The Zig Zag Railway is an Australian heritage railway, situated near Lithgow, New South Wales. It was opened by the not-for-profit Zig Zag Railway Co-op as an unpaid volunteer-staffed heritage railway
BB18¼ 1072 City of Lithgow at Top Points
An historical view of the Zig Zag Railway line with Top Road and number 1 viaduct in the foreground, Middle Road and viaducts numbers 2 & 3, and Bottom Road still part of the Main Western line to the right
Much the same view more than a century later, not long before the 2013 NSW bushfires
Top Points station in July 2006
The Queensland Railways AC16 class locomotive is a class of 2-8-2 steam locomotives operated by the Queensland Railways.
Zig Zag Railway
…and track and infrastructure repair and maintenance. Steam locomotives Number & Name Image Description Status Livery Notes 218A The Yank QR 2-8-2 AC16 Operational Green (Previously Black & Silver) Operated from 2008 until 2011 before mechanical overhaul. Operational since May 2021. 934 QR 4-8-0 Class…
AC16 221A pictured outside the Ipswich Railway Workshops