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One major drawback of years of neglecting to catalogue over 300,000 photos is that I'm now playing catch-up. While I've managed to organize thousands of images on this blog across various themes, there are still countless others sitting around waiting for their moment.
To tackle this backlog, I'm embarking on a mission to sort through and categorize a substantial number of these photos in the coming months. Expect to see posts dedicated to locomotives, carriages, infrastructure, trams, and buses, catering to those with even a passing interest in these subjects.
Prepare for the approaching tsunami of photographs from the 80s till today.
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Following the mass withdrawal of most of the 'New South Wales' ALCo fleet, class leader 4401 was restored and repainted into her original livery.
Following this, she spent a short amount of time in use on trip train runs around Sydney.
She is seen here on the Departure Roads of the now removed Delec Locomotive Depot in Sydney, about to head out to operate some of those services.
4401 is now statically preserved at the Junee Roundhouse, while 44222 was rebuilt as GL108.
Photo: Brad Peadon
For the entry back into service following restoration, 4486 hauled a special train from Cowra to Woodstock and return.
At the time she was owned by the 'Lachlan ALCo Group', but ownership more recently changed to 'NSW Transport Heritage'.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Now scrapped 4471 is about to depart Bomaderry station headed to Sydney.
Following sale by the government railways, she went on to serve a few different owners, until Qube decided to scrap her during April 2022.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4438 inside the workshop at Cardiff on the day of the big ALCo auction.
She would be sold for scrap.
Photo: Brad Peadon
967 (ex class leader 930) sitting at the Dynon Locomotive Depot in Melbourne Victoria.
The class were frequent visitors to Melbourne from their home state of South Australia.
Today she is statically preserved at the 'National Railway Museum' in Adelaide.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Now preserved Greek A.302 when still in service.
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4528 4502 3532 stored in Chullora Workshops (Sydney).
All would go to Silverton, with 3532 being restored to service as 45s1.
The other two were never restored, and are now believed to be stored with the 'Lachlan Valley Railway' However I'm advised this could have changed.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Railfans will long remember train 4168 from Sandgate to Port Botany. Always a stunning array of different combinations, as many days as possible were spent out trying to capture it.
Here it is seen passing through Enfield with GM37 GM40 4463 and JL404 up front.
Of the ALCos, JL404 (numbered back to 44209) is still operational, while 4463 has been scrapped.
For those who care, the two GM class are still with us, the last update on 'Australian Locomotive Rosters' listing GM37 as operational with Aurizon and GM40 stored.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above: 4483 on a works train at Concord West when back in her Freightrail Blue livery.
Below: Seen after sale and wearing the attractive Southern Shorthaul livery, and shunting the Sydney Haulage siding on Sydney's Botany line.
After a shunting accident, she would be stored for many years at the container terminal in Minto. I was more recently told she had disappeared, and it's currently though that she has likely been scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Equally scrapped 4438 (above) and 4466 (below) inside the now demolished Delec Locomotive Depot in Enfield, Sydney.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4487 Delec Locomotive Depot.
Yeah she be scrapped also.
Photo: Brad Peadon
JL401 and JL402 (both still operational as 44204 and 44206 respectively) are seen passing through Enfield in Sydney .
Photo: Brad Peadon
4514 48145 FL220 passing Banksia Street on the Botany Railway Line.
4514 was preserved, but now scrapped.
48145 is now 48213 with Freightcorp.
FL220 is now owned by Watco and located in Western Australia.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4846 and 48s36 passing through Enfield with a rake of containers. 48s36 still survives.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Now scrapped 4445 was looking pretty sad and sorry by the time I caught up with her in Junee.
That cab was saved though, and survives in Werris Creek.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4446 was repainted in this special livery in the final days of the 'World Series' 44 class. But despite this, she would be sold for scrap in the upcoming sale.
Photo: Brad Peadon
The end was getting close for the 44 class when class leader 4401 was found at Delec.
Luckily, as seen in a photo above, she would go on to be preserved.
Though nowadays that is only on static display.
Photo: Brad Peadon
48112 at Delec Locomotive Depot.
Now scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon
48123 at Delec Locomotive Depot.
Is also now scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Likely now scrapped 4483 at Broadmeadow Loco Depot in Newcastle.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and below.
48s34 (originally 4815) undergoing maintenence at the Parkes Loco Depot in west New South Wales.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4458 at Delec Locomotive Depot.
Still existing ..... for now anyway.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4486 deep in the Patricks Terminal at Port Botany on the Botany goods line.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4463 passes through Gelco with a rake of flats from Port Botany.
Unit has also been scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4472 (above) and 4463 (below) on two different container trains passing the golf course at East Botany and headed to port.
4463 has gone to god, while 4472 is believed to be getting restored.
Photo: Brad Peadon
8015 and 8039 on an Elouera coal train at West Dapto. The train was destined for the Port Kembla steelworks.
According to Wikipedia both units are now stored.
Photo: Brad Peadon
PL3 48134 PL7 PL2 with an empty coal train to the now closed Austar (Pelton) Colliery on the former South Maitland Railway.
Photo: Brad Peadon
102 with a rake of BXLA coal hoppers approaching Central Kembla with a load of Kemira coal destined for the BHP Steelworks.
Photo: Brad Peadon
With the sun not far from disappearing for the day, 8158 and 48163 pass through Stockinbingal with more empty wheat hoppers.
That 81 is still with us, but the poor ol 48 is gone.
Photo: Brad Peadon
More scrapped beauties.
4480, and 44100 (the last in the class) stand at the Broadmeadow Loco Depot.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4401 at Delec Loco Depot again.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4486 sitting at Delec during one of our many late night nocturnal visits.
Thankfully we end this installment with one that still survives :-)
Photo: Brad Peadon
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