199510Fassifern0003

As part of the 140 years of railways in NSW State rail ran this train each day one week from Sydney to Newcastle and return. This shot is of a Newcastle bound run at the top of the 1 in 40 (2.5%) grade up from Fassifern station. This is a place I spent time at in the last days of steam a quarter of a century early than this shot. A 'one last time' I never expected.