SOUTH AUSTRALIA - PART 2

 

NOVEMBER 1992 TRIP 

OVERLAND TO ADELAIDE

9-11-1992

844 831 Sleepers/Ballast Tailem Bend 07.05

BL30 C506 Dn Steel 2AM2            Belair 13.36

421 334 Up Pass Belair 18.33

BL34 Dn Superfreight Belair 2AM2 13.36

N473 N472 Dn Overland Belair 2AM8 19.11

BL35 703 Dn Freight Belair 2AM7 20.10

10-11-1992

BL29 X47 Up Freight Belair ?MA? 08.27

G514 BL28 Up freight Belair ?MA? 08.39

N463 Up Overland Belair 09.13

Cross

3010 Pass Belair 09.13

BL29 X47 Dn freight Belair 3AM5 17.20

317 405 Up Pass Belair 18.34

N463 Dn Overland Belair 3AM8 19.08

BL28 Dn freight Belair 3AM6 19.11

706 844 Dn Gambier Goods Belair 3745 19.50

603 at Snowtown. Loco is currently stored, 847 is scrapped.

11-11-1992

GM42 C507 C509     L/E Dry Creek South 07.34

518         L/E Dry Creek South 07.39

OBF-721 -- 4 wheel, scrap steel wagon

GM44 Trip Roadrailers Dry Creek South 07.43

701         L/E Dry Creek South 07.47^

508         L/E Dry Creek South 07.49

527 534 Up Flats Dry Creek South 07.58

^ - 701 missing side numbers

416         Terminating Dry Creek South 08.01

366 320 419 Up Pass Dry Creek South 08.06

508         Oil shunt Dry Creek South 08.16

GM42 Up L/E Dry Creek South 08.23

DL49 Dn Indian Pacific Dry Creek South 08.38

833         Up Goods Dry Creek South 08.41

701         Up Oil Dry Creek South 08.57

DL46 Dn L/E Dry Creek South 09.05

GM43 931 Dn Penrice Stone Dry Creek South 09.15

GM44 Dn Short Goods Dry Creek South 09.23

AL23 Steel to Gillman line Dry Creek South 09.38

N455 Dn Overland L/E Dry Creek South 09.49

DL48 EL54 CL3 +

AL24 GM27 Up Freight Dry Creek South 09.58

BL32 705 BL30 +

BL35 703 Dn L/E Dry Creek South 10.01

847         Oil Shunt Outer Harbour 10.45

BL32 BL30 Dn Freight Eden Hills 17.27

BL35 Dn Freight Eden Hills 18.48

N455 Dn Overland 4AM8 Eden Hill 18.54

963 844 Dn Mt Gambier Eden Hills 19.12

BL27 GM42 Up Freight National Park Bridge 19.32

963 844 Dn Mt Gambier National Park Bridge 19.33

966 stored at Port Augusta workshops.

Locomotive now scrapped.

12-11-1992

BL33 BL29 Up Freight Belair 07.07

C510 C502 Up 4MA3 Freight Belair 16.45

BL33 BL29 702 Dn 5AM2 Freight Belair 17.22

2003 2103 Up Jumbo Pass Belair 18.34

G531 Dn 5AM6 Freight Belair 19.06

N469 Dn 5AM8 Overland Belair 19.14

706 844 Dn 5745 Mt Gambier Belair 20.00

603 at Snowtown. Loco is currently stored, 847 is scrapped.

13-11-1992

931 GM43 Dn Penrice Stone Dry Creek South 08.40

X54 BL35 Dn L/E Dry Creek South 08.44

DL37 CL15 GM22 Up Freight Greenfields 09.05

Dry Creek MPC

AN2 CL4 EL58 EL61

839         L/E ex Gillman line Dry Creek South 10.52

532         Acid to Gillman line Dry Creek South 10.52

508         Shunt Dry Creek South 10.50

874         Yard Dry Creek South 10.55

BL30 701 Dn L/E Dry Creek South 10.58

527 534 Dn mt steel Dry Creek South 11.05

310 313 up pass ex DCS Dry Creek South -

GM44 Dn L/E Dry Creek South 11.14

DL42 DL41 AVHP ex Gillman Dry Creek South 11.18

874         Up Goods plus

702 BL27 C506 Dry Creek South 11.21

X54 BL35 Shunt movement Dry Creek South 11.30

934 GM42 931 Shunt movement Dry Creek South 11.30

BL32 Dn steel slab

705 on the end. Dry Creek South 11.33

508         Up Freight Transfer Dry Creek South 11.49

517         Shunting movement Dry Creek South 12.11

N471 Dn Overland L/E Dry Creek South 12.11

706         Stanvac Oil Dry Creek South 12.11

874         Up newsprint transfer Dry Creek South 12.53

534 527 Dn motorail transfer Dry Creek South 12.57

BL35 X54 C506 934 Shunt movement Dry Creek South 13.47

DA1         Shunt movement Kilburn 13.50

C509 C501 Dn Freight Kilburn 13.50

BL30 Dn Freight Belair 19.55

BL32 701 Dn Freight Belair 21.23

14-11-1992

N472 Up Overland Keswick 08.53

GM42 831 706 Up Freight Keswick 09.20

874 Coke To Gillman Line Dry Creek South 10.21

Dry Creek MPC

508 603 604 606 931 T401 GM30 DL47 CL9 C503

EL51 Up Ghan Virginia 11.45

DL38 CL9 DL47 GM44 Dn Freight Two Wells 15.29

604 603 606 Dn Freight Two Wells 15.53

BL31 Up Penrice Stone Dry Creek South 17.08

G537 702 Up L/E Dry Creek South 17.15

N472 Up L/E for Overland Dry Creek South -

517         Dn Transfer Dry Creek South 17.34

GM30 CL16 Shunt movement Dry Creek South 17.40

534 527 Dn L/E Dry Creek South 17.45

N472 Dn Overland Belair 19.01

G532 702 Dn Freight Belair 19.45

C509 C502 C501 +

C503 BL29 931 Dn Freight Belair 20.44

DA1 with a wagon transfer at Stirling North.
24-5-1995

15-11-1992

841 843 845 Up Ballast Tailem Bend dep 17.54

845 843 841 Dn L/E Tailem Bend 19.03

931 836 Dn Mt Gambier Murray Bridge 20.15

16-11-1992

BL30 Shunt movement Dry Creek South 17.40

N472 Dn Overland Belair 19.07

BL33 Dn Freight Belair 19.16

607 at Port Augusta. Loco is now scrapped.

17-11-1992

N463 Overland Keswick 10.22

Redhens In Adelaide Railcar Depot

314 345 343 350 344 422 431 434 304 309 410    436 364 402

403 430 Belair Pass Caught Adelaide-Belair 17.50

BL34 X54 702 Dn Freight Mile End 17.55

NOTE: Electrical problems along the Belair line, level crossings out of order from Hawthorn to Eden Hills area. Police at all crossings, signals showing red or black.

N463 Dn Overland Belair 19.19

BL34 X54 702 Dn 3AM5 Freight Belair 19.29

BL32 Dn 3AM6 Freight Belair 20.04

G537 705 701 931 Dn 3AM2 Freight Belair 20.21

18-11-1992

833 Dn L/E Belair arr 04.35

Pick up load earlier left on Fosters Straight.

833 Up Goods Belair dep 05.05

435 408 Up pass Glenalta 07.30

BL33 Up Freight Belair 08.57

833 Shunting Keswick 10.54

X50 BL29 Up Freight Keswick 11.03

3001 Tonsley Pass Caught To Tonsley 15.50

831 Dead End Sdg Belair 19.08

C502 BL30 963 Up 4MA2 Freight Tailem Bend-Keith 22.31

931 Up 4744 Mt Gambier Keith 22.50

N462 Dn Overland (Ours) Adelaide-Melbourne

Thusly, we racked off down to Victoria.

One decade we shall get to those sightings.

BU2 BU3 BU? having a bludge down in Whyalla. Converted from former 600 class ALCo locomotives, all would be scrapped in 2009.

704 852 705 GM42 961 963 on MA7 at Lynton in Adelaide. 28-4-1995
Today

852 Junee Railway Workshops

961 Stored at Goulburn

963 preserved stored by Steamranger.
704 is believed stored and destined to go to Steamranger for preservation, while GM42 has been restored to operation by One Rail..

965 stored at Islington Workshops in Adelaide.

Locomotive now scrapped.

963 961 on a Mount Gambier goods in the final day of services to that once busy centre.

961 in the Tailem Bend loco depot.

Preserved 958 climbs Clapham Bank with a broad gauge special to Victor Harbor.

958 is still operational, but is isolated on the Victor Harbor line following standardisation of the mainline..

DA2 (was 832, now 902) and 706 on a Penrice Stonie train at Port Adelaide.

It is believed DA2 is still operational, while 706 exists unserviceable.

The Penrice Stonie no longer operates.

874 CK3 838 on a Penrice Stonie train at Port Adelaide.

838 is now stored at Junee (NSW) and 874 is 907 with OneRail.

DL41 was freshly painted in the new National Rail livery and used on a promotional run to Crystal Brook.
Korunya 26-4-1995.

963 961 passing through Belair (Adelaide Hills) on the last goods train from Mt Gambier.

Despite good amounts of traffic coming out of their, the government felt it easier to close the line than to convert it.

BL31 on a Penrice Stonie train at Nurioopta, on the now closed Barossa Valley line..

CLF1 (ex CL2) was still quite a new rebuild when caught up with at Port Augusta.

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South Australia - Part 1

Delec Loco Depot Series

SRF - Transport Videos

RIP: Jonathan Coleman 

Thank You For The Laughs.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

1992

A selection of videos taken around the Adelaide Hills, Dry Creek, Two Wells and Tailem Bend.

A look through Tailem Bend Locomotive Depot

And

Tailem Bend Signal Box.

YEE GRAND JUNEE ROUNDHOUSE

VISIT PT1

Oh it has been a long time since once presented ones parts down around that which is the roundhouse at Junee, however our recent Wagga trip provided us the perfect chance to look back in and see what has been going on at this once regular haunt.
With thanks to the kind folk of the roundhouse we present you with the first of two selections of shots taken on the day.

Come back ya'hear, we will be completing the second lot of shots shortly.

~~ A CHERRY PICKING GUNZEL TRIP ~~

Balancing Trains and Family!

The Semi-Retired Foamer cannot be unique in the gunzel community when it comes to struggling to balance family and train duties. Rare, even more rare than a gunzel actually pairing with a member of the opposite sex, is the occasion where ones partner is actually into those strange train things as well.

Indeed many a railfan has solved the problem by choosing to, ahhmmm, mate with each other. However for those of us looking for a relationship more in line with everyday society outside of the hobby, we find that much give and take is needed, especially when traveling to locations once frequented for railway purposes.

So it was that I found myself heading towards Young for a weekend of Cherry poppin, ahhmmm, picking fun with the family and close Filo friends.

Cherry picking is an unusual activity really, one has to question the sanity of driving hundreds of kilometres to pick cherries for the farmer and then pay him for the privilege of doing such, especially when you can pay up to $5.50 a kilogram for them (we paid $4) and get them for $4.80 in Sydney.

Of course the ones off the tree taste so much better than that we finally get here in Sydney, while some of the cost can be offset in free samples while picking. Lets also not overlook the great fun of 'Cherry Skirmish', a lot cheaper than the paintball version and utilizing half rotten cherries from off the ground. AWESOME!!!!

OK, I suppose some of my more hardened foamer readers are probably wondering when I am going to stop rabbiting on about cherries and get into the good stuff. Theres no need to get the frangers in a twist, we are headed that way now.

The following is a look at the pathetic foamer effort made over the weekend.

Saturday December 6th

Two hours sleep and one is on the road at the pathetic hour of 3am. Who needs half a bottle of rum when one can obtain the same effect from dispensing with sleep, it is far cheaper and one is not likely to attract negative feedback from 'she who must be obeyed' while she attempts to Britex the carrot chunks out of the shag pile.

The first sighting of the day was not far from home, being two Bulldogs leading a container train from Port Botany past the airport. Twas a yellow one up front with a Northern Rivers liveried 421 behind it. A long way yet to go and a rather tired wife ensured there was to be no turning back for a look.
The bum end of a rake of containers was seen as we were arriving at Goulburn, the interesting end being out of sight. Following brekkie in the usual MOBIL Roadhouse, you know, the one with the massive sheep with equally massive nick knacks, we headed on towards Yass noting in the distance waht seemed to be a southbound 44 and EL on a rake of flats.

This sign is located just north of Yass and has become a tourist attraction in its own right. The bit on the bottom about kids was digitally added (badly I may add) for another website, but the rest is how it appears in real life. It is great to see huge companies like McDonalds embracing
the new SMUT revolution.

The Yass Town branch has been closed since the late 80s, however it has become quite customary to stop by and check out the museum there. On arrival it was closed, so all inspecting had to be done from behind the fence.
No noticable work had been done to the collection since my last visit, but since my observations were limited to an external nature from a distance, I am unable to comment on any internal restoration progress.




Dutton Street in Yass carries a rare example (for New South Wales) of street running of trains. The condition of the track has suffered over the years since closure due to both the idiocy of drivers and a disinterest in it.
The future of it has been under a cloud of late with proposals put forward for its removal so the street can be upgraded. Another suggestion is to relay it into the road, like a tramway.
Latest reports indicate that rail will remain in the street one way or another and will not be all ripped out. Certainly a positive outcome for those of us interested in railway history.
Whether or not tourist trains will ever run on this line remains to be seen, but I for one am not holding my breath.



At one end of Dutton Street you will find the entrance to the Yass Town station yard, while at the other still exists this beautiful old bridge. It has suffered from quite a bit of deterioration since the line closed and may be the biggest stumbling block for anyone wanting to run trains again.



The line was followed through Bowning, Binalong, Cunningar, Harden, Nubba and Jindalee but nothing was seen the whole way through to Cootamundra, a location I used to once regularly haunt and our camp for the one night we had away from Sydney.

Poor old 833 has been stored at Cootamundra for as long as I can remember.

8127 8107 spent the whole day sitting at the head of this rake in Coota yard.

Cootamundra station!

Signaling had changed muchly since my days around Coota yard, gone is the extensive forest of semaphore signals, replaced with these less
than arousing coloured light examples. Quite a sad feeling - the dogs bollocks really.

Finally there was movement, such as it was, with an up Melbourne XPT
departing Coota station with XP2013 and XP2008.

Twas after the XPT that I decided to do a run to Junee and see what was sitting around the yard so as to pass another couple of hours that I had for foamer time.
I wasn't expecting to see anything during the journey and this seemed likely as empty tracks greeted me at Coota South, Bethungra (spiral and station) and Ilabo.
However less than a kilometre out of Marinna I was happily proved wrong.

EL54 T385 stopped on the up track just outside of Marinna. Seems someone had made a report of something dragging on the train. The crew walked
back for a look and then moved on north.

G542 G530 and 48116 were all sitting in Junee Yard awaiting their next duties when I arrived in town. This shot shows one end of G542.

Driving back to town nothing else was noted. Quite frustratingly, when I got back to the caravan park that night the railway turned into a hive of action with passing trains and horns noted continuously.
Bloody trains!!!!

7-12-2008

Not much noted today, we departed early for Young with permission to scoot by Cootamundra yard being denied.
The Lachlan Valley CPHs were noted in beautiful sunshine at Young station doing shuttles for the Cherry Festival. This is something I have promised myself to do next year, assuming the bloody railway morons don't end up shutting this line as well.
The depressing condition of the old Eugowra line greeted our arrival at Cowra, followed by the equally depressing Cowra yard, totally devoid of any rollingstock. This is quite different to my early days here when a weekend meant quite a number of 48s and rollingstock could be found here.
Does anything, besides LVR traffic, go beyond Noonbinna nowdays? Do any Noonbinna wheaties have to continue to Cowra to turn?

The stop block was noted at the north end of Cowra Yard and a rapidly overgrowing section to Blayney seen in a few locations.
We were in a hurry to return to Sydney by now and the only other things of note was a passing blur that was the burnt out 8147 at Lithgow and a down empty coalie at Blackheath, the numbers of which I could not get.

So there you go. Two days of relatively little foamer action. Still I managed to bollock my way into a little.

39 years old and still going strong, this former Australian Army jeep carries cherry pickers from the farm entry to where everyone is picking cherries.

For more, non-train related, photos from the trip.
MANILA DOWNUNDER