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2086098 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, sitting outside the locked gates having just been bought down from Port Hedland, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5454 serial G6012-3 on a ninety six wheel road float. 5454 will be rebuilt into CM40-8M unit 5641 by June 1992. Image taken January 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.

2372198 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit, 5481 serial G6061-2 awaiting rebuilding into CM40-8M 5650 in July 1993. December 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.

030415 15004098 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.

030415 15451898 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking west along the eastern leg of the triangle, power station on the left, loop line running to the right. Tarcoola is the junction for the TAR and CAR railways situated 504 km from the 0 km datum at Coonamia. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.

030415 17154898 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking east along the Central Australian line at the western yard limit and radio channel change boards, Trans Australian line is on the right. Tarcoola is the junction for the TAR and CAR railways. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.

030415 17194898 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking east along the Central Australian Line, Trans Australian is the middle road with the loop on the far right. Tarcoola is the junction for the TAR and CAR railways. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.

240-1898 viewsWickham, left hand side number two end view of former Robe River and NSWGR MLW built ALCo RSC3 serial 77737 of October 1951, was originally 40 class 4006. Shows modified bogie to convert the A1A to a BO bogie type. 31st August 2002.

180616 175698 viewsAt the 81 km on the Tom Price West mainline, Rio Tinto loco 8133 with serial 59136 a GE Erie built GE model ES44DCi from the 2nd order in Rio Tinto Stripes livery leads Dash 9-44CW unit 9431 with a loaded train of S and C series waggons operating in AutoHaul™ as they approach Emu and then continue onto Dampier. 16th June, 2018. GeoData.

190107 060298 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00265 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-265 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.

6992 00198 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. Mt Newman Mining's Goninan new build GE CM39-8 model loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079.
Jim Bisdee photo.

080621 279898 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.

150619 916298 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine Tamper 3 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M480. 19th June 2015.

121-2297 viewsMoe track view, looking west, from former Yallourn line junction, old signal gantry.

172-3497 viewsBallarat East loco depot, Victorian Railways broad gauge ZF type bogie guards van ZF 46, built by Bendigo Workshops April 1973, one of a batch of thirty five.

179-2597 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide behind 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 powers away on the Maroona Line bound for Dimboola and Adelaide, while X class X 51 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-798 is stowed in Siding C, the Ballarat Line is in-between the loco and train.

123-2-3297 viewsSpencer Street Station yard view, night shot, rail motor storage tracks, 3 broad gauge V/Line DRC class units.

126-2897 viewsWallan Loop, standard gauge rescue locos on the loop, V/Line Clyde Engineering EMD G6B model Y classes Y 151 serial 67-571 and Y 102 serial 63-292 and G18B T class T 411 serial 68-627, waiting to return to Melbourne.

129-2-2997 viewsLeongatha yard overview, looking towards Melbourne, footbridge, Victorian Railways liveried RT class rail tractor RT 39 under cover, points and point lever.

133-2497 viewsGheringhap, V/Line broad gauge locos C class leader C 501 'George Brown' Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-824 leads C 506 serial 76-829 and X class X 45 'Edgar H Brownbill' Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-792 with train 9169 down Adelaide goods, pausing for safeworking purposes.