Excellent video brings back a lot of memories riding on the rattlers. Many thanks.

Good old days, well before "Doors closing, please stand clear" announcement aboard the train! People didn't whine and moan about no air conditioning back then, you just accepted it and got on with life. I used to love the sound of the tractions motors when riding in a power car. Remembered a driver standing up to drive, stool pushed to one side, wearing sand shoes, stubbies and T-shirt with a ciggie in his mouth one summer, he would get suspended for that dress today. The rattlers used to get along at a cracking pace when wound up, give an interurban a run for its money. Classic video, much enjoyed.

Some seriously good footage there mate! You must have a had a great video camera (for the era) and knew how to use it! Thank God for people like you recording these everyday scenes that would otherwise be lost to time. Many thanks for giving this ex commuter some great memories. 👍🏻

Those red rattlers were the trains I used used to take toward the end of my time at primary school from Town Hall to Gordon in the mid sixties. There were also older ones with Bradfield power cars and wooden carriages which used on occasion to break down climbing the steep grade from Wynyard to The Bridge. This really is a blast from the past.

I miss that time. The smell the sounds of the red rattlers.

I slightly remember the red rattlers in the early 1990s as a very young child. I love how the trains used to fly in and out of Central. Unfortunately, these days, Sydney trains travel at a snails pace, even exiting Central towards the suburbs. 🤭. Incredible footage, thank you so much for sharing. 😊

I remember how those old seats were so comfy. And so much fresh air with the doors open. We all had enough common sense to ride these trains and not fall out the door. Nowadays there would be hundreds of fatalities. Also, people on the train actually looking out the window, not staring at a phone.

Great video, Mid 80’s by the looks of it, those were the days I grew up in Quakers hill so seeing that brought great memories back 👌👌👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇺🇦🇺

I grew up in chester hill great memories thankyou

Great work .... your filming is first class ... thankyou for uploading

The dreaded 'red rattlers'. The hours of my life spent standing in the aisle or doorway of those beasts. Just the sounds, let alone the vision, bring back so many memories.

Ahhh Sydney in the mid 80’s….back when the place wasn’t overcrowded,overdeveloped and no apartment invasion yet

Wow! Excellent video. I remember all this so well when living up in Sydney prior to moving in 1981. I remember riding the single deck red rattlers to and from work during the week on a daily basis. As a child, I even remember riding in wooden single deck red train carriages on rare occasions. I used to live on the Bankstown train line.

We moved to Blacktown, an outer Western Sydney suburb in 1955. Those red rattlers terminated at Blacktown until late ‘55 when rail line to Penrith was finally electrified. Another point virtually all the rail crossings were “level crossings “ with gates and 24 hour rail staff to open and close them. Ah such memories!

this is brilliant video footage i remember riding these trains

Great footage of a great era

Before the world was broken 😢

Im from Adelaide i remember them they were called the red ratler and we had the redhens Awesome vid😃👍

The good old Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

Ah Lovely. Did you notice not a single phone 😮

That VLine at 15:37 looks like it’s towing The Spirit of Progress combined with those silver Southern Aurora the interstate Sydney to Melbourne

I remember these trains and how kids thought they were so fun without any fear in them hanging out of the doors and windows and riding between the cars trying to get a rise out of there parents so much fun lol. Today's trains no fun at all makes you miss the goid old days and what we had.

Love seeing Seven Hills Station as I grew up there. As a small kid I remember the level crossing there and all The traffic.

I still remember the smell of the brakes coming into Warwick Farm station from Cabramatta downhill run good gallop.

why sit when you could hang out the doors👍

I can smell the burning metal And the noise , the relentless noise No need for namby pamby doors either

Oh God, Great Memories, the old Red Rattlers !!. Caught them to School, then to Work at Surry Hills, also woke up a few times late at night, after it had Terminated just past Hornsby. Great days, before the World went Nuts, well done on the Footage 👍👍👍👍

the red rattlers were the best, loved them so much

Luv the AP6 Valiant !

Those open doored carriages where a blast , real seat of your pants ride. Today Sydney has become just another bland globalized metropolis.

I remember sometimes you couldn’t shut those doors!

Those red rattlers sure were noisy to travel in. You wouldnt have been able to talk on your mobile phone annoying everyone else on those haha

When Sydney was a fun place to live. This reminds me of my weekend outings going into the city by train. Also my high school days of jigging with my friends. "You feel like school? ... nah ""ok we'll train it to the city and bus it to Bondi" lol P.s Omg at the end. A train announcement in an Aussie dilect hahaha haven't heard that in a while.

15:30. V line Diesel it has to be the Southern Aurora Spirit of Progress was I think run by the NSW Government but Southern had all silver carriages 🤔

Lol anyone remember stopping at MacDonald town?when it did

Remember going on the train for 30 cents a ticket. The old red rattlers.

Those cars are still waiting for the green light at Riverstone lol

Those were the days

Wow, those subtitles - is that Pinnacle Studio 8?

Doug Mullray used to call the Sydney Melbourne express 'the great misnomer of our time'

I’m guessing late 80s early 90s?

Wow. Schofield station has been moved now and all that land is houses.

Sensational❤The Warriors 🤘

Always think those days were better

around 1980 ?

We where free!,

It is kind of extraordinary to think that we were allowed to travel on trains without functioning doors for so long. Was human life considered to be so cheap back then?

Is this your video?

Great memories but those trains were atrocious, so hot in summer with asbestos brake dust blowing in the windows, you get home and your nose was full of black whatever, winter mornings so cold, so cold then someone farts and the trains were so loud and never on bloody time. Smoking or non smoking cars but you forget and light up in the non smoker oops. Tele in the morning , sun or mirror in the arvo leave it stuck down the side of the seat for the next traveler. Those were the days my friend ....