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A lot in this Ron Christie report hasn't and probably won't be built in my liftime. Too much talk, no action.

Why Sputnik? Because Sydney and Australia loves communism and no freedom. Sydney is shit.

Anyone who’s lost signals on the Campbelltown to CBD service around Holsworthy will tell you that absolutely every NSW train service should have onboard free wifi. It’s bloody ridiculous that we don’t.

Anyone who’s lost signals on the Campbelltown to CBD service around Holsworthy will tell you that absolutely every NSW train service should have onboard free wifi. It’s bloody ridiculous that we don’t.

Just watching this reminds me how far behind the mbta is… I’m lucky that my line (Kingston line) has full high level platforms, and (assuming we have a fully bilevel set) we have automatic doors! Yes, not all mbta trains have automatic doors. Most on the north side are manually opened, and manually closed… we do have air conditioning in all cars tho.

Problem with the current government ordering replacements for the Tangara is the last 2 orders Labor government made for new trains failed (for reasons that have become someone fluid) to run on the T4 line leaving only Tanagaras on that line, I'm concerned we'll all be walking which was a suggestion when a Millenium train shutdown the line between Mirana and Sutherland. Chris Minns is also all about locally built transportation while pointing a finger at the former Liberal government while forgetting it was his own party who outsourced the Waratah building to China rather than going with a locally built train from UGL which would have been the actual successor to the Tangara

This was very informative a bit fast for me, but overall good info. I can always watch this again. Loving it though, im looking at a career in train driving. Looking forward to the next video. Thank you

I was an Instrument and autopilot tech and instructor on the F111D and F111A from 1971 to 1980 in the USAF. I was tech rep for the Australian Blackhawks stationed at Townsville AU in 2005 to 2006. I liked living in Australia very much. My dream would have been to be a tech rep on the Australian F111s and be stationed in the lovely town of Brisbane, Perth, Gladstone, or Townsville. These are the towns or cities I have be to in Australia and I liked them all.

Fantastic video, amazing detail, thanks :)

Won't happen.

Time for intelligent design that allows for easier maintenance and upgrading.

red rattlers were timbers only thay rattle the other were just single deck my dad was one of the guards on the fish & chips and I delivered the traction motor on the tanga trains to Ganions in Newcastle

Im mad now knowing that a line between Hurstville and Strathfield was suggested...as someone who goes on the A3 numerous times a week...imagine how less congested it would be.

I discovered that this line existed well over 60 years ago, and could have told you lots of little details about the line and the company that owned it. Sadly, I never got to travel on it. All that memory has vanished.

I don't know if others remember the Toronto Express to/from Sydney. The train from Sydney would run a bit down from the junction, points would be changed and the train make its way onto the branch platform. The mainline loco would be uncoupled while the branch line one was coupled at what would now be the head of the train. Local passengers would alight and board, and about 10 minutes after the train had arrived from Sydney, it would head off to Lake Macquarie. A couple of hours later, the train would return from Toronto, all the steps would be reversed and the train head south. It would take quite a bit of work to re-instate the branch line but in theory it could be done. The new services could include a through train to Sydney. I don't know about you, but I can't see it happening. Can you?

Good on you for this presentation Govts are addicted to motor taxes and don’t like rural efficient passenger services

great video thank you

Building properly on a flood plain is possible. It's called a Queenslander. They're dirt cheap and very functional, especially in hot weather. Just don't let the owners enclose anything below the flood line.

I've experienced riding in a red rattler on historic tours.

For all we might know some Mariyungs might end up on the suburban network as Tangara 2.0 😂

I loved the Red Rattlers, best trains ever and I do miss them. The new Chinese built trains have no soul

no wonder the metro was 100 years in the making!, almost every suburb has a metro station! I guess bus services could have been made obsolete. What happens if suburbs move ?

Your subways and the regional rail network are one system?

Lol at 'Win-YAHDD'

In the Eastern suburbs that's where the RICHES lived

I was about 14 when the Toronto line closed. I done some silly things back then. I broke my big toe walking along the line one day. Me and my mate use to jump out of the train into the water as it went over Stoney Creek. The trouble we would get into today doing that. 💯

If it actually happens, I think they'll be locally built B-sets.

I love your comment. As a northern beaches guy, I welcome any train line (or any further road upgrades, such as duplication and raising of Wakehurst Parkway to make it not to flood, also nature can crawl under the road) and a road tunnel connecting the wakehurst parkway to postponed beaches tunnel). Too bad I live in a world full of fuckwits that i should fight them teeth and bone..... Or maybe just move every CBD related shit and whatnot out west and if those people in the east whinge about, give them 2 options, ether they get their fair share and no blocking of upgrades (which has to be locked in by government) or everything get moved out west.

where would cessnock station go

Question for you - if you don't mind: Strathfield. Platform 3. Signal at the end of the platform Green/Yellow. Signal just west of the platform Green/Yellow. How does that work? Is it the one at the end of the platform a.... No it can't be, as other times it seems to work as per what you explained.

Looking forward to your next video.

Sorry, my OCD kicked in. 17:11 The train is entering the platform (1) but the light is RED. Slight goof? Just asking. Oh! Those RED signals are if the train is going the other way?

What was that round thing looking suspiciously like a UFO at 7:05 covering the Canberra?

Great job but the line needs to go all the way to the existing Toronto station.

Does anyone want to question the elephant in the room which is causing all of this? - mass immigration. You guys have been told a lie about skill shortage. We will have the same skills shortage in another 20 years because we are culturally lazy to train doctors and technically sound people. We will still have a housing crises in 2030 because we are blindingly allowing mass migration. The quality of life we enjoy now as Aussies we will lose forever. London and Paris are ghettos now!

i come from port stephens myself

When the F111 was being considered for decommissioning in the mid 1990's a Pig (F-1/11)was sent to Canberra to photograph Defence Headquarters at Russell Officers. It was the beginning of a day long meeting on an upper floor of the building. The Squadron sending a reconnaissance variant to Canberra made sure the curtains were open in the room at Russell Officers of the meeting. A pig with a pavetac pod did a fast subsonic low level pass and photographed those inside the meeting as well as white boards charts and maps. The photographer was developed and sent to Russell Offices just after lunch. Each of the ADF and Government members present for the meeting were very clearly identified in the photograph, were named with a message "We know what you are trying to do." On the basis of this photograph ADF decided to proceed with the digital upgrade the F1/11 and this instance because folklore amongst the F1/11 community.

Robert J Arts book called "The TFX decision;: McNamara and the military" is a most excellent book

I was the one that caught the record breaker at RAAF Williamtown NSW. The record of 31 minutes toping out at 55,000 feet, wheels off at Amberley to wheels on East Sale has been set from RAAF Base Amberley west of Brisbane to RAAF Base East Sale in Victoria The CO flying the Pig was beaming. It was just before lunch the day after the record and the CO Pilot and Nav'O was off to the O's Mess to brag amongst all the F-18 Pilots and 3 Hornet Squadrons. He gave me a guided tour of his jet before Lunch.

Personally I think that the Siemens Desiro HC would be a good addition to the fleet as they are both doubled decked for the center coaches and single decked for the cab cars. Only problem I would see with that is to find a way to convert them from low floor doors to a high floor. (And it looks similar to the waratah 3.0 that you designed)

Thank you, that is a lot to learn. I now view train drivers in a completely different light. 👍👍👍⭐️⭐️⭐️

You don't know anything.

Canberra was meant to be a planned city , so why is it so difficult to find a route for the light rail extension to Woden ? Was this not planned for originally ?

Great video! Thx fellas

As a matter of fact cities develop usually where there is good farmland available, fresh water sources for both consumption and secondarily as seafood is a ready source of food all year round, and a means of transport such as a river , the ocean or grassland. The largest cities in the world except for a few are thusly large because of these facts. That means that the worlds best farmland is now sitting underneath our largest cities, completely cut off from their natural existence (ie: they dry out as we build water reticulation such as street guttering, roads, and housing). As the climate deteriorates we should be aware of this and if it is not addressed will have to be utilised for food production (or should I say in a worst case scenario starvation mitigation).

Again guys. Lots of good points about overdevelopment. But, again, ignoring that the big picture is to build the Western Parklands as a city competing with the Harbour City. So people in the west will work rest and play IN THE WEST. You guys keep assuming people will NEED to, want to go the Harbour City. They won't. Concentrate on getting the West properly serviced by public transit, health, education, sport, recreation etc

Rules should be made that a percentage of a housing block should consist of vegetation. If people continue to build houses that fill the block, perhaps rooftop gardens are the answer.

Those advocating for cutting immigration as the only solution to housing are being too simplistic. You need to tell us how you would solve the problems of GP shortages, nurse shortages, teacher shortages, pharmacist shortages, engineer shortages, tradie shortages, bus/train driver shortages etc etc - even the ADF cant find recruits. Cutting immigration might help housing in the short term but it will make everything else much worse. You cant advocate for immigration cuts and then complain when your bus is always being cancelled or your nana is ramped for 12 hours outside a hospital waiting for a bed, or the builder of your new house cant find tradies to do the work.

Good stuff guys. Couple of points: 1. build quality is an issue that needs to be considered in the argument - just saying we need to build more isn't enough - have a look at the work this guy is doing to expose shonky builders in australia (www.youtube.com/@Siteinspections/videos ) . This is an area where engineering/architecture students/YIMBYS should get involved - make TH-cam videos exposing bad practice and rip-offs in the housing/infrastructure sector and help victims get their money back. 2. on the macro level, I reckon it comes down to a governance problem - most major cities in the world are self governing once they get above say 5 million people. Australia needs to add another level of governance - states, territories and metros. If Sydney left NSW and became self governing, it would be able to coordinate all the planning across the metro area, set its own priorities and control its own budget/population targets. It would be better for regional NSW also as they are always complaining that Sydney sucks up all the oxygen and resources in state politics. Start a campaign for Sydney independence!

Sydney is full, Australia is full, planet Earth is full. Prior to 2014 I used to drive from St Mary's to Randwick(or surrounds) each Saturday afternoon(+ extras during holidays). Up to say 2008 this trip would take 1.5 hours, average. However post 2008 this was taking longer and longer, ,as it approached 2014, it was often close to 3 hours. The return trip at 4 - 5 AM took a regular 50 minutes. Also on the average Saturday night I would drive the taxi greater than 320 kilometers. In the relevant time this dropped to 280 kilometers, at a struggle, staying as much as possible in the East, operating to the same MO. Again, Sydney is full. More people, is no way to address Climate Change(worldwide). Aside from the obvious economical effects, I say there is a social impact. From the 1974 - 75 first NY the shift, was always such fun. Each new fare I took there would be a chorus of "Happy New Year, Driver" along with invites to parties. Durring the last NY I did, 5(five) people - uttered unenthusiastic - NY wishes, in the whole 14 hours.