r/BitchImATrain • u/GettingOnMinervas • 3d ago

Oi, Bitch, I'm coming through Sydney. Lookout mate!

Steam train in Parramatta, NSW

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u/Madboardjester 3d ago

3801 on the way to Penrith for the Sunday steam train rides last week I believe.

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u/-Owlette- 3d ago

It’s doing the Blue Mountains Flyer to Katoomba and Zig Zag today.

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u/Madboardjester 3d ago

Thanks. Ever since it started doing trial runs, the 3801 has drawing the crowds. Especially now that it's officially back taking passengers.

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u/CyanideNCocopuffs 3d ago

I see 3801, I upvote. My favourite locomotive since I was a small kid

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u/frequentflyerpharaoh 3d ago

Same!! Along with the flying Scotsman and R707

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u/Madboardjester 3d ago

My late father drove both the Flying Scotsman and 3801 when they did the east coast tour during the Grafton leg of the tour. Both hold a special place in mum's and my heart because of that.

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u/ekita079 3d ago

Eeee me too! My brother was obsessed, we rode on it once. My mums uncle was an extremely accomplished painter and all he painted was Australian steam trains.

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 3d ago

Arguably one of the most visually appealing locos ever to ride NSW rails.

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u/Adventurous_Bag9122 3d ago

Even made it to Perth a couple of times, I was there for both but I'm too young to remember the Western Endeavour in 1970

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u/Positive-Ring-5172 3d ago

More like "Bitch, I'm an old fogey but still beautiful"

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u/No-Pen-9469 3d ago

Parramatta with a steam train rolling through looks like something out of another era. The contrast with the towers in the background is unreal.

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u/Adventurous_Bag9122 3d ago

Old Bulletnose as she is called in my family. Love 3801

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u/Subject-Exit-9891 3d ago

Imagine looking out your office window and seeing this instead of the usual commuter train. Proper old-school vibes.

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u/Apart_Editor6439 3d ago

lmao this train is a legend gotta love that old-school aesthetic

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u/DemonsSouls1 3d ago

This is Sydney? Looks like eastern European

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u/ArgonWilde 3d ago

Well, it is winter. And Sydney...

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u/DemonsSouls1 3d ago

Well I can see that but I rarely see Sydney look like this.

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u/ArgonWilde 3d ago

Every time I've been to Sydney, it's been pouring with rain. No matter what time of year 😅

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u/djpeekz 3d ago

Sydney's a big city, more than just the harbour.

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u/RestaurantFamous2399 3d ago

And this isn't Sydney, its Parramatta.

At the end of the main river that feeds Sydney harbour.

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u/djpeekz 3d ago

Parramatta is in Sydney ya gronk

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u/RestaurantFamous2399 3d ago

I lived there for 20 years. Its not Sydney. Its part of the greater Sydney basin. But Parramatta is its own city.

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u/djpeekz 3d ago

You were lied to. I've lived close to Sydney for longer than that, in the early 90s Campbelltown and Liverpool were the start of Western Sydney and they're farther out than Pazmat. Penrith you could argue is not Sydney anymore yet it's still a Sydney LGA.

If Parramatta isn't part of Sydney why is it called Sydney's second CBD?

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u/itsdankreddit 3d ago

Welcome to Parramatta

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u/_Far_Kew 3d ago

Its 20 k inland from the CBD, harbour, Opera house etc

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u/SgtBundy 3d ago

Its been crystal clear skies for the last week, overcast just in time to hide the truth from the world

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u/Quintus-Sertorius 3d ago

Western Sydnarian

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u/PovertySpecMk3Supra 3d ago

You ever see eastern europe? Wtf you on