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154-10129 viewsLismore, V/Line broad gauge C class locomotives C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833, C 508 serial 76-831 and C class leader C 501 'George Brown' serial 76-824 cross Gnarpurt Road with Adelaide bound goods train 9169.
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154-15129 viewsLismore, V/Line broad gauge C class locomotive C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833 leads Adelaide bound goods train 9169 with C 508 serial 76-831 and C class leader C 501 'George Brown' serial 76-824, paused on No.2 Rd opposite the station building to obtain a new train order from Lismore to Ararat.
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155-13129 viewsWallan, stored 'OFF REG' waggon awaiting scrapping, six wheel Ways and Works waggon HD type 148 HD, originally built by Newport Workshops in 1905 as a six wheel FF type fixed wheel horsebox FF 54, in 1910 recoded to F type F 26, scrapped at Bendigo Workshops in 1959 and converted to HD type HD 148. Placed Off Register circa 1981.
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156-18129 viewsTallygaroopna, station location name painter on Williamstown style silos, train out loading spouts, super phosphate shed in the background.
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157-04129 viewsGheringhap, view from station platform looking east as V/Line broad gauge G class G 521 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1234 leads down grain train 9121 out of Siding A and receives the electric staff off the signaller for the Ballarat line, safeworking, staff exchange.
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160-14129 viewsMooroopna, view from station platform looking towards Melbourne, station building and platform trolley at left, Ardmona Canned Fruit loading sidings at right, on the left beyond the station building is the hard stand area for the mobile gang camp, with caravan type plugs and permanent ablution block.
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183-13129 viewsSeymour loco depot, V/Line broad gauge loco T class T 368 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 64-323 sits over the brake pit.
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183-19129 viewsBenalla yard view with removed rails from the Cattle Yard Siding and Sidings R, looking north, semaphore signal post 29 for the Yarrawonga line visible at left, former Siding Z on the far right.
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181-07129 viewsTrafalgar yard east end looking east, searchlight signal posts 20 for movements out of the yard and 22 for the mainline, Siding A at left and catch point from yard to main visible beyond the train control telephone box.
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139-08129 viewsBallarat East Signal Box looking east across Humffray Street with the interlocked gates for the double track mainline to Warrenheip and another set for the loco tracks protected by Post 6A which was installed following its removal from Beaufort, bluestone goods shed with stored T class locomotives in the distance with the loco depot behind. Disc 6A is for movements across Humffray Street to Loco with Disc 6 for departing movements. Disc signal Post 5A on the left for down trains from No. 1 Road to the Goods Arrival Road or Siding Y, double bracket Post 5 (with removed right Arm) left had Arm is from No. 2 Road to Passenger Line to Post 11 and controlled from A Box, the staff exchange platform is for the former line to Buninyong.
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189-33129 viewsWodonga, loco depot turntable radial roads, V/Line broad gauge locos lined up, 2nd series X class X 38 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-701 and 3rd series X class X 54 serial 75-801 with Y class Y 119 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 63-309, all long hood facing camera.
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205-24129 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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207-30129 viewsHardie Siding, BHP locomotive 5513 is the final member of Goninan rebuilds from ALCo C636 5453 into a GE C36-7M serial 4839-02 / 88-078, cab front view, with rear of empty train in siding.
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209-25129 viewsMidland, the midday east bound freighter with Westrail's Clyde Engineering built EMD GT26C model L class unit L 269 serial 68-618 as second unit.
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211-24129 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, front view of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also as the Weipa locomotives don't work in MU there is only the train brake hose and the main res hose for charging the belly dump discharge doors.
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219-29129 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train along the siding at Goldsworthy.
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220-08129 viewsRubin Junction looking north from the Nimingarra Mine end of the triangle, the track to the left leads to Yarrie and the track to the right to Hedland.
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060528 4622129 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33272 is one of a batch of thirty five built by Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-012 and fleet number 771 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli, 28th May 2006.
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030409 104357129 viewsWaddikee station located at the 218.3 km and opened in September 1921, yard overview with loaded train operating south to Cummins behind 830 class units 851 and 842 and DA class DA 4.
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060111 2254129 viewsTooligie, a kilometre south with empty grain train 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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