The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Early in August 1942, two rail trucks became detached from an ammunition train at Lydda, Palestine and ran back along the gradient towards Gaza. Passing over the level crossing at Rehovot, the trucks were estimated to be travelling at 60 miles per hour. An ambulance train was travelling up the line towards the run away trucks. To avoid a head-on smash, railway officials switched the runaways to the Yibna dead line and cleared the area. The trucks piled up on the buffers at the end of the line, the ammunition exploded and burnt for four days. The picture shows railway workers clearing the wreckage after the incendiaries had burnt themselves out. The breakdown crane is a Ransomes and Rapier, Ipswich, 36-ton capacity, 8 wheeled with two number four wheel relieving bogies, one of two ordered by the British Government Ministry of Supply for the War Department in 1940. It was known as Palestine Railway no. 10.
Early in August 1942, two rail trucks became detached from an ammunition train at Lydda, Palestine and ran back along the gradient towards Gaza. Passing over the level crossing at Rehovot, the trucks
Early in August 1942, two rail trucks became detached from an ammunition train at Lydda, Palestine and ran back along the gradient towards Gaza. Passing over the level crossing at Rehovot, the trucks
YIBNA, PALESTINE. 1942-08. EARLY IN 1942-08, TWO TRUCKS BECAME DETACHED FROM AN AMMUNITION TRAIN AT LYDDA, PALESTINE, AND RAN BACK ALONG THE GRADIENT TOWARD GAZA. PASSING OVER THE LEVEL CROSSING AT RE
The main yards of the 2nd Australian Light Railway Operating Company at Pacific. On the left several light rail trucks are loaded with crates, probably containing ammunition; on the right is a 16-whee
El Auja (Auja el Hafir), Palestine. c. 1917-05. Two soldiers beside the damaged railway line which was blown up by members of the Camel Brigade and C Squadron, 11th Australian Light Horse Regiment (11
Hedjaz Railway station at Wadi Amman. A train is on the railway line and a section of a camp is in the right foreground. This is the second image in a four part panorama. See A01967P for the combin
