Photos By: Dean Jones and Declan Goodsell
Noted Events:
17 Nov 1955 - Delivered
19 Nov 1955 - Load trials between Broadmeadow and Enfield conducted
28 Nov 1955 - Entered service on a demonstration run to Thirroul from Sydney Central
31 Jul 1979 - Withdrawn for engine repairs
2 Oct 1979 - Engine repairs ceased and unit was withdrawn from service
1 Oct 1980 - Following an overhaul, the unit ran the Newcastle Flyer as a trial of noise reduction mods to permit the locomotive to lead trains again. The unit was also repainted into 125th Anniversary Green/Yellow.
8 Feb 1983 - Withdrawn from service after failing twice in two days, it entered preservation after it was allocated to the NSW Rail Transport Museum.
17 Nov 1955 - Delivered
19 Nov 1955 - Load trials between Broadmeadow and Enfield conducted
28 Nov 1955 - Entered service on a demonstration run to Thirroul from Sydney Central
31 Jul 1979 - Withdrawn for engine repairs
2 Oct 1979 - Engine repairs ceased and unit was withdrawn from service
1 Oct 1980 - Following an overhaul, the unit ran the Newcastle Flyer as a trial of noise reduction mods to permit the locomotive to lead trains again. The unit was also repainted into 125th Anniversary Green/Yellow.
8 Feb 1983 - Withdrawn from service after failing twice in two days, it entered preservation after it was allocated to the NSW Rail Transport Museum.
2018
4201 on display at the NSW Rail Museum in Thirlmere. (4/3/18)
Photo By: Dean Jones |
4201 leads it's train to Broadmeadow near Mayfield. (15/4/18)
Photo By: Dean Jones |
4201-4490-4001-6029 with #6L42 to Thirlmere at East Maitland. (16/4/18)
Photo By: Dean Jones |
4201-42103 with a Cruise Express charter at Carrick. (30/8/18)
Photo By: Dean Jones |
2020
4201-GL107 with a Cruise Express charter at Cullerin. (16/2/20)
Photo By: Declan Goodsell
Photo By: Declan Goodsell