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Eastern Suburbs Railway ... A Reality!
A 20 minute AudioVisual (slides with sound) presentation on the
newly completed Eastern Suburbs Railway (ESR), converted to a film.
From the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive. |
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Public Transport Commission of N.S.W. |
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| Date: |
June 1979 |
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| Download: |
PTC ESR AV 79 (620 MB) |
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Go Electric
An 18.5 minute film on the extensions to NSW railway electrification
carried out in the early 1980s, previously transferred to videotape.
The works were managed and carried out by the SRA itself, in the era
before neoliberal ideology and private sector outsourcing became dominant.
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State Rail Authority of N.S.W. |
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| Date: |
1984 |
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| Download: |
SRA Go Electric 84 (144 MB) |
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From Steam To The X2000 Tilt Train
This 7.5 minute video is the first of two X2000 promotional videos
made by the SRA, when three Swedish X2000 cars were brought to
NSW for testing. Although diesel XPT hauled in NSW, the X2000
is an electric train. Factors that worked against introducing these tilt
trains were the Xplorer fleet was then brand new, the tilt trains would
have required electrification be extended to Canberra and there was a
change of government on 25th March 1995.
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State Rail Authority of N.S.W. (CountryLink) |
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| Date: |
1994 |
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| Download: |
SRA From Steam To The X2000 94 (47 MB)
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Leaning Towards The Future
This 6 minute video is the second of two X2000 promotional videos
made by the SRA, when three Swedish X2000 cars were brought to
NSW for testing. Although promoting the trial service to Canberra,
VHS tapes containing this recording were sold on-board the train as
souvenirs. The twice-a-day tilt train service to Canberra ran between
23rd April and 18 June 1995.
| Organisation: |
State Rail Authority of N.S.W. (CountryLink) |
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| Date: |
1995 |
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| Download: |
SRA Leaning Towards The Future 95 (18 MB) (Stereo audio)
(Convered from WMV file, to be redigitised at higher resolution.)
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60 second television commercial for Freight Services. Featuring :-
- new diesel loco 8101 in Candy
- electrified track with prominent overhead wiring
- Port Waratah coal loader
- loco hauled car carriers and hopper wagons
- mainframe computer facility in Railway House
- station Parcels Office and Trackfast parcel service. |
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| Organisation: |
State Rail Authority of N.S.W. |
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| Date: |
November 1982 |
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SRAdFr82 (3 MB)
(Converted from AVI file, to be redigitised at higher resolution) |
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These video files are made available for the purposes of research, study
and review.
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Sydney Electric Train Society
www.sets.org.au
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