I was just browsing the net and found your site. I am not a rail freak, especially after 40 years on the job in NSW where I started as a loco cleaner and ended as a locomotive inspector or road foreman as you Victorians say.

Attached is a picture of the 19 class you missed when you saw Hair. The picture was taken Approx 1967 and loco is No 1948.

We used to Bank freight loads hauled by an electric 46 class ex Darling Harbour with these locos IF we could keep up with them that is! I was an acting driver on this day and ironically the photo was taken by a Victorian engineman at the time. In the background is the now Powerhouse Museum at Darling Harbour but it was a wool shed in those days I often meet old mates (drivers) there for a drink and lunch and it brings back memories

PS: I also saw Hair and am still trying to work it out, then again I am still trying to work out steam engines and what the big attraction is to people who did not have to tolerate the things, Dirty, Hot, Cold, Hard Work, Unreliable, Etc Etc.

I finished as a specialist on XPT training drivers from Sydney to Melbourne and Brisbane and all points between and I know what I prefer, but as I said I ain't no train freak!