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170-23420 viewsBenalla, V/Line broad gauge VTBA type bogie bitumen tank waggon VTBA 438 in the sidings near the CRB or Country Roads Board depot. Was one of five built by Tulloch NSW Ltd in 1956 for COR as a TW type, modified by Fleet Forge for bitumen in 1967. VR diagram TW-36.

171-21420 viewsBallarat station yard overview, A signal box on right, looking towards Melbourne, semaphore signals and discs, yard about to be rationalised and electric colour light signals installed.

171-25420 viewsBallarat East loco depot V/Line broad gauge T class T 378 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 64-333 and blue former restaurant car Kiewa converted to 1 BG, coach is set up and lettered as the ASW TEST CAR.

177-12420 viewsNewport, track view looking at Geelong - Werribee line, Newport Railway Workshops in the background, an up Werribee 3 car Comeng electric train is rounding the curve in 'The Met' livery.

178-07420 viewsLismore, V/Line broad gauge 9169 goods train to Adelaide powers into the loop heading for Ararat with the quad combo of a pair of Australian National BL class locomotives BL 27 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1011 and class leader BL 26 'Bob Hawke' serial 83-1010 and V/Line S class S 313 'Alfred Deakin' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 61-230 and V/Line X class loco X 53 with serial 75-800 a Clyde Engineering Rosewater SA built EMD model G26C.

179-18420 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide behind G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 and C classes C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833 and C 509 serial 76-832 as they stand at the platform awaiting a train order to continue on towards Ararat on the Maroona line.

168-20420 viewsWest Footscray, track view looking west toward Tottenham at broad gauge separation junction, V/Line standard gauge G class locomotive G 518 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1231 leads the up Melbourne Express passenger service from Sydney.

123-2-19420 viewsSunshine V/Line broad gauge up passenger train with P class P 14 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18HBR serial 84-1208 rebuilt from First Series T class T 330 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 56-85, and H set, searchlight signal gantry on the right is for the standard gauge Sunshine Loop. Semaphore signal post 49 is pulled off for an up train on the Newport - Sunshine Loop Line on the left.

126-35420 viewsSeymour loco depot turntable roads, broad gauge V/Line passenger power large and small in the form of Clyde Engineering EMD models JT22HC-2 N class N 471 serial 87-1200 (2480 hp) and G18HBR P class P 19 serial 84-1212 (1100 hp), front view.

141-1-06420 viewsSunshine, broad gauge down Adelaide goods train behind Australian National BL class BL 33 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1017 and V/Line G class G 515 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1243 pass platform No.3 as its consist crosses over the passenger lines from the Independent Through Lines heading the main western line, station platform, semaphore and disc signal posts, points, point rodding, looking east, Newport Loop Line on the right, GEB silo complex.

141-1-08420 viewsSunshine, broad gauge Australian National BL class units BL 28 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1012 and BL 27 serial 83-1011 lead the second of the afternoon procession of down Adelaide bound goods trains out of Melbourne along the passenger lines.

146-17420 viewsSeymour, preserved broad gauge Victorian Railways HZE type four wheel loco engine transport waggon HZE 230 recoded from HR 12 (2nd), side view. Interesting history for this waggon, built in 1928 at Newport Workshops as an IZ type IZ 147, February 1965 recoded RY, then June 1969 to KQ type KQ 7, August 1978 recoded to K type K 1, then September 1990 to HR type HR 12 (2nd), then finally July 1986 to HZE type HZE 230.

131-1-01420 viewsEchuca yard, broad gauge V/Line H class leader H 1 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18B serial 68-629, sleeper waggon.

131-1-13420 viewsBarnes signal box, point and signal levers, interlocking, track view.

101-24420 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.

153-2-06420 viewsBallan view of goods shed and platform from Melbourne end.

153-2-10420 viewsBallarat East loco depot turntable and pit, shows freshly painted frame, D3 639 renumbered from 658 undergoing rebuild, V/Line broad gauge N class N 455 'City of Swan Hill' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1223 obscured Y class Y 165 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 68-585, grounded four wheel HD type waggon HD 196 'Gradall Plant'.

153-2-16420 viewsBallarat station yard, broad gauge V/Line VZMA type bogie ballast waggon VZMA 58 with new bogies, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops as an NN type ballast hopper in August 1950, recoded to VHWA in 1979, station canopy and clock tower behind.

157-09420 viewsKilmore East, Apex Quarry Siding, V/Line broad gauge locomotives N class N 471 'City of Benalla' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1200 and T class T 390 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 65-420 shunt back onto their train as the second person rides the T class having reset the points.