tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56431861191022267572024-03-13T08:31:24.267-07:00NSW Rail RamblerA collection of photographs and stories from five decades of train chasing...Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-88679435812163648382023-12-20T16:05:00.000-08:002023-12-20T16:05:47.500-08:00A few trams from 1958<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hi, just a quickie as I rediscovered some photos from the camera of Ian Brady, which were passed to me by a mate (after he bought them second hand).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As a younger man in the late 1980s, I had the great pleasure of living on Glebe for about seven years. I would often trip over the tram rails that poked through the road tarmac from time to time. As I was falling, I would often dream of the trams that plied their way through Glebe and Forest Lodge 30 years before I was falling about the place. Thankfully on 17 November 1958, Ian took his camera and recorded several of those scenes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are two from the general location of the intersection of Parramatta and Glebe Point Roads.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsu95kcEKxnujTKAVVNxvZodw8rEvm1ymRa2oXnflNoTw64FCkb9jX_i_joMfaS_r_uwXBs4GdCo6yw4_4kjq1ND_k-qSqgXGSQ0aXs4dT0QWBI9iVzQu0f_BLqKLPF9uhuikdkv5SVMsmnkcpIvnaUt5LMZruHAroLWvt4ctAJzo8AEGbAYAgvEkoBo/s881/19581117A%20Parramatta%20Rd%20and%20Glebe%20Point%20Rd%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="881" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQsu95kcEKxnujTKAVVNxvZodw8rEvm1ymRa2oXnflNoTw64FCkb9jX_i_joMfaS_r_uwXBs4GdCo6yw4_4kjq1ND_k-qSqgXGSQ0aXs4dT0QWBI9iVzQu0f_BLqKLPF9uhuikdkv5SVMsmnkcpIvnaUt5LMZruHAroLWvt4ctAJzo8AEGbAYAgvEkoBo/w400-h275/19581117A%20Parramatta%20Rd%20and%20Glebe%20Point%20Rd%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifc4M83fB2YCKFs2olqLirwXr9smPdgx9fgtaZVj7xeYKQurxR67MLgpOIzDOAY0znENfwObYW0DchhFTF9VANiDvPv3_5GsL6Xd05p3n3sPLCHAYSuO9U9Wr0UOLCl2_N74CocUD0oS-Iq9vDQectEj9kiEYkYKbBA1Amh06Y0dU2H6c1Zq1tAcgevS4/s855/19581117b%20Parramatta%20Rd%20and%20Glebe%20Point%20Rd%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="855" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifc4M83fB2YCKFs2olqLirwXr9smPdgx9fgtaZVj7xeYKQurxR67MLgpOIzDOAY0znENfwObYW0DchhFTF9VANiDvPv3_5GsL6Xd05p3n3sPLCHAYSuO9U9Wr0UOLCl2_N74CocUD0oS-Iq9vDQectEj9kiEYkYKbBA1Amh06Y0dU2H6c1Zq1tAcgevS4/w400-h204/19581117b%20Parramatta%20Rd%20and%20Glebe%20Point%20Rd%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">A few from around the location of Ross and Pyrmont Bridge Roads. This area is technically Forest Lodge, from memory.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XSd9aYxW8SfehCBgRAWvZkp8whNizt3Ln0F3CCxxY0NWqSFdH_ZG7GW2-4YgiXRVmTx640OFYD_JAo76MumiRNjSX7E2ysYtW0JNf-oFjB0X2VubozpnxbkG8oCQtU22QrxQ2U1m6WVQiWJvymp5WZLxhcxUM4I9PjoPaRldY9etTGi7DyYlfhgvWk4/s897/19581117M%20Ross%20and%20Pyrmont%20Bridge%20Rd%20Glebe%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="897" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5XSd9aYxW8SfehCBgRAWvZkp8whNizt3Ln0F3CCxxY0NWqSFdH_ZG7GW2-4YgiXRVmTx640OFYD_JAo76MumiRNjSX7E2ysYtW0JNf-oFjB0X2VubozpnxbkG8oCQtU22QrxQ2U1m6WVQiWJvymp5WZLxhcxUM4I9PjoPaRldY9etTGi7DyYlfhgvWk4/w400-h236/19581117M%20Ross%20and%20Pyrmont%20Bridge%20Rd%20Glebe%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnHBANIS2k1n2WN8trwyzFdbBcC5TCfEzW_Pqztf0h3AY_ODQeLS30xHEfPLjbRx0_Awc0DE4ixlpef5NmScrScTPhhJH9-3IcA7e-4VSJnyeLSVKLCs-loiTF2kDbqcsCv3ELV28cvXoKpSvyNA5llWysFDb9uZJDmr1QTJl5X3UBwD8BgEt_uOqlJw/s888/19581117n%20Ross%20and%20Pyrmont%20Bridge%20Rd%20Glebe%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="888" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnHBANIS2k1n2WN8trwyzFdbBcC5TCfEzW_Pqztf0h3AY_ODQeLS30xHEfPLjbRx0_Awc0DE4ixlpef5NmScrScTPhhJH9-3IcA7e-4VSJnyeLSVKLCs-loiTF2kDbqcsCv3ELV28cvXoKpSvyNA5llWysFDb9uZJDmr1QTJl5X3UBwD8BgEt_uOqlJw/w400-h238/19581117n%20Ross%20and%20Pyrmont%20Bridge%20Rd%20Glebe%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzpKXz2RGJfD1AzKmbgbN2otPe3lQ7G2mFP_-wMqoX2rTY0pVKq0gSvpJy6s9OapYBtVoCrMc212A6D6rZasYz-QRD6jJ2LG0Nnfv9QfmLJr7Bslnp7T-O4PItBvfes-HQ2iNhUMylsrwEYOrJnmR7X5KTD_OgRMYFKJUAGk3-6h0pADHN47Drutzu80/s785/19581117O%20Ross%20and%20Pyrmont%20Bridge%20Rd%20Glebe%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="609" data-original-width="785" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzpKXz2RGJfD1AzKmbgbN2otPe3lQ7G2mFP_-wMqoX2rTY0pVKq0gSvpJy6s9OapYBtVoCrMc212A6D6rZasYz-QRD6jJ2LG0Nnfv9QfmLJr7Bslnp7T-O4PItBvfes-HQ2iNhUMylsrwEYOrJnmR7X5KTD_OgRMYFKJUAGk3-6h0pADHN47Drutzu80/w400-h310/19581117O%20Ross%20and%20Pyrmont%20Bridge%20Rd%20Glebe%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">And finally, back in town as we called it in those days. West Circular Quay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRIsANTXqW9k1TfMDwPxl6DL1Zavtwlb2L3FtrZshUfUyq39QGQfK-tnKfmaYsgk_v5A_UYZf8WRAt1YN60oDKHeenptYixaW3RAJ8h4bQvV-2WLIEf1Htj1P6RQAhElrILnbGj5UULiFPfigdZJy3Hz35_t0EYhyGL09xvHbaJEYDIAinhCNNvw24F8/s891/19581117E%20West%20Circular%20Quay%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="891" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyRIsANTXqW9k1TfMDwPxl6DL1Zavtwlb2L3FtrZshUfUyq39QGQfK-tnKfmaYsgk_v5A_UYZf8WRAt1YN60oDKHeenptYixaW3RAJ8h4bQvV-2WLIEf1Htj1P6RQAhElrILnbGj5UULiFPfigdZJy3Hz35_t0EYhyGL09xvHbaJEYDIAinhCNNvw24F8/w400-h249/19581117E%20West%20Circular%20Quay%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgld6AACniROyjSUq4Hwc679DBi2FiOvcNGuIT8S8nwVOhZwnm0ZzchIZ7PCg6CKFCpFe0ExG9tBIdAWGGPYR5aW6SSAbECWxq8twhdcNaJp52ZM0OI6cjmJhcH6y_YjjhDma4gC5i2iiUUDXeGToiRbLTlkSkjo2ZWlgHQBfXGDjkkrBeLtyp9c8q10BM/s937/19581117f%20West%20Circular%20Quay%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="937" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgld6AACniROyjSUq4Hwc679DBi2FiOvcNGuIT8S8nwVOhZwnm0ZzchIZ7PCg6CKFCpFe0ExG9tBIdAWGGPYR5aW6SSAbECWxq8twhdcNaJp52ZM0OI6cjmJhcH6y_YjjhDma4gC5i2iiUUDXeGToiRbLTlkSkjo2ZWlgHQBfXGDjkkrBeLtyp9c8q10BM/w400-h251/19581117f%20West%20Circular%20Quay%2017%20Nov%201958.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks to Ian we get to see a bit more of Sydney that exists no more.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-84580348683402947492023-09-03T23:21:00.000-07:002023-09-03T23:21:53.763-07:00Tumulla '63<p><span style="font-family: arial;">For once, I have been scouring photos from the family collection for train composition, rather than what is up front. Must be getting old(er) and wiser. The quality of the photos leaves a lot to be desired - Dad certainly wasn't using Kodak! I have tried to remove the most egregious marks off the following snaps.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I love this first shot, which I believe is 3670 on a down goods climbing Tumulla Bank in 1963 (from the date of the slide). Although the train is largely empty, It requires 5364 as a banker (more of that in a moment). A CW cattle wagon is tucked in behind the Pig, then there are 10 G wagons. I can't be certain that these are wagons returning to Broken Hill for the W44 ore concentrate run but might be. Then there appears to be an S wagon, followed by a K wagon, then a series of S wagons. It is only this part of the train that is the 'revenue' service.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ObRYnr6Qdne7pt4l_Yi86eIHbhU-KQPn3iRo3AVyPo3tcloehKYwDEb8do5odqROFxx2i3YFMrUT4v5XpV5-RLm5L8FOZxlLHN93O0xBLD98_2wzoo7StPcWKuiKPSfFi-D4Lupb8oeLp9Twpg8gIveNh-xAZoAYYU6pGxo0tD6pRQTke67VSbz4MqQ/s1324/1963-3WS027%203670%20&%205364%20on%20a%20down%20goods%20at%20Tumulla%20c1963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ObRYnr6Qdne7pt4l_Yi86eIHbhU-KQPn3iRo3AVyPo3tcloehKYwDEb8do5odqROFxx2i3YFMrUT4v5XpV5-RLm5L8FOZxlLHN93O0xBLD98_2wzoo7StPcWKuiKPSfFi-D4Lupb8oeLp9Twpg8gIveNh-xAZoAYYU6pGxo0tD6pRQTke67VSbz4MqQ/w494-h640/1963-3WS027%203670%20&%205364%20on%20a%20down%20goods%20at%20Tumulla%20c1963.jpg" width="494" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And to complete the picture, here is our banker! I may have posted this one previously. The country looks very dry and the shadows are short, so I am guesssing it is near the middle of a winter's day. This timing sort of works as Dad was never one to share a paddock with a snake.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZrRn22jZKHqi4jWZfqPnYTMAkXLPIz_Cp4OoAXAKbSB60LclytJLAdpbc6MjR4ZU5ByvfOlxxA-iVJ5iE8RZVmJovnX75LTIrbQKul_453BaMbwoXTd9VTP1j0q7zn75a4mYIDV5vMvDOxUqcW-bzDImfcZQpwR-SOEuAGtxAqTfhCSFSIGXjEBOoK8/s1560/1963-3WS027A%205364%20banking%20a%20goods%20train%20at%20Tumulla%20c1963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1560" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZrRn22jZKHqi4jWZfqPnYTMAkXLPIz_Cp4OoAXAKbSB60LclytJLAdpbc6MjR4ZU5ByvfOlxxA-iVJ5iE8RZVmJovnX75LTIrbQKul_453BaMbwoXTd9VTP1j0q7zn75a4mYIDV5vMvDOxUqcW-bzDImfcZQpwR-SOEuAGtxAqTfhCSFSIGXjEBOoK8/w400-h246/1963-3WS027A%205364%20banking%20a%20goods%20train%20at%20Tumulla%20c1963.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In this next shot, 4904 in its original livery still looks to be under warranty - unlike the RU hoppers trundling behind. As these would almost certainly be loaded, the crew of the 49 would be in for a fun trip downhill.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnwc4RD7BsK1tX3qpKNpX__wk9Dabt_L1wjtHS_Wz90Se29CXKruF5wf81f0VtI9iaLC0FD5Y9IX_tdDuc12PvbtcBtWocPZoq8ZtyqPMED3LqWjtgT5aCuTLEUS6oGcj8Su3WoMO7o9qzujDv4zlzh68QsoUMs3i9e5x_0QnQTmxcczofYgOvlz7FGo/s1540/1963-3WS045%20Near%20new%204904%20on%20up%20wheat%20at%20Tumulla%20early%201960s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="1540" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnwc4RD7BsK1tX3qpKNpX__wk9Dabt_L1wjtHS_Wz90Se29CXKruF5wf81f0VtI9iaLC0FD5Y9IX_tdDuc12PvbtcBtWocPZoq8ZtyqPMED3LqWjtgT5aCuTLEUS6oGcj8Su3WoMO7o9qzujDv4zlzh68QsoUMs3i9e5x_0QnQTmxcczofYgOvlz7FGo/w400-h248/1963-3WS045%20Near%20new%204904%20on%20up%20wheat%20at%20Tumulla%20early%201960s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Now this next photo is of 3812 or 3822, but not 3802. But it is the two wagons immediately behind the loco that are of interest presently, especially if they are filled with product from Arnotts Biscuits.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy06OZnsCN3B6LUDA6h9XF_MolMXIMb_zNocdZ1X2llttpoWkhzuxxeCr0F5PpbGypoJRqu5DlHQObe95hWgoQecOw8jTGZFUNIgG1jvodRxoKK0zpbN9F8NyIvQafy5WaERKtYu9jXPIpD-GJ-CbNax-3YM1niqAisMR8DtUVyQyWI23fGL-mzSXtQcI/s1548/1963-3WS046%203812%20on%20down%20stock%20train%20at%20Wimbledon%20c1963.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1548" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy06OZnsCN3B6LUDA6h9XF_MolMXIMb_zNocdZ1X2llttpoWkhzuxxeCr0F5PpbGypoJRqu5DlHQObe95hWgoQecOw8jTGZFUNIgG1jvodRxoKK0zpbN9F8NyIvQafy5WaERKtYu9jXPIpD-GJ-CbNax-3YM1niqAisMR8DtUVyQyWI23fGL-mzSXtQcI/w400-h269/1963-3WS046%203812%20on%20down%20stock%20train%20at%20Wimbledon%20c1963.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">That reminds me, it is time for a cup of tea and a monte carlo.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-13780293265121116252023-08-30T03:49:00.002-07:002023-09-03T23:22:29.438-07:00Lithgow - 1964<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Just found a couple of snaps Dad took of Lithgow in 1964. Sorry, can't be any more specific about when and why. I just love the shot of 3227 and the Garratt.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKmi3NmlnUY6UOM3yuTcS_RXaU0l_KKk7QRCJ2l6wRPGxBe5hJFcA3iaxZ4y67mPbFpoB5bQg6F5FgzACm9XYQA1bsQv8oSMryUBqcqgwbLj_gqYiOwX29RCDG4hd-1FKIZ3e6OP6MiI54Hh32VoZv7_kncEy-yD83lIBUvLpI8cMqJVRJ7UKnzUoaIA/s1580/19642WS003%203227,%203652,%205468,%203387,%2030T,%203621%20@%20Lithgow%20c1964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1580" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKmi3NmlnUY6UOM3yuTcS_RXaU0l_KKk7QRCJ2l6wRPGxBe5hJFcA3iaxZ4y67mPbFpoB5bQg6F5FgzACm9XYQA1bsQv8oSMryUBqcqgwbLj_gqYiOwX29RCDG4hd-1FKIZ3e6OP6MiI54Hh32VoZv7_kncEy-yD83lIBUvLpI8cMqJVRJ7UKnzUoaIA/w400-h264/19642WS003%203227,%203652,%205468,%203387,%2030T,%203621%20@%20Lithgow%20c1964.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLLezx4d9stFJW9IX8hPQTU9G0BXqrx2Bax1coiG9Y9NpVW7NgirXVMikkhwlQhxN5BhwaI6MTBlmPsn5k9cy7maeE8SF7exN_LRa6U7zB6dypnuaRdE-AZZdqFCTJGCV60UwLcqT8BvsUlLDDoQeIz8Jgn-XhYiQ4Frk8RlN0L1yV-rJP1SJr1wxWcE/s1588/19642WS002%203227%20and%2060%20class%20in%20Lithgow%20loco%20depot%20c1964.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1588" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHLLezx4d9stFJW9IX8hPQTU9G0BXqrx2Bax1coiG9Y9NpVW7NgirXVMikkhwlQhxN5BhwaI6MTBlmPsn5k9cy7maeE8SF7exN_LRa6U7zB6dypnuaRdE-AZZdqFCTJGCV60UwLcqT8BvsUlLDDoQeIz8Jgn-XhYiQ4Frk8RlN0L1yV-rJP1SJr1wxWcE/w400-h201/19642WS002%203227%20and%2060%20class%20in%20Lithgow%20loco%20depot%20c1964.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-72993043490221987892023-07-31T02:32:00.002-07:002023-07-31T02:32:39.838-07:00Catching up<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I have finally cracked the code and am back in control of my own blog.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a few photos to mark some of the things I have rambled over since I last posted in July 2022.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In August, Dad and I headed to Junee for what would end up being our last train hunt. He didn't last as long as 4497, which is still plying the rails around Harefield as it was on the 10th August.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftCoB5j5gItvADqCo4DI7YBXjYjwgJddprFgw400N7mCeD2ykfjS1fhzudoOv0h98Eq5LR6As5CUJY__AIP-u1c6RvgVV-JH-nL4ljL9tV82NRMIbLIgdkCyDFU5xO88h69stV1fK7kTizJphuaElPbbeTNYrzvvu2h6zJWJsguECFIugdcyA1tzF2uM/s4608/20220810Bf%204497-4814-852%20shunting%20Harefield%2010%20August%202022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftCoB5j5gItvADqCo4DI7YBXjYjwgJddprFgw400N7mCeD2ykfjS1fhzudoOv0h98Eq5LR6As5CUJY__AIP-u1c6RvgVV-JH-nL4ljL9tV82NRMIbLIgdkCyDFU5xO88h69stV1fK7kTizJphuaElPbbeTNYrzvvu2h6zJWJsguECFIugdcyA1tzF2uM/s320/20220810Bf%204497-4814-852%20shunting%20Harefield%2010%20August%202022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In early September I was lucky enough to hit Bowning, just as GM10 and GM22 went north with a railset.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgTrSJ_C-NmcHzCVHnzJyrNhAIXv0EBB-BHYc1lkbDBfZ-s_bzQPO50FBX7P5gg_sj5xYX1eu0lpm5DxQrj55G0R52kA7djSbnTpmbA_ht38nBogi6Jo8fK2lUUUCAZaeGd8uS4B51A3GKi09Z6mbk_nYpXlMxm-APy-Od5Reh2AetGmu-w1tFMhRwzc/s3520/20220902Cd%20GM10-GM22%20up%20railset%20Bowning%202%20September%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDgTrSJ_C-NmcHzCVHnzJyrNhAIXv0EBB-BHYc1lkbDBfZ-s_bzQPO50FBX7P5gg_sj5xYX1eu0lpm5DxQrj55G0R52kA7djSbnTpmbA_ht38nBogi6Jo8fK2lUUUCAZaeGd8uS4B51A3GKi09Z6mbk_nYpXlMxm-APy-Od5Reh2AetGmu-w1tFMhRwzc/w400-h225/20220902Cd%20GM10-GM22%20up%20railset%20Bowning%202%20September%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">October was Streamliners. What an event!</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx1h1GGwhN-nbTvkXnVOgTi8wPPEQjc1D1NyN447k1vdkV2QIkrcetYABBcLN1CxIo9DfAZgSEuTH24Dc2FQ-MymZspiElW4Iogyk1bK5c4o-eqPTIsdfcsl9c3WM3tPoDHrZRR2uH6PjfmM2dBKm6f3vMzxOTAWIb3f1MfDMxIY3_YwZuqgG0iEEaOc/s3848/20221003Ba%20Streamliners%20at%20Goulburn%203%20Oct%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2886" data-original-width="3848" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwx1h1GGwhN-nbTvkXnVOgTi8wPPEQjc1D1NyN447k1vdkV2QIkrcetYABBcLN1CxIo9DfAZgSEuTH24Dc2FQ-MymZspiElW4Iogyk1bK5c4o-eqPTIsdfcsl9c3WM3tPoDHrZRR2uH6PjfmM2dBKm6f3vMzxOTAWIb3f1MfDMxIY3_YwZuqgG0iEEaOc/w400-h300/20221003Ba%20Streamliners%20at%20Goulburn%203%20Oct%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">At Christmas we had snuck over to Colorado for a family holiday. One of the things I didn't expect to see was PRLX 4687 on a short San Luis and Rio Grande grain near Antonito on 29 December.</span></div><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUe8-DzOCyeBCiwoBN5Rcq5dE-eg8Nz-ixN6N7m4J8aqgGtdUDo6PdHjPSOtFCs7DObT0b97UdjppS5ecJ_12hdQsLxHD0OD4wVuV5rAAK6I6PtLy7rlYHHMOxSSeqWIvj6y9_rT1U3kq4n6G251JQV_nDEDrHeUoRp4hxwlV3sOO0e79591Ee03jd9E/s4032/20221229Mb%20PRLX%204687%20on%20San%20Luis%20and%20Rio%20Grande%20grzain%20near%20Antonion%2029%20December%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnUe8-DzOCyeBCiwoBN5Rcq5dE-eg8Nz-ixN6N7m4J8aqgGtdUDo6PdHjPSOtFCs7DObT0b97UdjppS5ecJ_12hdQsLxHD0OD4wVuV5rAAK6I6PtLy7rlYHHMOxSSeqWIvj6y9_rT1U3kq4n6G251JQV_nDEDrHeUoRp4hxwlV3sOO0e79591Ee03jd9E/w400-h300/20221229Mb%20PRLX%204687%20on%20San%20Luis%20and%20Rio%20Grande%20grzain%20near%20Antonion%2029%20December%202022.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>On the last day of 2022 we happened to be shopping at the Railyard Markets </span>when a New Mexico Rail Runner left Santa Fe.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-6hev0z1h1-6fbYu9syBQ7RteMcO2pgEHGgjmglOYB4RJb4ZOyTdwIuz6DbEinBRm7XdwDwlVVYqyS56eibWmsJ9aEmD0Aw-1Nn4K7Bkt98MWdDu7EFer_pL0HNL7XBXNydhxdyklV4W83lTT2e56oDMbFSREPCCSp40fW76R_o6ge9w_TRJltmPKUE/s3520/20221231Da%20New%20Mexico%20Rail%20Runner%20leaving%20Santa%20Fe%2031%20December%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-6hev0z1h1-6fbYu9syBQ7RteMcO2pgEHGgjmglOYB4RJb4ZOyTdwIuz6DbEinBRm7XdwDwlVVYqyS56eibWmsJ9aEmD0Aw-1Nn4K7Bkt98MWdDu7EFer_pL0HNL7XBXNydhxdyklV4W83lTT2e56oDMbFSREPCCSp40fW76R_o6ge9w_TRJltmPKUE/w400-h225/20221231Da%20New%20Mexico%20Rail%20Runner%20leaving%20Santa%20Fe%2031%20December%202022.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The next day we caught the Polar Express out of Durango for a great fun evening.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqkjd2FSf_KknE11U0OPdo2zWjInCHqtvt8i8vA2icJ-oIeCrdLPxaKB_LEuGN_sY6-gTPN3BVdumykJtdAF-9GUOfMDZNqV5OXh4tOkaYK2t9zfEHp58GoecUeFYoXM_WFyt8fMx3AA9HKjKse13U83sSQecDF5Oi3A6XOGHN-aJXta_Q17ImT1ZQUQ/s3520/20230101Tb%20Polar%20Express%20at%20Durango%201%20January%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimqkjd2FSf_KknE11U0OPdo2zWjInCHqtvt8i8vA2icJ-oIeCrdLPxaKB_LEuGN_sY6-gTPN3BVdumykJtdAF-9GUOfMDZNqV5OXh4tOkaYK2t9zfEHp58GoecUeFYoXM_WFyt8fMx3AA9HKjKse13U83sSQecDF5Oi3A6XOGHN-aJXta_Q17ImT1ZQUQ/w400-h225/20230101Tb%20Polar%20Express%20at%20Durango%201%20January%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>A week later I had a leave pass to watch the passing parade of UP power through Laramie in the snow. I saw 68 trains in a 16-hour period - not all moving. Here is one on January 6th.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYUy4Taw309A_hs56wDnmJ62C_-qTXdof-mvkiwYWsfy79x699dPX3YVifF95PFBI5JoUvUdqgWplujXKnEs-4Y2pba_hAACLSvzb5ZDpdvalUr0japzWwAwKrjS1brQVXX0JAsVimDh_f3pkvN1jERJGUxlOKKJPl4ksbD053e9sRB28RBZjm9V2e4Y/s1883/20230106Cg%20Trains%20at%20Laramie%206%20Jan%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1271" data-original-width="1883" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkYUy4Taw309A_hs56wDnmJ62C_-qTXdof-mvkiwYWsfy79x699dPX3YVifF95PFBI5JoUvUdqgWplujXKnEs-4Y2pba_hAACLSvzb5ZDpdvalUr0japzWwAwKrjS1brQVXX0JAsVimDh_f3pkvN1jERJGUxlOKKJPl4ksbD053e9sRB28RBZjm9V2e4Y/w400-h270/20230106Cg%20Trains%20at%20Laramie%206%20Jan%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The next day was better weather and I marveled at the wonders in the Colorado State Railroad Museum at Golden.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTucnUlU9MlhB9EPSpxAo0Pb-jn3ljIOxth21Esq1TozlESdhvBFkRDXWBnBJbBcZZSUo9eqhqaDQBYAfOeUuaiYPFSIWuH_gt5cLzaUYfyqKnW8X2fCisY5NDwQZMkfqIo40bf_HagdugvvPU8uDPoWmTFdBYkeg9Tvup2mTSf6HcMxBOOriOmFK_tIg/s3547/20230107Na%20Colorado%20State%20Railroad%20Museum%20at%20Golden%207%20Jan%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2602" data-original-width="3547" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTucnUlU9MlhB9EPSpxAo0Pb-jn3ljIOxth21Esq1TozlESdhvBFkRDXWBnBJbBcZZSUo9eqhqaDQBYAfOeUuaiYPFSIWuH_gt5cLzaUYfyqKnW8X2fCisY5NDwQZMkfqIo40bf_HagdugvvPU8uDPoWmTFdBYkeg9Tvup2mTSf6HcMxBOOriOmFK_tIg/w400-h294/20230107Na%20Colorado%20State%20Railroad%20Museum%20at%20Golden%207%20Jan%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>Only thing better than one Shay is two Shays....</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4G4dq8EVJ-5J7CHJYqWVJlEIB_SYXjzeOyFga1gOxURlxbPSDXvyqBvaL9oLL-uQRqO7jGoky27kKR_SEVIqeL0FVAnCHP8zmp0sJ5X6xVJWEDaxUQrZ0QzugHitshnSJOTO6FyBiAN0rdOPIynNDIkCuY43Rngo3ey-5VZhVRCAeF6_FxFQcr1vvL0/s3695/20230107o%20Colorado%20State%20Railroad%20Museum%20at%20Golden%207%20Jan%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2771" data-original-width="3695" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI4G4dq8EVJ-5J7CHJYqWVJlEIB_SYXjzeOyFga1gOxURlxbPSDXvyqBvaL9oLL-uQRqO7jGoky27kKR_SEVIqeL0FVAnCHP8zmp0sJ5X6xVJWEDaxUQrZ0QzugHitshnSJOTO6FyBiAN0rdOPIynNDIkCuY43Rngo3ey-5VZhVRCAeF6_FxFQcr1vvL0/w400-h300/20230107o%20Colorado%20State%20Railroad%20Museum%20at%20Golden%207%20Jan%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>We finished off the States with a bit of time in LA, which meant plenty of trains around Pasadena and Palm Springs.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldrrI1tyM2wRGhLHRyibyVt4yctNrEssPR-8ZYYWfx5OnU1EGroLn1IWWObf562LoZUQMJO7sNs0Y7cERUo0BRFOnxNeX8BLhdbJ5CFIWFV5OxPbwDChVXXlEsvMmbL0mdMywVjEw063wMN2qGk851DAlFLmUROFYOX_DhqKjiKlA7G6TAniwxDZfybg/s3520/20230122Gu%20UP%20trains%20near%20Palm%20Springs%2022%20January%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldrrI1tyM2wRGhLHRyibyVt4yctNrEssPR-8ZYYWfx5OnU1EGroLn1IWWObf562LoZUQMJO7sNs0Y7cERUo0BRFOnxNeX8BLhdbJ5CFIWFV5OxPbwDChVXXlEsvMmbL0mdMywVjEw063wMN2qGk851DAlFLmUROFYOX_DhqKjiKlA7G6TAniwxDZfybg/w400-h225/20230122Gu%20UP%20trains%20near%20Palm%20Springs%2022%20January%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span>Finally, back in Australia, the past few months have been too busy to chase too many trains. But I did manage to catch </span>4532 and 44204 leaving Goulburn on a ballast on 14 March.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg9OAZnZkVv9o_w6seMDqQ-C3H02A6cBDfHStPUQ9BUXbuDjKrzDJspyGztrGip0xnjsrDDutp8JRGEZ6to3urypOG-cWtOvtsGur-bbJE2-CWElD9_bh0ALpdBtIcorpDQUOVLy0jMhZz_hQrIRuJPDCC-aiOJ37tP7TKeuW0H0lgL9O4GOYhveEPfg/s3520/20230314Cb%204532%20and%2044204%20leaving%20Goulburn%20on%20ballast%2014%20March%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3520" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsg9OAZnZkVv9o_w6seMDqQ-C3H02A6cBDfHStPUQ9BUXbuDjKrzDJspyGztrGip0xnjsrDDutp8JRGEZ6to3urypOG-cWtOvtsGur-bbJE2-CWElD9_bh0ALpdBtIcorpDQUOVLy0jMhZz_hQrIRuJPDCC-aiOJ37tP7TKeuW0H0lgL9O4GOYhveEPfg/w400-h225/20230314Cb%204532%20and%2044204%20leaving%20Goulburn%20on%20ballast%2014%20March%202023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And that is about it for a catch up. I will finish with this snap from the young bloke, who got VL354, 4917, 4911, 4904 and CLF2 on an up grain approaching Moss Vale on 3 June.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7pWzGiy8L6awhmpdQsAG65mrANn4PC1zIWCp2S4YE-3_zN_o7RTt-aGmhSEHkriF4EPJNl-k5gLWR4Bd6Orh_9zAzF66zxdRy1jk0Q3yzx4f0Vqa3W0Zn4TsYsVNoEmyxSfl8uN4clguIxQnj6qoJWTMRmopEes4ZcwwEknjZy4qgyAcngPERH15L6g/s1600/20230602%20VL354-4917-4911-4904%20CLF2%20grain%20%20Moss%20Vale%203%20June%202023%20Dean%20Rance%20DQR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx7pWzGiy8L6awhmpdQsAG65mrANn4PC1zIWCp2S4YE-3_zN_o7RTt-aGmhSEHkriF4EPJNl-k5gLWR4Bd6Orh_9zAzF66zxdRy1jk0Q3yzx4f0Vqa3W0Zn4TsYsVNoEmyxSfl8uN4clguIxQnj6qoJWTMRmopEes4ZcwwEknjZy4qgyAcngPERH15L6g/w400-h300/20230602%20VL354-4917-4911-4904%20CLF2%20grain%20%20Moss%20Vale%203%20June%202023%20Dean%20Rance%20DQR.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to normal transmission soon, I hope.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-30495621572262950012022-07-16T01:46:00.000-07:002022-07-16T01:46:47.522-07:00XPT retrospective - part III<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I hadn't realised I had left my XPT retrospective untouched for two months. I think I left things in Melbourne around 1994. The next big thing in my on/off XPT relationship was the 1995 Tilt Train, captured here in March of that year in Goulburn.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TxCwrtFD_XCU90815Qe2ke8fjtQQVtqayyJVWh3OlDJ3BtdMJ-dW6KD7F0fZ4sR8wInY2Z10kghDr1g8OXyav3J8fW9JiFcCVG1mdLEvBLRPoUsaCjRUPVdD1S-X5m7gIYZ2dcmjB6W5WY6IqzEz9O9h0bUOXNZFD9-t8Z-ra4p4wQbpQXP7XmAs/s1437/1995SP027%20XPT%20Tilt%20train%20&%20relief%20XPT%20car%20Goulburn%2020-3-95.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1437" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TxCwrtFD_XCU90815Qe2ke8fjtQQVtqayyJVWh3OlDJ3BtdMJ-dW6KD7F0fZ4sR8wInY2Z10kghDr1g8OXyav3J8fW9JiFcCVG1mdLEvBLRPoUsaCjRUPVdD1S-X5m7gIYZ2dcmjB6W5WY6IqzEz9O9h0bUOXNZFD9-t8Z-ra4p4wQbpQXP7XmAs/w400-h278/1995SP027%20XPT%20Tilt%20train%20&%20relief%20XPT%20car%20Goulburn%2020-3-95.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The real star was at the other end of the platform.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsIGwPZg32ZeyTuR2v5GqNJ9oOr8aXw4g0wyip9D_-BstdZmgwiWNuYgjUN9pUjPw-51U8htJM4CQaYmZ9uNI9Otx3s5t-nPp-0Lwrj35iNPwGWoNXGDSEVh8EbQYJMo80HuWd5dndqPWkKP-0Cz0YTUdOlshMFAl9zImDGc5JLnbtrPHHUjbhS7m/s1082/1995SP028V%20XPT%20Tilt%20train%20power%20car%20Goulburn%2020-3-1995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvsIGwPZg32ZeyTuR2v5GqNJ9oOr8aXw4g0wyip9D_-BstdZmgwiWNuYgjUN9pUjPw-51U8htJM4CQaYmZ9uNI9Otx3s5t-nPp-0Lwrj35iNPwGWoNXGDSEVh8EbQYJMo80HuWd5dndqPWkKP-0Cz0YTUdOlshMFAl9zImDGc5JLnbtrPHHUjbhS7m/w474-h640/1995SP028V%20XPT%20Tilt%20train%20power%20car%20Goulburn%2020-3-1995.jpg" width="474" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>The late 1990s was a time of comparative stasis - few innovations, just millions of XPT miles. There was that time I arrived at Orange East Box 10 seconds too late to take a photo of a crew in a hurry to get to Sydney.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3-IV4MHDAj4hKC7KA0NAIr2spwQ7xTTdO78ezf8rN6Bpxyvhss9Crrbk65DYU0ktU6XDbUh4TJZnY32iKudcNc2uZSldOB7zsssr4-dkQhUreEDR29o3c8tfoVQACZUawryaUJit9CB9Wo7OQMbBDZtOIgWc3i6AG-UnS8kskteJB9RT7MgnUvGw/s1212/1998WP126%20XPT%20Up%20service%20Signal%20Box%20Orange%20East%20Fork%201998.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1212" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3-IV4MHDAj4hKC7KA0NAIr2spwQ7xTTdO78ezf8rN6Bpxyvhss9Crrbk65DYU0ktU6XDbUh4TJZnY32iKudcNc2uZSldOB7zsssr4-dkQhUreEDR29o3c8tfoVQACZUawryaUJit9CB9Wo7OQMbBDZtOIgWc3i6AG-UnS8kskteJB9RT7MgnUvGw/w400-h360/1998WP126%20XPT%20Up%20service%20Signal%20Box%20Orange%20East%20Fork%201998.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">And I always thought that this accidental capture of XP2008 in 1998 highlighted its HST heritage nicely.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2FhHKSlS2DuXjhToNmjxbjMnn2V5z3g7qYasY_Z4DIqMIA75shd9-1o8RZHDZdqbP7chkYWfPr35QuQ_SPreSUoKJdD1-inlQtPWWXH2lfqjnHuQqpSB7PbLPneHQXcW2GQ_2LdPuKNSjhZko8otiiEJZ8DPrbxPm5RaS2wDpQUpQCcfRZ2KZoQb/s1581/1999NP038%20XP2008%20on%20up%20North%20Coast%20XPT%20at%20Maitland%2021-8-1999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1035" data-original-width="1581" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2FhHKSlS2DuXjhToNmjxbjMnn2V5z3g7qYasY_Z4DIqMIA75shd9-1o8RZHDZdqbP7chkYWfPr35QuQ_SPreSUoKJdD1-inlQtPWWXH2lfqjnHuQqpSB7PbLPneHQXcW2GQ_2LdPuKNSjhZko8otiiEJZ8DPrbxPm5RaS2wDpQUpQCcfRZ2KZoQb/w400-h261/1999NP038%20XP2008%20on%20up%20North%20Coast%20XPT%20at%20Maitland%2021-8-1999.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And then we all went rather colourful. First the Olympics....</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH9Jyevtt2_UYb3UbkGqPyT4-yoPjt2opfCmALCdFlM2OqZ2kAmBtjQEa7-FUwXzOq2fAjCxdHtc2zyqClEJ0tFINyheP8L2gNfsnPQ70ovuLO1fqMQzt6vGu2xSZVQ4V7E1u4Qz6SG-ZIGQauJxpcCiuLo05i3BDAYvkLVK_O1mNF1COHTkCDDNd/s1024/20020111CD%20XP2000%20on%20%20XPT%20at%20Warabrook%2011-1-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH9Jyevtt2_UYb3UbkGqPyT4-yoPjt2opfCmALCdFlM2OqZ2kAmBtjQEa7-FUwXzOq2fAjCxdHtc2zyqClEJ0tFINyheP8L2gNfsnPQ70ovuLO1fqMQzt6vGu2xSZVQ4V7E1u4Qz6SG-ZIGQauJxpcCiuLo05i3BDAYvkLVK_O1mNF1COHTkCDDNd/w480-h640/20020111CD%20XP2000%20on%20%20XPT%20at%20Warabrook%2011-1-02.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And then a color that should never adorn anything, unless it is a vegetable. Or in Bundanoon on a grey day in 2002.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAE9OcXS4sfwu_Sm4QPZ2lO4lZCeH8gM73lnzk9BhwMchqaKl7FYBlOEMHKfaeHkpAS9O6zW8MIlFMVFjNmKgzWSnKDBA8fVhSvZ0auVxqpBnGXlyn4IRAAuiHKcvGWtuJBWddzId4Pp7BMvtGVZBftAkMnTnt4xn3_Q6C_NMX5C4DdR3CPGHLCNcI/s1024/20021010U1%20ST%20XP2001-XP2008%20Sydney%20XPT%20-%20Bundanoon%2010-10-02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAE9OcXS4sfwu_Sm4QPZ2lO4lZCeH8gM73lnzk9BhwMchqaKl7FYBlOEMHKfaeHkpAS9O6zW8MIlFMVFjNmKgzWSnKDBA8fVhSvZ0auVxqpBnGXlyn4IRAAuiHKcvGWtuJBWddzId4Pp7BMvtGVZBftAkMnTnt4xn3_Q6C_NMX5C4DdR3CPGHLCNcI/w400-h300/20021010U1%20ST%20XP2001-XP2008%20Sydney%20XPT%20-%20Bundanoon%2010-10-02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">By 2004 I was pretty much over rides on XPTs, nearly always late, overloaded and prone to mechanical failure. Here is a 2004 snap of one such delay at Gloucester.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaV4oQSvaXmBof6aoNqWhKZQVBwD2WEJzbW16rgXwupX9dZOT58LIQ3OQ2pqF1rmBjJWhRoWHMhHD83b6tm8eH9PvGJ4pVXTxQI_6t_lduxHJzilddfwwDTDUD81vO22cuSpa8D5A31Aw8rG9uMoOqhvcuvTz88tXPy7h1KYk7Y0WK2SMyvS7vU5gT/s1024/20040912%20XP2004%20on%20Grafton%20XPT%20at%20Gloucester%2012-9-04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaV4oQSvaXmBof6aoNqWhKZQVBwD2WEJzbW16rgXwupX9dZOT58LIQ3OQ2pqF1rmBjJWhRoWHMhHD83b6tm8eH9PvGJ4pVXTxQI_6t_lduxHJzilddfwwDTDUD81vO22cuSpa8D5A31Aw8rG9uMoOqhvcuvTz88tXPy7h1KYk7Y0WK2SMyvS7vU5gT/w400-h300/20040912%20XP2004%20on%20Grafton%20XPT%20at%20Gloucester%2012-9-04.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It was time for a change, so I was pretty happy on 26 April 2006 when the new livery of the XPT was unveiled at Central.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1704" data-original-width="2272" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_SvdMt5_wAD8gSQW8B-5ShkolTJs8lT7X5wkKY8satFcuYy-s1DDE31Wel8ezavCQ0jwPwDCLruWPxem7jboOWgXMBHc5A2n-uCVXgEMKymIABA1kCWKHCfKay8MIRz8xuBs-vy6eccty9SgHwE9yyc7LA851qRj252eW4A87yNLUrDFWqDyVc6F/w400-h300/20060424%20Media%20demonstration%20of%20XPT%20at%20Central%20-%2024%20April%202006.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The next and final instalment will cover the XPT up to its present autumnal years.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><p><br /></p></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-76719135913442329092022-05-01T01:42:00.006-07:002022-05-01T01:43:36.800-07:00XPTs, Act II<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is the next XPT installment, starting around 1992. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1992NP067A 2 car diesel set and the North XPT eye each other off at Maitland on 22 August 1992.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpMFMvnchfZwToS5RG1HeMua_46IU10QLOgLZKWhvMgVRKXwUSWYlQ4j_41v14TeMsVa1zIC0RqyDPy6Ts7Y1mMnolR-mZzIcesvGYPJ4PZMfgCjniDNbPg3F9fQvk_ha7zg37PqdQGaqvgkAAhM3QKVW1iE-34vgxV7kR5mMmoCPgg0zDdnksoH6/s1730/1992NP067A%202%20car%20diesel%20set%20&%20North%20XPTat%20Maitland%2022-8-92.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1730" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjpMFMvnchfZwToS5RG1HeMua_46IU10QLOgLZKWhvMgVRKXwUSWYlQ4j_41v14TeMsVa1zIC0RqyDPy6Ts7Y1mMnolR-mZzIcesvGYPJ4PZMfgCjniDNbPg3F9fQvk_ha7zg37PqdQGaqvgkAAhM3QKVW1iE-34vgxV7kR5mMmoCPgg0zDdnksoH6/w400-h248/1992NP067A%202%20car%20diesel%20set%20&%20North%20XPTat%20Maitland%2022-8-92.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: left;">The up Riverina XPT rests for a moment at </span>Moss Vale in 1992.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC2xOEZFbaOpvcMLJXLjNfJvU8PZ0KPDteciws5cAZCHOiEjb8A2jL1TLqkaN8NsAvkOwZGH4XFt1t8YYE4KPoPkDgoRU5pwoC3jz1SkghMV1F3nQrUu4DM5NtHpyQlWxLCFujWPtFsdn0UikQY7yd9y7HRF4trxM5ZGoBv3YV3Psc6YYRvzkV1Tl/s1696/1992SP103%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Moss%20Vale%20in%201992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1696" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOC2xOEZFbaOpvcMLJXLjNfJvU8PZ0KPDteciws5cAZCHOiEjb8A2jL1TLqkaN8NsAvkOwZGH4XFt1t8YYE4KPoPkDgoRU5pwoC3jz1SkghMV1F3nQrUu4DM5NtHpyQlWxLCFujWPtFsdn0UikQY7yd9y7HRF4trxM5ZGoBv3YV3Psc6YYRvzkV1Tl/w400-h255/1992SP103%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Moss%20Vale%20in%201992.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On 25 March 1992 the down West XPT nears Spring Hill. Thank you work for sending me to the country on this day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTspYGQR-7nF_NZH6zqhy0RLQk_AScE-23rbtI4PI5wd3FkacsPmWZCpX0rKHRqXcdwG5JYeffkBKFs2lnWSxDs9m15D_C5Tzf6CH95yq2_ubL1r6uFIoPrHqTipyPbvoPAmQL-BENHxQAZzptjSX5IyIsoFREEXqIlZiNzb46mJPvbRm3iezojPE4/s1339/1992WP087%20Down%20West%20XPT%20near%20Spring%20Hill%2025-3-1992.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1339" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTspYGQR-7nF_NZH6zqhy0RLQk_AScE-23rbtI4PI5wd3FkacsPmWZCpX0rKHRqXcdwG5JYeffkBKFs2lnWSxDs9m15D_C5Tzf6CH95yq2_ubL1r6uFIoPrHqTipyPbvoPAmQL-BENHxQAZzptjSX5IyIsoFREEXqIlZiNzb46mJPvbRm3iezojPE4/w400-h234/1992WP087%20Down%20West%20XPT%20near%20Spring%20Hill%2025-3-1992.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The up Muwillumbah XPT rolls across the bridge just north of Gloucester on 11 February 1993. This is one of my favourite train watching locations.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37SrZrglJbuc97xjxwcQwLLS-0sj3uOgVOitdv9RsFFNtSUScaes7JOK-Tx5trYn8-u7qXrOWNBwyFJtSquW2Kxq7cWW69d8HIEte7DoqStHWwQBlz16ZkTi4K1Yg3w7evu4reXOVrL0GMzY0sAA38h3oJHoN_2oVks8iZ2EiOtqnkFktQlatYuew/s1454/1993NP162%20Up%20Muwillumbah%20XPT%20at%20Gloucester%2011-2-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1454" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg37SrZrglJbuc97xjxwcQwLLS-0sj3uOgVOitdv9RsFFNtSUScaes7JOK-Tx5trYn8-u7qXrOWNBwyFJtSquW2Kxq7cWW69d8HIEte7DoqStHWwQBlz16ZkTi4K1Yg3w7evu4reXOVrL0GMzY0sAA38h3oJHoN_2oVks8iZ2EiOtqnkFktQlatYuew/w400-h215/1993NP162%20Up%20Muwillumbah%20XPT%20at%20Gloucester%2011-2-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting bored yet? I will try to mix it up a bit.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's an XPT at platform 16 at Central, due to close-down of the Sydney Terminal yard, on 1 October 1994.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2gvaStkSR8Oh5nh90LUkOEw9nxdVayiiEYHVUqfc-g9PURPr9JeBdU8aOQaK1ilPFV5KtVIB672LTqBhTYBKRHv2gdNbtH9Y5fn4aIXYU-bhBLFh520Q3IJtszccOnWV3E4Qi-Dt1z8U_7_UUXDgJ6IHXSCEQuuifJE1d2ud96HmUEYLj28fAsVb/s1569/1994CP200%20XPT%20at%20platform%2016%20due%20to%20close-down%201-10-1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="1569" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2gvaStkSR8Oh5nh90LUkOEw9nxdVayiiEYHVUqfc-g9PURPr9JeBdU8aOQaK1ilPFV5KtVIB672LTqBhTYBKRHv2gdNbtH9Y5fn4aIXYU-bhBLFh520Q3IJtszccOnWV3E4Qi-Dt1z8U_7_UUXDgJ6IHXSCEQuuifJE1d2ud96HmUEYLj28fAsVb/w400-h268/1994CP200%20XPT%20at%20platform%2016%20due%20to%20close-down%201-10-1994.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another one of my favourite places - Urunga, late 1994.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LTkSXaknlnUe3GYV_kldaQ0tdIp3FgjxTu2mdcQm7ozZQqxgaBY9WaiqcTNPOKhnivu-aGdiWCgIXdtMjL5OBDwgFFg0AQyYLfacncDxN4YsI6_beGnbZ5BhJG3odd1F0IhERFOqtzWb5TE21Q1H-dTITSZFN7BXOhgFq-u0Cw1MkhuhbiO3G1iP/s1437/1994NP020%20XPT%20at%20Urunga%20late%201994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="1437" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2LTkSXaknlnUe3GYV_kldaQ0tdIp3FgjxTu2mdcQm7ozZQqxgaBY9WaiqcTNPOKhnivu-aGdiWCgIXdtMjL5OBDwgFFg0AQyYLfacncDxN4YsI6_beGnbZ5BhJG3odd1F0IhERFOqtzWb5TE21Q1H-dTITSZFN7BXOhgFq-u0Cw1MkhuhbiO3G1iP/w400-h223/1994NP020%20XPT%20at%20Urunga%20late%201994.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And the big thing that happened to the XPT in the 1990s was that it went south - sadly replacing the loc hauled overnight trains. But I rode it anyway.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's A76 and the XPT at Spencer St Station on 2 August 1994.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgl6jHiVgOsxoe1kLmFn0Sdk2fuaBj6_5ATOkNE1fZFIVdM23TOTJ5NqWKzg72bkG_s7ZhBg2PIQkoSFVdnFCXpzbneoZ6CSIZdwQ2O1QCWwBM3hLdGtU87XVvh94hvO-i_l7PQYcwvqVMrDlnDJrZPmNA5vVdXPdIcqe50q0DeTp--dU0lZkSpP_/s1708/1994XP100%20A76%20&%20XPT%20at%20Spencer%20St%202-8-1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1708" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzgl6jHiVgOsxoe1kLmFn0Sdk2fuaBj6_5ATOkNE1fZFIVdM23TOTJ5NqWKzg72bkG_s7ZhBg2PIQkoSFVdnFCXpzbneoZ6CSIZdwQ2O1QCWwBM3hLdGtU87XVvh94hvO-i_l7PQYcwvqVMrDlnDJrZPmNA5vVdXPdIcqe50q0DeTp--dU0lZkSpP_/w400-h226/1994XP100%20A76%20&%20XPT%20at%20Spencer%20St%202-8-1994.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And two days later... the City of Cootamundra soon to depart.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUU3K5Cox8s6wPARXPcQ_fnkBQNRsACe9wqapF2hcvYvu098D6jiGTQSJc9Gn7aA1lQQaKW_Dsh0ZmmRtG-Ys0PvHsbzn8djbiJnlrzG0bYYvbgmbz80its2khXDboMk_tGnmA7glqzNNqJ6PGbb3eDrOgOl4W2HMkCi-TiMQdjz7K-f-5VDBhoAHW/s1719/1994XP110%20Sydney%20Express%20XPT%20at%20Spencer%20St%204-8-1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1046" data-original-width="1719" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUU3K5Cox8s6wPARXPcQ_fnkBQNRsACe9wqapF2hcvYvu098D6jiGTQSJc9Gn7aA1lQQaKW_Dsh0ZmmRtG-Ys0PvHsbzn8djbiJnlrzG0bYYvbgmbz80its2khXDboMk_tGnmA7glqzNNqJ6PGbb3eDrOgOl4W2HMkCi-TiMQdjz7K-f-5VDBhoAHW/w400-h244/1994XP110%20Sydney%20Express%20XPT%20at%20Spencer%20St%204-8-1994.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><p></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-53069694477287429252022-04-09T00:00:00.002-07:002022-04-09T00:00:18.121-07:0040 years of XPTs<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Given it has been 40 years since XPTs starting earning their keep on NSW rails, I thought I would pin up a selection of photos from their service. I have always been pretty ambivalent about XPTs - their Pommy heritage, the lousy food, the crappy seats and particularly poor sleepers, the fact that they were used to clear out mail trains and reduce services in regional areas - I could go on. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Over the years my opposition to them has mellowed somewhat. They were given a task to do which was beyond them basically because they are unsuited to our rail system. And the alternative was a Greyhound or a Corolla so I think you could call me a fan out of necessity. I am probably responsible for wearing one of them out, through work and holidays. And the crews have always been fantastic, charming and willing for a chat or to give help when I needed it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, onto the photos.... here's a few from the first decade.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Exiting Sydney Steam Terminal on 28 November 1982 (and obscuring 3214 in doing so).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17xZnZiz8Vce6HEqwkX-Eh8LojnxEryNmqBBtTPeYHPZFjOgEo_ZHSjE1S-DI9cRJS1w_PTGwAXnsgepeiLC1vS-1biLZAmmyG5bX-TyYE1BfCCtuUp8k05MD0FVTI6ZZGGq0DtBt0n4fXav-lEUV-w52gvWBaPyarqcAcSyrvlfGs7LBUfIF_cGq/s1596/1982CS2-015-36%20XPT%20Power%20Car%2028-11-1982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1052" data-original-width="1596" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17xZnZiz8Vce6HEqwkX-Eh8LojnxEryNmqBBtTPeYHPZFjOgEo_ZHSjE1S-DI9cRJS1w_PTGwAXnsgepeiLC1vS-1biLZAmmyG5bX-TyYE1BfCCtuUp8k05MD0FVTI6ZZGGq0DtBt0n4fXav-lEUV-w52gvWBaPyarqcAcSyrvlfGs7LBUfIF_cGq/w400-h264/1982CS2-015-36%20XPT%20Power%20Car%2028-11-1982.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Memory suggests that this is the down Riverina Express - at Gib Tunnel in October 1982.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoad4lWxi8np23jQOeTbK3zErJhrKoAiLIValvpwYgrQYKBXwbnf24NBFkIVRqzBXd0SNbgfV6z3lGbw243raJ1FalZOnQ73vuRB6o2WdFp_0rhqp1PcvfUda4AksyYZ37I5q6iYLQdWmbhbWawLiJ0KFqcHX5xgoqztEKXJolFynuqUgB-mxfQRNG/s1468/1982SS075%20Down%20South%20XPT%20at%20Gibb%20Tunnel%20in%20October%201982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1468" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoad4lWxi8np23jQOeTbK3zErJhrKoAiLIValvpwYgrQYKBXwbnf24NBFkIVRqzBXd0SNbgfV6z3lGbw243raJ1FalZOnQ73vuRB6o2WdFp_0rhqp1PcvfUda4AksyYZ37I5q6iYLQdWmbhbWawLiJ0KFqcHX5xgoqztEKXJolFynuqUgB-mxfQRNG/w400-h226/1982SS075%20Down%20South%20XPT%20at%20Gibb%20Tunnel%20in%20October%201982.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Crew change at Bathurst in 1983. Shortly after I stuffed the shot of the goods train. But always liked this shot for the way the guys are chatting calmly.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4WW3FYbvew6pPypInnfG71AitV7vZjD2KfCPoT0DLYkxxSDe9OROiqYVcE91yn0flHE2vqFpWadTRQbkAPR460RxHkDeZLbcm7lkQSVSAKP0yTju84z7Zs8Pjv8aOHqzGop538MyS40SdaMlHIG_Jw8RCW3RJlZAQJV_4H5Atx57rrsOrI3exMeq/s1765/1982WP082%20Down%20West%20XPT%20at%20Bathurst%2027-12-1982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1765" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht4WW3FYbvew6pPypInnfG71AitV7vZjD2KfCPoT0DLYkxxSDe9OROiqYVcE91yn0flHE2vqFpWadTRQbkAPR460RxHkDeZLbcm7lkQSVSAKP0yTju84z7Zs8Pjv8aOHqzGop538MyS40SdaMlHIG_Jw8RCW3RJlZAQJV_4H5Atx57rrsOrI3exMeq/w400-h253/1982WP082%20Down%20West%20XPT%20at%20Bathurst%2027-12-1982.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Photographed while avoiding frostbite off the footbridge railing on a bitterly cold July day in 1984.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYf38kevLDkre6x_-ttPZoP-5cwi9TVPpPfgYfawBXXrD_XNSyRe22kZuMwKjQ4TaGGZlq7BRJFCX7lEv8a8ikLmB1Utm5nBXwjQ-MKBVZAfsNWmgzrDJOtSwty7IvqRl1FQx8zS1Cbn0Cn3eTrnYDV1PdciLfJM4PyDaUQgkHXpuCyAIiPAfQbXP3/s1742/1984SP129%20Up%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Goulburn%20in%20July%201984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1742" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYf38kevLDkre6x_-ttPZoP-5cwi9TVPpPfgYfawBXXrD_XNSyRe22kZuMwKjQ4TaGGZlq7BRJFCX7lEv8a8ikLmB1Utm5nBXwjQ-MKBVZAfsNWmgzrDJOtSwty7IvqRl1FQx8zS1Cbn0Cn3eTrnYDV1PdciLfJM4PyDaUQgkHXpuCyAIiPAfQbXP3/w400-h264/1984SP129%20Up%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Goulburn%20in%20July%201984.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />West XPT about to head to the sheds at Meeks Road, around about the time that the West Mail was heading off. Mid 1980s, before the Greiner purge.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11cXfRAjb3xx04M2o431hqrIrtp9CkMseWLtHYnX1ulq4HZ2yAPsRxgOw3t7fVyQKg1I66ifOeeQFAU84r18ucPol6lmq5WVs992jFR6va5qo4MHt-34oBILel3irkferByM1fxJE3oRz3JVdVWX8G-6UXzkju0cXIJmqe9FrYsOPMC3vy-LgLA2f/s1661/1985CP094%20Up%20West%20XPT%20mid%201980s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1661" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11cXfRAjb3xx04M2o431hqrIrtp9CkMseWLtHYnX1ulq4HZ2yAPsRxgOw3t7fVyQKg1I66ifOeeQFAU84r18ucPol6lmq5WVs992jFR6va5qo4MHt-34oBILel3irkferByM1fxJE3oRz3JVdVWX8G-6UXzkju0cXIJmqe9FrYsOPMC3vy-LgLA2f/w400-h271/1985CP094%20Up%20West%20XPT%20mid%201980s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Up North and West XPTs at the end of their journeys. Mid 1980s again.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkPJIgc8vcWebuciPFewDPnVpbxe19e4bKC9zRIgZ2K1AjGq6H_V3XyWiA50Tr9m9mVbnb4fRbnHXu0nij08WilP6CzE3uzKx0VkTD2DiIeht2MdYiEfV3Y7V1b546ZDEkx8D6jJdW3a5hLH0pN1343nwwyI2zWREsHEUqK-ZxzjSjsF038GV85Au/s1719/1985CP097%20North%20and%20West%20XPTs%20in%20mid%201980s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1719" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkPJIgc8vcWebuciPFewDPnVpbxe19e4bKC9zRIgZ2K1AjGq6H_V3XyWiA50Tr9m9mVbnb4fRbnHXu0nij08WilP6CzE3uzKx0VkTD2DiIeht2MdYiEfV3Y7V1b546ZDEkx8D6jJdW3a5hLH0pN1343nwwyI2zWREsHEUqK-ZxzjSjsF038GV85Au/w400-h230/1985CP097%20North%20and%20West%20XPTs%20in%20mid%201980s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I am about to jump on this service to return me to Moss Vale, after a kangaroo stuck its head through the radiator of my Holden Gemini in February 1985. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlpeKCxz7AZynw-hoeoE_HwzOOgNx9ZqiB4y0UORUuNi2xoRgAgKg9DBRxBBcZq_AA-86Op30_CpFBZQsnP6_T6RBgsdjx5SaEvWHv9JUDklD-Vb5zryqdX-HWirrNqoj9Rs6O8ajl_Tm1ddHJMRYLbOg4G2blQ6dN9wK0Dhw8UVANLjG8jTLgNop/s1638/1985SP146%20Up%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Yass%20Junction%20in%20Feb%201985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="989" data-original-width="1638" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWlpeKCxz7AZynw-hoeoE_HwzOOgNx9ZqiB4y0UORUuNi2xoRgAgKg9DBRxBBcZq_AA-86Op30_CpFBZQsnP6_T6RBgsdjx5SaEvWHv9JUDklD-Vb5zryqdX-HWirrNqoj9Rs6O8ajl_Tm1ddHJMRYLbOg4G2blQ6dN9wK0Dhw8UVANLjG8jTLgNop/w400-h241/1985SP146%20Up%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Yass%20Junction%20in%20Feb%201985.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Possibly the time I was happiest to ever see an XPT. This is Sodwalls in July 1986. Sat beside the line for seven hours to this this train and a fuel train.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT4b3N9riHu27q0oS_3RMmHbLTCQ8PBo77Jtdopw7sNa24EJoYDgUYk1Vl6Jowku0mTK12raVkzD26fkQaT_tJX5KCabaRpQTtcVP05MWk-pK6sj7M8umWAB1H2EgvGnQzv-Ae3fYmPkIDlEc7o9urI99Q0J7lwaIYu7cXPRsbTGIQCq3t_4P6wK8/s1650/1986WP068%20Down%20West%20XPT%20at%20Sodwalls%20July%201986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="1650" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRT4b3N9riHu27q0oS_3RMmHbLTCQ8PBo77Jtdopw7sNa24EJoYDgUYk1Vl6Jowku0mTK12raVkzD26fkQaT_tJX5KCabaRpQTtcVP05MWk-pK6sj7M8umWAB1H2EgvGnQzv-Ae3fYmPkIDlEc7o9urI99Q0J7lwaIYu7cXPRsbTGIQCq3t_4P6wK8/w400-h238/1986WP068%20Down%20West%20XPT%20at%20Sodwalls%20July%201986.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a Canberra service on 11 March 1987, running through the then rural setting of Wilton.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8V9pZRbyWY0WYz6O5Ea8r3WPotjBe4ZpZKD8KZAP4nJNZlPZYHOfitbBZ_JC0V5p1NpZDYSCsoyT3rUnNJsJV1GKXQE17h0jH7enTLwAzNNrWE2UHXLUOFbsk96cx1F3IHt6rwZB7dxe8h2xs3SVVpcUK6QJCVE8alcRomQjQ3GCODKpEDy4h7vDU/s1708/1986SP006%20XPT%20on%20down%20Canberra%20service%20at%20Wilton%20c1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="1708" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8V9pZRbyWY0WYz6O5Ea8r3WPotjBe4ZpZKD8KZAP4nJNZlPZYHOfitbBZ_JC0V5p1NpZDYSCsoyT3rUnNJsJV1GKXQE17h0jH7enTLwAzNNrWE2UHXLUOFbsk96cx1F3IHt6rwZB7dxe8h2xs3SVVpcUK6QJCVE8alcRomQjQ3GCODKpEDy4h7vDU/w400-h159/1986SP006%20XPT%20on%20down%20Canberra%20service%20at%20Wilton%20c1986.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">On 22 June 1988 I stepped off this XPT, trundled around Tamworth for about eight hours, then climbed about the North Mail to return to Sydney. A great day on the rails.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFe7d1O3k7t8bzc8Dv4bNEOMAOm1wIvpm5SWI47qUqqvnGKr2R9Xz7FLpfl_GgS6sDgXpY0r8WCNldClM08oH5cwXura9KCwpOE3jeP-NFfNJxr5rBkaY6s4vnqcYkJ65Wc-rEQI5rT4ElsuNesyTFpV73aLNafQ83Bc1bYZ9EPA7-flLYADkJBIa6/s1142/1988NR047%20XPT%20at%20Tamworth%2022-6-1988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1142" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFe7d1O3k7t8bzc8Dv4bNEOMAOm1wIvpm5SWI47qUqqvnGKr2R9Xz7FLpfl_GgS6sDgXpY0r8WCNldClM08oH5cwXura9KCwpOE3jeP-NFfNJxr5rBkaY6s4vnqcYkJ65Wc-rEQI5rT4ElsuNesyTFpV73aLNafQ83Bc1bYZ9EPA7-flLYADkJBIa6/w400-h303/1988NR047%20XPT%20at%20Tamworth%2022-6-1988.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Four months later I did the same day out, but headed to Dubbo this time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFJLxNYqu0hrYP0-2Z8loYA94BuVrXebTYEjxaahXJbDKX07WtMjTtV8NrBPio09WYT_G2mctwDwyyPZloMnPMddJJGacemuhN0sZhAjCxuP_nfHEhUT7BPREhiMOcq19FsHLl5ZEslQTYa01C4WuGK0rGjej1nMGD9feB0jT940rOoWoA3wE0t87/s1615/1988WP124%20West%20XPT%20&%20road%20coaches%20at%20Dubbo%20Oct%201988.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="1615" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFJLxNYqu0hrYP0-2Z8loYA94BuVrXebTYEjxaahXJbDKX07WtMjTtV8NrBPio09WYT_G2mctwDwyyPZloMnPMddJJGacemuhN0sZhAjCxuP_nfHEhUT7BPREhiMOcq19FsHLl5ZEslQTYa01C4WuGK0rGjej1nMGD9feB0jT940rOoWoA3wE0t87/w400-h234/1988WP124%20West%20XPT%20&%20road%20coaches%20at%20Dubbo%20Oct%201988.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">An April afternoon in 1989 on Piton Hill with Dad included the up Riverina XPT.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rVV0NQGvZGkZHA1OeGDnwTnOXCjPPeOFdwT_g4uc0S0cswjCpSs9tuBx_jg-JS_2NIaD_9eLKXNCrM7PWBLJrnqol8SOEfLZEoAZBRLHM7cMoBLuhienNNARU3Ym-i9CbdInNLuruSUZ_ym96Od-lAV7OEA_CGoMrq9eQ0LVPY1zjemxrjKy16qP/s1719/1989SP089%20Up%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Picton%20in%20April%201989.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1719" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_rVV0NQGvZGkZHA1OeGDnwTnOXCjPPeOFdwT_g4uc0S0cswjCpSs9tuBx_jg-JS_2NIaD_9eLKXNCrM7PWBLJrnqol8SOEfLZEoAZBRLHM7cMoBLuhienNNARU3Ym-i9CbdInNLuruSUZ_ym96Od-lAV7OEA_CGoMrq9eQ0LVPY1zjemxrjKy16qP/w400-h204/1989SP089%20Up%20Riverina%20XPT%20at%20Picton%20in%20April%201989.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">By 1991 </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Countrylink </i><span style="font-family: arial;">livery was starting to make an appearance. Here is a mixed bunch of liveries on the up North XPT absolutely flattening it through Blandford on 25 October 1991. We had spent two days photographing 48s, 44s and 45s climb Ardglen bank - very slowly. The speed of the XPT caught me right out, hence the going away shot. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA38EtqrBiWVVEP-TGrBGwRoU_pVP3ELJ2EhDk9-0uqL0oaFWsTXNf5uIEASD5mHJ924Hq4qzl1J-gKfs06IEdwjTi9lXiRFuGpd7GEIoZTty8PaPQryE2-Hbf7zdd9U5O2c5vJmzjI49IgBRuIwG7WbjGLVRxvYOAvxPLwNmAp00oMLq1xxghyPgk/s1707/1991NP102%20Up%20North%20XPT%20at%20Blandford%2025-10-1991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="794" data-original-width="1707" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA38EtqrBiWVVEP-TGrBGwRoU_pVP3ELJ2EhDk9-0uqL0oaFWsTXNf5uIEASD5mHJ924Hq4qzl1J-gKfs06IEdwjTi9lXiRFuGpd7GEIoZTty8PaPQryE2-Hbf7zdd9U5O2c5vJmzjI49IgBRuIwG7WbjGLVRxvYOAvxPLwNmAp00oMLq1xxghyPgk/w400-h186/1991NP102%20Up%20North%20XPT%20at%20Blandford%2025-10-1991.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But, thanks to track alignments and speed restrictions, we did catach up with this train at Maitland. A huge </span><span style="font-family: arial;">electrical storm rolled through Maitland just after this photo was taken.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZqjKgwQ0vX4W8OQij7v3paiIUpL_33MmU1IIr0ZgkeswHDxy7BwUYEVfVsm9CO5JyySfXCCUhhLOUJIuJzDSZbu8yD-G8yHnAUDIbbX55cvlsp6dPze1pK_0-uXpOit-6ZDb7YQozLNDDOmAflLIYMGZifaAfm_mvT43K8pVMR-YQaRBlby34YfX/s1569/1991NP050%20Up%20North%20XPT%20at%20Maitland%2025-10-1991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1569" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZqjKgwQ0vX4W8OQij7v3paiIUpL_33MmU1IIr0ZgkeswHDxy7BwUYEVfVsm9CO5JyySfXCCUhhLOUJIuJzDSZbu8yD-G8yHnAUDIbbX55cvlsp6dPze1pK_0-uXpOit-6ZDb7YQozLNDDOmAflLIYMGZifaAfm_mvT43K8pVMR-YQaRBlby34YfX/w400-h194/1991NP050%20Up%20North%20XPT%20at%20Maitland%2025-10-1991.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Might leave this edition right here, after a neat 10 years.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,<br />Don</span></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-78708644054387533502021-12-04T00:34:00.004-08:002021-12-04T00:34:36.487-08:00Nannies up North<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Its been so long I had forgotten how to log in to Blogger. Anyway, I happened upon some of the family's photographs of Nannies - so, not the maternal grandmother but the locomotive class. So here they are, pretty much unaltered from the 1960s.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I think this one is from the early 1960s, and it is of an unnamed 35 on the Brisbane via Wallan-garra Express. I just love the TRCs up front.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWaN7CVM8C3-maoVM1nPUEvhPHfp9XSQOoTTnCwfnjGobjF0yWUW9VjZ5-kmUzccmMAUzURZ0tBMAS1otte2ZepuNsPsZzEIVNBsdTUTOan9sUAXSRrDGZYK2baAKXgqgpuewnHzM_Ns/s1269/01+35+on+Wallan-garra+Express+in+early+1960s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="1269" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfWaN7CVM8C3-maoVM1nPUEvhPHfp9XSQOoTTnCwfnjGobjF0yWUW9VjZ5-kmUzccmMAUzURZ0tBMAS1otte2ZepuNsPsZzEIVNBsdTUTOan9sUAXSRrDGZYK2baAKXgqgpuewnHzM_Ns/w400-h214/01+35+on+Wallan-garra+Express+in+early+1960s.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The rest are from around Gosvegas, the centre of the Central Coast, all in the mid to late 1960s. Here is 3524 under the infrastructure which did them in.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudaiJLrBfgwGtyhQ10ELhWySeYGK5M_Gi05n6fT9J0NR0H1ge1P0Ir6UL1fPWajo_qtHXEvH5zcofyV19wXCyPdJID15h0XV07ykS04UnsnBggFK3dSiOkFFj7Qba0RbdWbmxTxcfNPg/s1050/02+1965NEPX036+3524+at+Gosford.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="1050" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudaiJLrBfgwGtyhQ10ELhWySeYGK5M_Gi05n6fT9J0NR0H1ge1P0Ir6UL1fPWajo_qtHXEvH5zcofyV19wXCyPdJID15h0XV07ykS04UnsnBggFK3dSiOkFFj7Qba0RbdWbmxTxcfNPg/w400-h289/02+1965NEPX036+3524+at+Gosford.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">And one of the longer lived Nannies, 3509, in the same location.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0H9BmnWxY6bN9ni9LXZyVA1Xsdac9dEVHnwx71g2hu4IwuGr-6xHns2HGZ8QBMCNSObfXlqfjMCLFvksbIYSFJKSX9o_DkGQIMI5qbqw8zX3UJnNd06eE063CUH9OWxm05AFHi0WGcg/s1532/06+3509+at+Gosford+circa+1965.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1532" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb0H9BmnWxY6bN9ni9LXZyVA1Xsdac9dEVHnwx71g2hu4IwuGr-6xHns2HGZ8QBMCNSObfXlqfjMCLFvksbIYSFJKSX9o_DkGQIMI5qbqw8zX3UJnNd06eE063CUH9OWxm05AFHi0WGcg/w400-h238/06+3509+at+Gosford+circa+1965.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Now for two of 3532, coupling up and then headed out of town. We think these are from 1967.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdf5GCoS_orjrKjOCJYemWNzQhuVSu0JTeN1QKeUQqw46ZI3KsWzhKbLb-XEzX1pxrFDT2D_sFve06mVZc6Izgr0r5Qgy451yE_g8xh7tgM_6zgl27UMrX7F5okfkcSjNlovVcFFKtVM/s1604/03+3532+at+Gosford+loco+April+1967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1604" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdf5GCoS_orjrKjOCJYemWNzQhuVSu0JTeN1QKeUQqw46ZI3KsWzhKbLb-XEzX1pxrFDT2D_sFve06mVZc6Izgr0r5Qgy451yE_g8xh7tgM_6zgl27UMrX7F5okfkcSjNlovVcFFKtVM/w400-h240/03+3532+at+Gosford+loco+April+1967.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RPWkyOUkM-3eFRS3gynGLTyOO1qOzMrtf5zSUkWOOIp9XPs3ci4q4S6nnfwdOFTJnj4zPziAezsBlfFFBF_b8PBvYN0L1839aJmLGz6Egc_YGU3gP4wPT7f4AW85VuvcFDcS140p_zA/s1584/04+-+3532+%2526+60+on+W44+at+Gosford+April+1967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="1584" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RPWkyOUkM-3eFRS3gynGLTyOO1qOzMrtf5zSUkWOOIp9XPs3ci4q4S6nnfwdOFTJnj4zPziAezsBlfFFBF_b8PBvYN0L1839aJmLGz6Egc_YGU3gP4wPT7f4AW85VuvcFDcS140p_zA/w400-h251/04+-+3532+%2526+60+on+W44+at+Gosford+April+1967.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-37440446052492954842021-10-16T23:40:00.000-07:002021-10-16T23:40:45.078-07:00To the Nation's Capital (in 1971)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I went off looking for something for this blog about three weeks ago and fell into a big pit of information. Since then I have been sluicing through the electronic versions of the <i>Railway Digest </i>and the <i>Railway News</i>, plus paper copies of some/most of the <i>Roundhouse</i>, discovering rail tours of the 1960s and 1970s. So far I have logged over 400 tours - and these are the ones that actually ran, as many didn't. I do intend posting the details of these tours, once I get through what I have committed myself to. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In doing this digging it became apparent that there was a real and perfectly understandable shift in the emphasis in tours over the course of the decade to 1973. In the early 1960s tours were largely smaller affairs, concentrating on vulnerable branch lines and venerable classes of locomotives.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">By the mid 1960s the emphasis was on mainline runs, using modern steam power. Then, as the decade closed the emphasis was on desperation to use steam before it disappeared. All perfectly understandable and it led to some amazing tours. I think this era started with a RTM tour to </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Wallangarra using 3827, 3616, 5442, 3022, 3524, 3617, 3233, 3390, 5909, 3036, 4876 and 4608 - 12 locos! The ARE's weekend tour from Melbourne to Merriwa in 1969 used 17 locos - </span><span style="font-family: arial;">42207, 3801, 4638, 3820, 6019, 3067, 3046, 3214, 5902, 3088, 2705, 3813, 4609, 3642, 4639, 3122 and 42212.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then there are stories of a single 30 tank starting other tours by lifting an 11 car train out of Sydney Terminal. Things I wish I had seen. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And this all came about because I was looking for a date for a RTM tour from Sydney to Canberra held on 14 March 1971, using 3801 to and from Goulburn, then combinations of 3229, 5212 and 5271 on the Canberra line. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The <i>Digest </i>tour report explains the day: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">.... </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3801 led the Museum’s Canberra tour out of Sydney at 6.14
a.m. on Sunday 14/3, on the first step to Goulburn. Failure of 42206 on a down
goods in the Picton-Bargo section and single line working from Penrose to Tallong caused delays, which
were however just added incentive for the crews of 3229 and 5212 to pick up
time between Goulburn and Bungendore. 5274, with its odd tender, was in charge
from Bungendore through to Canberra, arriving there perfectly on time. After a
short bus tour, most passengers re-joined the train, now hauled by 3229 which had
come over tender first from Bungendore as a result of inoperability of the Queanbeyan
turntable. 5212 was attached leading at Queanbeyan. At Bungendore, No. 18
passenger ran through (having brought over some passengers who had participated
in a more extensive bus tour) and the engines were interchanged to have 3229
leading on the three final sunset photos. 3801 took over again at Goulburn for
the run to Sydney.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At least one of my uncles was on this tour, so we have a few shots of it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This first shot shows 3229 and 5212 about to replace 3801 at Goulburn on the outward journey.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAo-iCCvKzrJtFbnDuvdrAfpJvbmL_iY1nfVUeZ8_02rRDYIjoCpkIlKeA2CCQEaIWdAt1YZo54nqSEVrdpwaL9rC55IT-DnH4pe7oyw2vsi4TvKsJm-i-M4woli6iMDIgVXa3Bd9YKyg/s1354/Photo+11-6-99%252C+12+16+08+pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="1354" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAo-iCCvKzrJtFbnDuvdrAfpJvbmL_iY1nfVUeZ8_02rRDYIjoCpkIlKeA2CCQEaIWdAt1YZo54nqSEVrdpwaL9rC55IT-DnH4pe7oyw2vsi4TvKsJm-i-M4woli6iMDIgVXa3Bd9YKyg/w400-h235/Photo+11-6-99%252C+12+16+08+pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here is a snap of 5274 with its 'odd tender' travelling over (I think) the Molonglo River at Burbong.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cT12X_u89h093vxJoMm36Gr4rqQ9db0jSfZiMTMm97aHthyphenhyphenpV5u5oZO7E6Uq2zCsMam7ZehKMq_dYb6FrjF70jrhbfgcaiQSo9et4SNBrtpehSFICX70P-EBbhyT3mA9BHTUFu-gaew/s1257/Photo+14-5-00%252C+3+24+26+pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="911" data-original-width="1257" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7cT12X_u89h093vxJoMm36Gr4rqQ9db0jSfZiMTMm97aHthyphenhyphenpV5u5oZO7E6Uq2zCsMam7ZehKMq_dYb6FrjF70jrhbfgcaiQSo9et4SNBrtpehSFICX70P-EBbhyT3mA9BHTUFu-gaew/w400-h290/Photo+14-5-00%252C+3+24+26+pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here is a nice afternoon capture of 3229 again leading 5212 on the way back, on one of the three 'sunset' shots taken after Bungendore.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VRydzq2gL7b4Gj52FYu02BiwGibC3Ywis9erNrSir4IaM0XS-hJIKXJzINAtnZoBMpOh7ozTs66uSLEiAZHjNthWkaXbezQUsYAnpRb-HqxPQZ4Pk-FAmVcvPaJZrkS8BYdcOC1ChGk/s1530/Photo+11-6-99%252C+12+41+46+pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="1530" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VRydzq2gL7b4Gj52FYu02BiwGibC3Ywis9erNrSir4IaM0XS-hJIKXJzINAtnZoBMpOh7ozTs66uSLEiAZHjNthWkaXbezQUsYAnpRb-HqxPQZ4Pk-FAmVcvPaJZrkS8BYdcOC1ChGk/w400-h245/Photo+11-6-99%252C+12+41+46+pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">All three shots were taken as Agfa slides, which have deteriorated badly in the 50+ years since this tour. They are now as crazed and speckky as your scribe so, apologies for our condition!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-47618357326502186822021-09-18T01:28:00.001-07:002021-09-18T01:28:49.012-07:00Regional Japan 2015<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nearly six years ago I was fortunate to travel to Japan for the second time, which is a great place for railways generally. International travel is probably off the agenda for most people for a fair while, and when it returns it will almost certainly be a massive hassle just to get into another country. So, fortunate I was!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Japanese love their trains, past and present. And their present is our future, if we are smart about it. Most people rightly associate Japanese railways with the massive Tokyo suburban network - 158 lines, 4,715 kilometres of track, 2,210 stations and about 40 million rides taken daily (according to Wikipedia). Here are a couple of fairly boring shots around Shinjuku to make the point.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAQDIaCAC4Orxjg94yb__jdXNa9aQjPQnOKPi7daR2HIaPb76H4vxD19NOoqDP3AmFW7HaO68WSYoyFRVFSnpzPmCPnWLm6WPuNfxjr6qI4liZU6y9E8uzMuE4Jpj_Eyp5hrmZzOBPVo/s2048/20151121+Shinjuku+Station+21+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAQDIaCAC4Orxjg94yb__jdXNa9aQjPQnOKPi7daR2HIaPb76H4vxD19NOoqDP3AmFW7HaO68WSYoyFRVFSnpzPmCPnWLm6WPuNfxjr6qI4liZU6y9E8uzMuE4Jpj_Eyp5hrmZzOBPVo/w480-h640/20151121+Shinjuku+Station+21+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18P6Aabt53nKiUewEBuE0xKea1-dMfxQTWJDy9AsEPjytqI08TEQTwUgPBz5Xj-pznzbDIuDZe0_cq9j-pPes66MBDd3wh9ZtLbHuvhM51cPBQ-c8r-a4fs948I2MSGrPrBJ84HBNvo4/s2048/20151122+Local+passenger+at+Shinjuku+Station+22+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj18P6Aabt53nKiUewEBuE0xKea1-dMfxQTWJDy9AsEPjytqI08TEQTwUgPBz5Xj-pznzbDIuDZe0_cq9j-pPes66MBDd3wh9ZtLbHuvhM51cPBQ-c8r-a4fs948I2MSGrPrBJ84HBNvo4/w400-h300/20151122+Local+passenger+at+Shinjuku+Station+22+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">If not the Tokyo metro, then people associate Japan with the Shinkansen bullet trains. These were snapped on 24 November 2015.</span><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI7n29-LdtwUEWd0t3CAqeLQy2WfLzEUcjNZ9vtJlbpQC7nCK89ijmN1wW23BlqpTsGvV84qfhsXCciX5GF_69j1f8I80_njJYYK_SbHNlEGn5VZ3DylulG2WnK2p0GmkADzZjSjad2Q/s2048/20151124+Shinkansen+at+Shinjuku+Station+24+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQI7n29-LdtwUEWd0t3CAqeLQy2WfLzEUcjNZ9vtJlbpQC7nCK89ijmN1wW23BlqpTsGvV84qfhsXCciX5GF_69j1f8I80_njJYYK_SbHNlEGn5VZ3DylulG2WnK2p0GmkADzZjSjad2Q/w400-h300/20151124+Shinkansen+at+Shinjuku+Station+24+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDZx95vr6Rc0nQBZlLpUO2-PlUcZg26n-OJr9_Z-DDmDVKqI2ZvsYqlk9pOBqUX8C2plRtC7Pu91Dny70ZcLaofhXchMRyTgLMf5BxbGSse7zxmex3iL78U2yGCautCD4x3C76AYSR9E/s2048/20151124A+Shinkansen+at+Shinjuku+Station+24+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUDZx95vr6Rc0nQBZlLpUO2-PlUcZg26n-OJr9_Z-DDmDVKqI2ZvsYqlk9pOBqUX8C2plRtC7Pu91Dny70ZcLaofhXchMRyTgLMf5BxbGSse7zxmex3iL78U2yGCautCD4x3C76AYSR9E/w400-h300/20151124A+Shinkansen+at+Shinjuku+Station+24+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">But the purpose of this post is to cover the really neat semi-rural railways which also exist. Between Tokyo and Kyoto lies Mount Fuji. An electrified line runs partway up the side of Fuji, and includes a zig zag (switchback) and a rack railway. The trains aren't a lot to get enthused about, but the line is a scenic delight. This shot at Hakone-Itabashi on 27 November 2015 demonstrates the first point.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitoliYjTZ5InM5HbgKbC-DCDGZ8L1JlT8aQgjD6z4CLv2enNJsUUMfoZ7JjudcaJ6DWw5113KeAKK1ncepT5fROJNjo2UBSE2-d_oN2THXhXzoQp502dM8dLkvpt2xxpXWe-pwu2nzjk/s2048/20151127+Interurban+service+at+Hakone-Itabashi+Japan+27+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitoliYjTZ5InM5HbgKbC-DCDGZ8L1JlT8aQgjD6z4CLv2enNJsUUMfoZ7JjudcaJ6DWw5113KeAKK1ncepT5fROJNjo2UBSE2-d_oN2THXhXzoQp502dM8dLkvpt2xxpXWe-pwu2nzjk/w400-h300/20151127+Interurban+service+at+Hakone-Itabashi+Japan+27+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This 'through the front window' shot of the Hakone Tozan line shows a switchback and the general grade, necessitating the use of rack track.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9cPpegoZ58PQHpS1ARrm3lygMUauK8zgg4pPeEian3eGuVewcvYyFMtqQ7mwGQd3bXfjIUliEmk11iiHlBZbpz5iwAsL1dP-CYI3DStlw1hEtjDUVoRohgObChvmreRvD3Q9rx0dTuM/s2048/20151127D+Hakone+Tozan+line+Japan+27+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd9cPpegoZ58PQHpS1ARrm3lygMUauK8zgg4pPeEian3eGuVewcvYyFMtqQ7mwGQd3bXfjIUliEmk11iiHlBZbpz5iwAsL1dP-CYI3DStlw1hEtjDUVoRohgObChvmreRvD3Q9rx0dTuM/w400-h300/20151127D+Hakone+Tozan+line+Japan+27+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Getting into the rural parts of Japan uncovers a better style of station building, such as this one at Myonshita (take care pronouncing that one).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS528tX2JSerIQE6mIc08FlowcR04-fjiXXXwmKsol7ibIaUjaDLJmr4bX8bScPTECvo9QFlV47EX0qFIEcrglxUXtv7jVtzwM9AF9SrmiVfzKrItE40KdAcsTgnA1NUl8n9sbre6erEw/s2048/20151127E+Myanoshita+station+-+Japan+27+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS528tX2JSerIQE6mIc08FlowcR04-fjiXXXwmKsol7ibIaUjaDLJmr4bX8bScPTECvo9QFlV47EX0qFIEcrglxUXtv7jVtzwM9AF9SrmiVfzKrItE40KdAcsTgnA1NUl8n9sbre6erEw/w400-h300/20151127E+Myanoshita+station+-+Japan+27+November+2015+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But mainly, it is system where architectural merit is subsumed by functionality, which is fair enough given the transport task the system faces each day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to Australia with the next post. Just have a bit of cabin fever at the moment.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-51729388383638263292021-09-11T22:39:00.002-07:002021-09-11T22:39:16.804-07:00Albury Town Part II<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Found a few more shots goings on around the border. While I sit here, literally waiting for paint to dry, I figured I might as well do something useful with them</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">First up, 42206 and X51 sit along side each other, circa 1975. May be a bit later than that.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNMTHLQhlQHhUmRQnaIDfJtXgPYbpXVYH-hRdkI0KVhAaqcypgfTKPJl_1sJFfoULWj-USHQsTUYsiEC5jXI_QRpDLvMuCkP_DQ0YwWZZtKeXBFF2j8K0R_qg4MTFnNnApT30cQUkxxw/s1246/1975SP167+42206+%2526+X51+at+Albury+c1975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1246" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNMTHLQhlQHhUmRQnaIDfJtXgPYbpXVYH-hRdkI0KVhAaqcypgfTKPJl_1sJFfoULWj-USHQsTUYsiEC5jXI_QRpDLvMuCkP_DQ0YwWZZtKeXBFF2j8K0R_qg4MTFnNnApT30cQUkxxw/w400-h251/1975SP167+42206+%2526+X51+at+Albury+c1975.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next, the utilitarian face of GM.... 42202 circa 1983.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9RTza2APYhRSpLxFmV-Zt9tVkm8385fltfyWqOymRPUGuRYOX0RBk49RSU35RqdZ0wbZggkZVHVVI0Px8IaPJVftOrGrJMrSdyaiAA3QAwgtq02N-AwX6EnC_gxUiZYjQX8v4BzT8Ow/s1480/1983SS158+42202+%2526+XPT+at+Albury+1983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1480" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9RTza2APYhRSpLxFmV-Zt9tVkm8385fltfyWqOymRPUGuRYOX0RBk49RSU35RqdZ0wbZggkZVHVVI0Px8IaPJVftOrGrJMrSdyaiAA3QAwgtq02N-AwX6EnC_gxUiZYjQX8v4BzT8Ow/w400-h288/1983SS158+42202+%2526+XPT+at+Albury+1983.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Later or earlier that same 1983 day, I can't remember, 42202 was paired with X44 to shunt Albury yard.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmVVpsU4pKjqpK1opIXA8xtsCyG_jrBmSsc-rg8Gq5yok-qINZovxkw4wICVZ99f4DJvOSAqKdnoB2tYS351pGblDY91On-JkpPF8VF9xjKT0TdwRwg1t4Bxib0vj8vQnwKLjKajz2og/s1572/1983SS157+42202+%2526+X44+shunting+in+Albury+yard+1983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1572" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvmVVpsU4pKjqpK1opIXA8xtsCyG_jrBmSsc-rg8Gq5yok-qINZovxkw4wICVZ99f4DJvOSAqKdnoB2tYS351pGblDY91On-JkpPF8VF9xjKT0TdwRwg1t4Bxib0vj8vQnwKLjKajz2og/w400-h245/1983SS157+42202+%2526+X44+shunting+in+Albury+yard+1983.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On 27 December 1983, 42202's immediately younger sister was also on duty, hauling the InterCapital Daylight Express into town.. And for you youngsters, this is what all railway staff looked like in the Eighties in Albury.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitS8OUqYFSg781H_3rIbTAs2WTxc9n4px95w5gleCjEXciBEjZmKjK25ztAubKaklgTRZscE0VYd42nKJnUzFpa73H6cMAUAKFMvBvEEvD-395SI2y7oRIBFkaaK9XQi34O7Bdtcqbj6k/s1616/1982SS149A+42203+off+down+ICD+Express+at+Albury+27-12-1982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1616" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitS8OUqYFSg781H_3rIbTAs2WTxc9n4px95w5gleCjEXciBEjZmKjK25ztAubKaklgTRZscE0VYd42nKJnUzFpa73H6cMAUAKFMvBvEEvD-395SI2y7oRIBFkaaK9XQi34O7Bdtcqbj6k/w400-h260/1982SS149A+42203+off+down+ICD+Express+at+Albury+27-12-1982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And this is what an express passenger train looked like 40 years ago. They look the same today.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L48BvtckSc1-31b-T00osFqvzn2iTSELFS6Ygr5Y4EXOYkbjmU-JENqsKndulik4-EYtMvOrkiS9pIORbP4KPXSjw-bAq1yJ2jdoSgUjFPnU7H6NKxOf58oF9OquS4bOL64FFiI_Pl0/s1730/1985SP168+Up+Riverina+XPT+at+Albury+in+July+1985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1730" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0L48BvtckSc1-31b-T00osFqvzn2iTSELFS6Ygr5Y4EXOYkbjmU-JENqsKndulik4-EYtMvOrkiS9pIORbP4KPXSjw-bAq1yJ2jdoSgUjFPnU7H6NKxOf58oF9OquS4bOL64FFiI_Pl0/w400-h266/1985SP168+Up+Riverina+XPT+at+Albury+in+July+1985.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy! Back to the paint.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><br /></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-44129612936970593892021-07-13T21:53:00.005-07:002023-12-20T15:30:50.801-08:00The trouble with someone else's history<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is the penultimate collection of photograph reels I have in my collection, but were taken by Ian Brady way back in 1955. Several posts from 2014 explain how these arrived in my possession, which I won't cover here for sake of brevity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The date is 1 August 1955 and it seems that Ian was in the company of others when he visited the Port Kembla area to photograph the industrial locos working that day. As with anything from nearly 66 years ago, the photos are both historic and (sometimes) a bit puzzling.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The first photo is no puzzle - it is 1806 and it is in steam. Port Kembla was not this loco's last stop - in 1957 it was sold to the Wallarah Coal Company and worked the Catherine Hill Bay railway for a further 6 years.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xkELm6UGTR9S2AphyphenhyphenDUDb7_fSIYwsKU_5LpLnRuZgLOZWE9hK1wdWNX-10QDcBngsk0mSRtDuq2u59eDJrDKoQV8xZZemGcoJy07-vrZrMrDNa4uIhza25RgHtVeFfzCwpFMTv2jHZM/s907/1806+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="907" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4xkELm6UGTR9S2AphyphenhyphenDUDb7_fSIYwsKU_5LpLnRuZgLOZWE9hK1wdWNX-10QDcBngsk0mSRtDuq2u59eDJrDKoQV8xZZemGcoJy07-vrZrMrDNa4uIhza25RgHtVeFfzCwpFMTv2jHZM/w400-h244/1806+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">More of Ian's photos containing little mystery include these three. First up, PWD 79 sneaking out of the shot... </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydan1t5yxDCOzomJdoo_OlU6-19FVKKUT-Xw0lTocmT5ABrJs2NVXR62MsoCKZRMyBdJzh7WZVZISesx2B6RsyWXAySMncoOHcmHcdeJaqGBmT6tx-kcnKjRQPSQGGVjP_iyhur-HCvI/s805/PWD79+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="805" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydan1t5yxDCOzomJdoo_OlU6-19FVKKUT-Xw0lTocmT5ABrJs2NVXR62MsoCKZRMyBdJzh7WZVZISesx2B6RsyWXAySMncoOHcmHcdeJaqGBmT6tx-kcnKjRQPSQGGVjP_iyhur-HCvI/w400-h245/PWD79+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Second, PWD 28 - otherwise known as Kembla - dealing with some troublesome S trucks. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7enydO2TtMxNcCUNdluLj2w0NDMVF7cgdUl-DNjSvMYvE4jq02TENSjXFDWjgSbuSGL5kDigdTa-eleDGFEvHwddjmGfzY0JDspv95JVjK7A7fhMVUGa5LqueQto-ieUmrKYzS4U0z4/s911/PWD+28+Kembla+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="911" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ7enydO2TtMxNcCUNdluLj2w0NDMVF7cgdUl-DNjSvMYvE4jq02TENSjXFDWjgSbuSGL5kDigdTa-eleDGFEvHwddjmGfzY0JDspv95JVjK7A7fhMVUGa5LqueQto-ieUmrKYzS4U0z4/w400-h235/PWD+28+Kembla+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Thirdly, PWD 75... another diminutive shunting loco showing its elegant heritage.</span></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRUsSh6X9rNHR4UgIgt1nfLZU_z-rvx-SOna2vo-NbGEhiVLDhnH9yfTWMcaa5KfRn1vlBVEn9m_NWhG0BLWPtUaA5NKsxEWC0FhneG-Ik6KMlvMWo9kufkhxmX3l_0mwYjcz8LRj82w/s855/PWD75+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="855" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmRUsSh6X9rNHR4UgIgt1nfLZU_z-rvx-SOna2vo-NbGEhiVLDhnH9yfTWMcaa5KfRn1vlBVEn9m_NWhG0BLWPtUaA5NKsxEWC0FhneG-Ik6KMlvMWo9kufkhxmX3l_0mwYjcz8LRj82w/w400-h235/PWD75+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Now things get murkier, at least if you are relying on my brain cells. From memory this was one of several electric locos used to shunt the ER&S plant. Happy to hear otherwise.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJQxXru-UVeqBX9hrSHHkDJiAOPc-YTn7dn8gUOLIqqHd0wd_U4NoaRYFx1iRGUZdLRcepFvUUiN8DkOptr9hsU_MHV4IulhTfYniEtggjjjTWNr3feNpXMtvspX0WnBiAlz6Rc4vGN8/s856/No+3+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="856" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCJQxXru-UVeqBX9hrSHHkDJiAOPc-YTn7dn8gUOLIqqHd0wd_U4NoaRYFx1iRGUZdLRcepFvUUiN8DkOptr9hsU_MHV4IulhTfYniEtggjjjTWNr3feNpXMtvspX0WnBiAlz6Rc4vGN8/w400-h269/No+3+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And ER&S's steam shunter????</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixj2Vp7jrmchK13jQggVX_6uSXJ4z2gdkKKhd_GsJyA7XWTSodUWz1D_ulY0SoD18aBismq3qbtz87raP01NoN9_t4catPZytouuTtZbZatitlbJCa9rVMeTH_f6XMPw1CukGC-36Sg6g/s896/ZZZZ.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="896" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixj2Vp7jrmchK13jQggVX_6uSXJ4z2gdkKKhd_GsJyA7XWTSodUWz1D_ulY0SoD18aBismq3qbtz87raP01NoN9_t4catPZytouuTtZbZatitlbJCa9rVMeTH_f6XMPw1CukGC-36Sg6g/w400-h233/ZZZZ.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here is, I think, a Lysaght loco - Alison or Kathleen or somesuch young lady. (Now confirmed as <span style="background-color: #141414; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: justify;"> ER&S 0-6-0ST No.2, Andrew Barclay 2256/1948</span>- thanks Zane (see below)).</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyt46glX4Z0sfHDrjYsJsOPMr9HHuTdgek3Bx2OI43WKM1aXzB63oaxxEQUWUZ8v0E0iqWaAKHAH-nwIIFnvYqZZbb5ZLOzJkAew_s_R4Ojl7lDsGtXvjp2jg2YDGSbgGWZ4MSlg_pJs/s855/IMAG0126.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="855" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyt46glX4Z0sfHDrjYsJsOPMr9HHuTdgek3Bx2OI43WKM1aXzB63oaxxEQUWUZ8v0E0iqWaAKHAH-nwIIFnvYqZZbb5ZLOzJkAew_s_R4Ojl7lDsGtXvjp2jg2YDGSbgGWZ4MSlg_pJs/w400-h254/IMAG0126.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here is the greatest mystery for me. Initially I had this loco pegged as E18, which now resides at Thirlmere in far better shape. But it could be the loco once called Bogan. That loco was based at the Port Kembla steelworks between 1939 and 1959, but I have only a very poor comparison photo so am not sure. Bogan had a huge role in Illawarra railways - hauling the first trains in the region before the South Coast railway was linked to the wider NSW network. So here it is - guess away!!!!</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9DM04Q3-uQKrn_PJgeIdQ-CAZVPforSh8Rhj8-0jw2LUnKakO5PY9iMmLbzT4hRWBynf4_JqglCv6izwAtF4gyPMtQj97mhJ-iYmQd6HXCrzRW7hmrakr84gHw7QXX8fMZf3Woo_9hc/s681/18+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="681" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9DM04Q3-uQKrn_PJgeIdQ-CAZVPforSh8Rhj8-0jw2LUnKakO5PY9iMmLbzT4hRWBynf4_JqglCv6izwAtF4gyPMtQj97mhJ-iYmQd6HXCrzRW7hmrakr84gHw7QXX8fMZf3Woo_9hc/w400-h356/18+1+August+1955+-+Ian+Brady.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Happy to field any suggestions!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-46155747099775662442021-06-05T01:09:00.003-07:002021-06-05T01:10:25.741-07:00Orange was the new black at Spencer Street in 1993<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have never been a big fan of the V/Line livery, though as it recedes into history I am more inclined to appreciate for its 80s ambience.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I got to see a fair bit of V/Line orange in the early 1990s, thanks to my employer (the NSW Government) insisting on sending me to Melbourne for long stretches to partake in various legal proceedings. I wasn't the defendant in these proceedings either, for the record.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was never silly enough to admit I simply loved these trips - so they kept sending me. But it was the best of times - breakfast at Pelligrinis, a race around Melbourne's hobby shops at lunchtime, afternoons watching trains roar into and out of Spencer Street station, plus the bonus of pre-XPT rail travel to and from Victoria. If I stayed down over a weekend there were tram rides, footy games with real pies and beer and a pretty good nightlife. A Sunday stroll out to Dynon was always worth it too. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, little wonder that the following photos taken on 7 June 1993, a mere 28 years ago now, feel just like a couple of years ago. This particular trip was a quickie - down on the night of the 6th of June and return the next. I failed to photograph the 81 or G on the MEX, but I did get Y150 shunting the bum of the train as I headed off to work.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQcDZPexBUoWsSCnt49aBKBLXI7SS-h-xgLMxHxzTMK1shxLFRQItvaX6IbJchqw09XyVpyo6JKppD91DcPK2CzL0n79zQJAVlbh_7mw8MAibUqKanPgiWbWlyHRaVgBYHN0HUTYDW74/s1691/1993XP019V+Y150+shunting+Melbourne+Express+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="1062" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQcDZPexBUoWsSCnt49aBKBLXI7SS-h-xgLMxHxzTMK1shxLFRQItvaX6IbJchqw09XyVpyo6JKppD91DcPK2CzL0n79zQJAVlbh_7mw8MAibUqKanPgiWbWlyHRaVgBYHN0HUTYDW74/w402-h640/1993XP019V+Y150+shunting+Melbourne+Express+7-6-1993.jpg" width="402" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;">In the opposite direction, A66 temporarily diverted this public servant from the intended purpose of his trip.<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY95SgYyriwbmtOozm7viHLBzwHuhVLo8KvKKx5GaW8NibncpgS5kevtncbkxC0-4X1-53YhjeKE7NnLg4kUIJVz6o3oJr01IO2_Lp8fwvxx16zTNjJSmUoUGN4MuFElspmVbCzy6tAVw/s1108/1993XP022+A58+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1108" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY95SgYyriwbmtOozm7viHLBzwHuhVLo8KvKKx5GaW8NibncpgS5kevtncbkxC0-4X1-53YhjeKE7NnLg4kUIJVz6o3oJr01IO2_Lp8fwvxx16zTNjJSmUoUGN4MuFElspmVbCzy6tAVw/w400-h241/1993XP022+A58+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The afternoon was pretty productive. In no particular order I managed to photograph A70 on an up Ballarat train.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjK3sSpMsz3h59IgXJ1h3aDH2gyT41E9_2s18tzqPCT9SBVndNXgrh4Pw4liOgJUDLh4j3DxyjMFGRxnutR3DsS57_B1ashynzoCB2MYTJLz4WPuE9lf5noLusQuiAjo3X69NPUCK_CU/s1219/1993XP024V+A70+up+Ballarat+train+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="1004" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjK3sSpMsz3h59IgXJ1h3aDH2gyT41E9_2s18tzqPCT9SBVndNXgrh4Pw4liOgJUDLh4j3DxyjMFGRxnutR3DsS57_B1ashynzoCB2MYTJLz4WPuE9lf5noLusQuiAjo3X69NPUCK_CU/w528-h640/1993XP024V+A70+up+Ballarat+train+7-6-1993.jpg" width="528" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I always liked the way the trains needed double-stacking at Spencer Street. I have this next photo recorded as N469 on a Geelong train, with P20 behind it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOIS8TgLIRhoCWXviQIxdW1zUeio5WqpBeahXhIlQdUjmYZAzoRZ9oWI-pVb1UJ31x9gFRufIKKkm7HyNqnq0U9ChId-qkJteDMGxKrT5XjGpoECza2biRKhYH19aXeyGuO9oeRb08SQ/s1403/1993XP020V+N469+%2526+P20%252C+Geelong+%2526+Ballarat+trains+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="1004" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxOIS8TgLIRhoCWXviQIxdW1zUeio5WqpBeahXhIlQdUjmYZAzoRZ9oWI-pVb1UJ31x9gFRufIKKkm7HyNqnq0U9ChId-qkJteDMGxKrT5XjGpoECza2biRKhYH19aXeyGuO9oeRb08SQ/w458-h640/1993XP020V+N469+%2526+P20%252C+Geelong+%2526+Ballarat+trains+7-6-1993.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And P20 for posterity.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLG2kjUIbQ1QtAuZuUeBphSGIQpI8EwKsEKQtyfZVH5m4BzVITE9NNIHYSgtVzwWK5S6l_CcRb8WDSst_1chpXYz_oNLfNMaFs1qnwkm_3CxA7h2PgIyvwPTIh_NBuC2BEl1tqjGm2HE/s1731/1993XP026+P20+on+1615+Ballarat+train+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="1731" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLG2kjUIbQ1QtAuZuUeBphSGIQpI8EwKsEKQtyfZVH5m4BzVITE9NNIHYSgtVzwWK5S6l_CcRb8WDSst_1chpXYz_oNLfNMaFs1qnwkm_3CxA7h2PgIyvwPTIh_NBuC2BEl1tqjGm2HE/w400-h213/1993XP026+P20+on+1615+Ballarat+train+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I could never hang out to departure time to eat in the Sydney Express's dining car, so usually dinner was taken at Spencer Street's fairly ordinary dining room, or in a local hotel. I managed to butcher this photo of A60, seemingly newly repainted, on the 6:25pm Bairnsdale train. Probably shaking from cold or hunger, or both.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvt19yDc9bbutMdjuV94C3VN5kS0az7TCEn8N_QUrd4lWZkCoocc1AsXCudYCOTtMyIBk6JBotog7UiSAlE3S4QzLutWakHsBrhN51pw2XUJaEOSkVke1wVNwVpQ6sEGeP9ih5e2B5W38/s1477/1993XP027+A60+on+1825+Bairnsdale+train+%2540+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1069" data-original-width="1477" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvt19yDc9bbutMdjuV94C3VN5kS0az7TCEn8N_QUrd4lWZkCoocc1AsXCudYCOTtMyIBk6JBotog7UiSAlE3S4QzLutWakHsBrhN51pw2XUJaEOSkVke1wVNwVpQ6sEGeP9ih5e2B5W38/w400-h290/1993XP027+A60+on+1825+Bairnsdale+train+%2540+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Returning from dinner there was a very pleasant surprise. R766 rolled in on the 'Just Jeans Special'. It was the first time I had seen a R class in steam up close. A very impressive sight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxhjxqRNQ8slf4lrn2aY9Pu7esqZwVZ_33fclicvgwK09l7_FvaT-xSQEDGPYv5Bcq4VVZXEiFsaGW0YqwrXM5Ua5QyeatuLV4fpGWex1saDBQ25CuouzcGbEXktVF0cxauEfp1lA71c/s1627/1993XP030+R766+on+Just+Jeans+Special+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1627" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZxhjxqRNQ8slf4lrn2aY9Pu7esqZwVZ_33fclicvgwK09l7_FvaT-xSQEDGPYv5Bcq4VVZXEiFsaGW0YqwrXM5Ua5QyeatuLV4fpGWex1saDBQ25CuouzcGbEXktVF0cxauEfp1lA71c/w400-h238/1993XP030+R766+on+Just+Jeans+Special+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-stpYtdl0QpL1yKJV8SsPVlGu6F-jC9HvLpwTGrd5-X5LyZ92KBoLhWwzXmLgEbHa6tXU-VXj0jWVpLmSMHxAY0AuCy-kPRHPmZn3wE5AX-MJ10p_HbavBZ_ky4ZyFW-0a8wkhF40F4/s1742/1993XP031+R766+on+Just+Jeans+Special+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1115" data-original-width="1742" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-stpYtdl0QpL1yKJV8SsPVlGu6F-jC9HvLpwTGrd5-X5LyZ92KBoLhWwzXmLgEbHa6tXU-VXj0jWVpLmSMHxAY0AuCy-kPRHPmZn3wE5AX-MJ10p_HbavBZ_ky4ZyFW-0a8wkhF40F4/w400-h256/1993XP031+R766+on+Just+Jeans+Special+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM4SpFPg8EdeuwrXbVm2CK-JLmvxZnuYWP_bVtSY_VdJcuRtVEEygzDhSh3S-Yu-VqbbLSVBEbYL88k3si86OBat90CANlXQFXOpdjyPmm1Vark3N0cWNeLszeto8MMJnsWQX7Gj1swQ/s1742/1993XP032+R766+on+Just+Jeans+Special+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1742" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikM4SpFPg8EdeuwrXbVm2CK-JLmvxZnuYWP_bVtSY_VdJcuRtVEEygzDhSh3S-Yu-VqbbLSVBEbYL88k3si86OBat90CANlXQFXOpdjyPmm1Vark3N0cWNeLszeto8MMJnsWQX7Gj1swQ/w400-h264/1993XP032+R766+on+Just+Jeans+Special+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And then it was off to bed, which was someone down the back of this following train. 8166 was the less than glamorous power up front, but it did its job.</span></p></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDj-SdGdHx9Jgr1kksMBF_XISojfYKQChiQCBP_nPvgBaZtXD7ezue6-7L5R5Dq86SVLEVnnTfpaLnYQE2yNWDnn0-k4xQWXQTCohhs7P5IYPkHRSDPUHNdRTyfHtg5sk0OHIqvwsWLtU/s1015/1993XP034a+8166+on+Sydney+Express+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1015" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDj-SdGdHx9Jgr1kksMBF_XISojfYKQChiQCBP_nPvgBaZtXD7ezue6-7L5R5Dq86SVLEVnnTfpaLnYQE2yNWDnn0-k4xQWXQTCohhs7P5IYPkHRSDPUHNdRTyfHtg5sk0OHIqvwsWLtU/w400-h217/1993XP034a+8166+on+Sydney+Express+at+Spencer+St+7-6-1993.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Not a bad day at the office.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><p><br /></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-55285594887435966452021-04-29T00:45:00.001-07:002021-04-29T00:47:17.894-07:00Reminiscing about the near past<p><span style="font-family: arial;">When thinking about blog posts I always seem to be reaching for the file folder called '1966' or '1978'. Sure, these were golden periods of the NSW railways, although 1978 was more brown than golden.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There has been another golden period since in my usually ill-considered opinion - from about 1998 to 2007. So, lets wind back the clock a mere 15 years, to 1 May 2006. It was during a period that I had many reasons to visit Canterbury, Dullo and Marrickville - almost all associated with work. Now I am out of things I can confess to writing many a government brief on the seats at Canterbury station, stopping only to snap the passing traffic. And we think working away from the office is a new thing! Anyway, on 1 May 2006 the youngster and I snaffled many trains - here are six...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The day started with a tidy trippy led by 4483 and 4471. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWknLtfAuXlC1dW8kVlxjjQ_egU3ranAxFMkCTdXb46AK539EtqpbUFZHjyJSq9Xc1R3Qkf29GPaZjp2cGa3Nd1p-kTUbF1bTBiUEQuzKUPznewM8jZnf_tNQuCQAYzKeOcGp3NRe7oLo/s2048/20060501B+4483-4471+on+up+containers+at+Canterbury+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWknLtfAuXlC1dW8kVlxjjQ_egU3ranAxFMkCTdXb46AK539EtqpbUFZHjyJSq9Xc1R3Qkf29GPaZjp2cGa3Nd1p-kTUbF1bTBiUEQuzKUPznewM8jZnf_tNQuCQAYzKeOcGp3NRe7oLo/w400-h300/20060501B+4483-4471+on+up+containers+at+Canterbury+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />.. quickly followed by 2203 and two CLPs headed for the Illawarra... I stuffed the going away shot (at least the 422 is in focus)...</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r9nPmLnVOqPkMCSeAJIWQuWos_H_sj0f23_vg576fdBNV59WmwE5H_GiBxriUTKIhVJGsSI_jqdftS-5ZuVhk_NGq4MIuPESo7b8nO1B8XYYTZ_Bh59Dh0YJ5ZNjb6c9rbZu3uWHFeg/s2048/20060501BC+2203-CLP-CLP1+on+up+containers+at+Canterbury+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-r9nPmLnVOqPkMCSeAJIWQuWos_H_sj0f23_vg576fdBNV59WmwE5H_GiBxriUTKIhVJGsSI_jqdftS-5ZuVhk_NGq4MIuPESo7b8nO1B8XYYTZ_Bh59Dh0YJ5ZNjb6c9rbZu3uWHFeg/w400-h300/20060501BC+2203-CLP-CLP1+on+up+containers+at+Canterbury+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Jumping down the line to Marrick Vegas we scored 44208 and KL81 top and tailing a container train out of Port Botany....</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVrCcUqd9JER-2mO1SsxlcosujQcDAdViLciCN8WyxB9pIM2oTK5aJ7XIjOhDyflZBLpHBFs0N1ctMXo3LBxYshp3HnH2NJbjmIvAuQ4yh8hHpL2NStxfSxAhytg0XY9ckbutPgKqImY/s2048/20060501E+44208+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVrCcUqd9JER-2mO1SsxlcosujQcDAdViLciCN8WyxB9pIM2oTK5aJ7XIjOhDyflZBLpHBFs0N1ctMXo3LBxYshp3HnH2NJbjmIvAuQ4yh8hHpL2NStxfSxAhytg0XY9ckbutPgKqImY/w400-h300/20060501E+44208+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiV63Gvrtk4FG5XMrrLpwiWHyyxq5mgaXaWxz-f_Ex7VaKUhYfTj0_EMsq-b9AKdisoHgjGw33Cswnv2Y5XadasB3RH7qXvTE4iVjOrTHvOE5iHF9FXR1wV5SWzq1axpTRTwCYTM5FNfM/s2048/20060501EA+KL81+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiV63Gvrtk4FG5XMrrLpwiWHyyxq5mgaXaWxz-f_Ex7VaKUhYfTj0_EMsq-b9AKdisoHgjGw33Cswnv2Y5XadasB3RH7qXvTE4iVjOrTHvOE5iHF9FXR1wV5SWzq1axpTRTwCYTM5FNfM/w400-h300/20060501EA+KL81+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Out of the XPT depot, 4833 did what it does best... smoke.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PT_CHCT6hkBlGbfBXCoFTWE0NvxKd28mnPhKBvyh42mTBgQYmVNRUoXUq6X39Gbf6FcnZhu_wrpvacKY2-3X75iDRc_nAeKZ4fLUhYKrkefmlgzrxNLqWEIgC1ReeBn4hfRaDnXaetM/s2048/20060501FA+4833+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_PT_CHCT6hkBlGbfBXCoFTWE0NvxKd28mnPhKBvyh42mTBgQYmVNRUoXUq6X39Gbf6FcnZhu_wrpvacKY2-3X75iDRc_nAeKZ4fLUhYKrkefmlgzrxNLqWEIgC1ReeBn4hfRaDnXaetM/w480-h640/20060501FA+4833+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Just over the weeds, GL105, 4903 and EL51 arrived from points west/north.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRkpl_kMvRKtZJ2WuRJnojiW1uxt3-floL6YTzAo8b7hhk1e6u2wLN4JSX0v6-CTk2JE-KaBJiob459Pp0imZzKZrLp2L-t-828zqfXoFLwS0GMSd9mqzSHE_BByG129deJIbWmDYrCk/s2048/20060501G+GL105-4903-EL51+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRkpl_kMvRKtZJ2WuRJnojiW1uxt3-floL6YTzAo8b7hhk1e6u2wLN4JSX0v6-CTk2JE-KaBJiob459Pp0imZzKZrLp2L-t-828zqfXoFLwS0GMSd9mqzSHE_BByG129deJIbWmDYrCk/w400-h300/20060501G+GL105-4903-EL51+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And then 4708 and 4458 arrived... </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilMXAXxGtaqV0J4OTq5DGcTLqaAeZ0KYn_iP5mmgaILd655mnAUSjlaEQThGKk4ebRiW_1rGu9n1eEUBO8Ur57pUxGsLOAuc1mlmuJ-b_ZyiQDpeDSEhupLuHZhjv7hTbZ56sY-vmJC0/s2048/20060501J+4708-4458+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhilMXAXxGtaqV0J4OTq5DGcTLqaAeZ0KYn_iP5mmgaILd655mnAUSjlaEQThGKk4ebRiW_1rGu9n1eEUBO8Ur57pUxGsLOAuc1mlmuJ-b_ZyiQDpeDSEhupLuHZhjv7hTbZ56sY-vmJC0/w400-h300/20060501J+4708-4458+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Ho hum... more Alcos... stuffed the arriving but not the going away shot... 4503 in its Big Red Tomato livery with a more sedate liveried 4468.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0_V97m8kc7NkAbo_reRsKsw_A40mWMeUP341hkblQ2Fc-9WihBz74y0UdN1_HMACDa7j-21Jr7jYj7zRs_AmpvqpIlId9gqGhpWCoFHVPsfOi4WQuLOMJ_Fgt9PNObthmybY5Z4ej0A/s2048/20060501QB+4503-4468+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv0_V97m8kc7NkAbo_reRsKsw_A40mWMeUP341hkblQ2Fc-9WihBz74y0UdN1_HMACDa7j-21Jr7jYj7zRs_AmpvqpIlId9gqGhpWCoFHVPsfOi4WQuLOMJ_Fgt9PNObthmybY5Z4ej0A/w400-h300/20060501QB+4503-4468+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">That was six trains, but the bonus seventh train involved 4701 and two dilapidated GMs.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWplTEtrkKWQy-tpg1A1DIpHX0gk3pmjX1RBUv1eX8Uy89bLiZUxK3pY8MVJdyz06x6SFMGcnP1cRFrIN7-Ul4d7IBY6f0XCuQNFfjYHqAaVaEKicfRJAkchQBE0vuzUMSSIhb0rMsHg0/s2048/20060501P+4701-GM-GM38+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWplTEtrkKWQy-tpg1A1DIpHX0gk3pmjX1RBUv1eX8Uy89bLiZUxK3pY8MVJdyz06x6SFMGcnP1cRFrIN7-Ul4d7IBY6f0XCuQNFfjYHqAaVaEKicfRJAkchQBE0vuzUMSSIhb0rMsHg0/w400-h300/20060501P+4701-GM-GM38+at+Marrickville+1+May+2006+DQR.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>I have just managed this entire blog without posted a PacNat blue loco, demonstrating it was a golden era indeed!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><p><br /></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-26537619058279400092021-03-07T23:53:00.000-08:002021-03-07T23:53:54.529-08:00Up the Creek<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hi all, I am still around!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Promise to get back into things as the weather turns colder, especially if Souths start losing a few.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I have coincidentally come across a real live reader of this blog - sorry if I sound surprised but my main readership appears to come from regions of the former Soviet Union.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This 'live' reader mentioned he most enjoyed the stuff from up north so, Brendan, these are for you mate!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The back story here is that around 1982 (could have been earlier) Dad shot off for a few days with two mates. When they got to Werris Creek they asked permission to photograph the locos. They were given the okay to do so as long as they didn't move any of the locos around.. Turns out a group of visiting photographers several weeks earlier have 're-positioned' the locos to enhance their photographs. Cheeky buggers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZ42sPGVljnWKB7bztnhyXOz3D2z90ri2YSWuM2n2CPb_hO1G5saxKIUcxxVJ1wN8QRYz5zqU47XduBTsibam7vCg6eer-WCe8gZQE9f6c4b6gy0XeCt_5JssX58i2dFeeGAhEbTj32g/s1532/1982NS092+4720+%2526+4917+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1532" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZ42sPGVljnWKB7bztnhyXOz3D2z90ri2YSWuM2n2CPb_hO1G5saxKIUcxxVJ1wN8QRYz5zqU47XduBTsibam7vCg6eer-WCe8gZQE9f6c4b6gy0XeCt_5JssX58i2dFeeGAhEbTj32g/w400-h264/1982NS092+4720+%2526+4917+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlAUn8yjufuK9-KmNpaAiiFKPBO7gZ5P41gZeVM8JriUCu3Vv4ngAsH0FbcWFmka6YwuWN5ODbbK3Rxp3wmYBfQNqQ3v6rgywWOLprwxLrC-iw_3ZrBv3WLJXER1KnE1QJHXaIqCKdTGY/s1316/1982NS095+Triple+49s+inc+4906+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1316" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlAUn8yjufuK9-KmNpaAiiFKPBO7gZ5P41gZeVM8JriUCu3Vv4ngAsH0FbcWFmka6YwuWN5ODbbK3Rxp3wmYBfQNqQ3v6rgywWOLprwxLrC-iw_3ZrBv3WLJXER1KnE1QJHXaIqCKdTGY/w400-h285/1982NS095+Triple+49s+inc+4906+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQ295OgnNZT2naBENXbwg59WndpJQX-2fITjJhN1I4wfnk3Y6hyphenhyphen9mDsGR8iTR-o3-BDFOs2ydnuSKOTEhIZ0Bhyphenhyphen_O-MYfwh6FJsn2VEN2w9ZkBXgoaTZXFkidc7RytAmOEiL7iMfXRlo/s1528/1982NS094+1050+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1528" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQ295OgnNZT2naBENXbwg59WndpJQX-2fITjJhN1I4wfnk3Y6hyphenhyphen9mDsGR8iTR-o3-BDFOs2ydnuSKOTEhIZ0Bhyphenhyphen_O-MYfwh6FJsn2VEN2w9ZkBXgoaTZXFkidc7RytAmOEiL7iMfXRlo/w400-h259/1982NS094+1050+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RmXydQ7cFJeWJjJ_W2gI9vOU_n7GiDG6JrGg9bheR8WaMwjU931NE8jT-UUG4KK-MBcG_8hV-6aRM_RPbEkf3a1TMbPpM2vrMN4-ExU3wgzsOc6I97-kLtgIpNSTP49SBUpd1DCBrHQ/s1536/1982NS093+4512+44212+%2526+4519+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="1536" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RmXydQ7cFJeWJjJ_W2gI9vOU_n7GiDG6JrGg9bheR8WaMwjU931NE8jT-UUG4KK-MBcG_8hV-6aRM_RPbEkf3a1TMbPpM2vrMN4-ExU3wgzsOc6I97-kLtgIpNSTP49SBUpd1DCBrHQ/w400-h219/1982NS093+4512+44212+%2526+4519+at+Werris+Creek+1982.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-60916487979847508452020-10-11T00:33:00.007-07:002020-10-11T00:34:57.588-07:0080s Rail Cars on the Coast<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Time to stick a few more up from the lens of Phil Clarke, who passed away about 18 months ago.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This time I thought I would pick a few of his rail car shots around the Illawarra. To start off, here's a Budd set heading north through Scarborough in December 1981.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgX-8518EYzcWEn2efgGu2Jft2SrQPqzWFjLfCpMwiOOmx3B7Brs7Tg4HvlgPBGe-_11jEq47_qwAlkIufBOsjU6m33siizrLnYrjCi6l1HkovuY5nXBL8SXD9U4FWvbKPMq4_qZJ-nA/s1184/19811200+Budd+set+at+Scarborought+December+1981+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="695" data-original-width="1184" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqgX-8518EYzcWEn2efgGu2Jft2SrQPqzWFjLfCpMwiOOmx3B7Brs7Tg4HvlgPBGe-_11jEq47_qwAlkIufBOsjU6m33siizrLnYrjCi6l1HkovuY5nXBL8SXD9U4FWvbKPMq4_qZJ-nA/w400-h235/19811200+Budd+set+at+Scarborought+December+1981+PVC.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Can't have Budds without Tullochs! Here's 4470 heading Set 148 through Bellambi on 19 November 1982.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPJimOg1MEXdfhb0eRGX07PZuaeSsVafTYeGps7vp3cPBNLjTwure7utVazZ9j2EzitSCyT7T9i_cGoWP4mg1bnDMQbxqITXXiRdyJTBk0xe_aQa_EC8bn6_riDnCfCGdl18E45PUl1I/s1792/19821119J+4470+Set+148+tullochs+Bellambi+19+Nov+1982+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1792" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMPJimOg1MEXdfhb0eRGX07PZuaeSsVafTYeGps7vp3cPBNLjTwure7utVazZ9j2EzitSCyT7T9i_cGoWP4mg1bnDMQbxqITXXiRdyJTBk0xe_aQa_EC8bn6_riDnCfCGdl18E45PUl1I/w400-h268/19821119J+4470+Set+148+tullochs+Bellambi+19+Nov+1982+PVC.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing says 'passenger comfort' more than a quin set of CPHs jostling along. Here is CPH 13 leading the 8am Port Kembla worker's train at Coniston in November 1982.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZCoMB__a1WE1tFhJPvl9outDoyTG3ONzFnka9QTfo5Ya4jPvmOdAUOr6GfyLrh7T7U-nzmE0TBneXUWa1DzvLdyVC6Fk3Vuew4gjbLy3oZFNnt_c4WkKKVt4-0UXVpndKDHxgTkyosg/s1183/19821100+Quin+CPHs+CPH13+Up+8am+Port+Kembla+worker%2527s+train+Coniston+Nov+1982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1183" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZCoMB__a1WE1tFhJPvl9outDoyTG3ONzFnka9QTfo5Ya4jPvmOdAUOr6GfyLrh7T7U-nzmE0TBneXUWa1DzvLdyVC6Fk3Vuew4gjbLy3oZFNnt_c4WkKKVt4-0UXVpndKDHxgTkyosg/w400-h270/19821100+Quin+CPHs+CPH13+Up+8am+Port+Kembla+worker%2527s+train+Coniston+Nov+1982.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Nothing was more prosaic than a 2 car diesel train on a local passenger service, like this one at Bellambi on 19 November 1982.</span></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQ8k93dUszPpM02AbR3lpzejJMFeO3qEQM1qT1WScwsrEKtyaDydBLVenfIpFttVSJ_76W0EJs87vLydGboPh7k96g2OBziP7ow7xd96Ez593ECol6xT43d3nRNNIBekLsZ7EiQ2l1p0/s1792/19821119+Down+ocal+passenger+railcar+at+Bellambi+19+Nov+1982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1792" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXQ8k93dUszPpM02AbR3lpzejJMFeO3qEQM1qT1WScwsrEKtyaDydBLVenfIpFttVSJ_76W0EJs87vLydGboPh7k96g2OBziP7ow7xd96Ez593ECol6xT43d3nRNNIBekLsZ7EiQ2l1p0/w400-h268/19821119+Down+ocal+passenger+railcar+at+Bellambi+19+Nov+1982.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I will finish up with a few more snaps of diesel hauled trains, composed of end-of-life rail cars - 44100 on two such services in early 1983. The first photo is at Wollongong, I suspect the other is round Bellambi.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ShLRZZ1TPDVOmZnz2SX6TNjjHw61jEBzYvFqNhdnPtbVf-F_nO9Yulvse-0uqxblXF1i0ibNHh0-2OOS5jhYdM2SeNihf72R6koPelIrGvOzK9GRnebxFlEMKbtcSmYVgCbp-qsGrNg/s1536/19830000Ka+44100+set+148+tullochs+Wollongong+early+1980s+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1536" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ShLRZZ1TPDVOmZnz2SX6TNjjHw61jEBzYvFqNhdnPtbVf-F_nO9Yulvse-0uqxblXF1i0ibNHh0-2OOS5jhYdM2SeNihf72R6koPelIrGvOzK9GRnebxFlEMKbtcSmYVgCbp-qsGrNg/w400-h271/19830000Ka+44100+set+148+tullochs+Wollongong+early+1980s+PVC.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2cTB_6Rl9dyPPtIhzrgi4OIfxnEfzibDXMoyGe9ijOQyh3GTem4lTIIxbtIDNEhw0bqj2_rlSM9JW8lTJsdajdCmNURxpL4SkWy723iSDAClUUPBWtAmpEFIK2FKVg-khrqLhLikzE4/s1536/19830000K+44100+set+148+tullochs+Ilawarra+early+1980s+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1536" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh2cTB_6Rl9dyPPtIhzrgi4OIfxnEfzibDXMoyGe9ijOQyh3GTem4lTIIxbtIDNEhw0bqj2_rlSM9JW8lTJsdajdCmNURxpL4SkWy723iSDAClUUPBWtAmpEFIK2FKVg-khrqLhLikzE4/w400-h271/19830000K+44100+set+148+tullochs+Ilawarra+early+1980s+PVC.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></div><p></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-64013425141006264572020-09-29T00:13:00.000-07:002020-09-29T00:14:27.229-07:00Really useful engines<p><span style="font-family: arial;">That remarkable class of 145 suburban tank locomotives built from 1903 onwards has been occupying my mind of late. More so, the 77 converted to tender locos for branchline workings, but the whole class is worth considering over a beer or two. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I have posted a lot photos of 30s and 30Ts, but there is always room for one more installment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Lets start with the class leader, which is soon to get a new lease on life. Here is the beastie, about to get away from Picton in 1990 working the loopline.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP5YuJaHkve_V258CA5xi-rA31CUP7IETnQT5LNDkbEL2LJv3wOuaOgTLBe00C8t_geZSTISEIpSpjifZCcTOuuV0BbaNuPbsXkPQSkdAS9JDzj935Juz8dAX_194r50drehgWoqxTNM/s1691/1990SJP027V+3001T+NSWRTM+Picton+1990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1691" data-original-width="1165" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNP5YuJaHkve_V258CA5xi-rA31CUP7IETnQT5LNDkbEL2LJv3wOuaOgTLBe00C8t_geZSTISEIpSpjifZCcTOuuV0BbaNuPbsXkPQSkdAS9JDzj935Juz8dAX_194r50drehgWoqxTNM/w440-h640/1990SJP027V+3001T+NSWRTM+Picton+1990.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I will try to do this in number order. 3013 is apparently in Canberra, incomplete and in bits. Good luck to whoever has that job. Its life post service hasn't had too many high-points, but it has somehow lasted 50 years. Once the collieries in the Hunter were finished with her, this is what she looked like in 1970.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI7Wsy41wUOAgo_TPTcD9GOKVLsx88AYV_3T3REn-YIkfEJD3jjJ1-7A21jlvk6XgMHVInfo6rCo9ZJqu5dMwBKm23MU1OSeEOQxs108uV9Hm9mDCMMdNV_PWJKzTo3ZwrQW9a4jZrwI/s1298/1970NEPA066-B023+3013+stored+at+Hexham+c1970.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="925" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAI7Wsy41wUOAgo_TPTcD9GOKVLsx88AYV_3T3REn-YIkfEJD3jjJ1-7A21jlvk6XgMHVInfo6rCo9ZJqu5dMwBKm23MU1OSeEOQxs108uV9Hm9mDCMMdNV_PWJKzTo3ZwrQW9a4jZrwI/w456-h640/1970NEPA066-B023+3013+stored+at+Hexham+c1970.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Another Canberra resident has fared better. 3016T wore a startling blend of royal blue with red tyres which I would show you, but we managed to not photograph clearly. Instead, here it is at Central in December 2012.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbL_f4PEZ3cF6ISH5LzPLJeHoKq-9yIuw8KxRE9BIu_SgWx3Sc-qOLGg1kl5qrjAdsLz8OEjOTpHdEJ8MJV9R76cEaMqyreFs3v-3SAkmEM6tuhzim_yfRcX1S5LZR9IaFj_Ufxri5ZM/s2048/20121212A+3016T+on+3801+Ltd+tour+Central+12+December+2012+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbL_f4PEZ3cF6ISH5LzPLJeHoKq-9yIuw8KxRE9BIu_SgWx3Sc-qOLGg1kl5qrjAdsLz8OEjOTpHdEJ8MJV9R76cEaMqyreFs3v-3SAkmEM6tuhzim_yfRcX1S5LZR9IaFj_Ufxri5ZM/w400-h300/20121212A+3016T+on+3801+Ltd+tour+Central+12+December+2012+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Incidentally, no 30Ts were harmed in the taking of that photo. 3016T got pushed by a couple of mainliners.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">My favourite Easter ever was spent with 3026T at Cowra in 1994. Best. religious. experience. ever. Even got to wish it goodnight and tuck it in to bed on Easter Saturday.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfBsiEIO5urOLbsvchadVPjAo1zgLy2HU6X8-p-SNTgzsEjrUt6lnBih_XgoNyR-zZwlI2JRMP-8sh-cuE0nuRKwwV2xyASvGqexGA1w4HEcjZsuR-labZblW6y7naSZ3xvFuBIaWmqY/s1304/1994WJP095+3026T+Cowra+LVR+Easter+1-4+April+1994.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1304" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfBsiEIO5urOLbsvchadVPjAo1zgLy2HU6X8-p-SNTgzsEjrUt6lnBih_XgoNyR-zZwlI2JRMP-8sh-cuE0nuRKwwV2xyASvGqexGA1w4HEcjZsuR-labZblW6y7naSZ3xvFuBIaWmqY/w400-h353/1994WJP095+3026T+Cowra+LVR+Easter+1-4+April+1994.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This brings us to Dorrigo, which I will never bash in case Uncle Keith wants to leave me a 30 or a 30T in his will (I will also accept a 24 or 25). He and his compadres have kept 3028T, 3046 and 3090T from the oxy torch. Thank you. First up, 3028T, then the other two.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tvzCI3kjVvjDlXQQJ79Mh0SxKUWLl9gxpht7MbQY1-OcR2Z84pRw-DePxX5K_3IfpBe_wWNdA-l0uI_hsRRzPbqjypDPIvxHWNIHl7bHmFa2t1LU_XeZZ0CLlYWnVW1u5Y3h1pob1EE/s1304/1987NJP043+3028T+at+Dorrigo+DSR%2526M+1987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1304" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2tvzCI3kjVvjDlXQQJ79Mh0SxKUWLl9gxpht7MbQY1-OcR2Z84pRw-DePxX5K_3IfpBe_wWNdA-l0uI_hsRRzPbqjypDPIvxHWNIHl7bHmFa2t1LU_XeZZ0CLlYWnVW1u5Y3h1pob1EE/w400-h350/1987NJP043+3028T+at+Dorrigo+DSR%2526M+1987.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zzUw6eJOsypgNY0mVzMEISDUVI3PM9OkCe2vOXg-dygsSUg6JpHXIcxvyJuH9UxVtq8CzIfiILo6cYIwtG0pvfzuITf8oKLhPgoQ3jxVlPhyvnjKMRpQdufvYajPG2jzEwbiRuZeGg8/s1154/1987NJP048+3046%252C+3090T+at+Dorrigo+DSR%2526M+1987.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="1154" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zzUw6eJOsypgNY0mVzMEISDUVI3PM9OkCe2vOXg-dygsSUg6JpHXIcxvyJuH9UxVtq8CzIfiILo6cYIwtG0pvfzuITf8oKLhPgoQ3jxVlPhyvnjKMRpQdufvYajPG2jzEwbiRuZeGg8/w400-h161/1987NJP048+3046%252C+3090T+at+Dorrigo+DSR%2526M+1987.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Still on the 'stuffed and mounted' side of the class, 3075T resides, sans boiler tubes and a few other bits, at Parkes to this day. Always good to give the old girl a pat.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14FAPwcEO2JM2ZMDvXGmXOgu1IkjnQWIs3icvzZqemoldf3ndPhvrWK6JRTJ2qEVTzsJIXE_wM_iesbW6Pg6Z9TkLLqmlRR_alenGbAWr2Vm1vnssqdcgr1RKgvcDFntRXyED593Ct6A/s2048/20200717Db+3075T+at+Parks+17+July+2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg14FAPwcEO2JM2ZMDvXGmXOgu1IkjnQWIs3icvzZqemoldf3ndPhvrWK6JRTJ2qEVTzsJIXE_wM_iesbW6Pg6Z9TkLLqmlRR_alenGbAWr2Vm1vnssqdcgr1RKgvcDFntRXyED593Ct6A/w400-h300/20200717Db+3075T+at+Parks+17+July+2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to the tanks - 3085 has looked a little forlorn recently but better days are ahead.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIZoo_v6oba2_ADqafWsUP2dP0S-MNPHeklhBWuxH5dDm1CzS_045zwNuvwnuSGEzc9iezKKVobNTaxg3TKrVEz-Fyc-LDATjUUdR5Ok44LmtgtJuiU6LMA8DOOLp1SbtsRE6C4t223I/s2257/20170516AA+5916+and+3085+at+Goulburn+roundhouse+16+May+2017+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1166" data-original-width="2257" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIZoo_v6oba2_ADqafWsUP2dP0S-MNPHeklhBWuxH5dDm1CzS_045zwNuvwnuSGEzc9iezKKVobNTaxg3TKrVEz-Fyc-LDATjUUdR5Ok44LmtgtJuiU6LMA8DOOLp1SbtsRE6C4t223I/w400-h206/20170516AA+5916+and+3085+at+Goulburn+roundhouse+16+May+2017+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We have cracked the century now. Time for the last surviving tender loco. Here's 3102T in a pleasing aqua-marine livery, celebrating 1980.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWGjncS6wOYikWayUDy3AVgbnNl1pWdFSHRoVZ53BwklvugOh4f3lNChx0iPB781E0nNoopifVEfri6lSC5RfHPmnQ5rYMqMw0ABWmu8bmgml5lVlv0os0A_NMpZ-PwJuGhMgqdmT8aY/s1132/1980TS215A+3102T+125+years+NSWGR+celebrations+4-10-1980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1132" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjWGjncS6wOYikWayUDy3AVgbnNl1pWdFSHRoVZ53BwklvugOh4f3lNChx0iPB781E0nNoopifVEfri6lSC5RfHPmnQ5rYMqMw0ABWmu8bmgml5lVlv0os0A_NMpZ-PwJuGhMgqdmT8aY/w400-h346/1980TS215A+3102T+125+years+NSWGR+celebrations+4-10-1980.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">It is fitting that we finish up with a couple of the original designs. 3112 lurks at Goulburn, and is always a joy to see when passing through. Here it is sneaking down into the near-abandoned Rozelle Goods Yard in June 2002. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJp2Ux-HFpMjS_S6WQD8gm0I4-tITJ8hzdHGSboPPL5xP9HfrndpcD8y3cUeXdlYfl68d-nwqCIOaxPJt1PJJ7p7MOnnxBzF_K4adn-6U0S8LccqM80s6rhGuNayplOtStBuftD6ZANY/s1024/20020616AA+3112+Metro+Goods+Tour+-+Rozelle+16-6-02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJp2Ux-HFpMjS_S6WQD8gm0I4-tITJ8hzdHGSboPPL5xP9HfrndpcD8y3cUeXdlYfl68d-nwqCIOaxPJt1PJJ7p7MOnnxBzF_K4adn-6U0S8LccqM80s6rhGuNayplOtStBuftD6ZANY/w400-h300/20020616AA+3112+Metro+Goods+Tour+-+Rozelle+16-6-02.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Last up, 3137. When nothing else steamy seemed to be moving in NSW, it was plying that loop line like it was 1909, not 1979. A favourite, definitely. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU6kVAVHXZ7FZUKLBb-OI7vn8jFQYqqejixcq7ZTe77TwBdQDpvA1Jj-Yfm7MtBhzvQviEBKz3PPTEce5p4zBh-mHhICrjxmrg3zdwtheUhMWgFMTfFLrvYW-e55il5zA08N_Jf9GMvk/s1777/1985SJP019+3137+NSWRTM+Near+Buxton+mid-1980s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="1777" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAU6kVAVHXZ7FZUKLBb-OI7vn8jFQYqqejixcq7ZTe77TwBdQDpvA1Jj-Yfm7MtBhzvQviEBKz3PPTEce5p4zBh-mHhICrjxmrg3zdwtheUhMWgFMTfFLrvYW-e55il5zA08N_Jf9GMvk/w400-h256/1985SJP019+3137+NSWRTM+Near+Buxton+mid-1980s.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Until next time!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don </span></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-74240324702237923222020-09-19T01:42:00.000-07:002020-09-29T00:15:54.970-07:00Doot doot doot looking out my back door<p><span style="font-family: arial;">For about five years, my train hunting was sorted. I usually just sat in my backyard, pretending to garden. It got the usual parade of about 40 daylight trains - like 26 September 2016 when </span><span style="font-family: arial;">G516 worked an up trippy past the back fence.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVCXLqM_aUrGwyuvkvE2N8OoAKrhSLtFdFFv9o7QpzyO9kRnWmwbmi5wMJzmkEqL5eidk98C6IyjDnI_9ZG5dy6IVeCexkGx340KKSd8_WS-nq9Yfl21K7ghpBVgZ82rdLoZVsD_AEKQ/s1920/20160926E+G516+up+trip+containers+Hurlstone+Park+26+Sept+2016+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTVCXLqM_aUrGwyuvkvE2N8OoAKrhSLtFdFFv9o7QpzyO9kRnWmwbmi5wMJzmkEqL5eidk98C6IyjDnI_9ZG5dy6IVeCexkGx340KKSd8_WS-nq9Yfl21K7ghpBVgZ82rdLoZVsD_AEKQ/w400-h225/20160926E+G516+up+trip+containers+Hurlstone+Park+26+Sept+2016+%25282018_02_05+07_51_41+UTC%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If feeling athletic I went down to the either ends of the street, or even the local stations (Hurlstone Park and Canterbury), both about 600 metres away. But mostly, it was 'head out the kitchen window' stuff, like it was on 19 December 2015 when </span><span style="font-family: arial;">S317, GM22 and VL356 popped through at breakfast time with 8146 up containers.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='377' height='313' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyoaqldNEr74lCc8WYQCG9qZ8UQO-EAMzhoeALjOCppDfLwTfYB62XanM9_6lng6PEcQQMIlqKYJhu5jnK9Nw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But now I am up country, an hour away from any decent railway action unless garbage trains are your thing. Not complaining, but I miss the whine of a Helga pulling a trippy with a load of flat wheels at 11:45pm.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But not anymore. The last time I looked, Australia has fewer than five decent, live streaming, webcams. We are lagging the world, even the USA. I have since happened upon two sites Virtual Railfan (<a href="http://virtualrailfan.com">virtualrailfan.com</a>) and Rail Stream (</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://railstream.net/">https://railstream.net</a>)</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. Both are brilliant! </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Virtual Railfan has 81 camera at 50 locations, covering 25 states and 22 railroads. It will come as no surprise to readers to learn that so far I have satisfied myself with the 15+ free cameras, although I am seriously thinking about upgrading. Subscriptions equal the cost of a Netflix subscription,so wifey may be a disappointed very shortly because we don't need both.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I will admit that I have never heard of some of these locations, but boyo, the trains. I started in the terrific town of Flagstaff, even sorted the local scanner so I am a bit ahead of the action. It is a bit gritty, but BNSF rocket through here about every 15 minutes. This screen shot shows a little consist - up to five units regularly work through, with mid-train helpers and pushers too. Amtrak turns up here when it wants to.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pkhh9rs7th4GF199QLBT22huJuF9uM_WKIdsqBFHBGFFtLdlj0f5rlp2XPmWxDbn8gr3lAl9ePINuZPEokb3VWbrqGKahk7EAGyhevun3oXdSxjKVBpHHyMLwHoPPFaJnZ4NWGhIYYc/s1826/Photo+17-9-20%252C+11+43+37+pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1826" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pkhh9rs7th4GF199QLBT22huJuF9uM_WKIdsqBFHBGFFtLdlj0f5rlp2XPmWxDbn8gr3lAl9ePINuZPEokb3VWbrqGKahk7EAGyhevun3oXdSxjKVBpHHyMLwHoPPFaJnZ4NWGhIYYc/w400-h244/Photo+17-9-20%252C+11+43+37+pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><p>I have since moved to the mid-west, to places like Fort Madison with its preserved steamy watching double stacks roll by.</p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIeriMAOV2KJSdZtfKEbXk7TlvljDzfSw4SXjvcEgqoTVsP3oLeosODORxcOz7v9beRwhZDd2cw-ge8Hom24Q220GLZytGi3NtHnChn1x5IUtB00_0n5Y27vosbwxbXfjJ7AHVR70gy8/s1672/Photo+18-9-20%252C+11+07+31+pm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1672" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIeriMAOV2KJSdZtfKEbXk7TlvljDzfSw4SXjvcEgqoTVsP3oLeosODORxcOz7v9beRwhZDd2cw-ge8Hom24Q220GLZytGi3NtHnChn1x5IUtB00_0n5Y27vosbwxbXfjJ7AHVR70gy8/w400-h223/Photo+18-9-20%252C+11+07+31+pm.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Viewing Kansas City got more interesting this week when some auto-racks derailed on the overhead bridge. No pontiacs were injured in the preparation of this blog. Heere's another screenshot, again with two BNSF locos. I fluffed the screenshot of seven Norfolk Southerns locos, showing that my actual rail-fanning photography traits are transferable to the virtual world.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJuhTt-1VSdrNhGfd10E8JLscIPbZv4xHTFPCWsa2Q4TgZM9P6Qxj4i934_-d0zZYCDOpZJCml9hMUT4J7qF2fhlQNhTyXgBy-qYroZ7OPaoRKdGYwkPyLaqCImhm3nB12XMz2fJaqmo/s1539/Photo+18-9-20%252C+11+05+16+pm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1539" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJuhTt-1VSdrNhGfd10E8JLscIPbZv4xHTFPCWsa2Q4TgZM9P6Qxj4i934_-d0zZYCDOpZJCml9hMUT4J7qF2fhlQNhTyXgBy-qYroZ7OPaoRKdGYwkPyLaqCImhm3nB12XMz2fJaqmo/w400-h223/Photo+18-9-20%252C+11+05+16+pm.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">There are many things this world lacks... two in particular are diamonds and street running. I am getting my fill of both. Two diamonds I have been watching are at La Planta in Florida and Deschler, Ohio. Here is the latter, keeping with my BNSF theme. </span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xl7jW3Q1-p8c4KMWo9A53LYNAY2mftC2-A-D_vuXGKplDKw6kkomuZBEdp1VBvUQ8Jzm8b-QriAy7lWi0xzfCR_UjQ0bI7y6F63_Wxtz5jTJtgmWO1vkj5fWLBpMf40K8kI0XjE8Qd4/s1950/Photo+18-9-20%252C+11+00+24+pm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1950" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xl7jW3Q1-p8c4KMWo9A53LYNAY2mftC2-A-D_vuXGKplDKw6kkomuZBEdp1VBvUQ8Jzm8b-QriAy7lWi0xzfCR_UjQ0bI7y6F63_Wxtz5jTJtgmWO1vkj5fWLBpMf40K8kI0XjE8Qd4/w400-h220/Photo+18-9-20%252C+11+00+24+pm.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Now, street running and, more relevantly, the perils of street running. La Grange is a lovely looking place, especially when CSX work to the nearby Ford Motor plant. A couple of nights ago one such working took place.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfVk5ym18IsYj_iikvp0bmyGNkApBXPqyImaUdPYzxpKNev1byWyysSLuZKhBddAF_gHFcLHDP1hPUfku1to257jfJa9Stc0_m3aAQQKjIixUv96Y2CK-kfXFp8Oj8XsP13iIOAtwKxA/s1982/Photo+17-9-20%252C+9+51+42+pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="1982" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDfVk5ym18IsYj_iikvp0bmyGNkApBXPqyImaUdPYzxpKNev1byWyysSLuZKhBddAF_gHFcLHDP1hPUfku1to257jfJa9Stc0_m3aAQQKjIixUv96Y2CK-kfXFp8Oj8XsP13iIOAtwKxA/w400-h226/Photo+17-9-20%252C+9+51+42+pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This train rolled into La Grange at 7:51am last Thursday morning, local time, just as the town was coming to life. When the last car rolled past 42 minutes later, the locals got their town back.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaszwvsAOuZf3X7046L2kMjC2t6WKHnCoyUsoLyxkN6N_bNHxuwl8LZHBfs5qbzjP6MzBFOQo2eDau-dmvNo8mRrXe2-VDajEppEs2O6lpIi3M76OyL-PT7sK5AZJTlvS6XjzN7EjdfU/s1976/Photo+17-9-20%252C+10+34+06+pm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1976" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaszwvsAOuZf3X7046L2kMjC2t6WKHnCoyUsoLyxkN6N_bNHxuwl8LZHBfs5qbzjP6MzBFOQo2eDau-dmvNo8mRrXe2-VDajEppEs2O6lpIi3M76OyL-PT7sK5AZJTlvS6XjzN7EjdfU/w400-h228/Photo+17-9-20%252C+10+34+06+pm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway, it is time to get back to train watching, this time in Galesburg. It doesn't quite equal sitting in your backyard, but it is better than watching the weeds grow.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-90312594521708677462020-09-08T00:15:00.005-07:002020-09-29T00:16:50.874-07:00Boambee Creek<p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's four from Boambee Creek near Sawtell. Mum and Dad got these (well, Dad did) around 1986.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">4499 and a 48 - this shortlived livery came in very useful as a way to date these photos.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oawgjZPfQJROMM6HOcrp81a0IeMdRIvU14Hq2KHkPtVWUfqAfS6mi4q8-iz40T9DNaY3n-QsDGkN-ELyfbD499pPWaJ2GJnyZCstQI6m_YMqPbAKBFTRWXnYL_kOUTndiRpv06ToctU/s1512/1986NP189+4499+%2526+48+on+down+goods+at+Sawtell+c1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1512" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oawgjZPfQJROMM6HOcrp81a0IeMdRIvU14Hq2KHkPtVWUfqAfS6mi4q8-iz40T9DNaY3n-QsDGkN-ELyfbD499pPWaJ2GJnyZCstQI6m_YMqPbAKBFTRWXnYL_kOUTndiRpv06ToctU/w500-h243/1986NP189+4499+%2526+48+on+down+goods+at+Sawtell+c1986.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Back to back 44s. Suspects are 4405 and 4468. Think I have posted this one before. This time the photo has been straightened.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVsKD7HGymuADS5b-OSPjIExLlx1hRg73naFD_dCics9Fq80CDqprfym5R9kZcbX1NDQzVCk9tASwL2LU5EMeQVr55TrrgEdLFmxZwXQopQEQ8lNnopRnjNPaqmDMoquooE6YxyeiNIs/s1723/1986NP187+4405+%2526+4468+on+up+goods+at+Sawtell+c1985.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="1723" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbVsKD7HGymuADS5b-OSPjIExLlx1hRg73naFD_dCics9Fq80CDqprfym5R9kZcbX1NDQzVCk9tASwL2LU5EMeQVr55TrrgEdLFmxZwXQopQEQ8lNnopRnjNPaqmDMoquooE6YxyeiNIs/w500-h254/1986NP187+4405+%2526+4468+on+up+goods+at+Sawtell+c1985.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Next up, 44203 on an up goods.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGng3HVQy5kWNGgGJuiVIUaz2vxUZPnZL_FrsAaU0elvDyy-8rWzhDm-_wD2dLKR_OZehIxBDcdfDptUIe4Cr3Ro9wLAo0An7tkMD9D5Y3c0qVgjbosRGrwTMxDjfr0ZiitgnDU55n3Q/s1546/1986NP186+44203+on+up+goods+at+Sawtell+c1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1546" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrGng3HVQy5kWNGgGJuiVIUaz2vxUZPnZL_FrsAaU0elvDyy-8rWzhDm-_wD2dLKR_OZehIxBDcdfDptUIe4Cr3Ro9wLAo0An7tkMD9D5Y3c0qVgjbosRGrwTMxDjfr0ZiitgnDU55n3Q/w500-h243/1986NP186+44203+on+up+goods+at+Sawtell+c1986.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">To round out the Alco collection fr this afternoon, a 44 and a 45 head north with an interstater.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmqabHBRZo9WB_uww84yWfd9n4kSADxag7wicaBBAuwF920wIqJeNJyUq43xPjep_5v6RjrZDWlw3808bwyBb_FJdi8J3q8ruYYytaMnWA4Uera3oztuSJ4CeRYNUz8oTgFkga5KV2TM/s1477/1986NP188+44+%2526+45+on+down+goods+at+Sawtell+c1986.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1477" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmqabHBRZo9WB_uww84yWfd9n4kSADxag7wicaBBAuwF920wIqJeNJyUq43xPjep_5v6RjrZDWlw3808bwyBb_FJdi8J3q8ruYYytaMnWA4Uera3oztuSJ4CeRYNUz8oTgFkga5KV2TM/w500-h291/1986NP188+44+%2526+45+on+down+goods+at+Sawtell+c1986.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Cheers for now!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Don</span></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-91974041076229308462020-08-08T00:21:00.001-07:002020-08-08T00:21:14.050-07:00Diversions on a wet afternoon<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmbjwCM8H_EaY2r_sZ2S43FOVY5MhC7bdlYAShE-qDPQMXP7tpPq583Fxj3niFsjEnYLNAxHLAS-EdaA7XUizUoY5vah1dnIPOMP6CzlwuUpHFrfFTqpn2wsXTpkjZD6nREk0lYPgzUY/s1062/19820100+Down+Budd+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Just sitting here on the farm, watching the creek rise. Figured it was time to do something productive so I have dug up more photos from Phil Clarke's collection. These first three date from January 1982 and are taken at Bellambi on the south coast (the station can be seen in the background). </span></a><span style="color: white; display: inline !important; font-family: arial; padding: 1em 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmbjwCM8H_EaY2r_sZ2S43FOVY5MhC7bdlYAShE-qDPQMXP7tpPq583Fxj3niFsjEnYLNAxHLAS-EdaA7XUizUoY5vah1dnIPOMP6CzlwuUpHFrfFTqpn2wsXTpkjZD6nREk0lYPgzUY/s1062/19820100+Down+Budd+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; padding: 1em 0px;">First up, </a>42204 and a 44 on the down Intercapital Daylight Express to Melbourne - diverted down the Coast.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRSZ-TFKqKdXrn_fAQCT04LpRUhpeqvb6C3vnN7mDZwXLQZ-i5Fsfza_a57S_e9AJou9YxLMTywDRVs1EoBNeeg5bpyJFFk7w7p_X8Gojyys2NuP0b0DY8Z7sfzj4cM3CBKz_kHlhUUk/s1306/19820100I+42204-44+Intercapital+Daylight+ICD+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1306" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRSZ-TFKqKdXrn_fAQCT04LpRUhpeqvb6C3vnN7mDZwXLQZ-i5Fsfza_a57S_e9AJou9YxLMTywDRVs1EoBNeeg5bpyJFFk7w7p_X8Gojyys2NuP0b0DY8Z7sfzj4cM3CBKz_kHlhUUk/w512-h292/19820100I+42204-44+Intercapital+Daylight+ICD+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" width="512" /></span></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmbjwCM8H_EaY2r_sZ2S43FOVY5MhC7bdlYAShE-qDPQMXP7tpPq583Fxj3niFsjEnYLNAxHLAS-EdaA7XUizUoY5vah1dnIPOMP6CzlwuUpHFrfFTqpn2wsXTpkjZD6nREk0lYPgzUY/s1062/19820100+Down+Budd+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Wherever the Daylight goes, the Riverina Express follows (or precedes, can't remember which). So here is a little DEB goodness. Bit of an eclectic mix here, livery wise.</span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8NxEu5c15JXOFmjw3je6BwC7idqk7nsJQIfdqkVU-9SFvpmMYkik1ZgP7QCVn_WTARbHeVbdnJRxOfxlJcaM5NYfekva0CLJCU1BRsR5iMkdpnQTHDsqq3XDhZAlxr5NYBb9MDzUcl4/s1185/19820100+Down+Riverina+Express+DEB+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1185" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8NxEu5c15JXOFmjw3je6BwC7idqk7nsJQIfdqkVU-9SFvpmMYkik1ZgP7QCVn_WTARbHeVbdnJRxOfxlJcaM5NYfekva0CLJCU1BRsR5iMkdpnQTHDsqq3XDhZAlxr5NYBb9MDzUcl4/w512-h300/19820100+Down+Riverina+Express+DEB+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982.JPG" width="512" /></span></a></div><span style="color: white; display: inline !important; font-family: arial; padding: 1em 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmbjwCM8H_EaY2r_sZ2S43FOVY5MhC7bdlYAShE-qDPQMXP7tpPq583Fxj3niFsjEnYLNAxHLAS-EdaA7XUizUoY5vah1dnIPOMP6CzlwuUpHFrfFTqpn2wsXTpkjZD6nREk0lYPgzUY/s1062/19820100+Down+Budd+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; padding: 1em 0px;">Then finally, at approximately 10:50 am or so (the train was scheduled into Wollongong just before 11), a scheduled service with five Budds and a Tulloch making up the down morning South Coast Express.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; display: inline !important; font-family: arial; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmbjwCM8H_EaY2r_sZ2S43FOVY5MhC7bdlYAShE-qDPQMXP7tpPq583Fxj3niFsjEnYLNAxHLAS-EdaA7XUizUoY5vah1dnIPOMP6CzlwuUpHFrfFTqpn2wsXTpkjZD6nREk0lYPgzUY/s1062/19820100+Down+Budd+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="692" data-original-width="1062" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEmbjwCM8H_EaY2r_sZ2S43FOVY5MhC7bdlYAShE-qDPQMXP7tpPq583Fxj3niFsjEnYLNAxHLAS-EdaA7XUizUoY5vah1dnIPOMP6CzlwuUpHFrfFTqpn2wsXTpkjZD6nREk0lYPgzUY/w512-h333/19820100+Down+Budd+set+Bellambi+Jan+1982+PVC.JPG" width="512" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Phil was pretty good at giving details on the back of his photos but this one he missed. Anyway its 42212 on an air-conditioned passenger somewhere in NSW or Victoria.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRzHEstaK1fZqAVHuvzplxIFDYvBhZOmSay_KZaMLV46X7phpP3FJybKyO-TtT1bVDFC-lT-xwrl6TZdU4XZVoS0rrEKNyRehrgpv8A62sQbOuGLEapPIyPsdNGh1UaKC2LeVdz5Rr98/s1377/19820000U+42212+passenger+early+1980s+PVC.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1377" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhRzHEstaK1fZqAVHuvzplxIFDYvBhZOmSay_KZaMLV46X7phpP3FJybKyO-TtT1bVDFC-lT-xwrl6TZdU4XZVoS0rrEKNyRehrgpv8A62sQbOuGLEapPIyPsdNGh1UaKC2LeVdz5Rr98/w512-h313/19820000U+42212+passenger+early+1980s+PVC.JPG" width="512" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Anyway, back to watching the creek rise.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Cheers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">Don</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-24200841340040733362020-07-01T23:13:00.002-07:002020-07-01T23:16:38.180-07:00Best laid plans go astray - Part I<font face="arial">I am an avid collector of railway plans. Yes, another foible.</font><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">Over the years I have enjoyed getting a musty piece of bond paper or a blue print, four cans of tomato soup (to pin the rolled paper to a flat surface, of course), and then poring over it.</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">One of the two most exciting days of my life was about 20 years ago when I walked </font><span style="font-family: arial;">into a second hand shop to find this battered canister sitting forlornly in a corner.</span></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BdvKVq3MwQdGpji7Gp2Wvz1e9mxo_1-hPbk-KVlNJsAnKE2N8qOtM8y2VNonkP5ShyhhmxsgzAcVSoNeDGRk1KO08jcN1AM_vgzRpAZu8Km0x5EwXJlifmt-2utn4B_3zDD6mXzsZ40/s4032/Photo+2-7-20%252C+3+53+15+pm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1BdvKVq3MwQdGpji7Gp2Wvz1e9mxo_1-hPbk-KVlNJsAnKE2N8qOtM8y2VNonkP5ShyhhmxsgzAcVSoNeDGRk1KO08jcN1AM_vgzRpAZu8Km0x5EwXJlifmt-2utn4B_3zDD6mXzsZ40/w300-h400/Photo+2-7-20%252C+3+53+15+pm.jpg" width="300" /></font></a></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">Yes, now it sits at my front door, alongside an equally battered Tasma radio and a pair of battered school shoes.</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">Closer inspection of that canister revealed the writing on the top as follows:</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZA7B_G8kihCkLUKEHc6orzkeL_BR4YQVCZZTyjcTpJBdGrrJVQpetRAj6l9OWRRfvQlSXHIZK5t4IPeQDvZAks28zJUUyIyS59X8tKrDLgtU1GHEBKo0wVUjPYTXs7t4U-pSHCBGUNA/s4032/Photo+2-7-20%252C+3+53+24+pm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyZA7B_G8kihCkLUKEHc6orzkeL_BR4YQVCZZTyjcTpJBdGrrJVQpetRAj6l9OWRRfvQlSXHIZK5t4IPeQDvZAks28zJUUyIyS59X8tKrDLgtU1GHEBKo0wVUjPYTXs7t4U-pSHCBGUNA/w480-h640/Photo+2-7-20%252C+3+53+24+pm.jpg" width="480" /></font></a></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">Sadly, the canister was empty. But the second most exciting day happened when I walked into another second hand shop on another day to find a plan of the NSWGR's Eveleigh precinct, showing the planned destruction of the remainder of a once-great steam locomotive depot in order to build AcDep (the depot to service air conditioned cars).</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">There are not enough tomato soup tins in existence to show you this plan, but it is curled up in the aforementioned canister, waiting to travel to a certain railway museum once I have shuffled off this earth.</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">But enough of that - back to plans. I like plans a great deal because I can't draw a straight line. There is great skill in producing 2 dimensional rendering of 3D objects. And the Australian Model Railway Magazine (AMRM) and Motive Power magazine have published some very good plans. </font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">What follows is an incomplete list, covering the plans of interest to me from the first 20 volumes of the AMRM (which are now available on CD) and selected issues of Motive Power. I am not reproducing the plans here - that breaches copyright and is an insult to the work/art of the drafters. But the following information may help someone track down a plan for modelling or enjoyment.</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><div><br /></div><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 772px;">
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<td class="xl63" height="20" style="height: 15pt; width: 70pt;" width="93"><font face="arial"><b>Type</b></font></td>
<td class="xl64" style="width: 167pt;" width="223"><font face="arial"><b>Classification</b></font></td>
<td class="xl63" style="width: 76pt;" width="101"><font face="arial"><b>Locatio<font size="2">n</font></b></font></td>
<td class="xl63" style="width: 76pt;" width="101"><font face="arial" size="2"><b>VOL</b></font></td>
<td class="xl63" style="width: 48pt;" width="64"><font face="arial" size="2"><b>Alt class</b></font></td>
<td class="xl63" style="width: 143pt;" width="190"><font face="arial" size="2"><b>Comment</b></font></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">AB90</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">119</font></td>
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<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ACM</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">93</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ACM</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">93</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ACS</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">80</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">AF</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">218</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">107</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BI</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">57</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BS</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">67</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CCA</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">135</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">DCC</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">214</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">752 AND 753</font></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">117</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">107</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">107</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FO</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">57</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FS</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">66</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FZ 165</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">57</font></td>
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<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">HFH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">110</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">HFH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">110</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">HLF</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">23</font></td>
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<td></td>
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<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">KAM</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">236</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">LFA</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">23</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">LLB</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">23</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MAL</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">158</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">PFH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">110</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">RBH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">110</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">RDH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">113</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">RFH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">110</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Carriage</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">TAM</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">83</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">20</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">55</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">40</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">51</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">41</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">71</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">42</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">78</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">43</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">43</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">45</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">164</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">45</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">1</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">46</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">40</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">47</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">116</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">49</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">109</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">49</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">70</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">72</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">95</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">73</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">93</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">421</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">91</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">422</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">92</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">442</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">442</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">600</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">169</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">700</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">109</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">930</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">87</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">AIS 1012HP</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">118</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">B</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">137</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CL</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">85</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CR</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">122</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GM1</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">104</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GM12</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">89</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GMI</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">203</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GMIII</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">203</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GMIII</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">203</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GMIV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">203</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">NR</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">221</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">S</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">85</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">X</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">107</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">X100</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">127</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">X200</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">131</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">X200</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">60</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Y</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">106</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">U Boat</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">82</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Bridge - road overpass</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">65</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Bridge - trestle</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">116</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Coal Stage - Merriwa</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">156</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Goods Shed - G1b</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">146</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Goods Shed - Gwabegar</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">117</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Goods Shed - Menangle</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">88</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Goods Shed - Newbridge</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">75</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Goods shed - Sutherland</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">70</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Goods shed - Waterfall</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">110</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Hotel - Railway Hotel</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">82</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Oil gantry - Aubur</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">84</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">S016</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">170</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">S024</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">170</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Shed - Gangers' shed - Berry</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">233</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Shed - Out of - Yass</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">159</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Signal Box - Cox's Gap</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">141</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Signal box - Loftus Junction</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">142</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Signal Box - Tarcutta</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">141</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Signal Box - Tumulla</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">97</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Signal Box - Wattamondara</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">141</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Signal Box - Wingen</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">141</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Station - Clergate</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">82</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Turntable - 105' twin span</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">164</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Turntable - 50' steel</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">118</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Turntable - 60' cast iron</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">126</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Turntable - 60' Steel</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">133</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Turntable - 75' standard</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">138</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Turntable - 90' twin span</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">145</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Water tank - Abury</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">7</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Water tank - Gosford</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">7</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Infrastructure</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Water tank - Holbrook</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">7</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">19</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">15</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">20</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">57</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">30</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">14</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">36</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">31</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">38</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">23</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">57</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">15</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">58</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">77</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">1021</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">43</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Hawthorne Lesley</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">228</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">7' Luffing Crane</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">N69</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">130</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Q158</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">162</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Shay - C class</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">160</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">SMR 10 class</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">102</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">South Bulli 4</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">98</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Tender - 3650 gallon</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">153</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Tender - LO32</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">118</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Tender - standard turret</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">90</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Locomotive</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Tender - Z16</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">141</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">400</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">62</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">400</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">226</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CPH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">25</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CPH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">35</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GT</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">73</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">PHB</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">7</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Tram - F class</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">74</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Railcar</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Tram - R class</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">38</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">8300</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">102</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BHG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">34</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BHG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">77</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CHG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">54</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">EHO</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">27</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">HG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">28</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">LHG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">73</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MHG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">21</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">PFH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">107</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">PHG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">120</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Van</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">SHG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">34</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Ashbury Cattle Wagon</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">180</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">1862 & 1890 types</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">B</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">114</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BBW</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">20</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BCW</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">74</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BD</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">206</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BDS</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">206</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BDY</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">181</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BKG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">101</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BKX</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">137</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BMT1</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">94</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BMT12</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">94</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BPV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">101</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BSV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">195</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BSV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">74</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BWF</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">185</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">BWH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">49</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CDY</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">96</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">177</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CH</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">47</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CKF</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">86</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CME</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">197</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CW</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">30</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CW</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">71</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">CW</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">91</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Elephant wagon</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">D</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">170</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">DKG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">98</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ELX</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">171</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ELX</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">111</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ESSO Oil Tanker</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">216</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Car 14</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ESSO Oil Tanker</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">216</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Car 15</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FME</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">3</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FME</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">224</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">FMW</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">154</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">G</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">143</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GP</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">143</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GSV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">30</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">HLX</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">226</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">HME</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">190</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">HMX</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">190</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">ICV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">235</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">K</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">115</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">K</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">234</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">K wagon water tank</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">84</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">KKG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">101</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">L</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">42</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">L 797</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">88</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">LCL</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">7</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MCV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">93</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MKG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">99</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MLE</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">187</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MLE</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">3</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MLE</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">26</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MLV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">115</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MRC</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">139</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">MRC</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">18</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">NCMF</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">197</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">NMKX</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">137</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">NODY</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">181</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">NOEF</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">177</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">NRWF</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">154</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Robertson Private Colliery Hopper</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">180</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">RU</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">147</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">RU</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">28</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">S</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">191</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">5 types</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">S</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">192</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">3 types</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">SCA</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">194</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">5000 gallon</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Shell tanker</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">104</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Shunter's float L415</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">58</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">SKG</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">99</font></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Wagon</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">Sleeper</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">192</font></td>
<td></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">4wheel</font></td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;">
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">11</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">96</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">198</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">37</font></td>
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<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">U</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">234</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">3</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">71</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">89</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">AMRM</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">188</font></td>
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<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">47</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">36</font></td>
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<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">35</font></td>
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<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">5000</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">421</font></td>
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<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">A</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">34</font></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">B</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">34</font></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">VL</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">52</font></td>
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<td height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><font face="arial" size="2">Diesel-Electric</font></td>
<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">XRB</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">45</font></td>
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<td class="xl65"><font face="arial" size="2">GLV/TLV</font></td>
<td><font face="arial" size="2">Motive Power</font></td>
<td align="right"><font face="arial" size="2">30</font></td>
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</tr></tbody></table></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><br /></div></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-15782020465507991142020-06-09T04:19:00.000-07:002020-06-09T04:20:20.353-07:00The black diamond<font face="arial">Thirty two years ago today (9 June 1988) I have recorded as the first time that 85 class locos worked into the Illawarra on a coal train. On that day, 8501, 8509, 8504 and 8503 worked 9K55 coal to Port Kembla Inner Harbour. I can't quite remember who informed me of this trivia (it was probably the Digest), but I wrote it down just for a time like now.</font><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">85s were infrequent visitors to the South Coast - especially when compared to their electric cousins the 86 class and electric grandfathers, the 46s. This is my excuse for having so few photos of them on the Coast. But here is one about to be there... 8506, 8501 and 8502 at Waterfall on another coalie in 1993.</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">Happy anniversary!</font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UOtKrnVi4EdGh3JEnHCiSXocPtDyrBLLVhqVJSksRJZInOiGJOr_L4ysBSjh5L2vH2qHQHI5jvuRWxHWa0Vzk2joWMmAA28Jgs_3vjDEb55Fm1zPD8iqrJzpSQZfKK4uIE7RV7k0kP4/s1569/1993MP048+8506%252C+8501+%2526+8502+at+Waterfall+on+coal+1993.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><font face="arial"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1569" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UOtKrnVi4EdGh3JEnHCiSXocPtDyrBLLVhqVJSksRJZInOiGJOr_L4ysBSjh5L2vH2qHQHI5jvuRWxHWa0Vzk2joWMmAA28Jgs_3vjDEb55Fm1zPD8iqrJzpSQZfKK4uIE7RV7k0kP4/w640-h434/1993MP048+8506%252C+8501+%2526+8502+at+Waterfall+on+coal+1993.jpg" width="640" /></font></a></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial">Cheers,</font></div><div><font face="arial">Don</font></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-3211110350798500072020-06-03T00:49:00.000-07:002020-06-03T00:49:04.683-07:00IMRA's first major model railway<font face="arial" size="2">So, here is a bit of change of pace (and scale).</font><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Moving from the 1:1 to the 1:87, I thought I would post a few sides taken around the Illawarra Model Railway Association's (IMRA's) first major model railway, located at the Wollongong Police Boys Club.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">The IMRA club layout was a spaghetti plate of tracks, as was typical of the time. Sharp curves, heinous inclines and action everywhere. The layout was scenicked in a European/US style, also typical of the time. And while as a kid I thought it was huge, it was all squeezed into a single, modest room at the Club.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">The layout was a basic double loop (half was hidden under a mountain as staging). An out & back dog leg formed the other part of the layout on the lower level, while a branchline left the main station and made its way up and around the walls to a terminus.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Several of these shots were taken in the late 1960s, where we liked too over-expose photos.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7yr7RpuTlAXuzh_j6wmpBxpM5Ld-wAqdaDmx5qBC8ruNAcbTZjLBiOWfyCt0bICX3tDLdt-U22wbdGMXzZNtTIpcCIGG82K2ByQIoVq-uqczymJ3MLVVHcixrPIEr96G5yC6hGR8sqg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd7yr7RpuTlAXuzh_j6wmpBxpM5Ld-wAqdaDmx5qBC8ruNAcbTZjLBiOWfyCt0bICX3tDLdt-U22wbdGMXzZNtTIpcCIGG82K2ByQIoVq-uqczymJ3MLVVHcixrPIEr96G5yC6hGR8sqg/w400-h266/PICT3136.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0O4SRnDfbTKvjNI4xjzxwi8Be22PFeNs61BtaruT1dA_sOisLbwn9TeZ9Of8WurgKZJnfR0GTMbsbKSkLn16nSwCBNIkEWF2EkGUWfRAHf9H9LVU98MInuPEuKpkk1QaeNI0LDgWMfA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0O4SRnDfbTKvjNI4xjzxwi8Be22PFeNs61BtaruT1dA_sOisLbwn9TeZ9Of8WurgKZJnfR0GTMbsbKSkLn16nSwCBNIkEWF2EkGUWfRAHf9H9LVU98MInuPEuKpkk1QaeNI0LDgWMfA/w400-h266/PICT3137.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Shortly before the Association moved out of the premises, Senior Rambler and I snuck down on quiet weekday night. We loaded up the layout with our own rolling stock and fired off the following photos.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Here is an out of focus shot of the main station, showing the turntable at the end of the dog leg. Aisle width was set at squeeeeeezzzzzzzzzy.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqfYu6mY2Dpy0E4bPfLvQ2oBa9fiT8jL5kjXOCB5UH7xvJ_uoyyY5JXJUhMMisuEsVfob60_eCVkkH5L4XV8MoukAzTTG0RbYbBEeA8yym1yS0tr_XKngFc5GQftkfV16FBuVI-0II5I/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDqfYu6mY2Dpy0E4bPfLvQ2oBa9fiT8jL5kjXOCB5UH7xvJ_uoyyY5JXJUhMMisuEsVfob60_eCVkkH5L4XV8MoukAzTTG0RbYbBEeA8yym1yS0tr_XKngFc5GQftkfV16FBuVI-0II5I/w400-h266/PICT3135.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Here is a strangely pitched photo of the south end of the main station, with a brass pig about to pass a near new Lima 38 class on an epoxy CUB set.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXfumKiDIFX0pgTQdMYmfCEAYvg8u5_kae4L4iBQoXmHxYThfrduXZGAgDK6f1qNoF_Im-4o-WA5ma0s83lAtPiyWnE3Ozy_F-0pIXJ8Xuom-zeec3P4_Tksql6eUWqL6SnelrGluaRg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXfumKiDIFX0pgTQdMYmfCEAYvg8u5_kae4L4iBQoXmHxYThfrduXZGAgDK6f1qNoF_Im-4o-WA5ma0s83lAtPiyWnE3Ozy_F-0pIXJ8Xuom-zeec3P4_Tksql6eUWqL6SnelrGluaRg/w400-h266/PICT3134.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">For a short while we turned on the layout lights and killed the room lights. How is this for atmospheric? Almost Cityrail standard. Certainly meets the Cityrail standard of having no trains.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifavKr-ltX1D7V5nuCy3sQFJlQ1gASnFXSZVs7weRitWx6LfVQBtkrUPjJC8QexwRvNWQ03Dk_GDuAYIX7W6C6z1VQd9gtdq5oYh0uO_0gPs3MTPZ7EiFFEzuHkswy_zEzpnIQRLFgsQI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifavKr-ltX1D7V5nuCy3sQFJlQ1gASnFXSZVs7weRitWx6LfVQBtkrUPjJC8QexwRvNWQ03Dk_GDuAYIX7W6C6z1VQd9gtdq5oYh0uO_0gPs3MTPZ7EiFFEzuHkswy_zEzpnIQRLFgsQI/w400-h266/PICT3139.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Here's a semi-focussed shot of the loco depot in the dog leg. No doubt the thrill of seeing a bashed up 58 class made the photographer shake.</span></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7UtvbCgijlrgK4o_M-x9i3mAVsSD2nP-McpA_6LEt5m-p78U9cUOIIi0a5fZQ1BAUkuUZFWeHfB-K9sV8vsTh1Ga9DeZTEx9-yoWVXldFpqpMCcenTKbZkEsIHXkm8zlZ05zfaR4Ocg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7UtvbCgijlrgK4o_M-x9i3mAVsSD2nP-McpA_6LEt5m-p78U9cUOIIi0a5fZQ1BAUkuUZFWeHfB-K9sV8vsTh1Ga9DeZTEx9-yoWVXldFpqpMCcenTKbZkEsIHXkm8zlZ05zfaR4Ocg/w400-h266/PICT3097.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">The branchline was notable for a curved trestle bridge. The same epoxy CUB set has been dragged to the end of the line and is returning, using a Workshop 5 41 class (powered by an AHM mechanism).</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuYL0GyK7JybqW1vxxKhBsMadooA2dMhp-g6k8a9QBfJv5nRHqOMCfWafEqjWHNBYRFyJ57vZRNDp4xNsv5IHkH06h2thwMxUJ8Pf53Qc8URPdZaqWSTL3VseCsYmo8_h7qiqzQC_7eE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2592" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuYL0GyK7JybqW1vxxKhBsMadooA2dMhp-g6k8a9QBfJv5nRHqOMCfWafEqjWHNBYRFyJ57vZRNDp4xNsv5IHkH06h2thwMxUJ8Pf53Qc8URPdZaqWSTL3VseCsYmo8_h7qiqzQC_7eE/w400-h258/5-25-2011_016.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">A better-staged shot of the same bridge was made using a brass 50 class. 5173 was a long time inhabitant of the South Coast, so its sort of poetic.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFIuOgHSu8nNPjCmWKo49l6W1VPmB9ZgBjXC2rfsDZbPluLnujvf0t6ygzm0MWW5VLPuKr08Rr_eXiGBCiAlTiHXXM9TtFwUEq1Bq81DA_ic3OFmrWTVkM_a-MUHsp88ZpJ91Q8wP27Y/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFIuOgHSu8nNPjCmWKo49l6W1VPmB9ZgBjXC2rfsDZbPluLnujvf0t6ygzm0MWW5VLPuKr08Rr_eXiGBCiAlTiHXXM9TtFwUEq1Bq81DA_ic3OFmrWTVkM_a-MUHsp88ZpJ91Q8wP27Y/w400-h266/PICT3100.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">And here is the terminus station, with a set of Freidmont FO cars waiting for the 50 class to stop being a show pony down on the bridge. The left hand side of the photo shows the dog leg yard. </font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivC_UkOSIT8Nr5_VtHv6uI9GkxDAVmU0Zti90nrHkNEWLt9hyPFATkOvmXd77CCHDCNOwQOlm7OWOVRDs6GsFNYKISgw4Eu8fr9DtFzL_hFO8NLfCt-MDPuINdgEzpwjczNnPjYQ9Yrqk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="4608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivC_UkOSIT8Nr5_VtHv6uI9GkxDAVmU0Zti90nrHkNEWLt9hyPFATkOvmXd77CCHDCNOwQOlm7OWOVRDs6GsFNYKISgw4Eu8fr9DtFzL_hFO8NLfCt-MDPuINdgEzpwjczNnPjYQ9Yrqk/w400-h266/PICT3099.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small;">Here is a sneak behind-the-scene peak under the hill. Clearly no one had read the NRMA's standards for access when constructing the layout. 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It was notable for being the heaviest exhibition layout ever. </span></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Back to the big scale and out of the 1970s in the next post.</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2"><br /></font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Cheers,</font></div><div><font face="arial" size="2">Don</font></div><div><br /></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-75648904893949276752020-05-02T23:50:00.001-07:002020-05-02T23:51:17.254-07:00More on the green mogul<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, not Rupert or Twiggy. A real mogul.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About 5 years ago I complained on this blog about the paucity of photos my family had of 2535's time as the Corrimal Colliery shunter. Well, several more have emerged - this time of the visit by 3203 to the Colliery on 14 September 1969. So here they are!</span><br />
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<br />Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647401443762519263noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643186119102226757.post-74636452248844432182020-03-13T23:13:00.002-07:002020-03-21T23:56:49.081-07:00Barraba, a morning's jaunt.<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to its own website, Barraba 'is a lovely little
country town filled with character and friendly people... and is very proud of
its history'.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This series of photos is largely due to a very friendly
driver, who allowed a couple of middle-aged rail nuts to shoot out the front of
his conveyance during the 55 kilometre journey from Tamworth to Barraba and return one
cool winter morning in either 1976 or 1977 (a family debate rages on the timing
of this trip). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It is agreed that this journey was undertaken as
part of a Nurail excursion. For those under 40 years of age, a Nurail ticket
in the 1970s and 1980s permitted the holder near-unlimited travel
across the NSW rail & bus network for a relatively modest fee.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was, in any terms, a bargain. And our Photographer sure knows bargains.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Turning first to the steed - HPC402 - humming away in the dock at Tamworth. I suspect this photograph was taken <i>after </i>the trip to Barraba as the early morning sun is absent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I am pretty sure I have posted this photograph previously, but I have fiddled with it a bit to get more light onto the side of the train.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cheers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Don</span></div>
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