Victorian Railways 4-6-4 No. R766
Telarah, NSW, Australia 		Location: Telarah yard
Status: Operational
Posted: Mar 31, 2024 @ 12:03:42 by Russell Newman
The ex Victorian Railways re-gauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766, has since relocated to Telarah yard in Telarah, New South Wales, Australia, which is the new base for the Picnic Train and their mainline operations in New South Wales. R766 is currently having to boiler work being carried out.
Posted: Feb 20, 2023 @ 05:02:10 by Russell Newman
The ex Victorian Railways re-gauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 will be visiting the NSW Rail Museum at Thirlmere in New South Wales, Australia for the very first time to be a star visiting locomotive for their Thirlmere Festival of Steam on the 18th and 19th of March 2023.
Posted: Dec 20, 2022 @ 14:12:54 by Russell Newman
For the first time ever the ex Victorian Railways re-gauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 is relocating to the Canberra Railway Museum in the Australian Capitol Territory for the first time for its summer maintenance there and will be on display during a special event on the 30th of December 2022 to the 1st of January 2023. During which R766 will be on display next to another ex Victorian Railways locomotive re-gauged from Broad gauge to Standard gauge the ex Victorian Railways S Class Diesel No. S300 during the event.
Posted: Mar 14, 2022 @ 06:03:14 by Russell Newman
For the first time ever the ex Victorian Railways re-gauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 will be staring at the Hunter Valley Steamfest for the very first time on the 9th and 10th of April 2022.
Posted: Feb 15, 2022 @ 13:02:10 by Russell Newman
The ex Victorian Railways re-gauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 will be doing more mainline test runs over the next three days from the 16th of February 2022. As the locomotive will be working between Branxton to Telarah and Telarah to Dungog and back.
Posted: Oct 27, 2021 @ 06:10:25 by Russell Newman
The ex Victorian Railways re-gauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 will be making her debut on the standard gauge mainlines of New South Wales, Australia for the very first time with a mainline test run from Branxton to Singleton light engine and back on the 30th of October 2021.
Posted: Jul 23, 2021 @ 09:07:26 by Russell Newman
The ex Victorian Railways regauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 has been unveiled in her new livery of the Victorian Railways Red and Black livery and is now set to start being tested on the standard gauge mainlines of New, South Wales for the very first time and this is also the first time a locomotive of this type will be seen in that part of Australia in preservation.
Posted: Jan 12, 2021 @ 20:01:25 by
R766 is currently being repainted before more trials to begin, so far looks to be either VR Black and Red(like fellow R class members) or Steam Ages Brunswick green and red
Posted: Mar 11, 2020 @ 12:03:41 by Russell Newman
The ex Victorian Railways regauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 was steamed and moved along standard gauge track for the very first time under her own steam on a short test run today. This marks the completion of the regauging of R766 from broad gauge to standard gauge. The locomotive will undergo more test runs before being let lose on the mainlines of New South Wales very soon.
Posted: Oct 1, 2019 @ 13:10:30 by Russell Newman
The ex Victorian Railways regauged R Class Hudson 4-6-4 R766 successfully passed its steam test on the 30th of September 2019. The locomotive is now in its final stages of its rebuild and will soon be moving under its own steam on Standard Gauge track for the very first time.
Posted: Jan 8, 2018 @ 13:01:10 by Russell Newman
After long man hours regauging R766 from the 5ft 3inch broad gauge to the 4ft 8 1/2 in standard gauge and other work the locomotive is now ready to start testing on the standard gauge mainlines of New South Wales and Victoria. But before that can happen the loco needs to be fitted with a ICE Radio unit for it to run on the mainlines out in that part of the world. So the Hunter Valley Railway Trust has started appeal to raise the funds needed to buy and fit a ICE Radio unit to R766. If funds are raised the loco could be running this year?
Posted: Feb 3, 2014 @ 13:02:05 by steven cage
Victorian Railways 4-6-4 Husion steamer No. R 766 in North Roth bury, New South Wales Australia it will be paint in blue and gold and also burn oil fuel no.5 mate!