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6981 00188 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.

6990 00188 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. Rear view of the pilot and radiator wing section of Mt Newman Mining's Goninan new build GE CM39-8 model loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079.
Jim Bisdee photo.

200914 776488 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd B class unit 1, an English Electric built ST95B model, originally built in 1965 serial A-104, due to accident damage rebuilt on new frame with serial A-232 in 1970. These units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640 kW prime mover and built at the Rocklea Qld plant. Donated to Society in 1995. 14th September 2020.

200914 777588 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, the cab from Mt Newman Mining / BHP scrapped Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5495 serial number C6084-11 next to the office building. The shade uprights are re-purposed crank shafts and cam shafts. 14th September 2020.

246-1888 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.

246-2388 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River locomotive 9420 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8109-03 / 91-119 from March 1991 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an ALCo Schenectady built C630 serial 3486-4 and built new for Chesapeake & Ohio (USA) as their 2103. It is one of four C630 ALCo units purchased in 1974 and delivered to Robe in January 1975. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.

250-0288 viewsPelican Siding on the Hamersley Iron Tom Price line about the 208 km with an empty train behind the standard pairing of two General Electric built 9-44CW units 7068 serial 47747 and 7067 serial 47746 stand on the loop or passing track for a meet with a loaded train. 21st October 2000.

122-2487 viewsStratford, station yard overview, looking towards Stratford Junction, 222 km post, yard crane, workman's camp.

180-3287 viewsWodonga turntable radial roads finds V/Line broad gauge Y class shunt loco Y 124 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 63-314 resting between jobs.

125-2587 viewsWallan, Wallan-Wandong Rd crossing, BV/Line broad gauge B class Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-6 still in Victorian Railways livery leads a sleeper discharge train on the up broad gauge line, trailing shot.

127-2787 viewsDeer Park West, broad gauge V/Line G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 leads Australian National BL class BL 27 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1011 with a down Adelaide bound goods as they power away past the Boral junction on the main western line, train view, catch points

132-2287 viewsMildura loco depot, looking north, grounded B van, brake pit, V/Line broad gauge locos, Y class Y 165 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 68-585, G class G 512 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 84-1240 and X class X 32 Clyde Engineering EMD model G16C serial 66-485.

143-2387 viewsRutherglen, down 'Stringybark Express' special climbs up grade towards Wahgunyah having just past under the High St over bridge.

147-2187 viewsSeymour loco depot, view from the back of the turntable roads, V/Line S class S 310 'George Higinbotham' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 60-227 coupled to sister A7 model S 317 just fit in the road, a CM parcel coach is on the right.

153-2-3487 viewsArarat station yard overview looking towards Melbourne, tracks are from left, line to Maryborough, loco depot, main Western Line to Ballarat, line to Maroona, Semaphore signal and disc post 7, telephone cabinet and point indicators, signal gantry has post 4, 5 and 6, double disc post in background is post 3 from loco depot, point rodding can be seen at right crossing drain, ballast regulator at left.

159-2187 viewsBallarat D Signal Box, Linton Junction, V/Line broad gauge G class G 532 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1262 leads a sister with a down Adelaide bound goods train across Gillies Street triple doll semaphore signal post 20 is pulled off for the Ararat line as the train swings off the down line which becomes the Linton line, with the Cattle Yard line points just visible, points and track work, interlocking and point rodding.

160-2687 viewsShepparton, yard view of stabled broad gauge V/Line T class locomotives T 371 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 64-326 and T 385 serial 64-340 still in Victorian Railways blue and yellow livery, goods shed on the right, station platform and building on the left, T class T 393 serial 65-423 is behind T 385.

183-2387 viewsWodonga loco depot fuel point, V/Line broad gauge B class B 75 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-16 which still wears the Victorian Railways livery and X class locos X 45 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-792 and X 46 serial 75-793 await their next turn of duty, the station is to the right.