NSW F1 photos
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Sam Laybutt
May 20, 2013, 11:14:54 PM5/20/13
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Since mubd and davis are being lazy, here's some pics they have uncovered :p
I love the 'END F1' sign - don't think I've seen that before.
mubd1234
May 20, 2013, 11:53:08 PM5/20/13
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I discovered those photos a few months ago but didn't post them here because it's really difficult to see them.
Paul Rands
May 20, 2013, 11:58:57 PM5/20/13
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Nice finds! The first one can be sharpened up easily, as its only out of focus not blurred.
The End F1 is pretty neat.
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I discovered those photos a few months ago but didn't post them here because it's really difficult to see them.
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Henry
May 21, 2013, 12:03:19 AM5/21/13
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Is 002550.jpg at Willoughby Road? I agree the pics are great.
Sam Laybutt
May 21, 2013, 12:14:54 AM5/21/13
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Yep! Close up of the sign in 2550.jpg:
http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/RouteNumbering/Freeway%20Routes/09.JPG
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May 21, 2013, 12:17:04 AM5/21/13
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Sam Laybutt
May 21, 2013, 12:21:00 AM5/21/13
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Yeah, that's the one. I can't work out why the first link didn't work?
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Musa Hodzic
May 21, 2013, 1:18:26 AM5/21/13
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Ahh, the good old days. We'll never see those again.
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Paul Rands
May 21, 2013, 1:38:16 AM5/21/13
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I don't think our freeways look as good either. it seems there's no effort to landscape them anymore.
Phillip McCallum
May 21, 2013, 1:43:14 AM5/21/13
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Harsh Paul! I drove through the Toowong Roundabouts this morning and noticed that where they have rerouted the Western Freeway to accommodate the portal of the Legacy Way tunnels they have sculpted the remaining triangle of land with a nice slope and planted a bunch of trees on it. And the tunnel isn’t due to open for 2 years yet!
Paul Rands
May 21, 2013, 1:50:29 AM5/21/13
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I should've been more specific. It seems NSW freeways don't get much landscaping treatment anymore. M7 is a prime example, outside the roadway there's a few gardens, but the traffic area is bland and uninteresting.
Brendan Terrett
May 21, 2013, 2:17:14 AM5/21/13
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I think it's because of the ugly noise walls everywhere. Old photos of Southern Cross Drive look much, much better than the ugly dirty road that's there now.
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Paul Rands
May 21, 2013, 2:51:14 AM5/21/13
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I think you're right Brendan. But even on the rural freeways, such as Federal Highway, the road was built and the weeds left to grow on the embankments and medians, with nothing replanted after the RTA had finished
Phillip McCallum
May 21, 2013, 3:00:14 AM5/21/13
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I was thinking about the Victorian situation. When they built the Murchison realignment of the Goulburn Valley Hwy, it was completed in the middle of severe drought, and so they opened the road without any plantings being undertaken. This was done on the understanding that they would need to come back and undertake the plantings once the water restrictions were lifted. But to be honest, that stretch of road still looks pretty barren even when I drove through there last week. But – the point was that the approved plans called for the planting of tens of thousands of new plants, and it was only the drought conditions that stopped that from happening.
Paul Rands
May 21, 2013, 4:08:02 AM5/21/13
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Good point, however the ACT side of the Federal Hwy is fully landscaped, right up to the NSW section which was built at the same time
mubd1234
May 21, 2013, 4:27:58 AM5/21/13
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Oh yes, the unmanicured trees and nasty growth on noise walls that have been left on roads like Southern Cross Drive also make the road look foul. Foreshore Road is a prime example of a road which looked fantastic when it opened with lovely wide open green space and no visual barrier between the park and Botany Bay, but now they've planted nasty trees which make the place look bad.
davis
May 22, 2013, 3:49:58 AM5/22/13
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It's from 8mm film, I tried to pick a frame that was less out of focus, but I think Youtube has buggered with the frame rate to pulling it up to 30fps:
It's mostly of Sydney trains in 1988. Plenty of Sputnik and Tulloch SD cars in service, doors agape. Plus a couple of buses (one Leopard, the rest Mercedes) and that sign.
Paul Rands
May 22, 2013, 4:25:27 AM5/22/13
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A thoroughly wonderful movie to watch!
Loved seeing all the old red rattlers, the red stainless steel trains and the Tulloch twin decks in various states of livery.
I also spotted some nice old signals near Central Station too.
This is the Sydney transport system I grew up with. Was nice to see a hydrofoil there too :)
Musa Hodzic
May 22, 2013, 10:35:43 AM5/22/13
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I lover the gantry on the harbour bridge with the Fwy and SR40 shield. I'm not sure if any of you played the game called Test Drive 5 in the 90's on PS1. Well, it has a track in Sydney, going over the bridge and has the gantry with the correct signage, colours for different destinations and names of streets for the CBD (as they used to be), including the SR40 shield with Fwy. Other parts in the game also had green signs on Victoria Rd with SR40 shields with Ryde and Parramatta destinations. I can't remember anything else but there were quite a few of these signs.
Brendan Terrett
May 22, 2013, 11:58:18 AM5/22/13
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Musa Hodzic
May 22, 2013, 5:04:38 PM5/22/13
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Aah, the memories. Thanks for posting Brendan. I was a road geek looking for signs in that game even back then, LOL.
Yes, it isn't geographically correct, but I think was a good thing to include those relics. When the removed those signs from the Harbour Bridge gantries, I thought, at least there's evidence left in TD5, HAHAHA.
Sign at 2:12
Imax at 2:37
Didn't see that green sign with Ryde and Parramatta as focal points with a SR40 shield centred above them, beautiful sign it was, not bad for a game.
tangararama
May 22, 2013, 5:06:14 PM5/22/13
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Nice work Davis. How did people manage without closing doors on trains and yellow lines along platforms?
Not sure if this one has been discussed previously but it's called "Ticket to Sydney", produced in 1971 - shows a typical morning peak mad rush into the CBD by all forms of transport - Rail, Bus, Ferry, Car, Walk... and other. Lots of great footage in here...
Musa Hodzic
May 22, 2013, 5:12:13 PM5/22/13
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Looking at other suggested vids on YouTube, I found this:
tangararama
May 22, 2013, 5:18:31 PM5/22/13
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Oh forgot to mention... that mop you see being used at the end of the footage to clean the train. It's still being used today... and never rinsed once!
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Conrad Zalewski
May 22, 2013, 5:55:41 PM5/22/13
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For a Geographically correct game to race around Sydney, you'd be after Project Gotham Racing 2. One exception though, Cumberland St meeting Grosvenor St. No signs to be seen though.
I remember Premier Bob Carr wanting to ban it in the fear it'll cause people to want to race on streets.
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Conrad
Musa Hodzic
May 22, 2013, 6:25:21 PM5/22/13
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Found one of the signs of of the two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2opNAvAQcI
Just go straight to 3:28 (Harris St sign) then go slow up to 3:29, it's at the back of that sign "TO VICTORIA RD" with focal points, SR40 shield and an arrow.
mubd1234
May 25, 2013, 6:27:51 AM5/25/13
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Paul Rands
May 25, 2013, 7:07:36 AM5/25/13
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Sam Laybutt
May 25, 2013, 8:48:17 AM5/25/13
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For sure. Willoughby Rd approaching Merrenburn Ave - must date from around the mid-1970s before the freeway extension to Willoughby Rd.
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