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With the rolling terrain between Currabubula and Werris Creek imitating the curves of a logarithmic graph, it is appropriate that 8165/8155 should be hauling logs. Originating in Tamworth, this short-lived traffic temporarily provided an opportunity to photograph something other than the daily Xplorer north of Werris Creek.
First West of England WX59 BYV
Mendip Xplorer liveried Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse 2
Weston-Super-Mare
Service 126
5th March 2019
A quick shot of some of the buses in Bath bus station on a December morning, taken from the far end of the platform at Bath Spa railway station.
On 23rd February 2019 the northbound Xplorer is near Braefield heading towards Werris Creek. At Werris Creek the train will split and the front 3 cars will head to Armidale and the rear 2 will take the northwest line to Moree.
The NSW Rail Transport Museeum's 3642 returns to the platform at Hawkesbury River having been shunted clear after detraining its passengers to allow NP24a Xplorer railcar to overtake. A second steam service, then on its way from Gosford behind 5917 and all part of the Northern Steam Spectacular later overtook this train at Cowan Loop.
077980 20 Aug 2016
EA2503 leads 4+2 configuration of Xplorer cars as they cruise past North Strathfield in Sydney's Inner West starting their journey to Werris Creek and the state's North.
North Strathfield, NSW.
Wednesday 16 April 2014.
Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban 2 B44F new 10/2009 , in Midsomer Norton on the new service 172 from Paulton to Bath introduced on 4th Sept 2016.
12 of these buses which were ordered for First Somerset in Bath were diverted to the Bristol fleet. All of this batch left Bristol early in 2015 , mostly in exchange for double deckers from Leicester, but 69457 and 69458 were transferred to First Somerset and Avon at Marlborough Street , subsequently returning to First Bristol at Hengrove where they were useful spares for service A1 to Bristol Airport.
69457 was transferred to Wells depot of First Somerset and Avon in January 2016 to replace non DDA compliant B10BLEs.
After a few months at Marlborough Street it was the first to be painted in Mendip Xplorer blue and gold livery like the Streetdecks and was transferred in Sept 2016 back to Wells which now has all 14 of the remaining 59 regd Volvos once again.
69457 was repainted in Bath City blue livery in September 2020.
With the Moree Xplorer out of the way and en route to Werris Creek, 4702 freshly painted in tuscan paired with 4701 sit patently in Boggabri loop awaiting the road on NK81 AK Cars from Werris Creek to North Star. Both the 47s are on loan from Lachlan Valley Railway and are crewed by SRS.
Identical to the Explorer cars, 30 cars were built by ABB in Dandenong for Countrylink from 1994.
They were numbered TE2801 to TE2815 and LE2851 to LE2865 although in a later refurbishment, cars TE2815 and LE2865 were renumbered to Xplorer cars EA2508 and EC2528.
On 2-10-22 Endeavour car 2858 arrives at Sydney Central station with a country service
4204 and 42103 bring the return Blue Suede Express into Forbes station.
Despite this station formally closing in 1990, two passenger services called here on this day 30 years later. Typically this annual train to Parkes uses the main west, however this year it was diverted via the main south as bushfires had closed the west. Trains with passengers onboard are rare visitors on this line. Although over the coming months, the Broken Hill Xplorer would transverse this route in service.
Forbes, NSW.
Monday 13 January 2020.
On 23rd February 2019 2506 leads the northbound Xplorer near Braefield heading towards Werris Creek and ultimately Armidale and Moree.
EA2503 leads the 5 car Xplorer train back onto the down main after crossing over to access the single platform at Singleton with NP23 to Armidale and Moree.
2018-09-07 NSW TrainLink EA2503 Singleton NP23 -2
Prowling Cat.
The only bus I saw carrying the new Lynx branding, for services into South Gloucestershire, during February 2019 was Wrightbus Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE 69448. Other buses operating the Lynx routes were Enviro 400MMC bodied Scania's, carrying Lynx stickers on Urban Olympia livery, with lavender coloured fronts flic.kr/p/QEAf1n
69448 had previously carried Mendip Xplorer Purple livery, and before that carried Barbie livery from new.
Here we see Wells owned 33837 leaving Wells Bus station with wells cathedral in the background working a 174 to bath.
First West of England Wells based 33836 / SN14 TSU, an ADL Enviro 400, is seen on display at the Wells 100 open day.
25/09/2021
EC2522 leads 4 car Xplorer set across an ornate steel girder bridge on the approach to Uralla on a clear January morning.
From left to right
MC19MEC VDL Futura C61FT, T600MEC Daf SB4000 / Marcopolo Viaggio C70F, MC18MEC, MAN 19-360 / Mobipeople E xplorer C70F, Y700MEC Bova Futura C75F and just in view 2015 Mercedes Benz Tourismo C71FT. All in the yard and belonging to Meadway Executive . Photo taken 10/06/21
WX09 KCK is a Volvo B9TL / Wright H45/29F new to First Bristol in June 2009 . It was transferred from Lawrence Hill to Wells in June 2018 and repainted in Mendip Xplorer livery.
It is in Paulton on the two hour journey from Marlborough Street , Bristol to Bath on service 379.
This is the final week of operation of 379 , which will be replaced by hourly service 522 , Bristol - Bath via Keynsham and Radstock from 2nd April , 2023.
Thirty four Wright StreetDecks entered the First West of England fleet last year, split between First Bristol's Hengrove depot for city services (26) and First Somerset & Avon's Wells depot (8).
In November, the latter were used to revamp Service 376 (Bristol-Wells-Glastonbury-Street) as the "Mendip Xplorer", which included conversion from Volvo B7RLE operation. These carry the same three-tone blue and gold 'interurban' livery originally applied to the trio of Wright Gemini-bodied Volvo B7TLs allocated to Lawrence Hill depot for Service X7 (Bristol-Chepstow-Newport).
In this late April 2016 shot, 35161 is seen at Temple Gate, heading for Bristol City Centre, passing another member of the batch bound for Street.
Railcars have just emerged from
Ardglen Tunnel and are overtaking Aurizon empty coal that had been 'put away' to allow the overtake.
Yerrinbool Station in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Passenger Movements.
(1/4) NSW TrainLink, 2857, Endeavour Class on the slow down, 2807 tailing.
(2/4) NSW TrainLink, 2813, Endeavour Class eases to a stop on the down from Sydney, 2863 tailing.
(3/4) NSW TrainLink, 2809, Endeavour Class stops for just a few getting off from Mittagong, 2859 tailing.
(4/4) Xplorer EA 2501 heads straight on through with 2521 tailing
Yerrinbool, New South Wales, Australia