New South Wales main line steam Quadrophenia!

The Hunter Valley Railway Trust is a railway museum in North Rothbury, New South Wales which holds an annual steamfest event which celebrated its 30th anniversary this year over the weekend of April 9-10.

New South Wales main line steam Quadrophenia!
In what is surely a world first, four steam locomotives each hauling trains, raced four Tiger Moth biplanes from Hanbury Junction, Newcastle to Maitland on four parallel lines, a distance of 13 miles. 80,000 people attended this year’s event.

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