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130703 0141183 viewsMurdinga, bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 26, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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130705 0512183 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 0523183 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt their loading grain train out of the siding onto the mainline. 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 in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 5th of July 2013.
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130705 0528183 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt their loading grain train out of the siding onto the mainline. 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 in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. 5th of July 2013.
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130708 0985183 viewsThevenard,
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060110 2187183 viewsYeelanna, empty grain arriving to shunt off 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. Sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004. Approx. location of image.
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030404 074333183 viewsPort Germein, looking from the east side of station with name board and shelter, ute with camp on far side. 4th April 2003.
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030406 094906182 viewsCummins, yard view looking south along the mainline, points lever and indicator for the crossover to the Buckleboo line visible, Hall St grade crossing, then the points and levers for the grain and goods loading ramp sidings beyond. Buckleboo line is on the left. 6th April 2003.
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030407 100506182 viewsMinnipa, north bound empty grain train shunts across the grade crossing for Minnipa - Yardea Rd behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, to shunt off empty waggons into the grain siding. 7th April, 2003.
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060111 2294182 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 2543182 viewsKevin, narrow gauge locos 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 take the mainline to Thevenard, having reversed train 6DD3 on the Kevin triangle as they prepare to load, 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2547182 viewsKevin, narrow gauge locos 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 take the mainline to Thevenard, having reversed train 6DD3 on the Kevin triangle as they prepare to load, 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2555182 viewsCharra at the 466.2 km, Pope Searle checks out the Mallee style shelter building. Opened with the line on 13th February 1966 as a goods siding, reclassified as passing siding and extended, new goods loop siding constructed May 1982. 13th January 2006.
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130705 0525182 viewsLock, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 5. 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. 5th July 2013.
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130705 0665182 viewsLock, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 11 still with side gangways in place. 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. 5th July 2013.
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130708 0723182 viewsCharra,
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130708 0724182 viewsCharra,
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130708 0751182 viewsCharra, originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 19 X, without hungry boards loaded with gypsum, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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030403 154252182 viewsGladstone, former South Australian Railways AE Goodwin built DL500G ALCo designated the 700 class, class leader 701 serial G6042-2 leads a grain train being loaded on the 3rd April 2003.
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030403 165451182 viewsRed Hill, a Clyde Engineering built EMD JT46C model AN class unit AN 6 serial 93-1302 on an Adelaide and then Melbourne bound service depart following a crib break for the driver. 3rd April 2003.
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