A V Set at Circular Quay!?

On Sunday 9th January i was out and about in Sydney’s City.

For some reason i checked NextThere to see if anything abnormal was going to pass Circular Quay in the coming hours.

Sure enough a V Set was shown in the list of trains!

So i walked up to Circular Quay to wait for the V Set.

I filmed a number of trains while waiting. About 40 minutes after arriving, there it was, set V14 arrived into Platform 1 bound for Katoomba.

Here’s the video if you want to check it out!

https://youtu.be/UMEuKnasAyI

Cheers for reading! :)

B23 Has Hit Something?

Hi everyone!

I hope you are all doing well.

It thought i‘d make a quick blog post about something I noticed on Series 2 Waratah set B23, carriage D1123.

It seems to have hit something as the skirting is now yellow like an A Set Waratah instead of the silver/grey like B Set skirting usually is at the front under the ditch lights, horn and coupler.

Anyone know what happened?

Thanks for reading folks!

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Sydney’s New D Sets (NIF) Start Testing

On the night of Wednesday 8th January and morning of Thursday 9th January 2020, NIF D Set D102 set out on the first night of NIF testing between Mount Druitt and Doonside.

This video shows D102 loco hauled by SSR locomotive 44206 at Central then St Marys before we went to Mount Druitt to see D102 run under its own power for the first time on the mainline.

We also see D102 going a decent speed in the video below.

https://youtu.be/3SYGllBNqSE

D102 was also out testing the following two nights.

The NIF (New InterCity Fleet) will replace the V Set fleet.

They will also replace the OSCar H Sets on Outer Suburban runs making the H Sets suburban trains.

Currently we have 4 NIF sets delivered.

These are sets D2, D3, D102 and D103.

Thank you for reading.

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Sydney Trains: Passenger Information Screen Update

Hi all.

As some of you may have seen, there has been an update to the PIDS (Passenger Information Display Screens) at Sydney Train stations.

Instead of showing the next train and the following train, it now shows the next train plus the following two trains.

The photo above shows the updated screens.

Taken from the concourse at Sydenham station.

Thank you for reading!

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Eastern Suburbs Railway Celebrates 40th Anniversary

Hi all.

On Sunday 23rd June 2019 the Eastern Suburbs Railway (ESR) celebrated its 40th anniversary.

As part of the celebrations S Set S54, cars C3001, T4101, T4961 and C3862 ran a special service.

This service ran from Flemington Maintenance Centre to Sydney Terminal, from there it ran to Hurstville before performing a run to Bondi Junction where a photo op etc took place.

The photo above was of S54 at Bondi Junction during this event.

From Bondi Junction this S Set returned to Flemington Maintenance Centre after visiting Hurstville and Sydney Terminal again.

To watch my video on this event please visit the link below:

https://youtu.be/qlAaQSIDVf8

Thank you for reading!

Be sure to check out some of my other blog posts.

Until next time!

Sydney Trains Vlogs

Tangara Technology Upgrade Update

Hi all.

A lot of you have been asking me for an update on the Tanagara Technology Upgrade.

The photo above was in the September 2017 Fleet Update.

This photo was taken inside set T106.

Currently the two sets undergoing the upgrade and trials to do with the upgrade are at UGL UniPart in Auburn.

The sets are T72 and T106.

Testing should start sometime soon with these two sets followed by the entry to service some time after that.

If anyone does have any info, please follow Sydney Trains Vlogs on Facebook and send me a message through there.

www.facebook.com/sydneytrainsvlogs

Cheers,

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Sydney Trains Vlogs Reaches 10 Million Total Views!!!

Hi all!

Sydney Trains Vlogs has surpassed 10,000,000 total views.

Thank you all for your support!

The link to my thank you video is below.

https://youtu.be/AZahpY0W5cc

Cheers,

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Sydney Trains Vlogs: Waratah A42 Returns to Servie

Hi all.

Waratah set A42 which was damaged as a result of hitting the buffers at Richmond station Platform 2 in January 2018 has returned to service.

It returned to service in late March 2019.

D6342 being the carriage that hit the buffers is still at Cardiff.

PPTV carriage D6379 is replacing D6342 for the time being.

This set has all new gangways as most of the old ones were damaged in the accident.

In the photo above we see A42 at Central as it leaves Platform 17 for a City Circle service with D6379 being the closest car to the camera.

Below is a couple of showing A42 at Richmond on the day of the accident.

https://youtu.be/gkkFZN2Balg

https://youtu.be/TEDlx4EAhYw

Thank you for reading,

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

No S Sets After the April 2019 Timetable Change

All information is as of 22/3/2019

Hi all!

As most of you may know, our S Set fleet are currently being replaced by the new Series 2 Waratah (B Set).

There is a timetable change coming this April that features no timetabled S Set runs.

We have approx 20 S Sets left in service.

x12 S Sets will be kept in storage for emergencies (x6 8 car trains).

So get your photo’s while you still can!

Thank you for reading,

Phil.

Sydney Trains Vlogs: Updated Title Screen

Hi all.

Just a quick update for you all.

From Vlog 1530 onwards the title screen will be slightly updated featuring Waratah set A76 on the right hand side of the screen.

Cheers!

Sydney Trains Vlogs: Follow Sydney Trains Vlogs on Instagram

Hi all!

Sydney Trains Vlogs is on Instagram.

My username is in the picture above! :)

Sydney Trains Vlogs Turns 5

Hi all!

On 23rd January 2019 Sydney Trains Vlogs turned 5 years old!

I put together a video showing a few different events and milestones that i have filmed over the past 5 years.

I will put that link below.

https://youtu.be/E0Sm31fdoBE

Thank you all for your support!

Stay tuned for more video’s

Sydney Trains Vlogs Reaches 10,000 Subscribers!!!

Hi all!

Yesterday (14/10/2018) I received an email from YouTube congratulating me on reching 10,000 subscribers.

I thought i’d share the picture attached to the email with all of you.

I would also like to thank you all again for helping me get this far!

It has been a fun journey with many milestones documented with many more to come!

Thank you all,

Phil

XRN Classes Have A New Livery

Hi all!

I just want to talk about something that had changed a few months ago that i was a bit slow at capturing.

The XRN Class C44aci fleet that were with Xstrata Rail National (XRN) and Glencore have been bought by Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) along with the company.

The XRN fleet are in progress of receiving the G&W Livery.

The photo below shows locomotive XRN013 with the G&W livery.

This is actually my first photo of an XRN Class in this livery as i haven’t really had the time to make my way up to the Hunter etc until the day the photo was taken (4/1/2018).

Thanks for reading :)

New Trains For Sydney Coming 2018

Hi all.

Exciting news for train buffs in Sydney.

We are getting new trains!

They will be similar in appearance to our Waratah A Sets.

The new trains will be known as B Sets and there will be 24 of them.

Numbered B1 - B24.

They will be 8 car sets just like the Waratahs.

The first one is due to arrive in approx March 2018.

Sadly as the new trains arrive our S Set fleet will be progressively scrapped.

I will put 2 photo’s below.

The photo’s show stickers that are placed in every S Set carriage.

So by next summer the all trains on the Sydney Trains network will have air conditioning.

That is all for this blog.

Thank you for reading and i’ll catch you all next time.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Ferry McFerryface - Sydney’s Newest Ferry

Hi all.

I’ll keep this simple.

Sydney’s newest Emerald Class Ferry has officially been named Ferry McFerryface... no joke.

What is your opinion on the name?

I’ll share my thoughts and feelings on this once i see it in person and get a few photo’s in a seperate blog post.

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Thank you for reading.

5,000 Subscribers reached!!

Hi everyone and thank you for reading another STV Blog.

As some of you may have noticed over the past week I have reached 5,000 Subscribers.
I would like to thank you all for watching and subscribing to Sydney Trains Vlogs.
When I first started filming for this channel I never thought I would reach 100 subscribers let alone 5,000!

Because of your continued support it has given me reason to expand STV to Queensland and Victoria with other states such as South Australia and Western Australia coming once I reach 7,500+ subscribers.

If you would like to share my channel link on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit etc the link is below:
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Stay tuned for more Blogs.
Thank you for reading.

Phil,
Sydney Trains Vlogs

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.

Thank you for reading!

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Phil,

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Red Set F1 & The NSW Transport Heritage Expo

Typed on: Tuesday 25th May 2016

Red Set F1 & The NSW Transport Heritage Expo:

Hi all and welcome to another STV Blog.

Today I want to talk about our iconic Red Set (or commonly known as Red Rattler) set F1.

F1 will be at the NSW Transport Heritage Expo on the June long weekend.

For the first time in over 10 years you will have the chance to relive memories and ride on Red Set F1.

F1 will be reenacting the first electric passenger service from Central to Oatley and return.

It will also be running 3 trips on each of the 3 days from Central to East Hills and return.

Lets not forget the great train race which will feature Red Set F1, Green Steam Locomotive 3642 + Carriages and Blue Diesel Locomotive 4001 + Carriages.

This will be the first time I have ever seen a train race with 3 types of trains (electric, steam and diesel).

I have very recently filmed a video of F1 on it's test run from Flemington to Carlingford and return.

The link is below:

https://youtu.be/Xn7mjjlkzWc

Thank you all for reading another STV Blog.

Keep checking back for more!

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

A Splash of Colour

Wednesday 17th February 2016

G'day everyone and welcome to another STV Blog.

Today i want to show you a few photos of mine ive been tampering with.

Making them black and white and giving them a splash of colour!

Lets get started!

Photo 1: SSR Classes leading a BGSY Grain wagons south through Meadowbank.

Photo 2: T4 & Y2 next to eachother at Cronulla.

T4 was with T107 preparing to depart for Bondi Junction.

Y2 was doing some Digital Train Radio System (DTRS) testing.

Photo 3: A row of trains at Central Sydney Terminal.

Photo 4: Making the poles and hand rails stand out on Tangara car D6141.

Photo 5: Red Signals at the Sydney end of Cronulla station.

Photo 6: A Tangara on Platform 25 at Central.

Photo 7: An Epping bound Waratah arrives into Platform 2 at Meadowbank.

Photo 8: Some BGSY Grain wagons at Cockle Creek.

Photo 9: Lady Northcott at Circular Quay.

Photo 10: A Sydney Explorer sightseeing bus at Pyrmont Bay.

Photo 11: The lone speed sign.

This speed sign reading "80" is located where tracks use to be near Newcastle Station.

Photo 12: Oscar Set H23 passing through the peaceful and beautiful Wondabyne Station on a service to Hamilton/Newcastle.

Photo 13: A red flower with a V Set in the background at Hazelbrook Station in the Blue Mountains.

Photo 14: Track Inspection Vehicle MTPV2 passes through Cockle Creek Station headed towards Hamilton.

Photo 15: A Blue Sydney Metro Wristband with the Cherrybrook Station Box & Construction in the background.

Photo 16: The Sydney XPT returning from Grafton passes through Cockle Creek.

I hope you all enjoyed these photo's.

Ill do some more over the next few days and ill make another Blog out of them.

What one did you like best?

Let me know in the comments.

Thank you all for reading.

See you in the next Blog.

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.