d. 4.20pm Tailem Bend

27th February 2007

One of the last passenger trains rostered for steam out of Adelaide was the 4.20pm Tailem Bend, which included through cars and vans for the Murraylands. Within a few miles of the city, the train was winding into the Adelaide Hills on gradients of 1 in 45 and through long tunnels. The usual power allotted was a 520 class 4-8-4, but occasionally a 620 class light Pacific got into the act.

Slow Train to Barmera	No Steam Today	Long Tom	Fred Shea's Best
The Coal is Burning Through	Photoshop to the Rescue	Eight Miles to Griffiths Teas	Putting on a Fire
Steaming into the Sun	Pause for Refreshment	Armstrong Whitworth Excellence	The Intercolonial Mail
Chrome and Silver	White Wall Tires	Grand Finale