Lineside Lens
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Avid railfan & train photographer from 🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia! Photos are by me unless indicated otherwise. Views expressed are my own. he/him · they/them is also okay
3801 returns to the Blue Mountains running shuttles between Penrith & Valley Heights this weekend only: linesidelens.com/3801-in-the-... #photography #trainspotting #trains #steam #sydneytrains
3801 in the Blue Mountains
The much-anticipated Penrith Steam train rides on the 25th & 26th of July saw the "Legend of Steam" on the Blue Mountains Line once again
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Yesterday, famed steam locomotive 3801 returned in the first of its mainline tests following extensive maintenance linesidelens.com/3801-returns... #trains #trainspotting #photography
3801 Returns to the Mainline
A triumphant return for possibly the most iconic steam locomotive of this country
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The annual Thirlmere Festival of Steam was held at the NSW rail museum over the weekend, with a variety of heritage steam locomotives out on display and hauling runs toward Buxton or Picton. More photos & write up on my blog: linesidelens.com/thirlmere-fe... #photography#trainspotting#trains
Lineside Lens Blog: photo essays and thoughts about trains around Sydney now at a new link: linesidelens.com
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Amatuer rail photography, photo essays and thoughts about trains around Sydney
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3526 ("The Nanny") was out on the rails over the weekend, running laps between Hornsby and Rhodes on the T9. Blog post with more photos: railblog.astrial.org/3526-at-beecroft #trains #sydneytrains #photography
Spotting some evening K Sets — blog post now up railblog.astrial.org/evening-ks/ (incl. more photos!) With the upcoming April timetable changes, these trains are set to become even rarer, and eventually phased out pending "Suburban" OSCar refurbishments #trains #photography
New write-up of my day out spotting CAF Civity testing in Sydney is live: railblog.astrial.org/r-set-testin... #photography #trains #trainspotting
R Set Testing on the Main North
Spotting the R sets doing testing on the Main North at Hornsby & Wondabyne, and an XPT at Woy Woy
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Maitland Picnic Train crawls toward the railway bridge parallel to the B83 on its return journey toward Central after a short pause to allow a Mariyung to pass, led by 4903 15th Feb 2026 #trains #photography
After almost 56 years in service, the last V set revenue service ran on 30 Jan from Lithgow to Central, an eight car set of V25 and V10. The ends of the train were painted its the original "Blue Goose" livery and was greeted at Central by crowds of train enthusiasts 🧵 1/ #photography #trains
56 years after the first 'Blue Goose' entered service on the electrified interurban railways connecting Sydney with the Blue Mountains and Gosford, the last in-service run of a 'V set' will be on January 30th. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘Sad day’: End of line for NSW’s beloved steel rattlers
The final V-set train service will wind its way over the Blue Mountains to Sydney in two weeks, marking the end of an era for a workhorse of NSW’s railways.
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Brisbane XPT led by 2009 arrives into Hornsby on a warm sunny day. Trailed by 2015. 18th Dec 2025 #trains #photography
D set testing is well underway on the BMT with the first scheduled revenue train in under a week Time is ticking for the old V sets! #trains
Inter-city fleet renewal in New South Wales makes progress https://bit.ly/3KJkRaU
Inter-city fleet renewal in New South Wales makes progress
Inter-city fleet renewal in New South Wales makes progress https://bit.ly/3KJkRaU
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XP 2011 waiting at Central leading the Brisbane service alongside V31 railblog.astrial.org/gallery/_MG_... #trains #photography
XP 2011 leading the Brisbane service alongside V31 at Central
A blue, white and yellow XPT power car sits at a platform, ready to depart whilst a yellow, orange and grey-fronted V set with a silver body can sits on the opposite platform. The sky is a light blue...
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XPT power car numbered 2007 pulls into Fassifern on the down while a freight train hauled by Pacific National NR65 and 71 passes on the opposite track railblog.astrial.org/gallery/XPT_... #photography #trains
XPT lead by XP2007 pulls into Fassifern station on the down
A blue and yellow XPT power car numbered 2007 pulls into the platform with a moving freight train visible on the other track. The overpass of the station is visible in the background and the sky is b...
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I have a gallery for random railway photographs now, railblog.astrial.org, working on uploading my bsky photos + more it's pretty barebones rn, feedback appreciated (aka backend dev tries css)
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D1 on the up leading a Central service past Wondabyne, trailed by D153 on the 7th Jul. Mostly unedited bar cropping to 16:10, camera (EOS 600D) courtesy of a friend. #photography #trains #sydneytrains
A Gordon via Central T9 service arriving into Concord West, run by T97 trailed by T27 at sunset. Taken 9th Jul #photography #trains #sydneytrains
A Sydney-bound Central Coast & Newcastle service run by a D set departs Wondabyne, trailed by D60. Taken on the 7th July #photography #trains #sydneytrains
Yesterday was the last day for the V sets on the Central Coast and Newcastle Line Having operated for 55 years (since 1970!), their replacements, the D sets, feature improved accessibility, power points and tray tables. Picture: V41, the last 8 car V set on the CCN, terminating at Central #trains
Building Beautifully is a transport and urbanism YouTube all about the city of Sydney, Australia. On this channel, Sharath explores everything from the Sydney Metro to transit-oriented development, abandoned infrastructure and so much more. Check out his channel! youtu.be/vVwp08Ks26Y
The Best Way to Learn About Sydney's Urbanism! (w/ Building Beautifully)
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Taitset is a channel covering the ins and outs of every single transit mode of Melbourne, with stunning videography and great in-depth knowledge! Check out his channel for more great Melbourne content. The rest of the world has much to learn from it! youtu.be/XaSANHwwpn8
Exploring the Transit of the World's Most Livable City! (w/ Taitset)
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Back at Milsons Point, A57 heading toward North Sydney Captured 31st May, unedited, camera courtesy of a friend #photography #sydney #trains
Australia’s model of frequent suburban rail is pretty cool and Canadians should know more about it.
JackTatt 🇨🇦@jacktatttran.bsky.social · last yr.The city truly does not comprehend how suburban rail like GO can be urban rapid transit used by local residents not just a feeder for outsiders. I think this is because North Americans don’t get it. The only examples are an ocean away in Europe and Australia. Australia had no metro because of this!
For your Saturday night viewing pleasure (if you’re on Nebula). Oh, did I ride Sydney’s new metro, you ask? Is that a serious question?? nebula.tv/videos/cityn...
CityNerd — The Things That Make Sydney Great
Sydney, Australia: a new metro line, with more on the way. A killer airport/transit connection. Cool neighborhoods. And, yes — bats.
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Mildly warm take: We don't need to focus on pushing for HSR down the east coast right now Sure, it would be *nice* to have a modern 300kmh bullet train linking our major cities but fixing up what we've already got is, imo, a smarter move 🧵1/5
Cockle Creek is flooded again lol who could of predicted that Trains stopping short at Fassifern #sydneytrains
XPT 2003 terminating at Central after finishing its run from Grafton plus a cheeky V set in the background #trainspotting #sydneytrains #trains #photography
