Today's historic photo of the day: NSW State Rail Authority locomotive 4826 in 'yellow end' or ‘reverse’ livery hauls the Cooma Mail away from the staff exchange stop at Royalla, NSW, Saturday May 4 1985.
The Cooma Mail #train at this stage of its history ran 4 days per week: overnight from Sydney to Cooma on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights, with a return in daylight the following morning from Cooma back to Sydney.
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