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160522 2173364 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQLY 4 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 8 built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1987 as AQJY, Shipping Container Rentals 20' box FUKU 380899 and Sadleirs 20' box RCSB 5088.

160522 2279364 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2449 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.

160527 5526364 viewsBlamey crossing loop at the 1692 km, SCT train 5PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0022 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 without the Greater Freighter signage but with Big W We Sell For Less logo.

160530 9228364 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, ARFY type ARFY 2188 refrigerated van with a Ballarat built Maxi-CUBE body mounted on an original Commonwealth Railways ROX container waggon built by Comeng Qld in 1970, recoded to AQOX, AQOY and RQOY before having the Maxi-CUBE refrigerated body added circa 1998 for SCT service.

161111 2457364 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQWY 30450 loaded with two Cockburn Cement Convair type 20' tanktainers 1001 and 1004. Waggon was originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA WFX type container waggon in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1970, later recoded to WQCX.

161111 2470364 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, ATEY 4724 diesel fuel tank waggon in service for BP Oil, former NSW AMPOL NTAF tank, coded WTEY when arrived in WA.

030403 153831364 viewsGladstone, MKA (Morrison Knudsen Australia) rebuilt AL class AL 23 into EMD JT26C-2M model for Australian National in 1993 as the ALF class, here ALF 22 serial 94-AB-022 is second unit on a gradin train being loaded on the 3rd April 2003.

041014 142704364 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, former ALCo built demonstrator locomotive model C-415 serial 3449-1 built April 1966, currently carrying number 1000, it was originally numbered 008 when Hamersley Iron purchased the unit in 1968. It was retired from service on the 24th February 1982. It then spent some time carrying number 2000 while building the Marandoo railway line from Sept 1991. 14th October 2004.

246-23364 viewsCape Lambert, Robe River locomotive 9420 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8109-03 / 91-119 from March 1991 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an ALCo Schenectady built C630 serial 3486-4 and built new for Chesapeake & Ohio (USA) as their 2103. It is one of four C630 ALCo units purchased in 1974 and delivered to Robe in January 1975. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.

268-33364 viewsAt the 39 km detection site, while the party learn about the operation of the detection equipment in the background, two of ALSTOM's 'hardest' workers, Peter Dickens and Peter Collins give a wave. Friday 12th of April 2002.

116-12363 viewsSpencer Street Station, view looking south from flyover, V/Line broad gauge passenger platforms, N class N 457 'City of Mildura' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1225 shunts away from an N set, behind it is a Victorian Railways 'Tea Cup' with V/Line liveried N set coupled to current V/Line liveried N set.

119-06363 viewsNorth Geelong yard view, 2 lever frame and telephone cabinet for the Fyansford line, Fyansford line curves round to the left, North Geelong C Box can be seen in the distance.

119-09363 viewsNorth Geelong yard, V/Line broad gauge locos G class G 540 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 89-1273 and another G class waiting for shunters to couple up to empty grain rake to form down grain train 9125, ground dwarf signal 20.

177-03363 viewsTottenham Yard, view from standard gauge mainline of broad gauge Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B, V/Line shunt locomotives of the Y class, Y 130 serial 65-396 with a green louvre van and Y 118 serial 63-308 and Y 171 serial 68-591 as they go about Saturday morning shunting duties. In the final years of V/Line operation, the Y class were operated in pairs to shunt Tottenham Yard.

178-09363 viewsTatyoon, down V/Line broad gauge goods train to Adelaide 9169 powers through the trailable points at the western end of the loop heading 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 X class X 53 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-800, 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.

179-04363 viewsGheringhap, yard overview looking east, broad gauge V/Line down goods train 9153 departs for Maroona with the signal on post 4 pulled off for the Maroona line, point rodding and interlocking is spaced away from the line as this location used to have double mainlines, on the right are gypsum waggons in Sidings B.

167-07363 viewsWallan Loop, north end, near the Boundary Rd crossing, standard gauge NSWSRA 81 class loco 8175 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1094 in the new Freight Rail 'Stealth' livery holds the loop while a broad gauge V/Line A class races south with an up passenger train, signal gantry and post for loop visible.

123-2-35363 viewsBallarat, Lydiard Street, V/Line broad gauge G classes G 528 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1258 and G 533 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 88-1263 with up Adelaide goods train 9150.

127-19363 viewsDeer Park West, broad gauge Australian National BL class BL 31 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1015 in AN livery leads an up goods train into Melbourne on the double track.

141-1-05363 viewsSunshine, broad gauge down Adelaide goods train behind Australian National BL class BL 33 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1017 and V/Line G class G 515 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 85-1243 pass platform No.3 as its consist crosses over the passenger lines from the Independent Through Lines heading the main western line, station platform, semaphore and disc signal posts, points, point rodding, looking east, Newport Loop Line on the right, GEB silo complex.

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