RailmapsMar 20, 2023

Today's historic #photo of the day: On a dull day, a suburban electric #train calls at Gordon, NSW, exactly forty years ago today, March 20, 1983.

Gordon is on Sydney's North Shore, 17km by rail from Central on the suburban North Shore line.

The train itself is a double deck suburban 'S' or 'R' set comprising what appears to be a Goninan built motor car, a Goninan trailer power, a Tulloch built trailer car (painted tuscan or indian red) and probably a Goninan built power car nearest the camera

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Note the nearest car still carried the Public Transport Commission 'Sydney Transport' logo on its side. The PTC had been formed in 1972 to operate all government rail, bus and ferry services across NSW, however it was abolished in 1980 when train services were taken over by the State Rail Authority who adopted their double arrow logo, one of which can be seen on the side of the Tulloch car.
Mar 20, 2023 at 2:55amWeb
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Sorry about the photo being so under-exposed. I was new to photography back then and I didn't really understand how a cloudy sky on an overcast day overwhelms a camera's light meter. But on it's 40th birthday, I reckon the pic deserves an outing.
Show threadChristian KentMar 20, 2023

@railmaps I found out some jaw-dropping stuff when I revisited my 2000-era film photos recently

In 2010, I used the best tools available, from iPhoto to Photoshop, to improve them a fair bit, or so I thought

But in 2020, I grabbed a free trial of Adobe Lightroom and OH MY GOD

There was one preset in particular (let me know if you can't find it) that turned >50% of my film photos from "looks like old film" to "looks like digital camera"

I basically had to stop everything and start again! 😆

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@ckent I’ll have a look for that.
Show threadRonB1949Mar 20, 2023
@railmaps I think NSW must take the world record for the number of changes of public transport management. One day I'll make a list. I think the present split of Sydney Trains/NSW Train link or whatever it is must be the least logical of all.
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@ronb1949 I actually started to draw it one day a few years ago. I gave up because it got too complicated. It got into ownership of above/below rail, then brand-names and geographical splits and modal splits over time. I needed a 5 dimensional chart.