Hunter Valley Steamfest
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| Begins | 14 April 2018 |
| Ends | 15 April 2018 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Location(s) | Maitland, New South Wales |
| Years active | 31 |
| Inaugurated | 19–20 April 1986 |
| Most recent | 8–9 April 2017 |
| Attendance | 50,000 (2017) |
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Hunter Valley Steamfest is one of the major events in the New South Wales steam locomotive season and also one of the major events held in Maitland, in the Hunter Region. Held over two days in April, it is usually attended by steam locomotives from the Canberra Railway Museum, Powerhouse Museum and Trainworks Railway Museum and railmotors from the Rail Motor Society.
The first Hunter Valley Steamfest was held in April 1986 to commemorate the days of steam, three years after steam operations on the South Maitland Railway ceased. In 2017, Steamfest attracted 50,000 visitors.
Hunter Valley Steamfest has seen different locomotives from over six different preservation organisations within New South Wales and even one from the United Kingdom.
This list contains the locomotives that have attended the Hunter Valley Steamfest:
Local area of Maitland
Ex New South Wales Government Railways
United Kingdom
During the Steamfest, trips to Broadmeadow, Branxton, Singleton, Paterson and Dungog are operated by both steam and preserved rail motor. The Sunday Barrington Bullet travels to Dungog, then to Stroud Road loop and return. In 2015, a new trip to Port Waratah was introduced.
In the early years of the festival, steam hauled charters brought passengers to the event but this is no longer the case with the locomotives and rolling stock moving to the festival empty. In 1986 two trips from Sydney Central and another from Blacktown operated. In 2013 and 2014 passengers were able to travel on the stock movement from Picton to Maitland, albeit on the Friday before and Monday after the festival.
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