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I've heard that a lot of people are going to Lithgow for it, even booking hotels.

I've heard that a lot of people are going to Lithgow for it, even booking hotels.

They're painting the Oscars orange as well.

Sydney Morning Herald article (archived version)

TheTrainGuy4's video on it

There is currently no plan to implement any of these changes.

DD9847 from set D147

2025-09-07 2:30pm

In all it was 5 seats: my row, the row in front of me, and the singular seat. I peeled off the ones in front of my seat. They're scented stickers.

Just thought I'd share this because I found it quite interesting.

Yesterday my northbound CCN stopped at Hawkesbury River for around 10m. I asked the guard what was going on, and he said that there's a freight train coming south, but with a steel plate sticking out of it. So our Mariyung couldn't proceed until they've sorted out the issue.

He said that the signaller told the driver to stop, and the driver relayed this to him. And that we couldn't move until the signaller says it's OK.

The freight train shows up going pretty slow. I forgot what locos it had. It stops with the first loco maybe 20 metres off the south end of the platform. I asked the guard why it stopped and he said that someone's gone to fix the issue.

A few moments later the guard goes into the cab and talks on the radio for a bit, then tells me that we can go now. As we leave I saw a worker walking beside the freight carriages carrying a bent steel plate, maybe 1.5m long and 50cm across.

As we passed the bridge I did notice that the tracks were pretty close together.

a while ago I noticed that some signals have these old looking lamps instead of the LEDs. all the ones I've seen are "backward", as in the lamps are facing that track's direction of travel, so incoming trains would only see the back of the signal (useless). Maybe TfNSW prioritised upgrading only the signals that are actually used, and left these ones in because they're not necessary.

photo taken at Hornsby on the south end of a platform (forgot which). nice double crossover there in the background.

the picnic train is doing some south coast runs with locomotive 5917 this weekend

https://www.picnictrain.com.au/kiama

Saturday 23rd August

Southbound Journey

• Sydney Central Station- dep. 10.00am 

• Sutherland - dep. 11.00am 

• Wollongong - dep. 12.15pm

• Kiama - arr. 1.10pm

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Northbound Journey

• Kiama - dep. 4.20pm 

• Wollongong - arr. 5.15pm 

• Sutherland - arr. 6.45pm

• Sydney Central Station- arr. 7.10pm

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Sunday 24th August, Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October

Southbound Journey

• Sydney Central Station- dep. 09.30am 

• Sutherland - dep. 10.10am 

• Wollongong - dep. 11.43am

• Kiama - arr. 12.35pm

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Northbound Journey

• Kiama - dep. 4.20pm 

• Wollongong - arr. 5.15pm 

• Sutherland - arr. 6.40pm

• Sydney Central Station- arr. 7.10pm

made with the iOS native "turn into sticker" feature

From September 2025, Sydney Trains will stop providing real-time location data for freight and some other non-passenger train services on the Sydney metropolitan rail network. Sydney Trains will provide a date for when this change will take effect closer to the change being made.

https://anytrip.com.au/freight-train-changes