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One of the many restoration projects I assume.

I presume a long term restoration project

Does this mean it will return to service

Maybe, we are all waiting and hoping this is the case!

@@darrenswan600 Highly unlikely, when it was taken out of service it never received a full overhaul, meaning it is one of the best originally preserved NSW engines.

It's interesting having been to the national rail museum in adelaide, rail workshops museum in ipswich and now thirlmere again. They all have some similarities and differences. Thirlmere is mostly a look around at static exhibitis, with a little bit of an explainer on the rail history of the state. And although I didn't film it in the video, you can go up to the roundhouse at the back and see maintenance/restoration underway, which is usually carried out away from the public eye in other museums. It also has train rides up to buxton and back. Unfortunately they weren't running on the day I went but Thirlmere is definitely the only 'big' train museum in the country that offers that experience.

Yes we did. We stopped in Junee due to a signal failure for a few hours which helped. I found the xpt pretty good for sleeping.

It will be sad to see them go, but I am excited to ride on the mariyung sets when they are in service.

Thanks!

Well spotted, not all of the seats are reversible.

@@AlexsTrainChannelall are exept onces facing walls

No problem at all Leo! We have been very excited to see some of the developments that have been taking place over the last few years thanks to the efforts of volunteers like yourself!

No, there are heaps of T classes still around. Some still in use on freight! And yes, you are correct, some of them are different designs. There are at least three T class design variations. There are the series one 'flat top', the series 2 which has a very slight hood above the drivers cab, and the series 3 onwards which has a high hood and full windshield.

Thanks, port kembla is always good for rail action.

The first station was Queenbeyan, and the second was Canberra.

No worries, glad you enjoyed 👍

That was an interesting insight from the open day. I didn't bother to ask why on the day, maybe for the next one I will see.

@@AlexsTrainChannel - Yeah I mean one could be a one-off to commemorate some single event in railway history or a sponsorship or a sister city arrangement or something, but two is a lot more than a coincidence 😲

Yeah, Warrnambool and Geelong would be the only two places. Does stony point count as the vline network? You can see the ocean at the end of the line there as well.

Thanks Shelton. I have a Dji Air2s

Thank you very much 😀

Thank you! I had a lot of good fun seeing these trains in 2023.

No worries! I hope your 2023 was excellent and I am hoping to visit you in 2024 🤞

It does sound good since they replaced the horn

There certainly are. One of Aurizon key plans for the future of their business is to take on more bulk freight, like grain, as they will move away from coal. They run in the hunter valley, and late in 2022 they started operating in southern nsw, around cootmaundra/junee.

One of the best in the world. And depending on where you are in Australia, its the same flight distance as perth 😅

CZcams never ceases to amaze me. Here I am, an Australian, making a video on New Zealand trains, replying to a comment from someone in the UK. My humble thanks for your support and comment! I hope to visit the UK again someday soon. Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year for 2024.

They are getting closer every day to returning trains to the tracks! I look forward to that day as it is a beautiful part of the country and would make a very scenic ride.

Train rides are a little bit off just yet, but they are making very good progress!

Thanks for the heads up James. This trip may have been announced after this video was produced, as I make these videos well in advance.