South Maitland Railways 10 Class
The South Maitland Railways 10 Class locomotives is a class of 14 2-8-2T steam locomotives built for the East Greta Coal Company by Beyer, Peacock & Company in Manchester, England, between 1911 and 1925. Members of this class of locomotive were the last steam locomotives in commercial use in Australia.
10 at East Greta Junction in November 2010
22 being unloaded after being transported by road from Hexham in July 1989
24 freshly painted & lined after completion of boiler repairs in May 1993
25 at Pelaw Main Colliery in 1995
The South Maitland Railway was once an extensive network of privately owned colliery and passenger railway lines which served the South Maitland coalfields in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia and were the second last system in Australia to use steam haulage, having used steam locomotives until 1983.
Weston water tank, note AA Co. cast into end panels
South Maitland Railway railcar No.1 travelling between Weston and Abermain in July 1962
SMR 10 at Maitland during Hunter Valley Steamfest in 2006
Neath Signal box, Feb 1995