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NR42 & NR91 Kiacatoo NSW. Sat 24th Aug 2024

NR42 & NR91 are to take the Kiacatoo Loop in western NSW, the train is Pacific National intermodal service 6AB6 and they will cross a west bound Aurizon/TGE intermodal service due in 25 minutes. The loop is around two kilometers distant. The large ground grain storage Bunkers that were in the background are now gone, the grain having been shipped out by rail in previous weeks. Pacific National was the main provider of rail transport out of Kiacatoo with the usual 81 plus 48 class (one and a half combination) or a solo 81 class with around 23 wagons. The Grain Siding dead end road can be seen sweeping around just beyond the main line, a strange lay out, with access via the Kiacatoo Loop, coming from the Down Main direction locomotives have to be cut off and run around the train then push back to the grain loader. From the Up Main direction the train has to go via Kiacatoo Loop and push back into the Grain Siding. Kiacatoo only recently reopened to grain traffic after a period of being closed down since 2013. Considerable money has been spent on upgrading the site and expanding the ground Bunker storage facility. Kiacatoo siding opened back on the 10th of February 1919 with a 236 foot long passenger platform on the Up Main side. A Loading Bank and Goods Siding was located opposite the platform. The large grain Bulkhead shed in the foreground was the former Stock Race and Stock Siding site with the Stock Siding forming part of the Goods Siding Road. All have long since been demolished with Kiacatoo platform being closed on the 26th of April 1976 and demolished sometime after. No trace of the former goods and passenger facilities can be seen today. Stock was railed to Sydney NSW and baled wool to Darling Harbour wool stores in Sydney from Kiacatoo, the Goods Siding was quoted at the time as "handling 58 four wheeled vehicles" which is quite large for such a remote area. The 2016 census gave Kiacatoo a population of just 29 people, and they are farming families as no village or town exists here. The local farming community get together on a regular basis at the nearby "Kiacatoo Hall" for dances, sport and local community functions. Kiacatoo is home to diverse farming, grain, cotton and sheep farming are predominant in the area and cattle to a certain extent. It's also home to the famous and well known "Kiagarthur Station." The property runs from Micabil right through Yeenan, and Kiacatoo to near Booberoi. Kiacatoo Loop was installed and opened on the 01st of October 2010 and is 1,870 metres long and sees regular use on a daily basis for the crossing of trains in both directions. The name "Kiacatoo" means "wooden shovel" in the local aboriginal language. This area suffered sever flooding in November 2022 with a large section of the crossing loop damaged by flood water, the line was closed for nearly three months whilst repairs were undertaken. Both sides of the railway line are the "Kiagarthur Station" purchased from S. Kidman & Co by Roger Fletcher of Dubbo NSW, who owns the "FIE" class locomotives. In September 2016 Fletcher purchased a further 10,000 hectares from Kidman's at AUD$1,250 per hectare. Kiagarthur Station is just over 30,000 hectares in total. The Sydney to Perth intermodals run on a daily basis with mostly two trains a day operated by Pacific National heading to Perth, a morning and evening service with the latter being double stacked. The 120 NR class were built between 1996 & 1998 by Goninan's and are a GE model Cv40-9i series powered by a GE 7FDL-16 turbo charged 16 cylinder V16 four stroke prime mover delivering 4,020hp. They are purpose built for high speed express intermodal freight train working. NR42 was handed over new by Goninan's at Newcastle NSW on the 05th of September 1997 whilst NR91 was delivered on the 14th of May 1997 by Goninan's at Bassendean WA. The NR class have served both the National Rail Corporation (sold to Pacific national in February 2002) and Pacific National well since their inception. Some of them will be replaced by the 50 new "94" class that will be introduced during 2024. Love the "NR" class? In late 2024 a book was published, "The NR Story" written by Frank J. Hussey and covers the concept of the class through to production. There's 137 pages of details and factual information plus many anecdotes from those involved with the locomotive. Although I am not a huge fan of the "NR" class I found the book a very interesting read. It's available from the ARHS bookshop in Sydney NSW. 0932hrs on Saturday 24th of August 2024.