Howdee all.
While scanning all the shots for the recent 'Charbon Tour' entry, I came across a large collection of 49 class shots.
In an effort to balance up my mostly ALCo content in the new 48 class series, I guessed I should cater to the EMD fans out there. All two of them.
Sadly, I had very little experience with the type when they were confined mostly to the west. I was pretty new to the hobby during those years.
So the bulk of the shots are from the late 80s when they came to Sydney for metro freight use.
Today
Service: 4904, 4910, 4911, 4913, 4917
Preserved: 4903, 4906, 4907, 4908, 4916, 4918
Scrapped: 4901, 4902, 4909, 4912, 4914, 4915
Other: 4905 (Static power, Seymour)
KL80 (ex 4904) and KL81 (ex 4910) - Leightonfield
Both have since returned to their original numbers and are owned by Southern Shorthaul.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Units 4901, 4902, and 4905, all received an attractive green/yellow Sydney metropolitan livery as part of a short-lived scheme to have sector liveries.
Above: 4905 and 4902 approach Waterfall during a period where they saw use on the South Coast.
Below: 4901 4910 at the Delec locomotive depot in Sydney.
Below: 4901 4910 at the Delec locomotive depot in Sydney.
Photos: Brad Peadon
4905 shunting the now closed Flemington Markets sidings.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4910 shunting the now closed Flemington Markets sidings. Note the absence of the yellow and orange stripes on the cab.
Photo: Brad Peadon
I never got that many shots of 49 class on the Illawarra, however, 4904 and 4906 are seen on a spoil train late one Banksia night.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4907 and 4821 on the old terminal platform at Rockdale station. At the time we were renting the former signalbox at Rockdale.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4906 was the only member of the class to wear the Red Terro livery and is seen here passing through Campsie.
That unusual track in the top shot is a weighbridge. It has been long since removed.
That unusual track in the top shot is a weighbridge. It has been long since removed.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4906 and 4902 have a bludge around Delec loco depot.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4904 and 4918 pass through the west side of Enfield yard.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Withdrawn 4902 sits around Delec loco depot pondering a none too bright future. She would eventually become one of the scrapped class members.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4907 have a bludge around the Delec loco depot turntable.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4908 and 4901 on a spoil train at Clyde.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4903 shunting the now closed Flemington Markets sidings.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Indian Red pair 4821 and 4904 shunt the fuel sidings at the end of the now-closed Sandown industrial line.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4903 passing through West Strathfield (Weeroona Road, Rookwood Cemetery if you wish).
Photo: Brad Peadon
4906 is incorrectly captioned as being at Delec, when it is actually seen here at Bathurst.
I humbly beg for your forgiveness.
Photo: Brad Peadon
One place you would not normally see a 49 class was on the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. But here I present 4903 (and a fellow class member) on a works train there.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4910 Delec loco depot Enfield.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4901 Delec loco depot Enfield.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4906 Clyde Kelso (near Bathurst).
Photo: Brad Peadon
A freshly painted 4901 Delec loco depot Enfield.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4910 shunting a Tangara into the Delec loco depot wheel lathe.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4904 doing the same.
Photo: Brad Peadon
A depressing-looking 4905 sits withdrawn at Hope Street in Enfield. Today she is a stationary generator in Seymour, Victoria (despite what Wikipedia may tell you).
Photo: Brad Peadon
4910 shunting a Tangara into the Delec loco depot wheel lathe.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4910 and 49xx passing through West Strathfield with another load of containers.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4911 and 4906 sit in Bathurst prior to the short transfer to the Clyde plant at Kelso.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4918 and 49xx passing through West Strathfield with yet another load of containers.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4911 was not a common sight at Port Kembla loco for me.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4911 and 4906 sit in Bathurst prior to the short transfer to the Clyde plant at Kelso.
Photo: Brad Peadon
A selection of shots showing 4916 and 4914 shunting the now closed fuel sidings, on the equally closed Sandown branch, back in the 90s.
The end of fuel being transported by rail, coupled with the end of container traffic to another nearby siding, effectively rendered this interesting line pointless.
Photo: Brad Peadon
4916 is preserved at Thirlmere, while 4914 is one of the unlucky ones to be scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon
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4917 shunting the cement siding in Clyde yard..
Photo: Brad Peadon
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More dreary 49 class images coming in
the near future.
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Our 2022 'Trains For Kids With Cancer' magazine will be available for free on our stand at the Rosehill Racecourse model train exhibition.
Put together by 'Semi-Retired Foamer Media', this is a special issue to coincide with the upcoming heritage bus and train tour to Thirlmere.
Sadly, due to ongoing threats and harassment from within this depressing hobby, 'Semi-Retired Foamer' themselves will not be attending this event. However, David Xuereb (organiser) will be on the stand.
Thanks to
Brad Coulter
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