Tuesday, September 18th .....

I love the internet. If something pops into my head, I can get information on it immediately.  The blue engine I saw the other night stuck in my mind and I couldn't rest until I looked it up.  It was the first of a series of diesel-electric locomotives built in Montreal for the NSW General Railways.  They were built in 1951-2 and the last was taken out of service in 1971.  Engine # 4001 was preserved at the Railway Museum at Tahmoor and restored.  It is now used for enthusiast tours such as the one I saw on Sunday.

It's interesting that early diesel engines are now over 60 years old and people can become as excited about them as they do about steam engines.