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131-2-09134 viewsMoulamein yard view, Ascom silo complex in-between rice outflow spouts, point lever, south end.
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137-2-12134 viewsBenalla, looking north from the Melbourne end, Siding A has the baulk on it, then the broad gauge mainline, and on the slightly elevated ground at right is the standard gauge mainline, triple doll signal post 2 is still intact with semaphores and disc, Benalla signal box A is beyond the signal post.
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140-1-18134 viewsBallarat B Signal Box at Lydiard St, view of the signal wires and point rodding underneath the signal box, the chain on the left is for the interlocked gates.
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140-1-19134 viewsBallarat, station and B Signal Box overview, view of the elevated box, semaphore signal gantry, interlocked gates on Lydiard Street, station building, canopy and clock tower, taken from Ararat St.
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146-11134 viewsSeymour, rationalised broad gauge yard, V/Line VPCX type bogie pneumatic three cell cement hopper VPCX 77. Built new as JX type September 1976 at Newport Workshops, recoded to VPCX in June 1979.
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157-07134 viewsKilmore East, Apex Quarry Siding, empty broad gauge V/Line stone train rake is under the loading bins having just arrived, locomotives cutting off to shunt round, oversize ballast pile and 'Super Loo' on the left.
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161-06134 viewsNumurkah, yard view looking north towards Strathmerton, semaphore signal post 4 still has the Strathmerton line semaphore but the Picola line semaphore has been removed, Picola Junction is just over the grade crossing around the curve, track at right is heading across the ash pit to the turntable, the grass in the middle between the yard and turntable road used to have two sidings in there.
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161-12134 viewsKatunga, yard overview looking north from former station site, grade crossing for Picola Road, derailed V/Line VOFX type bogie open waggon covered with tarpaulin, road vehicle weighbridge and train control phone cabin middle right of frame.
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139-03134 viewsCreswick station yard overview, well what remains! Siding rail just visible in the grass, Looking north from the south end, lamp room, elevated signal box, station building, goods shed.
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139-16134 viewsBallarat station junction, track view of the junction at Ballarat B signal box or Lydiard Street box, looking east from the Armstrong Street bridge, double track to triple track which used to then become four tracks on the other side of the gates before No. 2 Road was removed. The shadow of Disc Post 33 can be seen along with the interlocking of the points with the signal pulleys.
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185-15134 viewsNorth Geelong Yard, V/Line grain loop shunt engines X class locomotive X 41 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-704 long end leading and G class locomotive G 528 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1258 stand in the yard awaiting the road to the arrivals to collect another loaded grain consist.
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192-33134 viewsCootamundra West, NSW, signal box diagram and lever pull list.
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204-27134 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine, remains of asbestos mining, narrow gauge rail track section with extra inside rail to prevent derailments.
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100729 01488134 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31391 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 316 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1998, returning empty to Koolyanobbing at Binduli, 29th July 2010.
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060109 2104134 viewsKyancutta, Kyancutta Tanks Rd grade crossing, 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 lift the empty north bound grain train away from crew change. 9th January 2006.
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060111 2249134 viewsTooligie, Mac's Road grade crossing at the 110 km, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 leads an empty grain train north. 11th January 2006.
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160101 9779134 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, concrete footings and foundations for the now removed milling plant. Geodata.
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150507 8104134 viewsFMG Solomon Line, bank engines General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotives, units 006 serial 58183 and 005 serial 58182 run back light to Solomon for their next duty, seen here between the bridges over the Fortescue River South which drains out of Hamersley Gorge. Geodata: -22.1844217 118.0313467 .
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160522 2209134 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth sits on the mainline behind EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 010 serial 97-1734 with 76 waggons for 5382 tonnes and 1800 metres length.
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160522 2218134 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth departs for West Kalgoorlie and eventually Perth behind EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 007 'Geoff (James Bond) Smith' serial 97-1731 with 76 waggons for 5382 tonnes and 1800 metres length.
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