Sydney Trains Vlog 1922: The Indian Pacific - The Massive Shunting Procedure - Sydney Central 

Back when I used to live in broken hill as a small child, I used to go to the train station every Tuesday (I think) and watch the indian pacific and other xplorers come to the station

I must say, the shunting procedure is interesting. Nice video!

Nice video :) I could never get tired of watching the Indian Pacific💕🚄

I think it is the only loco shunting left at Central - a far cry from pre XPT, Explorer, etc. days. The IP carriages were built at ComEng at Clyde back in the early 70s(?) under license from the US - they have been extensively refurbished. It is a pity that it is now only a luxury train - I was also able to catch it overnight to Broken Hill in a seater carriage (it use to run 3 days a week to Perth back then) the seating carriages were very popular with backpackers, students & those who couldn't afford a sleeper berth. It is a very long train & a great way to experience the 'outback', just a shame that it is too expensive for most Australian to try.

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Is it just me, or did they make that a LOT more difficult than it needed to be? So many forward/reverse movements that didn't seem to achieve anything in the early part of the video.

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Nice video Phil! I love the Indian pacific! Kinda funny how it has to be split between 2 platforms

I’ve went on a trip to Broken Hill on one once, It was only a three night stay, but I loved it (the train was going to Adelaide, then Perth) It’s nice to see it when there’s no rush

I was at Central one time last year, and saw the shunting operations of the Indian Pacific in action.

It wouldn't hurt to wash the loco's, surely for the vast amount the grossly overpriced fares are, you can get a clean loco!

good video mate

Thanks for the great memory. In 1984 I went on the Alice from Sydney to Broken Hill, spent the day in Broken Hill and later that night got the Indian Pacific back to Sydney, actually on my birthday. I was on a Nurail Pass which gave a fortnight's First Class Travel anywhere in NSW. I paid the extra for Sleeping where relevant. Then, in 2000, married. my wife and I came back from Perth on the Indian Pacific to Sydney, with our car we had driven across the country, on back. Are they still taking cars on the train?

Very interesting Vlog a lot of work goes on well before the passengers get on board. one of the longest railway journeys in the world.I would to go on it one day. Thanks, Phil.

FYI, today is the 40th Birthday of the XPT! First XPT was Sydney to Dubbo via Orange on 8th April 1982.

Nice video phil

Wow maybe I should go see this when I’m at Sydney next week

So please to see the "IP" pass by my home in Menindee NSW on tuesday evening [around 2100 +], returning on thursday [2-hours late at 0701 last week] morning.

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And how many people knew that the NR class has a shunting bell, just like US locos. You can hear it briefly near the start of the video. You can see it on NR110 just ahead of the trailing bogie.

Central needs a longer platform to accomodate the Indian Pacific.

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I was at Central on Wednesday 6th April 2022 when this was filmed. Saw NR 26. It was on Platform 3, when I saw it, at about 2pm. Heaps of passengers where queued up to get on. From my observations it seems that there is an age limit for passengers on the Indian Pacific. If you are under 65yo they don't let you on 😀

Would be epic to see you on that one day!

At 7:00 did it reverse back into platform 3 to let the V-set to platform 2, or another reason? Seems weird that it started to pull out, then reversed

Don't they back it down that siding to the right of the refern end of platform one to pick up the car carrier, or did it not ferry any cars on this trip? I have been on it and walked the length of the train when it stopped in cook, from the locomotives to the car carrier and back to my carriage just as the train was getting ready to continue to Kalgoolie and then Perth.

Phil, if you get a chance, can you film the train arriving and the split up of the train?

So was the move pulling the cars out of platform 3 and then pushing back done to release G530 from the Terminal end of that part of the consist?

great video pity about the commentary can hardly hear him at all

note passengers board on platform three and connect

I saw this very train somewhere near Penrith

I have seen that a few days ago

hi phil i think think this was on wednesday because i saw carriges like that and i think i was on that a set at 1:21 because i was going melbourne

That’s a lot of cars

An interesting procedure but surely they could keep the engine cleaner for such a prestige train

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What’s the top speed score of the Indian Pacific fully loaded?

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AnyTrip said it was on time but it was 90min late

this is departing. I want to know when it arrives how would the 2 locomotive in the front escape the end of platform and getting out end of the line?

Why do I have a feeling that NR Freight is somewhere from Canada 🇨🇦?

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another request from that fruit and nut case jimmy lee phil.

Platform 1 needs an extension so this is no longer necessary.

Just like modellers going backwards and forwards and achieve NOTHING - come on everybody let go play trains.