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Thanks to Geoff Taylor for sending in these two shots showing South Maitland operations 25 years apart.

Steam was witnessing its final weeks when this shot of SMR18 and SMRxx on a down empty coal service was caught at Abermain in 1983.


Today the reason for the lines existence hasn't changed, however the motive power certainly has.
PL2 48129 PL7 48162 pass through Cessnock on April 15th with another rake of empties bound for the Austar Colliery.