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114-09274 viewsCobram, V/Line broad gauge N class N 471 'City of Benalla' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1200, side view.
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195-06274 viewsWittenoom, Bee Gorge, view from top of cat walk looking north, track can be made out in the bottom of gorge.
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030414 154120274 viewsPenong, yard view looking east along the grain loop with concrete silo block 2 on the left and the crossover from the main to the loop coming in from the right. Station shelter is in the distance on the right.
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150522 8186274 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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246-16274 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.
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107-19273 viewsEchuca station yard overview looking south, cement siding at left, rakes of bogie grain waggons, semaphore signal post 4, and Ricegrowers Co-Op Mills sidings and more bogie grain waggons on the right, taken in between the Toolamba and Bendigo lines.
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108-01273 viewsMurchison East silo complex, detail photos Ascom Jumbo silo rail outflow spout, right side elevation, hopper silo.
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108-16273 viewsToolamba station building and platform, track removed, opening in platform where signal box once stood.
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196-22273 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, view inside of side opening ore waggon, shows how much ore the waggons could carry.
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204-03273 viewsYampire Gorge, remains of asbestos mining, a Bowes Scott & Western Ltd of London jaw crusher.
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060111 2257273 viewsTooligie, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 and its grain train. 11th January 2006.
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040407 080337273 viewsToy Titan on the lean when the LHS rear wheel parted company and went bush. 23 km Newman mainline. Wednesday 7th April 2004.
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109-23272 viewsViolet Town station yard overview, looking north, 169 km, semaphore signal post 4, standard gauge line on the right.
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126-20272 viewsBroadford Loop, loco failure, up standard gauge pass Melbourne Express, passengers detrained.
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194-30272 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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207-19272 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6071 serial 51063 brand new and unnamed on the loaded side of Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit, showing roof view and the original style windscreen protectors.
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210-09272 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, observer side view of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the CCTV camera looking down the long hood, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also noticeable, the units don't have dynamic brakes fitted so there is no brake 'blister' in the middle of the hood like you see on the WAGR L or VR C classes which are also GT26C models.
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211-04272 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, view of the two loading conveyors running between the stockpiles and wharf, the kaolin loader in on the right hand side of the wharf.
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160128 00416272 viewsView of the cab roof of Goninan rebuild GE model CM40-8M 5654, serial 8412-11, builders no. 93-145, shows tropical roof, marker and head lights, aerials, sand filling hatch covers wipers and strobe light in place of single trumpet horn.
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240-05272 viewsNelson Point, retired Mt Newman Mining Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 unit 5499 serial C6096-4 sits with the hood removed exposing the ALCo 251F engine prior to removal and being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Bassendean museum for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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