F18
I acquired this ST2 in 2002. I found two photos of it in the
period between when I took the above photo in January 1986 and
when I collected it from its last owner. These are on the "Bruce"
page.
The photo above shows F18 at Wirrabarra when
Australian National was actually attempting to do something
positive with the railway between Gladstone and Wilmington. The
car was allocated to the resleepering gang, that, at the time, was
placing large numbers of new sleepers into the track in
preparation for conversion of the line to Standard Gauge. Within
three years, this line, a busy grain route, would be little more
than fence posts and garden trimmings.
The car was sold to the Bruce
Railway Station in 1989, and lived in
the gang shed there for the next 13 years. I bought it in 2002
when the previous owners sold up.
The car appears to have had extensive work
completed by AN, including some electrical parts sourced from Port
Pirie. This is from where fitters and crew came to the
line.
She was acquired, according to information provided by the National Railway Museum, by the SAR during the 1959/60 financial year. she cost £175.
She did run whilst at Bruce, I got her running
there in the early 1990s, and enjoyed a few trips up and down the
remnants of the Quorn Line at that time
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