Another delightful baby ALCo selection.

Part 5

The short Tubemakers branch left the main Illawarra line just south of Kembla Grange station. While unused for many years, it is only in more recent times that the junction was actually removed.

48125 4901 on the track to the disused 5th platform at Rockdale during trackwork.

48124 is the fourth loco in a quad again. Had it been at the front, it would have make a lovely set of consecutive numbers.

Almost a perfect set of Indian Red 48ers at Broadmeadow.
Only ruined by the flagon 4894, a sign of some local patriotism in 

the bicentennial year.

48126 shunts Albury yard in happier times.

Now awaiting her fate in far less happy times.

48127 and 8015 pass the former Banksia Street crossing in a view 

that is much changed today.
A huge footbridge now connects both sides, the units in the background are now finished and that well known Flame Tree is no more.

Until our next riveting 48 installment. _____________________________________________________________________

Maroochy Shire Tramways SIG

Covering the tramways of the Moreton Mill, Mapleton and Buderim districts.

Welcome to '48er Fest', huge celebration of Australia's best branchline locomotive.
Over coming months we shall be featuring these locomotives, often considered the backbone of the NSW railways, mostly in photos taken during the 80s and 90s.
While I would like to share every shot I have taken of these great looking/sounding little beasts, the internet only has so much room to spare

48102 in Red Terror livery arriving at Cooks River.

48102 again, this time in the far south of the state.

48102, now wereing Freightrail Blue, way out in the back blocks of New South Wales, shunting a
cotton train at Warren.
It is believed this last bit of the branch is no longer used following damage to a bridge between the cotton loading point and main yard.

48103 between shunting duties at Sydney Terminal.

48103 had not long been painted blue when we managed a night shot of her in Botany Goods Yard. In the background can be seen 4401 and 44211 awaiting departure.

48104 has just arrived at Cooks River Staff Hut from Botany. It will soon
cross over and into Cooks River yard.

VICTORIA IN THE 90S.

VICTORIA IN THE 90s

VICTORIA In The 90s

Welcome to another thrilling instalment of our 90s Victorian joyride.

This one concentrates more on the box type locos, however, we are making our way towards the more firm faves in railfan circles.
Now before sitting down to your typewriter and sending me letters full of grief, I do fully understand that these shots are not all taken in Victoria. The concept is more to show Victorian locos/trains, some of which ran in other states at the time.

No long a junction by this time, Yass Junction was the former junction for the line to Yass Town.
The branch closed at the end of the 80s, the main traffic by then being fuel for the CALTEX depot just beyond the terminal station.

Friday nights and Saturday mornings would usually find us at Menangle.
Alas, finding a life put an end to that.

A somewhat overpowered train :-)

The Intercapital Daylight Express between Sydney and Melbourne was always guaranteed to provide some entertainment on an otherwise quiet Cootamundra afternoon. By this time, the 81 and G class were the norm for this service, this remaining the case until the XPT took over the run.

Stay tuned for next months enthralling instalment.