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subdir_header(D59 Class 2-8-2 Mikado,59class-back.jpg,nsw,59class)
nsw_navigation(..)
HR
subdir_title(D59 Class 2-8-2 Mikados)
intro_text_nsw_59class(..)
h45905/h4
slide_image(5905-1,3360,
82605,[16 Sep 1973],[21 Jul 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[I believe this to be 5905, but I'm not sure. Pictured
at Enfield Loco.])
h45910/h4
ajh_image(5910-1,
[131106 bytes, 672x507 pixels],[Apr 1985 (scanned 3 Feb 1997)],
[Rail Transport Museum],
[5910 at the Rail Transport Museum, Thirlmere, after overhaul,
awaiting its final coats of paint.])
full_image(5910-2,
[height=75 width=100],[87685 bytes, 493x374 pixels],[1973],
[Barbara Hurst],[PCD-01/083],
[],
[A post-and-rail fence, and ubiquitous eucalyptus trees make a
rustic framework for a rusty railway locomotive. Sadly, steam locos
are no longer themselves ubiquitous, and do not get posted around
the rails.])
ajh_image(5910-3,
[151990 bytes, 880x596 pixels],[1973 (scanned 25 Feb 1997)],
[Waterfall],
[Oiling round at Waterfall. This is the same location as A
HREF="../38class/3813.html#3813-1"3813-1/A and A
HREF="../index.html#1709-3"1709-3/A.])
ajh_image(5910-4,
[88402 bytes, 783x602 pixels],[1973 (scanned 7 Feb 1997)],
[5910 silhouette],
[5910 silhouetted against a late afternoon sky, near Yerrinbool on
the Main South. This is the same location as A
HREF="#5910-2"5910-2/A, but seen from the other side of the
track. Notice the gaps in the silhouette due to the open spaces
between the boiler and frame, and also the fishplate holes in the
(welded) rail line.])
slide_image(5910-5,2225,
103343 bytes, 800x600 pixels,1973,28 Feb 1998,Ektachrome,
[5910 draws past the classic Unanderra line photo spot, with the
Unanderra escarpment in the background, and the lush Robertson
dairying pasture in the foreground.])
ajh_image(5910-6,
[133567 bytes, 886x604 pixels],[1973 (scanned 7 Feb 1997)],
[5910 at Waterfall],
[5910 at Waterfall while taking water for a run to Wollongong and up
the Unanderra to Moss Vale. (same occasion as A
HREF="#5910-3"5910-3/A)])
ajh_vertical_image(5910-7,
[133567 bytes, 886x604 pixels],[Apr 1985 (scanned 21 Jan 1997)],
[5910]s valve gear],
[A close-up of 5910's valve gear.])
vertical_slide_image(5910-8,3218,
48753,Jul 1973,15 Jan 1998,?,
[5910 has just finished pulling a special train into Central, and
waits at the end of the platform for the engine release road to
clear.])
full_image(5910-9,
[height=75 width=75],[75413 bytes, 600x600 pixels],
[1973 (scanned 28 Feb 1998)],
[Barbara Hurst],[slide number 2243, taken on Agfacolor],
[Click me for full image],
[same location as a href="#5910-2"5910-2/a, 5910 crosses an
accomdation bridge near Aylmerton on the Main South])
vertical_slide_image(5910-10,4361,
38208,[Apr 1974],[18 Oct 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 crosses a narrow clearance bridge en route to Bathurst with
the delivery run of 5112 (the Ben Chifley loco).])
vertical_slide_image(5910-11,4343,
86991,[Apr 1974],[01 Nov 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5910's big end, taken at Bathurst.])
CD_image(5910-12,[PCD-01/077],
[115835 bytes, 711x503 pixels],
[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 shunts at Cabramatta.])
CD_vertical_image(5910-13,[PCD-01/078],
[90483 bytes, 502x731 pixels],
[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 shunts at the Lidcombe brickworks sidings.])
CD_image(5910-14,[PCD-01/079],
[57799 bytes, 703x501 pixels],
[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 at speed along the main line through Ashfield.])
CD_image(5910-15,[PCD-01/080],
[125479 bytes, 722x505 pixels],
[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 waits in the unusual refuge sidings at Dombarton on the
Unanderra to Moss Vale line. For a more detailed explanation of
the Dombarton facilities, see the discussion at A
HREF="../misc/index.html#42209-4"42209-4/A, and a similar (wide
angle) view at A
HREF="../422class/index.html#42209-7"42209-7/A.])
slide_image(5910-16,13363,
97922,Aug 1985,02 Oct 1999,Kodachrome,
[5910 waits at Goulburn station for the double 30 class to return
from Crookwell for RTM passengers.])
slide_image(5910-17,13364,
53546,Aug 1985,03 Oct 1999,Kodachrome,
[Another shot of 5910 at Goulburn.])
slide_image(5910-18,13365,
82369,Aug 1985,03 Oct 1999,Kodachrome,
[Another shot of 5910 at Goulburn.])
slide_image(5910-19,13366,
73651,Aug 1985,03 Oct 1999,Kodachrome,
[Yet another shot of 5910 at Goulburn.])
CD_image(5910-20,[PCD-01/081],
[113867 bytes, 713x503 pixels],
[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 steams past the Winton swamps between Robertson and Moss Vale,
on the Unanderra-Moss Vale cross country line.])
CD_image(5910-21,[PCD-01/082],
[172348 bytes, 728x505 pixels],
[1973],
[John Hurst],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 being serviced at Moss Vale.])
full_image(5910Woodford,
[height=75 width=120],[16001 bytes, 1113x691 pixels],[1997],
[Darren Yates],[emailed jpeg, used with permission],
[5910 in Blue Mountains],
[Darren Yates sent me this photo. He says "It's 5910 on
a run through the Blue Mountains last year. Thanks for keeping an
excellent archive." (Oops, I left the last bit in by mistake IMG
SRC="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/images/misc/smiley.gif".)])
full_image(5910-b1,
[height=75 width=100],
[71413 bytes, 1009x732 pixels],
[1973],
[Derick Cullen],[personal photo, used with permission],
[5910 at Enfield Loco],
[5910 is finished for the day, and is de-ashed at the Enfield loco
depot. Scenes like this would have been much more common 20 years
before this photograph was taken, but now happen only on special
trips. Alas, the Enfield depot is no more either, having been
bulldozed within 2 years of the photo.])
full_image(5910-b2,
[height=75 width=100],
[71413 bytes, 1009x732 pixels],
[1973],
[Derick Cullen],[personal photo, used with permission],
[5910 at Helensburgh],
[5910 pauses and poses at Helensburgh, after taking a charter train
there. John and Barbara Hurst also pause and pose while fellow
train chaser Derick Cullen snaps the picture. NSW
ferroequinologists will note that the picture has been reversed
left-to-right. I did this because I use the wasteland in the
foreground in which to store my desktop icons!])
slide_image(5910+3526-1,2710,
[1127774 bytes, 800x600 pixels],
[Jun 1973],[24 Jun 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 lends a helping hand to 3526 under the wires on the Blue
Mountains line.])
link_text(5910=5069-1,.)
slide_image(5910=5112-1,4341,
86991,[Apr 1974],[01 Nov 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5910 goes round in circles while 5112 shows off her tender behind.])
h45914/h4
CD_image(5914-1,PCD-01/044,
[117711 bytes, 726x501 pixels],[April 1973],[John Hurst],
[sad picture],
[End of the road for 5914 at Sim's Metal, Mascot. With her tender
cut down to its frame, smokebox and buffer beam gone, soon 5914
will nothing more than a heap of scrap metal, and memories such as
this.])
h45915/h4
CD_image(5915-1,PCD-01/036,
[120431 bytes, 729x503 pixels],[Apr 1971],[John Hurst],
[5915 at Gosford],
[5915 is admired by the photographer's wife as she stands a
href="trains/nsw/59class/cranky-wife.html"simmering/a in Gosford Yard. A personal
favorite, as this was the first NSWGR steam loco I photographed.
Alas, by 1971 there were very few steam locomotives in regular
service to photograph!])
CD_image(5915-2,PCD-01/037,
[127960 bytes, 742x505 pixels],[Apr 1971],[John Hurst],
[5915 at Gosford],
[5915 is a study in working grime, as she awaits her next turn of
duty in Gosford yard.])
slide_image(5915-3,3367,
102705,[16 Sep 1973],[13 Jan 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5915 awaits her fate at Enfield, after being put into storage
following the last use of steam on NSWGR. Contrast this picture
with the A HREF="#5915-1"Gosford/A scene.])
slide_image(5915-4,3363,
72509,[16 Sep 1973],[21 Jul 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5915 awaits her fate at Enfield.])
h45917/h4
ajh_image(5917-1,
[107804 bytes, 825x595 pixels],[1977 (?) (scanned 7 Feb 1997)],
[5917 crosses Mulwaree Ponds],
[5917 crosses a tributary of Mulwaree Ponds, near Komungla, on the
Goulburn-Queanbeyan railway. 5917 had just recently been
beautifully restored by the Lachlan Valley Railway Society, and
was on loan to the ARHS (ACT Divn) of Canberra.])
slide_image(5917-1a,6438,
92662,Jul 1977,22 Feb 1998,Ektachrome,
[5917 crosses a tributary of Mulwaree Ponds, near Komungla, on the
Goulburn-Queanbeyan railway. 5917 had just recently been
beautifully restored by the Lachlan Valley Railway Society, and
was on loan to the ARHS (ACT Divn) of Canberra.])
slide_image(5917-2,6440,
108978,1977,29 Jan 1998,5917 at Butmaroo,
[5917 sets back across the Butmaroo trestle, leaving some very black
smoke.])
slide_image(5917-3,6685,
132005,Nov 1997,30 Jan 1998,5917 on Burbong Bridge,
[5917 running tender first across the picturesque Burbong Bridge, on
the border of the Australian Capital Territory.])
slide_image(5917-4,6432,
65091,Jul 1997,22 Feb 1998,Ektachrome,
[5917 makes a fine display of smoke and steam as she heads towards
Joppa Junction, and the branch line to Canberra.])
slide_image(5917-5,6691,
85141,Nov 1977,18 Apr 1998,Kodachrome 64,
[A clean profile of 5917 near Bungendore.])
vertical_slide_image(5917-6,6433,
45131,[Jul 1977],[04 Nov 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5917 heads south from Goulburn past the Mulwaree Ponds.])
slide_image(5917-7,6442,
74944,[Jul 1977],[04 Nov 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[5917 near Komungla.])
vertical_slide_image(5917-8,6538,
66138,[Jul 1977],[05 Nov 1998],
[Kodachrome],
[5917 front end.])
slide_image(5917-9,6686,
131076,[Nov 1977],[06 Nov 1998],
[Kodachrome],
[5917 crosses the Burbong Bridge running tender first on a trip to
Farrar. Notice the unusually short tenders fitted to the 59
class. This was to allow them to turn on a standard 50 foot
turntable, common on many branch lines in NSW.])
slide_image(5917-10,6689,
88353,[Nov 1977],[07 Nov 1998],
[Kodachrome],
[5917 returning from a Farrar run.])
slide_image(5917+3102-1,6547,
89417,[1974],[07 Nov 1998],
[Ektachrome],
[After hauling their train to Royalla, 5917 and 3102 have to return
tender first to Queanbeyan. Seen here crossing a trestle just
north of Royalla.])
vertical_link_image(3102+5917-1,../30class)
link_image(3102+5917-2,../30class)
h45920/h4
slide_image(5920-1,3366,
99514,Oct 1973,10 Jan 1998,Ektachrome,
[5920 on Rotten Row at Enfield Loco.])
vertical_slide_image(5920-2,3368,
53120,Oct 1973,25 Apr 1998,Ektachrome,
[5920 on Rotten Row at Enfield Loco.])
slide_image(5920-3,3369,
114557,Oct 1973,25 Apr 1998,Ektachrome,
[Valve gear of 5920, while on Rotten Row at Enfield Loco.])
vertical_slide_image(5920-4,3370,
53739,Oct 1973,26 Apr 1998,Ektachrome,
["BOILER EMPTY"! 5920 on Rotten Row at Enfield Loco.])
vertical_slide_image(5920-5,3371,
42047,Oct 1973,26 Apr 1998,Ektachrome,
[The view through the driver]s spectacle plate from 5920 on Rotten
Row at Enfield Loco.])
full_image(5920-6,
[height=75 width=100],
[79942 bytes, 800x600 pixels],
[1972 (scanned 17 Jul 1998)],
[Chris Mugdan],
[slide number 3309, copied by John Hurst from the original slide],
[click me for full image],
[5920 at Broadmeadow.])
subdir_trailer(nsw,59class)
Yes, and she'll be as cranky as an 8-coupled loco, too, when she finds
out that I said that about her!
CD_image(5910=5069-1,PCD-01/075,
[124143 bytes, 745x503 pixels],[1973],[John Hurst],
[5910 and 5069],
[A HREF="../59class/index.html#5910=5069-1"5910/A and A
HREF="../50class/index.html#5910=5069-1"5069/A bask in the sun
during a Sydney suburban steam jaunt])
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Ilook/I like steam locos! It may also be partly due to the
fact that a 59 class was the first NSW loco I saw in any detail
(19 class A HREF="$1/19class/index.html"episodes/A
notwithstanding). They were built by Baldwin to complement the
post-war rebuilding program, and hence are very American
looking. Originally intended to have much longer tenders, the
tender length was reduced so that they could fit on the standard
NSWGR 50' tunrtable.])
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