Larrimah and the old N.A.R. Railway

It is the 28th of August 2007 which is a travel day for our group of railfans as we continue our trip north to Darwin. Departing Alice Springs shortly after watching a southbound train we hit the road and head north to the old abandoned narrow gauge Northern Australia Railway (N.A.R) station at Larrimah to soak up the history of this once busy interchange. During world war two Larrimah would see up to 146 trains a week. Afterwards our group makes it way to Katherine to take in some standard gauge action at the new station before heading to Adelaide River.

In the video we mention how NFB locomotives were trucked disassembled to Larrimah during World War II.

NFB was the classification for South Australian Railway Yx class locomotives that were used by the NAR. To see an example of this class of steam engine in preservation service today please click on the M&S Trains video on the left hand side at the end of our video or click on this link.    • SAR YX141 leads Pichi Richi Railway C...  

Locomotives featured in this video –
FQ03 Wagiman
NSU64
NFB
FQ02 Purnu
CLP14 Bamgarla
GM47

0:00 Intro

0:30 Alice Springs
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3:27 Birdum
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Photo credits
Northern Territory Library, Stuart Bert Collection, PH0253/0136 https://hdl.handle.net/10070/787090
Northern Territory Library, Alexander Fleetwood Collection, PH0546/0029 https://hdl.handle.net/10070/720139
Northern Territory Library, Peter Spillett Collection, PH0238/0864, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/333411
Northern Territory Library, Alexander Fleetwood Collection, PH0546/0037, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/750069
Northern Territory Library, Ena Ryan Collection, PH0240/0037 https://hdl.handle.net/10070/787245

5:05 Larrimah
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Photo Credits
Northern Territory Library, M. R. Bradbrook Collection, PH0402/0053, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/748621
Northern Territory Library, Doug Tugwell Collection, PH0513/0009, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/314990
John Buckland Collection, https://nla.gov.au/tarkine/nla.obj-15...
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...
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Dave Richards
Northern Territory Library, Alexander Fleetwood Collection, PH0546/0022, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/787327
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...
Northern Territory Library, Henry & Gwen Scott Collection, PH0663/0279, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/583480
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...
Dave Richards
Northern Territory Library, Northern Territory Government Photographer Collection, PH0095/0289, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/787439
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...

13:26 Katherine
New Station - Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/kDvHgufMo9gzbXYX6
Old Station - Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/L1CSruwfgNG82912A
Highway overpass - Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/WW46z3b6cBBQySZA9

Photo Credits
Northern Territory Library, Alexander Fleetwood Collection, PH0546/0001, https://hdl.handle.net/10070/725102
Weston Langford, https://westonlangford.com/images/pho...

17:11 Nitmiluk
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17:40 Adelaide River
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18:55 Never-Never Line

Additional photographs not used in the video you may find interesting

Chris from Comrails https://www.comrails.com – Loco on truck https://flic.kr/p/7TdqHC
Michael - Cars on flat wagon on a road train https://flic.kr/p/63DPXb
rufuscarr – Larrimah gantry https://flic.kr/p/bFgKNB
lindsaybridge - Larrimah station - https://flic.kr/p/4hfPZk

Music
Helivision by Sascha Ende
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The Great Plains by Rafael Krux
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Thunderbird by Kevin MacLeod
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Placid Ambient by MusicLFiles
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Impatient (instrumental) by Sascha Ende
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Blockbuster Atmosphere 9 (Sadness) by Sascha Ende
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