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31 Jul 1979 - Withdrawn for engine repairs
2 Oct 1979 - Engine repairs ceased and unit was withdrawn from service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8 Feb 1983 - Withdrawn from service after failing twice in two days, it entered preservation after it was allocated to the NSW Rail Transport Museum.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31 Jul 1979 - Withdrawn for engine repairs
2 Oct 1979 - Engine repairs ceased and unit was withdrawn from service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8 Feb 1983 - Withdrawn from service after failing twice in two days, it entered preservation after it was allocated to the NSW Rail Transport Museum.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
2020
4201-GL107 with a Cruise Express charter at Cullerin. (16/2/20)
Photo By: Declan Goodsell
Photo By: Declan Goodsell