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A 5-Car Xplorer sits adjacent to Platform 2 at Sydney Terminal in smokey conditions due to surrounding bush fires, Running as NSW Trains SP34 after amalgamating in Goulburn, the front portion originated in Canberra and rear portion in Griffith.
First West of England WX59 BYT
Mendip Xplorer liveried Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse 2
Bristol
Service 177
25th April 2019
Freshly painted in Mendip Xplorer livery and transferred to Wells is this ADL Enviro 400 seen passing Midsomer Norton South station on a 174 to Bath.
Frame:*BROMPTON*S2L/C-Line
Handle:*NITTO* b802 aaf handle bar (silver/660)
Grip:*OURY* mountain grip (blk)
Saddle:*GILLES BERTHOUD* aspin leather saddle (stn/black)
Frame pad:*BLUE LUG* frame pad for brompton
Bag:*EERDER METAAL* xplorer front bag
Wright Streetdeck H45/28F new Nov 2015 , one of eight at Wells depot to replace single deck Volvos on service 376 from Bristol to Street. All eight are in this blue and gold livery with Mendip Xplorer branding and First Mendip fleetnames. This branding is being extended from 4th September 2016 when new timetables come into effect.
35161 is in Wells Bus Station on service 376 to Bristol.
Bath depot acquired two of these Volvo B7TL / Wright Gemini H45/29F new in September 2005 from First Scotland East in January 2019. A few months later they moved to Wells where the blue livery approximates Mendip Xplorer colours , and indeed they have now received Mendip Xplorer fleetnames. 32669 is at Paulton Hospital on sevice 172. I took a burst of four photos but none of them picked up the destination display.
32669 was withdrawn in February 2020 and transferred to Essex , along with similar bus 32673.
Ex Manchester ADL Enviro 400 now based at Wells in Mendip Xplorer livery. This type and other deckers now work the 126 Weston-super-Marè to Wells service to help with Social distancing. Frequency currently every hour.
Tuesday 6th October 2020
33840 parked in Wells bus station with 33661 leaving on a 376 while 33754 heads in on a 173 from Bath.
The Xplorer is a diesel multiple unit train operated by NSW TrainLink on regional rail services in New South Wales from Sydney to Armidale, Moree, Broken Hill, Griffith and Canberra.
Car length: 25.250 m (82 ft 10 in)
Fleet numbers: EA 2501-2508, EB 2511-2517, EC 2521-2528
Entered service: 1993–1995
Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph)
Information from Wikipedia.
First West of England WX54 XDF
Mendip Xplorer liveried Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban
Weston-Super-Mare
Service 126
22nd January 2019
A scene that can't be repeated. With EA2505 at the front and EC2523 bringing up the rear, 5 car Northern Tablelands Xplorer NP23 speeds across the ornate trestle bridge over Chilcotts Swamp just south of Uralla. One of the few remaining timber bridges at the time - this bridge has since been replaced with a concrete structure.
Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini at Charlton Road on a 172 to Paulton with our first snow of the Winter.
Wright Streetdeck H45/28F new Nov 2015 , one of eight at Wells depot to replace single deck Volvos on service 376 from Bristol to Street. All eight are in this blue and gold livery with Mendip Xplorer branding. Confusingly three of Marlborough Street's Volvos have the same livery for the X7 Severn Express to Chepstow.
35160 is 10 minutes late leaving Bristol Bus Station on the 13.45 departure to Street.
In December 2019 First West of England Bath depot acquired 7 of these Alexander Dennis Enviro E40D H45/30F new in June 2014 as they came off loan to Diamond Bus North West , with 4 more similar buses following in January and April 2020.
Seven of them were repainted in Mendip Xplorer livery to go to Wells , replacing the Volvo B7RLE single deckers .
33834 is in Midsomer Norton High Street on service 174 to Bath.
1984 Volkswagen Transporter 60PS Motorhomes International Xplorer camper.
Supplied by Wood of Bristol (VW/Audi).
At Denistone Railway Station on the T1 - Sydney Trains.
Located on a steep 1 in 40 gradient Denistone Railway Station opened on 26 September 1937 originally with two side platforms. However they were built with provision to be converted to island platforms at a later date. Accordingly, the western platform was converted on 24 October 1978, and the eastern platform on 27 November 1989 when extra lines were opened to cater for freight and fast traffic.
It contains one of Sydney's smaller commuter car-parks and remains virtually unaltered since its opening.
Volvo B7RLE / Wright B44F new 10/2009 , one of a batch of 14 new at Wells , in Weston-super-Mare on service 126 to Wells .
It was repainted in Mendip Xplorer livery with First Mendip branding in January 2017. Once again Wells has 14 of these , but 69457 / 8 new to Bristol have replaced 69435 / 6 which went to Leicester.
As well as these Wells depot has 2 Volvo B7RLEs new in Dec 2004/ Jan 2005 and 9 Streetdecks new in Oct/Nov 2015. All 25 vehicles at Wells were in this Mendip Xplorer livery as at March 2017. They have now been joined in September 2017 by 66726 in Badgerline livery , as the one Weston working on 126 has been moved to Wells depot.
First Wright Streetlite 47427 SK63KMY in Midsomer Norton on a 178 to Radstock. This is one of 4 Streetlites recently transferred from Southampton to West of England. On this day all 3 buses on the 178 were Streetlites rather than the more usual double deckers.
Wright Streetdeck H45/28F new Nov 2015 , one of eight at Wells depot to replace single deck Volvos on service 376 from Bristol to Street. All eight are in this blue and gold livery with Mendip Xplorer branding and First Mendip fleetnames. This branding is being extended from 4th September 2016 when new timetables come into effect.
35162 is leaving Wells Bus Station on service 376
On its return from Griffith the Xplorer races through the former location of Rockview towards Junee where it will rejoin the Main South line.
A four-car Xplorer set is substituting for the regular XPT service to/from Dubbo, photographed here passing through Perthville on the Sydney-bound leg.
For an extended period of July 2012, ARTC undertook major trackwork over the Liverpool Ranges in North-Western NSW. This meant that the regular CountryLink services to and from the Northern Tablelands region would be replaced by road coaches from Muswellbrook, freeing up a number of Xplorer cars. This, in turn, allowed a number of Dubbo XPT services to be replaced by Xplorers, allowing the well travelled XPT fleet some rare downtime.
NT31, the overnight Sydney to Brisbane XPT service is seen roaring over the Parramatta River bridge at Meadowbank.
The final trainspotting for 2011 would be spent in good company on the shore of the Parramatta River, at Rhodes. I arrived about 1500 to wait for CA02 loaded coal (Centennial Coal/SSR), and there was plenty of opportunities to shoot other trains in the meantime. Despite the teasing cloud cover, there were plenty of electric trains to take photos of, as well as two XPT's and an Xplorer before the "main event".
NSW TrainLink EA2507/EB2517/EC2527/EA2508/EC2528 (ABB "Xplorer" DMU) is seen at East Maitland operating the combined Armidale and Moree Xplorer services. At Werris Creek these trains will divide to continue on to their final destinations
Wright Streetdeck H45/28F new Nov 2015 , one of eight at Wells depot to replace single deck Volvos on service 376 from Bristol to Street. All eight are in this blue and gold livery with Mendip Xplorer branding and First Mendip fleetnames. This branding is being extended from 4th September 2016 when new timetables come into effect.
35163 is negotiating Glastonbury High Street on service 376 to Street.