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129-1-21526 viewsSomerville yard view, looking towards Melbourne, broad gauge V/Line VCSX type bogie coil steel waggons VCSX 70 and VCSX 39 both examples of second batch of sixty CSX type coil steel transport waggons constructed by Ballarat North Workshops to add to the original thirty built at Newport. CSX re-classed to VFSX in 1979 then to VCSX in 1987.
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196-02526 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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202-02526 viewsMeckering, view across standard gauge tracks at the original standard gauge brick station - waiting shelter.
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202-31526 viewsYandi One, 307 km grade crossing, mid-train remote CM40-8MEFI Goninan GE unit 5666 'Taranto' serial 8412-11/94-157 and CM40-8ML unit 5663 'Newcastle' show the difference in the ALCo builds by the fuel tanks, 5666 was originally an M636C built by Comeng while 5663 was originally built by AE Goodwin.
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219-07526 viewsYandicoogina or HIY as Hamersley Iron identify it, located 445 km from Parker Point yard in Dampier. Bank engine unit General Electric Dash 9-44CW model 7090 serial 47769 in the delivered 'Pepsi Can' livery. Drivers side cab view.
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060109 2094526 viewsKyancutta at the 198 km, ASR 830 class unit 842, an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model loco serial 84140 leads EMD unit 1204 due to air-conditioning trouble and sister ALCo 851 across a dry salt soak with a north bound empty grain train. 9th January 2006.
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160522 2056526 viewsBinduli, 5MP2 steel train to Perth, lead locomotive Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class NR 68 serial 7250-12/96-270 in current owners corporate livery.
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160522 2140526 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, platform 5 of 5 pack RRGY 7123 5 pack articulated skel waggon set, originally built as RRBY by AN Rail at Islington Workshops SA 1996-97, 40' deck with a Direct Logistics tanktainer DLGU 211253 and a blue box FPA 17.
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160524 3658526 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0146 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA, with Independent Brake signage.
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240-27526 viewsSeven Mile, loaded train heading for Parker Point behind a pair of Pilbara Rail, Robe River owned, General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 9470 serial 53455 and 9471 serial 53456. These and sister unit 9472 were the first painted in the Pilbara Rail livery. 31st August 2002.
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040412 143234526 viewsNelson Point, a Goninan built ore waggon 4384, one of 126 such waggons constructed during 1997 out of 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate painting and to reduce wear on the waggon body. Note the rounded bottom edge and tapered floor, this design was designated HC7081. 12th April 2004.
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040412 143726526 viewsNelson Point, Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon 4973 made from 5Cr12Ti stainless steel these waggons are known as Golynx waggons, asset number 2032597 with build date 02/2004. 12th April 2004.
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267-36526 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands on the Newman mainline with the train as the party alight for an inspection of the site.
Friday 12th of April 2002.
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120-16525 viewsSeymour, V/Line broad gauge loco N class N 452 'Rural City of Wodonga' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1220, up Albury passenger train, north of Seymour, new sleepers on line.
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122-09525 viewsTraralgon loco depot overview, looking west from east end, sanding tower and fuel point, A class Clyde Engineering EMD model AAT22C-2R, HD waggon for sand transport and storage, T class Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B, G class Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS, S class S 317 'Sir John Monash' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 61-240.
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122-15525 viewsRosedale station overview, platform, station building.
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175-11525 viewsShepparton yard overview looking south from the end of the yard, disused loading shed with canopy, up and down home semaphore signal post in the distance, roads are from left, No.1, No.2 or mainline, and an extension of No.3 Rd.
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123-1-21525 viewsTraralgon, Coonoc Rd, V/Line broad gauge N class N 451 'City of Portland' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1219, N set, up Bairnsdale pass, distant shot.
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123-2-05525 viewsMaffra station yard overview, looking from Tinamba, points and lever, rail tractor in the background, station building further on, factories on the right.
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123-2-07525 viewsMaffra station overview, looking from Tinamba end of yard, broad gauge V/Line RT class rail tractor RT 49 started out as I waggon 7507 built by Victorian Railways 21-02-1905, converted to IA in 1936, then K 85 in April 1955 and in 1969 to the underframe of RT 49 by Ballarat North Workshops, Siding A sheds at right of frame, yard overgrown, motor grader, station building.
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