A group of ten vintage photographs featuring the derailment of a South Australian 500 Class Mountain-type locomotive (Number 506)
by [Railways]
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Ten gelatin silver photographs (each approximately 110 × 160 mm), stamped on the versos 'The Advertiser ... Adelaide ... Krischock Photos copyright'. In fine condition. Locomotive 506 'Sir George Murray' entered service in October 1926; it was withdrawn in June 1959 and scrapped three years later.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 mallee country between Tailem Bend and the border; the clothing on the bystanders (especially the two boys in their long woollen socks, thick overcoats and school caps) brings back childhood memories from the early 1950s. But the train wreck is the story, and this series of photographs serves graphically to confirm the official SAR estimates of the total weight of the engine and tender at more than 220 tons ... [10 items].
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- Seller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 102439
- Title
- A group of ten vintage photographs featuring the derailment of a South Australian 500 Class Mountain-type locomotive (Number 506)
- Author
- [Railways]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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