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148-12118 viewsWangaratta, half stripped former twin disc Signal Post 13 with Left-hand Disc removed, was from Carriage Dock to Siding 'F', Right-hand Disc from Carriage Dock to 'A' towards Post 9.
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149-03118 viewsRockbank, station overview looking Down direction towards Melton, No.2 Road platform and pedestrian crossing in foreground.
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150-08118 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge C class pair of C 506 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-829 and C 510 serial 76-833 have paused to swap the electric staff for a train order, signaller has the staff and hoop, raining, train is 9169 Adelaide bound goods via Cressy.
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162-1-17118 viewsSpencer Street Station, platforms 4 and 5 view, broad gauge Steamrail R class loco R 766 North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Scotland model Hudson serial 27056 and V/Line N class N 470 'City of Wangaratta' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1199 during the PTC Open Day.
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151-14118 viewsGheringhap, broad gauge V/Line Adelaide bound goods train 9169 on No.1 Road under the power of G class G 531 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1261, C class C 510 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-833 and C 509 serial 76-832, this shot taken from the former No.2 platform.
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154-05118 viewsGheringhap station yard overview, station building, shed, VOJF type bogie gypsum waggons, V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide, via Cressy prepares to depart behind triple 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.
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155-13118 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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157-02118 viewsGheringhap, station view looking east from former up platform, V/Line broad gauge A class A 77 Clyde Engineering EMD model AAT22C-2R serial 83-1181 rebuilt from B 77 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-18 leads the up Ararat to Melbourne via Nth Geelong passenger train with a three car N set, along the mainline heading now for North Geelong, a down grain train 9121 sits in Siding A, station platform, point rodding and semaphore signals.
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181-25118 viewsTraralgon station yard overview looking towards Traralgon from semaphore signal post 1 down home, 6 road yard can still be made out, Sidings C are extreme right.
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129-1-29118 viewsCranbourne station building overview, and signal bay with signal levers, waiting shelter.
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139-12118 viewsBallarat yard disc signal Post 12 originally had six semaphores then six discs and in 1991 it was down to five discs. Not long after this view was taken the interlocked yard at Ballarat was rationalised and electrified with point motors and colour light signals taking over and all the old interlocked sidings had their interlocking removed. The top left hand Disc to the Car Sidings behind the station, centre left Disc towards Post No. 21 for No. 1 Road, removed bottom left Disc was towards Post No. 22 for No. 2 Road (also removed), top right hand Disc to Post No. 23 for No. 3 Road, centre right Disc towards Post No. 20 for No. 4 Road and the bottom right Disc to point 'D' towards Post No. 14 which led into the back road and the goods sheds and platforms.
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139-16118 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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185-05118 viewsNorth Geelong C Box looking across the Separation Street grade crossing as a V/Line G class locomotive G 514 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1242 departs North Geelong Yard with 9121 empty grain train, the signaller has the Gheringhap electric staff offered up to the driver, the tracks to the grain loop and the Loop Line to Melbourne are curving around to the left beyond the mechanical and electric signal posts.
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185-06118 viewsNorth Geelong C Box looking across the Separation Street grade crossing as a V/Line G class locomotive G 514 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1242 departs North Geelong Yard with 9121 empty grain train, the driver has just collected the Gheringhap electric staff off the signaller, the tracks to the grain loop and the Loop Line to Melbourne are curving around to the left beyond the mechanical and electric signal posts.
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186-36118 viewsMidland, standard gauge yard, brand new Perth built National Rail NR class units NR 102 Goninan GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-07/97-302 and NR 101 serial 7250-07/97-303 shunt out of the yard with the first built sister NR 61 serial 7250-11/96-263, the building in the background is MidSig, the train control building, the yard and signal gantry are now gone.
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190-27118 viewsBethungra, located at the 456.04 km on the NSW Main South line, looking south from the north end, ground frame D and yard visible around the curve.
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202-32118 viewsYandi One, 307 km grade crossing, mid-train remote CM40-8ML Goninan GE unit 5663 'Newcastle' serial 8412-08/94-154 was originally built 'cabless' but now fitted with one, also note the difference in the ALCo builds by the fuel tanks, 5666 was originally an M636C built by Comeng while 5663 was originally built by AE Goodwin.
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209-25118 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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219-22118 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 mainline, the waggon behind 5507 is numbered 352 and is one of ten Portec USA built waggons originally from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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220-08118 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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