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      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    On the theme of previous posts what trains use Port Pirie (I am aware 4500 PN service does).

    Thanks
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 14:14

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      freightgate Minister for Railways

    Location: Albury, New South Wales
    Think you will find broken hill trains unload at port Pirie or once did.

    There may also be grain trains.
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 14:33
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    Think you will find broken hill trains unload at port Pirie or once did.

    There may also be grain trains.
    freightgate
    Ore from Broken Hill mines is still processed at the Nyrstar Smelters at Port Pirie.
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 16:58
      NSWGR8022 Deputy Commissioner

    Location: From the lands of Journalism and Free Speech
    There are grain trains using Port Pirie but unsure of the train numbers or the operator.
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 17:29
      greasyrhys Chief Commissioner

    Location: MacDonald Park, SA
    The Balco container train also runs to Pt Pirie, on Tuesdays (3:50am ex Bowmans) & Thursdays (4:10am ex Bowmans), always hauled by either GL107 or GL108.
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 17:34
      greasyrhys Chief Commissioner

    Location: MacDonald Park, SA
    There are grain trains using Port Pirie but unsure of the train numbers or the operator.
    NSWGR8022
    Northbound (empty) run as 1411s, southbound (loaded) is 4112s.
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 17:39
      NSWGR8022 Deputy Commissioner

    Location: From the lands of Journalism and Free Speech
    There are grain trains using Port Pirie but unsure of the train numbers or the operator.
    Northbound (empty) run as 1411s, southbound (loaded) is 4112s.
    greasyrhys

    Only one train daily?
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 17:46
      greasyrhys Chief Commissioner

    Location: MacDonald Park, SA
    There are grain trains using Port Pirie but unsure of the train numbers or the operator.
    Northbound (empty) run as 1411s, southbound (loaded) is 4112s.

    Only one train daily?
    NSWGR8022
    Genesee & Wyoming is the only operator to transport grain by rail in SA, & only on an ad hoc basis like every other GWA grain train, sometimes there can be a few months without any running to the silos to Port Pirie & can be unpredictable.
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 18:04

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      Alco_Haulic Chief Commissioner

    Location: Eating out...
    There are grain trains using Port Pirie but unsure of the train numbers or the operator.
    Northbound (empty) run as 1411s, southbound (loaded) is 4112s.

    Only one train daily?
    NSWGR8022
    Daily... Please stop... My sides are hurting... Laughing
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 18:06
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    There are grain trains using Port Pirie but unsure of the train numbers or the operator.
    Northbound (empty) run as 1411s, southbound (loaded) is 4112s.

    Only one train daily?
    Genesee & Wyoming is the only operator to transport grain by rail in SA, & only on an ad hoc basis like every other GWA grain train, sometimes there can be a few months without any running to the silos to Port Pirie & can be unpredictable.
    greasyrhys
    NSWGR8022, You need to remember that the rail companies (in this case G&WA) DO NOT decide when and where grain trains run, it is the Soil operators that decide when grain is moved, what mode of transport and who moves it.
    Also whilst Port Pirie is a Port, it is rarely used as an export shipping terminal because it is NOT a deep water port and can not handle modern sized bulk carrier ships.
    You'll find most grain trains move grain FROM Port Pirie to the export terminal at Outer Harbor. If grain is to go to another export terminal (like Port Giles or Wallaroo) then it goes via truck (as neither of those are rail served)
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 18:43
      freightgate Minister for Railways

    Location: Albury, New South Wales
    Port Giles ?
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 18:50
      steam4ian Chief Commissioner

    Port Giles ?
    freightgate
    Look it up!
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 18:57
      Pressman Spirit of the Vine

    Location: Wherever the Tin Chook or Qantas takes me
    Port Giles ?
    freightgate
    Just a leisurely 68km swim due west of the end of Brighton Jetty Laughing
    Posted: 03 Feb 2016 19:26
      kipioneer Chief Commissioner

    Location: Aberfoyle Park
    There was a Port Pirie grain train today (4th February).   It arrived around 12:45.
    Posted: 04 Feb 2016 16:49
      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    There was a Port Pirie grain train today (4th February).   It arrived around 12:45.
    kipioneer

    Thanks.  Was it hauled by GWU004 by any chance?
    Posted: 04 Feb 2016 17:10
      kipioneer Chief Commissioner

    Location: Aberfoyle Park
    There was a Port Pirie grain train today (4th February).   It arrived around 12:45.

    Thanks.  Was it hauled by GWU004 by any chance?
    bevans
    I was the other side of the Port Pirie harbour when the train arrived.   It was quite a distance away, but I believe it was hauled by GWU004.
    Posted: 05 Feb 2016 14:39
      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    I was the other side of the Port Pirie harbour when the train arrived.   It was quite a distance away, but I believe it was hauled by GWU004.
    kipioneer

    GWU004 is today running 5114.
    Posted: 05 Feb 2016 15:54
      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    The Balco container train also runs to Pt Pirie, on Tuesdays (3:50am ex Bowmans) & Thursdays (4:10am ex Bowmans), always hauled by either GL107 or GL108.
    greasyrhys

    GL107 is currently at Port Pirie as 4416.
    Posted: 15 Mar 2016 11:27
      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    Today sees 1411 in port with 2210 on the consist with GWA010.

    Train 4500 with NR62 waiting to depart Port Pirie at Three Chain Road.
    Posted: 16 Mar 2016 12:11
      NSWGR8022 Deputy Commissioner

    Location: From the lands of Journalism and Free Speech
    Is Port Pirie wharfs still connected by rail?
    Posted: 27 Sep 2016 18:33
      Alco_Haulic Chief Commissioner

    Location: Eating out...
    Is Port Pirie wharfs still connected by rail?
    NSWGR8022
    Technically yes. However there are some thing sitting on top of the rails in various places. And the area with rails is now used exclusively by Nystar.
    Posted: 27 Sep 2016 19:46
      bevans Site Admin

    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    Took this video on the way back to Adelaide from Port Augusta providing some insight into the consist to Port Pirie.



    https://youtu.be/zfmyaBEcWog
    Posted: 24 Oct 2017 10:00

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