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The Great Northern Railway as it was originally known later known as the Afghan then later shortened to just "The Ghan" ran from Port Augusta in the South to Alice Springs in the Centre of Australia. The railway, due to the harsh desert conditions was deemed too hard to maintain and in 1980 was abandoned. This was due to floods washing bridges away. Another railway line had been built to the west to replace the now "Old" Ghan. A museum in Alice Springs contains a wealth of information about the old railway and includes one of its old trains.
Here inside one of the trains is a bedroom… Or is it a toilet? I’m not sure.
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The Ghan, passenger train pulls slowly out the station at Alice Springs. The passengers have just had...
A freight train, over 1 miles long pulls slowly out of the train station at Alice Springs. These trai...
A 1.8km long (1.1 miles) freight train makes its way south along the track which runs from Darwin to ...
"The Ghan" makes its way South from Darwin towards Adelaide in the South, here the train crosses the ...
Bush camping on a dry river bed during a full moon just North of Alice Springs.This camp is now named...
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Number 410, Greg Gartner, Winner of the Finke Desert Race 2011.This picture was taken only minutes be...
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