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5945 001 Welshpool 1987April389 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining C636 ALCo unit 5453 serial G6012-2 built by AE Goodwin in 1969 is undergoing a world first as it gets rebuilt into a GE C36-7M locomotive. In this April 1987 view the process has started with the bogies and fuel tank removed. By February 1988 it would be the final C36-7M built for Mt Newman Mining as 5513. April 1987.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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6997 001 Welshpool 19880819389 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, under construction Mt Newman Mining's GE model CM39-8 loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079, 19th August 1988 image.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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24901389 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining's Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 5504 serial C6104-2 sits out the back in a partially stripped state. This unit was subsequently scrapped. July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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030415 150040389 viewsFerguson, located at the 469 km on the Trans Australian Railway, looking east at the east end of the 1800 metre long crossing loop, point work on timber sleepers, interlocking hut with dual control point machine, indicator and lever on the right. GeoData location.
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040407 075227389 viewsMooka Siding, north end looking south past the arrival signal LED type MAN 3, DED 'dragging equipment detector' bars are visible before the turnout, passing track branching off to the left. 7th April 2004.
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190107 0422389 viewsParkeston, builders plate of Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 002 'Spirit of Yilgarn' with serial R-0113-03/14-505 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi in 2014 stands in the Engineers Siding.
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190107 0589389 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00227 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-227 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080116 1371389 viewsChapman Siding 69 km, FMG slave waggon 1395 tare 22.6 tonnes with rotary coupler built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China during 2007, stands on the passing track. 16th January 2008.
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200412 6069389 viewsBoodarie, part of a loaded FMG train, a mismatched waggon pair, both are CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co. of China builds, 7535 is a slave waggon with rotary coupler and 23.1 tonne tare and carrying the wrong number as it should be 7635, coupled to control waggon 8636 23.3 tonnes tare. Earlier on the same day I saw another 7535 coupled to a 8536. Both should be 2018 builds. 12th April 2020.
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210321 9302389 viewsBoodarie on the 5 km curve loaded FMG ore waggon pair 5745 and 6746 were built by CSR Yangtze with a prototype pressed lower panels. This pair is the same as 3005 - 4006. 21st March 2021.
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130710 1007389 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 fuel pod waggon PQFY 3055 with two AMT5 type SCT-Logicoil 32,000 litre fuel tanktainers TILU 102029 and TILU 102024. PQFY 3055 was built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as an RMX flat waggon, recoded to AQMY, then reclassed to RQMY in 1994.
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120-33388 viewsWodonga loco depot, V/Line broad gauge loco X class X 36 Clyde Engineering EMD model G16C serial 66-489, RHS cab view showing bogie and staff exchanger.
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121-24388 viewsMoe, track view, looking west, shows where former yards were, overhead line can be seen grounded, points and lever for Bank Engine Siding and train control telephone cabinet.
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172-08388 viewsSunshine, broad gauge V/Line DRC class Tulloch Ltd of NSW built diesel rail motor and MTH class trailer arrive at platform 3 with a down passenger to Bacchus Marsh.
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173-18388 viewsMurchison East, modern road vehicle weighbridge with portable cabin and traffic lights for weighing of in-bound grain receivals, station building and goods shed behind.
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168-17388 viewsRowsley, double broad gauge Australian National BL class units power another Adelaide bound freighter.
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163-17388 viewsAvenal station yard overview looking north across Bank Street with Siding B removed, but still across road, and redundant and stripped disc signal posts 9 and 11, double semaphore signal post 14, the up home is still active for the time being.
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124-18388 viewsSunshine looking from the passenger lines across to the Independent Through Goods lines, signal post 71 at camera, disc and semaphore signal posts 31 and 31B for control of the Independent Trough Goods lines, 31B pulled off for down Adelaide broad gauge goods train to cross over the passenger lines, BL classes Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1014 and BL 35 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1019 in AN livery, standard gauge Sunshine Loop to the left of train, Newport Loop Line and GEB sidings at far right.
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126-03388 viewsTottenham yard, broad gauge Australian National BL class locos BL 29 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1013 and BL 31 serial 83-1015 lead up Adelaide goods train 9150 into Tottenham yard, taken from standard gauge line.
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126-06388 viewsTottenham broad gauge train 9169 down goods to Adelaide via Cressy, brake testing at Tottenham 9.5 km, V/Line C classes C 503 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-826, C 506 serial 76-829 and C 501 'George Brown' serial 76-824, trailing view.
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