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A couple of photos I took back in 1970 at Broadmeadow near Newcastle.

C38 class number 3813 (4-6-2):
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AD60 class Beyer-Garratt number 6016 (4-8-4+4-8-4)
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And a 19th century relic: a Z19 class 0-6-0 at Darling Harbour in 1970:
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Photographs of steam engines in Newcastle? :o Oh! In Australia.

Great pics. Keep 'em coming. :)

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C30 class 4-6-4T 3135 at the temporary NSW Rail Transport Museum at Enfield in the early 1970s (at that the stage more or less just an accumulation of locos and rolling stock just waiting to be restored and properly put on display):

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Preserved C38 class (4-6-2), class leader 3801 in 1975 on a special at Lidcombe:

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I recently visited Darling Harbour and it looked nothing like the photo...How times have changed.
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sishades wrote:I recently visited Darling Harbour and it looked nothing like the photo...How times have changed.
Here's what it looked like in December 1969:

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These two unfortunately, are no longer in steam, and are seen here rusting away at Enfield depot in the early 1970s.

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A broken window at one of the Enfield roundhouses:

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