VR A2-964 at Reservoir

On my recent trip to Victoria, I found this VR steamie in Edwardes park, Griffiths Rd
Reservoir. Seemed to be quite a popular little park on a Saturday morning. Nice to
see a VR loco with Boxpok wheels preserved.

VR A2-964

A 3/4 shot showing the smoke deflectors 

Rear of the tender

The tender bogie

The tender top

A nice shot of the unusual Boxpok wheel

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes

Pacific National RHKY stone hopper

At Carrington today (25/4/15) there was a rake of RHKY stone hoppers F.O.B.
(fresh off the boat). They will be used for the Boral Peppertree service

RHKY 00672H

RHKY 00671V

A pic of the A end of the RHKY

A pic of the B end of the RHKY

The inside of the RHKY

The codeboard

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes

5000 gallon water tank Lithgow

Located on the State Mine branch line at Lithgow is this little 5000 gallon water tank

An overview of the tank

The ladder on the side of the tank

Showing what's left of the depth indicator 

A shot of the footings of the tank

Showing the underside of the tank

A close up of the top of the ladder

A side shot of the water column   

Another shot of the water column 

G513/G514 and 4910 just about to pass the tank coming from the State Mine

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes

Don River Railway pt2

This is part 2 of my trip to Don River Railway.

The Don River Railway signal box

A248 open wagon

TGR railcar DP22

Gaurds van DB12

The 1907 Riley railcar

The tiny V2 shunter

A side shot showing the plain yellow scheme on V2

The 12,750 litre OT2 tanker

X4 and Y6 showing the contrast of two Tasmanian liveries   

Rear shot of English built X4 in AN livery 

Rear shot of the Tasmanian built Y6 in tiger stripe scheme 

M4 had the duties of running the Coles Bay shuttle run

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes

Train through Penguin

While in Penguin, Tasmania we went to photograph the towns icon (the big penguin statue). As we were taking some shots of it, we could hear a train and realised it was about 100mtrs away.. I was disappointed as I thought it was heading out of town and didn't have my camera set for it- definitely wasn't expecting to see one in motion in Tassie, especially one so close. I thought I had missed the photo opportunity until we noticed the train was heading towards us.. I raced down to the intersection (while playing with the settings) where the almost empty container train, headed by TR04 and TR08 came right past me. It was strange to see such a big train come through the centre of such a small town. Right place, right time!
  

QM 15E container flat ex AQRY AN wagon

The Chinese made TQAY 062-Q container flat

And thanks to this big guy, I got to see the train!

Till next time
 Mathew Hughes

Don River Railway

During our holiday around Tassie, we were lucky enough to fit in a trip to the Don River Railway Museum in Devonport.. There were a number of museums around but Don River interested me as they have the largest collection of both steam and diesel locomotives in Tasmania. They also store the largest collection of rolling stock that was used on Tasmanian railway. I had hoped to see the ALCO 866 while there- unfortunately it was sort of hidden away but still great to get a glimpse of it!

Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns built M2 rebuilt by T.G.R to MA4 stands
at the entrance of the Don River Railway 

LP2 Railmotor and stripped down CCS23 with a little blue 0-6-0
built by John Fowler and co. 

CCS25 partially stripped down in the workshop area

BBL12 passenger coach built in 1940

Two pics of Emu Bay Railways 1002 loco built by Walkers LTD.
It really is a beautiful colour scheme 

 The power cord draped over the rear of the loco is for
charging the batteries. 

Four wheeled louvred van EV8

The T.G.R. H7 a big loco (well for Tasmania anyway)

M3 a static display

4D9 class number 131 originally a Queensland loco

Goodwin ALCO 866 originally built in NSW for the SAR and then 
seen out the rest of its working life in Tasmania
 (Unfortunately hiding down the back) 

Till next time

 Mathew Hughes