Sunday, June 11, 2017

Restored World War I locomotive unveiled at Richmond Vale Railway Museum

From the Maitland Mercury report:
A restored World War I locomotive was unveiled at Richmond Vale Railway Museum on Saturday as part of the museum’s annual Coalfields Steam celebrations.
The locomotive was built in April 1918 and was used in France at end of the Great War, and was later used to link the mines of the Kurri Kurri district with the coal loaders at Hexham.

Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 10 Jun 2017.