Pichi richi troop train

[Local Chap]

Originally Posted by Phil Waterman

Hi Tony

That looks like an absolutely unique event, I'd really like to tease the members of my local MV Club, I edit our newsletter, with some pictures is there a web site with higher resolution photos? Or could you e-mail me one or two? E-mail address below is set up to take large files.

Thanks

Cheers Phil

The Pichi Richi Railway also has a unique US connection to do with Troop Trains. While many Troop Trains passed through going NORTH carrying troops and supplies to be transferred to vehicles on the Nth-Sth road to eventually arrive in Darwin, one luxuriously appointed train headed SOUTH with a tired and travel weary 4 star General and his coterie.

Having evaded the Japanese on the Bataan Peninsula by US PT boat, then ordering 3 B17s to fly him and his group out of the Phillipines to Batchelor Strip, and travelling by land to eventually arrive in Melbourne, it was at Terowie Staion on the broad gauge mainline after changing from the narrow gauge Pichi Richi Railway that he was first confronted by an expectant Australian media throng who asked where he had come from, and 'Ol Doug made the famous quote "I came from Bataan, and I shall return".

It was probably the biggest thing to have ever happened in Terowie. Not many celebrities have passed through there since. The carriage is still preserved by the Pichi Richi Railway, whose website also has info on current events.

It might make an interesting Trivia question for your US club members if they know where it was that Douglas Macarthur made his famous "I shall return" quote!

[Little Jo]

Hi Guys

Bob. Thanks for posting some of those great shots of the country side. I felt like loading up again and head north.

Local Chap. I forgot to post the USA Troops that also passed throuhg the town, including MacArthur. Thanks for including that important part of WW2 history.

Cheers

Tony

[Richard Farrant]

Tony,

That sounded like a great event, it reminds me of the Back to the Track train that I had the privilidge of participating in, back in 1995.

Post more pics if you can please.

regards, Richard

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Tony,

That sounded like a great event, it reminds me of the Back to the Track train that I had the privilidge of participating in, back in 1995.

Post more pics if you can please.

regards, Richard

Richard

I have a bucket load of photos and I have started putting them on a PPs compressed so I can forward via an email. I am currently looking at a format where I can compress the photos from the current 4.5mb per photo to 1.2mb to fit the MLU forum. The original ones I reduced and posted lost some of the quality. The photos Bob posted were excellent, he uses Adobe to reduce his photos. I am waiting for him to show me how as I tried using my Adobe and nothing changed, I may have to upgrade. I will post more photos to share with MLU members ASAP.

Cheers

Tony

Cheers

[Little Jo]

Hi All

Well I think I have sorted out the sizing problem and I have attached more photos as requested.

Cheers

Tony

[Little Jo]

Hi All

A few more to whet the appetite. The last photo is of our camp site.

Cheers

Tony

[hrpearce]

Hi Tony and all, My computor came with ImageResizer-2.1_x86.msi all I have to do is right click on an image, click on resize image, then click OK and the image is duplicated in a size that fits MLU. I can resize multable images by highlighting a group of images before the right click.

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Hi Tony and all, My computor came with ImageResizer-2.1_x86.msi all I have to do is right click on an image, click on resize image, then click OK and the image is duplicated in a size that fits MLU. I can resize multable images by highlighting a group of images before the right click.

Hi Robert

I will have a look at trying that. Thanks mate.

Cheers

Tony