Operation Hurricane
2001
A bit of a story goes with this shot.
The aim of 'Operation Hurricane' was to see how many cane locomotives we could photograph in a two week period. The aim was to get at least 300 locos either in service, preserved, or in a state of advanced dereliction in yards.
This did result in a couple of questionable practices during the Mossman to Moreton journey.
On September 15th we were around Mourilyan Mill and not having a very good time of getting the mill fleet.
Eventually we got to the mill itself.
Suddenly one of us, probably me, decided to just drive in. It was a Sunday, which may be why little in the way of rail action was occuring, and the mill looked rather quiet.
The next few minutes, in an act that would likely have us arrested today, we drove through the centre of the mill and found the loco shed.
Quickly, we jumped out for a few minutes to grab some shots, but were discovered almost instantly.
An employee approached us quickly from the loco shed, demanding to know what we were doing and telling us photography is banned.
Turned out they were having issues with the local media up there and he thought we were there to grab shots for them.
Upon explaining our two week aim, his mood changed entirely and he welcomed us to take all the shots we wished too. Thanks to his help we were able to score much of the Mourilyan fleet in the one go.
Would I do it today?
Probably not........
Photo: Clyde 15 and 11, with a Comeng in the background.
The now closed and demolished Mourilyan Mill
5-9-2001 (Operation Hurricane)
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