Narrow gauge 400 Class locomotive 409 and standard gauge 600 Class locomotive 601, 1968. Photo by A. Griffin.
Peterborough artist Henry Gluza’s impression of Peterborough enginemen adapting to the new 600 class locomotive, 1974
600 Class locomotive 600, Peterborough Superintendent Dave Dowd at front, 1967
600 Class locomotive 600 on the standard gauge bridge at Wawirra, 1967
Nackara ballast pits for rail standardisation, 1967. 600 Class locomotives 601 and 600.
Nackara ballast pits for rail standardisation, 1967. 600 Class locomotives 601 and 600. 601 entered service on 10 December 1965.
600 Class locomotive on the embankment at Hillgrange, 1967
600 Class locomotive on the top of the Pine Creek culvert at Hillgrange, 1967
Nackara ballast pits for rail standardisation, 1967
Peterborough railway gang transferring 600 class locomotive bogies at the Peterborough marshalling yards, 1967
600 class locomotive 600 at Warnertown, c. 1970. 600 Class. This photograph was used on the cover of the 1970 Standard Gauge Timetable. Peter Smallacombe engineman.
600 Class locomotive at Warnertown before standard gauge, c. 1970. Engineman Peter Smallacombe. 600 entered service on 26 March 1965.
600 Class locomotive 604 near Ucolta, 1973. 604 entered service on 23 December 1969.
600 Class locomotive 603 on the 651 down express goods at Thackaringa, September 1972.
Peterborough Loco, 1971. 830 Class, 600 Class, 900 Class locomotives.
600 Class Mingary pipe train at Hillgrange, DR Cooke engineman, 1972. 603 entered service on 23 December 1969.
600 Class double header on the line through Hutton’s Lagoon, Ucolta. Mark Noble in foreground. Photo: Lionel Noble.
600 Class locomotive 600 passing through the Hillgrange area on newly laid and unballasted track, c. 1960s
600 Class locomotive 600 hauling grain trucks on newly laid and unballasted track near Cockburn, c. late 1960s
600 Class locomotives 600 and 601 on a ballast movement, c. 1970
600 Class locomotive 602 and the Western Endeavour, 1970
Narrow gauge Brill railcar 102 and standard gauge 600 Class locomotive 600 ballast train. Photo by Hugh Williams.
600 Class locomotives 603 and 604 on the Cockburn line, 1970
651 Down, Cutana December 1974. Old narrow gauge track to the left. 63 000 sleepers had been stacked at this point when the SG line was built.
600 Class locomotive 600 with a load of ore wagons, c. 1970s. Photo by J Wilson.
600 Class locomotives 600 and 601 at Yunta, 2 December 1970
600 Class double header crossing the Cape Horn embankment near Gumbowie, c. 1970s
600 Class locomotive 601 at Warnertown, 1969. Peterborough train crew, L: Ray Schell, John Borbas, Peter Smallacombe, Brian Stigwood.
Near the time of the introduction of the standard gauge 600 locomotives to the Peterborough Division, c. 1970. Peterborough engineman Max Twigden in the cabin.
600 Class locomotives, 1974. 605 entered service on 2 January 1970.
600 Class locomotive 601 on newly laid standard gauge track, 1966
600 Class locomotive 601 on newly laid standard gauge track, 1966
600 Class locomotive hauling a ballast train for the standard gauge line, 1966
600 Class locomotive 601 at Hillgrange, 1967
600 Class locomotive 600 under the ballast bins at Radium Hill, 1965
Peterborough engineman Laurie Kuchel on a 600 Class locomotive 600 at the ballast bins at Radium Hill, 1965
600 Class locomotive at the Radium Hill ballast bin, 1965
Peterborough railway employee Jack Hogg with the Radium Hill ballast bin to the left, 1965. Engineman Karl Haufe in the cabin of the 600 Class locomotive.
600 Class locomotive 600, 1974
600 Class locomotive 600 in June 1974. 600 entered service on 26 March 1965.
600 Class locomotive 600 in June 1974. 600 entered service on 26 March 1965.
600 Class locomotive 600 in June 1974. 600 entered service on 26 March 1965.
600 Class locomotive 600, c. 1970
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the Indian Pacific, 1974
600 Class locomotive 601 pulling the Indian Pacific through Peterborough, 1976. Shed to the rear was formerly the Wesleyan Church and then the Catholic school.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the Indian Pacific out of Yongala, 1974. 604 entered service on 23 December 1969.
600 Class locomotives 604 & 603 eastbound Indian Pacific near Hillgrange, February 28, 1970. Photo by IR Hammond.
Double header 600 Class locomotives pulling the Indian Pacific, 1971
600 Class locomotive 603 pulling the Indian Pacific, 1971.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the Indian Pacific, 1971. 604 entered service on 23 December 1969.
600 Class locomotive 600 hauling the Indian Pacific and rounding a curve near Yongala, c. 1970s. Engineman David Cooke.
Peterborough engineman Bob Hams and fireman __? on the Indian Pacific stopped at the Peterborough station, c. 1970s.
600 Class locomotive 604 and 830 Class locomotive 847 hauling the Indian Pacific through Peterborough, 1970. New standard gauge lines for the loco depot are under construction in the foreground.
600 Class locomotive pulling the Indian Pacific on the Yongala bridge, 1974
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600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Ken Stokes, Ray Schell, Merv Yates.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Gordon Jeffs, Paddy Harding.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Gordon Jeffs, Lionel Noble, Brian Watkins.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Gordon Jeffs, Lionel Noble, Brian Watkins.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Ken Stokes, Ray Schell, Merv Yates.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Gordon Jeffs, Paddy Harding.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Gordon Jeffs, Lionel Noble and Brian Watkins.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970 L: Paddy Harding, __?
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific at Broken Hill, 26 February 1970. L: Paddy Harding, Gordon Jeffs, Ray Schell, Ken Stokes, Lionel Noble.
600 Class locomotive 604 pulling the inaugural westbound Indian Pacific, 26 February 1970. L: Paddy Harding, Gordon Jeffs, Ray Schell, Ken Stokes, Merv Yates.
The crowd gathered to welcome the arrival of the first standard gauge ballast train into the Peterborough yard and station, 1967
The crowd gathered to welcome the arrival of the first standard gauge ballast train into the Peterborough yard and station, 1967
First standard gauge train into Peterborough, Sunday 17 September 1967 at 11.45 am. Photo by Tom Blunsden.
The first 600 Class standard gauge engine to run ballast movements, 1967. 600 entered service on 26 March 1965.
The first standard gauge double header train to cross Thackaringa Creek, 1969. 600 Class locomotives.
The first standard gauge double header train to cross Thackaringa Creek, 1969. L: __?, Max Twigden, Allan Welsby, Jack Hogg?.
600 Class locomotive double header hauling the first Indian Pacific passenger movement on the Cockburn line, February 1970
Crowd following first Indian Pacific passenger movement on the Cockburn line, February 1970
600 Class locomotive double header hauling the first Indian Pacific passenger movement on the Cockburn line, February 1970
600 Class locomotive 601 unloading the first ballast at Mingary, c. 1960s
600 Class locomotive 602 was the first train movement to cut the bitumen at the Cockburn Highway, c. 1960s.
The first twin 600 Class locomotives at Hillgrange hauling ballast, 1967
600 Class locomotives 605 and 604, GM class locomotives at Paratoo on the occasion of the first GM class locomotives to Sydney, 1974
605, 604, GM 39, 41 locomotives at Paratoo, February on the occasion of the first GM class locomotives to Sydney, 1974
First standard gauge 600 Class locomotive into the Peterborough standard gauge yard, c. 1970s
600 Class locomotives 605 and 604 and GM Class locomotives at Port Pirie on the occasion of the first GM class locomotives to Sydney, 1974
Arrival of the first standard gauge ballast train into the Peterborough yard and station, 1967
Arrival of the first standard gauge ballast train into the Peterborough yard and station, 1967. 600 entered service on 26 March 1965.
600 Class locomotives 605 and 606 on the 500 up ore train in Broken Hill goods yard, December 1974. Peterborough engineman Don Rhind.
600 Class locomotives 604 and 605 hauling the Indian Pacific at Broken Hill, c. 1970s. 604 entered service on 23 December 1969 and 605 on 2 January 1970.
600 Class locomotives 602 and 600 on the 500 ore train near the Zinc Corporation at Broken Hill, 1 June 1972. Photo by JL Wilson.
651 down on the outskirts of Broken Hill, 27 May 1972. Kanandah Siding is immediately behind the brake van. Engine numbers 600 and 869. Photo by JL Wilson.
651 down on the outskirts of Broken Hill, 27 May 1972. Kanandah Siding is immediately behind the brake van. Engine numbers 600 and 869. Photo by JL Wilson.
600 Class locomotive 601 and 830 Class locomotive at the 700 mile post in the Broken Hill Yard, 14 February 1972. Photo by JL Wilson.
Twin 600 class on 500 up at Dowd’s Hill Ucolta, about to enter the tunnel, 1974. 604 entered service on 23 December 1969.
600 Class locomotive 601 exiting the Dowd’s Hill tunnel en route to Cockburn, 2 December 1969
600 Class locomotive 601 exiting Dowd’s Hill Tunnel, c. 1970s
600 Class locomotives 602 and 606 hauling the Indian Pacific through Dowd’s Hill tunnel and cutting, c. 1970s. 606 entered service on 4 January 1970.
Double header 600 Class locomotives up ore train near Ucolta’s Dowd’s Hill tunnel, February 1974
600 Class locomotive 604, October 1974. Tests were being conducted for sound proofing.
600 Class locomotive cabin area crew facilities
600 class speedo with metric conversion
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