Full title: Commonwealth Oil Shay locomotive no.2 - Newnes, NSW

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Date: [1908-1940].

Call Numbers: At Work and Play - 03415

Record Identifier: 92e0jDNY

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Notes: Commonwealth Oil Company Shay No.2 on the line from Newnes Junction to Newnes near Lithgow. The train is at the locomotive depot which was about half a mile north of Newnes Junction, and is heading toward Newnes Junction. The COC locos were the only standard gauge Shay locos imported into Australia. For other photographs of the COC Shay locos see: The Shale Railways of NSW / G.H. Eardley and E.M. Stephens. Sydney : Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division, 1974 (later ed. 2000) -- Information supplied by C.Stratton (Aug 2006) See also: "Locomotives once used on the Wolgan Valley Railway", Information about Newnes, New South Wales, Australia (online website) Date based on the working life of no.2 at Newnes: 1907-1940 Loco depot, Newnes Junction, dated ca. 1917 (between 1910-1920) -- Information supplied by A.F. Watson (Nov 1989) Previously titled: During the drought, taking water to Cobar - Nyngan, NSW Digital order no:bcp_03415

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MMS ID: 110308050