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210-18287 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, observer's side of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are the second 'tropical roof', CCTV looking down the driver's 'off side' and the five chime horn cut into the hood. Also noticeable, the units don't have dynamic brakes fitted so there is no brake 'blister' in the middle of the hood like the WAGR L or VR C classes which are also GT26C models and the fire extinguisher cut in below the radiator.
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160128 00407287 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, rear view of Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8MEFI 5669 serial 8412-02, builders no. 95-160 flanked on the left by sister unit 5668 and on the right by older CM40-8M 5642. Note the newer rebuilds have marker lights while 42 has none but has a snow plough on the no. 2 end. Also note the roof access ladder rungs have been removed.
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240-03287 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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240-04287 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, radiator fan drive and oil filter assembly prior to engine removal and being sent by road to Rail Heritage WA's Bassendean museum for preservation. 25th June 2002.
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1051 001287 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. Mt Newman Mining's Goninan new build GE CM39-8 model loco 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 out the front of the workshop on display.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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108-04286 viewsMurchison East silo complex, looking south, yard layout, early Ascom outflow spout, with Murphy outflow spout further down.
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108-07286 viewsMurchison East Ascom Jumbo silo complex outflow spout, points from No.2 Rd to the grain siding, looking south.
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108-11286 viewsMurchison East silo complex, detail photos of early Ascom style silo, elevator tower.
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126-20286 viewsBroadford Loop, loco failure, up standard gauge pass Melbourne Express, passengers detrained.
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131-2-24286 viewsCulcairn, 596 km from Sydney on the NSW Main South, station platform and buildings looking south. GeoData.
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112-02286 viewsViolet Town broad gauge track view, looking north, Siding B at left, points leading to yard have been spiked normal, point rodding at right and standard gauge line at far right, March 1994.
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186-05286 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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186-09286 viewsMidland, empty narrow gauge grain train 283 rumbles past Midland Workshops behind a pair of Westrail P class locomotives P 2011 'Shire of Narembeen' Goninan GE model CM25-8 serial 6320-09/90-096 and P 2006 'Shire of Quairading' serial 6320-05/90-091.
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192-15286 viewsJunee, NSWSRA standard gauge locomotive depot, a forlorn unidentified 44 class in the NSWSRA candy livery built by AE Goodwin as an ALCo DL500B.
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140517-4329286 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, looking towards Marble Bar along the alignment. Location here.
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194-23286 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, detail view of Mancha battery locomotive with battery module sitting off loco, shows drive shaft to front axle from rear axle gearbox and wheels and large traction motor at the rear, on the battery module are the head light and cover hinge arrangement.
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196-04286 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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200-08286 viewsMoorine Rock, Australian National AN class unit AN 6 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT46C serial 93-1302, front view sits on the mainline with a Perth bound freight at 1500 hrs 22nd June 1997.
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207-19286 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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030406 115822286 viewsPort Lincoln, ENHA type bogie grain hopper waggon ENHV 16 is internally modified to a hopper waggon from Commonwealth Railways box van NVD 1274 in April 1987. 6th April 2003.
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