The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Six narrow gauge steam locomotives which have been loaded onto standard gauge low sided wagons waiting to be transported. The two closest locomotives are 2-6-2T side tank locomotives which were ordered by the British government from the American Locomotive Corporation (ALCO) and were constructed at the Cooke Locomotive Works in New Jersey, USA. A batch of 100 of these locomotives were delivered to the Western Front between February and May 1917. Stacked in the foreground are piles of prefabricated sections of narrow gauge track with pressed metal sleepers.
An unidentified Australian soldier working alongside a narrow gauge American Locomotive Corporation (ALCO) 2-6-2T steam locomotive with the serial number 1204 and the works number 57095 (not visible)
A 2-6-2T narrow gauge steam locomotive built by the American Locomotive Corporation (ALCO) with the serial number 1272 and the Works number 57093 (not visible).
Unidentified Australian soldiers transferring building materials from a standard gauge train onto a narrow gauge train consisting of D and E type wagons. Note the sections of prefabricated track inclu
A narrow gauge locomotive depot consisting of maintenance sheds and railway sidings near Tincourt. Many locomotives are visible, including two American manufactured Baldwin 4-6-0Ts (second and third f
A large ordnance dump at Tincourt, showing a variety of neatly stacked shells of different calibres, which have been delivered by standard gauge trains from coastal French ports. Note the standard gau
Two unidentified soldiers with a narrow gauge diesel or petrol powered Simplex, 40 horse power armoured tractor locomotive with a small, low sided 1 ton goods wagon attached, which is carrying a large
