It's undoubtedly one of the coolest locomotives to ever speed along the state's railway lines, and on Friday June 4 Blayney's rail enthusiasts will have the opportunity to "ooh" and "aah" when the famous 3801 pulls into Blayney Railway Station for the first time since the early 2000s.
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Locomotive 3801 was built in 1943 by Clyde Engineering and has been in preservation since its retirement from the NSW Railways in 1962. The locomotive was withdrawn from heritage service in 2007, as it required major boiler repairs.
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After many delays including the importation and subsequent return of a German boiler that didn't meet Australian Standards, the original boiler was repaired by Ainsworths of Goulburn, with the boiler returning to the Chullora Railway Workshop on 1 July 2019.
Now commissioned and ready to go the 3801 will be making the climb up to the central west and will pull into Blayney station at 1.30pm for an hour before returning to Bathurst at 2.30pm.
Unfortunately rides to and from Blayney are not available, but an up close experience is guaranteed, as is a special 3801 operating model steam train exhibition, feature artist display, youth exhibition and history museum.
Entry is $5 for Adults and $3 for Concession.
For a full schedule and more information the shunt on over to www.thnsw.com.au/3801
Mark Logan
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
Started working in newspapers in the 1990's in the darkroom of the Pastoral Times in Deniliquin before moving to Millthorpe in 2003. Soon after arriving I started as a photographer at the CWD. Now a journalist at the Blayney Chronicle.
