Looking down from a pedestrian overbridge onto railway station on a tightly curved island platform, we see a locomotive hauled passenger train passing through the station on the outside of the curve. The train is being hauled by two 86 class electric locomotives in bright red candy livery, with the lead loco displaying its road number 8649 in large white numerals on the front of the cab.
Today's historic photo of the day: near-new 1500V DC loco 8649 heads the Perth-bound 'Indian Pacific' at Katoomba, NSW, January 26 1986
Fifty 86 class electric #locos were built between 1983 and 1985 to haul freight and long distance passenger trains west […]
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