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Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. This image shows the oil which was spilt when the locomotive rolled. The patch of oil could be seen for years until the arrival of the standard gauge.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. The heaped dirt by the cabin in this image was scooped up by the locomotive as it slid along the ground after derailing. Harry was dug out of the dirt under the cabin, still sitting in his seat.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. The locomotive was lifted through the use of jacks and packing with wooden sleepers. It was a laborious process as there was no heavy lifiting machinery available in those days.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. As the accident occurred at the height of summer, the men had to work in extreme conditions to restore the locomotive and track.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. The locomotive is almost in the upright position.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. The locomotive after it had been finally stood up.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. Coal cars behind the locomotive were smashed and derailed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. Plugger Williams to the left.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. Workers re-righting the locomotive (L to R): Rolly Dawson, __?, Trevor Brittain, __?, Plugger Williams, __?, __? (partially obscured), __?, Ted Bain.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident. The front unit broke free in the accident and stood intact on the mainline some distance away from the locomotive.
Site of the derailment of the Broken Hill Express (222 Up) due to buckled track caused by heat. 400 Class locomotive 408, December 27 1960, 1.45 am. Engineman Harry Viney was killed in the accident.
The original Paratoo railway station building. Note the ‘starter’ signal levers at each end of the building. The starters were removed in 1924. As trains became longer in later years of the line, signalmen used the ladder (as seen) for hand signals to the locomotive crew performing shunting duties.
Paratoo railway station and signal cabin, 1966. Note the ladder used for hand signalling train crews.
The railway historical train departing Paratoo in 1968. Photo: Alex Grunbach, used with permission of Australian Railway Historical Society, NSW.
Railway signalman Ron Anderson at the window of the Paratoo signal cabin, c. 1960s. Ron worked between Paratoo and Nackara.
Signal control levers in the Paratoo narrow gauge signal cabin, 1972
Paratoo signal cabin showing staff instrument, party phone and control phone (right), 1967
Paratoo signal cabin with the electric staff to the left, 1967
Water train at Paratoo. Tom Fitzgerald, middle on the water tank, was the author of the 1901 Walloway train accident poem. Note tenders and various tanks used for carting water.
Paratoo railway yard and cottages looking towards Nackara, 1967. Photo: Alex Grunbach, used with permission of the Australian Railway Historical Society, NSW.
Paratoo narrow gauge yard, 1957. Note the overhead tank and the original type ‘on’ bogie ore vehicles.
406 Class locomotive at Paratoo, 1965. Photo by A. Grumbach.
830 Class locomotives 856 and 859 shunting at Paratoo, c. 1960s
Temporary standard gauge loco shed and 600 Class locomotive 601 at Paratoo 1967. Photo by A. Grumbach.
Paratoo railway yard looking west, 1967. Photo by A. Grumbach.
Paratoo station yard looking west towards Nackara, c. 1950s. The coal stage can be seen in the distance.
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