International Railroad Discussion > NR Class in New South Wales

The NR-class has been one of the most common locomotives in Australia for years. Originally built for National Rail ("NR") from 1996 the design was done by Goninan with GE technology and a 7FDL-16 prime mover, making it roughly equivilant to a Dash-9-40C in the US.  

1. NR-40 leads sister NR-71 and train 3NY3 on the South Main near Breadelbane NSW on 4 Dec 2012.  It's mid-summer Down Under. 
2. Three NRs run a "down" steel train near Bethungra, NSW on 2 Dec 2012. NR-36 leads NR-44 and NR-74, the later of which carries special colors for "The Ghan" passenger train. They will soon make their circuit of the Bethungra Spiral (Loop), a 360 degree feature of the South Main between Cootamundra and Junee. 
3. An "Up" (towards Sydney) steel train takes a curve near Shepherd NSW on 1 Feb 2014 behind three NRs.  The lead unit still wears the "marigold and gray" paint of National Rail. 

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Beautifull locomotives.  The scenery is great.

Pedro Rezende
Vespasiano MG,
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Very nice RJM.I see the south bound steel regularly here.I live only about 10 min drive from your third pic location.
They have bent a few of the NR class in the last couple weeks.2 in West Australia ,and a couple  mid north coast of NSW .west Aust incident grade crossing related,mid north coast incident flood water washout related.
Regards,DK

Freight train derailment on NSW Mid North Coast to delay services into next week - ABC News

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/03/21 16:48 by DKay.

Very NICE and interesting series!

Larry