DELEC LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT PT8

 

Thanks to those who have sent their thoughts on the Delec series. What was only going to be a few posts, looks set to reach part 10.

If you have any Delec documents that we can add, I would very much like to hear from you. Surely I can't be the only person who hoards paperwork souveniers :-)

10-4-1993 - Not All Locos Listed

42217

4489

4889

4907 4910

8161 8174

8602 8636 8637 8650

Note: 4910 #1 end underframe bent down. Numbers gone, damage to one side of cab.

29-1-1996 

42203c 42212 42216 42220o

4401rtw

44211frw 44212cw 44215frw 44222cw

4803 4848c 4852 4855 4857c 4878rt 48123 48129c 48135

4901g 4905g 4910w 4911w 4914c 4917o

8001 8006o 8010 8014 8017 8029 8035 8038r

8102 8112 8125 8138 8140 8144 8146 8148 8162 8170c 8173 8178 8180 8183

8236

Wheel Lathe: 42205

8029: fr with bicentennial panel.

8133 is operational with Pacific National.

26-2-1996 

42205 42211 42212c 42215 42216c 42220o

44222c

4806rt 4818rt 4828r 4830o 4835 4837rt 48101rt 48137 48158 48162c

4904o 4906 4910 4917

8001 8007 8008 8013 8015 8023o 8034 8036r 8050

8130 8157 8164 8181

8201

8638

New Blue: 4889

9-4-1996 

42208c 42209 42213c 42214

4401

4806rt 4828r 4890rt

8010 8012 8017 8022 8035 8036r 8042 8049

8118 8139 8153 8174 8180

8219 8223

G520

Hope Street: 4809rw 4812rtw 4842cw 4918c

New Blue: 4846

8140 remains in service with Pacific National, while 4855 has not been so lucky, being subsequently scrapped.

42220 can be spotted in the background, she is now FL220 and owned by Watco Australia. Today she is to be found on the other side of Australia.

30-4-1996 

42218

44209 44212c

4818rt 4849 4882rt 48123 48152

4903c

8040 8041r 8046r

8110 8112 8164 8175 8178 8179 8182

8230 8231 8236 8242

20-5-1996 

42208c 42213 42214

44222c

4882rt 4891 48122 48138c     48139c 48162c

8005 8006o 8024 8026 8029 8030 8033r 8035 8037 8045 8046r 8050

8147 8181

G518v G520v

Named: 4806rt (Bruce)

New Blue: 4891

First 48 with A/C: 48138c

8116 remains in service with Pacific National

1-10-1996 

42105c

42207 42208c 42209 42215

4818rt 4837rt 4846 4855 4888 4890 4891 48111 48121 48136

8032 8050

8118 8132 8134 8146 8170 8178

8228 8233

Withdrawn: 4804rt 4812rt 4842c 4905g 8029

Preserved: 4401

Note: 42105 was in Casino by 21-10-1996

2-11-1996

42208c  42212  42214  42215    42216c 42219

44204fr 44209fr

4622o 4625c

4803fr 4805rtw 4806rt 4828r 4837rt 4841 4851 4887 4892 48130 48132 48136

4903c 4908c 4909c 4916c 4918c

8015 8023o

8105 8116 8121 8135 8141 8151 8164 8180 8182

8226

G523v

Note: 4887 fitted with air conditioning

4454 and bicentennial liveried 8604 sitting at Hope Street.

Both locomotives have gone to god.

4-11-1996 - Liveries Where Noted

42201fr   42206fr   42211fr    42213c   42214fr    42215fr 42220o

4622o 4625c

4812rt 4818rt 4837rt 4849 4851fr 4890fr

4909c 4910fr 4916c 4918c

8001fr 8007fr 8011fr 8012fr 8013o 8017fr 8022fr 8027o 8029 8033r 8049fr

8105 8128 8142 8153 8157 8160 8162 8170 8175 8178

8233

24-11-1996 - Liveries Where Noted

44212c

4806fr 4841c 4851 4855fr 4890fr 48124fr  48125    48134c 48135fr     48137fr

4910fr 4912c 4914c 4917o

8005fr 8010fr

8158fr 8169fr 8172fr

8221fr 8247fr

8508fr

Departure Road: 4401+44222+4904 (DT181/T182)

G518

Withdrawn: 4804rt 4809r 4823rt 4622o 4625c

NOTE: 48137 now fitted with air conditioning

4819 is still operational with Sydney Trains.

8-12-1996 - Liveries Where Noted

42201fr 42208c 42209fr 42212fr

4622ow 4625cw

4805rtw 4806fr 4809rw    4812rt     4828r    4841c 4842cw      4886fr 4888fr 4889fr 4890fr 4891fr

4901g 4902gw       4903c 4904o 4905gw      4908c 4910fr 4914c

8015fr 8029frw 8041r 8050fr

8111 8120 8170 8174 8182fr

8201fr 8211fr

G523v

Departure Road: 44222+44212 (likely for T182)

11-4-1997 - Liveries Where Noted

Not all locos noted.

42207fr

4401o

4806fr 4812* 4891fr

8008 8013 8018

8129fr 8172fr

8634fr

NOTES: * 4812 painted in yellow and black livery (Cargills CAR1)

14-6-1997 - Liveries Where Noted

42201fr 42205fr 42207fr 42215fr 42217

4804rt 4806fr 4866fr 48127fr 48135fr 48165fr

4904o 4917o

8005fr 8007 8010 8011 8029fr 8031 8036r

8110 8115 8130 8133 8134 8146 8153 8170

8222fr

Preserved: 4401o

Stored: 4821o 4818rt 4828r 4837rt 4841c 4842c 4905g 8014fr 8016o 8018fr

6-9-1997 - Liveries Where Noted

42220o

4837rt 4841c 4854fr 4870fr 4874fr 4881fr 4882fr 4897fr 48142fr

Withdrawn: 4805rt 4818rt 4828r 4842c 4909c 4917o 8003o 8005fr 8007fr 8008 8011fr 8019o 8029fr 8031fr 8036r

Departure Road: 48132+48117+48135 8118 8172fr 8178fr

Preserved: 4401o

NOTES: 4904o shunting 621/721

15-11-1997 - Liveries Where Noted

42210fr 42220o

44212c

4854 48164fr

8157

8251

Withdrawn: 4823 4830 4841 4916 8008 8011 8014 8021 8029 8037

Wheel Lathe: 9006fr 8646fr

NOTES: 4806 Depot shunter.

21-2-1998 - Liveries Where Noted

42203c

44212c 44222cw

4852 4855 4860 4867 4872 4881 48106 48114 48119 48121 48130 48150 48156

4910

8101 8109 8115 8121 8124 8129 8140 8145 8163 8166 8183

8203 8215 8218 8245 8250

Withdrawn: 4818 4841 4842 8008 8021

Preserved: 4638

Hope Street: 4805 4809 4902 4905 4917 8001

4804 4830 4835 (All with engines removed)

4815 is currently operational with Southern Shorthaul, but wearing the John Holland livery. 
She is currently numbered 48s34, a number first received during her time owned by Silverton Rail.

21-12-1998 - Liveries Where Noted

42203c  42219   42220o

4806fr 48116 48124 48145

4903cw

8025

8105 8107 8117 8165 8175

Withdrawn: 44201 44207 4908 4918 8014 8029 8031 8503 8620 8648

Wheel Lathe: 4904o

Preserved: 44211 (for RTM Thirlmere)

2-4-1999 - Liveries Where Noted

8003o 8026 8047

PL1 PL2

** PL detail shots for Continental Modeller. At Night.

24-4-1999 - Liveries Where Noted

42203c

8027o

9030

RSA: 4819 4827

15-5-1999 - Liveries Where Noted

4806

9020

BHP: D49

8130 and 8177 remain is service with Pacific National, while 4910, after being CFCLA KL81 for some years, has now gone on to be part of the Southern Shorthaul fleet.
Note 10-4-1993 (above), where I noted 4910 having damage to underframe and cab side.

1-7-1999 - Liveries Where Noted

4806 48109

8004 8035

8163

Hope Street: 4804 4805 4809 4830 4902 4905 4909 4917

 Hunter heavyweight, 9020, is seen at Delec for wheel lathe attention. All the class would have visited for wheel attention, these visits being the only time they were seen in Sydney.
After a period in storage, 9020 was recently transferred to Cardiff for stripping and, according to initial reports, scrapping. However, recent reports suggest the future may be a little different.

We shall wait and see.

 8172 still roams the rails, nowadays owned by Pacific National.

 4806 was the depot shunter for many years. At one stage it was named BRUCE, apparently after a worker at the depot and not the legendary Bruce Cook (that was seriously a rumour).

I only just noticed while compiling this that the BRUCE was later removed from the illuminated number board area, reverting to just 4806, while still named.

Today 4806 is believed to be owned by Sydney Ports and there has been talk of it going on display at some stage. 

4820 was at Junee Railway Workshops for a rebuild (never completed).It is thought that much of it is still there.

8001 sits at Hope Street, showing the signs of a rather severe collision. She would soon be heading for scrap.

4827 still in operation with Sydney Trains.

4809 on a passenger car transfer.
Below there is a photo of her a few years later, stripped and just behind that small dirt mound in the background.

4843 was initially sold to Silverton Rail, but is now 48s35 with SSR.

 The historic 4801 has long been stored as part of Transport Heritage NSW. More recently it was in store at Broadmeadow.

Recent rumours suggest that it is/has been scrapped.

4836 now owned by Junee Railway Workshops.

4839 now scrapped.

4807 preserved operational by THNSW.

4803 preserved operational by THNSW.

4814 now owned by Junee Railway Workshops.

4802 scrapped.

4816 now owned by Junee Railway Workshops.

4822 now preserved by the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum.

4809 scrapped, not surprisingly.

4810 also scrapped.

DELEC LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT PT7

 

21-11-1993 (Note: All Candy Unless Noted)

42203c 42209fr 42212fr 42214fr 42215fr 42216c 42217c 42218fr 42219fr 42220o
4405c 4456rt 4461c 4479rt
4605o 4613 4617 4622 4627 4629 4636 4638
4803fr 4806rt 4810rt 4814o 4817o 4819o 4824rt 4829r 4830o 4833c

4836g 4838c 4843c 4845rt 4846c 4847c 4848c 4850c 4853c 4884o 4887o 4889 4891c 4898fr
48100fr    48101rt   48103   48104fr 48134

4901g 4903c 4904o 4905g 4906rt 4907 4908 4910fr 4911fr 4912c

4914c 4918c
7350
8154 8157 8158 8159 8163 8170 8176 8181fr 8183fr
8603 8613 8615 8619b 8621 8624 8635 8638 8642 8643

8646
Withdrawn: 4640c
Departure Rd: 8175+8166+4458   4909+4913   42205+42208   4823+4812+4821   4916

28-11-1993 (Note: All Candy Unless Noted)

42203 42208

4403fr 4405 4461 4485rt

4603 4610 4611 4613 4614 4617 46210 4622o 4624fr 4627fr

4802rt 4810rt 4811rt 4814o 4816o 4820o 4821o 4824rt 4825r 4834rt

4836g 4848 4850 4886 4889 4891 4897rt 48100fr 48103

4901g 4902g 4910 4911fr 4912c 4917o 4918c

8002o 8024fr

8130 8159 8161 8166 8174 8176

8507fr

8628 8632 8633 8643

Shed: 4405 4492 4837rt 4849 4903 4905g 4909 4913 42213

42215 8005

44238 8177

New Paint: 42214fr

Withdrawn: 4640

Departure Rd: 4904+4907   8150+8162   42214

Hope Street: 7311 7345 C3932 T4104 D4037 C3984

26-12-1993 Boxing Day (Note: All Candy Unless Noted)

42202 42204 42205 42210fr     42211fr 42212fr     42216 42217

4401rt 4405 4427rt 4446o 4456rt 4463 4465 4468o 4489rt 4499

4607fr 4611 4617 4629 4630fr 4638 4639rt

4803fr 4806rt 4809r 4811 4812rt 4815rt 4818rt 4820o 4822o 4823rt 4825r 4826r 4828r 4832r 4833 4834rt 4836g 4838

4842 4847 4850 4888rt 4890rt 4891 4892rt 4895rt 4898fr 48100fr   48103

4901g 4902g 4903 4904o 4906rt 4907 4909 4910fr 4911fr 4913

4914 4916 4917 4918

8010b 8005o 8043r

8149 8153fr 8161 8164 8166 8169 8171 8172fr 8173 8177fr

8179fr 8180

8604fr 8614 8619b 8629 8639 8646

New Blue: 8153

Out Of Action: 4466 4467 4469 4640 4897rt 7350o

Departure Road: 8154+8176+8175

2-1-1994

Not a complete listing of attending locos.

Departure Road: 4905+4901+4911+4910 (For Pt Kembla)

11-1-1994

Not a complete listing of attending locos.

4454 4463 4464 4470

4611

4809 4813rt 4848 4856 4886o

8022

8149 8164 8174

8619

G517v G520v

8-2-1994

Not a complete listing of attending locos.

42207 42218

4427

4810rt 4834rt 4836g 4843 4850 4853 4857 4898fr 48140fr

4907

8164

3-3-1994

Not a complete listing of attending locos.

42214

4466 4470

4604 4611

4814o 4838

4905g 4914

8046

8152 8155 8168 8177 8178

5-3-1994

Not a complete listing of attending locos.

42205 42214

4401rt 4448rt 4463

4604o 4606fr 4614 4625

4807fr 4827 4857 4886o 48135

4901g 4904o

7350

8169 8170 8174 8175 8177fr 8179 8180

G517v G525v

New Blue: 8157

10-4-1994 (All Locomotives Candy Unless Specified)

42207fr 42209fr 42210fr 42211fr 42212fr 42213 42216 42217

4448rt 4451 4464rt 4469rt 4471rt 4472 4484rt 4498rt

4514 4533w

4603o 4606fr 4612fr 4614 4623 4627fr 4628 4630fr

4801rt 4809r 4810rt 4811 4813rt 4818rt 4824rt 4830o 4831o 4836g

4838 4844 4847 4848 4855fr 4857 4892rt 48100fr

4902g 4903 4904o 4905g 4906rt 4907 4908 4909 4910fr 4911fr

4912 4913 4914 4916

8167fr 8175fr 8177fr 8179 8180

8603 8613 8625 8626fr 8628 8630 8633 8635 8637 8638

8646

C504v

Stripped: 4405

Out Of Service: 4427 4640

Departure Road: 4498+4826+8184+8170+8175 (For 7BM4. Though doubtful that the ALCos would be joining them.

10-6-1994

Not a complete listing of attending locos.

42206 42213

4621 4630 4640w

10-6-1994 - 22.30

Not a complete listing of attending locos.

42203

4830 4833 48101

4913

8116 8146

11-6-1994 (NOTE: All Candy Unless Noted)

42202 42203 42204 42205 42211fr      42212fr 42213 42217 42219fr

4446o 4454rt 4486

4611 4614

4806rt 4809r 4817o 4820o 4826r 4829r 4833 4835o 4845rt 4852

4886o 4891 4892rt 48102fr     48104fr 48144

4902g 4906rt 4916 4917o 4918

8138fr 8147 8150fr 8172fr 8173 8181fr 8183fr

8507fr

Withdrawn: 4401 4405 4427 4438 4448 4451 4464 4467 4469 4470

4471 4473

12-6-1994 (NOTE: All Candy Unless Noted)

11:00am

42204 42219

4446 4486 (Photo session on turntable)

4611 4614

4805rt 4807fr 4817o 4827 4833 4835r 4837 4838 4845rt 4852

4855fr 4857 4886 4891 4892 48102fr      48103 48104fr

4901g 4918

8004o 8014o 8015 8027o

8138 8150fr 8152 8155fr 8156 8162 8172fr 8173 8183fr

8506fr

8650

C504

Withdrawn: 4401 4405 4427 4438 4448 4451 4464 4467 4469 4470

4473

12-6-1994 (NOTE: All Candy Unless Noted)

22:29am (Not a complete listing of attending locos.)

42203

4901

8165 8171 8173 8184

Departure Road: 4486+4446 (DM45 ballast for North Shore line)

8162+8155 4908 8163 4913+4826+4823+4809 (4913 to go to Gunnedah)

15-6-1994 - Morning

(Not a complete listing of attending locos)

42207fr

4403fr

4613 4639

4807 4831

4906rt 4907c

8128 8140

8610

G518

15-6-1994 - 16:26

(Not a complete listing of attending locos)

42217

4403fr

4609 4621 4628 4630fr

4809fr

4902g

8015

8155 8162 8171 8172 8180

G518

Departure Road:4848+42218 4888+4461

17-6-1994

(Not a complete listing of attending locos)

42214 42215

4834 4890

4902g

8043r

8112 8179

17-6-1994 - 16:53

(Not a complete listing of attending locos)

42203

4468o 4472c 4479rt

4803fr 4806rt 4826r 4849c

4902g 4918c

8043r

8147 8171

G523v

Departure Road: 4472+4479 (for 2227)

Hope Street Night: G523 ex Delec 17:18

8147 8175 ex Delec 17:15

4823 4826 ex Delec17:43

4472 4479 ex Delec for 2227 18:07

4843 4811 ex Delec 18.38

4621 4626 4614 ex Delec to Enfield Yard 18:52

8112 8159 ex Delec 19:50

19-6-1994 (Candy unless noted)

42203 42204 42205 42206fr 42211fr      42217 42219fr

4468o 4472 4479rt

4603o 4609 4613 4616 4639rt

4801rt 4805rt 4809r 4811 4819o 4823rt 4824 4826r 4828r 4833

4837rt 4842 4843 4849 4890rt 4891 4896rt 4897rt 4898fr 48104fr

4902g 4903 4905g 4906rt 4909 4911fr 4912 4914 4916 4917o

8010fl 8043r

8102fr 8143 8144 8146 8151 8152 8153fr 8156 8157 8163fr

8169 8171 8173 8180 8183fr

8508fr

8602fr 8607 8613 8618 8620 829 8634

G523

Departure Road: 42213      4806 4810 4857 4908    8157+8146 (7AS2)

Withdrawn: 4401rt 4405 4427 4438 4451 4464rt 4466 4469rt 4640

28-8-1995 - All Freightrail Blue Unless Stated.

42201 42205 42212 42216

4857c 4859c 4890rt 48132fr 48137c 48140fr

4905g

8026 8049

8175

8219 8222

G519v G520v

Hope Street: 4804rtw 4823rtw   4835ow

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Victorian C504 keeps 4831 company.
The C class is still with us, but 4831 was scrapped while still in her original Indian Red livery (seen here).

8045 undergoing repair at Delec.
Today, 8045 is scrapped, as are 8001 and 8034 below.

The damage that saw 8001 withdrawn is readily apparent in this shot at Hope Street.

4401 has a peak inside the shed.

This 'World Series' ALCo was one of the lucky one's, having gone on to preservation. Even though that is now as a static display at the Junee Roundhouse Museum.

A couple of shots from my earliest Delec visits.

8156 was only a few years old when this shot was taken, and she is still with us to this day.

48127 is one of the fast dwindling number of 48 class (ALCo DL531) still in existence.
A recent status update can be found HERE.

They look similar, but they aren't.

8650 was a trial tri-bo locomotive, having three sets of 4 wheel bogies. The rest of the class, 8601-8649, all having the more standard six wheel bogies.
8650 has thankfully been preserved by the 'Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum', while 8615 is now believed to be running around the streets of Incheon in South Korea as a 2004 model Hyundai.

Delec looking north.

19th August 1986

Two locomotives that are still with us around 35 years later.

7344 would latter be painted in a metro version of this livery, with the Indian Red replaced with an attractive light green. She is owned by 'Transport Heritage NSW' and was recently placed in the care of 'The Railmotor Society' who, regretfully, decided to paint it back in to the Indian Red livery above.
48161 is owned by Pacific National.

A rather new G520 in Enfield yard.
She be with Pacific National also.

Former MRC, W2841 is now presumed to be scrapped.

Time was fast running out for the 44 class and many of our nights were spent around Delec and Hope Street witnessing their final movements.

4486 is another 44 that has made it into preservation.

4479, not that you can easily tell. Locomotive has since been scrapped.

Poor old 4405 also got the chop.

The famous David Henderson paying his respects to these workhorses.

4451 as since gone to god.

Class leader 4401 again.

Well there ya go. This was planned to be the last in the series, that was until yesterday when a heap more Delec notes were uncovered. 

There are still hundreds of Delec shots gradually coming forth as I go through box after box of photos. For this I humbly apologise.

So I am afraid that you will be forced to endure more down the 'track'.

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Want to go on a fascinating steam train tour to a location that has not seen a steam locomotive for decades.
We still have a few seats available on our May 15th trip to Boree Creek.
Email Greg Stock for further details of this exciting day out.