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205-04211 viewsHooley Station front gate, old refrigerator used for mailbox, 'and the lord said unto the Shepard go away this is cattle country'.
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211-02211 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, view from kaolin storage silos looking at the shiploading stockpile area of bauxite.
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030406 082324211 viewsMurdinga, yard overview looking south down the mainline from the north end, with grain siding and silo complex with outflow spout on gantry over both tracks. 6th April 2003.
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030406 082620211 viewsMurdinga, station located at the 128.2 km, originally opened December 1935 and originally referred to as Corunna, front elevation view of train control cabin and waiting room - shelter with station name board, 6th April 2003.
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030406 084217211 viewsTooligie, station located at the 113.4 km, originally opened May 1913, train control cabin and waiting room - shelter with station name board, 6th April 2003.
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030406 090305211 viewsKarkoo, track condition, 6th April 2003.
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030409 080951211 viewsWarramboo, second unit on the empty grain train 830 class unit 872 an AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial G3422-02 was delivered new to the Eyre Peninsula in March 1966 with sister unit 871 trailing along with the motley collection of grain waggons.
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030411 110005211 viewsKimba, rail recovery winch waggon EZWL 2, shows cabin mounted above motor, built using underframe of broad gauge horse box BH 4331. To Eyre Peninsula 1992, recoded then from AZWL. Scrapped in 2005.
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060108 2049211 viewsLock, grain train being loaded by former SAR 830 class unit 842, built by AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84140 in 1962, originally on broad gauge, transferred to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987 and, 1204 and sister 851.
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223-19211 viewsPossum Siding, left hand side cab view of Hamersley Iron loco 7080 a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47759. 21st October 2000.
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150505 7943211 viewsFMG Solomon Line, looking west, earth fill abutment embankment for rail line, Jingarri Creek, view from the western side. Geodata: -22.0525633 118.7199633 .
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208-2-17211 viewsMidland, Westrail L class L 262 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 68-552, leading another L class unit on the midday east bound freighter as they prepare to depart, 27th September 1991.
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160522 2039211 viewsParkeston, 5MP2 steel train, view from rear looking at NQOY 15056 and RQCY 701 loaded with bogies for Trans-Perth B set 116. NQOY type waggon built by Comeng NSW in batch of seventy OCY type container waggons in 1974/75. Recoded to NQOY in 1979-80.
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160525 4957211 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1, crew accommodation coach QCBY 10, started life as Victorian Railways Newport Workshops 1952 build as AS class no. 15, first class air conditioned corridor car, then AS 210, BS 210 and BS 10. Sold to West Coast Railway, then RTS / Gemco and finally to Aurizon.
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244-17211 viewsCoomunga, on the siding, two Transfield track machines, TMN 02, a ballast regulator and TMN 01 a track tamper. 6th April, 2003.
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16953211 viewsBassendean, the rear of Goninan's workshops, Mt Newman Mining's AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 unit 5483 serial G6061-4 being prepped for rebuilding into 5659 with the 251 engine and alternator visible. October 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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171-18210 viewsBallarat station, V/Line broad gauge N class N 457 'City of Mildura' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1225, sitting at platform with an Up passenger train.
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162-2-02210 viewsSouth Dynon Motive Power Depot broad gauge fuel point, V/Line diesel electric locomotives 'on shed' are new and re-build passenger train motive power in the form of Bulldog A class A 73 Clyde Engineering EMD model AAT22C-2R serial 83-1179 rebuilt from B class B 73 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-14, and N class N 458 'City of Maryborough' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1226 front view at the fuel point.
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195-27210 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mill, view looking up past the drier level with the crusher building at the top.
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196-10210 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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