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103-19289 viewsBenalla Workshops, broad gauge HD type four wheel departmental van HD 74, stencilled 'Held For ARHS'. HD 74 was originally built as a U van U 1547 by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in January 1957, converted to HD in August 1977.
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107-10289 viewsTongala station yard overview south end, looking north.
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198-10289 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Crossing Pool.
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213-25289 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point fuel point, Comalco R 1004 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model JT42C built 1990 serial 90-1277, weight 132 tonne, engine 12-710G3A, generator AR11-WBA-CA5, traction motors D87ETR, rated power 2460 kW/3300 hp. The body is similar to a V/Line N class while the components are the same as the Australian National AN class. Originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as GML 10 for use at their Western Australian iron ore railway and locally known as Cinderella. Purchased by Comalco in 1994 following the takeover of Goldsworthy by BHP.
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215-19289 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, fuel point roads, AN BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 with 700 class 704 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-2 rest between jobs with V/Line broad gauge N class behind them.
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150505 7963289 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 bank engines assisting in the rear can just be seen. Geodata: -22.0189283 118.5861050 .
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160128 00402289 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, intact bogie from CM39-8 unit 5632, build date 11-87, GE floating bolster design.
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102-23288 viewsRed Cliffs station and yard overview looking south.
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113-10288 viewsWarrenheip, V/Line broad gauge G class G 538 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1271, clean paint, part of up Adelaide goods train 9150, in miserable conditions, poor quality.
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114-16288 viewsTocumwal station yard, looking south, on standard gauge track, cranes to the right.
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186-03288 viewsMidland, trailing view of the standard gauge up Kalgoorlie acid train 428, showing the 28 CSA type tanks on WQH type bogie flat waggons with an WMX type bogie car carrying waggon as the rear barrier waggon, Midland Workshops behind train.
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193-10288 viewsMoodlu Quarry junction ground frame signal levers. Looking east in the Up direction under the overbridge.
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030415 065601288 viewsKevin, loading is almost complete 0700 hrs. as gypsum train 3DD2 stands behind triple NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model units NJ 5 serial 71-732, NJ 6 serial 71-733 and NJ 3 serial 71-730, these units built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville workshops started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981. At the Kevin loading point.
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040409 123128288 viewsBoodarie, Goldsworthy service bottom discharge Portec USA built ore waggon 345 is one of ten that was purchased second hand in 1992 from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine, believed to be built in 1980s. 9th April 2004.
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104-18287 viewsWallan Loop, standard gauge searchlight signal post for up trains, far track is 'cripple road', broad gauge lines at far right, looking towards Melbourne.
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111-13287 viewsNorth Geelong C Box, V/Line broad gauge up Mt Gambier goods train 9192 heads around the Loop Line bound for Melbourne behind X class X 48 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-795 and X 42 serial 70-705, trailing view.
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107-12287 viewsTongala station yard, Nestle factory siding with staff locked points looking north, 20 MPH speed board.
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112-10287 viewsViolet Town, looking north, V/Line broad gauge N class N 464 'City of Geelong' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1193 powers the up Albury passenger train across Cowslip Street past the station building and signal bay with semaphore signal post 9 on the platform, March 1994.
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114-05287 viewsCobram, V/Line broad gauge N class N 471 'City of Benalla' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1200, cutting off pass car, 2nd man attending to hoses.
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198-07287 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 is the compressor and water treatment plant sheds, the lead unit has Wittenoom Exprss stencilled on the battery box, this unit now resides at the Pilbara Railways Historical Society near the 7 Mile complex in Dampier.
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