00:00This rural train station in the north-west of New South Wales is a relic of the past,
00:08filled to the brim with rail history.
00:11And for the past 70 years, it's also been a second home for Peter Sortell.
00:15I started off as a shop boy and ended up as a driver.
00:21From driving steam trains to diesel-electric locomotives, Peter has seen it all.
00:27And they were good, you were fit all the time.
00:32He only retired from the job he loved earlier this year.
00:37I had a job, that was the main thing, but I just loved the people I met all the time.
00:45Peter is now left with seven decades of memories, as well as his piece of Golden Railway, presented
00:50to him by Transport New South Wales for a lifetime of service.
00:55Whereas Creek Railway Station is the third-largest in New South Wales, and generations of families
01:00have worked at it.
01:01Since the 1940s, my whole family has worked here on both sides.
01:05So my mum's side and my dad's side.
01:07But Natasha says it's unlikely anyone will match Peter Sortell's commitment.
01:12You'd really have to start when you're 14 years old like he did.
01:16Now you have to be 18, so I think his record will stay for a very long time.
01:22We've got a lot of blokes that have hit 60 years, but I don't really even know of anyone
01:25else that's hit 70 years.
01:26As for how Peter feels about his achievement?
01:29Very old.
01:33As I said to the young ones that have come on, they said, can you give me any advice?
01:37I said, yes.
01:38I said, if you don't like the job to start with, get rid of it.
01:43Or keep going all the way to the station if you love it.
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