Last red Rattlers - Nine News SYdney 1992

[TheDonkeyman101]

behind the wheel?? behind the master controller :P

[TrainSpotterX]

Great video foorage of yesteryear !

[airobsessed]

Gina Boon... whatever happened to her???

[TrainSpotterX]

She was run over by a red rattler lol

[bigmaxy07]

The best trains. I went to high school on these. Most things in Sydney went to shit in the 90's, the rail network being the first.

[h3ll0b0b]

In the 1970's one of the transport ministers (apparently) said "we will get rid of all the red rattlers" He went and had them painted blue.

[CMCHRYSLERVALIANT]

I seen one in someones backyard in Newbridge NSW the other day

[foundfreemagna]

I too remember the blue and white stiped ones, why did they repaint them, or were they a different model.

I loved standing or sitting in the open doorways, sometimes hanging out of the door.

We used to ask the drivers if we could ride in the front with them, and mostly they would say yes.

Mostly caught them between Pymble and Town Hall.

[casanoc]

I remember the blue & white rattlers too.

[clubpenguin777]

lol i saw one on ebay, and i have been inside one at the Valley Heights Rail Museam in springwood. They are still there if your intrested, it is the 2nd saturday of each month that the museam opens. admission $5

[TehBenshiGuy]

That wasn't a red rattler, it was a carriage from an interurban U-set, introduced from 1958.

[airons1972]

I remember riding them from Penrith into Central station in Sydney in the mid 80s. It Always amazed you could leave the doors open while moving.

[rdrogel]

They actually sold most of the carriages to private buyers for as sheds, motel rooms, etc.