Hunter Valley Railway Trust
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  Location within New South Wales | |
| Established | 1975 |
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| Location | North Rothbury, New South Wales Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°40′53.5″S 151°20′40″E / 32.681528°S 151.34444°E |
| Type | Railway museum |
| Collection size | ex New South Wales Government Railways rolling stock and privately owned locomotives |
| Website | http://huntervalleyrailwaytrust.com.au/ |
The Hunter Valley Railway Trust (HVRT) is a collection of items located in North Rothbury it is not open to the public, New South Wales, Australia on the site of the Rothbury Riot.[1] It includes various types of rolling stock, such as coal and freight wagons and passenger coaches, and a variety of ex-New South Wales Government Railways locomotives. It also included seven of the fourteen heritage-listed South Maitland Railways 10 Class locomotives, until they were sold.
South Maitland Railway 10 class locomotives
- SMR 17 – In covered storage, in black livery.
- SMR 20 – In covered storage, in black livery. Locomotive was operational in the 1990s but boiler ticket has since expired
- SMR 23 – The loco was dismantled while at Rothbury, in blue livery . The dismantled pieces have now been moved to Dorrigo.
- SMR 26 – In covered storage, in black livery.
- SMR 27 – In covered storage, in black livery. The side tanks and boiler were swapped to restore SMR 10.
- SMR 28 – In covered storage, in black livery.
- SMR 31 – In open storage, in green livery[2]
In April 2013 these seven locomotives were sold to the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum.[3]
Other locomotives
- R766 – an ex Victorian Railways locomotive, that is being overhauled including conversion to standard gauge owned by a syndicate based in Victoria.[4]
Gallery
SMR 10 Class at Maitland during the Hunter Valley Steamfest in 2006. Note: Number 10 never owned by HVRT and it is now owned by HVTC.
R 766 hauls a regular V/Line service from Geelong station in 1993
References
- ^ "Welcome to Hunter Valley Railway Trust Web Site". Hunter Valley Railway Trust. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "New South Wales – Private & Industrial". Australian Steam – Preserved Steam Locomotives Down Under website. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ^ Norris, Sam (18 April 2013). "New home for historic engines". The Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Victorian Railways". Australian Steam – Preserved Steam Locomotives Down Under website. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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