Re: Melbourne-Adelaide Steam Rail Tour, why not?
Tell (telljb@ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 08 Feb 1998 00:08:43 GMT
chester@chariot.net.au (Chester) wrote:
>It is actually No. G1, it is a 4-6-0 and it was built in 1914. Also
>if I have my locomotives right G1 was the first locomotive on the
>Transcontinental Railway. The restoration of this locomotive would be
>a great project for the celebration of Federation.
>
>David Chester
>(chester@chariot.net.au)
Not quite, the D class 4-4-0 (formerly NSW Q class)
were the first Loco's, in service 1913.
The G class were the "first" pass loco's, they were in
service early 1914, the inaugural East West passenger
train never ran until 1917.! The G's would have hauled
many "passengers" before this, during construction of
the Trans Australian Railway.
----Tell
Alice Springs NT