• ‘Little Engines’ Kids Area featuring activities including a jumping castle, face painting and a coal shovelling course and other activities run by the Lower Hunter District Scouts. See the map for details. • Delicious food stalls featuring international flavours along with traditional festival favourites. • The Steamfest Markets on Church Street for unique gifts, bric-a-brac and bargains. • The Great Train Race on Sunday. • The Rally Ground to see working traction and portable steam engines, vintage farm machinery, miniature train, steam bus and trackless train.
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Hunter Valley Steamfest would like to thank all staff, sponsors, volunteers and committee members for making this event possible.
AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Disclaimer: This program has been prepared by Maitland City Council from information available as at 31 March 2017. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information herein however Maitland City Council accepts no responsibility for any consequences resulting from misdescription or inadvertent errors. Photos used throughout this program are courtesy of Simon Freeman, Stephanie Owen, Graeme Stanley, Richard Witford, Ben Treverton, Shannon Hartigan and Kevin Parsons.
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Held on Sunday in Maitland Park, the Show ‘n’ Shine is certainly something not to be missed. It features over 400 classic and show quality cars as well as food stalls, live music and rock and roll dancing. Entry is free from 9.00am
Show ’n’ Shine Welcome Welcome to the 2017 Burton Automotive Hunter Valley Steamfest. In keeping with Steamfest’s proud tradition there is a fantastic program of activities organised for the whole family to enjoy, including The Great Train Race, Church Street Markets and the impressive Rally Ground steam engine displays. Make sure you pay a visit to the Rally Ground to visit the ‘Little Engines’ Kids Area, take a ride on the miniature railway, watch a live steam powered sheep shearing demonstration and check out the range of fantastic steam powered engines.
STEAM TRAINS 3016
Locomotive 3016 was built in 1903 as a C30 Class 4-6-4. There were a total of 145 C30 class locomotives, with 95 being built by Beyer, Peacock and Co. in Manchester, with the remaining 50 built at Eveleigh Railway Workshops in Sydney.
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Locomotive 3642 is a fine example of the penultimate design of express passenger steam locomotive in NSW. As a class, these locomotives accelerated long distance passenger timetables, with shorter journey times, leading to new levels of service in the pre-World War II period.
Learn about the history and inner workings of steam and power at the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences and Maitland Rail Museum marquees, where you will find an exciting program featuring talks and interactive model displays. The highlight of Steamfest 2017 is The Great Train Race featuring locomotives 3016 and 3642 running parallel together whilst racing a Tiger Moth aeroplane. Don’t miss out on the action as the two trains roll one by one into Maitland Station at approximately 11.00am on Sunday. Steamfest would like to thank you for attending and sharing our vision, keeping the tradition of steam alive for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. Before you leave Steamfest, stop by the Merchandise Tent to purchase Steamfest memorabilia including t-shirts, pins, mugs, magnets, hats, caps and photo book.
Maitland Rail Museum Marquee (RALLY GROUND) Join Maitland Rail Museum as they talk about the history of Maitland and steam including the South Maitland Railway. Members of the museum have put together an exciting program and there’s a topic for every steam enthusiast. There will be a range of historic photographs and model steam powered engines on display, as well as a model of the Haben Washery at Lidell.
Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences Marquee (RALLY GROUND) Visit the Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences marquee to learn and understand the inner workings of machines and steam engines through engaging presentations and models.
RAIL MOTORS CPH 1 & 7 ‘TIN HARE’ ‘Tin Hare’ is the nickname given to the wooden bodied rail cars introduced on the NSW Railways in the 1920s at around the same time that many greyhound tracks were converting to mechanical hares. To the railway crews and passengers alike, these were fast hound racing hares.
621/721 ‘RED RATTLERS’ 621/721 affectionately called the ‘Red Rattler’ gained its nick name from the media from the way the windows and window shutters rattled in their frames. During their service life 621/ 721 spent all of their time on Hunter services. It is therefore fitting that this unit is preserved in the Hunter region as part of the Rail Motor Society’s fleet.
Hunter Valley Steamfest is proudly presented by:
If you haven’t pre-purchased tickets for a Steamfest rail journey, limited tickets are available from the ticketing marquee near Maitland Station.
Saturday and SUNDAY
Steam Revolutions Discovery Station
10.30am, 1.00pm
The new manufacturing revolutions: 3D printing demonstrations
10.30am, 12.30pm
Full Steam Ahead! Science Show
10.00am, 12.00pm, 2.00pm
Steaming Live
10.00am, 3.30pm
What’s on
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MAAS STEAMING LIVE The newest addition to the MAAS program is a rare 1920 steam tip wagon. This steam tip wagon built by Aveling & Porter Ltd, was restored to steaming condition by the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. Of the 292 wagons built only three are known to survive.