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!
Thursday, 7 February 2019
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
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.
Thank you all for your support!
Stay tuned for more video’s
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Sydney Trains Vlogs: Tangara Car D6807 Back in Service!
Hi everyone!
On Sunday 2nd December 2018, I stepped out to take a ride and do some photography of Tangara car D 6807 on set T 121 which was returned to service in late September 2018, after more than a decade in storage.
What is so interesting about this car I hear you ask? Not very much would have to be my response but here we go...
Outer Suburban Tangara was first launched on Platform 1 at Gosford on 23rd May 1994, when set G 21 leading G 20 broke through a "Central Coast Tangara" banner across the tracks towards the Sydney end of the platform. OD 6807 lead G 21 on the launch day. This car was involved in two collisions as an Outer Suburban car and was subsequently repaired on each occasion.
Following its repair this car became a spare car held in storage at Maintrain while spare G set car OD 6841 did the rounds of filling in for OD 6811, D 6174, D 6208 and D 6184 and then OD 6807.
In January 2001, OD 6807 was called on to fill in for D 6273 while that car was repaired from a collision it had been involved in early that month.
When that car returned to set T 99 on 6th December 2001, OD 6807 became a spare car again at Maintrain. and was never required back in service for almost 17 years!
In recent years the car has been upgraded to keep it up to date with the Tangara fleet, including installation of vigilance control, data loggers, a full refresh to match the Outer Suburban Tangara fleet and even the updated decals and internal network maps. The car was also recoded to drop the "O" prefix in line with the G set to T set refresh programme.
New smaller blue Guard's LED lights are also fitted and these are being rolled out gradually to all of the Tangara fleet.
The car was also towed to and from Hornsby Maintenance Centre with fellow spare Tangara Driving Trailer D 6148 on the back of a four car Tangara to have the new light weight plug doors and associated equipment fitted.
For reasons not yet known, D 6807 and was placed on to set T 121 attached to its G 21 operating partner N 5804, N 5252 from set T 14 and spare Suburban Tangara car, D 6148. T 14 is now made up of D 6808, N 5854 from T 121 attached to N 5251, D 6251.
These changes occurred in and both sets were released from Maintrain for service in August 2018 and D 6841 and D 6252 have now become spare cars.
D 6807 holds the record for being the longest Double Deck car to be held in storage since Double Deck cars came into being in the 1960's in NSW.
These images along with the photo of D 6808 on T 14 were taken at the conclusion of my day out, at Thornleigh station this afternoon.
Information kindly supplied by Michael McGinty.
Thank you for reading
Monday, 15 October 2018
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
Monday, 24 September 2018
Sydney Trains Vlogs: Central Station Loses 3 Platforms
Hi all!
Some of you may have noticed that Central station has 3 of its platforms fenced off.
Platforms 14 & 15 have closed and will be demolished to make way for Sydney Metro Stage 2.
Platform 13 is also closed but i am unsure whether it will be demolished or not.
It is unclear when/if Platforms 14 and 15 will be rebuilt.
In the video i filmed (link below) a few people had asked if plarforms 16 and up will be renumbered.
I highly doubt they will be as it will cause much confusion.
Thanks for reading :)
Sydney Trains Vlogs: The Second Series 2 Waratah Has Entered Service
Hi all!
On Tuesday 18th September 2018 the second of our new Series 2 Waratah trains entered service.
The set was B3.
To watch the video please visit the link below:
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