Zig Zag Railway and SSR Special

Started by Sir Pompously, December 15, 2010, 12:06:39 PM

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Sir Pompously

On Sunday a very small group of us traveled out to the Blue Mountains to chase a Southern Shorthaul Railroad special to Katoomba and Newnes Junct. The train consisted of two Victorian G Class locomotives, hauling a small number of carriages for their staff christmas party. As there was a long wait at Katoomba for the train to depart, we decided to head to the Zig Zag Railway. Today Railmotors 2006/2011 were out and about, aswell as AC16 218A of which is a locomotive built in Philadelphia, PA, USA. This locomotive is pure Awesome, and I suggest anyone with a free day head out to take a ride on it.

For a larger photo, click the smaller one.

SSR Special


G514 and sister G Class pass through Bell


Passing between Newnes Junction and Bell on their return to Katoomba and Sydney

Zig Zag Railway


AT Top Points


QR 2000 Class Railmotor 2006 is seen arriving at Top Points


A View of the streamlined front of 2011, a QR 2000 Class Railmotor (Most stock at Zig Zag is ex-Queensland, with some ex-South Australian carriages)


An overview of Top Points with The Yank running around the train to prepare to run back to Clarence


Front on view of The Yank, built at the Baldwin Locomotive works in 1943 in Philadelphia, PA

A Few more photos can be found in my Zig Zag Railway collection http://www.flickr.com/photos/kommissar_todd06/sets/72157625600975422/with/5260827690/