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030409 123253452 viewsKielpa, looking south along the mainline at the 185 km post, grain siding coming in from the left.
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030409 145852452 viewsUngarra, located at the 108.1 km and opened in March 1913 as the temporary terminus till July 1913. Yard overview looking south from the goods and grain loop points, loading ramp can be made out in front of car, silo complex, station hut then the horizontal grain bunker on the right.
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030409 153922452 viewsMoody Tank, a loaded grain train storms around the curve behind 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt DA class unit DA 4.
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060111 2412452 viewsWudinna, 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, 1203 and two ALCo units 850 and 905 shunt back down the mainline at Wudinna as they run round their consist. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2441452 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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161109 1892452 viewsMoule, train 4DD4 rumbles along the mainline behind Genesee & Wyoming locomotives Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C units 1601 serial 71-728 and 1603 serial 71-730 and a pair of AE Goodwin ALCo model DE531 units 859 serial 84705 and 850 serial 84136 with 62 loaded waggons.
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030415 171358452 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking east along the Central Australia line at the western end of the loop and Trans Australian is the right road. Tarcoola is the junction for the TAR and CAR railways situated 504 km from the 0 km datum at Coonamia. 15th April 2003.
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030406 110810451 viewsCoomunga, stabled on the siding, Transfield track machine ballast regulator. 6th April 2003.
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030406 115702451 viewsPort Lincoln, derailment damaged HCN type bogie wheat waggon HCN 18, modified at Islington Workshops in 1978-80 which started life as a Tulloch built NHB type iron ore hopper for the CR on the North Australia Railway in 1968-69. It was scrapped in May 2003, not long after this image was taken. 6th April 2003.
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030409 084713451 viewsKyancutta, XNW type bogie grain hopper waggon XNW 12 on the rear of a string of twelve such waggons, Comeng Qld built XNG type bogie waggon for Norseman Goldmines NL, then WAGR owned and coded XNA then in 1994 converted to XNW grain waggons. They arrived on the Eyre Peninsula system from 2001.
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030409 152433451 viewsUngarra, the peace is shattered as a loaded grain train storms upgrade through the station behind 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt DA class unit DA 4 trailing view as the continue south.
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030405 161108450 viewsLock and District Historical Museum, rear view of former Lock railway station portable office building, 5th April 2003.
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030406 115424450 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, still in former owner AN livery, Australian Southern 830 class locomotive 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137 which has been on the Eyre Peninsula Division since being built in April 1962, stabled motive power over the weekend downtime. 6th April 2003.
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030409 104422450 viewsWaddikee loaded grain train operating south to Cummins behind 830 class units 851 and 842 and DA class DA 4 with a rake of XNW waggons behind DA 4.
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030409 115610450 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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030409 141411450 viewsWharminda, the engines 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4 shunt along the mainline with the loaded waggons.
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060113 2459450 viewsThevenard, yard view looking west from No. 13 points at the front of the maintenance 'yard' with the disused grain bunker and 6DD3 running along beside the silos as it unloads at GRA, further silos form the background with the maintenance centre with stand-by loco 871 on hand and a couple of ENH hopper waggons. 13th January 2006.
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130708 0771450 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 41, in GWA corporate orange livery of owner Genesee & Wyoming Australia, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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060110 2157450 viewsNear the 64 km between Pillana and Cummins, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 then sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004, and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of photo.
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030405 160916449 viewsLock and District Historical Museum, old enamel railway sign. 5th April 2003.
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