An unusual image, it depicts one locomotive hauling five other locomotives, but without any cargo cars behind them. This implies they may be on their way to being scrapped, but it is also possible they are simply being transferred to another area.

As the four locomotives in the middle have no tenders they are obviously not contributing to hauling. The locomotive at the rear does have a tender, but does not appear to be in steam. The last two locomotives could be either D50's or D53's. Due to the close similarity between these two classes it is impossible to tell without a better view.

This image was scanned from an original glass plate or negative, kindly provided by the Australian Railway Historical Society, New South Wales Division.

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