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100-14633 viewsAlbury yard, NSWSRA standard gauge 44 class 4479 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500B serial G3421-19, readies for Inter-Capital Daylight banker duty, north end of yard looking north, from Wilson Street footbridge, signal post AY61, up shunting neck in the distance LHS, Dalgety's building on the left. Geodata.
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194-17633 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of railway workshop - battery charging plant looking north, Gemco unit at right, English Electric unit with No. 1 battery in front. Catwalk visible in distance.
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194-20633 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, battery module over a Mancha hauler, titled WITTENOOM_EXPRSS inside the workshops. This item was relocated to the Pilbara Railways Historical Society museum near 7 Mile Karratha in 2004.
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030411 101736633 viewsKimba Grain Bunker, train loading is almost complete with triple ALCo combination of 830 classes 871 and 872 and DA 7, model DL 531G/1, converted from 4813. 11th April 2003. Geodata here.
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150505 7956633 viewsFMG Solomon Line, a pair of General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotives 005 serial 58182 and 006 serial 58183 struggle upgrade with a loaded train at the 227 km bound for Port Hedland, the train is being assisted in the rear. Geodata: -22.0189283 118.5861050 .
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106-13632 viewsSeymour, rationalised yard overview with V/Line broad gauge S class S 310 'George Higinbotham' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 60-227 and T class T 400 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18B serial 67-495 with stabled down Wodonga goods train 9303.
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213-07632 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, view looking east from the workshops towards the dump station with a rake of waggons lined up with the two types of aluminium bottom discharge hoppers discernible by the hungry boards fitted to the original type waggons, the control cabin for the dump station can be made out in the distance.
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146-18631 viewsSeymour, preserved broad gauge Victorian Railways RY type four wheel open waggon RY 1504, side view. Built as a GZ type bulk grain waggon in 1938 at Newport Workshops, in 1956 recoded to IZ type, then in 1965 to RY type.
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213-00631 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point Workshops looking east across to the track maintenance compound with eleven Comalco ore waggons of both types lined up and the Speno rail grinder in the compound, September 1995.
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060113 2428631 viewsCeduna, originally one of forty six Kinki Sharyo built NHA type waggons NHA 978 for the NAR in 1968, now coded ENHA type ENHA 2 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum on loaded train 6DD2 near the 436 km post.
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213-26630 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops. Comalco shunt engine R 1003 coupled to a Difco side dump waggon. R 1003 is an Electro Motive built NW2 model with serial number 4114 and frame number of E761-8 was built in November 1946 at La Grange originally for Canadian National with road number 7943. Sold to Comalco in December 1975 and entered service in 1976. This unit was subsequently scrapped in 2000.
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040409 123108630 viewsBoodarie, Goldsworthy service bottom discharge Gunderson USA built ore waggon 8317 is one of forty five that was purchased second hand in 1992 from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine, believed to be built in 1970s. 9th April 2004.
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104-12629 viewsBuangor station building front elevation, signal box at left, rodding and wires leaving platform opening, staff exchange platform at right.
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215-16629 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, Australian National trio of standard gauge light engines wearing the AN livery with the final Clyde Engineering EMD model AT26C Bulldog ever built CL class CL 17 'William McMahon' serial 71-757 leading an ALCo 700 class and a Clyde Engineering EMD BL class.
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150522 8162629 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 one of a pair of new Goninan WA built CM40-8 units has already had most of the hood removed and the V16 7FDL prime mover is visible. To right are units 5647, 5657, 5656, 5663, 5635, 5645, 5649, 5638, 5640 and 5659.
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040407 080551629 viewsTHE WHEEL NUUUTTSS!! Here we see Toy Titan in a spot of bother when the rear LHS wheel parted company at the 23 km Newman mainline. Was lucky to get out of it with so little damage! Wednesday 7th April 2004.
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105-04628 viewsWallan, V/Line broad gauge P class P 14 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18HBR serial 84-1208 rebuilt from T 330 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 56-85 stands at the down platform with passenger train 8323, station building at right, gangers trolley shed and elevated signal box, semaphore signal post 12 pulled off for the move.
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194-02628 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, pile of railway points or switches, two left handed and one right handed.
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162-2-03627 viewsSouth Dynon Motive Power Depot, broad gauge diesel electric locomotive V/Line X class loco X 53 with serial 75-800 a Clyde Engineering Rosewater SA built EMD model G26C of the third series, in front of the fuel point, the maintenance building is at right, PTC Open Day.
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100-20626 viewsAlbury yard, Wilson Street, NSWSRA standard gauge 44 class 4479 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500B serial G3421-19 and 422 class 42205 Clyde Engineering EMD model J26C serial 69-660, candy livery, north bound Inter-Capital Daylight, trailing shot. Geodata.
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