Outback Rocket
Australian National's Clyde-built EMD CL17 seen at Wirrappa some 170km north of Port Augusta, South Australia with the weekly 'local' trip working to the wayside halt at Pimba.
The train, which carried cement and flyash for use in the construction of the then new copper and uranium mine at Roxby downs, was unofficially named "The Rocket' due to a somewhat tenuous link to the former missile testing site at Woomera (see comment below).
CL17 was the last classic EMD streamliner built in the world and is currently the subject of a major volunteer run restoration project at Cootmundra in New South Wales.
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Outback Rocket
Australian National's Clyde-built EMD CL17 seen at Wirrappa some 170km north of Port Augusta, South Australia with the weekly 'local' trip working to the wayside halt at Pimba.
The train, which carried cement and flyash for use in the construction of the then new copper and uranium mine at Roxby downs, was unofficially named "The Rocket' due to a somewhat tenuous link to the former missile testing site at Woomera (see comment below).
CL17 was the last classic EMD streamliner built in the world and is currently the subject of a major volunteer run restoration project at Cootmundra in New South Wales.
www.facebook.com/groups/2195575627125412/
V700_5_850_1600