A small gathering of interested parties were there to witness the first load of sawn timber to come from the new Gray's mill site. It was a wild and windy day but the press were there taking photo's as the loco sat in the Warringine siding. The tramway construction lagged behind the building of the mill and there is a small backlog of sawn timber to go to Leawarra hence the Sunday opening.
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The camera caught the loco bringing up the first load on the new trackwork, there are no run-round facilities at Warringine so the loco pushes the load up the grade into Warringine.
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Having entered Warringine yard the loco is about to proceed out onto LNR metals (watched by LNR staff)
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The first load on its way to Leawarra.
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Later in the afternoon the loco returned with empties, by which time most had gone home.
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The day seemed a success, the engine crew said they did have trouble maintaining a fire in the gale force winds.
Grant.