Spirit of Progress - Australia's Wonder Train

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dt91c

Күн бұрын

Full 1937 promotional film for the Victorian Railways train 'Spirit of Progress'

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@letsseeif 5 ай бұрын

As a small boy I travelled on 'the Spita' as we called it. [Early 1940s.]

@michaelquinn9024 6 ай бұрын

Great video dt91c and so interesting. The workshop workers 90 years ago are not only unbelievably skilled but better dressed than 99% of men in my office in 224!

@kellyswoodyard 3 ай бұрын

This level of tradesmanship, is gone. My stepfather did his trade, cabinet maker/joiner, at the Ballarat workshop, where he started his apprenticeship at 13. He went to the second world war, came home and went back to the railways in his old job. His quality of work was exceptional.

@mikevale3620 Жыл бұрын

Astonishing workmanship! The four layers of soundproofing in the floors of each car are apparent even today as these now 85 years old carriages are still very quiet to travel in. A testament to the craftsmanship that much more recently built carriages are now scrapped.

@cprgreaves 8 ай бұрын

Weight: Significant that in the video so many sub-sections can be lifted by one or two workers! Overseas viewers looking at a map will wonder why a train running from Melbourne (Victoria) and towards Sydney (NSW) terminates at Albury (on the border. And that this is progress!

@denisblades1375 Жыл бұрын

The good old days when manufacturing was done by skilled Australian workers in our own country. Now we just buy cheap crap from overseas!

@MySteamChannel Жыл бұрын

Cool Video, thanks.

@Eleina1951 Жыл бұрын

Australia's wonder train? Then why was she hidden away so that a lookalike could be ran on the standard gauge line under her name? She should have kept running on the Melbourne to Albury broad gauge line while the standard gauge version went through to Sydney under a different name. The Interstate Spirit comes to mind. It would've been the honest thing to do!!!!

@VictorianTransportHistory 11 ай бұрын

May I use your footage for a video i am working on?

@RonMosman Жыл бұрын

I would like to know what, if any, of The Spirit of Progress has been preserved. What of the streamlined locos? Any preserved?

@doubletrigger Жыл бұрын

Most of the carriages are preserved with various preservation groups. Sadly the locos were scrapped in the 1950s

@Reserve.s Жыл бұрын

None of locos were preserved, but some of the tenders have been saved from scrap.

@johnhumphreys3246 Жыл бұрын

Most of the cars canbe found at seymour Heritage Railway Center and are in an operation condition on the standard gauge.

@Eleina1951 Жыл бұрын

@johnhumphreys3246 No! The cars at Seymour belong ro the original 1937 broad gauge Spirit of Progress! She has to remain broad gauge under preservation rules! They had to build a standard gauge version of her but the question is what is it made of?

@johnhumphreys3246 Жыл бұрын

The standard gauge Spirit from 1962 was made up of car drawn from the exciting fleet of Carr. Which were S and Z cars to gether with a couple stainless steel car and power van.