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140-2-03455 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction Signal Box, or Ballarat D, view of the interlocked gates looking towards Ballarat, the road is Gillies St, and with the impending boom barriers about to be commissioned, the gates days are numbered, the disc signal post 21 is the up line to Timken's Sidings signal.
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188-14455 viewsWagga Wagga, located 521 km from Sydney on the NSW Main South, looking north the Tumbarumba branch line is running past the fettlers shed with the Loco Siding and turntable behind it, the mainline is curving around to the left. Geo Data.
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188-18455 viewsHarefield, located at the 497.6 km from Sydney on the NSW Main South.
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199-07455 viewsMeckering, National Rail NR class unit NR 19 Goninan built GE Cv40-9i model heads up train 7PM5 as it waits for a cross with the Prospector in the loop 1400 hrs 21st June 1997.
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201-10455 viewsMidland, the first Perth built NR class NR 61 Goninan GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-11/96-263 shunts at Midland with two brand new NR units.
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202-17455 viewsMeckering, looking east, the three loadout spouts for the concrete grain silos, DRIFT sign to indicate the grade when loading waggons, station at right and goods shed visible beyond the loadout.
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211-27455 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, 3/4 RHS or observer's 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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215-34455 viewsDudley Park, light engines off the Indian Pacific head back to the Motive Power Centre, aging GM class GM 30 Clyde Engineering built EMD model A16C serial 64-366 leads much newer Goninan built GE CM30-8 EL class unit EL 62.
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223-14455 viewsPossum Siding, Hamersley Iron loco 7082 a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW serial 47761 leads sister unit 7080 with an empty train just inside the loop waiting to effect a crew change. 21st October 2000.
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160103 DJI 0067455 viewsColonial Mill and mine ruins located within Wittenoom Gorge. The large concrete area on the upper level is the former mining offices and railway workshops, a sharp eye will see the sealed mine entry with a red door. The tracks for the battery loco charging and maintenance area also stand out. See images of the site intact here , 194-13 onwards shows the loco area. Geodata: -22.312705, 118.319078.
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160522 2324455 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train arrives on the mainline behind a pair of Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 105 serial 7250-08/97-310 and NR 113 serial 7250-09/97-312 in Pacific National livery, the track in the foreground is the Engineers Siding.
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040502 085614455 viewsMooka Siding, trailing view of the 'Pony' heading south, with the Harsco Pony track re-laying machine on the rear.
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030403 153850455 viewsGladstone, former WAGR owned grain waggon built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in 1966-67 as a WW type waggon, later converted to WWS type, here WWS 32029 is being loaded as part of an Australian Southern grain working, these waggons were later coded AGSY type. 3rd April 2003.
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16954455 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 and other 251's to the right. October 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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180614 1331455 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 1657455 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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103-22454 viewsBenalla, broad gauge W type four wheel workman's sleeper waggon W 348, built new by the Victorian Railways in June 1936.
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103-23454 viewsBenalla station yard overview, signal gantry still complete and intact, semaphore signal post 28 pulled off for up Albury pass, looking south, before rationalisation, workshops at left, Benalla B signal box, point rodding and signal wires, Freightgate canopy at right.
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111-30454 viewsNorth Geelong C Box, V/Line broad gauge down grain train 9121 departs the yard behind G class G 526 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1256 as the driver obtains the electric staff for the section to Gheringhap, semaphore signal post 16, level crossing and point rodding.
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116-06454 viewsSpencer Street Station, view looking west from flyover, V/Line broad gauge A class light engines A 81 and A 62 run towards platform No.3, 'The Overland' Motorail waggons on platform No.2, DERMs 55 RM and 54 RM at left, West Tower in the middle background, Spencer Street No.1 Signal Box at right with broad gauge passenger stabling and maintenance sidings behind it, track work, points, searchlight signals and gantries and shunting signals.
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