The 38 Class Hauled Trains
In January 1943 the first 38 class locomotive entered service. Although 3801 first worked a Newcastle Flyer service in February 1943, it would be May 1944 before they were regularly introduced and even then continued to share the duties with 36 class locomotives for another three years. From July 1945 a third daily service was introduced with all services now operating as the Newcastle Express. From November 1947 all services were operated by 38 class locomotives with a fastest journey time of 2 hours 18 minutes.
In April 1948 air-conditioned HUB set rolling stock was introduced to the service replacing N type steel carriages. The Newcastle Flyer was the last express train in Australia to be worked by steam locomotives. This came to an end on 29 December 1970 when 3820 hauled the final steam powered service.
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