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9. A.R.H.S. “Farewell N-Class” excursion to Ballan, 8th October
1966.
All
photos © Les Brown. Not to be used for Publication.
9-1.
N468 & N475. Spencer Street Station.
9-2.
N468 & N475. Spencer Street Station.
9-3.
N468 & N475. Melton Weir Bridge. It took less than twelve months, but the
effect of the 1967 drought was to totally drain the Weir seen below.
9-4.
N468 & N475. Melton Weir Bridge.
9-5.
N468 & N475. Parwan-Bacchus Marsh.
9-6.
N468 & N475. Bacchus Marsh – Ballan.
9-7.
Bacchus Marsh – Ballan. There’s nothing of any railway interest in this picture
except, maybe, wisps of N-class smoke, but I thought the scenery was so nice I
took a picture of it. The newest digital cameras can still photograph the same scenic
view, but, alas, not so the N-class steam engines. Lesson learnt; don’t waste
film.
9-8.
N468 & N475. Bacchus Marsh – Ballan (Ingliston Station).
9-9.
N468 & N475. Bacchus Marsh – Ballan (Ingliston Station). What do gunzels do
after the train has passed? Wind the film for the next shot, I guess.
9-10.
N468 & N475. Ballan.
9-11.
N468. Ballan.
9-12.
N475. Ballan. Two engines of this class are preserved; N432 at the Railway
Museum, North Williamstown, Victoria, and 752 (ex N477) at Railway Museum, Port
Dock, South Australia. Neither are operational.
Graeme
Reid captured the moment on movie film which is now on Youtube. You can watch
it by clicking here