Goodwin/ALCo 'World Series' locomotives 4473 and 4464 sandwich Goninan/Hitachi branchliner 4702 as they climb out of Sydney on the first leg of Vintage Rail Journey's Golden West Rail Tour. The trio are seen passing Thornleigh on Sunday 11 September 2022.
Our first video! On Saturday 8 May 2021, steam engine 3801 led Clyde/EMD 4201 and Goodwin/ALCo 4490 on Transport Heritage's 'Hydro Express' to Katoomba and Medlow Bath, New South Wales. Here the trio climb upgrade near Faulconbridge.
On Wednesday 23 June 2021 Goninan/Hitachi branch-line locomotive 4702 is completely drowned out by the raucous 567 within streamliner 4204 as the Lachlan Valley Railway owned duo climb the grade at Beecroft, New South Wales. The pair are leading a restored 'Southern Aurora' set with a train load of tourists bound for several days of touring on the NSW North Coast.
An ongoing ban on the operation of NSW Trainlink's new D Set electric trains is seeing them being towed between depots and stabling locations by an assortment of Southern Shorthaul Railroad power. On Monday 15 November 2021, 1952-built streamliner B61 "Bernie Baker" combined with Comeng/MLW 8049 to tow a ten-car set from the Kangy Angy depot out to Lithgow for stabling.
On Tuesday evening 23 November, dual-cabbed streamliner B61 led two other Clyde/EMD locomotives 4910 and G513 on Southern Shorthaul Railroad's 1877 empty container freight from Enfield to Kelso, the trio seen here passing Lidcombe, having just joined the Main Western line.