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Combined Cockburn and Mingary school picnic, 1909

Picnic at Mingary, c. 1910s

Load of wool bales at Mingary, c. 1950s

Head on collision of two T Class locomotives at Mingary, c, 1910s. The accident happened near the water column in the Mingary yard. Harry Tripney of Petersburg was one of the enginemen. Photo from Mrs Huddleston.

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Derailment near Mingary, c. 1945

Railway repair crane at Mingary, c. 1945

Repairing derailment on Cockburn line near Mingary, c. 1945

Railway employees at Mingary, c. 1947. Ben Graefe centre

Railway employees at Mingary, c. 1940s. Dave Bradshaw (left), Ross Robb (right).

Mingary railway yard, 1948

Mingary railway cottages, c. 1950s. Peterborough engineman Lionel Noble slept on the kitchen floor in the cottage to the far right after a derailment on the 444 up in 1947. Norm Youngman also there and Bill Kelly guard.

Mingary railway cottage, c. 1950s. Cottages of this type were used at Mingary, Olary, Mannahill, Winnininnie, Paratoo, Outalpa, Yunta and Nackara. They were also similar to those in Peterborough West.

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway, possibly near Mingary on the Cockburn line, c. 1945

Washaway on the Cockburn line, possibly Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

Washaway near Mingary, c. 1945

This was the signalman hut from the Mingary yard and was used by diesel fitters when servicing the powerhouse at Mingary. This was photographed by the old Umberumaka – Radium Hill water main to the left hand side of the downtrack from Cockburn.

600 Class unloading the first ballast at Mingary, c. 1965

400 Class locomotive 408 taking on water at Mingary, 1955. Fireman Steve Terefelco on locomotive.

Unloading the first ballast train at Mingary, c. 1965

Peterborough guard Jack Hogg unloading the first ballast train at Mingary for the new standard gauge line, c. 1965

Peterborough guard Danny van den Ende filling water tanks at Mingary, 1964

700 Class locomotive 704 at Mingary, February 1974

Gas pipes at Mingary for Moomba gas line, 1972

600 Class Mingary pipe train, DR Cooke engineman, 1972

Mingary 600 class Moomba gas pipe train. DR Cooke engineman, 1972

Gas pipes for the Moomba gasline at Mingary, 1972

Gas pipes for the Moomba gasline at Mingary, 1972

Gas line infrastructure at Mingary, 1972

Moomba gas line infrastructure at Mingary, 1972

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