BIG Coal Trains in South Australia's North

This video shows some movements in the final month of operation for the Leigh Creek Coal train, which ran from the Thomas Playford Power Station at Port Augusta, to the Leigh Creek Coal mine located at Copley, 250 km's ( 155 miles ) to the north.

The train is powered by 3 x Pacific National 82 class, which are locally built GM-EMD with a 12-710G3A power plant, producing 3000 hp for traction.

The train usually ran with around 165 wagons, ( which varied slightly at times ) with an overall length was around 2.7 km's, or 1.67 miles, or 8860 feet.

The last vehicle on the train is a compressor wagon to help with keeping up air pressure in the trains brakes.

The scenes were filmed between Tue 29/03/16, and Fri 01/04/16.