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Re: What happened to the 73 class locos.



Greetings,

Does anyone know the whereabouts or what happened to these 73 Class
locos: 7302 7311 7312 7316 7326 7327 7338 7345???

I managed to account for 42 of the 50 strong 73 Class, but have no info
on these 8 locos. 

Clues anyone?

Jon.


Bob wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Lau wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I do recall seeing 7303 behind Port Kembla Loco about 3 or 4 years ago
> >
> > in a sad and stripped state. It still there?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Sorry, Its gone to god. Yes one of the few to slip through. It was
> > scrapped on site be Metal Recyclers.
> > >
> > > On Wed, 24 Dec 1997 21:02:26 +1100, Robert Harris
> > > <bob@fastlink.com.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I was watching 7301 at Meeks road the other day whilst waiting for
> > a
> > > >signal to clear, and it prompted me to ask: "What happened to all
> > of the
> > > >73 class locos?"
> > > >
> > > >I know that,
> > > >7301 at Meeks road.
> > > >The RTM has 7308.
> > > >3801 ltd has 7344 plus one other.
> > > >Lithgow has one and Minildra group has some.
> > > >
> > > >rgds
> > > >
> > > >Bob
> > > >
> > > G'day.
> > >
> > > The current position re 73 class is as follows:
> > >
> > > In service with Strate Rail - Countrylink:  7301 (XPT Depot shunter)
> >
> > > In service with FreightCorp - 7322 & 7334.   Both allocated to
> > Lithgow
> > > Maintenance Centre and used (occasionally!) as depiot shunters.
> > >
> > > Preserved:
> > > 7306    at Goulburn Roundhouse, privately owned.
> > > 7307    at East Greta - Hunter Valley Training Company.
> > > 7308    at RTM Thirlmere, privately owned.
> > > 7315, 7319, 7320, 7324   at ARHS Canberra Railway Museum.    7320 &
> > > 7324 are actually owned by William Edmund P/L and were obtained with
> >
> > > the intention of commencing a tourist operartion on the former
> > > Captain's Flat branch.   7320 is now on loan to the ARHS ACT and is
> > > occasionally used to double with, or replace, 7319, on Michelago
> > > Tourist Railway operrations.)
> > > 7321   at Goulburn Roundhouse, privately owned.
> > > 7333 & 7344   with 3801 Limited for The Cockatoo Run (7333 is
> > > privately owned)
> > > 7350   at Rothbury Riot Railway & Museum, Branxton, Hunter Valley
> > > Railway Trust.
> > >
> > > Commercial Use, NSW:
> > > 7340   at Manildra for the Manildra Group.   (I think that the ex-49
> >
> > > class there does most of the shunting now!)
> > > The Manildra Group also has two 73s stowed at Parkes depot, or at
> > > least their remains!  These units, 7329 & 7335, had been given to
> > Mid
> > > State Rail & Pioneer Museum at Cowra (no, not the Lachlan Valley
> > > Railway Society, a different group), but I understand that the
> > > Manildra Group has since renegged on the deal, possibly owing to the
> >
> > > high price these units obtain when sold for canefields rebuilding).
> > >
> > > Canefield Rebuilds:
> > > The following units were purchased, usually through dealers or
> > > scrappies, for rebuilding (and I mean rebuilding!) for 2ft or 610mm
> > > gauge canefield operations ...
> > >
> > > 7304 7305 7309 7310 7313 7314 7317 7318 7325 7328 7330 7331 7332
> > 7336
> > > 7337 7339 7341 7343 7346 7347 7348 7349.
> > >
> > > At least ten of these have re-entered service in their new guise -
> > the
> > > others are still stored at various Mills awaiting rebuilds.
> > >
> > > Trust the above answers your questions.
> > >
> > > Pete.