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DELEC LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT PART 3

 

Howdee, time for another dreary selection of Delec notes, sightings and photos from the 80s and 90s.

A bit of a ferret through the boxes revealed a few Delec related documents that I must have hoarded (I am a real bad document hoarder) over the years.
In part two I photographically covered the Delec Open Day on June 22nd, 1996. Since then I have come across the welcome brochure from same.
If anyone has any Delec related documents they would like to share, please shoot us an email.

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Timetable for Delec Open Day.

17-2-1990

42202c 42203c 42210c 42212c 42216c 42217c

42218b

4423r 4432c 4458rt 4461c 4464rt 4467c 4468c 4473rt 4474c 4477c

44219c

4601o 4603o 4606r 4611c 4612c 4613c 4622o 4623c

4805o 4809r 4810rt 4817o 4820o 4831o 4836g 4838c 4842c 4843c
4844c 4848c 4887o 48102rt 48116r 48144c

4902g 4904o 4907c 4908c 4910c 4913c 4918

** 4910 in modified candy livery around cabs.

7304r 7331c 7341rt 7343rt 7350o

8002o 8016o 8045r 8046r

8142c 8143c 8146c 8148c 8150c 8152c 8157c 8158c 8159c 8160c    8161c  8162c

8166c 8179c 8180c

8627c 8650c

C504v C505v

G516v G519v G522v G523v

16-4-1990

4454c 4465c 4472c

4805o 4809r 4812rt 4842c 4843c 4853c 4889c 4892rt 48152c 48154c

4910c 4916c

** 4910 and 4916 in modified candy livery around cabs.

7331c

8146c 8147c 8151c 8155c 8158c 8162c 8173c

Hope Street: 7341rt 7343rt 7345o

20-5-1990

42201r 42207r 42209c 42217c

4403c 4448rt 4456rt 4458rt 4461c 4465c 4472c 4473rt

4609c 4612c 4614c 4615 4619o 4622o 4623c 4627c 4630c 4631c 4633o 4635c

4801 4802o 4808c 4809r 4810rt 4812rt 4813rt 4818rt 4821o 4824rt    4825

4841c 4829r 4833c 4835o 4838c 4888rt 4889c 4896rt 48153c

4901g 4902g 4903c 4904o 4905g 4906rt 4970c 4908c 4910c 4911o    4913c 4914c

4910c

** 4910 and 4916 in modified candy livery around cabs.

7304r 7307r 7341rt 7344g 7350o

8003o 8009o 8023o 8029o 8036r 8040b 8043r

8149c 8152c 8154c 8156c 8166c 8167fr 8171c 8175c

8601fr 8602fr 8616c 8618c 8621c 8630c 8636c 8639c 8640c 8642c 8644c 8647c

8648c 8649c

Wheel Lathe: 42206c 7343rt

Departure Roads:

4822o 4893rt 4857c

8169c+8162c

G523v+8169c

Hope Street: 42104r 7345o 4817o C3924

8-7-1990

42201r       42207r      42208c 42213c 42217c 42218b 42220o

4401rt 4438rt 4447rt 4451 4454 4456rt 4463c 4465c 4467c 4469rt    4483rt 4484

4601o 4607c 4611c 4612c 4613c 4614c 4616c 4617c 4619o 4628c    4629c 4632c

4634o 4636c

4802o 4803o 4805o 4809r 4820o 4826r 4834c 4836g 4837rt 4848c    4890rt 4892rt

4894rt 4895rt 4896rt 4897rt 48103c   48104o    48105r 48152c    48155c

4902g 4903c 4905g 4906rt 4907c 4908c 4909c 4910c 4911o 4913c    4916c 4918c

** 4910 and 4916 in modified candy livery around cabs.

7304r 7307r 7331c 7341rt 7345o 7350o

8006o 8028o

8143c 8145c 8146c 8150c 8153c 8159c 8160c 8163c 8165c 8167c    8169c 8171c

8172b 8174c 8175fr 8178c 8179c

8603c 8604b 8608c 8609c 8613c 8614c 8623c 8624c 8634c 8635c    8640c 8649c

G517

Wheel Lathe: 4851

22-7-1990

42201r 42202c 42203c 42206c 42207c 42208c

42210c 42212c 42215c 42217c 42218b 42219c

42220o

4423r 4427rt 4447 4448rt 4451 4454rt 4456rt 4463c 4473c

44223c

4520c 4537

4601o 4602o 4604o 4607c 4610c 4611c 4613c 4615c 4616c 4623c 4627c 4629c

4633o 4634o 4636c 4640c

4802o 4806rt 4809r 4811c 4812rt 4820o 4822o 4823rt 4826r 4834rt 4836g 4837rt

4846c 4850c 4855c 4889c 4894rt 4897rt 48101rt   48102rt   48119c 48152c

48153c

4901g 4902g 4903c 4904o 4905g 4906rt 4907c 4909c 4910c 4911o 4912c 4913c

4916c 4917o 4918c

** 4910 and 4916 in modified candy livery around cabs.

8004o 8007o

8142c 8144c 8152c 8154c 8155c 8159c 8160c 8161c 8162c 8164c 8165c 8166c

8168c 8169c 8171c 8173c 8174c 8175fr 8178c 8179c

8608c 8615c 8617c 8619b 8620c 8622c 8628c 8630c 8633c 8643c 8645c 8646c

8647c

7404r 7307r 7331c 7341rt 7344g 7345o

G523

The 90 class are heavy Hunter coal traffic locomotives and were only ever seen in Sydney for wheel lathe attention at Delec.
Until I started cataloguing all the collection, I didn't realise how many times I got lucky with finding them there.
This is three such occasions.

8172 is her former bicentennial livery. 

8004 has a peek out of the loco shed.
Today she is a long term stored resident at Werris Creek.

8040 is also in the former bicentennial livery.
Today she is no longer with us.

48100 would go on to be owned by Graincorp and renumbered 48204.
She has been in storage, but a bumper grain season will likely see her in use again.

4871 would go on to be rebuilt as PL2, then later scrapped.

4870 would go on to be rebuilt as PL3, then later scrapped.

48165 is another wearing the bicentennial livery.
Today she is stored at Werris Creek, has been for some time, and may have been retained for heritage reasons, depending on what story is actually true. If indeed true, it would certainly be great to see her wear this again.

42207 in her unique light blue livery at Delec.
Today she is with OneRail as their 2207.

CAR1 was formerly 4812, but after sale to Cargill for use as their shunter on Kooragang Island (Newcastle).

Today it is scrapped (following stripping in Junee), as is 8634 next to her.

42104 was the only one of her class to wear the reverse livery. She is seen looking very unhappy at Hope Street on May 20th, 1990. 
She would soon do her final trip, going to Sims Metal at Mascot.

A rather gloomy Delec day.
G518, along with G517, would go on to be destroyed at Ararat in a collision during November 1999.
4490 has faired better, no being preserved at Thirlmere.

Reverse liveried 4606 is now scrapped.

As is 4634.

42207 in reverse livery at Hope Street (see her in the unique light blue livery above).
Today she is with OneRail as their 2207.
8146 is with Pacific National.

8646 seen next to 4638 during the Delec 

open day (21-6-1996).

Interestingly, she would also go on to be preserved, and today is on static display at Thirlmere.

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CANBERRA KETTLES - MICHELAGO REOPENING

  

Note: This was way back in 1993, so some memories are a tad foggy.

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These photos were all taken over the weekend of April 25/26th, 1993.
It was a special weekend for the ARHS (Canberra), with numerous steam operations to celebrate the railway festival, along with the opening of the 'Michelago Tourist Railway' on the 26th.
At the time, I was a non-active member of the museum, having mostly joined due to their taking 
the lease out on the Yass Railway Museum. 

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I actually arrived in Canberra late on the 24th, travelling with John Auer, Kevin 'K-Med' Medley and David 'MrX' Xuereb.
 For whatever reason, we stayed the weekend at a spot on the north outskirts of Canberra. I doubt we could have picked a place any further from the railway had we tried.

On Sunday the 25th, shuttles operated between Canberra and Queanbeyan using 1210 and 3016.
My notes seem to show the following timetable:

09.00 - 1210

10.00 - 1210

11.30 - 3016

13.30 - 3016
I am unsure if this was all the shuttles, or just the ones we saw on the day.

Locomotives

1210 Beyer Peacock 1767 of 1878

3016 Beyer Peacock 4459 of 1903

I have also noted that there was a railway display at Canberra on the day.

6029 7315 7320 7324 8182 42220

AAH7 AAH8 AAH19 PHA2362 AVAP387-H
CPH27

Us fans of the diesel locomotive were treated to 42209 on the Canberra Express. But the best was yet to come, 

with 4477 to arrive on that nights express.

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Day 2 - April 26th

At the risk of being berated by the steam fans, the highlight of the weekend was when 4477 turned up at Queanbeyan (06.19) on the Sydney bound Canberra Express.
A whole train of candy goodness to admire.

Later on, the inaugural train to Michelago arrives from Canberra, then runs around it's train 

for the journey south.

An added bonus was this Tiger Moth that followed us from Queanbeyan to Hume.

On arrival in Michelago (have not found those shots yet) the two locomotives were turned, the train split in two, with both sections returning separately.

I had ridden the train down, so opted to chase 3016 back to Queanbeyan with MrX.

The weekend ended for us as 3016 arrived back at Queanbeyan in the late afternoon.

3016 is seen coming off the former Bombala line, the track to Canberra being on the right.

On the way back to Sydney we passed 4461 on that evenings Canberra Express (19.17)

Local Area Rail Heritage Sites

Cooma Monaro Railway

Cooma Monaro Railway - Facebook

Friends of Bombala Railway Park

Canberra Railway Museum

Michelago Railway Station

Nimmitabel Railway Station

Updates from all these heritage sites appear on the Semi-Retired Foamer page from time to time.

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Thanks to:
John Auer, Karl Maftoum, Kevin Medley, Lindsay Richmond and David Xuereb