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040412 144513437 viewsNelson Point, Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon known as Golynx waggons, one of 345 such waggons constructed during 2001 out of 3CR12 stainless steel in an effort to eliminate painting and to reduce wear on the waggon body. 12th April 2004.
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6983 001437 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. View of the assembly floor area, brand new GE CM39-8 locomotive 5631 serial 5831-10 / 88-080 under construction for Mt Newman Mining masked up ready for painting with sister unit 5632 inline behind it.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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151206 9649437 viewsBoodarie, parked up in a parking bay just out of town on a Sunday awaiting delivery on the following day, on a Gavin Transport Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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151206 9660437 viewsBoodarie, on a Gavin Transport Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. Underbody detail of the testing units.
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200914 7787437 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Conference Car' originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1935 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2010. In 1975 it was purchased by Hamersley Iron and converted to an inspection vehicle SV 4. When donated to the Society it was repurposed as a conference car. 14th September 2020.
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105-21436 viewsWallan, station platform 2 waiting room, window detail with you know who…….'there's a Toad in there'.
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119-14436 viewsMaribyrnong River, Bunbury St Tunnel, Australian National broad gauge loco BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 and V/Line C class C 509 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-832 work down Adelaide goods train 9149 over the Maribyrnong River.
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121-05436 viewsAlbury loco depot, V/Line standard gauge C class C 504 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-827 elevated vertical view.
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170-23436 viewsBenalla, V/Line broad gauge VTBA type bogie bitumen tank waggon VTBA 438 in the sidings near the CRB or Country Roads Board depot. Was one of five built by Tulloch NSW Ltd in 1956 for COR as a TW type, modified by Fleet Forge for bitumen in 1967. VR diagram TW-36.
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171-21436 viewsBallarat station yard overview, A signal box on right, looking towards Melbourne, semaphore signals and discs, yard about to be rationalised and electric colour light signals installed.
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177-06436 viewsNewport Junction, V/Line broad gauge N class locomotive N 469 'City of Morwell' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1198 leads a down Geelong passenger train with an N set consist, the Newport - Sunshine Loop Line is running under the road overpass in the background, Spotswood Reclamation Yards are also just visible.
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178-10436 viewsTatyoon, down V/Line broad gauge goods train to Adelaide 9169 power towards Ararat with the quad combo of a pair of Australian National BL class locomotives BL 27 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1011 and class leader BL 26 'Bob Hawke' serial 83-1010 and V/Line S class S 313 'Alfred Deakin' Clyde Engineering EMD model A7 serial 61-230 and V/Line X class loco X 53 with serial 75-800 a Clyde Engineering Rosewater SA built EMD model G26C, BL 27 had Paul Keating drawn on the LHS cab as it was just after he'd taken the Labor Party leadership and the Prime Ministership off Bob Hawke.
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179-11436 viewsGheringhap, yard view looking east towards Geelong, V/Line broad gauge goods train 9169 is approaching the station, taken from form up platform, point rodding can be seen leaving the signal box.
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180-15436 viewsWangaratta, rationalised yard view looking north from the southern end footbridge, show the removed No.4 Road, with goods shed, water tower and Freight Gate canopy on the left, and station building and platform with signal box and VLBY type bogie louvre parcels van on the right, point rodding is running along No.3 Road.
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164-18436 viewsMurchison East, V/Line Grain VHGF type bogie grain waggon VHGF 119, built as a GJX type by Steelweld Victoria in January 1969, is loose shunted down the gravitational road loaded towards the loaded rake, rolling past the Ascom Jumbo silo complex, show non-handbrake end of waggon.
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128-35436 viewsNar Nar Goon, down passenger train with Comeng 377M, guard in doorway, departing, station building and platform, 4D (Double Deck Development and Demonstration), double deck suburban electric set, testing phase.
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142-1-20436 viewsBenalla station yard view from Yarrawonga line, signal post 29B mostly stripped, disc signal posts 29 and 32 stripped in the background, workshops building visible is the distance, Sidings J and K visible at right.
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143-04436 viewsWangaratta station yard overview looking south from footbridge, VR liveried Y class Y 133 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 65-399 brings the board gauge down Wahgunyah Special 'Stringybark Express' to a stop at the platform, the fully interlocked yard and 18th century infrastructure clearly on display here, semaphore signal Post 20 is pulled off for departure, station building and platform, elevated signal box, signal posts and interlocking, goods shed and water tower.
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131-1-01436 viewsEchuca yard, broad gauge V/Line H class leader H 1 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18B serial 68-629, sleeper waggon.
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129-1-07436 viewsSunshine, Australian National BL classes BL 33 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1017 and BL 32 serial 83-1016 in AN livery, lead a broad gauge down Adelaide goods train along No.2 Rd onto the South Line, signal box, points and point rodding, Sunshine still mechanically interlocked.
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