loved to have seen the 3'6" system in Newfoundland, Canada - now completely removed - the provincial Government sold its soul for a couple of hundred million CA$ of highway funding and now there isn't a single mile of operating rail on the island. Same thing happened on Prince Edward Island as well, and I sometimes wonder if Newfoundland's fate is what awaits Tasmania.
- the electric lines of the Milwaukee Road in Washington - all gone now.
- the Pacific Electric "Red Cars" of Los Angeles - would have loved to have seen LA when it was the home of one of the greatest urban rail operations in the world.
- the Woodhead route from Manchester to Sheffield in the UK. 1500V DC mainline electrification.

ninthnotch · Site Admin Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 2340

Funny thing is I don't regret not travelling on X, Y or Z branchline: I regret not seeing them, even if by car. I missed due to my age the era of being able to travel anywhere by rail as a paying non-tour passenger and even in tours in Victoria even travelling at all on most lines is an impossibility now I have the disposable income to do so.

I'm probably the oldest of this generation of railfans - dwindling as it is - that simply would rather get in a car and have a look at a location or a branchline (or what's left of it) than try to travel it on a tour. I was lucky to go where I have on tours and passes (last Leongatha pass, Maryvale behind a G and then a Y, Oaklands, Maryborough-Ararat) when I did, but I was probably too young to really appreciate it.

I'm much more pleased that I chased certain trains like the massive grain lashups of 2003-2004, a Dookie grain with a P class, pre SG Adelaide freights, V/Line orange everywhere, Spotswood sand trains and briquettes.

I haven't travelled overseas (finances, then a young family has prevented this) as yet, so there's a lot of unfinished business overseas...
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DRR_Fireman · Joined: 08 Aug 2008 Posts: 5

TAS
-Devonport to Burnie
-Devonport to Westbury
-Burnie to Primrose
-Queenstown to Regatta point (3 times)
-Don to Coles beach (Don Junction) (That many times I cant remember)

NSW
-Penrith to Sydney

882seu4me · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 46

Here is a list of what is difficult to do now:

Redfern to Darling Harbour, Wentworth Park and on to Chullora and back via Flemington and Strathfield to Redfern Steam hauled.
Central West Express when hauled by 44 then 46 from Lithgow down.
Silver City Comet from Orange to Dubbo.
The Original Indian Pacific from Lithgow to Bathurst one night.
Tin Hare from Parkes to Tullamore (Tottenham Branchline) and a mixed train on the same line wherein the last carriage (with me in it) became separated.
Tin Hares from Sutherland to Heathcote.

Well done the rest of you!!
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el shunto · Joined: 12 Jun 2007 Posts: 335

It's a quiet afternoon.

NSW:
All the current Sydney suburban lines, all the car sheds, Eveleigh, Elstons, Lavender bay, Manitrain/Clyde Dn & Up yards, Botany (inc the Ampol siding at Gelco), Meeks Rd, Rozelle/White bay, Enfield/DELEC, Chullora workshops, Trackfast, Elcar, Chullora Ind, Pipita (before Olly Pk), Sandown, Leightonfield, Yennora, Glenlee. Sydney to: Bomaderry, Inner Harbour, Outer Harbour, Unanderra - MossVale, Canberra, Picton - Buxton. Don't think I've been south of Demondrille but I have been out to Cowra from there. West as far as Blayney, Clarence Colliery. Sydney - Moree inc BMD yards and Port Waratah. Never been past the first station on the line into Nukes. North Coast right to Brisbane, also to Murwillumbah.

Vic:
Albury - SSS on the BG. SSS - Ballarat. City Loop to: Balaclava, Glen Waverley, Williamstown, Werribee, Craigieburn.

QLD:
Border Loop - Roma St on SG. Roma St to Beenleigh. That's it, I think.

SA
Some TransAdelaide action, Grange, Outer Harbour, Belair, Noarlunga, Mawson Interchange.

WA
Some grain train action out of Katanning.

NT
Never, never been there.

Tas
Nope.

I haven't even tried to travel over all the NSW lines, really doesn't float my boat. It's not the cost that's holding me back from spending hours on Clink to fill in the gaps there...