TRAIN SIGHTINGS FROM THE 1980s

21-7-84

7310       Sydney Terminal
7340       Sydney Yard (shunting)
48125     Strathfield
48129     Blacktown (shunt trip)
4623       Valley Heights (Depot)
623 723  Lithgow Yard
DP102    Lithgow
4480, 4902, 4902   Lithgow Loco 12.30
1072       Zig Zag Railway
4630 4623  Valley Heights (Depot)


15-8-1984

8615      Sydney Terminal
4608      Sydney Terminal (18.25 to Bathurst and Mudgee)
8614      Sydney Terminal (Platform 6)
733/633   Sydney Terminal (arrived 18.11 from Illawarra)
T3740 and C3740  Blue and white single decks noted at Central station.

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North Sydney Depot
3991-Last with Revesby Bus and Coach. Now scrapped.
1765-Preserved, Sydney Bus Museum collection.
3822-Scrapped, Last with Crossley Bus Lines

7343 would later go on to be one of only two 73 class in the Red Terror livery.

Sandown was once a busy industrial branch line serving many businesses. Today it is closed, but left intact for now. The fuel sidings here closed with the cessation of all fuel services on the tracks of New South Wales.

Following the events of 1987, the locomotives at Chullora were no longer allowed to hold Xmas parties.

4438 and 4422 are seen stored at Junee. Both have since gone to god.

Delec turntable was always worthy of an inspection on a weekend. All sorts of locos were noted around it over the years.
Of course, those days when it was filled up with quality ALCo products, well they were by far the best. It was not hard to send more than five hours prowling up and down tracks, getting close to locomotives, without the worry of railfan Nazis waiting to pounce faster than a cat on a blind mouse.
Great days of the hobby, days that are now long gone.