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130705 0553462 viewsLock, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 5. One of seventeen built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 with a 25 ton capacity, increased to 34 tons in 1974. HBN 1-11 fitted with removable tops and roll-top hatches in 1999-2000. July 5, 2013.
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130705 0574462 viewsLock, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 34, originally an NHB type hopper NHB 1009 built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Fitted with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. July 5, 2013.
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130705 0624461 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion along goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130705 0632461 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 26, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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130705 0639461 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 35, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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130705 0627460 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion out along the mainline out of goods siding #1 across Birdseye Hwy as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130705 0658460 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 depart along the mainline for Port Lincoln with the loaded grain train.
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130705 0660460 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 depart along the mainline for Port Lincoln with the loaded grain train.
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130705 0616458 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion along goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130705 0626458 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion out along the mainline out of goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130705 0532457 viewsLock, hood view of the Genesee & Wyoming decal on locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 859 'City of Port Lincoln' serial 84705, built in 1963, 859 started life at Peterborough, spent some years in Tasmania and even spent time in Perth on standard gauge in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. July 5, 2013.
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130705 0629457 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion out along the mainline out of goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130705 0630457 viewsLock, the final loaded portion shunts up the mainline before rejoining the first portion sitting on the mainline in the yard, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 38, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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130705 0539456 viewsLock, grain train loading in progress with the Viterra fast flow auger in the distance, the train with 1203, 846 and 859 is about to split and shunt half the consist onto the mainline. July 5, 2013.
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130705 0601456 viewsLock, down end looking up towards Port Lincoln with the four silo blocks on the right, from the furthest, #5, #1, #2 and #3. The horizontal bunker #4 is on the left but obscured by the trees. Loading is continuing on the #1 goods siding while the loaded rake is on the mainline.
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130705 0628456 viewsLock, with loading finished, 1203 leads 846, 859 and the final portion out along the mainline out of goods siding #1 as it prepares to shunt back onto the loaded portion on the mainline for departure to Port Lincoln.
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130705 0662456 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 depart along the mainline for Port Lincoln with the loaded grain train.
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130705 0545454 viewsLock, grain train loading in progress with the Viterra fast flow auger in the distance, the train with 1203, 846 and 859 is about to split and shunt half the consist onto the mainline. July 5, 2013.
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130705 0590454 viewsLock, having stowed the loaded portion on the mainline, the three locos 859, 846 and 1203 shunt back on to the empty portion on goods siding #1.
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130705 0564453 viewsLock, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 2, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system. July 5, 2013.
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