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Favourites	Night	Reflections

Number of Images on this Page = 19

Night Photographs

Some photos of trains, taken at night.

Image : dir=nsw/27class/ page=index 59922 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1973, catalogued 25 Jun 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 2781 Description : 2705 reflects only the station lights after returning her special back to Sydney Central

Image : dir=nsw/30class/ page=3102 72259 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1979, catalogued 17 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : 3102 at Goulburn Loco Catalogue : , slide number 7852 Description : 3102 has plenty of steam to keep out the cold of a June winter's night at Goulburn Loco. Believe me, it can get pretty cold in Goulburn on a June night!

Image : dir=nsw/38class/ page=3820 94285 bytes, 831x592 pixels Date : 20 April 1973, catalogued 7 Feb 1997 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number ? Description : 3820 stands at the Demondrille coal stage late on Good Friday, 1973, replenishing her coal and water supplies for the trip to Melbourne. This trip was the first trip by standard gauge steam locos south of the NSW-VIC state border, on the standard gauge line laid in 1961. 3820 was accompanied by 3801, a maximum tonnage train, and hundreds of eager railfans.

Image : dir=nsw/38class/ page=3820 60468 bytes, pixels Date : Nov 1973, catalogued 18 Apr 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 3863 Description : 3820 quietly steams, while resting overnight in the shed at Albury. The occasion was a repeat run to Melbourne for the Melbourne-Wodonga railway centenary.

Image : dir=nsw/422class/ page=index 97005 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 22 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 7989 Description : 42203 waits for the right of way to pull the premier NSW passenger train Southern Aurora away from Goulburn station and on to the Main South to Melbourne.

Image : dir=nsw/44class/ page=index 89330 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 22 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 7986 Description : Darth Vader eat your heart out! The force is with 4441's marker lights as they slice through the night, pulling away from Goulburn station with the Spirit of Progress. Has to be one of my favourite diesel shots (if there is such a thing: but see also D-944-1 ).

Image : dir=nsw/46class/ page=index 56640 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1973, catalogued 15 Mar 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 2980 Description : 4612 waits at Cowan for line clear on a wet night.

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 64488 bytes, pixels Date : 6 Oct 1979, catalogued 13 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 8092 Description : 520 refills in the darkness at Snowtown (?) on the return journey from Moonta. This train was billed as "The Last Train to Moonta".

Image : dir=sa/520class/ page=index 81051 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 22 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 8093 Description : Slicing through the night, 520's headlight and marker lamps put Star War's light sabres to shame!

Image : dir=nsw/53class/ page=index 75955 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1979, catalogued 13 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : ? Catalogue : , slide number 7850 Description : 5461 lies quietly in Goulburn loco, with her rear drivers out of the frame, while undergoing repairs on her running gear.

Image : dir=nsw/60class/ page=3102 50667 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1979, catalogued 13 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 7854 Description : Black Engines on Black Nights! There is just enough light around in Goulburn loco to make out the features of 6029, as she stables overnight on the 1979 June long weekend tour of mid-western NSW

Image : dir=nsw/80class/ page=index 74778 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1979, catalogued 15 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : 8001 at Goulburn Loco Catalogue : , slide number 7849 Description : Class leader 8001 had not been long on the road when this photo was taken, while she idled in Goulburn (open) Roundhouse.

Image : dir=nsw/80class/ page=index 108110 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1979, catalogued 27 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 7991 Description : 8033 pauses on the up main at Goulburn station with a Sydney bound goods.

Image : dir=anr/ page=index 81033 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 18 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Agfacolor Catalogue : , slide number 8120 Description : At the passenger platform at Marree in the far north of South Australia, GM36 has done its duty in bring passengers from Port Pirie, where they had to change trains once already from the broad gauge. Now they have to transfer to the narrow gauge for the final leg of the Ghan journey to Alice Springs. But not for much longer. Within 3 months of this photo, the new standard gauge line to Alice was opened, followed somewhat later by the standard gauge into Adelaide. Now there is talk of running the Ghan from as far afield as Melbourne and Sydney, as a single gauge train. (Later note: now in operation, as of mid October 1998.)

Image : dir=anr/ page=index 70034 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 22 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 8123 Description : In the complementary scene to GM36-1 , NJ1 at the head of the down narrow gauge Ghan, about to depart Marree.

Image : dir=anr/ page=index 68918 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 27 Nov 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Ektachrome Catalogue : , slide number 8125 Description : Narrow gauge and standard gauge Ghan trains side by side at Marree.

Image : dir=anr/ page=index 59250 bytes, pixels Date : Oct 1979, catalogued 18 Jan 1998 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Agfacolor Catalogue : , slide number 8200 Description : NJ3 with the up Ghan waits for the all clear to depart Alice Springs.

Image : dir=anr/misc/ page=index 32392 bytes, pixels Date : Feb 1982, catalogued 30 May 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome Catalogue : , slide number 12097 Description : At last! Something to relieve the monotonous and treeless state of the Nullabor. The train stops at Cook, and passengers are relieved to be allowed off the train to stretch their legs and gaze in awe and wonder at the few trees in Cook (no, it wasn't a plane tree!), and also to relieve the monotonous, but not treeless, state of the resident(s) of Cook.

Image : dir=anr/misc/ page=index 40980 bytes, pixels Date : Feb 1982, catalogued 30 May 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome Catalogue : , slide number 12098 Description : No, they're not trees relieving the monotonous and treeless state of the Nullabor Plain, just some plain old power lines suppling the yard lighting at Cook. Well, calling it a yard is probably a little generous, but then you have to be generous when it comes to the Nullabor: it's SO BIG, and SO BORING! And, you'll be pleased to know, this is the last of these plainly boring captions. ENOUGH PUNishment!

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