Tag: Richmond Vale Railway
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HISTORIC LOCO FINDS A NEW HOME
A piece of railway history that had seemed destined to waste away at Port Waratah, has been given a second chance. The 95-year-old class 10 locomotive, along with three coal hoppers, are on their way to the Richmond Vale Museum.
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LANGUISHING LOCO FINDS A HOME
10 Class steam locomotive N0. 19 and a set of early wooden coal wagons were craned onto trucks and transported from Kooragang Island to te Richmond Vale railway Museum near Kurri Kurri today. The former South Maitland Railways workhorse began service in 1915, hauling Hunter coal right through to 1981. It had been maintained as…
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VANDALS TARGET HISTORIC TRAINS
Mindless vandalism is jeopardising the future of a unique Hunter tourist attraction. Over the past 18 months the Richmond Vale Railway Museum has fallen victim to a string of attacks, each more serious than the last.