MEMORABILIA THEFT FROM JUNEE.

Can You Help Kev Shultz Find 

His Collection?

Junee Police: 0269241144

***Announcement****

  Sometime between the hours of 18:00 Sunday night the 08-09-2019 and 09:00 Monday morning the 09-09-2019, my double garage/man cave was broken into, resulting in many tools, cherished and valuable items go missing, including different railway memorabilia which I have collected over many years. Unfortunately, due to the high on going cost of insurance, there was no insurance to cover the items, so as you could imagine I’m devastated...

  Entry was forced through one of the two roller doors, backing on to the back lane in my street, and because of the nature of the items that have been stolen, it looks to be a targeted attack????

Obviously I have spoke to the police and investigations are continuing.

So,.....I send a shout out to everyone, especially my fellow railway comrades and collectors, could you please be on the look out on any social media pages, eBay, Gumtree, private collectors etc, for any of the following more unique and valued items:

*Any C class Locomotive memorabilia. (Except for HO scale locomotive models.)
*5 inch gauge 1/12th scale “C” class V/Line liveried “Live” locomotives.
*Clyde Engineering oval makers plates, with model/serial numbers from 76-825 to 77-833.
*C class cab side number plates, C504, C502, C507.
*Copy/replica C501 plates.
*5 chime Leslie Supertyfon S5t Horns x 2.
*Any ATN Access/Australian Transport Network memorabilia.
*Light blue and yellow Locomotive front headlight assembly with globes.
*C class “back lighted” front and rear number boards.
*HSV (Holden Special Vehicle) tool chest and socket sets.
*Lincoln Air compressor, 50 litre V twin, light blue in colour.

  If you see any of these items arise and you are not sure of the ownership etc, could you please contact Junee Police on 0269241144 or myself directly on 0459760276, where the item can be checked against the full list of items on mine or the police data base.

Thanks Guys.
Kev

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Lets all keep our eyes open on all online sales sites (Marketplace, Feebay and Gumtree) 

as well as hobby forums.

Let's reclaim this stuff for Kev.

Spotlight on the NSW 80 Class.

A collection of images taken back in the 90s.

For a very long time, 7SP5 was the train of choice for Saturday morning foaming.
It would regularly rate a lashup of four ALCo lovelies.

Yet another selection of old photographs from the murky bowels of ones extensive photographic collection.
As always there is no particular order or theme, just as they are extracted from within.

This layout disappeared many years ago and was the last one I even actually built.
Called Murabit, its a real town, but a fictional railway,
on the NSW/Victorian border.
Yeah I know its a bit of an overused theme, but it gave me reason to utilize the V/Line stuff I had at the time.
I think the 48 is the only unit to survive in the collection as I slowly move towards modelling the 'South Maitland Railways' this year.

Angeles City, to the north of Manila (Philippines) is certainly famous for its delicious woman of questionable employment.
It has long been the destination for lonely dribblies, railfan or otherwise, who like to feel they are wanted by the female half of the species, or who wish to unload years worth of pent up frustration.
However, AS I AM MARRIED, I just went and visited the old railway yard of the 'Philippine National Railways' and then moved on to points north.
Hmmmm they were certainly colourful from the outside those bars.

Back to Australia and we find Silverton near the NSW/South Australia border.
Taken during a visit in the 1990s.

The spectacular (I think that is the official term as used by all tourist brouchers) Zig Zag Railway in the Blue Mountains of NSW.

My god its a bus.
A MAN at Cremorne wharf in the livery of old.

Yep, another bus. This time an ex-Sydney Leopard in Queensland.
Obviously I wasn't bothered noting the location and old age means I can't remember where it was.

Remember the days of orange buses and trams around Melbourne?
Doncaster Depot in 1988

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Random Piccies!

It is time for a selection of random photos with no real theme at all.

In a couple of weeks time we will be moving north to take an extended look over the now closed Moreton Mill system at Nambour, locomotives, safeworking, structures.

For now I am going to be quite the bludger and just place up a few random selections.

All the following train shots were taken during the forst two months of this year.

5002 5009 have just passed under the new flyover at Sandgate and are turning towards Kooragang Island where their load of coal will be dumped.The coal system in Newcastle has been struggling to cope with the increased loads nowdays, with one mine, Austar, appearing to have found a solution in containerising the black diamond.

A face that will soon change. Cs5 still retains her lovely Silverton blue/yellow livery, but for how long. Gradually the class are going through major overhauls and reappearing in a new livery, still yellow and blue, for 'South Spur Rail'.

While the parent company, Coote, has purchased most of the earlier sold Silverton fleet from ALLCO, the C class were not included and are leased from the ALLCO/CFCLA joint venture.

Cs5 is seen here at Port Botany in January.

Undergoing somewhat of a revival of late, the 80 class have been returning to service, some even recieving major overhauls and repaints.

8042 is seen passing through Belfield in January with two recently refurbished fuel tankers, presumably from a siding at Meeks Road.

Ahhhhhhhhh Philippine beauty. Far more easier on the eye, and the lens, than trains.

These two sweeties were at the '2007 Philippine Fiesta' at Rosehill Racecourse and pretty much sum up why my photographic interests are more aimed in that direction nowdays.

See you at the 2008 Fiesta.

Lineside!

Despite semi-retirement from foaming, one still heads out for a day of lineside dribbling with fellow gunzel sufferers.
One of the more common locations that I can be found is Belfield on the goods lines. While it dosen't get an incredible amount of use nowdays, the overhead still exists here. However one can get around this bollocks to achieve a half decent shot.

Photos: 17-10-2007
1427 (Push/Pull) containers from Port Botany to Minto pass through Belfield with 4703 coming up the rear. Hmmmmm sounds a little unsavoury. These fugly locos imported second hand from Denmark are making their presence felt around Sydney nowdays.

K206 (English Electric) passes through earlier in the day with the Mannway trains from Leightonfield to Port Botany. This service is run by 'South Spur Rail', you can click HERE for an earlier rant about this company.

NSW 48 class Forum!

G'day,

The NSW 48 class locomotive was amazing both in the amount of units built (165) and also the huge variety of uses they have seen over the years.

The first rolled out in 1959 thus making the class 48 years old.

Despite a small locomotive designed for branchlines, these little workhorses, often regarded as the backbone of the NSW railways, have developed a large base of fans who like to research their past and follow what they are up to today.

The last decade has not been kind to the class with many withdrawn and/or scrapped. An unusual number of them have also gone up in flames.

The 48 Class forum is for discussing all aspects of these locomotives, as well as their relatives in South Australia, Broken Hill (Silverton) and similar types overseas. It is directly related to the 44 class forum mentioned in an earlier blog post.
A similar 45 class one is also planned. Same URL with the 48 obviously replaced with a 45.

PHOTO: 4848 waits permission to cross Ocean Street and onto the Botany mainline before pushing back to the yard of the same name. This is the now closed branch into former AMPOL fuel terminal at Port Botany. Photographer:Brad Peadon

The 'Semi-Retired Foamer' will be covering this branch a bit more in coming weeks, while I hope to also list the current situation of all 48 class along with photos.

PHOTO: ST28 and ST29 shut down for the night at the 'then' Silverton Tramway Co depot at Broken Hill. 1999. Photographer: Brad Peadon

Silverton: How to trash a name!

"Established in 1886 by virtue of the Silverton Tramways Act. The company was registered under the Victorian Companies Act 1890, in 1894."

Silverton! It is Australia's oldest privately operated railway company. Originally based in Broken Hill to shunt mines and operate a narrow gauge railway through the interesting town of Silverton into South Australia, ending at the township of Cockburn.
The reason for such a remote railway line was interstate rivalry, neith NSW or South Australia would allow the other state to build into their state. Thus the Silverton Tramway Company was born to connect the two.
In 1970 a standard gauge line bypassed this link and the line was closed and nowdays is removed, except for a few interesting relics that have survived.
This was not the end for Silverton, the company continued on shunting the mines around Broken Hill with their DL531 ALCo locomotives.
In more recent times Silverton has spread its wings and become a operator of freight services around New South Wales and into other states.
Even later it was merged with South Spur (a private railway company started in Western Australia) and became 'Southern and Silverton' (often refered to as 'Scumbag & Simpleton' by some more disenchanted employees).
Today the whole lot has been sold to another company called 'Coote Industrial'.

Recent reports from within say that the 'Silverton' name has been so badly tarnished by the recent ownership that it is to be completely removed from public view. Indeed at least one of te recently returned C class has recieved 'South Spur' names on both sides, with no hint of 'Southern and Silverton'.
A shameful end to a once proud and VERY RESPECTED name.
To all involved - Hang your heads!

** Thanks to 'Silverton48s32' for the 80 class photo!
* Thanks to bodgy scanner for cutting nose off 48s!