วีดีโอ

No sound and no commentary abit dull ??

It seems like what we need to do is remove the asphalt pavement that covers up the tram tracks that are still here, that were wisely set in concrete to protect them from vandalism. Then we need to build about three hundred new trams like the ones that were burned at paddington, and to string up the overhead wires like before, and then we are back in business.

Thanks! Had never actually heard of 3830's speed run. How did she go against 3801's times?

Blame Clem Jones, the crooked mayor at the time, he even had the tram shed at Paddington burnt down.. had a deal with a bus company and a big fat brown paper bag ..

Ahhh, the old days in Brisbane. What memories we had. Rock 'n Roll George cruising the streets in his FJ Holden. Catching a tram down to the Valley Baths for a lunch time swim, etc, etc, etc. Life was so simple than today.

7:18 Dodge AT4 truck with Island Cab, for carrying longer items.

Brings back beautiful memories of me as a working girl in the city travelling to and fro every work day. Somehow it was relaxing to sit on the tram and travell ...read a book or knit or just gaze out the window....thanks for sharing! Nostalgia ❤

👍🏻 great video .

A trolleybus in Brisbane at 5:05! Who would of though we’d be bring electric busses back in 2024!

one of the very few photos i have with my dad, were taken here.

Where is/was this locomotive located?

Is this place like now abandoned

these engine are a beauty.

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing. I was not fortunate enough to see Brisbane with the trams running. My dad and I planned a trip there back in 1968, but it never eventuated. For quite some years during the early 1960's, Brisbane had Australia's newest trams with the Phoenix cars. It was quite a shock, when they suddenly decided to scrap them. Maybe one day, trams may return there as modern light rail, like in the Gold Coast. We can always hope, I suppose.

The only reason they are bringing back 1800 technology and taking away our roads that we paid for, is bcse they want us out of our cars. Soon we won’t be allowed private ownership of a moto vehicle

Pre Brisvegas. Nice footage.

Morisset!! Wow I used to live there in Terrigal St. Great to see you haven't given up mate. I look forward to seeing you back in steam!

Great video. Loved the steam trucks. I used to very much enjoy driving the Navy's Foden steam truck down in Victoria. It had bugger all brakes though and it was very challenging driving on the roads!

Brisbanes (current) town planners would be so uninteresting at a party

I still have photo's of riding on Eudlo in the early 1980's .. around '82 or so as a 7yo kid. Wishing you guys the very best in the new location.

l remember getting on one of these pale blue trams as a very young person. l only have one recollection. But l did think they were wonderful

Is Len still involved with the new one?

Of all the states that need trams the most itd be Brisbane. Getting around is such a pain when its not flat.

Thank you for keeping alive the memories of our youth. A music track and / or appropriate sound would add affect. It is a shame that we did not have the wide streets of Melbourne or we might still have a tram system to enjoy - what a loss from our history. Many was the time I waited with my mother in Queen Street for for our tram home among many lined up down that street. Thank you for your effort.

Great stuff!

Great to see the progress and hope to see more in the near future. Brings back memories of building the old line in the seventies. Regards, Paul Gough.

Where is this? Looks like it's going to be a really nice layout.

Thankyou Ron the Camera man for uploading such nastagia of Brisbane, Wow theres allot going on there ive got Google Maps and Streetvie comparing over there and today and its remarkable how the Brisbane Inner Busway was dug out from the then Queen St busy Tram intersection. unfortunately video footage such as this can go to a museum in Canberra where no one visits hardly or if they do its always rush rush watch 4 mins and go. putting such nostalgia on the tube to be viewed maybe with some old time music i think its the future of preserving our past. cheers.

Why lost? Why was it dismantled?

Trams sucked anyways. At the time, they were also talks about ripping up the Railways as Mayor Clem Jones supports car dependency and believed that cars where the future. Autombiles were essentially seen as pods back in the day. luckilly, we did not loose the trains and instead electrified them

Sometimes I used to get the Tam to Queen Street and my mum Worked at The GPO, So I'd meet her when she finished at Twn PM. That was when Brissy was just a big country town. A Great palce to live

The carriage at the end of the line looks like its ex Leyland Bros World? How many of them do they have there?

That near accident at 6.20 with the Mercedes 😮

A great loss,hope it comes back better and bigger.

Was it that the originally owners want to retire or needed the land back?

A great video with the wonderful sounds of 12 inch gauge steam locos. The closure was a real loss to those who love these large scale replicas and the thousands of people who rode on the line over nearly half a century. News of a resurrection in a new location is great to hear and gladdens the heart to all who knew the old railway. Good luck with the new construction.

Hats off to those who have the time, energy and commitment to keep these intriguing and beautiful machines going. We need reminders of times when we were not under the digital dictatorship.

Excellent caption

I use to maintain and drive one of them myself

like. eggscllent resto job everyone who had a hand in it.

This is a great video 😍 what years?

In reply to Jack Holmes2: bad news, over two months ago, my loco's & carriages together with another owner's loco, were removed from site, they are now stored for future use & not for sale at this time, in regard to rail and the remaining loco's & carriages on the property, I have been reliable informed they have been sold to various individuals, by the property owner, it is unfortunate that this fifty year old railway could not be saved intact & relocated.

is the tracks dismantled and most of the stock is okay and intact in storage, cause I'm interested in them to one day set up a railway in the outback

In reply to Texasrailfan21 question why did the railway get shut down, for the railway to be open to the public it must first seek permission from council in relation to the councils zoning laws. When the the land was in the process of being purchased in 1970 an application was made to council for consent to build & operate the railway, approval was granted for a non commercial or hobbyist operation of the railway. one

Why did the railway get shut down I wonder I couldn't quite make out what you said in the description

Feel for you Len and your mates of your railway.

In reply to R711, at the present time there is no plan to re site the existing railway to another property, as the commercial cost to do so within a two year time frame, would be 3 to 6 million, this does not include land purchase, & as the current members including myself, are not millionaires, & the locomotives, rolling stock, rail, being individually owned its most likely the rail & equipment will be sold.

Great video, whats happening to the railway? I saw the title and am getting curious and a little worried

THE RE OPEN refers to small groups, not the general public, we could not find or obtain the millions of dollars required to obtain council approval again, or the thousands of dollars required for public liability insurance.

What a fabulous video. Great to see it reopened! 24 and 37 both look terrific. Well done Adrian, will need to come visit when I post back to the east coast later this year.