International Railroad Discussion > Some South Australian Pics from July

Hi all,

Some photos from the rest of July.

1. GWA units CLP17, 2210 and ALF21 wait to pull out of the grain siding at Snowtown on 7/22/19. The train will then push back into the crossing loop before the engines run around the consist and the train returns to Adelaide.

2. Pacific National GE's, NR45 and NR30 wait in the goods loop at Bowmans with 3AG2 loaded grain train to New South Wales on 7/23/19.

3. Passing 3AG2 at Bowmans is SCT service 2MP9 with CFCLA lease unit CF4403 leading SCT015 on 7/23/19.
 

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Last lot.

1. GWA empty grain train, 4AK1 travels along between Mt. Barker Jct and Nairne on a wet and overcast day with EMD's CLF6, CLP17 and ALF21 providing the power on 7/24/19. The train was tavelling from Dry Creek to Tailem Bend where is would load most of the train before heading to Keith to load the rest. It was then heading to Gellong, Victoria to unload.

2 & 3. Under a clear winter night with the moon yet to rise, 3DA2 waits on the crossing loop at Burando in the South Australian outback about 215km north west of Port Augusta and about 40km west of Woomera on the edge of Lake Hart. EMD's GWA002 and CLF6 provide the power on this train, 7/31/19.

Cheers,
Justin

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Super great shots! Australian F- units, love em!  Krause-Muffi body with an EMD covered wagon cab. That last night shot with the star filled sky, Awesome!

The three cars behind the engines, are those crew support?

Neat to see. Thanks for sharing.
 

So is there any kind of system behind the numbers on the units?

So nice to see #1 & #4.

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

CLF6, how old is this unit?  It sure looks nice.

tomstp Wrote:
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> CLF6, how old is this unit?  It sure looks nice.

Looks like 68 was the original build,and MK did a rebuild in 92 it would seem.I dont see em in my neck of the woods,usually just the NR class.
Love those night shots.
Regards,DK



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/04/19 13:27 by DKay.

Power looks clean and maintained!

Absolutely "SMASHING " pictures !!! :):):)
Thank you for sharing !!! :):):)

I would say with the length and number of axles,  they would be more like an E unit that pulls freight than an F unit. I'm sure glad that EMD didn't built Fs and Es with that kiind of carbody in the U.S. That angled roofline kills the asthetics of the streamlined nose, IMHO. 

Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

CM80-46 Wrote:
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> Super great shots! Australian F- units, love em!
>  Krause-Muffi body with an EMD covered wagon cab.
> That last night shot with the star filled sky,
> Awesome!



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/21/19 20:15 by wabash2800.

More of a bulldog nose F45 with a 16 cylinder.

Thanks again everyone and a few answers to the questions.

The converted passenger carriage behind the locomotives is a crew car for relay working in remote areas.

CLF6 was built back in 1970 as CL6 and was rebuilt by Morrison Knudsen as CLF6 in 1993. It was the only member of the CL class to retain its original number during rebuild.

Australia has a whole range of numbering systems with all the different operators.

A CLF is 20.6 metres long (67'6ft) long and weight 128 metric tonnes. They were built as an SD40 internally and were upgraded to dash two specs by MK.

Cheers,
Justin

And while i'm here, a couple of shots from August.

1. Pacific National service 5PM5 rolls though Nairne hauled by NR40, NR105, AN3 on 8/4/19.

2. Empty GWA grain train 4AK1 heads towards Mt. Barker Jct with CLP17, ALF23, ALF24 on 8/7/19.

3. Heading upgrade through Yantaringa is Pacific National service 4MP7 with NR20 and NR16 on 8/14/19.

Cheers,
Justin

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