Howdy folks!
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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Above and below
5007 5004 on the branchline that serves the Goninan Broadmeadow plant where they were built.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Crawford's PHC001 PHC002 passing through the site of the former Mascot level crossing in Sydney.
PHC001 is named 'Carrot', with 002 being 'Spud'.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Far more cleaner than her fellow class members above, 5002 is seen departing the Goninan (Broadmeadow) plant where she was built.
Photo: Brad Peadon
NR54 leaving Botany in a rather faded Trailerail livery.
Today she wear the regular Pacific National livery.
Photo: Brad Peadon
9202 with less colourful EDI units LDP004 and LDP009 passing through High Street Maitland (New South Wales) with a loaded coal train.
Photo: Brad Peadon
High Street Maitland again, this time 9310 and 9201 are at the front, with 9312 mid-way down the train and not visible here.
Photo: Brad Peadon
This interesting train turned up while we were loitering lineside around Menangle (New South Wales).
Goninan built 4703, leads two beautiful ALCo units in the form of 602 and 4497. Today the front two are still operational, while 4497 is believed stored at Junee having been the last of the class in commercial service.
Photo: Brad Peadon
5002 trails an up coal train through East Maitland. Out of sight up front was 5023.
Photo: Brad Peadon
5024 and 5006, with 5034 up the botty end, passing through High Street Maitland.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Class leader 2600 sitting around Stuart Depot (Townsville, Queensland) awaiting its next job.
The locomotive entered service in December 1983, but was later sold and sent to South Africa. Believed to now be 2606 with 'African Rail & Traction Services' .
Photo: Brad Peadon
XRN005 XRN025 XRN029 passes through the beautiful Branxton station with an empty coal rake to the former Liddell Colliery.
The colliery closed in November the following year.
Photo: Brad Peadon
XRN002 XRN019 XRN019 with an empty coal train from Kooragang Island is approaching Sandgate railway station.
On the far track are EMD 9022 9010 9016 on another empty coal, this time from Port Waratah.
All three 90 class are now in storage.
Photo: Brad Peadon
Above and two below.
New 5000 class around Morandoo,
5005 and 5008.
Photo: Brad Peadon
GL104 passes through Cringila with a rake of empty coal hoppers for the now closed Elouera Mine at Wongawilli Village.
Photo: Brad Peadon
XRN016 GWU007 GWU001 on an up coal passing through Lochinvar.
On typing that, I now realise I left the location off the photo :-)
Photo: Brad Peadon
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Australian Locomotive Rosters
Wikipedia
Botany Railway Line SIG
NSW Railways Past & Present
Australia's Leading Rail History Group.
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Australia's Leading Rail History Group.
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Inc some views around Newcastle.
Coming soon.
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