NSW 422 Class

Current status 'now available' at the

'Australian Locomotive Rosters' Website.

20 Locos - 110 Photos - 32 Livery Variations

All Liveries Of Each Unit Covered.

Builder: Clyde Engineering, Granville

Gauge: Standard

Power: 1640 kW / 2200 HP

Axles: Co-Co 

Length: 18.44 m

Mass: 110 t

42206 at Moss Vale station on a passenger service. Photo: Brad Peadon

The 422 class were a common sight on Southern Highlands limestone yo-yo 

runs for many years.
42201 and 42207 slowly climb out of the, now removed, up refuge at Wingello, having been passed by a local passenger service. Photo: Brad Peadon

42201 at the former Delec Locomotive Depot at Enfield. While the depot has been wiped from the face of the earth, the wheel lathe in the background continues 

to perform it's function. Photo: Brad Peadon 

Reverse liveried 42203 snoozes at Sydney Terminal. It will probably do a run down the Illawarra, or Southern Highlands, later in the day.Photo: Brad Peadon

42203 leans into the curve as it passes through Menangle station and on to Sydney.Photo: Brad Peadon

42205 prepares to depart Sydney Terminal. Photo: Brad Peadon

Super-Series 42220 at Spencer Street Station (Melbourne, Victoria) in 1987.
They were also regulars on through running from New South Wales.Photo: Brad Peadon

42206 on an up goods at Wingello.
The earlier mentioned up refuge can be seen at right.

42206 again, this time having been turned on the Cootamundra triangle with 8004, 42207 and C504. Photo: Brad Peadon

42213 on an up passenger train between Douglas Park and Menangle (Southern Line)

42213 on another passenger train, this time passing over Spring Creek, at Bombo, while headed to Bomaderry (Illawarra Line).

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80s/90s Kettle Action

Streeewth, am running out of month, but far from running out of 44 class.

4403 42220 8168 are passing Hope Street on their way to Rozelle yard to work the Griffith Speedfreight. The final weeks of the 44 class saw us here on many an evening in an effort to grab our last glimpses of these magnificent beasts in action.

4403 has since been preserved and just recently painted back into indian red (because there isn't already enough in that livery), 42220 is now CFCLA's FL220 and I suspect 8168 is running around the start in either Freightrail blue or the more attractive PN one.

4480 at Broadmeadow.

Distinguished from her similarly painted sister, 4480, by the lack of number on the nose door.

4403 at Port Botany

4471 and 42220 on a down limestone approaching Moss Vale station.

4474 idles at Taree on a southbound container service.

4489 has just arrived at the former Beachamp Road level crossing in Matraville and proceeds to run around before pushing back into the port.

44221 44211 4451 on a container rake up in the Hunter Valley.

4438s days are number as she awaits to be purchased in the Cardiff auction.

4483 on works train passing Concord West.

4492 at Delec

Steven Karas inspecting the awesome power that is a 44 class.

That beautiful ALCo nose. 4431 awaits scrapping at Junee, while 4486 had just been restored at Cowra.

This time it is the nose of 4446.

The final Goulburn passenger has arrived at Sydney Terminal and the locomotives will soon run around.