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194-26261 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, sign on one of the access roads around the mill.
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197-11261 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view looking north from the 197-10 location at the remains of the battery charging shed with only post and the back wall intact, a battery charging MG-set is visible along with the battery off-take ramps and a battery module.
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219-21261 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train at Goldsworthy, the waggon behind 5507 is numbered 352 and is one of ten Portec USA built waggons originally from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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060113 2429261 viewsThevenard, GCF type weighbridge test waggon GCF 7083, originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as an CFN type cattle waggon CFN 7083 in 1945 and sent new to EP Division, converted in 1969 to GCF sleeper transport waggon, then to a Shunters Runner c.1975 and to the current guise c.1996. More details can be found for this waggon here. Seen here next to one of the silo complexes.
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150522 8186261 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, CM40-8 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, sister unit 5647 sits along side with the same fate coming up next. Full details of these units past lives can be seen here .
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180616 1800261 viewsEmu Siding, a rare sight in the Pilbara, a Rio Tinto pink iron ore waggon pair to raise awareness for breast cancer. Chinese built Bradken B type waggon pair 20475 control and 25475 slave with a build date of July 2014, still holding colour pretty well in June 2018. GeoData.
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105-12260 viewsWallan, gangers trolley shed, north side elevation.
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110-03260 viewsBenalla yard view, broad gauge V/Line B class B 64 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-5 and V/Line T class loco T 403 with serial 67-498 a Clyde Engineering Granville NSW built EMD model G18B, stabled down Wodonga goods train 9303, point indicators and ground disc signals.
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134-14260 viewsThe Risk, station overview, ground frame, platform, signal box, waiting room, 853 km post, signal man's house.
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198-10260 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Crossing Pool.
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213-12260 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. This unit is almost identical to the GT26C models of the WAGR L class. September 1995.
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217-03260 viewsKeswick Passenger Terminal, Australian National DL class locomotive DL 37 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT42C serial 88-1245 on the pointy end of 'The Ghan' as departure time approaches.
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102-23259 viewsRed Cliffs station and yard overview looking south.
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109-22259 viewsViolet Town, V/Line broad gauge A class A 66 Clyde Engineering EMD model AAT22C-2R serial 84-1186 rebuilt from B 66 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-7 and N set work a down Albury passenger train along No.1 Rd, trailing shot, looking north.
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171-01259 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction signal box Gillies St, work site view, interlocked gates being replaced by boom barriers.
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101-20259 viewsDonald Geelong style silo complex with steel annex overview, Freightgate canopy in background, goods shed at right, town water tower in distant background.
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110-04259 viewsBenalla yard view, broad gauge V/Line B class B 64 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-5 and V/Line T class loco T 403 with serial 67-498 a Clyde Engineering Granville NSW built EMD model G18B, stabled down Wodonga goods train 9303, point indicators and ground disc signals.
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187-08259 viewsMonkland, Gympie Queensland. View looking south east in the Up direction, platform and station building on the right, ganger's trolley with yard and molasses tank waggons. GeoData.
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196-27259 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, view of demolished building with railway tracks in concrete floor, possible locomotive shop.
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198-07259 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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