Tin Hares to Coonamble: Australian Trains

Over the Melbourne Cup long weekend in November 2013, the Association of Railway Enthusiasts and The Rail Motor Society organised a four day tour around New South Wales venturing as far north as Coonamble, west to Dubbo and Griffith and south to Junee. The route of the trip was Telarah (near Maitland) - Muswellbrook - Gulgong - Merrygoen - Dubbo - Coonamble - Dubbo - Orange - Parkes - Stockinbingal - Cootamundra - Temora - Griffith - Narranderra - Junee - Sydney - Telarah. The trip was operated by CPH7 and CPH1, two historic 1920's CPH "Tin Hare" railmotors that have been superbly maintained by the dedicated volunteers at The Rail Motor Society in Paterson. The third video in this series takes us from Gilgandra north to Coonamble, 616 kilometres from Sydney and then back along the line to Dubbo, 154km to the south in the state's central west. For more info on The Rail Motor Society, their website is http://www.trms.org.au/ The Railfan Shop should be able to provide info on ARE tours http://www.railfanshop.com.au/ © 2013 James Brook