Trains Down Under.
Feb 4, 2019 00:39:01 #
A pair of G&W Australia locomotives skirt the shores of Lake Hart in the mid north of South Australia with a load of iron ore in April 2017. A few kilometres further on the train stops for a crew change near Wirrappa and is dwarfed by the local terrain as it powers up and continues its journey south.
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Stopped for a crew change.
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Note the fuel tanks behind the second loco are for refuelling the locos on the run. The car behind the fuel tanks is for releif crew who travel with the train.
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The train passes a dry clay pan as it continues its journey south to the steel works at Whyalla in South Australia.
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Feb 4, 2019 00:52:23 #
Feb 4, 2019 04:50:18 #
Very nice photos of the train. Appreciate the information on the train and its crew changes. Mahalo for sharing.
Feb 4, 2019 05:20:46 #
RichardTaylor wrote:
Great set, and thanks for the words.
Thanks for stopping by Richard.
Feb 4, 2019 05:21:40 #
JoAnneK01 wrote:
Very nice photos of the train. Appreciate the information on the train and its crew changes. Mahalo for sharing.
Thank you for your comments Jo.
Feb 4, 2019 06:13:34 #
thanks for the interesting post. I knew G&W had operations down your way, but never realized that some trains would actually carry fuel tenders and relief crew quarters. How long is the run?
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Feb 4, 2019 08:51:39 #
travisdeland wrote:
thanks for the interesting post. I knew G&W had operations down your way, but never realized that some trains would actually carry fuel tenders and relief crew quarters. How long is the run?
Thanks for looking travis. The complete round trip would be about 750 miles with now towns and very little population for most of that distance.
Feb 4, 2019 08:52:34 #
Dave327 wrote:
Nice series and very interesting story!
Thank you Dave.
Feb 4, 2019 08:53:13 #
Longshadow wrote:
Appreciate the thumbs up Longshadow.
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Feb 4, 2019 13:15:26 #
trainspotter
Loc: Oregon
WOW! great set.. The color scheme seems to be universal. In Oregon, we have locos with the same paint job. KEEP sending more....please 
Feb 5, 2019 01:16:41 #
Jay Pat wrote:
Enjoyed the series!!!
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Thanks for looking JP.
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