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subdir_header(60 Class,60class-back.jpg,nsw,60class)nsw_navigation(..)subdir_title(AD60 Class Garratt 4-8-4+4-8-4)intro_text_nsw_60class(..)slide_image(Garratt-1,11636, 168196,31 Jan 1981,15 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [While on a weekend trip to Sawtell on the North Coast line (utilizing TAM1947 sleeping car attached to the North Coast Daylight), members of the ARHS ACT Divn built this sand version of a Garratt. Some members thought they saw a resemblance to 6029!])h46026/h4slide_image(6026-1,3646, 114253,1972,03 Jun 1998,Ektachrome, [This is a copy of a slide, originally taken by Chris Mugdan, showing 6026 with a coal train on the Newcastle to Maitland coal lines.])h46029/h4ajh_image(6029-1, [220124 bytes, 760x520 pixels],[Jun 1981 (scanned 19 Dec 1996)], [6029 at Forbes], [Glinting in the early morning sun, 6029 makes a spectacular departure from Forbes on an ARHS tour in 1981. Compare this picture with Dennis Rittson's A HREF="http://www.railpage.org.au/pix/steam/6029_Forbes_6_6_80.jpg" 6029_Forbes_6_6_80.jpg/A on his A HREF="http://www.cia.com.au/drittson/railway.html" Railway Photo Page/A])ajh_image(6029-2, [220124 bytes, 760x520 pixels], [1981 (scanned 19961219)], [personal photograph (Kodacolor II)], [On a cold and frosty morning, 6029 heads north on the Main South through the Great Dividing Range. This section of track between Yass and Goulburn is perhaps the most demanding part of the Main South on locomotives and train crews, but 6029 was quite equal to the task, pulling only a light load of a half dozen or so carriages, made up from FS/TAM/BSR stock.])ajh_image(6029-3, [187969 bytes, 760x520 pixels], [1981 (scanned 19961219)], [personal photograph (Kodacolor II)], [After hauling several special trains to Michelago, it is the end of the day for 6029 as she sets back into "her" siding at loco in Canberra. Several enthusiastic volunteers will rake her out, blow down the boiler, and make sure that she is in good condition for her next turn of duty.])ajh_image(6029-4, [80170 bytes, 753x563 pixels], [1981], [personal photograph (Kodacolor II)], [Same location and occasion as A HREF="#6029-2"6029-2/A.])ajh_image(6029-5a, [53234 bytes, 638x510 pixels], [1981], [personal photograph (Kodacolor II)], [Returning from Michelago with a special train, 6029 crests the Tuggeranong bank. This was a colour picture once, but has faded badly! Still, looks almost like a sepia picture from yesteryear.]) ajh_image(6029-6, [82368 bytes, 740x502 pixels], [June 1981], [personal photograph (Kodacolor II)], [June long weekend, 1981, and 6029 crosses a billabong off the Lachlan river just south of Forbes in central NSW. Although the bridge looks like it can only barely take the weight, in fact the Garratts had wide route availability with their 16t axle loading. The only thing stopping them visiting all parts of the state was a union ban on running them through some single line tunnels, because of their enclosed cabs and the difficulty of egress within the confines of a tunnel.])ajh_image(6029-7, [46033 bytes, 806x544 pixels], [June 1981], [personal photograph (Kodacolor II)], [June long weekend, 1981, and 6029 crosses the Breadalbane plains between Yass and Goulburn. This can be a very cold place, and it was no exception this morning!])ajh_image(6029-8, [65983 bytes, 800x600 pixels], [Jun 1981], [personal photograph], [6029 somewhere out near Forbes.])ajh_image(6029-9, [76711 bytes, 800x600 pixels], [June 1981], [personal photograph], [Will it make it? 6029 treads warily across a somewhat ricketty trestle bridge, on the Parkes-Stockinbingal line.])slide_image(6029-10,7854, 50667,Jun 1979,13 Jan 1998,Ektachrome, [Black Engines on Black Nights! There is just enough light around in Goulburn loco to make out the features of 6029, as she stables overnight on the 1979 June long weekend tour of mid-western NSW])slide_image(6029-11,7839, 68670,Jun 1979,15 Jan 1998,Ektachrome, [6029 crosses a concrete bridge between Yass and Goulburn on the June long weekend tour of 1979.])slide_image(6029-12,7842, 105637,Jun 1979,15 Jan 1998,Ektachrome, [6029 restarts her train after the photo stop seen immediately above.])slide_image(6029-13,6976, 43170,Jun 1978,22 Feb 1998,Ektachrome, [Where's the engine? Garratts always do seem to be enveloped in steam, and 6029 is no exception, as she runs around her train at Michelago.])slide_image(6029-14,6986, 105933,Jun 1978,22 Feb 1998,Ektachrome, [The hills of Tuggeranong form the backdrop to 6029 (plus HCX) as she rounds the horseshoe curve on the return trip from Michelago to Canberra.])vertical_slide_image(6029-15,8501, 47868,Feb 1980,21 Mar 1998,Ektachrome, [Some enterprising spider has made her web in the cab of 6029, as the loco lies idle in Canberra railway yards over the summer months.])slide_image(6029-16,6971, 125972,13 May 1978,22 Apr 1998,Ektachrome, [The Picnic to Michelago special steams down past the Grandstand Gap, just north of Michelago.])slide_image(6029-17, 6977,79825,13 May 1978,22 Apr 1998,Ektachrome, [6029 has her cylinder cocks open as she readies to leave Michelago with her "Picnic to Michelago" special.])slide_image(6029-18,6978, 80411,13 May 1978,22 Apr 1998,Ektachrome, [6029 still has her cylinder cocks open as she shows off the detail of her "tender end".])slide_image(6029-19,6985, 118127,13 May 1978,01 May 1998,Ektachrome, [6029 rounding the horseshoe bend near Tuggeranong, on her return from a "Picnic at Michelago".])slide_image(6029-20,7906, 166186,13 May 1978,21 Nov 1998,Ektachrome, [[Derick Cullen and I puffed and grunted up the hillside to get this shot of 6029 puffing and grunting up the "Grandstand Gap". There's a nice movie that goes with it.]])slide_image(6029-21,7811, 71169,May 1979,22 Nov 1998,Ektachrome, [Derick Cullen and I rattled along in my old Datsun 240KGL along the dirt track that parallels the line from Royalla to Michelago, taking turns to drive while the other took photos. Here's one of them.])slide_image(6029-22,7829, 124946,May 1979,22 Nov 1998,Ektachrome, [[Another trip to Mick the Dago, and 6029 makes a delightful, if somewhat incongruous, contrast with her freshly painted end-platform cars.]])slide_image(6029-23,11686, 52918,Jun 1981,19 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 returning from Michelago.])slide_image(6029-24,11692, 91818,Jun 1981,19 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [June long weekend 1981, and 6029 set(s) off against an interesting cloud formation. 6029 adds her own cloud to the formation.])slide_image(6029-25,11694, 76015,Jun 1981,19 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 heads across country on the Orange-Parkes line, near Molong.])slide_image(6029-26,11696, 77712,Jun 1981,19 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 reflected in the Bumberry Waterholes.])slide_image(6029-27,11698, 90751,Jun 1981,19 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 near Tichbourne on the Parkes-Forbes line.])slide_image(6029-28,11699, 76110,Jun 1981,21 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 crossing a billabong near Forbes. No swagman camped by, though, jolly or otherwise. Same location as A HREF="#6029-6"6029-6/A.])slide_image(6029-29,11701, 68046,Jun 1981,21 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [Near Forbes.])slide_image(6029-30,11704, 101254,Jun 1981,21 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 leaving Forbes. Slide version of print A HREF="#6029-1"6029-1/A.])slide_image(6029-31,11704, 114249,Jun 1981,21 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 leaving Forbes. Do I detect that middle section of track bending downwards at all? No, must be an optical illusion!])slide_image(6029-32,11708, 101722,Jun 1981,21 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 south of Forbes, and caught in the glint of the late afternoon sun. I think I like the photographic challenge of trying to get Garratts dead side on. Makes you appreciate all those 256 tons that much the more.])slide_image(6029-33,11710, 40506,Jun 1981,24 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [Yass Junction on a cold winter's day, and 6029 has the stick for departure.])slide_image(6029-34,11714, 83024,Jun 1981,24 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [The fog has lifted, but 6029 is intent on putting as much water vapour back into the atmosphere as possible, while crossing the Breadalbane Plains near Yass.])slide_image(6029-35,11716, 98003,Jun 1981,24 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [A bit later that same morning, and there's much less water vapour about, except of course, for 6029, as she approaches Goulburn.])slide_image(6029-36,11718, 129398,Jun 1981,24 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [A bit closer to Goulburn.])slide_image(6029-37,11720, 108140,Jun 1981,24 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [Just where the Hume Highway crosses the railway line on the south side of Goulburn, a horde of motorcaders wait for 6029. A photostop is held, which upsets some of them, but the train passengers get good shots like this one!])vertical_slide_image(6029-38,11721, 62046,Jun 1981,26 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [I liked this picture so much I had it made into a poster print. It's currently affixed to the front of my office door. Same location as the previous image (scene location, not door location, that is)!])slide_image(6029-39,11722, 104368,Jun 1981,26 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [After the photo stop shown in the previous two images, 6029 pauses to collect passengers, and have a little blow-down of the cylinders.])vertical_slide_image(6029-40,11726, 40913,Jun 1981,26 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [Journey's end, and the photographer's son A HREF="http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~njh/"Nathan/A checks out the fireman's seat.])slide_image(6029-41,16946, 127872,Feb 1987,21 Jan 2000,Kodachrome, [6029 has run its last run, and now lies as a static exhibit in the Canberra_Railway_Museum.])link_text(6029=3102-1)link_text(6029=3102-2)link_text(3102=6029-2,../30class)link_text(Canberra-1,../misc)full_link_image(4433=6029-1,../44class,index,[height=75 width=100])H46037/H4CD_image(6037+6039-1,PCD-01/002, [57636 bytes, 683x505 pixels],1973,John Hurst,Kodachrome 64, [6037 and 6039 shunt a special train around the triangle at the junction of the North Coast line at Maitland.])slide_image(6037+6039-2,3748, 37994,[1972],[10 Oct 1998], [Ektachrome], [This is a copy of a slide, originally taken by Chris Mugdan, showing 6037 and 6039 doing their stuff with a Newstan coalie.], [Chris Mugdan])H46039/H4slide_image(6039-1,3743, 132882,1972,03 Jun 1998,Ektachrome, [This is a copy of a slide, originally taken by Chris Mugdan, showing 6039 on Fassifern bank with a Newstan coalie.], [Chris Mugdan])slide_image(6039-2,3747, 103839,[1973],[09 Oct 1998], [Ektachrome], [This is a copy of a slide, originally taken by Chris Mugdan, showing 6039 returning light engine down Fassifern bank.], [Chris Mugdan])link_image(5112+6039-1,../50class)Psee also A HREF="#6037+6039-1"6037+6039-1/Ah46042/h4full_image(6042-1, [width=100 height=75], [1010251 bytes, 800x600 pixels], [1973 (scanned 3 Mar 1997)], [John Hurst], [personal photograph (Kodachrome 64, transferred to print for scanning)], [Kodachrome 64], [6042 returning from its "last run", near Menangle. This is the same location as A HREF="../38class/index.html#3820+3813+3801-1" 3820+3813+3801-1/A, but closer to the track.])slide_image(6042-1a, 2034,99248,1973,25 Apr 1998,Kodachrome, [6042 returning from its "last run", near Menangle. This is the same location as A HREF="../38class/index.html#3820+3813+3801-1" 3820+3813+3801-1/A, but closer to the track.])ajh_image(6042-2, [203850 bytes, 898x600 pixels], [1973 (scanned 3 Mar 1997)], [personal photograph (Kodachrome 64, scanned from print)], [6042 returning from its "last run", near Tahmoor. It is very hard to get DSO (dead side on) shots of a Garratt!])full_image(6042-2a, [height=75 width=100],[102373 bytes, 880x600 pixels], [Mar 1973 (scanned 18 Apr 1998)], [John Hurst],[slide number 2027, scanned directly from slide], [Ektachrome], [6042 returning from its "last run", near Tahmoor. It is very hard to get DSO (dead side on) shots of a Garratt!])ajh_image(6042-3, [163659 bytes, 800x600 pixels], [1973 (scanned 3 Mar 1997)],[Kodachrome 64], [[6042 at Martin]apostrophe[s Creek on a special train.]])CD_image(6042-4,PCD-01/003, [65191 bytes, 723x505 pixels],1973,John Hurst,Kodachrome 64, [6042 takes water on a very dull day. Note the fine architecture of the water tank.])CD_image(6042-5,PCD-01/004, [95302 bytes, 728x505 pixels],1973,John Hurst,Kodachrome 64, [The same 6042 takes the same water on the same very dull day.])ajh_image(6042-6, [101023 bytes, 800x600 pixels],[1993 (scanned 22 Jul 1997)], [personal photograph], [The end of the line! 6042 rests forlornly at the Lachlan Vintage Vintage, Forbes, away from her mates (most now passed on), away from the mainline. There is not even enough rail underneath to turn her wheels.])slide_image(6042-7,5153, 107320,[Jun 1974],[19 Oct 1998], [Ektachrome], [6042 on its delivery run to Forbes.])CD_vertical_image(6042-8,[PCD-01/066], [107411 bytes, 498x729 pixels], [Mar 1973], [John Hurst], [image_alt], [6042 makes plenty of smoke as she pulls a special RTM train into Glenlee coal sidings, on her "last" run.])CD_image(6042-9,[PCD-01/067], [93068 bytes, 675x502 pixels], [Mar 1973], [John Hurst], [image_alt], [6042 departs the Glenlee coal sidings, on her "last" run.])CD_image(6042-10,[PCD-01/068], [112045 bytes, 717x502 pixels], [Mar 1973], [John Hurst], [image_alt], [6042 passing through Tahmoor, on her "last" run.])CD_image(6042-11,[PCD-01/069], [91315 bytes, 674x497 pixels], [Mar 1973], [John Hurst], [image_alt], [6042 between Tahmoor and Picton, on her "last" run.])CD_image(6042-12,[PCD-01/070], [85274 bytes, 710x501 pixels], [Mar 1973], [Barb Hurst], [image_alt], [6042 between Picton and Douglas Park, on her "last" run. My wife's version of A HREF="#6042-1"6042-1/A!])subdir_trailer(nsw,60class)slide_image(6029=3102-1,6422, 43747,Jul 1977,03 Nov 1998,Ektachrome, [A cold and frosty morning in Canberra. The moon is still up, and the frost is on 3102's coal. But the boiler is warming up, and 3102 will soon be pulling trains up the Molonglo Gorge.])slide_image(6029=3102-2,11649, 147436,Apr 1981,17 Apr 1999,Kodachrome, [6029 chuffs away from Canberra Station, watched by 3102 quietly raising steam.])m4_define([update_time_nsw_60class],[m4_esyscmd(fmod 60class.htms)])m4_define([intro_text_nsw_60class],[my_HTML([The 60 class locomotives were built by Beyer Peacock of Manchester, and delivered to NSW over the period 1952-57. They had a massive tractive effort of nearly 60,000lbs, and were regarded as the most powerful locos in the southern hemisphere. Some were modified to increase their tractive effort to 63,000lbs, and had dual controls fitted to eliminate the need for turning on large turntables.])])MAKEFLAGS = --no-print-directoryDIRS = LOCALHTMS = 6029=3102-1.htms 6029=3102-2.htmsGENFILES = 60class.m4 60class.htms Makefile $(LOCALHTMS)TARGETS = index.html 60class.htmlDEPENDON = ../../trains.m4 ../nsw.m4PRELOAD = ../../trains.m4 ../nsw.m4 60class.m4include ../../MakeXMLRules| This page maintained by John Hurst. Copyright |
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