The Last Transperth B Series Transfer!

Typed on: Tuesday 25th May 2016

Hi all and welcome to another STV Blog.

In this Blog I want to talk about the final Transperth B Series transfer.

Before I do, for those who don't know what a Transperth B Series set is.

The B Series is the newest type of passenger train to be delivered and service Perth's rail network in WA Australia.

There is a photo of one above.

The final B Series Set has been delivered to Perth. The set is B116.

I filmed it pass East Maitland on 17/5/2016.

For the video please visit the link below:

https://youtu.be/_VCdLhNIAYc

The photo on the top of this topic shows the final set on transfer through East Maitland in the Hunter region of NSW.

B116 is the final set to be delivered until the second half of 2017 when 10 new B Series sets will start production.

The set numbers will be 117 through to 126.

117 is expected to be delivered in late 2017 or early 2018.

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Transperth B Series Transfer Process

Typed on: Saturday 16th August 2016

Hi all and welcome to another STV Blog.

When i upload videos of Transperth B Series sets on the back of freight trains on transfer through Sydney a few of you ask why there is a B Series set in Sydney.

Well i thought id explain it.

Well ill do my best anyway.

For those who don't know what a Transperth B Series train is.

They are the newest passenger trains that operate in Perth on the Transperth Train Network.

Here's a photo of Transperth B Series set 115 being transferred through Thornleigh just north of Sydney with one of Sydnes new trains 'Waratah' next to it.

The B Series trains are built by Downer EDi in Maryborough in QLD.

The B series is transferred from the EDi plant in Maryborough to Acacia Ridge in South East QLD where it's put on standard gauge transfer bogies and attached to a freight train from Acacia Ridge to Morandoo Yard in NSW near Newcastle.

From Morandoo it's put on the back of a steel train and transferred to Port Augusta in South Australia via the Central Coast, Sydney & Goulburn etc.

Im sure it's put onto another train for the remainder of the journey from Port Augusta to Perth.