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030405 160328307 viewsLock, station yard overview, located at the 148.5 km, originally opened in May 1913 and called Terre after a local property, renamed to Lock in December 1921. Looking north along the mainline, points, lever and indicator for grain siding, Ascom style silo complex with concrete behind them, horizontal grain shed on the right with former crew barracks in front of that. 5th April 2003.
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030406 092756307 viewsYeelanna, yard view looking south, shows mainline and grain siding running south and branch line to Kapinnie and former Mount Hope branch curving away to the right across a culvert and past a cast Yard Limit sign. 6th April 2003.
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030406 142638307 viewsKapinnie, station located at the 105 km, this is the second location and in use from 1954. Station yard overview looking west with point lever and indicator and concrete silo complexes and outflow spouts. 6th April 2003.
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030407 094734307 viewsMinnipa, yard overview looking south, tracks from the left, No. 1 Goods Siding, Mainline, No.2 Goods Siding and No. 3 Goods Siding. Crew barracks visible on the left, rotating jib crane visible in front of concrete silo complexes. 7th April 2003.
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030407 120514307 viewsPoochera, the loaded train prepares to depart behind 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, 851 has spent its entire operating career on the Eyre Peninsula, it leads fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4, rebuilt from 830 class unit 839 by Port Augusta Workshops, retains original serial 83730 and model DL531.
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030409 112310307 viewsDarke Peake, yard view looking south with grain loading spouts and silos on the goods and grain loop at left, mainline on the right.
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030409 115600307 viewsDarke Peake, at the 195 km Dog Fence Road grade crossing loaded grain train with 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, 851 has spent its entire operating career on the Eyre Peninsula, leads fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4, rebuilt from 830 class unit 839 by Port Augusta Workshops, retains original serial 83730 and model DL531 with the first twelve waggons behind the locos XNW type.
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030411 110227307 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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060111 2378307 viewsKyancutta, Bedford Road grade crossing as the empty train continues north to Wudinna. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2441307 viewsThevenard, at the Gypsum Resources Australian (GRA) gypsum unloading site, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. Friday 13th January 2006.
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130703 0126307 viewsMurdinga, loading of grain from the Ascom out loading spout, looking south from Railway Tce. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
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130704 0377307 viewsKyancutta, former Australian National narrow gauge 830 class locomotive 873, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model with serial G3422-3 built new for the SAR in 1966 and delivered new to Port Lincoln in April 1966 with decals for current owner Genesee & Wyoming, it has spent it's whole working life on the Eyre Peninsula. 4th July 2013.
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130708 0722307 viewsCharra,
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060527 4097307 viewsScotia, AQCY 30214 container waggon, originally one of forty five built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WFX type, to WQCX in 1980. Carrying two COR type nickel residue containers with modified tops, COR 5885 and another.
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060527 4098307 viewsScotia, AQCY 31020 container waggon, one of thirty five built by Centrecon Ltd WA in 1981 as WFA type, recoded in 1987 to WQCY, then RHQY in 1994 and back to WQCY in 1996. Seen here with three 20' containers.
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060527 4130307 viewsScotia, AQCY 30219 flat waggon, one of forty five waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WFX type, recoded in 1979 to WQCX. Here carrying six loaded nickel ore kibbles.
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060527 4133307 viewsScotia, AFAF 30456 flat waggon, originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, recoded to WQCX type in 1980. Seen here carrying six loaded nickel ore kibbles.
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060530 4944307 viewsParkeston, AFBF 33121 kibble flat waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 in a batch of fifty eight WGX type open waggons without end doors, in 1975 to WGN for nickel traffic, back to WGX in 1976, to WOAX, then in 1987 to WOSF for steel traffic, then further cut down to for kibble traffic as seen here.
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070529 9419307 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 580 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1976 for Shell as type WJP, 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, capacity of 80500 litres, it also spent time in SA in 1985, fitted with type F InterLock couplers, Shell Fleet no. TR715 still visible.
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070609 0188307 viewsMidland, AQCY 30335 container waggon, one of one hundred and sixty one units built by Tomlinson Steel WA in 1969-70 as WFX type, one of twenty five converted to narrow gauge in 1970 as QWF, then back to standard gauge in 1972 as WFX, then recoded to WQCX in 1979, with two Westrail COB type 20' tarp top containers COB 5832 and COB 5759 and a 20' 22G1 type CAI container.
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