Thread by @ozbob13

#CRsteamlocomotives
NF class 2-6-0
CR 1911/15
ex SAR W class
built c. 1877-82 Beyer Peacock
NF2 - W13
3 - 21
4 - 36
5 - 53
6 - 54
NF7 - W51 poor condition
Also W35 poor condition used to reconstruct NF7
Used on NAR

CR NF5 (Chris Drymalik Collection)
comrails.com/pic_common/b13…

Two men on railway train, Northern Territory, approximately 1927 / Michael Terry
nla.gov.au/nla.obj-149058…
NF class loco

Railway workers on a steam engine c. 1882 Beltana GNR
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+623…
This is a W possibly what was to become NF5 or NF6

EVACUATED WORKSHOPS Katherine c.1942
Picture NT
hdl.handle.net/10070/2359
Two NFs left ?

'Built to accommodate railway workshop function from Darwin 1942 to 1946 - hive of activity during WW2 keeping ancient steam locos operational to service the heavy demands placed on the NAR'

Loco W53 (Lionel Kingsborough) c. 1890
comrails.com/pic_lk/lk_0369…
W53 went on to become NF5

NF6 was shunting the wharf at Darwin when enemy bombed Darwin Feb 1942. NF6 was blown off the wharf due to the enemy action and lost.

NF5 (W53) was withdrawn in 1945 and was spared the scrapper. On display at Darwin various locations.

1978 at Darwin
hdl.handle.net/10070/5722

Note NF5 was fitted with NF2 plates in 1957.
This loco & carriage was also in the film ' We of the Never Never ' 1981. Moved to Fannie Bay Jail Museum, Darwin.

NF5 was later moved to the Pine Creek railway station area and was restored to operation in late 2001.

NF 5 displayed and stored operational within a shelter at Pine Creek on 17 August 2003.
Stuart Jackson.

All the other NFs were withdrawn by 1945 and subsequently scrapped.

Video Slide show 2011 photographs at Pine Creek
(includes NF5)

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