Description

The early 1950’s saw the beginning of a remarkable transformation on the railways of New South Wales.
After nearly 100 years of operation, the dominance of steam was finally broken by the introduction of new diesel and electric motive power.
Over the next two decades, steam would gradually give way to a wide variety of diesel and electric locomotives.
Diesels in New South Wales takes a look at over 20 different classes including the now historic 46 class electric locomotives. Modern and archive footage from the 1960’s up to the 1990’s is included. In addition, there is a brief look at the Silver City Comet, CPH railmotors and the 600/620 etc classes of railcar.
Loco classes featured:
40, 42, 421, 422, 43, 44, 442, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 70, 73, 80, 81, 82, 90, XPT, NR & BHP Industrials.
Running Time:- 1hr 7min