Electrification – The Dawning of a New Era

Promotional video for the electrification of the Westrail suburban rail network, 1991.

Filmed by Danny Brennan.

[jimpikoulis]

It was a smart choice to go for 25kv AC overhead catenary.

[Dimewick]

Golden. I was in Perth with the US Navy in 1998. I was absolutely amazed by the expanse of the rail system then especially relative to the size of the city. I can’t imagine how good the system is now.

Really wish my country (USA) would have developed systems like this all over our metropolis of 1 million or greater.

[SegaMario]

Ah, back when the A-Series was new.

And yet they're still around, even with the C-Series having recently being introduced.

[alistairlogie]

And it's just now that much larger urban areas in NA like Greater Toronto and the SF Bay Area are getting around to electrifying their regional rail systems

[AgAusstar]

Fascinating! Thank you for uploading. Interesting how much Perth has changed and unchanged through the years. 😮

[voltareamstereo]

The lights and doors are what became in use on QR SMU's while the control gear is from QR EMU's

[christianmiddleton]

The new electric Armadale to Perth line claimed two lives on day of testing the line. It happened on Saturday morning in Beckenham i remember hearing a big bloom where we lived down William Street. My younger brother was freinds with the son.

[iwenttobunnings]

Such a good watch. I really do miss the network in Perth so much. Wish QueenslandFail would take some notes from the TransPerth network to improve the absolute joke of a train network that Brisbane has

[aaronfitzgerald]

I start a job as a trainee train driver with transperth next year

[psychosquirrel]

The next station stop is 'Glendalock'!

[stronzer]

my young tacker was 2 when the tracks were laid under Whitfords Ave bridge
Going down the freeway was the best idea ever in Perth
In Melb and Sydney the trains bash past your back fence, what a noise

[caskadestudio]

Also interesting to note, the inclusion of the justification of being 'more environmentally friendly' for introducing electrification. As someone who was still almost 2 decades away from being born in 1991, it's so interesting to hear what I would consider a modern concern being expressed more than 3 decades ago.

[RaphaelMorgan-hfqq]

Wow the Good Old Days in the 90s when I was Going to Cyril Jackson senior Campus from Monday 8TH February 1993 to Friday 1st December 1995🏆👍🤩😊👌🥇

[brendus]

A great achievement and a great system. I love Perth.

[qualityguacamole]

6:59 cannington station. Very memorable

[BigBlueMan]

Much smarter than Adelaide doing the entire network in one go and all the benefits of scalability that brings.

[ContentControl]

12:34

This bus is Renault PR100.2 #1086

This particular bus was withdrawn from Transperth service in 2016 and is now a failed motor home.

[caskadestudio]

This is so odd, because I know all of these places and areas, and yet all of them are just that little bit too different to be truly recognisable.

[jk-xmfi]

Interesting wach. Interesting seeing how many coments are people getting lost in nostalgia and complaining about the current day. I bet in 20/30 years people watching a video about the Ellenbrook line saying the same things about a Mundaring extension

[alchmyau]

Every Brewster but Punky listed in the credits.