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Wolgan Valley Wilderness Railway

Locality: Lithgow, New South Wales

Phone: +61 427 455 580

Address: PO Box 350 2790 Lithgow, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.coclimited.com.au

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25.01.2022 A Shay geared locomotive scales the section of The Commonwealth Oil Corporation's Wolgan Valley Railway on the Newnes side of the famous Glowworm Tunnel in 1907.... The route had only opened earlier in the year, so was very new in this image. The Commonwealth Oil Corporation mined shale oil between 1907 and 1932. The building of the route was overseen by Henry Deane, an engineer who worked for The New South Wales Government Railways as well as on other railway and tramway projects in Australia. The route's main purpose was the movement of goods, however passenger services were also provided. The line was thirty two miles (fifty one kilometres) long to Newnes from the junction of The NSWGR's Main Western Line. Four Shay geared locomotives were imported to work the route. The largest of these was No. 4. Shay locomotives are ideal for working on lines with tight bends. The locos were scrapped after the line's closure, though assorted parts have been preserved. Photo credit: SLNSW Information credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newnes_railway_line

23.01.2022 Hear the locomotive as it completes its run.

21.01.2022 Shay Locomotive #10 showing off her power, pulling eight full cars up a 9.5% grade on this evenings Moonlight Special! Full Steam Ahead! #YMSPRR #Yosemite #RideTheLogger

18.01.2022 Newnes Shale Oil Works early 1900's

17.01.2022 The Black Pearl climbing the mountain grades through the Sierra National Forest #ymsprr #HalloweenTrain #yosemite #steamtrains #RideTheLogger

14.01.2022 Watch and listen as Shay No. 2 and 4 power a nine car train between the switchbacks during peak fall foliage! Visit us at www.casstrain.com

13.01.2022 The Glow Worm Tunnel gorge got burned today. The Wolgan Valley is sitting precariously on the edge of this massive fire. It's all in the winds now.

11.01.2022 Shay #15 on yesterday’s Moonlight! #YMSPRR #Yosemite #RideTheLogger

10.01.2022 This would be lovely

10.01.2022 Throwing it back to fall 2018 from our Shay Day Photo Charter! Rare sighting of double heading Shay locomotives climbing the mountain! Beautiful weekend for a train ride, come on up and experience living history!

09.01.2022 Newnes Jct Station earlier today. Photo courtesy of CE Photography Lithgow

07.01.2022 Please help us to get the Newnes Junction Signal Box fully restored! Please share this page to all of your friends! Sadly the signal box was burnt to the ground... in the 2019/2020 bushfires! The Newnes Junction Signal Box is of local significance as a relatively intact and functioning example of a 'Type E' Signal Box. It is of significance for its historic relationship and connection to the adjacent colliery. The signal box is a small timber weatherboard structure on brick base with corrugated iron gabled roof with timber barge board and finial. Some parts of the walls have been reclad in fibro. Multi-paned timber windows are located all around the building. Operating level windows are shaded by a convex shaped galvanised sheet awning. Access is via a small landing supported by decorative brackets. Photo courtesy of Matt Julian

05.01.2022 A little article to read over your coffee this morning.

03.01.2022 What could have been........a tourist railway on the Newnes Plateau

01.01.2022 A taste of what steam on the Wolgan line was like

Wolgan Valley Wilderness Railway in Lithgow, New South Wales | History Museum