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Mike Kelly 11-12-22 04:43

Heavy hauling in the Northern Territory
 
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Diamond T and Inter trucks ? hauling railway locos and rolling stock.

RAAF CMPs: flood rescue in Maitland NSW during the 1950s.

Mike Kelly 11-12-22 05:06

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Title TITLE: Army personnel transport locomotives and rolling stock by road from Alice Springs to the North Australian Railway CATEGORY: photograph FORMAT: medium format b&w photograph STATUS: Preservation material
Date range 1940 - 1945

Alex van de Wetering 12-12-22 12:22

Excellent pictures Mike. It looks like they used a stretched M9 45ton Rogers trailer for the locomotive.....and cleverly used the loco's own bogie as counterweight on the Diamond T tractor!


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