Yass Junction Station

Opened As Yass: July 1876
Renamed Yass Junction: April 1892

Yass is an Aboriginal word meaning 'Waters'.

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Yass Junction is served by two Sydney/Melbourne XPT services, in each direction, each day.

It also is served twice a week by the Griffith Explorer service (To Griffith Wed & Sat, From Griffith Thur/Sun)

Looking towards Melbourne.

Despite being double tracked, with two platforms, services in both directions use platform 1.

The waiting room is in substantially better condition that that which we found at Harden (to be covered later).

Above: The former platform for trains to Yass Town.

Below: The line to the left is the former Yass Town branch, which was formally closed in 1988.

Yass Town station is now a museum.

Nowadays, disappointment is a major part of travelling around inspecting the heritage railway stations out in the country.
But it was incredibly sad to see that closure of the railway bridge was the usual easy way out for the footbridge here.

It was always an easy, popular, and safe way to watch trains passing through. Alas, now one less legal way for people to go about their hobby.

The rail was a tad more direct, but by road it would no doubt be much faster.

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Station Series - Menangle Station

Stockinbingal Station Preservation Society

Inaugural Meeting 

Thanks: Brian Leedham and Scott Martin

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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.