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250-36184 viewsCape Lambert South Yard and Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here in the South Yard dragging a loaded rake down to the car dumper. 22nd October 2000.
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162-3-09183 viewsMelbourne Yard, V/Line broad gauge VTQZ type bogie fuel tank waggon VTQZ 209, with Diesel Loco Fuel signage, started life as a Newport Workshops built E type open waggon in 1927, converted to an OT in 1949, then an TW type bogie tank waggon TW 209 in 1961, to a VTQA in 1979. PTC Open Day.
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131-2-16183 viewsBunnaloo yard overview, Mallee style shelter, Victorian Oats Pool shed and Ascom silo complex, points and lever.
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137-1-19183 viewsBenalla station yard overview, Benalla signal box A and up home departure semaphore signal posts 7 and 7B looking south across Nunn St towards Melbourne.
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138-17183 viewsBendigo North, taken from D Box, looking towards Eaglehawk, line set for Eaglehawk, Echuca line in the middle, and the far points to the right lead to Bendigo Workshops, Siding B and Rangelea, while the track at the far right 'W' and leads to Siding A and the old goods loading platform.
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140-2-07183 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction Signal Box, or Ballarat D, looking towards Ballarat, Australian National BL class BL 27 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1011 leads another BL class with an Adelaide bound down goods train at Linton Junction as the driver leans out the cab window to collect the electric staff for the section Linton Junction - Trawalla, crossing Gillies Street through the interlocked swing gates. The boom barrier installation will render these interlocked gate obsolete in a few weeks time.
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142-2-12183 viewsWodonga loco depot, turntable roads, V/Line broad gauge N class loco N 474 'City of Traralgon' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1203 rests between jobs at the turntable.
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110-24183 viewsAlbury station yard overview looking north from station footbridge, V/Line standard gauge G class Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS locos, track view.
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129-1-15183 viewsLyndhurst, station overview, V/Line VPCX type bogie cement waggons in rakes, platform on RHS, looking towards Melbourne, Blue Circle Cement plant in the background. Location is Geo Data.
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184-01183 viewsAlbury loco depot fuel point, V/Line standard gauge locos lined up awaiting the Sunday run of goods trains back to Melbourne, G class G 527 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1257, C class C 503 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-826 and G classes G 520 serial 85-1233 and partly obscured G 525 serial 86-1238, semaphore signal and rear of fuel point, view across yard, point rodding.
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204-19183 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, pool located near mine site.
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208-1-18183 viewsEast Perth Passenger Terminal, a four car Prospector set awaits departure time to Kalgoorlie, a WCA class is closest to the camera.
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212-27183 viewsWeipa, Mission River road and rail bridge from the Andoom and rail side with an empty train headed by Comalco unit R 1004 purchased off BHP Iron Ore in 1994 is a Clyde Engineering built EMD model JT42C built in 1990 with serial 90-1277. July 1995.
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060109 2089183 viewsKyancutta at the 198 km, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 leads EMD unit 1204 due to air-conditioning trouble and sister ALCo 851 across a dry salt soak with a north bound empty grain train. 9th January 2006.
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060527 4076183 viewsLeonora, WN 508, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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060527 4094183 viewsScotia, AQHY 30054 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0020, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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051101 6423183 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31424 seen here in Loongana Limestone service, originally built by Goninan WA for Western Quarries as a batch of twenty coded WHA type in 1995. Purchased by Westrail in 1998.
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051101 6422183 viewsParkeston, AHBY 0051 one of sixty five AHBY type ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line, also the FMG construction in 2008, here in limestone quarry products service.
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150523 8231183 viewsNelson Point Yard, view across BI-LO Crossing, a throw back to days that the supermarket was in fact a BI-LO, well before the current Woolworths, and Action before that. Dash 8 units in the yard, on the 5642 with the Steel Train and 5648 with another on a rake of index waggons. The 2 km post can just be made out at the third light pole from the right.
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060113 P1010175183 viewsThevenard, blasting away from town upgrade with the port in the distance, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. Friday 13th January 2006. Pope Searle photo.
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