Hey there spark fans!
One of the consequences of neglecting to catalog over 300,000 photos over the years is that I’m now in full catch-up mode. While I’ve managed to organize thousands of images across various themes here on the blog, there are still many more waiting for their turn in the spotlight.
To tackle this backlog, I’m diving headfirst into sorting and categorizing a large portion of these photos in the coming months.
You can look forward to endless dreary posts focused on locomotives, carriages, infrastructure, trams, and buses—perfect for anyone with even a passing interest in these fascinating subjects. Or not ..... that choice is up to you
I have to admit that sparks were never really on my radar and the vast majority of photographs were either during some special event, or just to pass those endless boring hours waiting for the good stuff to arise.
Of course, as time progressed and the older sets start going to train heaven, I began to regret not getting my rear more into gear and cover more of this guff.
More recently I have actually made an effort to cover the greatly endangered old K and V sets which, I guess, is probably to little to late.
Anyway, it is what it is.
Feel free to enjoy what I do have to share, or more likely to hate given many of the rabid attitudes out there. Either way, thanks for looking.
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Once upon a time I used to be semi-living in the fiancée's parents house in Rockdale which gave me cause to regularly be at the railway station.
For a period you would find a red set (the Zoo Train on at least one occasion) sitting in this old, now removed, siding of a weekday afternoon.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Who got to enjoy a 3 car Y set ride up to Carlingford?
This was one such occasion for me.
Today the red sets are gone, those sidings are also wiped, while the line itself has been converted to light rail.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Y2 has arrived back at Clyde station which was the junction for the former Carlingford and Sandown lines.
Photo: Brad Peadon
S65 approaching Marrrickville station with the second carriage being an old Tulloch built example.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Passing the rather interesting, but architecturally dreary, Macdonaldtown station.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The good ol days when you could hop off one of these fast ol girls and hope on a railcar out along the now abandoned Toronto branchline. Photo: Brad Peadon
Another abandoned branchline, this time the Warwick Farm Racecourse, with C3340 sitting at the end of set H2 and waiting to take the punters home.
Photo: Brad Peadon
H2 departing the Warwick Farm Racecourse platform.
This was one of the final departures on the last day of operations.
Photo: Brad Peadon
H3 entered the history books as the last train to even depart the Warwick Farm Racecourse branch.
C7500 T4612 T4772 C7488 C7392 T4767 T4627 C7411.
Photo: Brad Peadon
T4612 earlier in the day.
Warwick Farm Racecourse.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Finally, a line that has not yet been abandoned, in fact it was the early days of the East Hills line extension to Glenfield. That's the new Holsworthy station in the background.
B8 is seen headed westward and I was out for a days photography with the late Bruce Cook.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Only around four cars received this yellow front livery, one of them found here on the front of R21 between Ashfield and Summer Hill.
Photo: Brad Peadon
DJM-8106 leads set V39 into Broadmeadow station late one afternoon.
By chance, she lead our train to Katoomba on a recent day in the Blue Mountains getting these classic trains in their final weeks. Photo: Brad Peadon
V2 on the Carlingford line again, this time approaching Camellia. It is hard to believe this section is now a modern double track light rail system.
Photo: Carl Millington
Brad Peadon Collection
Many rave on about the original blue fronts being the best livery that the V sets have worn, but for me it was the candy.
Sorry.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Another candy set, this time V19.
Photo: Carl Millington
Brad Peadon Collection
One of the original blue front sets I just mentioned.
V3 is passing over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and about to plunge into the Sydney underground.
Photo: Carl Millington
Brad Peadon Collection
T13 displaying how the Tangara once appeared.
Photo location was atop a big carpark which has since been demolished.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Tangara crossing the Meadowbank bridge during our annual SRF/SMUT combined lineside Christmas party,
These will soon be the eldest sets in the fleet.
Photo: Brad Peadon
H23 stops at Berala station.
Photo: Carl Millington
Brad Peadon Collection
Another blue V set seen passing one of the most beautiful locations on the system.
Clifton on the New South Wales South Coast line.
Photo: Brad Peadon
If you know the Chatswood of today, you will likely be stunned to see what it used to look like.
Tangara T17 back how they originally looked.
Photo: Brad Peadon
H24 touches down at Campsie station with a citybound service.
This line to Bankstown is in the process of being converted to a Metro system and will connect at Sydenham with the current Metro to Tallawong.
Photo: Brad Peadon
B14 also at Campsie, this time headed towards Bankstown.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Sadly the majority of my blue/white carriage shots are back in my earlier days when still enduring an Instamatic camera.
Pretty sure that is a young David Henderson watching set H4 arrive at Milsons Point (first station north of the Sydney Harbour bridge seen in the background).
Photo: Brad Peadon
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The following selection photos were taken by Carl Millington
and show a Zoo Train tour to interesting
locations around Sydney.
Above & BelowHelensburgh.
Above & Below
Richmond line.
Above: Mulgrave
Below: Rickabys Creek
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