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SMUTTER ISSUE #6 - MAY 2016

THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ‘STRANGE MODELERS OF UNIVERSAL TRAINS’.

Hello, Thank you for joining us for the latest action packed issue of The SMUTTER. Ohhhh, and what a thrill ride we have for you in the coming pages. First we meet Boofhead, Temora’s station dog. Station cats and dogs have long been part of railway history, but Boofhead truly went the extra mile. Secondly, we finally get to the second part of Ross Jackson’s article on Kinloss, a little known part of Riverina rail history. We should extend much thanks to Ross for writing articles that have appeared in our last three issues. Content is always the hardest part of putting together any publication. As mentioned in earlier issues, Ross is part of a great restoration project which will eventually see a historic DEB railcar set returned to the rails of NSW. https://www.facebook.com/groups/debsetrestoration/

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Compiled By Max Oliver. Long before the 2011 Australian film Red Dog was made. Temora had its very own adventuring canine, and his name was Boofhead. Not the nicest name someone could call a dog. However Boofhead was smart and spirited, and sometimes a little bit grubby, long legged fox terrier. Boofhead wasn’t here in Temora looking for a deceased master, as it were nobody actually owned Boofhead. It seems that Boofhead was his own dog, and charmed just about everybody whom he came into contact with. There were plenty of homes in Temora where he was assured of a warm welcome and a good feed. Once his hunger was satisfied he would then make his way back to the railway station, there he would wait for that next train. Boofhead had first shown up at the Temora Railway Station about mid-1959. There is some thought that he may have come to Temora from Weethalle. However, upon arrival he instantly developed the passion for train travel. In those early days he would mostly ride with Hurtle Bennett in a van down the back. This however was not much to Boofhead’s liking. Whenever he was allowed, he would promote himself to riding up the front on the engine. His preferred positions were either the driver’s seat or the firemen’s seat. Not all the engine crews were tolerant of this apparent takeover, there were some who would banish him to the foot plate, the space between the engine and the tender wagon. It would seem he was just as happy there too. The Steam Engines were his favourite. He had little regard for those Diesel engines. It was thought he just didn’t like the confinements of the diesel cabins. But preferred the openness of the steam engine where he could see what was going on and feel the wind on his face. Boofhead was a free spirit. He would travel where ever he liked, up and down the lines to Griffith or Lake Cargelligo and then Cootamundra or anywhere in between, even as far as Goulburn. There were a few occasions when he went to Sydney for the weekend, under the care of a railway employee. A sleeping car attendant who used to lived there. He once turned up at Parkes railway station. The alert station master at Parkes who noticed the tag on his collar. (Boofhead Temora Railway) He then placed a call to Temora’s Station Master and asked what he should do? The reply was just too simply put him on the next train to Cootamundra, and he would find his own way from there. It was said that Boofhead was very settled with life on the railway. However he did try a different life-style at one stage, but after a week on a farm at Buddigower he turned it in and went back to what he liked best. The railway. Boofhead was said to have enjoyed sports. Once following the Temora Ruby League team to Junee. He was often seen at the footy in Temora as well. It wasn’t as much about cheering on the dragons. Being the smart dog that he was, it was more about the good source of tucker that could have been found there. Boofhead was also said to have been a guest of the Temora Golf Club on several occasions.

BOOFHEAD

Boofhead in the fireman’s seat with the late Roy (Bluey) Clements.

There was a front page article from an old Temora Independent. Where much of this information about Boofhead has been derived. The article reported that Boofhead could not swim. This was however unfounded, claimed Mr Harold (Hack) Hetherington a prominent swimmer himself and also a railway employee of that time. The article reads as follows: Hetherington playfully threw Boofhead into a dam (At Ungarie), then had to strip and go in himself when it was discovered that Boofhead could not swim. Mr Hetherington’s only recollection of Boofhead at Ungarie was after a big flood one year. This being of Boofhead running and jumping through the flooded railway yard as their train was pulling into Ungarie Station. It must have been a hard life in some ways for Boofhead, finding somewhere warm to sleep and relying on people’s kindness to provide a meal. However it appears that Boofhead had only ever fallen ill once, this quickly remedied by Laurie Warton who administered sulphur tablets. This saw the long legged foxie back on his feet in no time at all. As mentioned earlier Boofhead, from time to time, became rather grubby. Due most likely to his hobo like life-style. His railway carers found it difficult at times to keep him clean and tidy. They once managed to wash his head and shoulders. But when they turned around to finish the job, they found he had just eaten the soap. Boofhead had once chased a cat between two buildings, somewhere it is thought, around the Railway Hotel. He became jammed, not able to turn around, nor back out. He was well and truly stuck. However time has dulled memories and it is not clear as to how the rescue was carried out. What is clear though, he survived this ordeal and made his way back to the railway station? No doubt with his tail firmly tucked between his legs. He was also a life member of the Temora R.S.L. and had a suitably inscribed badge made to hang from his collar to prove it. It is not known why or how this came to be. One story goes that he would sneak in through the front doors as the club patrons would enter. Once detected inside he would then be quickly thrown out via a side exit door, only to go around to the front door and sneak in again. Maybe they thought it easier just to make him a member and let him stay? Boofhead had been adopted by the railway staff of that time here in Temora. Proof of Boofhead’s official standing at the railway was seen the morning of Friday 13th September 1963 when all his travelling arrangements were cancelled. He was rostered to report to the Station Master’s office at 9am and prepare to be photographed. Staff were to specially make arrangements to see that Boofhead reported for duty as rostered. When the Temora Independent photographer arrived, Boofhead was said to have been waiting patiently. Boofhead was the most travelled dog in the district and travelled the best that the railway had to offer in those days. But on Monday 16th September 1963 Boofhead was in for a special experience. He was to board a train bound for Hillston. This proved to be no ordinary train. It was a Vintage Train that had been put together to help with Hillston’s centenary celebrations at that time. Boofhead continued his nonchalant life style. Riding the trains pinching not only the food that he needed, but also the hearts of the people he came into contact with until his death. Thought to have been some time in the seventies. Boofhead was given a decent burial by his railway family in the Temora Railway Yard. The grave site has been lost over time, but is thought to be somewhere near where the old Station Masters house once stood. May his legend grow as time goes by and maybe one day there will be a movie about Temora’s very own long legged Fox-terrier affectionately known as Boofhead? Special thanks to Hack Hetherington, Brian Hughes, Reg Bushell and a 1963 Temora Independent article.

Kinloss was officially closed as a crossing location on 21st July 1953, points, signals and signal box were removed leaving the track for the loop – which I will discuss later. I actually doubt that Kinloss had supplied electricity on site, the signals and the signal box would have been lit by Kerosene no doubt having fresh supplies ferried in regularly on the trains that passed. Communications with the outside world were probably only bell signals on the token machines to Tabletop and Albury Station Signal Box. October 1961 saw a new proposal by proposed Southern Portland Cement siding to rip out redundant infra-structure and construct a small siding to service the storage bin at Kinloss, but in the space of 2 months this proposal grew into a much larger plan.

By December 1961 the new Southern Portland design showed the facility reusing the loop and infrastructure remaining at Kinloss with future extensions to cope with demand, unfortunately this did not ever eventuate and Kinloss slowly faded into history.

Interestingly, the December 1961 diagram shows access from what is now known as Thurgoona Drive with a Gate House shown in the plans. I have never known of a gate house in this location, and it is certainly not reflected in the earlier Kinloss diagrams.

Kinloss (no…. not Kinross!) Kinloss (no…. not Kinross!)

Thurgoona’s lost railway station

By: Ross Jackson Part 2

October 1961 Diagram showing proposed Southern Portland Cement (AHRS – NSW)

1961 Diagram showing Thurgoona Drive Level Crossing

(AHRS – NSW) Thurgoona is

towards the top of the diagram.

Only a few times has Kinloss been mentioned in newspaper archives, one was from the life of Mr. Hoarse Chicken (Junee Driver) “In 1947 he sensed danger at Kinloss and used brakes and sand to stop his 750-ton train travelling at 50 miles an hour. He stopped in 250 yards about 60 feet from the buffers of a stationary train” Undoubtable Kinloss would have become famous for all the wrong reasons if danger was not sensed that day. Another media mention was in 1948 after a complaint was made to the Railway Commissioner at the time about rail motor reliability in the area. Mr. M. 0'Sullivan then Minister for Transport, stated in a letter to Mr. E. T. Kendell who lodged the complaint; 'I am also informed by the Commissioner that on Sunday, 25th July a motor train (probably a CPH or Tin Hare) chartered by the Lockhart Football Club, to convey players and followers to Albury, and broke down 10 miles from Albury, whence it had to be towed in by locomotive engine, and that it again broke down on the return journey and eventually reached Lockhart on Monday, 26th July’ 'In this connection the Commissioner adds that the rail motor, which worked this special journey, failed at Kinloss, due to engine ignition defects which necessitated locomotive assistance to complete the forward journey to Albury. A relief rail motor was despatched from The Rock to work the return journey, Albury to Lockhart, but this rail motor failed at Culcairn with engine defects which indicated a possible fracture of the crank shaft’ After World War Two most railway motive power was suffering the years of minimal maintenance and waiting to be retired from service. Unfortunately for the CPH railmotors, this would not be until 1985! This is a report based on the facts we had at the time, if anyone thinks they have information on anything relevant to this story I would love to talk to you about it. Most things in Albury railway history are well known, but unfortunately Kinloss would have been a loop in a paddock well out of town and hidden from Albury’s main roads of the time. I hoped you enjoyed this little story and if you feel you could contribute to it, please contact me! Ross Jackson

References Australian Railway Historical Society – NSW Albury Wodonga Historical Society Ken Kershaw – Research Albury City Council – Aerial Photograph NSW Lands Office NSWRail.net

December 1961 Diagram showing proposed Southern Portland Cement (AHRS – NSW)

Q: What did the blonde do when she learned that 90% of all crimes occur around the home? A: She moved.

This issues photos come from our sister group, the ‘Philippine

Railway Historical Society’ and were taken back in 2009.

The photos were taken from the control tower at Tutuban and

show the rollingstock

workshop (small

photo) and the main

Tayuman locomo%ve

depot (large photo).

For all intents and

purposes, the PRHS is

the Philippine version

of SMUT, it was set up

to promote the

commencement of a

hobby (something

that did not exist

there back then), but

also carried the SMUT

ideal of a family type

atmosphere.

Like SMUT, it has

had it’s fair share of

haters, but it has now

lasted into its 18th

year and is looking

forward to the big

milestone of 20 years.

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RYLSTONE RAMBLER By Matthew Wilson On Saturday the 27th of February, Lithgow State Mine Railway ran the first train to stop at Rylstone in 12 years. This trip was for the annual Rylstone Show. The day out at the show would not have been possible without the assistance and support of Lachlan Valley Railway, NSW Trainlink, John Holland Country Rail Network, the Kandos Museum, Lithgow Railway Workshop and the volunteers who worked on the day from both LSMR and LVR. The trip to the show

was completely sold

out and our full train

departed on time from

Lithgow station at

9:05am, heading to

Kandos where a banner

was attached to the

front of NTC 726 before

the speed restricted

journey to Rylstone.

At Rylstone several

quick speeches were

presented by members

of some of the

organizations that made

this day possible,

Michael Wilson of

LSMR, Buzz Sanderson

of the Kandos Museum,

Rob Manson the CEO of

NSW Trainlink, David

Ginn the Area manager

for John Holland and

Paul Toole the Minister

for Local Government

RURAL PRESERVATION UPDATE

and Member for Bathurst. Whilst the “Rylstone Rambler” passengers went off to enjoy the show, the railmotor ran three shuttles to Kandos These trips were enjoyed by the locals and those who had traveled from Lith-gow to cover a bit further on the Gwabegar line than has been possible. After these shuttle trips, it was time to head

home, a smooth ride all the way back to Lithgow

was enjoyed. Our arrival was 20 minutes early,

allowing our passengers plenty of time to stretch

their legs before boarding the Sydney bound V set

or their cars with smiles all round.

I would like to thank Dennis, Jason, Scott, Ben

and Sohtaka from LVR who helped us on the day

along with my fellow LSMR passenger attendants

Zane, Zac and Daniel for making it a memorable

trip.

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The official party cut the ribbon at Rlystone, from left to right, Rob Mason (NSW Trainlink), Paul Toole (Minister for local government and Member for Bathurst), Michael Wilson (LSMR), David Ginn (John Holland) and Buzz Sanderson (Kandos Museum). Photo: Matthew Wilson

LITHGOW STATE MINE RAILWAY

[EDITOR] Thanks to Matthew Wilson for the article and Zane Maber for photos and regular updates from this fascinating museum. Both are two young guys who give hope for the future of the hobby. Thanks should also go to John Holland Rail, for their part in trips like this and our very own ‘SMUT Tours’ trips to Naradhan and Lake Cargelligo. Their support of heritage rail makes for thousands of happy people every year.

OBERON TARANA HERITAGE RAILWAY The museum is seeking the following back issues of their newsletter to be included in an upgrade of their website. 2007: February and June. 2009: December Oberon Council has been busy placing a local creek inside a pipeline. The area where the work took place is within the last section of track between Oberon and Hazelgrove that needs to be reinstated. 900 CLASS - DEB SET RESTORATION Fundraising for this exciting project continues and urgently needs your support. If you are able to help, please visit the fund raising website. http://gogetfunding.com/rebuilding-a-nswgr-900800700-class-deb-railcar-set/ Besides the sale of numerous souveniers (T-shirts, hats, DVDs etc), they are working towards a souvenier model of the DEB sets themselves. The group’s Facebook site says that $25,000 has been raised thus far, however this is not a large amount in railway preservation terms. S*M*U*T Modellers Social Group recently donated $80 raised through a raffle.

FRIENDS OF THE BOMBALA RAILWAY Good and bad news this issue. Sadly, the museum had a window broken through the act of a vandal. While, thankfully, just the one window, it is an act that just slows up their great progress. In better news, a number of items formerly from Bombala station have been returned through a generous donation to the group.

Photo: Friends of Bombala Railway

PHOTOS: Top Right: Zane captures the coming together of past and future preservation in Lithgow with this lovely photo of 661 from the cab of POSSUM. Bottom Right: 726/661 passes Lake Pillans. Photos: Zane Maber

ILLAWARRA LIGHT RAILWAY MUSEUM April 19th saw the return to service of the museums beautifully restored Navee car from Victoria Sugar mill. BOOROWA COMMUNITY (Riverina, NSW) During April, a display honouring Boorowa’s railway history was officially unveiled by The Hon. Tim Fischer. Located outside of the Boorowa Courthouse, it was the idea of a local group called the ‘Railway Mob’. The group held a meeting to discuss the idea, which was taken to the local council. Interest was high and lead to a weather structure with the display underneath.

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PICHI RICHI RAILWAY To celebrate the recent return to service of their historic Steam Motor Coach #1 ‘Coffee Pot’, the museum is raffling off six Ixion models of the vehicle. Money raised from the raffle will go into their important heritage efforts.

Photo: Ixion Models Anyone interested in seeing footage of the real ones Easter trials can do so o the museum’s Youtube channel. STEAMTOWN HERITAGE RAIL CENTRE The museum took delivery of its latest exhibit, Goodwin built 863, during April. I is believed it will be restored for static display at the museum.

The last couple of months have been a busy one for the SMUT group, not the lease due to our massively successful Lake Cargelligo tour. While we have yet to receive final figures, I am told the BBQ at Lake Cargelligo was very beneficial for the local public school, or involvement with the opening of the Temora station equally so, while our main aim to help the ‘Steam Tram And Railway Preservation Society’ at Valley Heights was also significantly successful. This is what SMUT is all about. Following the trip, the group held an auction for a clock to raise money for the DEB Set restoration group (see last issue). Thanks to Sean Foyel and Brad Peadon an $80 dona-tion was made. We have also been in talks with Paul Bird regarding the doing of a video about the Lake Cargelligo trip as another way to raise funds for this important project. For now, we are busy organising a BBQ day at State Mine and a number of other site visits. Due to the above, work on the HQ layout Tinlow has not seen any forward progress.

Nothing to report this issue.

Fellow SMUTTERS would have seen the progress with The Candymans layout "Hopetown" in the last edition of The SMUTTER. Not much has been done of the layout in relation to the signalling and wiring in of point motors to the control panel , there is only so much wiring you can do before it feels like a chore rather than a pleasure. However I have built four more carriages for the collection, these being MCS1900 (an interesting car that came from a MFE), ACS922 (which came from a MFE). MH2717 (scratchbuilt from a MFE car but windows being altered greatly). These cars were painted in the candy livery. Last but not least, MH2711, which I converted from AR kits TBC sides and Evergreen styrene. See pictures which I’ve attached. Apart from these four carriages being constructed, no other modelling has been done. I have done other railfan stuff such as chasing the steam trains down at Thirlmere for the Festival of Steam.

See my Youtube page signaller44 or on the Panic Station Productions Facebook page for the clips. Apart from shift working, dealing with recent illness, chasing a few steamies around and a few models being built, not much else has been done. I’m hoping the next few months may yield better results. Thanks for reading, happy modelling and take care.

The legend that is Macca is a bit under the weather at the moment and everyone at SMUT wishes him a speedy recovery. He does advise that the boards for the SMUT exhibition layout have arrived I beautiful downtown Wagga Wagga.

CHAPTER UPDATES.

"OLD" IS WHEN.....

You are cautioned to slow down by the doctor instead of by the police.

The car card describes cement or flue ash that is hauled to the Zaza dam project in Cuba, but return empty to Hamlet yard. The pocket reminds the operator this ash or cement makes roller compacted concrete. The waybills [I made many] describe an alternating usage of carrying cement or ash [a similar lading]. Typical 4 steps; 1] ship cement or ash to dam via the P&O ferry; 2] return empty 3] ship cement or ash to dam 4] return empty. The idea came together after reading about the 1971 Zaza dam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaza_Reservoir . Ideal Cement was a declining industry in 1971. RCC is described in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller-compacted_concrete Using flue ash from the Duke power station made sense instead of dumping in a landfill. All model railroads are a stretch of imagination. Here, the 1960 Kennedy embargo has slipped a decade; the 1935 hurricane didn’t destroy the line; the car ferry still runs. But I’ll never know if Zaza dam used RCC.

Nothing to report this issue.

Last year I started to put together a freight car routing system. I’m using a car card with waybill system that’s been around for decades. This link contains one description. http://www.tulsanmra.org/resources/DRS_CardCards.pdf The car card describes a 1958 cubic foot covered hopper. There’s a car card for each freight car. I have several Clinchfield and Seaboard cars rolling back and forth. A short car of this size would be the choice for such traf-fic of Carolinas to Cuba. Cement is dense and heavy.

3642, Emerald Hill, North West Steam Tour bound for Narrabri on Friday 29th August 2014. Photo: Paul Bird

Few are the people who do not know the legend of the Hunter that be Brad Coulter (whether the father or the son). The son version has offered to do a Hunter section for ‘The Smutter’ that will cover

all sorts of Hunter region rail information and, along with Paul Bird’s Hunter preservation section, will give a good look into this very busy area.

The following is a listing of train movements over the weekend of 9 & 10th of April 2016, along with the transfer trains occurring on the Thursday, Friday & the Monday, either side of the weekend. This year was the 30th Anniversary of the Steamfest event. As with every year, people travelled from all over to the Maitland and Hunter area to witness this big event and this year was no different given the extra draw card of ARHS ACT’s 6029 Garratt making its first appearance. Here are my personal records of trains over the 4 days. Thursday 7th April 2016 Thornton 1925 - GL102/GL106 – ARHS passenger stock transfer to Telarah Consist = GL102, GL106, HN, FS, FS, FS, RFN, FS, FS, FS, SCN Friday 8th April 2016 Thornton 0904 – NR62/NR63/8232 – 5BM4 1001 – LDP001/LDP002 – 5BM7 1005 – 5043/5042 – down coal 1017 – 3215/3209/3221 – 5454 Aurizon Grain 1153 – XRN012 Top/Tail XRN026 – 6M22 Ballast

STEAMFEST 2016 A STEAMY WEEKEND OF HUNTER ACTION - PART 1

All Photos: Brad Coulter

1156 – 3016/6029/4807 ARHS transfer Train Consist = 3016, SWT12, 6029, NTAF, NOGF, PHA, RMS, NAM, LAN, NAM, 4807 1207 – XRN011/XRN016/XRN008 – up coal 1209 – 4894 – T401N wagon transfer to East Greta Junction 1210 – NR87/NR9 – 5BW4 Warabrook 1345 – G514/VL357/VL355/VL356 – TM04 1358 – NR118/8224/NR35 – 5MB4 1449 – 8209/8236/8125 – 6422 1500 – 8044 – Wagon transfer from Kooragang to Broadmeadow 1508 – 4001/4803/4520 – RTM transfer Train Consist = 4001, 4803, 4520, RMS, NAM, NAM, LAN, PHA, OPV, OAS, PHZ, ABS 1520 – 4894 – T402N wagon transfer from Bradken East Greta Junction 1540 – 3642/4490 – RTM transfer Train (2) Consist = 3642, SWT5, GMS, MCA, TBC, MBE, FS, MFS, RFN, CN, HN, VHO, 4490 1620 – 5027/5011 – Up L/E’s 1630 – G514/VL357/VL355/VL356 – TM03 1635 – 5031/5030 – Down L/E’s Saturday 9th April 2016 Maitland Yard/Station 1030 – 4490, 5917, 4803/4520, 4001, 3642 Farley/Telarah 1041 – CPH1/CPH7 – up service 1047 – TT08/9309/TT131 – up coal 1058 – CPH7/CPH1 – down service 1107 – GL106/6029 – 9L24 1113 – TT109/9301/TT120 – up coal 1115 – XRN004/XRNxxx/XRN025 – down coal 1127 – 5039/5028 – up coal 1136 – 621/721 – 7R52 1139 – 6029/GL106 – 9S25 1144 – 5008/5006 – down coal 1146 – 9206/TT124/9312 – up coal 1157 – CPH1/CPH7 – up service 1158 – 9023/9018/9010 – up coal 1211 – XRN002/XRN013/XRN030 – up coal 1220 – NR80/AN9/NR117 – 6BM4 1223 – 2502/EC/EA/EB/2521 – NP23 1224 – 5002/5040 – up coal 1240 – CPH7/CPH1 – down service 1245 – GL106/6029 – 9L26 1248 – TT112/TT128/TT1xx/9201 – down coal 1258 – 3642/4001 – 6S83 1312 – 3016/GL102 – 9S43 1323 – 9202/TT119/9208 – up coal 1329 – 6029/GL106 – 9S27 1332 – XRN011/XRN016/XRN008 – down coal 1343 – 502x/502x – down coal 1350 – GL102/3016 – 9L44 1351 – 721/621 – 7R53 1401 – XRN020/XRN001/XRN009 – up coal 1411 – 5917/4490 – 6S63 1412 – 4001/3642 – 6L84 1415 – 9013/9030/9024 – down coal 1425 – 5029/5028 – down coal 1430 – NR82/AN9/NR79 – down freight 1430 – GL106/6029 – 9L28 Tighes Hill 1505 – 1433/1443 – 4112 1513 – 1101/8044/CM3306 – T447 Ore heading to Carrington to unload 1530 – 3016/GL102 – 9S45 1534 - 9204/9311/TT116 – Shunting

TO BE CONTINUED

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HIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTSHIGHLIGHTS Over two hours of Queensland sugarcane railway action. For anyone who has visited the various systems from Nambour to Mossman, there really would not need to be any more said to inspire purchase. The massive variety of locomotives, the frequency of trains and, of course, that beautiful Queensland coastline scenery. Noted researcher/author/videographer Greg Travers has excelled in capturing all these railways in action, including my personal favourite, Moreton Mill, which closed just over 11 years ago. If you have never been, this video will make you consider it. If you have been, the memories will be priceless. If I have one complaint about the DVD, it’s the powerful urge it has given me to return as soon as possible. Brad Peadon

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SMUT TOURS

Listing of tours which we generally have limited seats open for public use.

Tours/Events For 2016 Christmas Party at Robertson. Lithgow State Mine Railway Fundraiser Modelling social nights most weekends.

Planned Tours For 2016/7 Broadmeadow / Neath State Mine Railway Former South Eastern Beaches Tramway Routes North Shore by vintage bus.

REAR END PHOTOS TOP: 726/661 creat history as they enter Rylstone station. See Matthew Wilson’s article in this issue. BOTTOM: Day before the big Lake Cargelligo trip as the Melbourne bound XPT passes our motive power for the next two days.