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Train derailment near Pirie

DAMAGE: Damaged freight rail cars lie on their side after a train derailment near Mambray Creek, south of Port Augusta. (PIC: WILMINGTON CFS)
Phil Williams

REGION - Australia's main rail corridor has been shut down after a train derailment south of Port Augusta on Tuesday, […]

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