Tumbarumba Tour April 1972

Railfans waiting in the occasional rain for the train at Albury. April 1972. HFF 11/08/23.

Loco 3801 standing in Albury's std gauge platform waiting to commence the return to Sydney. April 1972. (3642 came on at Junee for a double to Cootamundra then the 36 returned us to Sydney).

Loco 3144 on the turntable at Tumbarumba. April 1972. HFF to my Ipernity viewers for 29/11/24.

Photo taken of the Easter 1972 railfan tour train to Albury and Tumbarumba NSW Australia. The train seen here between Humula and Tumbarumba. The photo is scanned from a high speed ektachrome slide.

Photo taken of the Easter 1972 railfan tour train from Sydney to Albury and Tumbarumba NSW Australia. The train seen here between Humula and Tumbarumba. The photo is scanned from a high speed ektachrome slide.

Photo taken of the Easter 1972 railfan tour train to Albury and Tumbarumba NSW Australia. The train seen here at Humula on the run to Tumbarumba. Passengers and chasers in cars watch and photograph while the loco and gin (travelling water tank) are filled. The loco, 3144, was originally built as a tank engine for Sydney suburban service. Following electrification 77 of them had tanks removed and were fitted with a variety of second hand tenders. They then replaced older locos in branch line service. In the last years of steam they became shunters and back-up locos in country locations, this one being borrowed for the tour from Griffith, some 250 Km away from here. The photo is scanned from a high speed ektachrome slide.

Photo taken of the Easter 1972 railfan tour train to Albury and Tumbarumba NSW Australia. The train seen here at Humula on the return run from Tumbarumba. Passengers and others watch and photograph while the loco and gin (travelling water tank) are filled. See PiP for a better view of the work removing ash from the smokebox. The loco, 3144, was originally built as a tank engine for Sydney suburban service. Following electrification 77 of them had tanks removed and were fitted with a variety of second hand tenders. They then replaced older locos in branch line service. In the last years of steam they became shunters and back-up locos in country locations, this one being borrowed for the tour from Griffith, some 250 Km away from here. The photo is scanned from a high speed ektachrome slide. HWW to my viewers for 07/05/25.

Photo taken of the Easter 1972 railfan tour train to Albury and Tumbarumba NSW Australia. This photo taken at a photo stop on the return run from Tumbarumba to Wagga. There was supposed to be coal at Tumbarumba to resupply the tender but it had weathered to much to use. So at photo stops redundant sleepers and wood was collected and added to the tender as shown here. The loco, 3144, was originally built as a tank engine for Sydney suburban service. Following electrification 77 of them had tanks removed and were fitted with a variety of second hand tenders. They then replaced older locos in branch line service. In the last years of steam they became shunters and back-up locos in country locations, this one being borrowed for the tour from Griffith, some 250 Km away from here. The photo is scanned from a high speed ektachrome slide.