The bridge at Hamley
In late 1987 a fleet of open OB wagons stored at Wallaroo were cleaned and returned to traffic for use during the upcoming harvest. as it turned out ultimately they only saw limited use on South Australian grain trains during 1988, the year the grain fleet transitioned to 100% covered hoppers.
Several trips were required to move all the hoppers from Wallaroo to Port Adelaide and broad gauge ALCo DL531 branchliners 838/833 were the motive power.
On 3 November 1987, they are seen crossing the River Light at Hamley Bridge with shunt loco #504 dead attached. It had been based at Wallaroo for local shunt moves there related to the cleaning of the OBs prior to reactivation.
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The bridge at Hamley
In late 1987 a fleet of open OB wagons stored at Wallaroo were cleaned and returned to traffic for use during the upcoming harvest. as it turned out ultimately they only saw limited use on South Australian grain trains during 1988, the year the grain fleet transitioned to 100% covered hoppers.
Several trips were required to move all the hoppers from Wallaroo to Port Adelaide and broad gauge ALCo DL531 branchliners 838/833 were the motive power.
On 3 November 1987, they are seen crossing the River Light at Hamley Bridge with shunt loco #504 dead attached. It had been based at Wallaroo for local shunt moves there related to the cleaning of the OBs prior to reactivation.
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