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060113 2461501 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 with a fresh crew depart the yard with empty train 6DD3, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering built 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 the original 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. A roll-by is also being conducted by an outgoing crew member. 13th January 2006.
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215-19500 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, fuel point roads, AN BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 with 700 class 704 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-2 rest between jobs with V/Line broad gauge N class behind them.
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215-01496 viewsLong Plains, the down passenger train to Alice Springs 'The Ghan' on approach with power from an AN livered DL class DL 37 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT42C serial 88-1245.
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030409 080101496 viewsWarramboo, empty grain train arrives just after 0800 and stops for a crew change. Rebuild unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery leads a pair of AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 830 class units 872 and 871 framed between the station building and the SACBH concrete silo complex.
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030409 121202495 viewsKielpa, a few kilometres south of the former Konanda siding 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 powers away from a crew change.
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060111 2321495 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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060111 2322495 viewsWarramboo, located at the 190.2 km with now disused station building on the left, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 shunts empty grain waggons into the grain loop for loading. 11th January 2006.
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030414 154516493 viewsPenong , goods loop off to the left, grain loop on the right in the grass. Concrete silo block 2 with newer Ascom style complex behind that as Block 1.
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030414 153424492 viewsPenong very end of the line looking west.
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030414 154153490 viewsPenong, looking west, the crossover from the main to the grain loop is running left to right, Ascom silo loadout gantry with horizontal grain bunker behind it.
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060111 2295490 viewsLock, 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 with two ALCO units 850 and 905 drag their grain train over the grade past the location sign and down into Lock. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2568490 viewsThevenard, the string of ENH and ENHA waggons loaded high with gypsum on train 6DD4 as the snake through the yard destined for the unloader. Bergmann Dr grade crossing. 13th January 2006.
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030414 154350488 viewsPenong, 505.6 km looking east with the goods loop coming in on the right to join the mainline. The car is on the grain loop. Station shelter on the right is where the original barracks were located.
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060113 2554488 viewsKevin, narrow gauge locos 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 wait while their return working train 6DD4 is loaded on the mainline to Thevenard. The plant is behind the tipping loader and Kevin back around to the right behind the gypsum pile. 13th January 2006.
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030414 153405487 viewsPenong, looking east from the end of line along the grain loop, 'mainline' peels off to the right, horizontal bunker block 3 on the left with an Ascom silo complex block 1 behind that.
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030415 065626487 viewsKevin, loading is almost complete 0700 hrs. as gypsum train 3DD2 stands behind triple NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model units NJ 5 serial 71-732, NJ 6 serial 71-733 and NJ 3 serial 71-730, these units built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville workshops started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981. At the Kevin loading point.
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051102 6615487 viewsThevenard Maintenance Centre overview, with NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit NJ 3 serial 71-730, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981. Still in AN green but lettered for Australian Southern Railroad and a lone ENH type hopper standing around 'on-shed'. Behind the sanding plant and shed are the no longer rail serviced grain silos.
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060113 P1010169486 viewsThevenard, at the 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. Pope Searle photo.
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030414 154708485 viewsPenong looking from the yard across East Terrace grade crossing. Last train ran in March 1997.
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030414 153925484 viewsPenong, yard view with the triangle east leg peeling off to the left as the goods loop curves to the right to re-join the mainline. The loadout leg for silo block 1 is on the right with the horizontal bunker behind.
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