
A couple sit in the shade on Belair Railway Station to witness the unusual sight of diverted Sydney to Adelaide IP 4SA8 with elephant-style NR25 and NR85, as it passes the historic railway station this afternoon Nov 24, 2022.
Technical note: the train stopped short of the station pedestrian crossing to the National Park and waited for 40mins as it wasn’t permitted to arrive at ARPT before 15:00. I didn’t know this at the time and went through two drone batteries waiting for the train to move. After receiving a message about the delay, I kept the drone switched out on the ground till the loco lights went on. Then it was a mad scramble to fire up the drone, connect to phone and get it airborne, in position and grab this shot as it rolled through the platform - all in about a minute! It didn’t quite make it high enough in time but … phew!!
Oh and this was the first flight of my “new” old drone, replaced under warranty by DJI after a systems failure at Coolamon after Streamliners 2022