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subdir_title(D50 Class 2-8-0 Consolidations)
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link_text(Glasgow-6,../../br/glasgow)
h45069/h4
ajh_image(5069-1,
[105589 bytes, 600x600 pixels],[1973 (scanned 25 Feb 1997)],
[5069 just south of Helensburgh],
[5069 just south of Helensburgh])
CD_image(5069-2,PCD-01/063,
[69538 bytes, 702x500 pixels],[1973],[John Hurst],
[5069 shunts in the rain at Waterfall],
[5069 shunts in the rain at Waterfall])
CD_image(5069-3,PCD-01/064,
[162301 bytes, 704x503 pixels],[1973],[John Hurst],
[5069 running tender first near Helensburgh],
[5069 running tender first near Helensburgh, on its way to the
Helensburgh colliery. Compare this picture to A
HREF="../index.html#1709+3526-1"1709+3526-1/A, A
HREF="#5069-1"5069-1/A and A
HREF="../32class/index.html#3203-3"3203-3/A, all taken at the
same location.])
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[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5069 charges out of Helensburgh Colliery with her train, passengers
this time, just to make a change from the usual coal wagons.])
CD_image(5069-5,[PCD-01/073],
[122048 bytes, 714x500 pixels],
[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5069 chuffs past some Sydney suburban "bungalows" on the Illawarra line.])
link_text(5910=5069-1,../59class)
h45112/h4
my_HTML([Ian Larcher TT<metalasticozemail.com.au>/TT
writes (on 20 Oct 1999):])
DIRmy_HTML([G'day John, I've just finished looking through your web
site, and in particular at the photo's of 5112. Just thought that
I'd drop you a note to let you know the current state of play with
this Locomotive.])
my_HTML([As you would no doubt be aware, 5112's restoration stalled
some years ago with the engine approximately 80% finished, and has
remained in limbo ever since. Earlier on this year a group of
former CWRPS members negotiated with Bathurst City Council to
recommence the restoration, which was agreed to, however Bathurst
Council has since done a complete back flip and demanded the
engine's return.])
my_HTML([As well as presenting those members with a claim for costs
incurred in removing the engine back to the State Mine Museum at
Lithgow for restoration to be supposedly completed by them. (Not
bad as those persons never had anything to do with the fiasco, and
were trying to keep faith with Bathurst Council.) I don't really
want to comment on this as I have links with both groups- suffice
to say that in my own personal opinion, based on over twenty years
active restoration on several projects including being heavily
involved with both 5112, and 5367's successful restoration &
operation, it is doomed to further failure.])
my_HTML([Anyway the state of play is this Bathurst Council is planing
to (somehow) remove the engine by rail on Tuesday 26
October. Apparently Silverton will be hauling the engine from
Orange East Fork down to Orange Station for craning onto a low
Loader for transport to Lithgow. The carriages at this stage will
not be going to Valley Heights as stated on your web site, but in
the interim will stay at Orange (even if the engine goes) and
continue to be restored for joint use between the Central West
Railway & the Lachlan Valley Railway, both groups are working
closely together & will be running some joint trips in the
future.])
my_HTML([Hope you may find this of interest])
my_HTML([Best Wishes])
my_HTML([Ian Larcher])
/DIR
my_HTML([Thanks for the update, Ian. We await with interest further
developments.])
CD_image(5112-1,PCD-01/047,
[104275 bytes, 736x501 pixels],[Oct 1972],[John Hurst],
[Port Waratah Roundhouse],
[It seems that 5112 has suffered a little incontinence in her old
age! This was the locomotive that Ben Chifley (war time Prime
Minister of Australia) drove, and was preserved at Bathurst. It is
now undergoing restoration. The locomotive's overhaul has not yet
been completed, but the boiler is back in the frames, the tender
has been re-assembled. It may be going to Valley Heights with
about 6 FS carriages for their overhauls to be completed. (Thanks
to Brett Fitzpatrick for the restoration update.)])
slide_image(5112-2,4337,
94385,[Apr 1974],[01 Nov 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5112 hauls sightseers from Bathurst on some local trips before
retiring for good.])
vertical_slide_image(5112-3,4339,
40647,[Apr 1974],[01 Nov 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5112 hauls sightseers from Bathurst on some local trips before
retiring for good.])
slide_image(5112-4,13166,
127058,Jan 1985,30 Sep 1999,Kodachrome,
[5112 during her days at Bathurst. A cover has been erected over
her, and she has been painted since I last saw her, but that's
about all that has happened on the restoration front])
CD_image(5112+3820-1,PCD-01/049,
[124787 bytes, 715x498 pixels],[1973],[John Hurst],
[Awaba refuge],
[5112 and 3820 leave the Awaba down refuge, after refuging for the
down Newcastle Flyer. An EH Holden completes the Australian
scene.])
slide_image(5112+5910-1,4322,
90223,[1974],[31 Oct 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5112 is making her final run, being delivered to Bathurst and
preservation as Ben Chifley's locomotive. Here we see her in
company with 5910 on the Main West.])
slide_image(5112+5910-2,4324,
74401,[1974],[31 Oct 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5112 is making her final run, being delivered to Bathurst and
preservation as Ben Chifley's locomotive. Here we see her in
company with 5910 on the Main West near Tarana.])
slide_image(5112+5910-3,4329,
91406,[1974],[31 Oct 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[A most bucholic scene. The cows probably don't care
much that they won]t see 5112 pass this way again.])
vertical_slide_image(5112+5910-4,4333,
60862,[1974],[31 Oct 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[Also a bucholic portrait. Trains on the skyline.])
slide_image(5112+5910-4a,4333,
93757,[1974],[31 Oct 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[Also a bucholic landscape. Trains on the skyline.])
CD_image(5112+6039-1,PCD-01/001,
[74502 bytes, 667x500 pixels],[1973],[John Hurst],
[5112+6039 approach Adamstown tunnel],
[5112+6039 climb the 1 in 80 up to the Adamstown tunnel, south of
Newcastle.])
link_image(5365=5273=5112-1,../53class)
h45133/h4
CD_image(5133-1,PCD-01/045,
[95388 bytes, 721x502 pixels],[Oct 1972],[John Hurst],
[Port Waratah roundhouse],
[5133 awaits her next turn of duty with her sisters amid the palms
at the Port Waratah Roundhouse, Newcastle. Time was running out,
though: within 6 months no steam hauled trains remained on the
NSWGR])
h45241/h4
vertical_slide_image(5241-1,3362,
53298,[16 Sep 1973],[21 Jul 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[I think this is 5241 at Enfield. Well, it certainly is Enfield. In
the background is 6002. 5241 was finally cut up for scrap on 12 Aug
1974.])
h45273/h4
link_image(5365=5273=5112-1,../53class)
H45274/H4
square_slide_image(5274-1,
3742,85712,1972,14 May 1998,Agfachrome,
[5274 simmers under the very blue light of a mercury vapour lamp at
Port Waratah.])
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my_HTML([There were 35 35 Class and 280 of these 2-8-0s!! The T-524
class (in the pre-1924 numbering scheme) were built to replace
earlier 2-6-0 designs, and were so successful that they not only
became the largest single class of steam locomotives in Australia,
but also their design was used as the basis for no less than 4
other classes of locomotive, and they were also used on the
Western Front in WWI. THe other classes were the A
HREF="$1/53class/index.html"53 class/A, 55 class, Commonwealth
Railways K class, and A HREF="$1/../smr/index.html"SMR 10
class/A.])
my_HTML([Originally designed by Beyer Peacock, the 50 class had
Belpaire fireboxes, and inside Allan straight link valve gear. The
second and third driving wheels were flangeless. Members of the
class were built by various builders, including Beyer Peacock,
Dubs, Neilsen Reid, North British and Clyde Engineering (NSW).])
my_HTML([Beyer Peacock built 151, the most of any one builder, and
North British were in second place with 84 plus the 10 that went
to the War Department's Railways Operating Division in France. To
commmemorate that effort, a A
HREF="$1/../br/glasgow/index.html#Glasgow-6"model of the 50
class/A can be seen in the Glasgow Museum of Transport])
my_HTML([They were gradually rebuilt from the original saturated
design to a superheated version, but not all were so treated, and
the last one in active service was in fact a saturated loco, 5069,
seen here in these pages.])
])
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