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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Michael Parris

'Travesty': Rail buffs go loco after 4801 engine dismantled

The newly built 4801 engine in Sydney in 1959; and the 4801 engine with dismantling equipment at the Broadmeadow depot two weeks ago. Pictures supplied

The government agency responsible for the state's rail heritage has dismantled an historic train engine stored at Broadmeadow, angering railway enthusiasts.

Photographs emerged two weeks ago of what appeared to be equipment poised to take apart the 4801 diesel engine at the Broadmeadow locomotive depot.

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