Thanks. Did you also see the wild weed growth around 32:30 ? Not a lot of traffic there I guess...

Thanks mate!

Garry Teahan Thank you so much, mate. I really want to go to Perth one day!

Thank you so much!

Merci!

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks mate, hope you enjoyed it!

Yet you only see apart of it in this video and it's smaller now than it used to be with the disappearance of Wardell Road (Dulwich Hill) to Rozelle and Balmain Rd Junction to Sydney Yard. But in saying that, the general public can travel on this line on the Sydney Light Rail (SLR) from Central to Dulwich Hill. The other parts that you don't see is from Marrickville to Port Botany and Chullora Junction to Flemington Junctions around behind Flemington Carriage Sidings for the run to North Strathfield.

Have fun!

@@railfanworld I intend to!

Nice way to “chill” out 🤣

@@youtubeviewer7030 LOL

@@neilforbes416 just as well you went

Well spotted. There is another steam train hidden in this video...

Politely pushed by a diesel unit, which also could take over entirely if the steam loco failed. It's probably just an excursion train.

@@railfanworld Around 36:48. Not hard to find. It's pushing on that train

@@anonymike8280 Yeah. It's part of the Transport Heritage Festival, the same as the CPH railmotor trip this video was filmed from. It's been a long time since we've had steam trains running regular services.The reason for the diesel on the back (which didn't seem to be doing too much powering) is because this is a shuttle. When it gets to the destination station, the diesel will return the train to Central. The diesel is a museum piece too, btw.

Thanks mate. Good point!

That probably might be true

The dewire process started some where around 2008 and you can even go to google maps and use that street view history thing what ever that is but you can clearly see that the dewireing process started

Couldn't a diesel chug it through?

There are 6 tracks through strathfield and what sort of major problem on the western line could ever require an electric passenger train to get diverted through here. Also this track is now controlled by the ARTC and not Sydney trains.

How many did you count?

Geoffrey Moore in the late 1980s SRA (State Rail Authority) had 3 active electric locomotive classes 46, 85 and 86 class locomotives enfield yard was the largest rail yard in New South Wales. From the mid 1950s electrification had reached the coal mines over the blue mountains past lithgow and in the early 80s newcastle and Port Kembla also. There was a big depot at enfield known as Delec it was to help maintain the freight trains in service. In the late 90s the cost to run the electric locomotives was to high so freightcorp (fka SRA) withdrew all the electric fleet so most electrification had been removed. The stanchions are still in place but the over head rails removed. The best place to note this from is Campsie to Marrickville on the bankstown line. Hope this was some help

@@petermiddleton8704 Thanks, Peter for your detailed rundown on the cessation of electrical for frieght. I know I asked this ages ago, so nice getting your great reply today.

They don't use electric locomotives for freight any more so the wires were removed.

2 lines are the ARTC metropolitan freight line and the other 2 are the electric Sydney trains network. They don't intersect anywhere between the sefton triangle at the start of the video until the 35 minute mark near Sydenham.

@@johnwallace2275 Incorrect, ARTC wanted the wires removed to cut down on maintenance costs of the infrastructure. The wires between Flemington South Junction and Enfield Yard are being retained so when the Robel train and other infrastructure trains are worked into the City (underground), they can be worked out of Enfield yard by electric loco 8606 and soon 8649.

It would have been a "passenger run" because of heritage trains running around, especially the GL and Garratt running and the heritage electric train at Central.

Good one, but there was no rush as this was a special ride during the Transport Heritage Expo, have a look at railfanworld.com/blog/australia/2019/transport-heritage-expo

I wasn't paying too much attention to the signalling, but there was a change of network from Sydney Trains to ARTC (Australian Rail Track Corporation), and back to Sydney Trains. The requirements for signalling on a freight line are probably a bit different to a suburban passenger service.

One of them was a Garrett, no? Hard to hide that thing, although I suppose it was trying to hide a few platforms over in Central.

Great vid thanks love the ride on the tin hare

@@ceciltagg Thanks mate! I have another tin hare cab ride from Central to Olympic Park return, did you check that out?

@@steeltrap3800 Correct. It thought it got hidden more quickly because of the other Waratah :)

1 just after Sydenham Station and the other just after St Peters.

I used Google Maps, but if you have found something better, let me know.

Tanu Ccio Yes there is

railsafe.org.au/diagrams/drivers-route-knowledge-diagrams

@@tbohlsenNSWSSMRC Thanks for sharing that link, very interesting!

It's a train journey during the Transport Heritage Expo, so there is no need to go really fast I guess :)

@@railfanworld ah ok makes sense

It's not a regular passenger service....it's a special for train fans.

Well spotted!

T = train. 3 = line 3 (Bankstown Line). Although the Freight Line part wasn't T3. We also have F = ferry, B = bus , M = metro, and L = light rail (tram).

Don’t worry, it’s only in Sydney metro. The rest of the state is shit.

He had a camera maybe it was Phil

Just a New Zealander on holidays.

@Neil Forbes careful or you make people see red LOL

@@travelingman6511 Red Symonds?

@@neilforbes416 well ego is not a dirty word you know LOL

Yes, correct

Here it is the real stuff :)

If you want it faster, check out my other cab ride video from Central to Olympic Park and return :)

This video was made before covid :)

Why should it be fast. It's an enthusiast trip, not a regular passenger service. For some, the slower the better to enjoy the experience of riding in an old railmotor.

Don't comment on stuff about which you have absolutely no knowledge.