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179-21113 viewsGheringhap, station yard overview looking east from the Ballarat line and Siding C, the line to Maroona is on the right, in the back ground semaphore signal post 4 is pulled of for down goods train 9169 to depart, V/Line broad gauge X class locomotive X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 is awaiting light engines from Geelong to come and retrieve it.
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179-22108 viewsGheringhap, station yard overview looking east from Siding C, past V/Line broad gauge X class locomotive X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 that is awaiting light engines from Geelong to come and retrieve it and semaphore signal post 5, down goods train 9169 is about to depart in the background.
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179-23110 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide behind G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 and C classes C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833 and C 509 serial 76-832 creeps along the Maroona Line under the Midland Highway overpass as the 2nd person climbs out of X class X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 to make his way back onto G 512 and head home to Dimboola.
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179-24126 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide behind G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 and C classes C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833 and C 509 serial 76-832 creeps along the Maroona Line under the Midland Highway overpass as the 2nd person has just climbed aboard G 512 and head home to Dimboola, X class X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 is stowed in Siding C and the Ballarat Line is in-between the loco and train.
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179-25126 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide behind G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 and C classes C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833 and C 509 serial 76-832 powers away on the Maroona Line bound for Dimboola and Adelaide, while X class X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 is stowed in Siding C, the Ballarat Line is in-between the loco and train.
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179-26120 viewsGheringhap, trailing view of V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide behind G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 and C classes C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833 and C 509 serial 76-832, the line in the middle is the Ballarat Line and then closest to camera is Siding C.
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179-27122 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge VCSX type bogie coil steel waggon VCSX 11 with a new National Rail tarpaulin, in the consist of 9169 goods train to Adelaide, originally built by the Victorian Railways at Newport Workshops 18th November 1966 as a CSX type.
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179-28124 viewsGheringhap, Siding C, V/Line broad gauge X class X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 sits awaiting some light engines from Geelong Loco to come and retrieve it, semaphore signal post controls up trains on the Ballarat line, while the disc is for Siding C.
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179-29110 viewsGheringhap, Siding C, V/Line broad gauge X class X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 sits awaiting some light engines from Geelong Loco to come and retrieve it, front view.
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179-30116 viewsGheringhap, internal view of signal box showing the signal box diagram and 'pull list' mounted above the lever frame.
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179-31201 viewsGheringhap, internal view of signal box showing the new from 1907 18 lever frame, installed following the removal of double line block to Bannockburn, 2 lever frame extension on the right installed from 1918, lever 11 is painted white, blocked and abolished from 1977. Similarly lever 3 have been removed, most likely when the Maroona line distant was converted to a home signal and signal post 6 was abolished in 1990.
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179-32659 viewsGheringhap, internal view of signal box showing the electric staff instruments for the North Geelong C section on the left and the Meredith section on the right, above each exchanger is the respective bell for each section, along with wall clock and Code of Bell Signals wall chart, to left is a station stretcher and hand lamp and on the right the electric staff carriers or hoops. At the very left of frame the train register desk can be just seen, through the opening in the wall behind the exchangers can be seen the 18+2 lever frame levers.
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179-33119 viewsGheringhap, V/Line down broad gauge empty grain train 9121 arrives from North Geelong C and the driver surrenders the electric staff to the signaller from the cab window of G class G 521 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1234, the train will then shunt back into Siding A and await a double cross with a light engine and the up Dimboola passenger train.
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179-34742 viewsGheringhap, track view looking east towards Geelong as broad gauge V/Line light engines G class G 515 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1243 and a sister arrive from North Geelong to recover X 51 pass fellow G class G 521 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1234 locked away with down empty grain train 9121 in Siding A.
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179-35100 viewsGheringhap, track view looking east back towards Geelong with V/Line broad gauge G class G 521 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1234 locked away with down empty grain train 9121 consisting of 26 bogie grain waggons in Siding A, semaphore signal post 2 is the down home for the mainline.
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179-36109 viewsGheringhap, track view looking east back towards Geelong with V/Line broad gauge G class G 521 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1234 locked away with down empty grain train 9121 in Siding A, semaphore signal post 2 is the down home for the mainline, the points and point indicator are set for in the reverse for Siding B.
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179-37146 viewsGheringhap, track view looking east towards Geelong from the former up platform see V/Line broad gauge light engines departing for North Geelong C with failed X class X 50 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-797 which was taken of 9169 down goods, locked away down grain train 9121 can be seen in Siding A awaiting line clear and semaphore signal post is pulled off for the move.
     
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