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5944 001 Welshpool 1987April110 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.

5946 001 Welshpool 1986Sept110 viewsWelshpool, Goninan workshops, Mt Newman Mining C636 ALCo unit 5452 serial G6012-1 built by AE Goodwin in May 1968 is undergoing a world first as it gets rebuilt into a GE C36-7M locomotive, by July 1987 it would become 5509. Sept 1986.
Jim Bisdee photo.

23734110 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, view of ALCo 251 prime mover and alternator. January 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.

030415 154518110 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 154528110 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking west along loop line, the eastern leg of the triangle running to the left, middle road is the Trans Australian Railway line while the right is the Central Australian Railway line. 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.

170915 0724110 viewsGreat Northern Highway 18.2 km grade crossing, empty Roy Hill fuel train powers away north from the highway towards Tad Yard with General Electric built ES44ACi unit RHA 1019 leading eleven of Roy Hill's twelve tank waggons. 15th September 2017. View map here.

180615 1575110 viewsWalla Siding, BHP ballast waggon 0226 built from JFE410RW steel by CNR QRRS China. 15th June 2018. Roland Depth image.

180616 1772110 viewsAt the 81 km on the Tom Price West mainline, Rio Tinto loco 7056 with serial 55881 a GE Erie built GE model Dash 9-44CW from the 8th order in HI Pilbara Iron livery with heavy rust on the visor and the AutoHaul™ light has actually dislodged from the cab roof, this unit was from the eighth order of Dash 9-44CW units built at GE Erie in April 2005. 16th June 2018.

6981 001110 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. View from No.2 end of under construction GE CM39-8 locomotive 5631 serial 5831-10 / 88-080 being built for Mt Newman Mining, masked up ready for painting.
Jim Bisdee photo.

080621 2803110 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine BR 34 a Plasser Australia unit model 305 serial M490. 21st June 2008.

246-18110 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream as a Robe River loaded Deepdale train arrives on the main behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons. 9414 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8206-11 / 91-124 from November 1991 and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo built new for Robe in December 1971 and numbered 262.005, later numbered 1714. 22nd May 2002.

179-30109 viewsGheringhap, internal view of signal box showing the signal box diagram and 'pull list' mounted above the lever frame.

132-26109 viewsMildura loco depot V/Line broad gauge X class X 32 Clyde Engineering EMD model G16C serial 66-485 and G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240, cab side view.

136-28109 viewsSeymour station platform view V/Line broad gauge A class A 62 Clyde Engineering EMD model AAT22C-2R serial 84-1183 rebuilt from B 62 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-3 waits in the rain to run the Sunday evening down Cobram pass 8354.

143-27109 viewsWahgunyah, broad gauge VR liveried Y class Y 133 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 65-399 runs back onto the 'Stringybark Express' mixed special consist having run round the consist, Uncle Tobys and Inter City Mills Aust building are behind the loco.

145-26109 viewsWallan, up broad gauge passenger train under the power of V/Line N class N 454 'City of Horsham' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1222 rolls through the platform, V/Line gang camp behind platform.

147-23109 viewsSeymour loco depot, broad gauge V/Line T class T 392 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 65-422 sits around the turntable on a Sunday arvo.

147-24109 viewsSeymour loco depot, broad gauge V/Line S class S 317 'Sir John Monash' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 61-240 sits around the turntable coupled to sister A7 model S 310.

157-23109 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 with train under the loading bins during loading operations.