I hindsight this line should never have been built. The old surveyors were naive to the flooding threats. Not to mention the gauge issue - three trains to get Alice Springs.
Hey thanks for posting this one. The Ghan is a real icon. I was born in 1980, so just a little late for going on the old ghan! Been along a fair bit of the line route though, incredible country to have a train running through.
Saw a tv programme here in the uk about the Old Ghan line. Now my dream holiday destination has changed from the Seychelles to riding the old Ghan line on horseback.
Great to see this - I first saw it on 7 about 8 years ago late one night, and was just up in Alice saw the old Ghan museum they were showing a similar doco there about the last Ghan trip
There's an excellent book called Riding the Wire Fence To The Alice which tells of the many mishaps on the line over the years! We'll worth getting!😀🚂🚇🚃🚃🚃🛤️🏜️🐪🌊
It is a pity things come to an end in the name of progress however arriving 3 months late is the real spirit of the outback well done old girl
Somgs
The oldied
I hindsight this line should never have been built. The old surveyors were naive to the flooding threats. Not to mention the gauge issue - three trains to get Alice Springs.
Probably not so much progress as common sense. Build a new line where floods aren't a problem
Hey thanks for posting this one. The Ghan is a real icon. I was born in 1980, so just a little late for going on the old ghan! Been along a fair bit of the line route though, incredible country to have a train running through.
Saw a tv programme here in the uk about the Old Ghan line. Now my dream holiday destination has changed from the Seychelles to riding the old Ghan line on horseback.
Found this on channel 7 late at night earlier this year and thought it was a really good documentary.
The real icon here is that magnificent mullet on that Stud at 5:05.
Dinky little bush shorts long white socks cream pumps and narrow trilbys, and on an Aussie! Bloody hell things HAVE changed!
Rode the Ghan from Alice to Adelaide back in 1974. It was just like this film. Good times.
The Senior Conductor Aspro Lyons has been immortalised on this Video Clip RIP old mate!
Great to see this - I first saw it on 7 about 8 years ago late one night, and was just up in Alice saw the old Ghan museum they were showing a similar doco there about the last Ghan trip
my brother drove the very last narrow guage Ghan
Good stuff
There's an excellent book called Riding the Wire Fence To The Alice which tells of the many mishaps on the line over the years! We'll worth getting!😀🚂🚇🚃🚃🚃🛤️🏜️🐪🌊
Neil Murray 😲 What year was this doco made?
4.56...... That lady is just so excited about her boyfriends new haircut!!
and a fine mullet it is! I didn't know mullets were around then. This guy is a leader, not a follower. No wonder the girl was excited.
Possibly the best mullet ever grown?