The Hunter Valley Railway Trust (HVRT) is a railway museum located in North Rothbury, New South Wales, Australia on the site of the Rothbury Riot.[1] It includes various types of rolling stock, such as coal and freight wagons and passenger coaches, and a variety of ex-New South Wales Government Railways locomotives. It also included seven of the fourteen heritage-listed South Maitland Railways 10 Class locomotives, until they were sold.

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Hunter Valley Railway Trust

Location within New South Wales
Established	1975
Location	North Rothbury, New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	32°40′53.5″S 151°20′40″E
Type	Railway museum
Collection size	ex New South Wales Government Railways rolling stock and privately owned locomotives
Website	http://huntervalleyrailwaytrust.com.au/

South Maitland Railway 10 class locomotives

• SMR 17 – In covered storage, in black livery.
• SMR 20 – In covered storage, in black livery. Locomotive was operational in the 1990s but boiler ticket has since expired
• SMR 23 – The loco was dismantled while at Rothbury, in blue livery . The dismantled pieces have now been moved to Dorrigo.
• SMR 26 – In covered storage, in black livery.
• SMR 27 – In covered storage, in black livery. The side tanks and boiler were swapped to restore SMR 10.
• SMR 28 – In covered storage, in black livery.
• SMR 31 – In open storage, in green livery[2]

In April 2013 these seven locomotives were sold to the Dorrigo Steam Railway & Museum.[3]

Other locomotives

• R766 – an ex Victorian Railways locomotive, that is being overhauled including conversion to standard gauge.[4]

Gallery

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  SMR 10 Class at Maitland during the Hunter Valley Steamfest in 2006. Note: Number 10 never owned by HVRT and it is now owned by HVTC.
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  R 766 hauls a regular V/Line service from Geelong station in 1993

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