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Foamer_1
Also available in Sober
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Posts: 139
Location: slaving
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Not much of a record keeper so if something comes to mind I'll add to it.
SA
All suburban lines
Adelaide to Riverton
Adelaide to Melbourne
Quorn to Woolshed Flat
Wallaroo to Bute
Vic
Hurstbridge
Watergardens/Sydenham
Werribee
Broadmeadows
Geelong
Ballarat
Seymour
Traralgon
Dimboola
APM Maryvale
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KRviator
Joined: 07 Apr 2008
Posts: 107
Location: Cab of a 90 Class
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Queensland
Toowoomba-Brisbane
Brisbane-Robina
Brisbane-Sandgate
Brisbane-Gympie North
Brisbane-Pinkenba (Yep. I got to Pinkenba by train  )
Brisbane-Cannon Hill
Dreamworld Loop
Big Pineapple Loop
NSW
Port Kembla-Sydney
Sydney-Goulburn
Sydney-Parkes
Sydney-Dubbo
Sydney-Werris Creek
Narrabri-Werris Creek
Narrabri-Walgett
Narrabri-Merrywinebone
Narrabri-Weemalah
Newcastle-Stratford
Newcastle-most Hunter Valley mines
Mexico
Seymour-Melbourne
Melbourne-Lara
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| I'm probably the oldest of this generation of railfans - dwindling as it is - that simply would rather get in a car and have a look at a location or a branchline (or what's left of it) than try to travel it on a tour. |
You'd enjoy the northwest branches for that reason. No tours obviously, but standing at somewhere like Cryon, or Garah and looking around, seeing nothing except the horizon and thinking back to when the railway was the only way to get somewhere out here, really makes you wonder just how it got to where it is today. Somewhat depressing when you realise that...
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Georges Plains
I must be bored to be here
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
Posts: 193
Location: 251.900km (Really, Bathurst)
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NSW
(The entire line up to the destination listed)
ENTIRE 'RailCorp' network (Goulburn, Bomaderry, Lavender Bay yadda yadda yadda, including ALL the Goods lines to Port Botany, Enfield and even Sandown)
North Coast Line (Through to Brisbane)
Canberra line
Murwillumbah Line (Through to Gold Coast, by bus)
Main South Line (Through to Melbourne)
Dubbo (Via Main West and Via Parkes and Narromine!)
Tamworth
Moree
Parkes (Via Main West and Main South)
Mudgee (Via Main West and Via Ulan)
Entire Cowra branchline
Griffith (Via Junee and Via Cootamundra)
Hillston Line (Can't do that anymore!)
Planning to go to Broken Hill soon, which is the only mainline I've yet to travel along.
VIC
North-East Line through to Albury
Shepparton Line
Geelong
Ballarat
Bendigo
SA
Does the Adelaide Light Rail count?
QLD
North-Coast Line to Gympie
Ipswitch Line
Gold Coast Line to Robina
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VBAndy
Night Roamer
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 326
Location: Roaming...
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Victoria:
Spencer St -Castlemaine/Bendigo/Echuca/Donnybrook/Wallan/Wandong/Seymour/Geelong/Colac/Warnambool/Bacchus Marsh/Ballarat/Ararat/Castlmaine/Maryborough/St. Arnaud/Traralgon/Sale.
Suburban: Every single line, various stops throughout all said lines including terminus.
Tourist Railways: VGR, PBR, BPR, MPR & WGR.
NSW:
Wakool
Albury
Zig Zag Railway.
Having a young family at a young age has prevented any major interstate travel thus far.
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flathog
Joined: 18 Nov 2007
Posts: 57
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NSW:
Cityrail system - Central to Lithgow/Newcastle/Maitland/Albion Park/Mossvale/Canterbury
XPT/Xplorer - Brisbane/Dubbo/Parkes
Tourist Railways:
Puffing Billy
Victorian Goldfields Railway
Zig Zag Railway - To many times to count, been there LOTS though 
Tom
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goolgarrah
Evil Director of Human Resources
Joined: 01 Sep 2008
Posts: 151
Location: Adelaide, SA
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NSW Regional and Intrastate:
Main North Line: Central to Werris Creek
Mudgindi Line: Werris Creek to Moree (the CountryLink Lasagne was quite good)
Skitube Line: Perisher to Blue Cow
Hunter Line: Newcastle to Dungog
Hunter Line: Maitland to Scone
Southern Highlands Line: Campbelltown to Goulburn
South Coast Line: Kiama to Bomaderry (Nowra)
Murwillumbah Line: Visited Mullumbimby and Byron Bay stations (after line closure)
NSW Suburban and Intercity:
All standard Suburban and all Intercity Lines with the addition of:
Royal National Park Line: Loftus to RNP (via tram)
Toronto Line: Fassifern to Toronto via stupid railbus (the view from Toronto is amazing!)
Non SRA: The West Ryde mini-railway (has anyone else been there?)
QLD Metropolitan and Intercity (GO QR!!!)
Robina/Beenleigh Line: Robina to Roma Street
Doomden Line: Roma Street to Doomben
Also went to that scary underground bus station under Queen Street that was full of bogans.
VIC Metropolitan
Packenham Line: Spencer Street (none of this Southern Cross bullshit) to Dandenong
Lilydale/Belgrave Line: Spencer Street (and City Loop) to Camberwell
Box Hill Tram Line: Melbourne to Kew
St Kilda Beach Tram Line: Melbourne to St Kilda Beach
Domain Interchange Tram Line: Melbourne to Crown Casino
SA Metropolitan
Belair Line: Adelaide to Belair
Noarlunga Line: Adelaide to Noarlunga
Tonsley Line: Goodwood to Tonsley
Grange Line: Adelaide to Grange
Glenelg Tram Line: Adelaide to Glenelg - including the new fancy extension that "goes to nowhere"
One QR Line I *really really* want to see is the QR Gulflander: Normanton to Croydon
Edit: Forgot to add something
Edit: Typo Adjustments
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Argus Tuft
Joined: 18 Jun 2007
Posts: 1284
Location: Jakarta
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Add a couple of mini trips from my recent overseas trip. The Milan Metro and lightrail in Hanover.
The other one I travelled a few times is one of my all time favourites. Sydney to Newcastle. That is one of the most horn railway rides so use the trains you buggers and don't go driving to Newcastle. The Hawkesbury and Mullet creek is an absolute favourite with me. Only bloody sparks these days, but still reminds me of the 50s when I would go to Sydney behind a 32 in an end platform carriage. Shut the windows before you go into the tunnels. 
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Somebody
The Peanut Gallery
Joined: 12 Jun 2007
Posts: 303
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| Only bloody sparks these days |
What about the XPT? I spose that's better than nothing.
At least you've got a good assortment of diesels passing through, even if ya can't ride behind any of them.
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dasher
Scum Hater
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
Posts: 97
Location: Giving it to The Fucking Scum
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NSW
- Entire ShittyRail network apart from the Carlo and Richmond lines - that doesn't include goods lines and such.
- XPTs through to Melbourne and Bris Vegas.
- Xploders to Broken Hill and Moree
VIC
- Down to Frankston and onto Stony Point
- City Loop
O/S
- Various London Underground lines
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TE2815
No longer Endeavouring, now Xplorering
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Posts: 503
Location: Supervising the work gang
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Moss Vale to Goulburn/Canberra - private
Moss Vale to Newcastle - work
Moss Vale to Sydney - work and private
Auburn to City (Wynyard for bus to Manly) (Quay for Ferries) -work and private
Auburn to Rosehill Racecourse - private
Auburn to Telopea - work
Auburn to Punchbowl/Bankstown - work
Auburn to Parramatta/Katoomba - private
Auburn to Liverpool/Minto - work
Auburn to Gordon/Hornsby - work
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TheLoadedDog
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Jun 2007
Posts: 2532
Location: Belmore, NSW
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| Only bloody sparks these days |
The sparks in the old days* were pretty damn horn too. There's something about a U-boat at speed that, in many ways, even beats steam. And I'd give my left nut to go up that way again in a side corridor car hauled window-rattlingly off the mark by a nice, torquey 46 cl.
*yair, yair.
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parkeshub
Joined: 28 Aug 2008
Posts: 296
Location: Fox World
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Anyhoo...
Probably the best trip I went on is one I'll never remember. Back in the mid-50s, the folks moved from Atherton, FNQ to Chiltern, Vic. At 4 months of age, mum took me and some of the other brats from Cairns to Brisbane, Brisbane to Central, Central to Albury, Albury to Chiltern in one long haul. So I guess I've done the train change at Wallangarra!
Anyway, mum always said sitting on Sydney Central in 1954, on a Sunday, with a crowd of rugrats isn't too much fun.
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Bigged
Site Admin
Joined: 23 Jul 2007
Posts: 1060
Location: Don't piss me off! I'm running out of places to hide the bodies.
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Driven suburban trains over the entire VR suburban network bieng lucky to drive taits, pacels coaches, harrises, refurbed harrises and fuckin stinkin wont stop comengs. (putting in reverse works ok though)
Driven freight and passes to Warrnabool Dimboola, Woolseley, Warracknabeal, Albury, Bendigo, Leongatha and Taralgon yep saw the end of the L classes also! ran the long Island steely lots before the fuckin fucked out NRC came along! I even fired down to Timboon twice whilst relieving at Camperdown. Ran the Fyansford pilot heaps as a youngun!
Based at Maryborough gone to Piangle, Robinvale (Shocker ) Kulwin, Yelta, Panitya, Murtoa on the Dunolly Ararat SG link Castlemaine via newstead and of course Geelong.
Melb via Bacchus Marsh and Geelong.
Now I'm just a 1 track wonder going from Moolabin to Maryborough west and return via Sherwood or South Brisbane and you know what? I enjoy this the most of all!
Driven all trains the Contrans, Overland, Vinelander, spirit of progress, southern Aurora, the intercapital dayight and every thing else in between. Aint I lucky! 
edited cause I keep remembering other places I bin!
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TheLoadedDog
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Location: Belmore, NSW
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| parkeshub wrote: |
| Anyway, mum always said sitting on Sydney Central in 1954, on a Sunday, with a crowd of rugrats isn't too much fun. |
Probably better than today, I'd wager. It always makes me sad to come in over the flying junctions on a Sunday and see the entire country terminal devoid of trains. Walk up to the concourse, and there'll be a couple of TOs standing around, maybe a handful of passengers here and there, and a whole sense of bleak. At least, in '54, there'd have been more of a buzz - even on a Sunday. Most stuff to keep the anklebiters amused, at any rate.
I used to love that place as a kid. Nearly every platform having a U-boat or maybe a name train going off to some place I'd never been, mad old Greek cunts playing chicken with the public as they careered about at hight speed in their luggage chariots, a big fuck-off refreshment room and a bar. I'm sorry I missed the trams.
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TheLoadedDog
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Location: Belmore, NSW
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Ed, do feel free to GET ROYALLY FUCKED at the earliest opportunity. 
Wot was driving Taits like?
And reverse on the Comengs??? Faaark. I've only ever tried that in automatic cars (owned by people I don't like).
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