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197-37188 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, side view of throttle control box, battery box and wheel and brake arrangement of battery locomotive GEMCO Hauler serial 12304-05/10/65, motor H.P. 2/11, volts 80, drawbar pull (lbs.) 1250 built by George Moss Pty Ltd Leederville, WA.

206-04188 viewsOn the Woodie Woodie Road near the start, just in case you have trouble they have a few signs to help out.

211-31188 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point bauxite berth, TNT Capricornia, a coal fired 75,500-dwt bulk carrier built by Italcantieri for TNT Bulkships trade run between Gladstone and Weipa.

219-16188 viewsMunjina Gorge, looking east from vantage point.

160101 9771188 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, concrete slab for railway workshops, track set in concrete. Location of image is here.

150522 8183188 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M units 5638 serial 8281-02/92-127, 5640 serial 8281-05/92-129 and 5659 serial 8412-04/94-150, for full details of these units past lives see here .

150523 8253188 viewsFinucane Island, empty train heading back to Boodarie behind new Progress Rail EMD SD70ACe unit 4486 serial 20148001-019 and an older sibling 4459 serial 20138907-010. Geodata: -20.3366783 118.5496817 .

060110 2151188 viewsPillana, former station site, 59 km, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 then sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004, and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of photo.

060110 2161188 viewsNear the 64 km between Pillana and Cummins, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 then sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004, and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of photo.

171-08187 viewsTrawalla station yard overview, looking towards Melbourne down main line, 157 km post, searchlight signal Post 5, point rodding, station building.

126-19187 viewsBroadford Loop, loco failure, up standard gauge pass Melbourne Express, loco has run forward, passengers detrained.

136-12187 viewsDeniliquin station overview, station building and goods shed, V/Line broad gauge rail tractor RT class RT 50, originally an I class waggon I 7457 built in 1905, finally converted from IA class waggon 7457 by Ballarat North Workshops to RT in September 1969, and VLCX class bogie louvre van.

140-2-01187 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction Signal Box, or Ballarat D, broad gauge V/Line A class locomotive A 62 Clyde Engineering EMD model AAT22C-2R serial 84-1183 rebuilt from B 62 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-3 races through Linton Junction with an up passenger train, and surrenders the electric staff on 'the auto' disc signal 21, interlocked gates for the Gillies Street grade crossing and triple doll semaphore signal post 20.

141-1-14187 viewsSunshine Loop, standard gauge V/Line G class units double head a down goods train seen running through the long since removed crossing loop, looking from former broad gauge goods yard across broad gauge northern and western lines.

101-22187 viewsDonald loco depot, B class four wheel louvre van, Victorian Railways built a total of 380 of these and were built between 1958 and 1961 mostly by Bendigo Workshops from scrapped waggon underframes of I and IA types.

101-24187 viewsDonald loco depot, V/line asset number 6-35-135 track machine, possibly spike puller, V/Line G class G 528 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1258.

206-11187 viewsThe western wall of Carawine Pool.

206-17187 viewsThe western wall of Carawine Pool.

060117 2710187 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.