International Railroad Discussion > Easter Sunday Steam trips in Sydney

Transport Heritage NSW offered 5 short steam hauled excursion services in Sydney on Easter Sunday.  The services ran between Sydney's Central and Rhodes stations on Sydney's Northern line, a return trip of around an hour. 

Outbound trips were hauled by steam locomotive #3642, built by Clyde Engineering, Sydney in 1926. On the rear was diesel HL203, (the former 42203), another Clyde Engineering product built under licence from EMD in 1969. To allow for a quick turnaround at Rhodes, HL203 hauled the trains back to Central.

In the attached video, the first trip of the day passes through North Strathfield at 10.16am.

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Nice.You can just make out the freight /relief line diving down to the right.
Regards,DK

Yes!  The train is actually on the "Down" (away from Sydney) relief - which is reversable at this point. What can be just seen at the right is the exit of the freight bypass for southbound trains, normally only used by freight & empty stock moves.