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030411 110018109 viewsKimba, rail recovery winch waggon EZWL 2, built using underframe of broad gauge horse box BH 4331. To Eyre Peninsula 1992, recoded then from AZWL.
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030411 110040105 viewsKimba, rail transport waggon ENFR 2, originally built as 40' flat waggon NRF 900 in 1943. Transferred to Eyre Peninsula in 1984 and recoded to ENFR in 1985. Scrapped here at Kimba in 2005.
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030411 110106104 viewsKimba, station yard view looking south, point level is covered to allow road vehicles to travel over it as a tractor is sometimes used for shunting. The loadout spouts are evident along with the Ascom loadout silo and horizontal bunker beyond that.
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030411 110216107 viewsKimba, rail recovery winch waggon EZWL 2, built using underframe of broad gauge horse box BH 4331. To Eyre Peninsula 1992, recoded then from AZWL. Scrapped in 2005.
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030411 110227105 viewsKimba, rail recovery winch waggon EZWL 2, shows cabin mounted above motor and winch, built using underframe of broad gauge horse box BH 4331. To Eyre Peninsula 1992, recoded then from AZWL. Scrapped in 2005.
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030411 110259126 viewsKimba, view looking south with rail stockpile, silos and loadout bin with rail transport train on the left, station building can be just made out, crew barracks middle of frame in the distance.
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030411 11052397 viewsKimba, concrete pre-fab station building doors.
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030411 110544104 viewsKimba, station building with AN station sign, modern concrete pre-fab building style.
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030411 11055499 viewsKimba, yard view looking south, mainline on the right, Ascom loadout gantry and silo with horizontal bunker beyond that. Eyre Highway grade crossing in the distance.
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030411 11060996 viewsKimba, view looking south of the Ascom Jumbo style silo complex, truck discharge on the left, outloading spout and silo over rail, horizontal bunker behind.
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030411 110811107 viewsKimba, looking south across the Eyre Highway grade crossing, the grain road has to use hand signals, the mainline has a coloured light, one of only three such signals on the Eyre Peninsula system, the others being at Kyancutta and Port Lincoln.
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030411 110823103 viewsKimba, looking south across the Eyre Highway grade crossing, the mainline has a coloured light signal, one of only three such signals on the Eyre Peninsula system, the others being at Kyancutta and Port Lincoln.
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030411 141109108 viewsNunjikompita, aboriginal word for 'burnt hair', located 357.6 km, terminus of line from 14th August 1914 until Thevenard extension opened on the 8th of February 1915, yard overview looking east from the western end of the yard. Concrete silo block 3 is closet to camera.
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030411 14134297 viewsNunjikompita, aboriginal word for 'burnt hair', located , terminus of line from 14th August 1914 until Thevenard extension opened on the 8th of February 1915, 'station' shelter shed, consignment register desk still in situ.
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030411 14135599 viewsNunjikompita, aboriginal word for 'burnt hair', station sign attached to shelter shed.
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030411 141404318 viewsNunjikompita, front view of 'station' shelter shed, the door on the left used to house the control telephone.
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030411 141503105 viewsNunjikompita, yard view looking east, concrete silo block 2, then 1, then a horizontal bunker then an Ascom style silo with loadout spout and silo.
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030411 141732110 viewsNunjikompita, yard view looking west, Ascom style silo with loadout spout and silo, then a horizontal bunker and concrete silos. The truck unloading point is on the right of the silos.
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030411 141801105 viewsNunjikompita, looking east from the east end of the yard, W whistle or horn post for grade crossing of Nunyah Road in the distance.
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030411 142235115 viewsNunjikompita, yard or station location sign, located about a kilometre out from the actual location. Fresh ballast is on the line.
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