RANDOM KETTLE GUFF - AGAIN

 

Another selection of the steamiest photographs to ever grace the interwebs.

All 'New South Wales' steam train action from the 80s and 90s.

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I have featured some shots of this Kiama tour with 5910 previously. Here be some of the remaining dregs from the day.

5910 - Baldwin Lima Hamilton
75573 of 1952

Currently on static display at Thirlmere.

Back on the 17th of November 1992, 3642 and 5910 visited Junee Roundhouse as part of a trip south to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the standard gauge to Melbourne.
We evidently chased it from Junee to Harefield. Not sure why we started there, but I suspect my endless notes will eventually reveal all. 

3642 and 5910 inside Junee Roundhouse.

3642 - Clyde Engineering
376 of 1926
Operational

The inexplicably popular 3-8-0-1 passing through Mindaribba.
Clyde Engineering

463 of 1943

Locomotive recently restored to operation again.

1049 at both ends of the Zig Zag Railway.
Sadly, this operation has suffered badly in recent years. However, we hope to see them operational again soon.

1049 - Ipswich Railway Workshops
208 of 1951 - Currently Stored

SMR18 on the Cockypoo Run, seen climbing up through Farmborough Heights.
SMR18 was originally built for the 'South Maitland Railway' for use on coal trains to the south of, not surprisingly, Maitland.

Beyer Peacock  5909 of 1915
She now resides back at East Greta Junction and is believed to be operational.

SMR17

Beyer Peacock  5790 of 1914

SMR20

Beyer Peacock  5998 of 1920

5910 yet again. This time at Maitland Steamfest.
Was with the legendary John Hourigan at the time.

Here's an oldie, and still operational.
2705 shunting on to it's train at Sydney Terminal.
Hunslet  1115 of 1913.
Today she is wearing a black livery.

3112  passes through Marrickville station on an up special back in the late 80s.
Beyer Peacock & Co

5807 of 1914

A couple more FLYING SCOTSMAN shots, taken during her jaunts around NSW with 3801.
Moss Vale and then some spot between Orange and Stuart Town.

3137 shunting around it's train at Thirlmere.
Built by the NSW Government Railways
134 of 1917
Currently on static display at Thirlmere.

3112 arriving at Sydney Terminal.

5367 shunting at Sydney Terminal on a rather miserable day.

Clyde Engineering 122 of 1914
Currently on static display at Cowra.

Lachlan Valley Railway

3026 sitting in the Cowra Roundhouse with D9 and 4464, the later owned by the Lachlan ALCo Group.

3026 - Beyer Peacock & Co
4469 of 1903

Currently on static display. 

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Interested in railway heritage and wish to visit some wonderful preservation groups?
This is not meant to be a comprehensive list, however it is a good start for anyone travelling around New South Wales.

However, we recommend:

South

Illawarra Light Railway Museum

Goulburn Roundhouse

Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway

Stockinbingal Station Preservation Group

Cooma Monaro Railway

Junee Roundhouse

Michelago Railway Station

Bombala Railway Station

Yass Town Railway Station

Canberra Railway Museum

Gundagai Railway Station

Temora Railway Station

NSW Railway Museum

Wagga Wagga Rail Heritage Museum

Ladysmith Tourist Railway

West

Zig Zag Railway

State Mine Railway

Lachlan Valley Railway

Oberon-Tarana Tourist Railway

Bathurst Railway Museum

Sulphide Street Railway Museum

North

Toronto Railway Station

Richmond Vale Railway

Railmotor Society

Werris Creek Station

Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum

Tenterfield Railway Station

Wallangarra Railway Station

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NSW Railways Past & Present

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If you love New South Wales railway history, and would like to know why this group has become the most popular site for it, you are welcome to come and join in.

Photo: Greg Davis

Easter egg hunt for kids this morning, I bought 2 eggs and drilled a big hole in bottom of there baskets,

So far they've found 48,680 eggs!

RANDOM NSW KETTLES AGAIN

Howdee campers, as we enter December we are on collision course with the end of yet another year.

It is the time I start to wind down for a break over the festive period, using that time to enjoy life with the family, as well as using the free time to catalogue the thousands of shots I have put online over the last twelve months.

As a early Christmas present, I bring forth another festive basket full of kettle shots for you to enjoy.

The 3801 is unquestionably the most famous kettle in 'New South Wales', if not Australia.
Seemingly everyone's grandfather has driven it, while it is what the average Joe Blow thinks about when you mention steam trains.
Clyde Engineering - 463 of 1943

2605 is seen here after the disasterous fire at the 'State Mine Heritage Park'. Thankfully, unlike the carriage behind her, she will live on.
The locomotive was built for the government railways, but was later sold to the 'Portland Cement Company' for use at their Portland plant.
Dubs & Co - 2794 of 1891

5910 on a tour to the seaside location of Kiama (Illawarra line). Above she is seen awaiting to cross another train at Albion Park, and flying through the small location of Yallah.
Baldwin Lima Hamilton - 75573 of 1952

5910 is seen at the end of journey to Kiama.

The South Maitland Railway 10 class are by far my favourite kettle, not that the favourites list is a very long one. :-) 
18 - Beyer Peacock & Co - 5909 of 1915

3001 3642 3801 make a fine looking, and sounding, triple header along the Picton to Mittagong loop line.

3001 - Beyer Peacock & Co - 4444 of 1903
3642 - Clyde Engineering - 376 of 1926

Lachlan Valley Railway Society

I've long had a huge interest in what the Lachlan Valley Railway does. From their former (and hopefully future) operations around Cowra, to their extensive mainline operations, the museum gives a huge amount to rail heritage.
In more recent times, I have had the pleasure of being involved with them through the fundraising tours my former 'S*M*U*T Modellers Group' ran to Naradhan and Lake Cargelligo.
Both times, the museum went above and beyond for us.
If you are wishing to run a tour, I can't recommend them highly enough.
Lachlan Valley Railway Website
Lachlan Valley Railway on Facebook

The following photos show a tour to Canowindra (now closed branch to Eugowra) back in the late 80s.
The photos show 1989, but I am fairly certain it was 1988.

3026 - Beyer Peacock & Co - 4469 of 1903

Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum

I've been lucky enough to visit this fascinating collection of locomotives and rollingstock, the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.
While walking around, you cannot help but be amazed by it all, and thankful that it did not find itself in a Port Kembla blast furnace.
  Below are a couple of the kettle shots taken, the diesels I shall cover in a later post.

Dorrigo Steam Railway And Museum Website

1923 - Beyer Peacock and Co - 1890 of 1879

2408 (Bunnerong Powerhouse #7) - Dubs and Co - 2631 of 1891

I personally remember this locomotive in operation at Bunnerong. It would trundle past the papermill when I was very young, the crew one day stopping to offer me a ride.

6039 - Beyer Peacock and Co - 7541 of 1956

5353 - NSW Government Railways - 80 of 1913
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