After a long hiatus, photos have been showing up on Facebook of 3001 in the Workshops without a boiler.
Apparently Transport Heritage NSW have announced it's impending return to steam in March 2020, however, I'm yet to see an official statement from them.
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Apparently Transport Heritage NSW have announced it's impending return to steam in March 2020, however, I'm yet to see an official statement from them.
I cannot find this class in the database here at RP.
https://www.railpage.com.au/locos/browse/class/number
300 class is SA only.
Was 3001 ever owned by Barry Tulloch?No
Are we talking about 3001 or 3001T here?3001 is a C30T and is Superheated.
Let's not trifle with details.
Was 3001 ever owned by Barry Tulloch?
Was 3001 ever owned by Barry Tulloch?3001 has always been a RTM/THNSW/State collection locomotive. https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/heritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=4820427
Was 3001 ever owned by Barry Tulloch?
Research myself. https://www.railpage.com.au/locos/c30t-class-nswgr/3016 is/was owned by Barry Tulloch.
Amongst the spare boilers THNSW have is a superheated 30 class boiler. So it may be that they utilize it during this overhaul. I am not sure myself though where the spare boilers are currently stored. Does anyone know?Yes I do.
Yes, C30 class were tank engines and when converted to tender engines for branch line use following electrification of the suburban railways became the C30T. Opposite the usual convention. 3001T was fitted with a cowcatcher, it would be nice if one were fitted when it returns to service. It was a Mudgee engine but its return to the old stamping ground seems unlikely.Neil, there were quite a few 30T's fitted with cowcatcher's over the years, from my time as fireman/driver from 1964 and the years preceding that, I did not see any, nor work on any that were fitted with them. I have quite a few slides of 01 when at Mudgee in the 60's along with each of the others allocated there, along with Temora, Dubbo, & Cowra engines, and the couple at Enfield and one at Eveleigh, non of them had them either.
Regarding cowcatchers on Mudgee 30ts. I quickly checked my note book and found that 3081T fitted with a cowcatcher ran the Mudgee connection off The Rattler (Central West Express for younger viewers) on 10-9-1965. Somewhere I have a picture of it climbing up to Marrangaroo.Neil
Neill (who is very glad he carried a note book back then)
I was sure I had seen 3001 with a cowcatcher before and went back to look at the following film:Regarding cowcatchers on Mudgee 30ts. I quickly checked my note book and found that 3081T fitted with a cowcatcher ran the Mudgee connection off The Rattler (Central West Express for younger viewers) on 10-9-1965. Somewhere I have a picture of it climbing up to Marrangaroo.Neil
Neill (who is very glad he carried a note book back then)
Had my keyboard die on me, so had to replace with temporary one, until replacement of the other one arrives, so unable to reply to you sooner.
After my post. I had an inkling that one 30Ts did have a cow catcher later in life, I was unsure of its number but I saw photo's of the engine with the CC when it was working a tour train at the time in one of my book collection. Some of the tours had engines specially done up for them
The allocation of 30t's for Mudgee services from what I saw were 01, 11, 75, 90, there was one other so will track it down.
Lowndes do you know where it has been stored? I know the boilers used to be all at Thirlmere until the redevelopment...All been stored in a good place
If it was on a special, I would suggest that it was a special request for that train.I was sure I had seen 3001 with a cowcatcher before and went back to look at the following film:Regarding cowcatchers on Mudgee 30ts. I quickly checked my note book and found that 3081T fitted with a cowcatcher ran the Mudgee connection off The Rattler (Central West Express for younger viewers) on 10-9-1965. Somewhere I have a picture of it climbing up to Marrangaroo.Neil
Neill (who is very glad he carried a note book back then)
Had my keyboard die on me, so had to replace with temporary one, until replacement of the other one arrives, so unable to reply to you sooner.
After my post. I had an inkling that one 30Ts did have a cow catcher later in life, I was unsure of its number but I saw photo's of the engine with the CC when it was working a tour train at the time in one of my book collection. Some of the tours had engines specially done up for them
The allocation of 30t's for Mudgee services from what I saw were 01, 11, 75, 90, there was one other so will track it down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ope592DWceQ
This is "Doubleheaders". 3001 features in this film on a special in February 1965 with 3387, and with cowcatcher fitted.