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.

Aviation Photography

Typed on Wednesday 6th April 2016

Hey everybody and welcome to another STV Blog.

Recently i have been doing some Aviation Photography at a spot near Kingsford Smith Airport (Sydney, YSSY).

The area is at a fence near the Old Control Tower and is great for closeups of aircraft.

Here's a few photo's from this amazing little spot.

Photo 1 Below:

Qantas

Boeing 747-438ER

VH-OEH

Photo 2 Below:

Etihad

Airbus A380-800

A6-APE

Photo 3 Below:

Qantas

Boeing 737-838

ZK-ZQF

Photo 4 Below:

Air New Zealand

Boeing 767-319ER

ZK-NCL

Photo 5 Below:

Qantas

Airbus A380-800

VH-OQH

Photo 6 Below:

Singapore Airlines

Boeing 777-212ER

9V-SVE

Photo 7 Below:

Qantas

Boeing 747-400

VH-OEE

Thats just a few of of the photo's that were taken at this spot.

Thank you all for reading another STV Blog.

Check back for more Blogs coming soon.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Locomotive NR8 Fire!

Typed on: Monday 4th April 2016:

Hi all and welcome to another STV Blog.

Major delays and the partial closure of the Central Coast and Newcastle line between Hamilton and Fassifern were experienced today due to a fire that broke out on Pacific National Locomotive NR8 travelling from Whyalla (South Australia) to Newcastle (New South Wales).

The fire broke out somewhere between Fassifern and Hamilton.

The damage was extensive and there is no word on whether NR8 will be scrapped or not.

The fire was caused by an engine failure.

Thats all the information i have at the moment.

If any more information comes to hand ill type an update Blog.

Thank you all for reading.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

New STV Instagram Account!

Typed on Sunday 3rd April 2016

New STV Instagram Account!

Hi all and welcome to another Sydney Trains Vlogs Blog.

I have started a new Instagram account due to a couple of issues.

I have started a new account so that these isses won't come up again.

This account will be bigger and better than ever!

The account will feature photo's of Trains, Trams, Planes, Ferries and more!

To follow the new Sydney Trains Vlogs Instagram you can find me @sydney_trains_vlogs_youtube

Or use the link below: https://www.instagram.com/sydney_trains_vlogs_youtube/

I post photo's frequently!

By frequently i mean about more than 1 a day.

Thank you all for reading another STV Blog.

Im looking forward to seeing you all on Instagram.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Badgerys Creek: A Ghost Town

Typed on Saturday 26th March 2016:

Hi all.

Today, Saturday 26th March 2016 i went for a drive to Badgerys Creek near Bringelly South West Sydney.

As most of you may know the suburb of Badgerys Creek will soon be levelled to make way for a new Domestic & International Airport.

There are very few residents in Badgerys Creek as they have been told to leave as construction of the new airport will begin at the end of 2016.

Street after street, emptyness.

Countless driveways, letterboxes and white picket fences yet no houses to complete the picture.

A majority of the houses have been demolished yet a couple remain.. Abandoned and left to decay.

An abandoned school which has seen better days.

One of the school buildings has been mostly burnt out.

An old bus stop which once saw kids waiting to get their bus home.

A car sits on a gravel road.. Gutted.

A Cemetery which will soon be relocated.

A rusted gate lock.

It was good driving through the area taking plenty of photos to document everything before the airport is operational.

The airport is due to open in the mid 2020's.

I had a rather scary experience while being in the area.

While driving around taking photos of the abandonments there was an angry looking person in a silver car.

I decided to make my way towards Elizabeth Drive just incase he was to try run me off the road.

When he pulled up beside me i realised he had kids inside the car so i thought "he is just a family man, nothing to worry about".

Not likely.

About half an hour later while exploring another one of Badgerys Creek's deserted streets i see the same car.

This time the guy meant business.

He was yelling at the top of his lungs F*ck off! F*ck off!

Thats when i thought it would be a good time to abort the exploration.

I don't know if he was a random angry guy, neighbourhood watch or someone trying to protect Badgerys Creek.

In the end id never do anything to damage anything in the area.

Anyway.. That was my day!

Thank you for reading.

I filmed a lengthy video which will be uploaded to Abandoned Oz on Sunday 27th March 2016.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Tangara T106 Update

Typed on Friday 25th March 2016

Hi all.

Welcome to another STV Blog.

A lot of you have asked me when Tangara T106 is going to come back to Sydney after having it's major upgrade.

It has been at UGL Broadmeadow for almost 2 months now.

The last thing i heard is that a couple of weeks a go it was in one of the sheds completely stripped out.

The Tangara Technology Upgrade is suppose to take about 4 weeks per Tangara Set (maybe less).

As T106 is the first to get the upgrade it will take a bit longer as it's pretty much a prototype.

I will definitely be out to photograph and film T106 leave UGL on the day it is released.

The Tangara Technology Upgrade is suppose to include CCTV, internal PIDS, new driver dash etc.

It may or may not get a new livery.

More info will be shared as soon as it comes to hand.

Thanks for reading.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

STV The Movie 3 Update

Typed on Thursday 25th March 2016

Hi everyone!

Welcome to another STV Blog.

I just want to give you guys a bit of an update on Sydney Trains Vlogs The Movie 3.

I haven't filmed that much more of it since the last update.

Ive worked on the Sydney Light Rail chapter a little bit.

All up there is about 15-20 minutes of footage.

As per the last 2 movies i won't accept anything under an hour.

I want this movie to reach 1 hour and 20 minutes worth of footage.

In the coming weeks ill be really stuck in to filming the movie so that i can get it uploaded sometime before June/July.

Ill type up some more regular updates between now and the upload date.

Thank you all for reading!

Check back for more Blogs soon.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.