Photo gallery - 2001 - Centenary of Federation
Photos of the PRR trains run in conjunction with the Tracks to Federation train on 22 and 23 October 2001.
Passengers board the School Special. Car Nilpena, an original "Ghan" carriage, was on its first public run after major refurbishing work.
Brill trailer 305 and power car 106 at the rear of the special train in Quorn yard.
W934 and W933 lift the large train out of Quorn, complete with South Australian and Centenary of Federation flags and floral arrangements.
View from on board the train rolling downhill towards Woolshed Flat, with many motorists stopping to photograph the train.
Further down the line, the rear of the train swings in to view.
The special train, with almost 600 passengers on board, drifts towards Woolshed Flat.
Rolling slowly across the Waukarie Creek bridge at Woolshed Flat, the special train is the subject of many photographers at this popular location.
Dwarfed by the Flinders Ranges, the PRR special winds through the hills near Saltia.
The first public PRR train in to Port Augusta rolls in, with the standard gauge "Tracks to Federation" train hauled by NR52 running in parallel.
The view from the cab of W934 of the Photographers' Special train steaming uphill between Saltia and Woolshed Flat, having just crossed the Big Dipper crossing.
The Photographers Special performs a photostop near Mundallio crossing, between Stirling North and Saltia.
Having completed another photostop, the second locomotive's safety valve lifts as the trains slows before setting back to pick up the passengers.
With the dry Saltia Creek in the background, the train performs another photostop near Saltia.
One of the busiest days on PRR for several years saw many railfans turn out with their cameras, in this case capturing images of the 17 car double header waiting in Quorn yard.
W933 with PRR's train, and the northbound "Ghan" share the platform at Port Augusta station.
Brill 106 and trailer 305 stand at Port Augusta, after acting as ordinary carriages on the back of the school special.
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