EAST GRETA SHUNTERS

 

X200 (ex X107, ex X207)

Built by the NSW Railways / Water Supply Workshops 
in 1967.

After leaving Freightcorp, she went to SCT, before ending up here at East Greta Junction with 'Gemco Rail'.

Today, she still wears the livery of her previous owner, SCT, but renumbered X200 and carrying the 'Gemco Rail' name.

SMR32

Orenstein & Koppel (O&K) MB7N builders number 26263 built in 1964.
Imported to Australia in 2007 by BT Contractors Pty Ltd, used on construction trains during the building of the IQR Alliance Bayswater & Drayton Mines joint facility at Antiene NSW.
Sold 2009 to Abigroup Pty Ltd used at Kooragang Coal Export Terminal, then stored at Rutherford till sold to South Maitland Railways arriving at East Greta Junction on 17/06/2016.

SMR33 (Number Not Currently Carried)

Orenstein & Koppel (O&K) MB7N builders number 

26266 built in 1964.
Imported to Australia in 2007 by BT Contractors Pty Ltd, used on construction trains during the building of the IQR Alliance Bayswater & Drayton Mines joint facility at Antiene NSW.
Sold 2009 to Abigroup Pty Ltd used at Kooragang Coal Export Terminal, then stored at Rutherford till sold to South Maitland Railways arriving at East Greta Junction on 17/06/2016.

South Maitland & Richmond Vale Railways 

Facebook Group

Video of X200 shunting.

Other posts of marginal interest:

Port Kembla Copper

Maroochy River Lifting Bridge

Fiji Rail - 2006

BLI BLI - Model & Prototype

Up Among The 2fts

Another riveting selection of slides from back in the days before hatred and ego controlled the railfan hobby. They were great days, no internet, just lineside mateship.
You can excuse anyone for being bitter. Years of trying to make a better hobby, trying to further railway preservation in NSW, just to be attacked endlessly from people professing to run the railway heritage industry, or who run mediocre Facebook groups while carrying a huge chip of HAYte on their shoulders.  At least I have close friends, and a massive pile of memories left to enjoy. All of which I am happy to share with like-minded people who still care about the railfan hobby.

Beautiful Exeter station remains very much the same in 2018.

East Greta Junction on the South Maitland Railway.

Eugowra (terminus of line from Cowra)

Goulburn before the museum moved in.

Galong before a container train went through is.
Stay tuned for video footage from this station.

More old 80s/90s images (and videos) shortly.

~~ WELCOME HOME SMR10 AND 18 ~~

A six hour return trip, a pre dawn departure, pouring rain during the whole event and deep thick mud.

AN AWESOME DAY!

Nothing was going to stop myself, along with my usual sidekick MrX, heading north towards Maitland to celebrate the returning home of SMR10 and 18 to their rightful home in East Greta Junction.
The whole day was somewhat heritage themed, with visits to Minmi and Pelaw Main aso partaken in, along with a chase of a Pelton (SMR) coalie with ALCo locomotives up front, something that will soon disappear.

Thanks to everyone at the HVTC and 'Friends of SMR' for a truly great day.

East Greta Junction

Abermain

B1 preserved at Minmi has had its windown smashed on the other side.

Passenger gets sick of waiting for next Cessnock passenger.