What ran there ?

The railway photographers going back seven decades have done an amazing job on capturing trains and operations - the focus (no pun intended) was for the most part on the loco or train consist . The infrastructure was not as well covered however many of the photos had stations or sheds etc in the background which as a modeller have been invaluable to me in building this layout.

There are many superb books covering the railway operations around Australia, my main source of reference has been Byways of Steam volume 21 and Pansy the Camden tram edited by Ian Dunn and Robert Merchant. Brian Rowlings DVD on the Camden Line, the Weston Langford photo collection and many of Ron Prestons works have also provided a lot of detail.

David Cooke in his book railmotors and XPTs on page 30 in the chapter on the CPH says " Other areas served by these vehicles include the former Camden branch ..."

I have not been able to find any documentary proof of CPH operations to Camden, although a couple of railway history buffs suggested they ran during the second world war. I would be very keen to hear from anyone who can shed some light on any CPH operations to Camden - in the meantime I have taken some photos of railmotor 26 visiting Camden.

Railmotor No 26 departs Camden.

Railmotor 26 and trailer at Camden - note work has started on the backdrop the subject of the next blog