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212-26498 viewsWeipa, empty train departs Lorim Point around the curve with another run to the mine at Andoom behind Comalco R 1001 Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 originally numbered 1.001 and built in 1972. July 1995.
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216-12498 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, fuel point roads, AN BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 with 700 class 704 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-2 rest between jobs with V/Line broad gauge N class behind them and a 930 class beside the shed.
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217-11498 viewsPeterborough, an SP Perth bound service awaiting line clear behind the AN liveried quad combination of CL class Bulldog CL 11 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT26C serial 71-739, 600 class 605 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL541 serial G6015-4, and GM class Bulldogs GM 43 Clyde Engineering EMD model A16C serial 67-529 and GM 46 serial 67-532.
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217-21498 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, fuel point roads, AN BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 with 700 class 704 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-2 rest between jobs with V/Line broad gauge N class behind them.
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030405 133054498 viewsWudinna, yard view across mainline and siding with loading ramp, SACBH silo complex behind, 5th April 2003.
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030407 085559498 viewsYaninee, station yard overview looking north for the south end, concrete SACBH silo complexes, points, lever and indicator, mainline can be seen running straight into the distance. 7th April, 2003.
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051102 6627498 viewsThevenard, cab side view of NJ class Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model unit NJ 6 serial 71-733, built in 1971 at Clyde's Granville NSW workshops, started out on the Central Australia Railway for the Commonwealth Railways before being transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 1981. Still in AN green but lettered for Australian Southern Railroad.
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160128 00410498 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, this image shows three different types of the Dash 8 units. On the left 5654 is a GE model CM40-8M Goninan rebuild of a Comeng built ALCo M636, in the middle is new built GE model CM39-8 by Goninan 5633 and on the right is 5636 which is a GE model CM40-8M Goninan rebuild of an AE Goodwin built ALCo C636.
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160525 4945498 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1. Coupling between second unit locomotive and the inline fuelling waggon QQFY 4271, shows the MU or Multiple Unit red cable going into the socket with the cream cap on the waggon and the red cap on the loco, behind that is the crimp fitting is the in-line fuel hose between waggon and the loco along with train air pipe and coupling.
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15333498 viewsBassendean, an unidentified Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M unit for BHP Iron Ore under construction. Date Feb 1994.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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120-19497 viewsBenalla station yard, looking north, semaphore signal post 27 and gantry stripped dolls, tracks removed.
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126-20497 viewsBroadford Loop, loco failure, up standard gauge pass Melbourne Express, passengers detrained.
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129-2-11497 viewsNyora, 70' turntable deck and pit, radial roads, former loco depot.
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118-24497 viewsCobram, V/Line broad gauge BS type bogie passenger carriage BS 201 part of Z set Z 56. Originally built by Newport Workshops in March 1949 as an AS type First Class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 11, recoded in June 1982 to BS type BS 1 (2nd), then in August 1984 to BS 201.
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186-26497 viewsBellevue, Westrail standard gauge light engine movement, train 168 departs the flashbutt sidings crossing Lloyd Street bound for Forrestfield. NB class locomotive NB 1873 a Comeng built ALCo model CE618 serial WA-79 / C6099-3. This unit was originally a WAGR N class on narrow gauge, then reclassed to NA when fitted with air brakes in 1983, and then fitted with ex Mt Newman Mining ALCo M636 bogies in 1994 and classed NB.
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189-07497 viewsThe Rock, located at the 550.29 km on NSW Main South line, station platform and building with the goods loading crane and track inspection car, the Back Road is visible mid frame at left.
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196-11497 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 number 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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198-11497 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Crossing Pool.
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209-11497 viewsAshfield, looking towards Perth from the station overbridge, the dual gauge tracks and yard running between the mainline and Railway Parade on the right. The standard gauge and narrow gauge points are easy to spot.
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210-09497 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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