Series 2 Waratah Update

Hi all.

Just a quick update on the Series 2 Waratah B Sets.

Earlier this week B20 entered service.

B21 was delivered earlier in the week.

B14 will be the next to enter service followed by B21.

B22, B23 and the last of the first batch B24 are at Cardiff pending delivery.

The second batch of B Sets B25 to B41 should arrive later this year.

Thank you for reading,

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Sydney Trains Vlogs: Current B Set Progress

Hi all!

All information is as of 22/3/2019

The current status of the B Sets are as follows:

In service: B1 through to B13, B15 through to B18.

In test phase: B14, B19 & B20

At Cardiff pending delivery to Sydney: B21 through to B24.

So, we have all the first batch of B Sets in Australia (B1 - B24).

The second batch of B Sets will be for growth amd will not be replacing any other trains.

The K and C Sets will stay for now.

These sets will be B25 through to B41 will will begin delivery later this year.

Thank you for reading!

Phil.

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: 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