Horrie Simpson PRG 1144/2 Photo Vol. Photograph Index Description Date No. No. 1 1 The Ghan enroute from Alice Springs waiting for the Finke River to subside 1958 Fettlers testing track for washouts before allowing train to proceed over the submerged 2 1 track 1958 3 1 The Finke River in full flood 1958 4 1 Formation of track can be seen as the flood subsides 1958 5 1 Opening of the Flynn Memorial Church in Alice Springs 1956 6 1 Crossing Peake Creek in flood 1948 7 1 View of the Peake Creek in flood 1948 Bundooma railway siding, 893 mile. North-South railway. A watering station in the steam 8 1 days 1957 9 1 Heavitree Gap. Gateway to Alice Springs 1957 10 1 A view of Alice Springs from Billygoat Hill 11 1 Around the keg after a cricket match at Maree Edwards Creek 623 miles on North-South Railway - Intermediate loco depot between 12 1 Quorn & Alice Springs 1943 13 1 Commonwealth Railway men's huts at Alice Springs - Mount Gillen in background 1957 14 1 Hawker railway station. 275 miles North-South railway 1957 15 1 Hawker reservoir. A watering station during the steam days 16 1 Finke Siding 839 miles. A watering station in the steam days 17 1 Mount Blatherskite. 977 miles. This windswept hillock is 4 miles south of Alice Springs 1957 18 1 Bloods Creek 100 miles north of Oodnadatta on old north road to Alice Springs Waiting for billy to boil at Bloods Creek L to R Fred Indermann, George Glass, Tom 19 1 Harrison, Jim Corbett & Frank Jones 20 1 Scene of a derailment at the 587 miles - several bogies of cattle jumped the track Duffield 818 miles - one of the wartime fettlers camp built in 1957 on the North-South 21 1 railway 1957 22 1 Desert country north of Rumbalara 862 miles 23 1 The standard gauge railway reaches Farine enroute to Maree 1957 24 1 Narrow gauge vehicles on standard gauge bogeys 25 1 Recently built Commonwealth railway houses at Alice Springs 26 1 Irrapatanna Reservoir 553 miles - Eric Poole gazing into the water 1959 27 1 Irrapatanna Reservoir. After a swim in the reservoir 28 1 A waterhole in the Stevenson Creek, Ilbunga at 773 miles PRG 1144/2 Special list Page 1 of 49 Horrie Simpson PRG 1144/2 Brachina railway siding 317 miles - pushing loaded narrow gauge loading onto the 29 1 standard gauge train 30 1 Crossing the Finke River in flood - freight train assisted by Ghan engine 1948 31 1 Looking out of compo windows 32 1 Train rounding deviation at side of derailment of a stock train at 587 miles 33 1 Heavy loading carried on North-South railway during war years 1957 34 1 Rounding a deviation at the Canterbury Creek 458 miles 1958 Ballast train leaving ballast site to distribute ballast on new standard gauge line near 35 1 Maree 1957 36 1 Coaltrain derailment near Willochra Creek 43 miles north of Stirling North 1957 37 1 View of Willochra Creek derailment 38 1 Stirling North railway town 4 miles east of Port Augusta 1957 39 1 Hamilton Creek 1955 40 1 NM 19 on oil test at Stirling North 41 1 A double header diesel train leaving Stirling North heading for Maree 42 1 Afghan Waterhole 12 miles north of Oodnadatta 43 1 Finke River 1948 44 1 Ruins of Charlie Johanson's Deepwell Station. 48 miles south of Alice Springs 45 1 General view of ruins and surrounds 46 1 Telford Railway Resthouse 2 miles from Leigh Creek 1956 47 1 Beltana resthouses - these huts were used by crews working coaltrains 1956 48 1 Brachina. Ashes getting removed from the pit by front end loader 1949 49 1 Engine over the pit at Brachina 50 1 Mount Dutton pumping station 51 1 Mount Dutton reservoir 25 miles south of Oodnadatta 52 1 Loading cattle at Alice Springs 53 1 Neales Creek. Long hole two miles south-west of Oodnadatta 54 1 Finke pumping station, North-South line 1959 55 1 Cattle grazing on Finke Flats 1959 56 1 Narrow gauge diesel engines returning to Copley after being serviced at Port Augusta 1956 57 1 Shunting operations at Copley North-South railway 1956 58 1 Standard gauge train leaving Brachina with piggy back train of Leigh Creek coal 59 1 Narrow gauge trucks loaded on road transport for Darwin railway 1956 60 1 Ballast train vehicles at Lyndhurst on standard gauge line 61 1 Living quarters on the ballast train 62 1 Derailed bogeys at Emeroo 20 miles north of Stirling North PRG 1144/2 Special list Page 2 of 49 Horrie Simpson PRG 1144/2 63 1 Two more bogeys at Emeroo. The heat was the cause of this derailment 64 1 Derailment at Willochra Creek 65 1 Long hole in the Neales 2 miles SW of Oodnadatta 1950 66 1 Hookeys Hole, looking south from the north end Hookeys Hole, this creek is lined with fine white limed gums and out last the rest of the 67 1 local waterholes 68 1 A view of Shepherds Hole in the Neales Creek, two miles west of Oodnadatta 1950 69 1 The diving off tree at Shepherds Hole which was a favourite spot when we were boys 1950 70 1 East Alice Springs A casey Jones and trolley conveyed from the 4.03 miles to Brachine 88 miles to reach 71 1 waiting train at Brachina 1950 72 1 The Ghan departing from Alice Springs. In the days of the narrow-gauge line 73 1 Police on point duty in Alice Springs 1956 Monument erected in Maree cemetery to five construction workers killed when trucks 74 1 collided with cattle at Finniss 1886 75 1 Looking across the Todd River to Alice Springs 76 1 All that remained of the Hookina Bridge after big flood 1955 77 1 Huge logs left in the creek after the big flood 1955 78 1 Hookeys waterhole 79 1 At the south end of Hookeys Hole 80 1 Hawker Reservoir - Joyce & Graham Semmens at Reservoir site 1957 81 1 Oodnadatta - Mr Joe Blinman 1924 82 1 Two lone mulga trees that survived the axe. Hanson Range in background 1924 83 1 Mount O'Halloran 4 miles NE of Oodnadatta 1924 84 1 Steam Roller just unloaded at Oodnadatta 1925 85 1 New kitchen for the police station at Oodnadatta 86 1 Somewhere in the Neales 87 1 Long hold in the Neales 88 1 Smith waterhole, Algebuckina 1926 89 1 Mr Eric Blinman & Mrs G Glass on the Oodnadatta tennis court 90 1 Miss Thelma Hadaway & Miss Hazel Golder at the Oodnadatta reservoir 1924 91 1 North tributary leading to Stuarts Waterhole 92 1 A creek scene in the Neales Creek 93 1 This lofty box gum stands near Camel Camp waterhole and was a nesting place for 94 1 Stepherds Waterhole 2 miles west of Oodnadatta 95 1 Hookeys Waterhole 4 miles south of Oodnadatta PRG 1144/2 Special list Page 3 of 49 Horrie Simpson PRG 1144/2 L to R - E Blinman, E Mates, S Armstrong, L Kunoth, G Mates, S & B Lennon at 96 1 Oodnadatta Reservoir 97 1 L to R - L Kunoth, E Mates, G Mates & S Lennon at Oodnadatta Reservoir 1924 Greta Mates, Mrs Beswick & Eva Mates outside the Transcontinental Hotel at Oodnadatta 98 1 - Proprietor E Parker 99 1 Mrs Beswick, Greta & Eva Mates. Oodnadatta 1924 100 1 Mrs Simpson in garden of home in Oodnadatta 1924 101 1 Roma & Eva Mates outside the railway cottages at Oodnadatta 1923 Coward Springs. T Dury, Francis, A Fogarty, J Richards, N Jones & Cherry. All on way to 102 1 Oodnadatta 1924 Coward Springs. The date palms are growing near the bore overflow and appear to thrive 103 1 on the artesian water 1924 104 1 William Bond at Oodnadatta 1924 105 1 Judy Bell, Oodnadatta 1925 106 1 Miss May Brown posing for Miss Australia competition Oodnadatta 1934 107 1 Mr Bill Gregory and Mr Joe Blinman outside Gum Villa 108 1 Jim Mitchell, Jack Donnellan & Jim Corbett having a rest at the six mile, Oodnadatta Mitchell, Corbett, Jack Donnellan & Mark Donnellan camped at Hawk Point, north-west of 109 1 Oodnadatta 1924 A parliamentary party leaving Oodnadatta to inspect the route of the line extension to 110 1 Alice Springs 1925 111 1 The parliamentary party outside Wallis Fogarty's store 112 1 Mr Cyril Barrett's Mount Sarah Station. 42 miles north of Oodnadatta 113 1 Stuarts Wterhole 12 miles south-west of Oodnadatta in the Neales 1924 114 1 J Mitchell, J Donnellan, J Corbett & M Donnellan at Srontium Ridge 1924 115 1 Fossil Creek - J Corbett, J Mitchell, Mark Donnellen, Eric Bollinman & J Donnellan 1924 116 1 Hawk Point 14 miles north-west of Oodnadatta - Jim Corbett Jack Donnellan 1924 117 1 Hawk Point - J Corbett, J Donnellan & J Mitchell 118 1 River gums at Hookeys Hole 119 1 Flood waters after a thunderstorm, Oodnadatta 120 1 Nell Mann nursing Parker at the Oodnadatta Dam 1925 121 1 Shepherds Waterhole two miles west of Oodnadatta A Wright, G Glass, E Linman & D Coles. P McKeen seated in the District Formen's yard. 122 1 Oodnadatta 1924 123 1 H Simpson in the garden in Oodnadatta 1924 124 1 Jim Ollson & Jim Corbett at the quarry two miles east of Stuarts Hole 1924 PRG 1144/2 Special list Page 4 of 49 Horrie Simpson PRG 1144/2 125 1 View of quarry 126 1 Aborigines camped near Long Hole two miles west of Oodnadatta 127 1 Aborigines camped near Long Hole two miles west of Oodnadatta 128 1 Aborigines camped near Long Hole two miles west of Oodnadatta 129 1 Aborigines camped near Long Hole two miles west of Oodnadatta 130 1 Aborigines camped near Long Hole two miles west of Oodnadatta 131 1 Aborigines camped near Long Hole two miles west of Oodnadatta 132 1 Commissioner Webb's train leaving Oodnadatta 1925 133 1 Pumper's motor quad No.