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193-02608 viewsWamuran station building from the western end. The line through Wamuran opened on December 6, 1909 and was extended to Kilcoy by 1914, then Wamuran became the terminus on the July 1, 1964. This station building now resides at the Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society in Woodford.
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215-03608 viewsLong Plains, the down passenger train to Alice Springs 'The Ghan' on approach with power from an AN livered DL class DL 37 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT42C serial 88-1245.
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041014 122434608 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, the Locotrol 'cab' from Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8ML unit 5663 Newcastle, one of three units built without a driving cab in 1994 but with a Locotrol equipment cabinet to do away with the Locotrol waggons that were in use at the time. Eventually the three locomotives had driving cabs fitted. Donated to the Society around 1998? 14th October 2004.
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111-11607 viewsNorth Geelong grain arrivals yard, V/Line broad gauge loco X class X 48 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-795 shunts backs onto older sister X 42 serial 70-705 with the up Mt Gambier goods train 9192, loaded grain rake on the right.
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133-07607 viewsNorth Geelong C Box, Separation Street grade crossing, V/Line broad gauge down Ararat passenger train 8105 powered by long end leading X class X 38 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-701 obtains the electric staff for the section to Gheringhap, semaphore signal post 16, signaller, staff exchange, safeworking.
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200-03607 viewsMoorine Rock, Westrail L class 271 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 69-620 runs through the loop with the ballast cleaning train, known as the Circus Train while a Perth bound freighter sits in the mainline, 22nd June 1997.
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207-19607 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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060113 2541607 viewsKevin, narrow gauge locos 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 sit on the mainline to Penong, having reversed train 6DD3 on the Kevin triangle 1600 class unit 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4 and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 13th January 2006.
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150522 8167607 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, the first batch of BHP Billiton Dash 8 locos to be scrapped, 5646 serial 8244-11/92-135 and 5647 serial 8244-12/92-136 were a pair of new Goninan WA CM40-8 model built in 1992 with a Goninan ALCo rebuild 5657 beside them.
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160128 00416607 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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160530 9164607 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth departs on the mainline behind SCT class SCT 013 serial 08-1737 an EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe and sister loco SCT 001 with 71 waggons for 5275 tonnes and 1679 metres.
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190911 4757607 viewsPort Hedland, Broome Rd crossing, BHP's MM 800 track recording vehicle powers south on a recording run, still wearing it's Movember 'mo' as part of a men's health campaign, the MM 800 was built by Mermec in Italy and is a ROGER 800 model, ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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102-18606 viewsHattah Lakes view of lake.
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113-06606 viewsWarrenheip, up home semaphore signal post 11, V/Line broad gauge up Adelaide goods train 9150 grinds upgrade behind C class C 506 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-829, G class G 538 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1271 and C class C 510 serial 76-833, in miserable conditions, poor quality off focus.
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135-02606 viewsLoaded coal train sneaks past Ipswich signal box behind QR 2400 class units 2503 and 2500.
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103-01605 viewsSpringhurst automatic staff exchanger cover in-between broad gauge running lines, point rodding under tracks.
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105-16605 viewsWallan, station platform 2 waiting room, brick chimney, rear side elevation, point rodding and signal wires in grass view.
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112-09605 viewsViolet Town, looking north across Cowslip Street, V/Line standard gauge down goods headed by G class G 529 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1259 and C class C 505 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-828, trailing view, broad gauge lines at left, station building behind camera, 81 class on up goods holding the mainline in crossing loop in background, searchlight signals for standard gauge trains and semaphores for broad gauge, March 1994.
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190-05605 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, looking north, signal gantry with standpipe foundation in front, platform behind, dock road on the left.
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196-01605 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C unit 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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