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114-23529 viewsBenalla station yard, elevated view of V/Line S class S 300 'Matthew Flinders' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 57-164, VOFX type bogie open waggon VOFX 242 which was built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in April 1969 as an ELX type, recoded to VOFX in 1987.
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188-17529 viewsHarefield, located at the 497.6 km from Sydney on the NSW Main South.
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207-04529 viewsBHP General Electric built AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066, brand new and unnamed at Yandi One load-out loop as a remote mid-train unit.
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030406 090305529 viewsKarkoo, track condition, 6th April 2003.
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060108 2061529 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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030411 105204 Kimba bunkers529 viewsKimba Grain Bunker video overview, power plant running, best viewed in IE as chrome won't support the player.
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060527 4080529 viewsLeonora, WN, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160522 2130529 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQGY 34496 container waggon, one of one hundred built by Tulloch Ltd In 1974/75, loaded with Cronos TINT 124880, Sadleirs RCSB 5053 and Maxam tanktainer CCRU 197261, all 20' units.
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160522 2152529 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, NQKY 34633 container waggon was originally built in a batch of two hundred CDY type open waggons by EPT (Electric Power Transmission) NSW between 1975 and 1976. Recoded to NOCY then modified in 1997 to NQKY. Loaded with a Pacific National 48' curtainsider container PNXM 5218.
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160525 4957529 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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160522 2204529 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PWWY type PWWY 0032 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 48' MFG1 SCT unit SCTDS 4810 and an unidentified 40' flatrack.
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160525 4567529 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), ARFY type ARFY 2228 refrigerated van with a Ballarat built Maxi-CUBE body mounted on an original Commonwealth Railways ROX container waggon built by Comeng Victoria in 1970, recoded to AFQX, AQOY and RQOY before having the Maxi-CUBE refrigerated body added circa 1998 for SCT service.
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16953529 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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180614 1331529 viewsAllen Siding, the points and what remains of the point machine at the 45 km for the siding, looking east. GeoData. 14th June 2018.
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180616 1657529 viewsCooya Pooya, 32 km on the Cape Lambert line, Rio Tinto loco 9103 with serial 61941 a GE Erie built GE model ES44ACi from the 1st order in Rio Tinto Stripes livery is 'tied down' to the mainline following a total loss of air, the locomotive's hose bag can be seen chained to the rail in case of movement. The train pulled a coupling around the 45 car position. 16th June 2018. Geodata
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267-27529 views39 km Newman line, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 slows as it brings the Sundowner special to a stop at the 39 km detector site on the Newman mainline.
The trailing unit is 5653.
This was a special for the 25 years of the Alstom / BHP service agreement.
Friday 12th of April 2002.
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103-34528 viewsSeymour ZD type six wheel guards van ZD 611, originally built as a Z van by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in December 1928 - to ZP in the 1960s and ZD in 1975, coupled to RY type four wheel open waggon RY 615.
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111-20528 viewsNorth Geelong grain arrivals yard, V/Line broad gauge loco X class X 47 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-794 and N class N 461 'City of Ararat' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1190 with a loaded grain rake crossing Separation St past semaphore signal posts 16, facing camera, and 14 pulled off for move.
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111-31528 viewsNorth Geelong C Box, V/Line down broad gauge goods train 9169 to Adelaide via Cressy with C class C 508 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-831 powers around the Loop Line and obtains the electric staff for the Gheringhap section off the signaller at semaphore signal post 16.
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116-04528 viewsSpencer Street Station, view looking west from flyover, V/Line standard gauge yard pilot Y class Y 150 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 65-416 is waiting to shunt the overnight train from Sydney in platform No.1, shows the gauge separation point with the broad gauge line visible peeling off to the left, in the background are the 'Bank Sidings' where the country passenger fleet are stabled, with Dudley Street Sidings in the distance.
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