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#CRsteamlocomotives
Narrow gauge - 3' 6"

Northern Australia Railway (NAR) Darwin to Birdum
NT administrator from SAR in 1911 ' NT railway''
CR 1918 line extended to Birdum in 1929
Named 'NAR' 1926

Map NAR 1936
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Aus…
high resolution at link

Central Australia Railway (CAR)
Port Augusta to Alice Springs 3' 6"
SAR Great Northern Railway Oodnadatta in 1891
To Commonwealth 1911, SAR operated till 31 Dec 1925 CR took over, extended to Alice Springs 1929
GNR map
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm…
high resolution at link

Official Year Book Comm. of Aust. No. 24 - 1931

1930 CR had a total of 1,088 miles of 3' 6" railway

These railways were going play a very significant role during WW2.
WAGR SAR QGR locos were deployed to help meet demands at various times.

NA1 'Sandfly' 0-4-0T Baldwin 1885 shunt engine
In service May 1887 for construction work Palmerston to Pine Creek
Sold to SAR 1890
CR 1911 > NA1
Withdrawn 1950 - entire service on NAR

CR engine NA 1 (Chris Drymalik Collection)
comrails.com/pic_common/b07…
early, very much a Baldwin!

Sandfly, at the Darwin station 1939
Picture NT
hdl.handle.net/10070/15526

NA1 at the old Vestey's Meatworks at Bullocky Point Darwin which were used by the Army during the Second World War
Picture NT
hdl.handle.net/10070/7882

NA1 - Digger having a photograph with Sandfly.
Probably during WW2, possibly Katherine.
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+3…

"Sandfly" after a collision with a cow
Darwin 1890
@SLSA collections collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+537…
Sandfly still newish!

The 'Sandfly' railway engine at Katherine for overhaul, with shed staff - wartime railwaymen c. 1940
Picture NT
hdl.handle.net/10070/528

'Sandfly' railway engine.
"I fired it back to Katherine to be done up .. " c. 1940
Picture NT
territorystories.nt.gov.au/jspui/handle/1…

Railway goods yard and oil tanks at rear. Sandfly locomotive. 1939 Darwin
hdl.handle.net/10070/51983

NA1 was on display at Port Augusta station between 1960 and 1982.
Restored for display May 1984 at the Adelaide Passenger Terminal, Keswick.

Sandfly at Port Augusta station 1962
Picture NT
hdl.handle.net/10070/5044

Sandfly was displayed on the platform at Keswick station, Adelaide from 1984 to 2004.
It is seen here on 19 July 2002
australiansteam.com/Sandfly.htm

On 2 August 2004, Sandfly returned to NT on the rear of the Ghan passenger train and was placed on display at the new Berrimah passenger terminal, Darwin. In 2008 it was transferred to Parap.

railtram.com.au/top-end-railwa…

Sandfly at Berrimah passenger terminal c. 2004
nealdalgliesh.com/northern-austr…

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