The following rare photos were kindly supplied to Oberon Tarana Heritage Railway by noted railway author, Dennis O'Brien. |
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ARHS Special - 9th March 1963 | ||
Photos 1b to 9b record the last steam hauled passenger train, an A.R.H.S. Special on 9th March 1963, hauled by locos 1919 & 1957
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Loco 1709 takes the Vintage Train (run the same day as the ARHS Special) into Tarana from Bathurst. 2606 had previously helped from Wallerawang but ran a hot box. | Dennis says this is a pic of a very young Dale Budd (perhaps Dale can enlighten us?) | |
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Loco 1709 and a 36 class bring the Vintage Train (run the same day as the ARHS Special) into Tarana from Bathurst. | 3673 on the Central West express approaching Tarana. Taken the same day as the A.R.H.S. Special on 9th March 1963. | |
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Dennis has included these photos of a South Pacific Electric Railway run in a CPH (1961). SPER is now known as the Sydney Tramway Museum. Photo 20 was taken at Newnes Junction. |
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Last Commercial Service - 27th September 1979 | ||
Dennis O'Brien's photos record the last train to run on the Oberon Branch line - 27th September 1979, hauled by loco 4901 |
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The S truck is having the tarps removed. | An interesting pair of photos showing what "could have been" click on each photo | |
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The last train leaves Oberon and winds its way down the hill. |