Johnny's Pages - Old SAR Shunter

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Old S.A.R. Shunter's Memories

DERAILMENTS & BINGLES

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STEEL TRAIN DERAILED AT WIRREGA 1992

Some cheap sleeper firewood

cheap bogies

Now that coupling should not be there.

Broken coupling

Rail snapped off

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BLUE BIRD HITS LOG TRUCK

Bluebird hit log truck just out of Mt Gambier 1982

No one was hurt fortunately.
Driver saw log truck not slowing and raced back through guard's compartment and warned passengers to hang on.

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LOCAL MOUNT GAMBIER YARD DERAILMENTS

Mt Gambier yard, split points. July 1987.
Loaded with Dolomite.


One of two loaded Dolomite wagons spit the points on an outward evening Melbourne Victorian jet.

Split points in Mt Gambier yard 1980's
These were all empties.

Fireman Graham Carr saying, now that's not where these wagons should be. Sept 1983.

Mount Gambier old yard (Charlicks dead end) late 1970's

Opps got shoved too far.

Victorian engine bogie jumps interlocked points between two Mt Gambier shunt yards early 1970's


It turned out the the engine's pivot point on bogie was faulty.

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NIGHT VICTORIAN JET HITS STOCK TRUCK

Victorian jet hits a cattle semi on Xing and this was result near State Saw Mill, mid 1970's.
No one was killed only fireman was hurt.
Semi driver and his young daughter escaped with only a shaking.

Middle picture your looking in direction of Heywood the direction the train was originally travelling.

Cement hopper and guards brake behind engine went over top of engine. Note: reason for empty guards brake behind engine, was that Victorian jet trains into and out of Mt Gambier had guards brakes both ends of train because no loop at Heywood towards Hamilton to save shunting time reversing wagons to put GB on the rear.

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Over $1,000,000 damaged all cattle were shot.
Fireman spent night in hospital as engine filled with dirt when engine was sliding on its side.
Engineman had to clear away earth from Fireman's mouth to breath.

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NEW STANDARD GAUGE TRACK DERAILMENT

January 1970 4 klms north of Jamestown

Train parted account broken wheel. When wreckage was cleared one wagon minus wheels buried in the track nearly at track level. One bogie assembly was found out on the main Jamestown - Orroroo road.
This happened in dark at 4am. Fortunately no motorists hit the bogie on the roadway.

Taken atop of 830 on rear of derailment which was bought from Peterborough.

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JAMESTOWN DERAILMENT

Jamestown on Narrow Gauge Caltowie end of Jamestown yard 1969.

Shunting from rear with empty large wagons with heavy ballast.

This is what happens when driver uses engine brake and not train brake. The loaded ballast hoppers pushed against the empty large wagons going downhill and the empty "y" trucks rose up into the air and over on side.
Once the "y's" went over this broke the air hoses and the train brakes came on otherwise be much bigger mess.

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