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040412 143811182 viewsNelson Point, Comeng WA built ore waggon shunters step and Ajax handbrake. 12th April 2004.

190911 4757182 viewsPort Hedland, Broome Rd crossing, BHP's MM 800 track recording vehicle powers south on a recording run, still wearing it's Movember 'mo' as part of a men's health campaign, the MM 800 was built by Mermec in Italy and is a ROGER 800 model, ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.

041014 142239182 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Comeng WA ALCo rebuild C636R locomotive 3017 serial WA-135-C-6043-04. The improved Pilbara cab was fitted as part of the rebuild in April 1985. Donated to Society in 1996. 14th October 2004.

041014 142318182 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, view along the passenger carriages behind rebuilt ALCo C636R locomotive 3017 with the first passenger carriage 'Bellary' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2143. In 1987 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. The next carriage is van 'Portland' and originally an NSWGR MHO type guards van MHO 2321, then recoded to KB type mail van, then to KBY 2513 guards van. For a view 20 years later click here. 14th October 2004.

103-25181 viewsBenalla, broad gauge V/Line VLCX type bogie louvre van VLCX 148 built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops as a VLX type louvre van in June 1965, recoded in 1979 to VLCX, Freightgate shed.

162-2-16181 viewsSouth Dynon Motive Power Depot, V/Line broad gauge 'Bulldog' locomotives nose to nose, with B class B 75 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-16 in near original Victorian Railways livery and condition and rebuilt sister A 81 Clyde Engineering EMD model AAT22C-2R serial 85-1189 rebuilt from B class B 81 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-22, PTC Open Day.

162-3-06181 viewsMelbourne Yard, broad gauge V/Line 3,000 horsepower diesel electric locomotive C class C 501 'George Brown' Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-824 cab side view, bogie, steps and name and number plate locations, at the PTC Open Day.

162-3-16181 viewsMelbourne Yard, PTC Open Day, V/Line broad gauge WZ type six wheel Weedex spray van WZ 2, converted in 1982 from ZL type six wheel guards van ZL 497, which started out as a Z type built at Newport by Ireland and Party in December 1914, coupled to VZVA type bogie tank waggon VZVA 3.

128-12181 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.

153-1-05181 viewsBank Box Loop signal gantry at the east end, looking towards Bacchus Marsh, relay room in the background, train control phone booth next to gantry, searchlight up home signals 10 for mainline departure and 12 for loop departure.

160-21181 viewsShepparton, V/Line broad gauge VPCX bogie pneumatic discharge cement waggons VPCX 61 built in May 1976 as a JX type by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops and recoded to VPCX in 1979 and VPCX 132 built new by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in December 1981, stand at the Australian Cement unloading and silos point in the yard between the goods shed and the works siding.

195-25181 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mill, sign shows CSR Australian Blue Asbestos Pty Ltd Colonial Mill.

206-16181 viewsCarawine Pool at Carawine Gorge, looking north.

215-26181 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, view across to Dry Creek Yard, with locos scattered around, CL class CL 17, BL class BL 31 and V/Line N class N 473.

060528 4426181 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34100, fleet number 966, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, 28th May 2006.

060109 2094181 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.

060113 2452181 viewsThevenard Maintenance Centre overview, AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class locomotive 871 serial G3422-1 was issued when built in 1966 to the Eyre Peninsula division of South Australian Railways. Still wearing Australian National green and yellow but with ASR decals as it stands in the yard with a couple of ENH type hopper waggons. Empty train 6DD3 sneaks beside the no longer rail served grain silos at left. 13th January 2006.

060113 2461181 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 with a fresh crew depart the yard with empty train 6DD3, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering built 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 the original 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. A roll-by is also being conducted by an outgoing crew member. 13th January 2006.

060117 2710181 viewsBardoc, Q 317 leads the loaded Malcolm freighter train 2029 with an AQCY type container waggon with nickel residue container COR 5727. The AQCY type waggons were built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WFX type between 1969 and 1974.