New York City Subway R32 Cars Retired

Hi all!

From 1964 to 1965 the Budd Company build 600 stainless steel subway cars for the New York City Subway.

These cars were known as the R32 and R32A type.

They were also known as “Brightliners”.

The R32 cars were numbered 3350 to 3649 and the R32A cars were numbered 3650 to 3949.

As of the night of 1/11/2020 New York time the remaining R32’s were retired from regular passenger service.

Some may be seen out on movie trains.

I dare say some will be kept for heritage trains.

I have heard some have been stored so that if they really really need them they can use them however that’s doubtful as more of the new R179 fleet enter service.

The photo provided shows a trains made of R32 type cars on a C line train at Fulton Street station on 28/5/2019.

For videos on the R32 cars and much more please visit this playlist of videos filmed by me on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-OFdIVf0YcabCNgG3tcgVU0tQDHvZo7j

More new Series 2 Waratah B Sets On The Way!

Hi everyone!

I hope everyone is staying safe during these crazy times.

A friend sent me some interesting photo’s of the first of the second batch of Series 2 Waratah B Sets at the CRRC ChangChun Railway Vehicles Company in China.

We will be getting 17 new sets which will be numbered B25 through to B41.

These photo’s mainly show B25 however in one photo we see another set in the background which at a guess is B26.

Here are some interior photo’s.

Photo credit: CRRC Chanchun Railway Vehicles Company
By the looks of things we will see the first of the new sets in Australia ready for testing in the coming weeks.

Thank you for reading.

Sydney Trains: Passenger Information Screen Update

Hi all.

As some of you may have seen, there has been an update to the PIDS (Passenger Information Display Screens) at Sydney Train stations.

Instead of showing the next train and the following train, it now shows the next train plus the following two trains.

The photo above shows the updated screens.

Taken from the concourse at Sydenham station.

Thank you for reading!

Check out my videos on Sydney Trains Vlogs on YouTube by visiting the link below:

www.youtube.com/sydneytrainsvlogs

Sydney Trains Vlogs Reaches 10 Million Total Views!!!

Hi all!

Sydney Trains Vlogs has surpassed 10,000,000 total views.

Thank you all for your support!

The link to my thank you video is below.

https://youtu.be/AZahpY0W5cc

Cheers,

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Sydney Trains Vlogs: Waratah A42 Returns to Servie

Hi all.

Waratah set A42 which was damaged as a result of hitting the buffers at Richmond station Platform 2 in January 2018 has returned to service.

It returned to service in late March 2019.

D6342 being the carriage that hit the buffers is still at Cardiff.

PPTV carriage D6379 is replacing D6342 for the time being.

This set has all new gangways as most of the old ones were damaged in the accident.

In the photo above we see A42 at Central as it leaves Platform 17 for a City Circle service with D6379 being the closest car to the camera.

Below is a couple of showing A42 at Richmond on the day of the accident.

https://youtu.be/gkkFZN2Balg

https://youtu.be/TEDlx4EAhYw

Thank you for reading,

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

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 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

More Queensland Videos Coming to Sydney Trains Vlogs

Hi everyone!

As some of you may have noticed, there has been a few Queensland Rail videos uploaded to Sydney Trains Vlogs.

This was from a recent trip at the end of June to the beginning of July.

I am going back to Brisbane around the end of July to see family however i will be filming a few videos as well.

If you would like to see the Queensland Rail videos that are on Sydney Trains Vlogs please visit the playlist link below:

Queensland Rail Vlogs:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-OFdIVf0YcbWh9aO2HGziH9gP7693HA9

Thank you for reading.

Be sure to check out my other blog posts.

XRN Classes Have A New Livery

Hi all!

I just want to talk about something that had changed a few months ago that i was a bit slow at capturing.

The XRN Class C44aci fleet that were with Xstrata Rail National (XRN) and Glencore have been bought by Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) along with the company.

The XRN fleet are in progress of receiving the G&W Livery.

The photo below shows locomotive XRN013 with the G&W livery.

This is actually my first photo of an XRN Class in this livery as i haven’t really had the time to make my way up to the Hunter etc until the day the photo was taken (4/1/2018).

Thanks for reading :)

New Trains For Sydney Coming 2018

Hi all.

Exciting news for train buffs in Sydney.

We are getting new trains!

They will be similar in appearance to our Waratah A Sets.

The new trains will be known as B Sets and there will be 24 of them.

Numbered B1 - B24.

They will be 8 car sets just like the Waratahs.

The first one is due to arrive in approx March 2018.

Sadly as the new trains arrive our S Set fleet will be progressively scrapped.

I will put 2 photo’s below.

The photo’s show stickers that are placed in every S Set carriage.

So by next summer the all trains on the Sydney Trains network will have air conditioning.

That is all for this blog.

Thank you for reading and i’ll catch you all next time.

Phil,

Sydney Trains Vlogs.

7,000 Subscribers Reached

Hi everyone!

I just wanted let you all know that Sydney Trains Vlogs has just reached 7,000 Subscribers!

Thank you all so much for helping me reach this milestone.

We are so close to hitting 10,000 which i never thought i would achieve.

Thanks again and thank you for watching Sydney Trains Vlogs :)

If you want to check out my other 2 channels, the links are below:

Abandoned Oz:

www.youtube.com/abandonedoz

Australian Freight Watch:

www.youtube.com/australianfreightwatch

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.

A Splash of Colour

Wednesday 17th February 2016

G'day everyone and welcome to another STV Blog.

Today i want to show you a few photos of mine ive been tampering with.

Making them black and white and giving them a splash of colour!

Lets get started!

Photo 1: SSR Classes leading a BGSY Grain wagons south through Meadowbank.

Photo 2: T4 & Y2 next to eachother at Cronulla.

T4 was with T107 preparing to depart for Bondi Junction.

Y2 was doing some Digital Train Radio System (DTRS) testing.

Photo 3: A row of trains at Central Sydney Terminal.

Photo 4: Making the poles and hand rails stand out on Tangara car D6141.

Photo 5: Red Signals at the Sydney end of Cronulla station.

Photo 6: A Tangara on Platform 25 at Central.

Photo 7: An Epping bound Waratah arrives into Platform 2 at Meadowbank.

Photo 8: Some BGSY Grain wagons at Cockle Creek.

Photo 9: Lady Northcott at Circular Quay.

Photo 10: A Sydney Explorer sightseeing bus at Pyrmont Bay.

Photo 11: The lone speed sign.

This speed sign reading "80" is located where tracks use to be near Newcastle Station.

Photo 12: Oscar Set H23 passing through the peaceful and beautiful Wondabyne Station on a service to Hamilton/Newcastle.

Photo 13: A red flower with a V Set in the background at Hazelbrook Station in the Blue Mountains.

Photo 14: Track Inspection Vehicle MTPV2 passes through Cockle Creek Station headed towards Hamilton.

Photo 15: A Blue Sydney Metro Wristband with the Cherrybrook Station Box & Construction in the background.

Photo 16: The Sydney XPT returning from Grafton passes through Cockle Creek.

I hope you all enjoyed these photo's.

Ill do some more over the next few days and ill make another Blog out of them.

What one did you like best?

Let me know in the comments.

Thank you all for reading.

See you in the next Blog.

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

Sydney Metro Northwest Getting a Move On

Friday 12th February 2016

Hi all and welcome to another STV Blog.

Today i want to talk about Sydney Metro Northwest's Skytrain bridge.

On the way to Epping every morning i pass through the Sunnyholt Rd/Memorial Avenue & Windsor Rd intersection in Kellyville and the launching crane that lifts the Skytrain segments into place had been sitting in the same spot for months.

Ive been waiting for the moment when the launching crane crosses Memorial Ave and finally that time has come!!

Photo below taken on Wednesday 10th February 2016.

The photo shows the launching crane sitting over Memorial Avenue.

When the segments start getting lifted there will be road closures and detours.

The photo below was taken the following day, Thursday 11th February 2016.

This photo shows the first few bridge segments being lifted into place.

Roads have not yet been closed.

Thank you all for reading this Blog.

More updates will be posted as more photo ops arise.

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.

New Tangara Light Weight Plug Doors

Sunday 7th February 2016

New Tangara Light Weight Plug Doors.

Back in 2014 there were a couple of trial Tangara's that recieved the new light weight plug doors which strongly resemble M Set doors but i assure you they are not M Set doors, apart from the window shape they are completely different.

The very first Tangara to get the new doors was T96 followed by T33 & T64.

In 2015 the trial was a sucess.

In the second half of 2015 the rest of the Tangara fleet started receiving the new light weight plug doors.

As of February 2016 almost half the Tangara fleet have the new doors.

These new doors do not have panels below the windows so undesirable idiots can't kick the panels out.

The photo below show's 2 Tangara sets coupled.

One with the new doors and one with the original doors.

What is your opinion on the new doors?

I quite like them.

Thank you all for reading another Sydney Trains Blog.

If you haven't joined STV on Blogger then please do so by clicking or tapping the follow or join button below the Blog header.

Phil, Sydney Trains Vlogs.