Photos of work trains run to support maintenance on PRR.
NT76 and a load of sleepers
NT76 and a load of sleepers
NT76 rolls through Pichi Richi with a load of sleepers for the Woolshed Flat - Stirling North extension in 1998.
The ballast train
The ballast train
NT76 near the highway one overpass in Port Augusta with a ballast train in 2001.
Ballasting
Ballasting
NT76 ballasting between Harris Street and the underpass in Stirling North in 2001.
NT76 descends into the underpass
NT76 descends into the underpass
NT76 descends into the underpass with an empty ballast train in 2001.
Ballast train in Pt Augusta
Ballast train in Pt Augusta
NT76 and a ballast train wait near Carlton Pde in Port Augusta.
Loading ballast
Loading ballast
The ballast train, hauled by NT76, waits as the final wagon is loaded at the crusher plant near Stirling North.
Rounding the curve on the Stirling North triangle
Rounding the curve on the Stirling North triangle
Rounding the curve on the Stirling North triangle, W933 prepares to become the first W class to steam into Port Augusta, with a clearance testing train.
First W in Pt Augusta
First W in Pt Augusta
Proving that clearances are good, W933 stands at the Port Augusta platform, while the crew has a lunch break.
Standing at Port Augusta
Standing at Port Augusta
W933 with the Port Augusta station sign
Delivering track materials
Delivering track materials
T186 delivering track materials near Saltia in 1998, during the extension work between Woolshed Flat and Stirling North.
Loading Ballast
Loading Ballast
At the Stirling North crusher ballast is being loaded for the Roads 1&2 project at Loco Quorn.
Ballast train at Woolshed Flat
Ballast train at Woolshed Flat
Heading for the Stirling North Crusher NT76 with NSU52 trailing stop at Woolshed Flat.
Double headed diesel ballast train
Double headed diesel ballast train
NSU52 double heading with NT76 with a ballast train near curve 12 heading for Quorn. The ballast was used in the Roads 1&2 project at Loco.
W933 on a works train
W933 on a works train

W933, on a works train, arrives at Quorn. 22 April 2008 (Gavin Clark)

 
Powered by Phoca Gallery