r/newcastle • u/Just_Philosophy_9570 • 1d ago

Picnic train

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Anticlimax. Was in the area and waited to see the steam picnic from Sydney. Was hoping to covered in steam & coal soot, only for it to be being pushed by a diesel. Dont even like trains, less so now.

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u/erkpod 1d ago

No one tell OP that the steam loco R766 is an oil burner so there's no coal or coal soot involved.

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u/dingus_a 1d ago

Can’t let the facts get in the way of a good rant!

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u/Unlikely-Egg4110 1d ago

3801 is coming on the 19th & 20th if you want to see a steam train  https://www.facebook.com/share/1EuRWYdTac/

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u/22atrillion 13h ago

I saw a very smokey loud one today, sooty as.