This video was taken on a very hot day in December 1982 at William Creek in the outback of South Australia in the period when the old Central Australia narrow gauge railway was being pulled up.. It is of the pulling up of the triangle there which was used to turn locomotives. The rail recovery train is shown reversing to the end of the triangle after which specially designed wedge sleds were placed beneath the rails with the help of the converted excavator - which could run the length of the train to aid in pulling recovered rails aboard. These wedge sleds were attached to the rear of the train which tore the rails from the sleepers as the train moved forward allowing them to then be hauled aboard the train.
