Sydney Heritage Transport, 2014

Queens Birthday weekend in June is the time to celebrate old means of transport around Sydney - mostly trains, but also buses.

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Heritage Train Weekend 2014, in Sydney
The Queen's Birthday weekend in July is when the heritage trains return to Central, to show them off and to take a ride with them. This video includes a ride along the freight line from Sydenham through Chullora to Lidcombe, a line not normally available to the public.
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Sydney's Great Train Race of 2014
On the Queen's Birthday weekend, the New South Wales Rail Heritage Museum stages a train expo at Central Station, culminating in the Great Train Race on Monday afternoon. Two steam locomotives, with vintage carriages, race from Central to Strathfield.