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139-18486 viewsBallarat, Doveton Street Sidings, weigh bridge test truck, WTT type four wheel weighbridge test waggon WTT 21, converted from IA type four wheel open waggon IA 7448. Started life as I type I 7448 built by Newport Workshops in January 1905, to IA type in 1935, converted to WTT type in April 1956.
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185-10486 viewsNorth Geelong Grain Loop view from Corio Quay Road across Access Road grade crossing, with the grain train behind V/Line locos X class locomotive X 41 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-704 long end leading and G class locomotive G 528 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1258 having past the Home Signal and about to pass the former tracks for the former Freezing Works Sidings.
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189-24486 viewsAlbury, NSWSRA standard gauge 422 class loco 42208 Clyde Engineering EMD model J26C serial 69-663, vertical roof view.
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220-07486 viewsRubin Junction looking west from the eastern end, the line off to the right is the line to Nimingarra Mine with the straight continuing onto Hedland.
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060528 4426486 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34100, fleet number 966, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, 28th May 2006.
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030409 155530486 viewsMoody Tank, signage outlining function.
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060109 2091486 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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160528 8401486 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RQSY 35049 container waggon, built by Goninan NSW in 1975 as an OCY type, 20' Direct Logistics tanktainer DLGU 211449 and a 40' Sadleirs box RCS 4132.
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160522 2110486 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, platform 2 of 5 pack Goninan built RRZY 7014 well waggon set, Rail Containers 48' SCFU 411218 and a 40' TSPD 411058 container.
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160522 2419486 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RQAY 21859 container waggon, one of a hundred waggons built in 1981 by EPT NSW as type NQAY, recoded to RQAY in 1994, with a 24' Pacific National curtainsider PNXC 4603 and a 20' side door SCF box SCFU 305076.
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160529 8766486 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQZY 7052 five unit bar coupled well container waggon set built by Goninan NSW in a batch of thirty two during 1995-6 loaded with an array of different double stacked containers.
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160530 9252486 viewsBinduli, 7SP3 intermodal service, container waggon RQJW 22067, one of fifty built by Mittagong Engineering NSW in 1975-76 as JCW type, recoded to NQJW. Loaded with an 40' FD type flatrack with cable drums and a 40' SCF - Austrans sea2rail container AUSU 408190.
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160522 2277486 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2489 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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160523 2915486 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, ARFY type ARFY 2253 refrigerated van with a Ballarat built Maxi-CUBE fibreglass body that has been fitted to an Comeng Victoria built ROX type flat waggon from 1970 that was in service with Commonwealth Railways and recoded to AQOY.
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160525 4566486 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), ARBY type ARBY 2837 refrigerated box van converted by Gemco WA from former ANR Carmor Engineering SA 1976 built VFX type covered van which were recoded to ABFX/Y in later years.
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160530 9088486 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 004 serial 97-1728 leads the train onto the passing loop. SCT introduced these AC traction locomotives to reduce the normal power consist from three DC locos to two AC locos.
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170727 9627486 viewsWoodstock Siding, a Roy Hill ballast train works north as it is about to cross BHP's Woodstock running lines, General Electric Erie built model ES44ACi unit RHA 1006 serial 62578 leads a side dump, ten ballast hoppers and a ballast plough with a sister unit on the rear. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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040412 143415486 viewsNelson Point, BHP ore waggon 3295, one of three hundred and fifty waggons built by Astra Vagoane in Arad Romania during 1988, only seventy-five of these waggons found their way into service. 12th of April 2004.
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169-37485 viewsSeymour, V/Line broad gauge VZSX type bogie sleeper container transport waggon VZSX 106 with loaded VWS type sleeper containers VWS 001 and VWS 053. VZSX should be converted from Bendigo Workshops 1964/68 build of VLF / VLX type louvre vans, recoded to VLCX in 1979. No details of the mods to VZSX.
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171-06485 viewsTrawalla, station building and signal box overview, platform cutback, new portable ATCO style toilet building, looking towards Melbourne.
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