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| Keywords: GM2 + Trans-Australian, Port Pirie, ca 1951.jpg Commonwealth Railways GM class diesel-electric locomotive no GM2 with a passenger train almost certainly the Trans-Australian at Port Pirie South Australia The locomotive was built by Clyde Engineering of Granville New South Wales Australia It entered service in November 1951 and is now preserved at the National Railway Museum Port Adelaide <p>This is one of a number of images in the collection of the State Library of South Australia depicting Commonwealth Railways locomotives said to have been taken in around 1951 <p>Some of the information provided here about the image is obtained from Fluck Ronald E; Marshall Barry; Wilson John 1996 Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways Welland SA Gresley Publishing pp 55 and 58 ISBN 0959969039 1951 http //images slsa sa gov au/mpcimg/59000/B58892_553 htm State Library of South Australia image number B 58892/553 probably Commonwealth Railways Custom license marker 2014 05 01 PD-Australia Uploaded with UploadWizard Commonwealth Railways GM class locomotives Port Pirie South Australia Trains facing left Trans-Australian 1951 in rail transport in Australia 1951 in South Australia Files from the State Library of South Australia | ||||
