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Life was good on Cronulla Beach in '85

This clip also includes Sammy the singing seagull.

I filmed this in the main street of Cronulla in 1982, six years before the mall was built. Sorry if it gets a bit shakey occasionally. I was experi...

Part 1 of 2. Tour of a Hornby Dublo (manufactured 1938 to1964) layout. Including:- LMS/BR station, SR station and goods depot, LNER station, LNER ...

A winter run cab ride on electric loco 87014 on 1M31 from Carllisle to Penrith North Lakes, Cumbria in 2000.

My personal tribute to this warhorse of the north. In this video is seen in a varity of locations on railtours on the odd freight and loco move. Th...

This video features pictures of the Illinois Central Railroad's famous train called The City of New Orleans as well as many other trains of yestery...

Photos of trains set to "the City of New Orleans" by Willie Nelson. This video was made as a birthday present for my dad, who loves trains. Inclu...

Lots of nice memories for me this one as i use to remember my late parents always listening to the broadcasts from the pirate radio station "radio ...

SS Oriana was the last of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's ocean liners. She was built at Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria and la...

Sci-fi and fantasy author Jennifer Kirk talks about where she writes, how she writes and how she gets into the right frame of mind to write. She al...

Jennifer shows the progress on her model railway.

This song written by Jerry Lordan and recorded originally by British group The Shadows in June 1960 at the famous EMI Abbey Road Studio in London a...

A little different from what i normally do.

Bill Legge, Tony Tehan, and Des Gunn as the Bruised Knees.

A quick description of the repair and reinstatement of some Metcalfe terrace house card kits for Bolton Trinity Road. These originally came from an...

Early footage of Cronulla N.S.W - Australia

I am unsure of when this was recorded, your guess is as good as mine.

A visit to the bridge of the SS Oriana in the South Pacific ocean between Lautoka and Sydney while returning to Sydney on one of its many Pacific I...

SS Oriana at Lautoka wharf in 1984. Lautoka was at the time, a port of call for the Oriana on her Pacific cruises from Sydney Australia.

Troubleshooting common issues with model railway locomotives stalling. This video explores common fixes including cleaning of locomotive pickups, c...

Today, by public request, Jenny takes a look at some carriages and a pair of steam locomotives from the Hornby Dublo range, circa 1961 which includ...

Today Jennifer discusses the method she used to create the platforms on her model railway.

With the platforms now built, Jennifer talks about the other requirements for her station, and shows off her new signals. Plus we get a look at som...

Servicing the Triang/Hornby DMU/EMU, Blue Pullmans, Diesel Rail Car locomotives + many other power bogies.

I hope this is helpful to some of you o...

Running two classic Hornby Dublo steam locomotives from the 1960's on Bolton Trinity Road model railway layout. A black R1 tank and a City of Londo...

In which Jennifer gives a brief talk about the kind of model trains she likes; shows off her nerd skills by explaining the origins and usage dates ...

Today, I review the Hornby Railroad range class 40 in BR blue livery. For the price, This locomotive is fairly detailed, and the performance is als...

By popular request, this video is of earlier BR period trains at work on Bolton Trinity Road (a homage to the real Trinity Street station in around...

"Limejuice Tub'" an Australian trad. as recorded by Tallowood Bush Band on their first album "Origins & Lemons" 1985. Barry Mannall on vocals. The ...

A Bachmann Super D and ETHEL (ex class 25) are on railtour duties through Bolton Trinity Road. It was an ideal opportunity to pair the two locomoti...

An upgraded version of this outing incorporating parts 1 and part 2 edited together is now on the YouTube 'reidgck' channel.

This is Part 2 of the...

The Airfix GWR suburban set gets an extended run on Bolton Trinity Street. Despite running in, her 70s mechanism still sounds like spoons in a tumb...

The P&0 line old SS Oriana arriving at Station Pier Port Melbourne Victoria Australia in about November 1984Oriana approaches Station Pier at Port ...

More trains going by on Bolton Trinity Road. Construction has continued since the last video, and now the approaches to Bradshawgate tunnel are lar...

DXDC series China heavy steam loco sound decoder for Bachmann QJ

The video of my grandparents, mother, and aunty's journey from the UK on the Achille Lauro in 1968 to arrive in Fremantle, Western Australia.

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The theme for Terrence Malick's "Badlands" (1973).