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160609 0398442 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, VLEY 16 louvre van, started life as Victorian Railways Ballarat North Workshops built VSX type louvre van VSX 1048 in 1976, recoded to VLEX in 1979, VLEY in 1980, and to VLNX 2 in 1981 for newsprint traffic, again recoded for rice traffic to VLRX in 2003 and then possibly back to VLEY sometime after 2005. In Freight Australia green with yellow band.
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160524 3647442 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, with 64 waggons for 2661 tonnes and 1566 metres with EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 007 'Geoff (James Bond) Smith' serial 97-1731 leading SCT 010.
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160526 5306442 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0006 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with two 48' reefers, MFRG type former Wilmot Freeze Haul now SCF reefer SCFU 814059 and MFR3 type Rail Containers SCFU 811018.
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160527 5530442 viewsBlamey crossing loop at the 1692 km, SCT train 5PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0080 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.
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160530 9091442 viewsParkeston, return SCT working 1PM9 led by SCT 004 crosses opposing SCT Perth bound train 7GP1 with SCT 013 on the lead waiting on the mainline. Before SCT introduced these AC traction locomotives the original operations were powered by three of four 3000 hp DC locomotives.
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160530 9178442 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, CFCLA lease CQWY type well waggon set CQWY 5038-1 with two 48' MFG1 type boxes, plain blue SCFU 407030 and Rail Containers SCFU 912414 both with SCT decals. The CQWY was built by Bluebird Rail Operations in South Australia in 2008 as a batch of sixty pairs.
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030415 135353442 viewsKingoonya, located at the 426.5 km on the Trans Australian Railway, dual control point machine at eastern end of loop with manual lever and indicator opposite. GeoData location.
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190129 4231442 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00094 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-94 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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105-36441 viewsSeymour loco depot turntable roads, broad gauge 2nd series Victorian Railways T class T 357 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 61-242 under SRHC ownership.
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116-12441 viewsSpencer Street Station, view looking south from flyover, V/Line broad gauge passenger platforms, N class N 457 'City of Mildura' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1225 shunts away from an N set, behind it is a Victorian Railways 'Tea Cup' with V/Line liveried N set coupled to current V/Line liveried N set.
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120-07441 viewsSeymour loco depot, V/Line broad gauge S class S 317 'Sir John Monash' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 61-240, detail shot, lbs front bogie, staff exchanger.
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171-15441 viewsTrawalla station yard overview, looking towards Ararat, Down Home semaphore signal Post 4 from No. 2A Road to No. 2 Road to Post 5, signal box and station building in the background with searchlight signal posts.
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177-10441 viewsNewport station and yard overview taken from the workshops roads, Williamstown lines are at the right, I'm standing at the Newport Workshops No.1 and No.2 double track junction, the lines to Geelong are on the left beyond the white gate, a Comeng electric set is at the platform with the overbridge carrying Melbourne Road.
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179-08441 viewsGheringhap station yard overview from the elevated vantage point on the Midland Highway overpass, which was bought into use in 1967, looking east, the line on the left heading under the bridge is Siding C, in the middle is the Ballarat Line and then the Maroona Line, Sidings B with gypsum waggons can been seen to the right of the station building.
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179-14441 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge X class locomotive X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 leads an impressive quad lash-up with 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 with train number 9169 down goods to Adelaide.
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163-09441 viewsSeymour station yard, platform view, V/Line broad gauge N class loco N 474 'City of Traralgon' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1203, cab side shot.
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128-08441 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction or Ballarat D signal box, detail view from track side, front elevation, point rodding, interlocking and signal wires, staff exchange platform at left of box, points for Timken's Sidings.
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129-3-12441 viewsBarry Beach Junction track overview, junction points, Welshpool - Yarram line is main, line to Barry Beach and ESSO complex on the right, redundant staff lock opposite points and lever.
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140-2-15441 viewsBallarat station, builders plate shows V/Line N class N 470 'City of Wangaratta' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1199 commemorative plaque for 2 Million Horse Power of Diesel Electric locomotives built by Clyde Engineering in Australia, 10th March 1987.
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141-1-17441 viewsSunshine, broad gauge V/Line G class loco G 538 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1271 leads the up afternoon Apex Quarry train to Brooklyn as it swings across the passenger lines and onto the Newport Loop Line, the semaphore signal post 36 protects down trains off this line. The dual control point machine is for the points into the GEB sidings, the up home signal is cut off in this view.
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