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7 months 3 weeks ago - 7 months 3 weeks ago #257372
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This is a EX British Army Bedford 15 cwt 200 gallon water truck, the scene is in NSW . A small number of these arrived in Australia as refugee cargo.
I looked up the reg number: 50280 , this truck was " abandoned " by the Disposals Commission , in other words, it was written off as being not worth selling. A number of other MWC trucks were sold to GMH ( Bedford agency in Australia ) , and a few went to the Premiers dept. The Bedfords are listed as 30 cwt models , a mistake, they were a 15 cwt chassis. Some of the General Service versions have also been found in Au , with the cargo wooden body.
A chap up near Ballarat is restoring one of these, minus the tank.
Remains of a MW in Victoria.
I looked up the reg number: 50280 , this truck was " abandoned " by the Disposals Commission , in other words, it was written off as being not worth selling. A number of other MWC trucks were sold to GMH ( Bedford agency in Australia ) , and a few went to the Premiers dept. The Bedfords are listed as 30 cwt models , a mistake, they were a 15 cwt chassis. Some of the General Service versions have also been found in Au , with the cargo wooden body.
A chap up near Ballarat is restoring one of these, minus the tank.
Remains of a MW in Victoria.
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7 months 3 weeks ago #257376
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This engine, #64, was moved to Darwin on the 16th August 1956 and was one of five that were sent to be part of the Northern Australian Railway. In 1981 it was sold and in 1982 it last ran on the Old Ghan from Oodnadatta before being retired to the Old Ghan Preservation Museum just south of Alice Springs, but it is not the engine, #58, on display out the front. And interestingly the one on display out the front, #58, never ran on the rail line to Alice Springs, is was used further south.
Only one of the five sent North remain there and is on display at Adelaide River. Two others found their way down to Maree and one went south to Peterborough Steamtown and is now at Farina and the another also went to Alice Springs via Maree and the remaining one I can't see where it went but it is not the 'wreck' still at Maree.
www.comrails.com/cr_locos/r_nsu.html
Terry
This engine, #64, was moved to Darwin on the 16th August 1956 and was one of five that were sent to be part of the Northern Australian Railway. In 1981 it was sold and in 1982 it last ran on the Old Ghan from Oodnadatta before being retired to the Old Ghan Preservation Museum just south of Alice Springs, but it is not the engine, #58, on display out the front. And interestingly the one on display out the front, #58, never ran on the rail line to Alice Springs, is was used further south.
Only one of the five sent North remain there and is on display at Adelaide River. Two others found their way down to Maree and one went south to Peterborough Steamtown and is now at Farina and the another also went to Alice Springs via Maree and the remaining one I can't see where it went but it is not the 'wreck' still at Maree.
www.comrails.com/cr_locos/r_nsu.html
Terry
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7 months 2 weeks ago - 7 months 2 weeks ago #257409
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Scenes in Tasmania. Tasmania had a important role , with a few ammunition factories set up during WW2. The Zinc smelting works supplied much of the Zinc needed. A Japanese float plane flew up the Derwent River in March 1942.
Parade in Deloraine Tasmania . The main St. hasn't changed much with some of the buildings still standing today. 1939 Ford M-H gun tractors and 1940 Chev ambulances in the parade and LP 2 carriers.
Parade in Deloraine Tasmania . The main St. hasn't changed much with some of the buildings still standing today. 1939 Ford M-H gun tractors and 1940 Chev ambulances in the parade and LP 2 carriers.
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Melbourne history .
Wartime ' austerity ' buses . A Ford with the utilitarian wartime body , and a Reo that was used for Munitions workers.
And a 1941 De Soto army ute . These were based on the Canadian Plymouth sedan chassis, the utes were built as either Dodge -- Plymouth or DeSoto, with different grills and badges but they were actually all Plymouths.
This photograph shows members of the community outside the Moorabbin Council Offices, handing over a brand-new utility truck for use by the Australian Comforts Fund, in support of the war effort. It was purchased with funds raised by contestants in Moorabbin's 'Popular Girl Quest'. Contestants received a vote for each penny they collected. The winner was Gladys Mariott, pictured centre wearing a sash, who raised £528 10s, earning her 126,800 votes. In total, the contestants raised more than a thousand pounds, which enabled the purchasing of the new utility truck.Significance
Wartime ' austerity ' buses . A Ford with the utilitarian wartime body , and a Reo that was used for Munitions workers.
And a 1941 De Soto army ute . These were based on the Canadian Plymouth sedan chassis, the utes were built as either Dodge -- Plymouth or DeSoto, with different grills and badges but they were actually all Plymouths.
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