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128-00144 viewsBallarat yard, broad gauge V/Line VZBF type bogie brake block transport waggon VZBF 2, a 1990 conversion from what was originally an Victorian Railways BP type steel mail van BP 77 built in 1959 at Newport Workshops as part of a batch of eighty three. It went on to be recoded to BB 222 in December 1960, then BMF 2 in December 1961, BMX 2 in February 1968, recoded to VBAX in 1979, then in 1990 converted to the VZBF along with two other waggons as a group of three.
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128-01118 viewsBallarat yard, broad gauge V/Line VZBF type bogie brake block transport waggon VZBF 2, a 1990 conversion from what was originally an Victorian Railways BP type steel mail van BP 77 built in 1959 at Newport Workshops as part of a batch of eighty three. It went on to be recoded to BB 222 in December 1960, then BMF 2 in December 1961, BMX 2 in February 1968, recoded to VBAX in 1979, then in 1990 converted to the VZBF along with two other waggons as a group of three. Hand brake end view.
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128-02131 viewsBallarat yard, broad gauge V/Line VZBF type bogie brake block transport waggon VZBF 2, a 1990 conversion from what was originally an Victorian Railways BP type steel mail van BP 77 built in 1959 at Newport Workshops as part of a batch of eighty three. It went on to be recoded to BB 222 in December 1960, then BMF 2 in December 1961, BMX 2 in February 1968, recoded to VBAX in 1979, then in 1990 converted to the VZBF along with two other waggons as a group of three. Tait carriages in background.
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128-03134 viewsBallarat station yard view, station platform, semaphore signal post 20, Z van in dock, looking towards station building, signal gantry and canopy.
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128-04149 viewsBallarat station, view of elevated Ballarat B or Lydiard Street Signal Box, interlocked gates and semaphore signal gantry with semaphore signal Posts 26 and 27 Up signals removed, Post 28 facing away and Post 29, looking west across crib pedestrian crossing, Provincial Hotel on the left.
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128-05146 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction or Ballarat D signal box, looking west, gates about to be replaced with booms, semaphore triple doll signal Post 20 with disc for Timken's Siding, the three dolls are Cattle Yard Line, Linton Line and Ararat Line, and disc signal Post 21 for Timken's Siding, semaphore signal Post 23 in the distance, the 'ships wheel' in the signal box window is for operating the interlocked gates.
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128-06128 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction or Ballarat D signal box, semaphore signal Post 19 dolls for Up Line towards Ballarat C and Up Linton Line to Ballarat C via crossover, looking towards Wendouree.
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128-07132 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction or Ballarat D signal box, semaphore signal Post 18, looking west at interlocked gates for Gillies Street grade crossing, crossover for up trains ex cattle yard and Linton line to Up line, semaphore signal posts for up and down lines in background.
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128-08137 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction or Ballarat D signal box, detail view from track side, front elevation, point rodding, interlocking and signal wires, staff exchange platform at left of box, points for Timken's Sidings.
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128-09139 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction or Ballarat D signal box, disc signal Post 22 and catch points for up trains from Timken's Sidings, looking east towards D box, semaphore signal Post 23 is for up trains on the three lines radiating west of D box, the Ararat Line, Linton Line and the disc for the Cattle Yards.
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128-10131 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction or Ballarat D signal box, semaphore signal Post 24, Up Distant signals for D box, looking east towards Linton Junction. Left arm for Ararat Line, right arm for Linton Line.
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128-11149 viewsBallarat, ballast loading site on the former Linton Line near Ring Road, five loaded V/Line broad gauge VZMA type bogie ballast waggons VZMA 85 and others. VZMA 85 was built at Newport Workshops in 09/1950 as an NN class bogie ballast hopper waggon, re-classed VHWA in 1979, 11/1983 at Bendigo got rebuilt body, 06/1998 re-classed to VZMA, also note is has a spoked wheel set in one bogie.
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128-12161 viewsBallarat station, V/Line broad gauge N class N 464 'City of Geelong' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1193 with a down arrival, station canopy with date of 1862, shows the modified 3 roads, formally 4 roads ran through the station.
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128-13154 viewsBallarat Station, Lydiard St or B signal box, view across Lydiard Street grade crossing, interlocked gates, signal gantry with semaphore signal posts 26 to 29, looking east, V/Line N class N 464 'City of Geelong' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1193 at station, station building and canopy, point rodding under road.
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128-14145 viewsBallarat Station, Lydiard St or B signal box, view across Lydiard Street grade crossing with interlocked gates closed, signal gantry with semaphore signal posts 26 to 29, post 26 pulled off for shunt, looking north, Ballarat Coachlines building and Ballarat yard goods shed in the distance.
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128-15166 viewsBallarat Station, Lydiard St or B signal box, view across Lydiard Street grade crossing with interlocked gates closed, signal gantry with semaphore signal posts 26 to 29, V/Line broad gauge N class N 464 'City of Geelong' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1193 shunts around train crossing Lydiard Street.
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128-16143 viewsBallarat Station, Lydiard St or B signal box, view across Lydiard Street grade crossing with interlocked gates closed, V/Line broad gauge N class N 464 'City of Geelong' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1193 shunts back along No.2 Rd crossing Lydiard Street.
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128-17133 viewsGisborne, Gisborne Road grade crossing non-interlocked swing gates, station building in the background.
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128-18122 viewsGisborne, station overview looking south, semaphore signal Posts 4 and 5, crossover and Up Refuge Siding, Gisborne Road grade crossing non-interlocked swing gates and station in the distance looking towards Melbourne in the up direction.
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128-19122 viewsGisborne, Gisborne Road grade crossing, non-interlocked swing gates, looking south in the Up direction, across road is the station building, track view.
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