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Sema4 was a lovely resort in those days a train trip to sema4 was a treat to be had

The scenic from up there looks very beautiful 💖🌟

I umpired at rosewater footy ground in the late 1990s with the defining squeals if train wheels, and the clammer of box cars.

Semaphore Road is a joke now. Even with a train line running through the middle of it the road it was more open and safer than the obstacle course it has become.

Another well put together presentation, thank you! My Old Man was Post Master at Alberton Post Office in the late 40s, & my family lived in the Post Office residence right next to the Alberton railway station. Grandma lived in Short Street, Rosewater & the Dry Creek line ran past her back fence. Us kids used to be entertained with stories of the "good old days" in the Port, including a catastrophic fire in the Glanville sugar mill, when floods of treacle blocked the train line. Thanks for the memories, mate!!!

Me again, a new kid on the block! Another gem, mate. Well done!!! I "grew up" (NEVER!) in the Woodville area & we used to hang out in Finsbury in the 1950s. I remember the guard house or blockhouse near Torrens Road, and the big, empty, open, concreted tanks sunk into the ground at various points. We figured they must've been water storages in case of fire in any of the factories. We called them "batteries" for some obscure reason...🤔

Just found your site. Very nicely done! 50 odd years ago, I was a member of Adelaide Harriers athletics club, & every Sunday morning a group of us used to do our "hill work" in this area. World class runners (not me, I hasten to add!) like Billy James & Maureen Moyle (RIP) used to run up that gully & we'd often speculate about how all the old train wheels got into the creek bed. Good job, mate!!!👍

awesome views

Nice work. I read a heritage document done for the silos in hopes that it would be heritage listed, apparently they were the first silos in SA. I think about last year I saw a train here and the video turned out ok, but my stills camera wouldn’t focus in time 😳 Sometime in the future I am hoping to do a video explaining the demolition of silos around SA, I managed to get some sort of coverage of most of the ones closer to Adelaide which includes Hamley Bridge, Mallala, Long Plains, and the 1 video of Nantawarra.

Go up to OWEN great idea mike but you wont get a SAR oval beef mince pie for lunch

I don't quite know why they seem intent on demolishing them. Beautiful drone here and preserving history 😍

Mike i think a talk programe should be devoted to areas of the SAR would be interesting to all the younger folk. So much history has been lost forever

Look at the Pt Lincoln division utter disgrace

This is what happenns when you privatise government assets such as SA bulk handling

Excellent Mike what a shame remember those silos well 100,000 of tons of wheat and barley was railed l from there over the years since they where built By SA Bulk Handling . No w thats going back !!

Nice one Mike so glad you found the footage shame it is gone but now on yt forever

Another country silo bites the dust!

Shame they are gone, quite majestic in a way

Would like to hear the train, not the “music” ! Good video.

You have lots of knowledge on trains ! Yaa trains are cool I remember when I was in grade 5 watching them with friends after school 😆

Great video. Perhaps, the longest train to Wallaroo…see Train Enthusiasts’s Video Diary 1986-11-09 by Adnoorak.

love local history

My understanding is that they are working with local councils to take over the existing museum from SA water

Four of the explosive vans still exist. One is fully restored at the National Railway Museum, one is rotting away at Cobdogla and two are restored and preserved indoors at the Illawarra Light Railway Museum in NSW. The latter were originally at the SA Motor Museum but they gave them to Illawarra fifty years ago. The Milang Railway Museum tried to do a deal with Illawarra to get one back to SA but they want to keep them both.

Absolutely Brilliant. You should be very proud of this video Well done mate!

Very interesting, thanks for posting

Thanks, drone shot are brilliant. Shame that Saltia Hotel is not still there, looked like a top spot. Cheers.

Fantastic scenery, fantastic history and a fantastic video! I hope this gets the views it deserves. Really great job! Thank you Mike!

Thanks Mike nice video. Pichi Richi is all ways a favourite. Was there at Quorn 4 weeks ago with my son.👍👍👍👍

A great video Mike i enjoyed it very much .

Absolutely smashed it with this one Mike!

Hi Mike. Certainly a great deal of time and effort went into creating this fantastic video. I certainly enjoyed watching it and thank you for sharing it.

Ripper stuff mate! Well done :)

Probably one of the best railway videos on TH-cam.

Excellent video, I can appreciate how much has gone in with the research, video and editing, Well done !!

Watched many of your vids now & always look forward to the history lesson. I only had a passing interested in rail but now thru your vids am a bit more enthused. Im a patriotic croweater, though I'm now retired & living in Queanbeyan. Theres an ol family story of my grandfather who was at the helm of SAs largest steam train that was derailed i think near Bordertown. My grandmother had a copy of the accident report... unfortunately lost to time. It was also mentioned in a book she had. I'm sure it was called Rail Accidents in South Australia or something... Do you know this book & how i could find out more about that incident. His surname was Sharrad (my mothers maiden name). The large Sharrad family started with two brothers from Kent, one had 11 sons, the other 7 sons... now their offspring has infiltrated every state & territory. Another sad incident was a young Sharrad girl lost her life falling from a train at Tailem Bend. Anywho keep up valuable work! Cheers.

Brilliant video as always Mike. Loved it! I see you found the old turnstile at Quorn & the forgotten tracks heading east away from the station. I've heard that loco sitting next to the water tower, is a sister unit to Peronne at the NRM!

love your vidio. as a young fella i sometimes travelled as an apprentice diesel mechanic,on the "silver city comet" , between parkes & broken hill. i got to travel up front, next to the driver & observe the beautiful scenery first hand. greatest days of my life & since then, i really enjoy your type of content. please keep up the great work!! most relaxing & interesting to watch.

Scenic looks very beautiful ⛰️

That monster 👾 looks very scary arising from depths below 😨

Would it be awesomeif that line was reinstated with some funding from sa gov, to allow the pitchi richi steam trains to go from port augusta to Peterborough via Quorn.

What Pochi Richi will ned yo do in coming years is to invest in narrow guage concrete sleepers inserted one in 4 wooden , this will help to secure the track in guage and over time dramatically bring down track maintenance.

That was really good👌🏼 💙🚂@5172

Nice experience. Thanks

A live steam live stream.

Running faster than a french train ATM

Hi Mike. cool scenery

Gday cobber

Looks quite green out there! Hard to hear you though.

We owned a place for 12 years that was built on the location of part of the former Actil station.