A group of ten vintage photographs featuring the derailment of a South Australian 500 Class Mountain-type locomotive (Number 506)
Locomotive 506 'Sir George Murray' entered service in October 1926; it was withdrawn in June 1959 and scrapped three years later. We have been able to trace a couple of relatively minor derailments involving this locomotive, but not this particular incident. The terrain and surrounding vegetation suggest to us the..... More