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030409 084719430 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 115618430 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 150040430 viewsUngarra, yard view looking south, red marker is for the end of the grain bunker siding.
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060111 2319430 viewsNantuma, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 leads two ALCo units 850 and 905 as they round the bend just north of the old station site at the 183 km. Their next shunt will be Warramboo. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2456430 viewsThevenard, AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 built for the SAR as 830 class locomotive 871 serial G3422-1 was issued when built in 1966 to the Eyre Peninsula division of South Australian Railways. Still wearing Australian National green and yellow but with ASR decals as it stands in the yard with a couple of ENH type hopper waggons. 13th January 2006.
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060110 2163430 viewsCummins, view across Railway Terrace of empty grain train shunting the Cummins Bunker track to pick up empty hoppers, 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 and 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 image.
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161109 1975430 viewsThevenard, train 4DD4 rumbles across Bergmann Drive as the forth unit Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 850 serial 84136, built in 1962, 850 has been based on the Eyre Peninsula system all its operating life.
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030403 111511430 viewsKapunda view south from the station building looking at the silos.
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030403 152657430 viewsGladstone station building looking from the rail side, officially closed in 1991.
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030415 135321430 viewsKingoonya, located at the 426.5 km on the Trans Australian Railway, top of interlocking hut with signal target and solar array. GeoData location.
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030415 141326430 viewsKingoonya, located at the 426.5 km on the Trans Australian Railway, looking south with loading ramp, cattle yards and loading race, power station, standpipe and tanks stand. GeoData location.
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030415 171948430 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking east along the Central Australian Line, Trans Australian is the middle road with the loop on the far right. Tarcoola is the junction for the TAR and CAR railways. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.
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030405 155007429 viewsLock, view of the goods shed and platform dating from circa 1938 with half the roof missing, horizontal grain shed visible in the background, 5th April 2003.
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030406 142256429 viewsKapinnie, track view looking west towards the terminus showing the siding extension with offset in rails, silos and loading ramp behind camera. 6th April 2003.
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030409 084542429 viewsKyancutta, empty grain train runs through the yard behind rebuild DA class unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery leading a pair of AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 830 class units 872 and 871 with a string of grain waggons.
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060111 2395429 viewsWannamana, 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 here leading a north bound empty grain train heading to Wudinna. Wannamana was located at the 210 km and opened in January 1927, this scene is some 79 years later. The siding was closed in April 1957. 11th January 2006.
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060110 2170429 viewsCummins, trailing view of empty grain train running down the yard along the Penong mainline 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 and 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 image.
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030415 155423429 viewsTarcoola, looking east along the mainline towards Port Augusta, Central Australian Railway coming in from the left, Trans Australian Railway is the middle road with the loop on the right. Tarcoola is the junction for the TAR and CAR railways situated 504.5 km from the 0 km datum at Coonamia outside of Port Pirie. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.
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030416 094958429 viewsWirrida Siding, looking south towards Tarcoola with the goods loop returning to the loop and the loading ramp and siding points. Located at the 641 km from the 0 datum at Coonamia and 137 km north of Tarcoola between Carnes and Manguri on the Tarcoola - Alice Springs line. GeoData location. 16th April 2003.
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216-28428 viewsMoomba, panorama image two.
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