Port Pirie narrow gauge loco area with new bogie exchange, c. 1970
The first Indian Pacific passenger movement at Port Pirie, February 1970
Solomontown Junction Station, c. 1960s
T Class locomotive 247 passenger at Port Pirie, c. 1960s
Port Pirie railway station platform, c. 1950s
Three Chain Road crossing Solomontown Port Pirie c. 1950. There is now a bridge over this crossing. Broad gauge shed to left of water tank.
T Class locomotive 256 at Port Pirie Junction, 1952
T class locomotive 224 pulling the Railway Commissioner’s train, Port Pirie, 27 October 1960. Fred Clapp Guard, Archie Williams Inspector, Dudley Charles Fireman, Clive Mayes engineman (not pictured).
T Class locomotives 206 and 225 at the Port Pirie narrow gauge loco shed. Ray ‘Bluey’ Brown in front of 206.
Port Pirie South railway station in narrow gauge era, c. 1940s
T Class locomotives at the Port Pirie narrow gauge loco shed, 1950
Port Pirie station, c. 1960s
Port Pirie Signal Cabin following standardisation, c. 1960s
Port Pirie Signal Cabin following standardisation, c. 1960s
Solomontown crossing, Port Pirie, 1962
Trans Australia observation car at Port Pirie, c. 1940s
Port Pirie, occasion unknown, c. 1950s. Railway station.
Port Pirie, c. 1950s, occasion unknown
Port Pirie Junction signal cabin, 1950
Port Pirie Commonwealth and SAR loco sheds taken from the coal gantry, 1966. Broad gauge carriage shed far right.
Brill railcar 102, Port Pirie to Peterborough passenger, 1968
Port Pirie standard gauge signal cabin, 1968
Solomontown overpass at Port Pirie taken from the cabin of a GM Class locomotive, 1974. 830 Class locomotive 868 to the right.
520 Class locomotive at Port Pirie, 1970
Port Pirie standard gauge railway station, 1972
Ellen Street Station, Port Pirie.
T Class locomotive 199 in Ellen Street Port Pirie, July 1967.
Passenger train arriving at Ellen Street station Port Pirie, c. 1920s
Port Pirie railway station in Ellen Street, c. 1960s
Brill 102 in Ellen Street, Port Pirie, January 27, 1958. Bob Hockley motorman. Photo by M. Billett.
Ellen Street Port Pirie, 1963. The first narrow gauge 830 Class locomotive into Port Pirie.
Ellen Street Port Pirie, 1963. The first narrow gauge 830 Class locomotive into Port Pirie.
Port Pirie Ellen Street railway station, c. 1910s
Derailment in Ellen Street, Port Pirie, near the Post Office, c. 1910s
T Class oil burning locomotive in Ellen Street, Port Pirie, c. 1960s.
Peterborough rail car consist in Ellen Street Port Pirie, c. 1960
Ellen Street Port Pirie, c. 1960s
Smelter’s Picnic Port Pirie, 1963. Solomontown road crossing prior to the building of the bridge.
Carriages waiting to return passengers to Port Pirie after the Smelters Picnic at Crystal Brook, c. 1970. The last narrow gauge picnic train.
The last narrow gauge Smelters Picnic train arriving at Port Pirie, c. 1970. Bogie exchange in the centre rear. Standard and broad gauge platform to right.
Smelter’s Picnic train out from Port Pirie, 1963.
Last narrow gauge Smelter’s Picnic movement Port Pirie, c. 1970
Port Pirie smelters picnic train at Crystal Brook station, c. 1970
T Class locomotive 44 on the Port Pirie wharf, 13 December 1969
Handling wheat bags at the Port Pirie wharf, c. 1900s
T Class locomotive 44 on the wharf at Port Pirie, c. 1960s
Loading wheat from the train at the Port Pirie wharf, c. 1910s
T Class locomotive 217 ore movement and Perrone locomotive at Port Pirie, 27 January 1958. Photo by M Billett.
BHAS Perrone locomotive at Port Pirie, c. 1920s
Perrone at Port Pirie Smelters June 9, 1952
BHAS smelter Perrone locomotive at Port Pirie, c. 1940s
Perrone at Port Pirie Smelter, 9 June 1952
Port Pirie yard from the cab of a 900 Class locomotive, 1973
Railcar 104 hauling two ‘short toms’. Leaving Port Pirie junction for Gladstone. Don Zilm in yard. Solomontown 1953.
400 Class locomotive 400 in the Solomontown Sub Yard at Port Pirie, c. 1960s
Port Pirie railway yard with the wheat silos in the background, c. 1960s
Port Pirie railway yard and Solomontown crossing, c. 1960s
Port Pirie railway yard, 1972
Port Pirie railway yard with the turntable in the centre, 1972
Port Pirie grain silos and standard gauge railway yard, 1972
Port Pirie railway yard taken from the coal gantry, 1966. Wharf grain silos in the distance.
Port Pirie railway yard coal gantry, 1966
Port Pirie narrow gauge Loco Depo, c. 1960s. T Class locomotive coal burner on the left; two T Class oil burners at the rear and 830 Class 856 on the right.
Broad gauge loco depot in Port Pirie, 1972
Port Pirie broad gauge loco depot, 1972
Port Pirie broad gauge loco depot, 1971
Port Pirie bogie exchange with the narrow gauge loco depot behind, 1967
T Class locomotives at the Port Pirie narrow gauge loco depot, 1960
Port Pirie Loco depot, April 1971
T Class locomotive 253 at the Port Pirie narrow gauge loco depot, c. 1960s. Fireman T. Faulkner in the cabin.
Port Pirie Commonwealth and SAR broad gauge loco depot sheds, c. 1960s. Broad gauge carriage shed to the far right.
Port Pirie freight yard with narrow gauge loco depot to the right, c. 1950s. The large tank to the left was used for black oil for the locomotives.
Repair road behind the Port Pirie narrow gauge loco depot, c. 1950s
Port Pirie narrow gauge loco depot, c. 1960s. T Class locomotive, 830 Class and 400 class 404.
T Class locomotive 225 and 830 Class Narrow 856 at the Port Pirie narrow gauge loco depot, c. 1960s. Ian Kauscke on footplate of 856.
Night shot of the 400 Class locomotive 401 at the Port Pirie Loco Depot, c. 1960s
400 Class locomotives 400, 401 & 404 at the Port Pirie loco depot, 1970
Derelict Port Pirie standard gauge loco depot, 1988
Derelict Port Pirie standard gauge loco depot, 1988
Derelict Port Pirie standard gauge loco depot, 1988
Derelict Port Pirie standard gauge loco depot, 1988
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