Where've ya been by rail?

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

Dunno if this is more suited here or the Public Bar.. But anyway. Where have you traveled by rail in Australia? Brag about it here.

I'll start off with where I have traveled - embarrassing, I know.

VICTORIA:
All Melbourne suburban lines. Minus one tunnel in the CBD, which I don't give a fuck about
All of the V/Line interurban lines (Bendigo-Eaglehawk, Geelong-Marshall, Ballarat, Seymour & Traralgon)
V/Line intercity trains to Warrnambool, Bairnsdale, Swan Hill, Albury and Echuca.
Overland to Adel and return
XPT up to Campbelltown
Albion-Jacana BG line (had the opportunity to ride Sunshine-Newport but had to decline)

NEW SOUTH WALES:
All of the Sydney suburban lines - including the Y-link and Olympic Park direct.
All of the electrified interurban lines - that's Newcastle, Lithgow, Kiama, Port Kembla. All on V sets.
Hunter line from Newcastle to Telarah
Xploder to Canberra, XPT to Melbourne

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:
All TransAdelaide lines - even the stupid ones like Tonsley. Riden both poxboxes and Jumbos to Gawler, Noarlunga and Belair.
Overland from Melb and back to Melb

OVERSEAS:
When I was quite a lot younger. Can't be bothered listing 'em.

By the end of the year I should have added some rides in WA, QLD and NT to that list.

Bwana · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:56 am Post subject:

Good topic. For me:

NSW

Entire suburban network EXCEPT Homebush-North Stratty, South Meeks Road, Botany line, Merrylands-Harris Park.

Royal National Park and Sandown before pax services suspended

North to Murwhillumbah, Qld Border, Scone, Newcastle

West to Dubbo

South to Albury and Griffith

South Coast to Port Kemble, Bomaderry and Moss Vale, also Unanderra-Lysaghts.

Vic

Spencer Street (back then) to Albury

City loop

Flinders St - Belgrave

Belgrave - Lakeside
Are we including trams? If so, just around the city and to St Kilda

Qld

Nambour-Roma St

Robina-Domestic Airport

Roma St-NSW border

SA

Victoria Square - Glenelg

OS

Auckland-Wellington
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frozensquirrel · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:14 am Post subject:

This is a real good topic, makes me think a tad too hard for before 0700 though!

SA:
Adelaide-Belair (when the Redhens run the rails)
Adelaide-Elizabeth
Adelaide-Riverton (behind 520)
Adelaide-Melbourne (in the BG days behind N class)
Quorn-Woolshed Flat (WAGR W933 for memory...)
Tram ride City to Morhett Road

NT:
Alice Springs-Adelaide
The "Old Ghan" NG tourist train twice (DH14 and NSU58)

WA:
Perth-Adelaide (NR39 was the loco all the way)

VIC:
Melbourne-Frankston
Melbourne-Aircraft
Melbourne-Macaulay (spelling?)
Melbourne-Geelong
Melbourne-Adelaide (BG Overland)
Melbourne-Albury (both XPT & BG services)
Melbourne-Seymour (it was in 1992 and the K class steamer run into a spot of bother with a jammed cylinder, pushed back to Melbourne by X40 and its consist)
Tram trips around Melbourne City

NSW:
Somewhere in the 'burbs into Central in a silver set of double decker carriages...
A ride on the tram from Star City Casino to Central

QLD:
Kuranda tourist train, couple of 1720s at the sharp end.

Besides that, fuck all really.

TheLoadedDog · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:44 am Post subject:

Not actually that much, when I think about it...

NSW

All Sydney metro passenger lines except Carlingford (must get around to that), metro goods, homebush - Nth Strathfield. Main South to Melbourne, West to Orange, and Short North. And down da 'gong, of course.

VIC

In from the NSW border. Several lines I forget, but in close to the CBD. Longer journeys on the Belgrave and Werribee lines.

QLD
A short hop in the city - about two stops, I think - just to say I'd been on a Queensland train.

Hong Kong
All over the joint on the MTR (but it was smaller then) including the Airport Line. Also took a run out to the border on the KCR.

I've also been on the Royal National Park line in Sydney, and the Port Melbourne and St Kilda ones in Melbourne, but by uh... tram. Shit-eating grin

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bingley_hall · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:18 am Post subject:

This could take a while:

South Australia

Metro:

Surprisingly not all of the metro lines - never been on the Grange branch or beyond Port Adelaide and only been to Gawler on specials or country pass.

Regular trains:
Adelaide to Peterborough - last regular pass (Bluebird)
Adelaide to Port Augusta - Whyalla pass (Budd)
Adelaide to Watson (Tea & Sugar)

Specials:
Adelaide to Roberstown (800 class)
Adelaide to Burra (830 class)
Adelaide to Angaston (X class)
Adelaide to Port Augusta (CLP)
Adelaide to Gladstone (GM/22)
Adelaide to Victor Harbor (520/Rx)
Adelaide to Cambrai (Bluebird)
Adelaide to Broken Hill (Bluebird)
Penfield branch (Rx)

Interstate Trains

Overland
Intercapital Daylight (Campbelltown to Melbourne)
Sydney Express
Melbourne Express
Ghan (not beyond Alice Springs)
Indian Pacific (Adelaide to Sydney)
AK cars (Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta)

More to come.

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

In Noo Souf:

Morrisset-Sydney on V sets twice (1980's and 1999) and Sydney-Wyong by V set.M

We changed at Wyong as the V set clapped out and got on a 620-class railmotor with my dad and his mates in the 1980's.

Zig Zag four times, the last three times were cabrides Cool

Sydney-Melbourne by overnight Slug - stopped at Moss Vale for 25 minutes when the cops came and took some bloke who tried to punch the conductor out for stopping him smoking a bong on the train. His mates occupied the toilets and passed out.

Souf Aus:

Melbourne-Adelaide via Overdue three times. Once on BG via Ballarat and Ararat with N457 in 1994, crossing BL-700-930 at Buangor, fucking magnificent until I ate the catering, got the shits. Once on SG with CLP16 in 1997, uneventful but the cars were definitely worn out. Once with BL29 in SteelLink and an NR (I think NR90) back in 2000. There were a party of strippers in the next car. Shit-eating grin

Keswick-Adelaide-Gawler and Dry Creek-Adelaide-Keswick with a 3000-class in 1997, think I went to somewhere on the Noarlunga line, and on that busway as well.
Keswick-Kalgoorlie with CLP9-CLP16 same time in 1997 (CLP9 dropped off at Pt. Disgusting) on a former BD sitter, there was a Budd car or Bluebird trailer as the next vehicle. It was more rooted than the BJ I had.

Pichi Richi to the Saltbush Flat in the Coffee Pot on its last run before a long overhaul in 1992

West Aus:
The Boulder Loop line.

Victoria:
All suburban locations including Port Melbourne as a wee kid and Flemington Racecourse.
Stony Point twice (X38 once, H2 the other time)
Seymour repeatedly,
Geelong in a pass and about four tours,
Redan line in a DRC and Ballarat in 1987 in an aircon BE,
Traralgon twice (once behind R707 and once with G532 and 17BE)
Maryvale behind Y143 on the same trip,
Ballarat-Marybugger-Avoca-Ararat-Melbourne on the last BG tour with R707
Warragul in a swingdoor
Bendigo in a DERM and in a Velocity and N set
Tocumwal three times
Oaklands
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Skraw · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:49 am Post subject:

Bugger work for a minute, why can't we be paid to do this sort of shite?

My travels, I've just noticed, are almost completely limited to NSW within Australia.
NSW
Most of Sydney Metro except Carlingford line and Richmond line. Unbelievable considering I live about 10 minutes from Carlingford.
Gold Coast Motorail to Murwillumbah, North Coast Mail to Coffs Harbour (that was our equivalent of Schoolies Week back then!)
Northern Tablelands Express (RUB, HUB, DUB or some farken rail motor type thing) to Glen Innes on Main North - if only we'd gone on to Tenterfield!!
IP to Broken Hill returning on Silver City Comet and Western Mail from Parkes.
Spirit of Progress (or Slowness as we called it) to Albury.
Riverina Express to Cootamundra, CPH Rail Motor to Tumut. Crying or Very sad

Bomaderry to Sydney on some diesel hauled beast back in the 80s.
Newcastle on V-sets.
Moree on North West Mail and Narrabri later on Explorer.
Zig Zag railway.
Cooma to Chakola on CPH with the CMR tourist railway (wish I'd done the Cooma Mail!!)

So many now closed lines I never went on and regret. Some would envy the ones I have done I guess that are no more.

QLD
Cannon Hill to city, Airport to city.
Kuranda tourist train.

Vic
Some suburban train a million years ago. Think it was green.

That's it I think.

Europe
Exhausted two Eurail passes there years ago. Too many to list. Went on TGV in France. Barcelona had best metro then. Greece had shittiest trains. Train on a ship on the way to Copenhagen was a highlight! Endless tunnels in Switzerland too. A steam trip in Scotland - Kingussie to Aviemore IIRC. Rack railway in Austria.

SE Asia
Singapore to Kuala Lumpur - coldest A/C in the world!

Japan
Some local trains out of Fukuoka. Fukuoka to Tokyo on Shinkansen! All paid for by work!
Tokyo metro.

North America
Bugger all really except for the Vancouver Skytrain.

Africa
Cairo to Aswan in first class - you'd die in 3rd class!
Kampala to Kasese in Uganda - train derailed, this is quite a story that I might relate another time.
Dar es Salaam to Mbeya on the TAZARA (Chinese built) line Tanzania.
Local trains in Capetown South Africa.

Jeez now I sound like a complete wanker! Embarassed

[edited to add a bit I'd forgotten]
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Bwana · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject:

Forgot - Spencer Street to Sandringham.
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Argus Tuft · Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 1285 Location: Jakarta

Could take a while. Maybe just note the ones I liked. Nah, try to remember most.

NSW
Gunnedah to Gosford (I don't remember much. Was only an ankle biter)
Gosford to Sydney Central, quite a few times. Before they had electrics.
Gosford to Newcastle. Remember that one because we were in a dog box.
Sydney to Albury, Riverina. 38 and RUB
Tumut to Singleton. Cadet camps. R car to Sydney then open enders to the Hunter.
Tumut to Liverpool. Same
Casino to Sydney to Melbourne. Joined RAAF. Forget if we changed at Albury. Pissed by then. 1963 should have been straight through on SG I think.
Sydney to Casino. Got some luxury for myself. TAM sleeper.
Sydney Central to Parkes. CWE I think. Parkes to Peak Hill goods guards van. Mid 1960s before they had all this safety shit.
Marulan to Central. End of R&R from the Nam.
Broadmeadow to Brisbane. XPT
International to Newcastle (Change at Central) Recent years Interurban.
Central to Thirlmere. Almost hesitate to include that - behind the green dildo. Off the flight from Jakarta, electric Airport to Central then changed to tour train to RTM.
Campbelltown to Canberra. Exploder.
Some suburban lines. Not many.

Qld
Ipswich to Central
Airport to Robina

Vic
A few suburban lines.
Flinders St to Sale
Spencer St to Albury, but only to get a train onwards.

SA
Salisbury to WRE. Red Hen to work.
Steam Ranger tour to the South.
Pichy Richi railway.

Over seas
Grantham to London. Did that a few times. Beats tryng to find somewhere to park.
Grantham to Scotland. My memory is getting too bad. Changed at Edinburgh and got sort of rail motor they call DMU to this place up north near the RAF Nimrod base.
Sleaford to Lincoln. Local trip.
Bloody names too hard, but a narrow gauge track in Wales. Tourist trip.
Jakarta to Surabaya.
Jakarta to Jogjakarta.
Jakarta to Bandung.
Jakarta to Semarang.
Medan to Rantauprapat.
Singapore MRT.
KL airport terminal transfer (does that count?)
KL airport to KL city.
Amsterdam (Schipol Airport) to Hannover.
Hannover local trains.
Ultrecht to Alphen aan den Rijn
Den Haag to Leiden.
Amsterdam Central to Schipol.

Probably some more I'll think of later. The States and Canada. Where did I get on a train over there? Some good memories amongst these. Over 50 years worth. Used up my lunch time compiling that list.
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johnmc · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:59 pm Post subject:

Very good topic indeed. My list is a touch on the anal side, it's mildly disturbing that I can remember this in such detail. Embarassed

Qld As passenger or in the course of work:

Brisbane Pretty well everything.
Shorncliffe - Roma St (First rail trip ever was Sandgate-Brunswick St)
Northgate - Caboolture
Eagle Junction - Pinkenba
Eagle Juntion - Domestic Terminal
Bowen Hills - Ferny Grove
Bowen Hills - New Farm (Now closed Sad

)
Roma St - Exhibition - Bowen Hills
Roma St - Robina (Via Sth Brisbane)
Park Road - Cleveland
Cannon Hill - Cannon Hill Saleyards (Now closed Sad

)
Salisbury - Acacia Ridge (Narrow gauge)
Yeerongpilly - Tennyson - Corinda
Roma St - Rosewood
Box Flat - Swanbank (QPSR Heritage railway)
Cabanda - Kunkala (ARHS Heritage railway)
Expo 88 Monorail (Might as well get ridiculous Razz

)

Country Qld
Rosewood - Toowoomba - Cunnamulla
Westgate - Quilpie
Toowoomba - Dirranbandi
Caboolture - Rockhampton - Townsville - Cairns
Nambour - Dunethin Rock (Nambour 2ft cane system, now closed Sad

)
Gympie - Imbil
Maryborough - Maryborough West
Mungar - Monto
Rockhampton - Nerimbera (Yeppoon branch)
Rockhampton - Jericho
Jericho - Yaraka
Townsville - Mount Isa
Flynn - Phosphate Hill
Normanton - Croydon
Forsayth - Mt Surprise

Rest of Oz
Roma St - Sydney Central
Murwillumbah - Casino
Hornsby - Sydney Central
Sydney City Circle
Sydney - Canberra
Zig Zag.
That Bloody Sydney Monorail

Overseas
Malaysia
Sabah: Kota Kinabalu - Beaufort - Tenom
Peninsular Malaysia: Butterworth - Bangkok ("International Express")
Another one for the KL International Airport to Domestic terminal transfer. Razz

Thailand
Bangkok - Ayutthaya
Bangkok - Aranyaprathet (Cambodian border)
Bangkok - Mahachai - Samut Songkhram (this is the "train goes through the market" line, which has been on youtube a bit as of late.
Bangkok - Nam Tok (Burma Railway remnant)
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Secret Agent · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:

Adelaide Metro, just about everywhere including the Hendon and Finsbury branches.
SA country again just about everywhere you could go. Ridden everything from 55 railcars to 3000 class, have driven Redhens, Bluebirds, Jumbo's and 3000/3100 class railcars on mainlines, decades back though, and never have been a qualified driver.

Interstate
Overland (Broad gauge only).
Intercapital Daylight (worst trip ever)Sydney to Melbourne
Indian Pacific( Peterborough to Sydney)
Melbourne metro various lines and trams.
Sydney around the underground,Central to Circular Quay and back to Central. (Noisest trip ever). Cool

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Skraw · Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

Secret Agent · Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:58 pm Post subject:

Was not open when I was there and if you say holy crap at the end then it must be bad! Holy Crap Batman! Shit-eating grin

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Maaaark · Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 54 Location: Hangar 18

In the course of work:
Dry Creek - Pt Augusta
- Broken Hill
- Penrice (BG)
- Saddleworth (BG)
- Apamurra
- Loxton
- Pinnaroo
- Melbourne
Thevenard - Kevin (NG)

And countless locations in between.

CHWYSTAN · Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 72

Lots round Melbourne; a bit in Perth, Adelaide and Sydney.

Younger days: Southhampton to London on the Boat Train (1964); London underground (a few times in the 60s); Paris underground (while 'doing' the continent in the 60s); Bendigo to Melbourne and back (a few times in the 60s); Canberra to Melbourne overnight - our carriage getting hooked onto the ex-Sydney at Yass (a few times in the 70s); Canberra to Sydney (a few times in the 80s and 90s); Melbourne to Adelaide overnight and return (2001/2).
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