Suburban Joy
Granville - Sydney, NSW.
50s style down under
Around halfway point on the drive from Melbourne to Canberra lies Albury - a pleasant city and our stop-over for the night. Of course the visit couldn't pass without calling in at the local railway station which sits on the main Melbourne - Sydney railway line.
Albury was once a junction of some significance being where the standard and broad gauges met. This led to a sizeable volume of changeover traffic, substantial freight yard and shed, and one of the longest platforms of any station in Australia. With the eventual conversion to standard gauge the shed and yards were no longer needed, but the lengthy platform remains, along with a decaying residue of infrastructure, including at least one yard signal box.
In this shot loco B61 is no spring chicken either. Originally built in 1952 for Victoria Railways as part of B Class by the Clyde Engineering Company in Granville, she was converted from broad gauge to standard gauge in 2006 so far as I can establish, and is now owned by Southern Shorthaul Railroad. The train she is attached to is loaded with ballast, presumably for an imminent engineering project, and coupled at the other end are two more heritage locomotives, units S302 and GM22.
5.06pm, 20th February 2014
3642 Approaching Glenbrook
Heritage Express ran their annual steam hauled special from Sydney to Katoomba for the Katoomba Winter Magic Festival on Saturday, June 22nd. The train was hauled by 3642, with diesels 4520 and 4490 on the rear of the train to assist with the load when required.
Unusually, the special picked up passengers at Liverpool, Westmead and Penrith instead of running into/out of Sydney Terminal. This decision was made due to very limited pathing between Granville and Central due to trackwork, complicated with additional CityRail electric services operating to/from Katoomba further reducing the number of paths available.
3642 tackled the steep grades of The Blue Mountains with traditional enthusiasm, the steady beat of the locomotive could be heard for minutes both before and after the locomotive passed most of the photospots. The train is seen here ascending the grade from Glenbrook Tunnel, approaching Glenbrook Station. A shame about the early morning shadows, but one works with what one gets!
Run 848E
En route to Leppington via Granville as Run 848E, Waratah B2 stands adjacent to Platform 6 at Redfern on the down local track. The Waratah 2 were introduced on the Sydney Trains Network on Friday, September 7, 2018 and will operate on Sector 2 in South-West Sydney. Waratah B2 has Waratah decals on the Driver Trailer (11/12) cars and orange 'new train' decals on the Trailer (13/14) cars.
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Steam loco #3642 at Transport Heritage Expo, Sydney Central Station.
Built in1926 by Clyde Engineering, Granville (Sydney) for the NSWGR, one of 75 engines in the C36 (4-6-0) class designed for long distance non-stop running. Withdrawn from service 1969 but preserved in running condition. Major overhauls in 1982 and 2007. Re-launched to traffic in 2008 and since operated by NSW Rail Museum, Thirlmere NSW.
3642 Approaching Yennora
Heritage Express ran their annual steam hauled special from Sydney to Katoomba for the Katoomba Winter Magic Festival on Saturday, June 22nd. The train was hauled by 3642, with diesels 4520 and 4490 on the rear of the train to assist with the load when required.
Unusually, the special picked up passengers at Liverpool, Westmead and Penrith instead of running into/out of Sydney Terminal. This decision was made due to very limited pathing between Granville and Central due to trackwork, complicated with additional CityRail electric services operating to/from Katoomba further reducing the number of paths available.
The Pine Road level crossing in Fairfield has a permanent 40km/h speed restriction imposed on approaching trains, due to the risk of motorists/cyclists/pedestrians ignoring the gates and crossing in front of approaching trains. Once a train is over the crossing, it can resume normal speed (in the case of the steam special, up to 80km/h). It doesn't help that the level crossing is located at the foot of a short but steady climb up to Guildford, before the line drops down to Merrylands. 3642 attacked the grade in truly spectacular style, with steam and smoke pouring from the funnel as the steady beat echoed from the walls of nearby factories. Given the early hour of the morning, one can only imagine it would have been an unusual awakening for nearby residents!
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Little forest
Auburn Botanical Gardens, Sydney
(sub)urban safari dinner at El Jannah, Granville - 7
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Rainbow
A sunray enters a raindrop and is refracted and reflected producing primary colours.
The second rainbow in the top left of this pic has its colours reversed because there is two internal reflections before emerging from the drop.
Info from - "30-second meterology" editor Adam A. Scaife, 2016 pg78.
Granville - Sydney, NSW.
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8640 14/10/1990 Lithgow, NSW
8640 at Lithgow Loco Depot, West of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 14/10/1990.
50 Electric Co-Co (except the last was Bo-Bo-Bo) Locomotives were built by Comeng, Granville, Sydney between 1983-1985.
The 86 class initially hauled passenger and freight services to Lithgow on the Main Western line and Wyong on the Main Northern line. Their sphere of operation extended to Newcastle on the latter line in June 1984 and to Port Kembla in January 1986 when the Illawarra line was electrified.
With a one-hour rating of 4,400 horsepower (hp), the 86 class was the most powerful locomotive in Australia at the time. Although no longer in regular use, the class remains among the most powerful in the country. Despite their higher power rating, they were generally regarded as inferior to the Metropolitan-Vickers built 46 class, which dated from the late 1950s.
The last unit was delivered as a Bo-Bo-Bo as a trial unit. It spent long periods out of traffic undergoing repair.
In 1994/95 all were repainted by A Goninan & Co, Taree into FreightCorp blue. By October 1997 18 had been withdrawn from service with cracked frames. By this stage the amount of work requiring electrics was reducing. National Rail decided it would through haul its services and from March 1998 FreightCorp ceased operating them on Main Northern line services. The need for electrics continued to decline with their remaining duties mainly being hauling coal trains from Lithgow to Port Kembla. The last examples were withdrawn in June 2002.
In 2002, most were sold to Silverton Rail and taken to Broken Hill then sold again in February 2006 to Allco Finance Group with some on sold, but most scrapped. Four were leased back to RailCorp in 2004 for use on infrastructure trains during construction of the Bondi Junction turnback
For more info on Class 86, goto:-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_86_class_locomotive
Changing times...
C3913 on S99 at the rear of a Glenfield service waiting to depart Granville. S99 was formerly S114, which consisted of C3913, T4106, T4950 & C3922.
As of September 2013, S99 is no longer in service after being transferred to the Flemington Maintenance Centre.
Granville, NSW.
Wednesday 10 July 2013.
Last light on 8934 Ore
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ADK 681 06/09/2008 Westfield, NZ
ADK 681 at Westfield Railway Station, Auckland, New Zealand on 06/09/2008.
ADK 681 was built in 1968 at Comeng, Granville, Sydney
exported 26/03/1993 at Fremantle Port, imported 05/04/1993 at Auckland Port Import of WA DMU's., Arrived on Envoyager, unloaded at the Jellicoe Wharf, entered service 07/1993 withdrawn 2014 at Westfield Loco and exported 24/08/2017 at Mount Maunganui Port . Shipped by `Fortittude'.to Mozambique.
10 ADK Cars were imported in 1993 from Western Australian Railways (built 1968) due to the electrification in Perth. ADB & ADK Cars ran in Auckland until 12/09/2014 when the new EMU's from CAF, Spain started to enter service. 8 were exported to Mozambique on 24/08/2017.
For more info on ADK Class goto:-
nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com/adk---auckland-of-...
& Wikipedia:-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK/ADB_class_diesel_multiple_unit
Merrylands, Granville & Auburn 1951 - Sydney airphoto
Historic aerial photo of Merrylands (top right), Granville (bottom) and Auburn (at right).
Duck Creek runs vertically down the photo at right.
Google maps view:
maps.google.com.au/maps?q=google+maps+granville&ie=UT...
Sydney Central
Locomotive 3642 on 13 November 2010 at Sydney Central. 3642 is a coal-fired superheated, 4-6-0 36 class express passenger steam locomotive built for the New South Wales Government Railways in 1926 by Clyde Engineering.
1926 - Built by Clyde Engineering, Granville and entered service.
1955 - Received new boiler with Belpaire firebox with smokebox regulator and other improvements, in addition to new enclosed cab.
1950s - Larger 12'' trick-ported valves fitted (with new cylinder castings) to further improve performance.
1967 - Power reverse mechanism fitted.
September 1969 - Withdrawn from service.
1982 - Heavy overhaul at Goulburn Workshops, with a boiler swap utilising a spare boiler from Chullora Workshops.
1990s - Boiler problems led to withdrawal in the late 1990s.
2007 - Restoration, including the swap of old boiler 3646B for one of the spare 36-class boilers at Thirlmere.
1 March 2008 - Re-launched to traffic.
Source: www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDe...
ADK 681 15/09/2007 Auckland, NZ
ADK 681 at Britomart Railway Station Platform 5, Auckland, New
ADK 681 was built in 1968 at Comeng, Granville, Sydney
exported 26/03/1993 at Fremantle Port, imported 05/04/1993 at Auckland Port Import of WA DMU's., Arrived on Envoyager, unloaded at the Jellicoe Wharf, entered service 07/1993 withdrawn 2014 at Westfield Loco and exported 24/08/2017 at Mount Maunganui Port . Shipped by `Fortittude'.to Mozambique.
10 ADK Cars were imported in 1993 from Western Australian Railways (built 1968) due to the electrification in Perth. ADB & ADK Cars ran in Auckland until 12/09/2014 when the new EMU's from CAF, Spain started to enter service. 8 were exported to Mozambique on 24/08/2017.
For more info on ADK Class goto:-
nzrailwaysrollingstocklists.weebly.com/adk---auckland-of-...
& Wikipedia:-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADK/ADB_class_diesel_multiple_unit
BUS STOP - Granville
Polaroid 103
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42204 13/10/1990 Sydney Central, NSW
42204 at Sydney Central Railway Station, NSW, Australia on 13/10/1990.
42204 was built in 04/1969 at Clyde Eng, Granville, NSW - EMD J26C 69-659, entered service 23/04/1969, reclassified 07/2005 to 2206, reclassified to DC2206.
The 422 class were the first Australian locomotives built with non-streamlined dual cab bodies. 20 were manufactured by Clyde Engineering, Granville, they were introduced into service on the Main South and Illawarra lines where they would spend most of their New South Wales careers hauling passenger and freight services. Among the services they hauled were the Canberra Express, Intercapital Daylight, South Coast Daylight Express, Southern Aurora, Spirit of Progress and Sydney/Melbourne Express.
For more info on 422 Class, goto:-
www.railpage.com.au/locos/422-class
& Wikipedia:-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_South_Wales_422_class_locomotive
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