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Pichi Richi Photographs Index
I first met the
Pichi Richi Railway well before I started taking railway
photos in earnest. Indeed, I might almost say that the Pichi
Richi Railway started all this! It was when I first started going
out with my not-yet-wife, and we did a camping trip up to the
Flinders Ranges with a bunch of friends. We camped near the
Saltia Bridge, in the creek bed (very much a no-no, for those of
you who know their camping rules!), and explored the adjacent
railway line. Its derelict status made an impression on me, to
the extent that I started researching the current status of
railways in Australia, and made contact with the Australian
Railways Historical Society, and ... well, the rest is another
story, but when I saw through those connections that a fledgling
Pichi Richi Railway Society was being formed to restore that line,
I joined up.
At Easter 2003, my wife and I made a return journey to the
Flinders - some 35 years after that camping trip, and 30 years
after joining the society - and travelled on the PRR. We spent a
day with the railway, seeing the brand new W22 in service, and
caught W933 leaving Quorn a few days later. We must make a point
of returning sooner than 35 years ...
Coffee Pot
W class 4-8-2
NT76
Around the Railway