Hawkesbury River Rail Bridge

The mighty Hawkesbury River is north of Sydney, it defines the northern boundary. This rail bridge was opened in 1946, replacing an earlier structure.

Eastern Suburbs Railway

Bit of a rail theme going lately, here is part of the inner suburban line above Kings Cross Station.

Mount Druitt railway station

The main western line towards Sydney.

Take the A train

This is an A set on the Down Main line at Mount Druitt in Sydney's west.

47 class loco

At Currabubula - love the name

49 class loco

Colourful livery on this freight locomotive

Xplorer class passenger train

One of the workhorses of the NSW Trains fleet

A kink in the rail

Out on the western line

Museum Station Sydney

The ticket barriers at Museum, usually no attendant here.

Mascot station

Mascot is part of the new(ish) underground line to the airport. A great way to travel to the airport.

Bold St Brifge

Site of rail accident in 1977

Entrance to St James Station

The entrance to Sydney Underground railway. St James, under Hyde Park, very English.

Glenlee House

On the tracks at Glenlee looking at the impressive colonial houses left in this area about 56km to the south west of Sydney. Glenlee House was built by magistrate William Howe in 1824. It was purchased by the Macarthur Development Board in 1978 who restored it. William Howe was born in Scotland, In 1813 he joined the 1st Royal Scots Regiment as an ensign and took part in the Napoleonic wars. He left the army in 1815 and in July 1816 arrived in New South Wales as a free settler with his wife an four children. In January 1818 Lachlan Macquarie granted Howe 3000 acres which he named Glenlee.

Out on the tracks

Part of a work trip. Breeza NSW

Lonely Ticketseller

Only one window open at Martin Place train station in peak hour. Automated ticketing is here, The Opal.

Opal Card Train Tickets

Sydney has a new ticketing system - The Opal.

Kilometrage

It used to be called mileage, since 1974 Australia is metric. This number is the distance from the buffer stop at Central station in Sydney. In the Up direction of course. Still at Seven Hills station.

Help Point

If you are in trouble help is at hand. No Problem!

Sydney Trains

Boarding the 11:50am train from Seven Hills to Blacktown. Looks clean.

Stephen Hawking and Quantum Mechanics as applied to train travel

About to take my journey here on a new Millennium train. Heading in the Up direction.

Hawking says: "For example, if all we know is that a train traveled from point A to point B, then it is not true that the train took a definite path and we just don't know what it is. Rather, that train simultaneously took every possible path connecting the two points."