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This photo is probably of work on construction of the original
railway embankment using horse drawn scoops.
It appears that earth from each side of the proposed line is
being scraped onto the growing embankment, which is on the left side
of this photo.
Graham Seidel informs me that according to a reference he has, "Laurence Stanley: On a whim and a Prayer", this was on the Redhill to port Pirie line through Nurom. |
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Loading stone into wagons, probably for use in construction of the
railway line.
The stone would have been sorted to size, probably the larger pieces broken with hammers, and then dumped on top of the embankment as ballast. The eucalypt sleepers would have been laid on the ballast and the rails attached to the sleepers using 'dog spikes'. |
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A steam train crossing the old Crystal Brook bridge.
The old bridge is still standing, but trains now cross on a new and higher one. |
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The second railway bridge over Crystal Brook didn't last long;
it was washed out by a flood. This photo is dated
24th Oct. 1975.
It seems that the foundations must have been undermined by the
Brook in flood.
The source of this photo is unknown. |
| The same derailment as in the above photo; some of the local people going to have a look. |
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Ghan crash March 1987
The Ghan derailment of March 1987.
The Ghan hit a semitrailer at the level crossing in Crystal
Brook and was derailed.
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I believe the only injury was the driver of the
semitrailer.
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The rescue helecopter leaves for an Adelaide hospital.
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Road transport
A Ford truck set up as a tipper, circa 1922; this truck was owned by
Tim Coulter.
Part of one wall of the Crystal Brook chaff mill is in the
background.