Hunter Valley Railway Trust

The Hunter Valley Railway Trust (HVRT) is a railway museum located in North Rothbury, 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.

Hunter Valley Railway Trust
Location within New South Wales
Establishedunknown
LocationNorth Rothbury, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates32°40′53.5″S 151°20′40″E
TypeRailway museum
Collection sizeex New South Wales Government Railways rolling stock and privately owned locomotives
Websitehttp://huntervalleyrailway.tripod.com/

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

References

  1. "Welcome to Hunter Valley Railway Trust Web Site". Hunter Valley Railway Trust. Archived from the original on 28 June 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  2. "New South Wales – Private & Industrial". Australian Steam – Preserved Steam Locomotives Down Under website. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  3. Norris, Sam (18 April 2013). "New home for historic engines". The Maitland Mercury. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. "Victorian Railways". Australian Steam – Preserved Steam Locomotives Down Under website. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
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