AUSTEAM 88 - VICTORIA PART 1

Those of us who were lucky enough to have been in our hobby back before social media turned it into a cesspool of hate and narcissistic behaviour, may well remember the 'Austeam 88' event in Melbourne.

The bicentennial year was incredible throughout the whole12 months, steam train tours all over Sydney and outskirts, FLYING SCOTSMAN Aussie visit, and specially painted locomotives, trams, and buses.

However, there is no doubt in most people's minds that the Austeam event in Melbourne was the pinnacle moment in the railfan calendar.

I, along with famous heritage volunteer David Henderson, decided to make a two week trip out of it, making use of the now extinct Motorail service to get down to Spencer Street and give our cameras a belting.

Anyway, thanks to a recommendation from one Mr Neil, I went and recently purchased a slide scanner and have got stuck into the hundreds of shots taken during that fortnight.

  It was my first real use of slides, having mostly used prints until this trip, so many of the results leave a lot to be desired.

However, they are what they are, and slowly I am scanning and placing them on here for the world to reluctantly endure.

I'm sorry.

					AUSTEAM 88 EVENT - SLIDES
17-10-1988	N473 Y166 Txxx	Yard	Wodonga
	RT45	Shunt	Benalla
	9RT X37 31RT 7CV	-	Seymour		Yard
	T320	-	Seymour		Preserved
	T411	Light Engine	Broadford		Crossed us in loop.
	G519	Freight	-		South of Maribyrnong Viaduct
	42219 -	Passenger	-		South of Maribyrnong Viaduct
	Y149	-	Tottenham		Yard
	Notes:	Depot	Dynon		G521 G517 8170 N465 P11 P19 T380 C504 C505 G516 Y103 Y101 B64
					N458 Y138 P16 Y145
					Steam: 1210
	Notes:	Yard	Spencer Street		A78 P13 P15 P17 A60 Y151 A79 A70 56RM
	A77	-	Spencer Street	-
	N455 N451	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Up Overland from Adelaide
	N460	Shunt	Spencer Street	-	Motorail cars
	821 -	Tram W2	Spencer Street		Caught down Collins Street
	P20 X41 RM56	-	Spencer Street
	Y119	shunt	Spencer Street
	Comeng Spark	Passenger	Spencer Street		Caught to Gowrie
	625M	Passenger	Gowrie		Spark carriage
	N473	Passenger	North Melbourne	-	Up
	X47 S311 T395	-	North Melbourne	-	Doing something I didn't note
	T359	-	Spencer Street	-
	N463	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Down Twin City Limited
	N460	-	Spencer Street	-
	A78	-	Spencer Street	-
	P13 / P23	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Down
	55RM	Passenger	Spencer Street	-
	P17	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Up
	N473	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Up
	P19	Light Engine	Spencer Street	-	Arrive Platform 1
	P14	Light Engine	Spencer Street	-	Arrive Platform 1
	B80	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Depart on down
	S301	-	Spencer Street	-	Collision with a cement. Train I assume.
	A62	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Up pass
	B64	Slab	Spencer Street	-
	T359	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Up Sunbury
	S311	Light Engine	Spencer Street	-	Arrive
	A85 A71 N461	Light Engine	Spencer Street	-	Depart
	G519 G520	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Sydney Express depart
	S307	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Depart
	P11	-	Spencer Street	-	Yard (night shot)
	N462 N451	Passenger	Spencer Street	-	Depart on Overland
18-10-1988	Notes:				My Corona on Lonsdale St with two Z class
	Y147	Shunt	Samson Siding		Sunshine-Newport section
	459M	Passenger	Hoppers Crossing	07:55	Up Sunbury
	A73	Passenger	Hoppers Crossing	-	Up, Blue set.
	Hoppers Crossing	Station
	Loco Depot	-	Geelong		H1 H2 H3 H5 T380 T392 T353 T362 T396 T407 T393 T363 T400 W241 W244 Y129
					X36 X35 T413 T397
	N458	Passenger	North Geelong	-	Up
	N73	Passenger	North Geelong	-	Up 10:30 South Geelong
	A66	Passenger	North Geelong	-	Up 11:28 Geelong
	DP29 X20 251 VA1 V8	Preserved	Queenscliff	-	Bellarine Peninsula Railway
	J515	Special	Geelong	-
	T353 T407	-	Geelong	-
	Notes:		Geelong		Us with the car
	Notes:	Stored	Spencer Street		Somewhere: T366 B83 B84 T355 T349 S303 S308 Y153
	A66	Passenger	Spencer Street		Bicentennial livery
	1008	Tram W7		19:24	To City
	861	Tram SW6	City	19:24	To City
	838	Tram SW5	City	19:25	To St Kilda Beach
	987	Tram W6	City	19:23	To Toorak
	796	Tram SW5	City	19:28	To West Preston
	728	Tram SW5	City	19:30	To East Brighton
19-10-1988	64RM	-	Shed		Only note I made.
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		701 Y113 Y120 Y118 Y121 P11 C501 F211 T412 Y156 Y138 X52 Y159
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		S317 C503 X41 P17 N462 N451 T404 T395 X49 T398 T381 X34 Y167 P20 T398
	Locomnotive Depo	-	Dynon Loco		X34 Y167 P20 T408 T409 A66 G532 G531 T381 P12 N463 P21 BL26 S307 G515
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		T400 A71 S300 A79 X54 X31 N456 Y160 A70 N453
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		Withdrawn: Y159 S304 S305
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		Standard: 4201 C505 1210 3112 X37 Y103 Y104 G518 G523
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		Shed: Y140 S311 G519 X43 G521 X53 G525 N465 T351 N469 N466 DRC40 64RM
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		N468 in shed with middle missing.
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		S301 major damage due to cement.
	Locomotive Depot	-	Dynon Loco		B69 On freight bogies following collision.
	3801	Special	Dynon		Down
	G524 C508	Freight	Dynon	-	Up Jet
	Y108 Y149	Shunt	Tottenham	-
	T374	Ballast	Sunshine	-	Up Ballast off Ballarat line
	A60	Passenger	Sunshine	12:38	Down Bendigo
	N460	Passenger	Sunshine	12:41	Down Ballarat
	T380	Freight	Sunshine	12:49	Down pick-up
	P11	Passenger	Sunshine	12:56	Down Bendigo
	N473	Passenger	Sunshine	12:59	Up Bendigo
	T353	Freight	Sunshine	-	Up
	X47 T365	Ballast	Sunshine	-	Up Apex
	3801	Special	M Viaduct	-	Down, Maribyrnong Viaduct
	8175	Freight	M Viaduct	-	Down, Maribyrnong Viaduct
	X54 X49	-	Sunshine		Nothing else noted
	Hitachi Set	Passenger	Sunshine	-
	59	Tram Z1	Bourke St
	249	Tram A2	Collins St
	139	Tram Z3	Spencer St
	1007	Tram W7	Collins St		To St Kilda Beach
	236	Tram A1	Collins St		To Mont Albert
	A77	-	Spencer St		Station
	RM56	Passenger	Spencer St	21:23	Depart
	RM55	-	Spencer St		-
	X45 A79 N474	-	Spencer St		Hooked up to empty set
	Note:		St Kilda		Signalbox a demolished pile of wood
20-10-1988	Tram Depot	-	Essendon
	4	Tram Z1	Royal Park		Bicentennial livery
	431	Tram W1	Royal Park		Heritage tram , formerly W2, originally W1
	841	Tram SW5	Melbourne		Caught from FlinderStreet to Spencer Street
	56RM	Passenger	Spencer Street		Caught train to Seymour
	Note:	-	Spencer Street		Morning: N455 A66 P16 N454
	Y121	Freight	North Melbourne
	B65 T373	Freight	North Melbourne
	8177	Freight	Beveridge		North of Beveridge
	T376	Sleepers	Wallan		Up Empty, North of Wallan
	X47 T356	Ballast	Kilmore East		Up
	T376	Sleepers	Kilmore East		Down
	8168 C504	Freight	Kilmore East		Down
	A60 A78	Passenger	Kilmore East		Up
	P18	Passenger	North Melbourne		Down
	T359	Passenger	Spencer Street		Up Sunbury
	R707	Special	Spencer Street		Arrive
	B80	Freight	Spencer Street		Up
	X48	Light Engine	Spencer Street		Arrives
	8177	Shunt	Spencer Street		Sydney Express
21-10-1988					Tait Train To Belgrave
	42216	Passenger	Spencer Street		Depart on Intercapital Daylight Express
	N451	Passenger	Spencer Street		Up
	N463	Passenger	Spencer Street		Up
	A60	Passenger	Spencer Street		Down Bendigo
	P21	Shunt	Spencer Street		Arrive empty
	Tait Set	Special	Spencer Street		Special to Belgrave. Bruce Cook got us on board part of the way.
	N474	Passenger	Spencer Street		Up
	Note:	-	Belgrave		CLIMAX D20
	T457 T401	Grain	Spencer Street
	Y118	Shunt	Tottenham Yard
	P13	Passenger	Sunshine	19:17	Up Kyneton
	8180	Freight	Sunshine	19:25	Down to Sydney
	8175	Freight	Sunshine	19:32	Down to Sydney
	56RM	Passenger	Sunshine	19:40	Down Sunbury
	X43	Shunt	Sunshine	-	-
	P15 P22 P21	Light Engine	Sunshine	20:00	Up from Bacchus Marsh
	42214	Passenger	Sunshine	20:03	Up Intercapital Capital Daylight
	DRC41	Passenger	Sunshine	20:10	Up
	G518	Passenger	Sunshine	20:18	Down Sydney Express
	N472	Passenger	Sunshine	20:20	Down Ballarat
	T372	Cement	Sunshine	20:22	Up
	N461 X38	Passenger	Sunshine	20:29	Up
	X46	Passenger	Sunshine	-	Up Bendigo
	N455	Passenger	Sunshine	-	Up
	56RM	Passenger	Sunshine	-	Up
	N451 N465	Passenger	Sunshine	-	Down Overland
	G515 G532	Freight	Sunshine	-	Down - G532 noted as being new.
	X43	Shunt	Sunshine	-	Up
	8170 8176	Freight	Sunshine	-	Up
	B75	Steel	Sunshine
	G531 702	Freight	Sunshine	21:10
	1092T	Passenger	Sunshine		Six smashed windows, grafitti "Jerkin The Gherkin"
	56RM	Passenger	Sunshine		Up
	N463	Fuel	Sunshine	23:09
	T383	Freight	Sunshine
	8176	Freight	Sunshine
22-10-1988
	Y115	-	North Melbourne
	42214	Passenger	Mooney Ponds		Viaduct
	N462 X32 S306	Passenger	North Melbourne		Down
	N453	Passenger	Somerton		Up
	T410	Passenger	Somarton		Up
	3801	Passenger	Meadow Heights
	D3639 K157	Passenger	Somerton
	R761	Passenger	Donnybrook		Triple Parallel, also Heathcote Junction
	3801	Passenger	Donnybrook		Triple Parallel, also Heathcote Junction
	D3639 K157	Passenger	Donnybrook		Triple Parallel, also Heathcote Junction
	R761	Light Engine	Seymour		Derails in depot
	Y133 Y160 T374	Light Engine	Seymour		Helping rerail the above locomotive
	RT12 58RM T320	Depot	Seymour
	G530 G526 939 934	Freight	Sunshine	20:07	Down, containers
	G517	Passenger	Sunshine		Sydney Express
	8179 42204	Freight	Sunshine	20:26	Down containers
	T361 S310	Ballast	Sunshine	21:07	Down APEX
	42218	Passenger	Sunshine	21:18	Intercapital Daylight Express
	T411	Special	Sunshine		Up,3801s cars
	N461	Special	Sunshine		Up, R761s cars
	N464 N470	Passenger	Sunshine	09:30	Down Overland
	3801	Light Engine	Sunshine	22:40	Up
	G516 8168 G522	Cars	Sunshine	23:25	Up, empty
23-10-1988	X31 X38	Light Engine	Spencer Street		Arrive
	N452	Passenger	Spencer Street		Arrive empty
	Y148	Shunt	Spencer Street
	N465 N451	Passenger	Spencer Street		Up Overland
	N456 N458	Light Engine	Spencer Street		Arrive
	G518	Passenger	Spencer Street		Arrive Melbourne Express
	Y104	Shunt	North Melbourne
	A85 A81	Light Engine	North Melbourne	09:22	To Spencer Street
	Notes:	Light Engine	North Melbourne		8168 42218 4201 3112 3801
	Notes:	Light Engine	North Melbourne		G533 B80 H5 L1169 X51 T392 S317 C509 F211 Y169 947 701 900 BL26
	Austeam Display	-	Spencer Street		8168 42218 4201 3112 3801
	Austeam Display	-	Spencer Street		G533 B80 H5 L1169 X51 T392 S317 C509 F211 Y169 947 701 900 BL26
	Austeam Display	-	Spencer Street		D3639 J515 R707
	R761	-	North Melbourne
	B76 X32	Passenger	North Melbourne
24-10-1988	42218 42204	Passenger	Spencer Street		Down Intercapital Daylight Express
	P22	Passenger	Spencer Street		Up
	P22 P12 Y149	-	Spencer Street		Yard
	A60	Passenger	Spencer Street		Up
	Y124	Shunt	Tottenham
	Y121	Shunt	Tottenham
	38RT	Shunt	Tottenham
	P16	-	Kyneton
	K157	Preserved	Castlemaine		Derelict
	X39 T345 T378	-	Bendigo
	INM895	-	Bendigo
	X43 T352	Grain	Bendigo
	Y164	Freight	Bendigo
	N463	-	Bendigo
	17RT	-	Castlemaine
	42201	Freight	Sunshine
	T411	Light Engine	Sunshine		Down, hurtling through.
	T371	Grain	Sunshine	21:45	Down
25-10-1988	1005	Tram W7	Melbourne		Bourke to Preston Workshops
	T365	-	Flinders Street		Down empty something
	X46 S317 Txxx	Freight	Richmond		Up
	Notes:	Spark	Dandenong		727M 628T 632T 1571M 2551BT 2825T 702M Harris set.
	Notes:	Spark	Dandenong		790M + Remains of 604T
	-	Bus	Dandenong		Caught to Frankston
26-10-1988					NO NOTES RECORDED
27-10-1988	P14	Passenger	North Melbourne		Up
	Y138	-	-		-
	56RM	Passenger	Sunshine		Up
	42207	Passenger	Sunshine		Down Intercapital Daylight Express
	A70	Passenger	Sunshine		Up Ballarat
	X35	-	Tottenham		-
28-10-1988	Notes:	Depot	South Melbourne		W5: 774 794 799 835
					Other W Types: 727 940 957 724 943 893 970 814 802 955 659 823 1006
					828 767 963 996 898
					A2: 262 279 276 275 282 277 296 285 263 254 263 266 295
					B1/2: 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007
					W1: 431 (Heritage fleet)
					W2: 510 (Heritage fleet) 442 (Restauant Tram)
					Y1: 613 (Heritage fleet)
					Works: 8W 9W 10W 11W
	T402 T351	Cement	Spencer Street		Up
	42207	Passenger	Footscray		Up Intercapital Daylight Express
	T364	Cement	Broadmeadows		Up

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A66 on a passenger train departing Geelong.

Wearing the 1988 bicentennial livery.

Still with V/Line and recently repainted in the heritage orange/grey V/Line livery.

Photo: Brad Peadon

A2-268, B2-2003 and SW6-968 is the former South Melbourne tram depot.

2003 was the first B2 type tram, 2001-2002 being the prototype B1.

SW6-968 is now privately owned.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Z1-84 in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.

Now scrapped.

Photo: Brad Peadon

42207 on the Sydney bound 'Intercapital Daylight Express' leaving Sunshine.

Now 2207 with whoever it is that 'One Rail' is this week.

Photo: Brad Peadon

 H2 B61 T368 in Geelong (Victoria).

H2 now with 'Ettamogah Rail Hub'.

B61 now with Southern Shorthaul

T368 now scrapped

Photo: Brad Peadon

T345 at a place that is actually at Bendigo, despite the caption on the photo.

Now with SCT.

Photo: Brad Peadon

X37 at Somerton.

Now preserved by the 'Seymour Railway Heritage Centre'

Photo: Brad Peadon

H1 H3 H2 having a bludge around Geelong.

H1 is now with 'Pacific National', H2 with 'Ettamogah Rail Hub', and H3 with '707 Operations'.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Z1-82 coincidentally operating route 82 from Footscray to Mooney Ponds.

Withdraw in in 2002, going to Mt Buller the following year.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Z1-4, like a number of locomotives around Australia, was painted up in a bicentennial livery. It is seen here about to pass through Royal Park.

Now scrapped. 

Photo: Brad Peadon

H3 at Geelong.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Visiting 3801 on a 'Austeam 88' special.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Railfan legends Lindsay Porter (Melbourne) and David Henderson have a chat while waiting on a tram.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved 251 on a Bellarine Peninsula Railway operation.

Photo: Brad Peadon

B80 receiving attention at Dynon.

Now with Rail First Asset Management.

Photo: Brad Peadon

T362 T377 T380 on a freight at Warrenheip.

T362 and T380 are now scrapped.

T377 now with 'Rail First Asset Management'.

Photo: Brad Peadon

A66 in bicentennial livery, sitting at Dynon loco with C503.

C503 now with 'Rail First Asset Management'.

Photo: Brad Peadon

8175 with a freight crossed the Maribyrnong Viaduct.

Photo: Brad Peadon

NSW railfanning legend John Auer in what I thought was Bendigo, but am told it may well not be.
So who knows.
Photo: Brad Peadon

My veteran of many a motorcade around the countryside, a 1976 Toyota Corona. Put 350,000kms on the clock, that was in addition to the 141,000kms it had when I first got it :-)
Photo: Brad Peadon

Hoppers Crossing railway station, such as it is.
Photo: Brad Peadon

The broad gauge 'Austeam 88' display heads towards Spencer Street station.

The lineup of locomotives have gone on to a wide variety of different situations today, however all but one survive.

G533 - Aurizon

B80 - Southern Shorthaul Railroad

H5 - Ettamogah Rail Hub (in care of 707 Operations)

L1169 - Preserved (Steamrail)

X51 - SCT Logistics

T392 - Pacific National

S317 - Southern Shorthaul Railroad

C509 - Southern Shorthaul Railroad

F211 - Preserved (Newport Railway Museum)

Y169 - Ettamogah Rail Hub

947 - Scrapped

701 - Preserved (Tailem Bend)

900 - Preserved (National Railway Museum)

BL26 - Pacific National
Photo: Brad Peadon

Benalla railway station.
Photo: Brad Peadon

Ballan railway station.
Photo: Brad Peadon

Y103 between shunts at Spencer Street station.

Scrapped 1992
Photo: Brad Peadon

X43 sitting at Bendigo.

Now scrapped.
Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved X20 on a Bellarine Peninsula Railway operation.

Photo: Brad Peadon

W2-510 at the former South Melbourne tram depot.

Preserved at Hawthorn.

Photo: Brad Peadon

W6-976 Swanston Street, Melbourne.

Preserved at Bendigo (Bendigo Tramway).

Photo: Brad Peadon

Preserved VA1 on a Bellarine Peninsula Railway operation.

Photo: Brad Peadon

T402 T351 briefly stops at Spencer Street station with a cement train.

T402 - now with Ettamogah Rail Hub.

T351 - is scrapped.

Photo: Brad Peadon

T378 T345 sitting around Bendigo.

T378 - Preserved (Seymour)

T345 - SCT Logistics.

Photo: Brad Peadon

A60 roars through North Melbourne station destined for somewhere.

Now with VicTrack Heritage.

Photo: Brad Peadon

T365 passing through Flinders Street station with a freight.

Now scrapped.

Photo: Brad Peadon

R761 came a croppa derailing at Seymour following a special Austeam 88 triple parallel on the north-east line.

Photo: Brad Peadon

Y145 shunting around Ballarat.

Scrapped 2014

Photo: Brad Peadon

A73 flying through Hoppers Crossing with another passenger run.

Photo: Brad Peadon

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More Austeam photos coming soon.

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RANDOM KETTLE GUFF - AGAIN

 

Another selection of the steamiest photographs to ever grace the interwebs.

All 'New South Wales' steam train action from the 80s and 90s.

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I have featured some shots of this Kiama tour with 5910 previously. Here be some of the remaining dregs from the day.

5910 - Baldwin Lima Hamilton
75573 of 1952

Currently on static display at Thirlmere.

Back on the 17th of November 1992, 3642 and 5910 visited Junee Roundhouse as part of a trip south to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the standard gauge to Melbourne.
We evidently chased it from Junee to Harefield. Not sure why we started there, but I suspect my endless notes will eventually reveal all. 

3642 and 5910 inside Junee Roundhouse.

3642 - Clyde Engineering
376 of 1926
Operational

The inexplicably popular 3-8-0-1 passing through Mindaribba.
Clyde Engineering

463 of 1943

Locomotive recently restored to operation again.

1049 at both ends of the Zig Zag Railway.
Sadly, this operation has suffered badly in recent years. However, we hope to see them operational again soon.

1049 - Ipswich Railway Workshops
208 of 1951 - Currently Stored

SMR18 on the Cockypoo Run, seen climbing up through Farmborough Heights.
SMR18 was originally built for the 'South Maitland Railway' for use on coal trains to the south of, not surprisingly, Maitland.

Beyer Peacock  5909 of 1915
She now resides back at East Greta Junction and is believed to be operational.

SMR17

Beyer Peacock  5790 of 1914

SMR20

Beyer Peacock  5998 of 1920

5910 yet again. This time at Maitland Steamfest.
Was with the legendary John Hourigan at the time.

Here's an oldie, and still operational.
2705 shunting on to it's train at Sydney Terminal.
Hunslet  1115 of 1913.
Today she is wearing a black livery.

3112  passes through Marrickville station on an up special back in the late 80s.
Beyer Peacock & Co

5807 of 1914

A couple more FLYING SCOTSMAN shots, taken during her jaunts around NSW with 3801.
Moss Vale and then some spot between Orange and Stuart Town.

3137 shunting around it's train at Thirlmere.
Built by the NSW Government Railways
134 of 1917
Currently on static display at Thirlmere.

3112 arriving at Sydney Terminal.

5367 shunting at Sydney Terminal on a rather miserable day.

Clyde Engineering 122 of 1914
Currently on static display at Cowra.

Lachlan Valley Railway

3026 sitting in the Cowra Roundhouse with D9 and 4464, the later owned by the Lachlan ALCo Group.

3026 - Beyer Peacock & Co
4469 of 1903

Currently on static display. 

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Interested in railway heritage and wish to visit some wonderful preservation groups?
This is not meant to be a comprehensive list, however it is a good start for anyone travelling around New South Wales.

However, we recommend:

South

Illawarra Light Railway Museum

Goulburn Roundhouse

Goulburn Crookwell Heritage Railway

Stockinbingal Station Preservation Group

Cooma Monaro Railway

Junee Roundhouse

Michelago Railway Station

Bombala Railway Station

Yass Town Railway Station

Canberra Railway Museum

Gundagai Railway Station

Temora Railway Station

NSW Railway Museum

Wagga Wagga Rail Heritage Museum

Ladysmith Tourist Railway

West

Zig Zag Railway

State Mine Railway

Lachlan Valley Railway

Oberon-Tarana Tourist Railway

Bathurst Railway Museum

Sulphide Street Railway Museum

North

Toronto Railway Station

Richmond Vale Railway

Railmotor Society

Werris Creek Station

Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum

Tenterfield Railway Station

Wallangarra Railway Station

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NSW Railways Past & Present

Congratulations on passing the 15,000 member milestone.
If you love New South Wales railway history, and would like to know why this group has become the most popular site for it, you are welcome to come and join in.

Photo: Greg Davis

Easter egg hunt for kids this morning, I bought 2 eggs and drilled a big hole in bottom of there baskets,

So far they've found 48,680 eggs!