Oh looksie, we have reached the end of May in our April celebration to the 44 class.

Despite bypassing heaps of photos, it seems they are still showing up.

While becoming more random, they will continue until the death threats from EMD fans start to roll in.

Thank you to all those who have been visiting, the numbers of which have been impressive, I appreciate your interest in my strange little website - or is it just the 44s that currently grace it?

Saturday mornings at Cooks River, it become a ritual for all those who loved ALCo.

7SP5 was the star attraction, with its guarantee of at least three or four 80 class, at best some 44s and 45s shoved in for good measure.

Here 4496 lends assistance to a pair of her more modern 80 class counterparts.

4492, 4497 and 4872 sit around Broadmeadow awaiting their next duty.

You would be mistaken for thinking this is an old LVRF livery :-)
4495 is said to have been in for repaint but only just started when a motive power shortage saw her pulled back into traffic. Regardless of the truth, she was certainly the pride of the fleet when seen here at Goulburn.

4495 looking a bit better at Taree.

4494 in her reverse livery, carrying the blue L7 logo when seen at Delec, and without when caught at a much more accessable CTAL siding at Port Botany.

44?? 4492 heading north to Brisbane, sitting at Taree.

4491 at Delec.

4488 also at Delec.

Broadmeadow was to ALCo fans what Darlinghurst was to perverts and this day in 1991 was no exception. 3507, 44220, 4717 and 4471 sit around awaiting some sort of work.

4487 at the Chullora.

Stay tunes - more delightful 44 class just around the corner.

4427 partaking in works train duties around Bargo on a very overcast Sunday back in the 90s.

About the only shots we got all day between the intermittent cats and dogs.

Up pass passing over the oldest railway bridge in New South Wales at Menangle.

4486 and 48112 shunting around the now closed Flemington Market yards.

Very early on a Moss Vale morning, 4484 is found preparing to depart towards Sydney.

Having just stopped in Taree, 4470 4495 and a 45 continue their journey south.

4490 and 4520 were only quite recently restored when they lead 4201 out to Manildra and back.

4498 at Eveleigh.

4423 and 27 sit around the Delec turntable. Neither survived into preservation or private use.

4498 at Broadmeadow loco.

4486 is turned at Cowra prior to her first run in preservation.

4497 4483 44222 on 7SP5 passing through Bargo. 4480 and one other ALCo would be added at Goulburn before continuing on towards Cootamundra and then points west.

New South Wales grand lady of the rails.

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From The Murky Depths Of The Archive

Not the countries biggest loco, this wonderful little unit (MSB #2) now resides at the Menangle Machinery Museum. This museum is open a few times a year and well worth a look for railfans who like smaller industrial items.

JL404 1872 at Gelco (near Port Botany).

The JL has lost its logos nowdays, while the 18 has racked off to South Australia and doing goodness knows what.

Rowie (aka Sugarbush) very busy at work with his railfan duties.


Shakey (aka Matt English) enjoys a brief respite from attacks by MrX while Matty Green looks at something else.

A very sexy looking 4497 between duties at Leightonfield.

Twas a strange livery, but alas it is now one.

4488 at Leightonfield with one of them EL things

And for the heck of it another 44, this time in the shape of 4458 arriving at Gelco with containers for Port Botany. She two has lost her unique livery seen here.

3930 on a catle train somewhere along the Ipswich line.

To some it is so very boring, to others it brings on strange desires best not talked about, the famous 3801 is seen here crossing the very old Menangle bridge.

101 in the process of becoming a GL.

101 waiting to be vandalised and turned into a GL.

D17 on a torpedo ladle run.

Port Kembla steelworks.

Menangle Machinery Museum again, this time an operational kettle.