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030411 154018441 viewsWirrulla 333.2 km, yard overview looking south from the Thevenard end on Gawler Ranges Road, horizontal bunker with two blocks of concrete silos on the left.

030411 160716441 viewsCungena, looking south at Port Lincoln end of yard across stop sign protected grade crossing for Dickson Drive.

060108 2068441 viewsLock, grain train being loaded by former SAR 830 class unit 842, built by AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84140 in 1962, originally on broad gauge, transferred to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987 and, 1204 and sister 851.

060109 2135441 viewsKyancutta, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 as it sits on the mainline. 9th January 2006.

060109 2139441 viewsWannamana, on the curve 2 km north of the former station site empty train lead by ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 with an EMD 1200 class and a sister ALCo unit. 9th January 2006.

060111 2297441 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.

060111 2300441 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.

060111 2304441 viewsLock, an empty Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model loco 1203 serial 65-427 leads two ALCo 830 class units 850 and 905. Their next shunt will be Warramboo. 11th January 2006.

060111 2376441 viewsKyancutta, 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.

060111 2394441 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.

060111 2407441 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.

060113 2576441 viewsCeduna, or Denial Bay area, empty gypsum train 6DD5 blasts up hill at the 440 km, west of Carpenter Corner Rd with power from triple 1600/NJ class units 1604, NJ 3 and 1601. 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Location approximation. 13th January 2006.

130704 0374441 viewsKyancutta, south bound loaded grain train has stopped here to collect a loaded rack of fourteen grain waggons from the Ascom silo complex, Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model 1204 serial 65-428 leads the train and was originally built in 1965 for Western Mining Corporation and operated by the WAGR as their A class A 1514.

130704 0380441 viewsKyancutta, 1200 class unit 1204 wearing current owner Genesee & Wyoming livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD G12C model with serial 65-428 was originally built in 1965 for Western Mining Corporation and operated by the WAGR as their A class A 1514 recoded to 1204 in April 2004 and to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004.

130704 0401441 viewsKyancutta, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 15, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover.

130704 0444441 viewsKyancutta, the south bound loaded grain train gets away from attaching a further fourteen loads here as it is about to cross the Eyre Highway grade crossing with F Type flashing lights. 4th July 2013.

130704 0470441 viewsKyancutta, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 44, 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.