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208-1-01284 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #28, built by Vickers Metropolitan Electrical Co. England in 1924 was the only 3'6" gauge electric locomotive in WA until 1990, it was owned and operated by the State Electricity Commission to shunt coal waggons at the East Perth power station siding. It has 600 horsepower and operated at 600 volts DC. It was donated to the Museum in 1972.
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030415 065626284 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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242-07284 viewsNelson Point, BHP Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5508 serial 4839-04 / 87-073 about to be trucked to United Goninan Perth for eventual overhaul and repainting into the Pilbara Rail livery and leased to Pilbara Rail re-numbered 5052 as a shunt unit at Dampier. May 2002.
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141-1-12283 viewsSunshine, broad gauge Australian National BL class units BL 28 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1012 and BL 27 serial 83-1011 lead the second of the afternoon procession of down Adelaide bound goods trains out of Melbourne along platform No.3, point rodding, station platform, signal box, Hampshire Road overbridge, taken from former goods yard, trailing view.
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110-04283 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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186-04283 viewsMidland, empty standard gauge down grain train 051 powers along behind Westrail L class locomotive L 268 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 68-617 with forty WW and WWA type bogie grain waggons.
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187-08283 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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190-01283 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, looking south from the pedestrian footbridge, past loco depot, turntable visible with sanding tower.
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213-14283 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops looking east, 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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213-28283 viewsWeipa, view of pilot on Comalco R 1004, Clyde Engineering built EMD model JT42C built 1990 serial 90-1277, note the difference this in freight only traffic to an V/Line N class pilot used in passenger service.
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105-28282 viewsKilmore East Apex Quarry siding train control phone and lever for catch points, quarry is behind camera, HK Holden.
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111-08282 viewsNorth Geelong grain arrivals yard, V/Line broad gauge locos T class T 374 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 64-329 and T class 3?? shunt past ground disc signal 12 pulled off for the move, under semaphore signal post 13, X class X 42 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-705 is still on the up Mt Gambier goods train 9192 at the far right.
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110-03282 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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187-07282 viewsMonkland, Gympie Queensland. Station platform and building with station sign in situ. GeoData.
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1050 001282 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. Brand new GE CM39-8 locomotive 5633 serial 5831-12 / 88-082 is only in the early stages of construction for Mt Newman Mining.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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105-16281 viewsWallan, station platform 2 waiting room, brick chimney, rear side elevation, point rodding and signal wires in grass view.
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107-09281 viewsTongala station, former old platform, looking north.
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135-08281 viewsIpswich yard, narrow gauge QR 1620 class leader 1620, 3/4 roster, trailing view. Built by English Electric at Rocklea Qld, model RS95C serial A-138.
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194-29281 viewsYandi campsite for Henry Walker operated iron ore mine owned and managed by BHP, view of camp are from man cage on Kato 50 tonne hydraulic crane.
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197-11281 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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