Written By: Thomas McIntosh
Photos By: Thomas Bulic
Page Last Updated: 20/6/20
7344 running as #7D73 at Wyee. (28/12/18)
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The 73 class was manufactured by Walkers Limited for the NSWGR between 1970 and 1973. The small locos weighed only 50 tonnes and had a top speed of 65 km/h. NSWGR primarily used these small locos to replace steam engine shunters across NSW and operate metropolitan trip trains. Their vigilance controls were the main reason why they were prohibited for long distance mainline use. Their demise began in Feb 1987 when the first lot of 73s were withdrawn as a result of a reduction in loco hauled passenger trains and the closure of multiple yards.
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Today, 15 remain in service across the east coast of Australia. Several were re-built and are used on the sugar cane railways in Queensland. At the moment most are currently stored. A few other 73s were purchased by the Manildra group. The rest have been preserved, stored or scrapped.
7315 stored in Bomaderry. (2/6/19)
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An ex-CRT 73 in storage at Goulburn. (3/6/17)
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Locomotive Status
Road No.7301
7302 7303 7304 7305 7306 7307 7308 7309 7310 7311 7312 7313 7314 7315 7316 7317 7318 7319 7320 7321 7322 7323 7324 7325 7326 7327 7328 7329 7330 7331 7332 7333 7334 7335 7336 7337 7338 7339 7340 7341 7342 7343 7344 7345 7346 7347 7348 7349 7350 |
LiveryEx-CRT
Candy Candy Reverse Indian Red Unknown Unknown Patrick Red Green Unknown Candy Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Tuscan & Russet Unknown Candy Unknown Indian Red Candy Patrick Red Ex-CRT Unknown Candy Unknown Unknown Candy Unknown Indian Red Unknown Unknown Unknown Indian Red Ex-CRT Candy Candy Unknown Unknown Unknown MM Blue & Yellow Unknown Unknown Unknown Green Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Indian Red |
OwnerCountrylink
State Rail State Rail State Rail State Rail Goulburn Heritage Oberon.T Railway Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Manildra Group Unknown Unknown Unknown Private Private Oberon.T Heritage Private Unknown Private Unknown Unknown Dorrigo Museum Unknown Dorrigo Museum Unknown Unknown Unknown Private Private Dorrigo Museum Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Manildra Group Unknown Unknown Unknown THNSW Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown |
Begun ServiceOct 1970
Oct 1970 Dec 1970 Nov 1970 Unknown Dec 1970 Feb 1971 Unknown Unknown Mar 1971 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown May 1971 Unknown Unknown Unknown Jun 1971 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Apr 1972 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Jul 1972 Unknown Aug 1972 Unknown Unknown Unknown Sep 1972 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown March 1973 |
Current StateScrapped
Scrapped Scrapped Sold Sold Sold Preserved Sold Sold Sold Scrapped Scrapped Sold Sold Operational Scrapped Sold Sold Stored Preserved Preserved Stored Scrapped Preserved Sold Scrapped Sold Sold Preserved Sold Sold Sold Stored Stored Preserved Sold Sold Scrapped Sold Operational Sold Scrapped Sold Preserved Scrapped Sold Sold Sold Sold Preserved |
All information sourced from Wikipedia and Vicsig.