Filmed on July 24th 2015 This O500 was seen operating Route 902 from Liverpool to Holsworthy via Moorebank and Hammondville, and is a standard sounding unit Engine: Mercedes-Benz OM457hLA 299HP 11.967-litre 6-cylinder rear-mounted turbo diesel Gearbox: 6-speed ZF 6HP592C automatic Bodywork: Bustech VST, built in 2010 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH93fnbvf6o
Filmed on March 6th 2016 with a number of transport enthusiasts
My mic positioning wasn't quite the best, but damn this BG300P can produce a nice exhaust note! TV 8452 was one of many buses used on the HCVA Glenorie Coaches Tour held on March 6th 2016
Engine: Hino EK100 13.267-litre 6-cylinder mid-mounted diesel Gearbox: 5-speed manual
Bodywork: Custom Coaches Mk 85 VR, built in 1988
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORM-GlQu0Lo
Filmed on December 29th, 2015
3845 is seen operating an inbound Route 400 from Burwood to Bondi Junction via Campsie, Bexley North, Rockdale, Sydney Airport International & Domestic terminals, Mascot, Eastgardens, Maroubra Junction, Kingsford and Randwick Junction
Engine: Scania DSC11 11-litre 260HP 6-cylinder rear-mounted turbo diesel
Gearbox: 5-speed ZF 5HP600N automatic
Bodywork: Ansair Orana, built in 1998
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utqot_E8Vl4
Filmed on April 18th 2021
In mid-April 2021 the HCVA elected to run a bus rally to Mount Panorama, Bathurst NSW. All attending vehicles were preserved either privately or by HCVA members.
This SL202 is ex-Sydney Buses 3257, which entered service in 1989 and was withdrawn from Sydney Buses in 2013. This bus saw further use as an advertising bus for APN Outdoors, and as part of the Good Az Gold fleet (as Sydney Wide Party Buses) from 2015 to 2019, after which it entered joint preservation with 3 HCVA members. Further information can be found in the Bus Australia Fleetlists Disposals list: http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/stadisp.php?search=MSLP
Stay tuned for Part 2 where we take the bus around Mount Panorama Racing Circuit
Engine: MAN D2566UH 155kW 11.413-litre rear-mounted diesel
Gearbox: 3-speed Voith DIWA 851.2 automatic
Bodywork: PMC Galvastress Mk 5 (Metro 90), built in 1989
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySjjzZ0R75Q
Filmed on September 17, 2015
M/O 7982 was seen operating Route 902 Liverpool to Holsworthy via Moorebank and Hammondville in the late afternoon of 17/9/2015
Engine: Scania DC9 4th generation 9-litre 6-cylinder 230HP rear-mounted turbo diesel
Gearbox: 5-speed ZF 5HP502C automatic
Bodywork by Bustech, built in July 2003
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyb_Rzhf30w
Filmed on June 27, 2015 with a number of transport enthusiasts
The Bus & Coach Society of Victoria (BCSV) held a MAN SL200 Ansair Mk2 Farewell Tour on June 27th 2015, and this was one of the buses that took part. Bearing fleet number 280, this is one that was retrofitted with a Mercedes-Benz auto
Engine: MAN D2566UH 11.413-litre 6-cylinder 200HP rear-mounted diesel (?)
Gearbox: 3-speed Mercedes-Benz W3D080/2.2R automatic
Bodywork: Ansair Mk2, built in 1988
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vraZ7icjXjQ
Filmed on October 28th 2015, December 3rd 2015, December 29th 2015
Decided to make another train compilation for y'all. Here's a list of what's featured:
00:08-00:40 - Tangara T16+T104 Departing Central for Hurstville via Banksia
00:40-01:56 - OSCar H32+H40 Arriving & Departing Central for Bondi Junction
01:56-02:38 - Tangara T51+T18 with a door fault departing Central for Bondi Junction
02:38-03:33 - Tangara T97+T78 Arriving & Departing Wolli Creek for Bondi Junction (wrong audio settings)
03:33-04:37 - Waratah A30 Arriving & Departing Mascot for the City Circle via Museum
04:37-05:58 - K71+K80 Arriving & Departing Holsworthy for Macarthur
05:58-06:21 - Millennium M23+M4 Passes through Holsworthy westbound with Glenfield on the destination sign
06:21-07:38 - Chopper sets C1+C3 Arriving & Departing Holsworthy for Macarthur
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX6AKg-T0wg
Compiled on October 25th, 2017 from videos filmed between early 2016 and mid 2017, featuring an XPLorer, a Waratah (A-set), a Pacific National empty hopper train running south through Leumeah, two V-sets, a Millennium, a Tangara, a Silver Suburban (S-Set), an XPT, an OSCar (H-Set), a K-set, and a Pacific National Intermodal freighter running southbound through Liverpool
Timestamps:
00:08-00:23: NSW TrainLink XPLorer 2522+2506 passing Leumeah, to Central. 28/5/2016
00:23-01:30: Sydney Trains Waratah A74 Arriving & Departing Leumeah, for Campbelltown. 28/5/2016
01:30-02:09: Pacific National TT108+NR116 working 1225 (Empty wagons) southbound through Leumeah. 28/5/2016
02:10-02:22: NSW TrainLink V23 heading westbound through Summer Hill. 11/6/2016
02:22-02:57: Sydney Trains Millennium M23+M26 departing Summer Hill, for City Circle. 11/6/2016
02:57-03:32: Sydney Trains Tangara T88+T79 heading east through Granville. 14/7/2016
03:32-04:09: Sydney Trains S12 departing Liverpool, for Campbelltown. 19/10/2016
04:09-04:30: NSW TrainLink XPT 2014+2015 passing Glenfield, for Central. 22/4/2017
04:31-05:09: NSW TrainLink V27 departing Granville, for Central. 30/4/2017
05:10-05:42: NSW TrainLink OSCAR H9+H51 passing Strathfield westbound. 27/7/2017
05:42-06:07: Sydney Trains K73+K67 heading westbound near Canterbury. 6/9/2017
06:07-07:44: Pacific National NR49+G537+NR58 works 4BM4 Intermodal southbound through Liverpool. 14/7/2016
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BXUS3lKevQ
Filmed on December 5th 2015 on South West Rail Link Rail Replacement between Liverpool and Leppington via Glenfield
This B10M is ex-Brisbane Transport Bus 285, and yeah it got a thrashing in this video! Good amount of kickdown action too!
Kickdowns: 0:14, 0:34, 1:20, 2:18, 2:35, 2:56
Engine: Volvo THD101GC 245HP 9.6-litre 6-cylinder mid-mounted turbo diesel
Gearbox: 4-speed ZF 4HP500 automatic
Bodywork: Austral-Denning Metroliner, built in 1992
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mixC6f8wV04
Filmed on March 4th 2020
Photo is of m/o 9612 ex-Busways #811
m/o 9601 is ex-Busways 867, a 2008-build Scania K230UB. This bus was seen operating Route 890 from Campbelltown to Harrington Park via Narellan Vale & Narellan, recorded in this video between Market Fair Campbelltown and Mt Annan Leisure Centre
Engine: Scania DC9 230HP (171kW) 9-litre 5-cylinder Euro 4 rear-mounted turbo diesel
Gearbox: 6-speed ZF 6HP502C N automatic
Bodywork: Custom Coaches CB60, built in 2008
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1Aw2AUntuw