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130705 0534321 viewsLock, cab and roof view of former Australian National narrow gauge 830 class locomotive 846, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model with serial 84715 built new for the SAR in 1963 and delivered to Adelaide Division on broad gauge, transferred to Tasmania on narrow gauge in 1982, then back to SA on standard gauge in 1989 and then Whyalla in 2008 on narrow gauge. In 2012 is was delivered to Port Lincoln, the last loco delivered to the Eyre Peninsula and wearing Genesee & Wyoming decals on former AN livery. 5th July 2013.
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130705 0538321 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. 5th of July 2013.
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130705 0589321 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 0600321 viewsLock, down end looking up towards Port Lincoln with silo blocks #5 and #1 with loading taking place, the horizontal bunker #4 is on the left where the overhead augers are going. Loaded portion sitting on the mainline.
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130703 0261320 viewsKaldow, third unit on a Port Lincoln bound grain train Genesee & Wyoming 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 before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 3rd July 2013.
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130704 0410320 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of grain waggons, seen here backing up to re-join the rest of the train on the mainline as it crosses the Eyre Highway grade crossing and one of only three electric signals on the network, behind EMD 1204 and twin ALCo 830 units 873 and 851. 4th July 2013.
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130704 0466320 viewsKyancutta, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 2, still with the side walkway fitted is 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.
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130704 0493320 viewsMoule, yard view looking east from the points for the single ended ballast siding with ballast pile of the left. Moule located at the 445.6 km was opened in February 1966 when the Direct Line between Ceduna and Kevin was opened. It hosts a crossing loop and ballast loading siding, Location is here. 4th July 2013.
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130705 0588320 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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130708 0748320 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 60 N, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 0758320 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 4 B, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 0787320 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.
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060111 2269319 viewsTooligie, empty grain train running north behind ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004. 11th January 2006.
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130703 0196319 viewsTooligie, overview of the four cell concrete grain silo complex with the loading spout, dual unloading grids on the right where the shunting tractor is parked. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
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130705 0576319 viewsLock, located at the 148.5 km and originally named Terre when opened in May 1913, later renamed to Lock in December 1921. From the left is the Ascom silo complex (Block 5), the train is loading on the grain loop, horizontal bunker (Block 4) on the right. 5th of July 2013.
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130705 0578319 viewsLock, grain train shunting with 1203, 846 and 859 pushing back down the mainline with a loaded cut of grain waggons. 5th of July 2013.
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130705 0609319 viewsLock, up end looking down through Lock, Ascom silo block #5 on the left, Viterra fast loader loading train while loaded portion sits on the mainline.
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130708 0790319 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.
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130708 0793319 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.
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130708 0802319 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.
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