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19796476 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, former BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509, seen here stripped down to being an engine test bed, view from the no. 1 end. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.

22653476 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, Robe River's AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 model unit 9411 serial G6060-2 is in the middle of being rebuilt into a GE CM40-8M model. 9411 was built in July 1971, when delivered it carried road number 262.002, then following completion of the construction phase was re-numbered to 1711, before again being re-numbered to 9411. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.

030415 141151476 viewsKingoonya, located at the 426.5 km on the Trans Australian Railway, looking north east at the cattle yard loading race. GeoData location.

190107 0418476 viewsParkeston, Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 002 'Spirit of Yilgarn' with serial R-0113-03/14-505 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi in 2014 stands in the Engineers Siding with a string of eighteen, or nine pairs of MHPY bottom discharge hopper waggons awaiting transfer over to West Kalgoorlie.

190109 1560476 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 001 'Minres Express' with serial R-0113-03/14-504 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi model locomotive, one of 6 built in 2014.

200914 7771476 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, ALCo built locomotive model S-2 serial 69214 built in 1940 for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle as their #21 and retired in 1964 before coming to Australia in September 1965, numbered 007 and called 'Mabel'. Retired in December 1972 and donated to the Society in 1976. 14th September 2020.

200914 7788476 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Weelumurra' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2138. In 1975 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. 14th September 2020.

251-29476 viewsNelson Point hard stand area has the compressor waggon 559 off compressor set 7 and two ballast waggons 534 and 536. All three waggons are modified from the original Oroville Dam ore waggons built by Magor USA. 22nd April 2000.

119-08475 viewsNorth Geelong yard, V/Line broad gauge locos G class G 540 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1273 and another G class waiting for shunters to couple up to empty grain rake to form down grain train 9125, ground dwarf signal 20.

120-37475 viewsWodonga, V/Line broad gauge loco N class N 474 'City of Traralgon' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1203, stabled near A Signal Box, under semaphore signal post 19.

175-14475 viewsShepparton, rail served industry, Australian Cement, waggon unloading area, base of silos looking across to truck loading area.

138-13475 viewsBendigo station, side view of V/Line broad gauge N class Loco N 458 'City of Maryborough' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1226.

142-2-03475 viewsWangaratta station platform and car dock road, V/Line rail tractor RT class RT 5 with VLBY type bogie louvre van VLBY 148 in VR livery, the standard gauge line is in the concrete cutting behind the RT class. RT 5 built new by Newport Workshops 06/09/1957. The VLBY which is the Wangaratta parcels waggon started out being built by Newport Workshops 30/10/1956 as a VP type VP 148, in May 1979 recoded to VLPY, recoded again in 1982 to VLBY.

145-10475 viewsSpencer Street Station platform view of Platforms 4 and 5, broad gauge V/Line locos N class N 469 'City of Morwell' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1198 with N set and P class P 22 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18HBR serial 84-1215 rebuilt from T 328 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 56-80 with H set ready to run afternoon down passenger trains, note the private car on the platform.

131-1-13475 viewsBarnes signal box, point and signal levers, interlocking, track view.

110-23475 viewsAlbury south yard, V/Line broad gauge VKEX type bogie slab steel waggon VKEX 44 on 9334 up steel train to Long Island. Waggon started life as an ELX type ELX 363 built at Bendigo Workshops in June 1971, in September 1979 to VOBX, in March 1984 to VOEX 44, then June 1987 to VKEX.

156-14475 viewsShepparton station yard overview looking south across the High Street grade crossing from the mainline crossovers and points for the yard, searchlight signal post 12, Up home, Katamatite, now Dookie line at left, standing on Tocumwal line.

114-22475 viewsBenalla yard, V/Line broad gauge VLCX type bogie louvre van VLCX 568 side view, originally built in September 1967 at Victorian Railways Ballarat North Workshops as a VLX type, stabled Wodonga 9303 goods train.