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Old 11-12-22, 04:43
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Default Heavy hauling in the Northern Territory

Diamond T and Inter trucks ? hauling railway locos and rolling stock.

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