Firing up the engine and fascinating the young and old for some this was the golden age of travel. "The trains are always on time" And from first to second class sleeping to dining there’s a chance to try it all as it used to be. "I love the nostalgia, we're about to have a high tea" "Made the city so much smaller before trams and trains to get around you either had to be rich or you walked” And It’s not just trains there’s heritage buses and steamboats ferrying passengers around the city this weekend is a chance for thousands of people to experience bus and train travel from a different era. One where tickets cost a fraction of the price, they are now and warnings about the yellow line didn’t exist. "Okay everyone stand behind the yellow line please" The exhibition runs until tomorrow night
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00:00Firing up the engine and fascinating the young and old.
00:08He loves Pacific Nationals.
00:10And Tangaro and...
00:12They're just cool. They're just big and cool.
00:15For some, this was the golden age of travel.
00:18The trains are always on time.
00:21And from first to second class, sleeping to dining,
00:25there's a chance to try it all as it used to be.
00:28We're on the railway refreshment rooms, tea service.
00:32It's just classic. It's beautiful. I love it.
00:34It makes me feel wonderful inside.
00:39A ticket, a penny a section.
00:41It really made the world so much smaller, the city so much smaller,
00:45because before trams and trains,
00:48the only thing you could do was either have a horse,
00:50you had to be rich, or you walked.
00:52And it's not just trains.
00:54There are heritage buses and steamboats ferrying passengers around the city.
00:58It's beautiful.
01:00Have they got any worries about reliability?
01:02No.
01:04That's why they're 101-year-old.
01:06This weekend is a chance for thousands of people
01:09to experience train and bus travel from a different era,
01:12one where tickets cost a fraction of the price that they do now,
01:15and warnings about the yellow line, well, they didn't exist.
01:18WHISTLE BLOWS
01:21OK, folks, you know the drill. Stand behind the yellow line, please.
01:25The exhibition runs until tomorrow night.