by Andrew Coble
The Blue Mountains of New South Wales present a
formidable natural barrier between Australia's largest
population centre and the bountiful West of the State and
points beyond. Every day, railway traffic must struggle
against steep grades and tight curves in order to conquer
this obstacle.
This two DVD set covers the period 2006 to 2010, and
captures the full variety of workings from Kingswood to
Lithgow over that period. It includes freight, interurban and
long distance passenger, as well as special and one off
trains. It has been filmed in both day and night and in all
weather conditions. This is a production for those that like
to watch the passing parade and for those that will keep
this as a record of the ever changing railway landscape.
The highlights of regular workings include:
Up to 4 C class on coal trains during the period when
this class was prominent as lead units
Lash-ups of up to 5 locos on coal trains including C, 82,
81, G and DL classes
Triple DL class on a Patrick working
Vintage S, 600, K and 48 class units on sleeper and
maintenance trains
Workings with RL, MZ, GL and VL class units
Workings which have now passed into history such as
Trailerail, fuel trains, Patrick intermodal and the ARG
Manildra contract.
The rare and one off workings include:
AK car inspection workings
C class on transfer of withdrawn 86 class electric locos
The Southern Spirit tour train
4501 on a breakdown crane transfer
AN6 leading a Patrick service
C set EMU on a test trip to Springwood
A 5 light engine transfer for ARG.
Duration 134 minutes over 2 discs. Filmed in Hi-Fi Digital. PAL
$45.00 each [ incl postage and handling ]
