Tag: South Maitland Railways

Archival Historic Railway Film

September 27, 2022

The following video compilations have been created to showcase film footage relating to railway heritage of Newcastle and surrounding regions. Videos were created to support Australian Railway Historical Society (ARHS) Seminars at the Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. Special Thanks to Phillip Lloyd at the GLAMx Living Histories Digitisation Lab, Greg Anderson and Ed Tonks … More Archival Historic Railway Film

South Maitland Railways Archive Helps Keep “Uranus”, God of the Sky in Train Form, Back On Track

October 29, 2020

The South Maitland Railways (SMR) Archive held at the University of Newcastle (Australia) has helped a team, on the other side of the world, restoring railway steam locomotives at the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, located in Whitehead, Northern Ireland. There is a particular item located on all of their locomotives called an “injector”. These … More South Maitland Railways Archive Helps Keep “Uranus”, God of the Sky in Train Form, Back On Track