English.Electric
WMC Shunt
ARG’s broad gauge loco 841 approaching Ethelton station with the WMC Shunt on 6 June 2005.
The WMC Shunt moved Western Mining Corporation’s containerized, semi-processed mineral products (copper cathodes) from the Port Adelaide area to Pelican Point, Outer Harbor for export. The train was operated by ARG, using broad gauge locos and rolling stock on account of the particular sidings used in Port Adelaide area. It ran from 2002 to 2006 and was a rare example in the 21st Century of a newly-introduced, short-distance railfreight operation within a metropolitan area.
Following construction of the Port River rail bridge, the WMC Shunt would have had a much easier journey than its original route via Gillman Junction, the Rosewater Loop and Glanville, but by the time the new bridge opened, the train had been discontinued (and WMC had been taken over by BHP Billiton).
WMC Shunt
ARG’s broad gauge loco 841 approaching Ethelton station with the WMC Shunt on 6 June 2005.
The WMC Shunt moved Western Mining Corporation’s containerized, semi-processed mineral products (copper cathodes) from the Port Adelaide area to Pelican Point, Outer Harbor for export. The train was operated by ARG, using broad gauge locos and rolling stock on account of the particular sidings used in Port Adelaide area. It ran from 2002 to 2006 and was a rare example in the 21st Century of a newly-introduced, short-distance railfreight operation within a metropolitan area.
Following construction of the Port River rail bridge, the WMC Shunt would have had a much easier journey than its original route via Gillman Junction, the Rosewater Loop and Glanville, but by the time the new bridge opened, the train had been discontinued (and WMC had been taken over by BHP Billiton).