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beachcomber australia said:
A great image, already being used to good effect - dictionaryofsydney.org/place/redfern www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/ghostrain... exwwwsvh.stvincents.com.au/assets/files/pdf/C/FitS/henry_... via Google Image search I tried to find the story behind this photo via Trove, but nothing interesting came up. Anyone know?
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grahamH said:
This was the first of this class built at Eveleigh. 3801 - 3805, the streamlined ones, were built by Clyde Engineering first then Eveleigh built 13 even numbered locos and Cardiff Workshops at Newcastle built 12 odd numbered locos for a total of 30.
InTheBush* said:
Great old photo. Such atmosphere!
Mike Kelly said:
These locos were a wonderful feat of engineering, what a pity that we can't "make stuff" any more.

Veedubber79 said:
If truly the "Gold Bug" (a.k.a. the "Golden Flyer" due to the golden tint on the a/c's fabric covering), this would be the first major Curtiss aerodrome design ca. 1909. Designed in conjunction with the Alexander G. Bell's Aircraft Experiment Association (AEA) using a novel mid-wing-mounted aileron design vice the Wright's wing warping strategy, the ship was purchased by the Aeronautical Society of New York for $5,000. (Other Gold Bug pictures show the aerodrome with an extensive front bi-plane canard in use, but this could have been removed as with the later "Headless Pusher" designs.) The Wrights wound up suing Curtiss for patent infringement anyway, thereby ceding design advancement and use of the airplane in war to the Europeans as precious time and resources were used to battle away in court until well into the Great War.