page_title: Ooldea, South Australia
hierarchical_section_title: Ooldea, South Australia
caption_attribution_description: English: Commonwealth Railways G class locomotive no. G22 with a wood and water train at Ooldea, South Australia, on the Trans-Australian Railway.The locomotive was built by Toowoomba Foundry, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. It entered service in June 1917, was officially withdrawn in July 1952, and was scrapped in March 1959.Some of the information provided here about the image is obtained from Fluck, Ronald E; Marshall, Barry; Wilson, John (1996). Locomotives and Railcars of the Commonwealth Railways. Welland, SA: Gresley Publishing, p. 29. ISBN&#160;0959969039.
context_page_description: Ooldea is a tiny settlement in South Australia. It is on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, 863 km west of Port Augusta on the Trans-Australian Railway. Ooldea is 143 km from the bitumen Eyre Highway.
context_section_description: Ooldea is a tiny settlement in South Australia. It is on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, 863 km (536 mi) west of Port Augusta on the Trans-Australian Railway. Ooldea is 143 km (89 mi) from the bitumen Eyre Highway.
caption: A wood and water train in Ooldea, 1919.
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