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144-16592 viewsWangaratta, broad gauge V/Line RT class rail tractor RT 5, now with the Wahgunyah mixed gone can go about its shunt duties with VLBY type bogie louvre van VLBY 148 on No. 5 Rd, this is the Wangaratta parcel waggon and was attached to up trains for the trip back to Melbourne. RT 5 built new by Newport Workshops September 1957. The VLBY which is the Wangaratta parcels waggon started out being built by Newport Workshops in October 1956 as VP type VP 148, in May 1979 re-coded to VLPY, re-coded again in 1982 to VLBY.
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148-22592 viewsWangaratta, ex VR waggons GY type GY 2125 and G 4113 used for lime and sand storage by the local super phosphate agent McDonald. GY 2125 was built new by Newport Workshops June 1944, around 1990 was removed from the register. G 4113 was originally built new February 1952 by Metro Cammel C&W Co, England, recoded to G in 1982, off register 1990.
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151-05592 viewsGheringhap, broad gauge V/Line VOJF type bogie open gypsum waggon VOJF 24 in B Sidings awaiting unloading. The VOJF type waggons were conversions from ELF/ELX types, not much more is known on the histories.
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157-12592 viewsKilmore East, Apex Quarry Siding, V/Line broad gauge locomotives N class N 471 'City of Benalla' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1200 and T class T 390 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 65-420 prepare to push back under the loading bins with the empty rake.
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112-23592 viewsNorth Geelong grain loop, V/Line broad gauge H class H 5 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18B serial 68-632, RHS view, between sisters H 2 serial 68-630 and H 4 serial 68-633, grain loop unloading operations.
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139-19592 viewsBallarat, Australian National broad gauge BL class BL 32 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1016 leading a down Adelaide goods pauses at Ballarat station under the canopy and clock tower, view of Lydiard Street Ballarat B signal box, interlocked gates and semaphore signal gantry, with triple track to double track junction, point rodding, interlocking and point indicator.
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185-16592 viewsNorth Geelong C Box, Separation Street grade crossing, V/Line light engines, G class leader G 511 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1239 and younger sister G 534 serial 88-1264 shunt from the Gheringhap line back into North Geelong Yard past semaphore signal post 14, the disc signal can be just seen to be pulled off.
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186-25592 viewsBellevue, Westrail standard gauge light engine movement, train 168 departs the flashbutt sidings crossing Lloyd Street bound for Forrestfield. NB class locomotive NB 1873 a Comeng built ALCo model CE618 serial WA-79 / C6099-3. This unit was originally a WAGR N class on narrow gauge, then reclassed to NA when fitted with air brakes in 1983, and then fitted with ex Mt Newman Mining ALCo M636 bogies in 1994 and classed NB.
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192-28592 viewsCootamundra West, NSW, view looking east in the up direction of the reduced height mechanical lower quadrant semaphore signals due to the airport beside the line, the left doll is operated by lever 43 and is for the Temora to Loop Line while the right is lever 47 and for the Temora to Main Line or South Fork. Frame B is visible on the left and the clearance bar on the main can be seen. The concrete footing is for a future electric light signal installation.
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197-32592 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, line up of two Mancha locomotives and the Gemco, then an English Electric. In the background is the demolished locomotive changing and maintenance shed. The building on the right are more workshops, the lead unit has Wittenoom Express stencilled on the battery box, this unit now resides at the Pilbara Railways Historical Society 6 Mile Museum near the Rio Tinto 7 Mile complex in Dampier.
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202-20592 viewsMeckering, view of the goods shed from the north east end, shows loading dock and ramps.
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207-30592 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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060109 2099592 viewsKyancutta at the 198 km, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140. January 9, 2006.
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130705 0519592 viewsLock, former Australian National narrow gauge 830 class locomotive 846, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model with serial 84715 built new for the SAR in 1963 and delivered to Adelaide Division on broad gauge, transferred to Tasmania on narrow gauge in 1982, then back to SA on standard gauge in 1989 and then Whyalla in 2008 on narrow gauge. In 2012 is was delivered to Port Lincoln, the last loco delivered to the Eyre Peninsula and wearing Genesee & Wyoming decals on former AN livery. July 5, 2013.
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051101 6427592 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31427 seen here in Loongana Limestone service, originally built by Goninan WA for Western Quarries as a batch of twenty coded WHA type in 1995. Purchased by Westrail in 1998.
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160102 DJI 0047592 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north east of Magazine Pool. Geodata.
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236-08592 viewsNelson Point, Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Dash 8 class locomotive 5653 'Chiba', a Goninan 1994 rebuild to GE CM40-8M model, serial 8412-10 / 93-144, drivers side cab view.
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239-08592 viewsOverview of Yandi One mine from the end of the radial stacker boom looking south. GeoData.
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160525 4507592 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RQAY 21859 container waggon, one of a hundred waggons built in 1981 by EPT NSW as type NQAY, recoded to RQAY in 1994. Pacific National 48' curtainsider PNXC 5647.
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160526 5230592 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RRXY 6 platform 1 of 5-pack well waggon set, one of eleven built by Bradken Qld in 2002 for Toll from a Williams-Worley design with a 40' Hamburg Sud box SUDU 673010 in the well and a RAND Refrigerated Logistics 46' 6" reefer RAND 70 on top.
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