Transport Weekend in Sydney

Reflections of a diesel locomotive in the windows of a passenger carriage from the Transport Museum. Pic by Robin Nichols, HDR, Aurora.

Steamed up and ready to go.
An unusually atmospheric scene at Central. Once the train moved off on its run to Hurstville and back, the steam and smoke cleared leaving me wishing I'd known about this event before all the tickets were sold out!
Pic by Robin Nichols

Big boys' toys
Surely every small boy's dream is to drive a steam train. Or is that just me?
Enthusiastic helper chatting to the steam loco driver, platform 3, Central Station.
Pic by Robin Nichols

Steeply angled light picking up the rivets and the red feature line on this coal tender. Pic by Robin Nichols

Long lens shot of this wonderful steam engine restored by the team at the Transport Heritage Museum, NSW. (I think this is locomotive number 3001).Pic by Robin Nichols

Steam!Post-processed using Aurora HDR 2019
Pic by Natalie Hitchens

Beautifully restored name plate detail for locomotive 3526.Pic by Natalie Hitchens

Close up of a sleeping car (a carriage that you can sleep in, not one that's asleep...).
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Pic by Natalie Hitchens

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This is reminiscent of so many train stations built on a curve in the line - although in Central, on a straight platform, there's still a gap!.Post-processed using Aurora HDR 2019Pic by Natalie Hitchens

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Tricky lighting in Central station required triple exposures and post-processing in HDR software
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Woman dressed up in mourning clothes poses for cameras in front of locomotive 3526 standing alongside mortuary station.
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This is a Leyland Titan double-decker bus, first operated in 1949, still running pretty smoothly.Post-processed using Aurora HDR 2019. Pic by Natalie Hitchens

Inside the Titan, the view from the top deck of this great old double-decker was terrific and brought back a lot of memories from when I used to travel to work on a type of similar bus from London's Kensington to the city (many years ago).
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Enthusiast train engineers having a chat.
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Pic by Natalie Hitchens

Mortuary Station, displayed in all its Victorian glory, was open to the public over the heritage event weekend. Post-processed using Aurora HDR 2019. Pic by Natalie Hitchens