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THESE PHOTOS
Geoff Murdock. 2002
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Geoff has since passed away.
These pictures are from his closed site.
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What's
below on this page
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... click on
the small picture to view a larger picture ...
South
Australian Broad Gauge
5'3"
Gauge Model '75' at the Adelaide Station 1962.
The Photograph shows the northern side of the
station which was dedicated to rail car facilities
only.
Of course none of this no longer exists in 2002 |
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Rear
end of a similar Model 75 rail car
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This
Photograph was taken near the locomotive
superintendents office at approximately 7.30 am on a
very cold and foggy morning at Mile End locomotive
servicing facilities. The camera was a very cheap
one, also I should have been at school on the other
side of Adelaide.
It shows two 'Rx' Class 4-6-0's in
the foreground and somewhere in the background
amongst the smokey mist is an 'F' Class 4-6-2T |
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turn of the century 'Rx' Class 4-6-0 standing next
to a modern streamlined '520' class 4-8-4. Both were
Broad gauge |
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west from the Morphett Street bridge , shows the
old locomotive coaling platform which was in
continual use during the steam days. Coal was
transferred by shovels and cranes wielding wicker
baskets into the locomotive bunkers. It was very
labour intensive and uneconomical. Eventually 'F'
class locomotives were converting to oil burning
and the necessary oil storage tanks can be seen
closer to the camera. In the background are two
'F' class locomotives carrying out shunting duties
in the passenger carriage maintenance and storage
facilities |
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'710' Class 2-8-2 locomotive No. 719 just after
leaving the turntable at Mile End roundhouse in
1962. Many of time I was chased out of the
roundhouse and surrounds and it was my youthful
speed and agility which saved me from a severe and
embarrassing dressing down by the Locomotive
Superintendent |
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An
F class tank loco on shunting duties in the
Adelaide yards in 1962 |
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An
F class tank loco on shunting duties in the
Adelaide yards in 1962 |
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Unidentified
'700' Class 2-8-2 behind the Mile End roundhouse
1962 |
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The
Huge '500' Class locomotives were originally built
as 4-8-2's in 1926. When they later were converted
to 4-8-4's , the rear trailing truck was fitted with
a booster and they were reclassified as '500b'
class. This photograph of No. 504 depicts the
necessary pipe work for the steam and exhaust to and
from the booster engine. |
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The
open platform end of the VIP 'Murray' car in the
Adelaide yards passenger depot in 1962.
It
was maroon with a silver roof and a black under
carriage |
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Another
VIP carriage along side the passenger car storage
and cleaning shed. This time it is the
Governor's car squeezed in between a centenary
carriage and what appears to be the rear end of a
Model '75' rail car.
It was also maroon with a silver roof and a black
under carriage |
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The
observation end of the Governors car |
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wonderful photograph was purchased from Bridglands
Model and Hobby Shop in Gawler Place, 1962.
Unfortunatley I am not aware of its origins.
It depicts a '520' class streamlined 4-8-4 No. 529
bursting out of a tunnel at Long Gully in the
Adelaide Hills. This section of track had a ruling
gradient of 1 in 45 for 18 miles and provided the
best sites for photographing hard working steam
power, especially when hauling heavy freight trains. |
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South
Australian Narrow Gauge
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Gauge ( 1067mm ) Andrew Barclay 0-6-0T "Peronne"
from 1919 at the old Mile End Museum 1971 before
the museum was relocated to Port Adelaide as the
National Railway Museum |
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36
gauge 4-8-2 + 2-8-4 Garratt No.409 at the Mile End
Museum 1971
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Commonwealth
Railways 36 gauge 4-8-0 Nm34
at Mile End 1971 |
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Silverton
Tramway 36 gauge 4-8-2.
Built by Beyer Peacock in 1951 |
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| Walkers
built 3'6" Gauge 'T' Class 4-8-0 at
Peterborough 1969. In the halcyon days of steam. Peterborough had three gauges in its yards. 3'
6" , 4' 8½" and 5 '3" |
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| 'Y'
Class 2-6-0 No. 97 at Peterborough 1969. Many
variations of this class were used in all the
states that had 3'6" gauge. As this
photo clearly shows, the South Australian Versions
were renowned for sporting huge steam domes. |
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400
class Garratt No. 406 in the Peterborough
roundhouse 1969. All the classes were 4-8-2 +
2-8-4's
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Garratt
No. 404 hauling a goods train between Terowie and
Peterborough 1969
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In
the Early days of restoration, the world renowned
Pichi Richi Railway Preservation Society had a
novel way of raising funds. A one dollar
certificate, representing one sleeper, could be
purchased from their office. My huge and dramatic
contribution consisted of three sleepers .
Hopefully it Helped !
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I never personally knew Geoff Murdock,
but I was fascinated with his pictures from my own era.
Hope putting them up here did them some justice.
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