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160522 2124412 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train departs for Kalgoorlie and Perth, view of crew accommodation coach RZAY 283, built by Comeng NSW in 1972 as type ARJ stainless steel, air conditioned, first class roomette sleeping coach.
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160522 2143412 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, platform 2 of 5 pack RRGY 7123 5 pack articulated skel waggon set, originally built as RRBY by AN Rail at Islington Workshops SA 1996-97, recoded when decks rebuilt longer, 48' deck with a Pacific National 48' curtainsider container PNXM 4543.
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160522 2341412 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, platform 2 of 5-pack Goninan built RRZY 7034 well waggon set, Linfox 46' 6" MFR1 type reefer FTAD 9106016.
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160609 0393412 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, VLEY 2 louvre van, started life as Victorian Railways Newport Workshops built VSX type type louvre van VSX 906 in 1974, recoded to VLEX in 1979 and to VLNX 2 in 1981 for newsprint traffic, then RLNX in 1995, again recoded for rice traffic to VLRX in 2003 and then possibly to VLEY sometime after 2005. In Freight Australia green with yellow band.
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160609 0403412 viewsWoodbridge, 5PM5 intermodal train, RQJW 22082, originally built by Mittagong Engineering NSW in 1975-76 in a batch of fifty JCW 80' jumbo container waggons. Recoded to NQJW then to National Rail as RQJW in 1994. Loaded with a Simon 40' flatrack FD 129 with two Spriotainer tanks and Austrans 40' 4EG1 type box AUSU 400423[8].
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160523 2875412 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0036 Greater Freighter, one of a second batch of thirty units built by Gemco WA without the Greater Freighter signage.
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160523 2915412 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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160527 5537412 viewsBlamey crossing loop at the 1692 km, SCT train 5PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PWWY type PWWY 0037 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with two 48' MFG1 type SCT containers SCTDS 4838 and SCTDS 4856.
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050319 0137412 viewsNelson Point, view of the Steel Train set sitting out in the South Yard, cut down Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon, now used as the crib waggon on the rear of the Steel Train.
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242-04412 viewsNelson Point, BHP Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509 serial 4839-05 / 87-074 about to be trucked to United Goninan Perth for eventual cutting down to the frame and heading to United Goninan Broadmeadow NSW as an engine test bed. May 2002.
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200914 7789412 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Fortescue' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2141. In 1975 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. 14th September 2020.
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190129 4231412 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00094 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-94 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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119-23411 viewsMaribyrnong River bridge, signal post 162, Australian National broad gauge locos BL class BL 29 Clyde Engineering EMD model JT26C-2SS serial 83-1013 and 700 class 703 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-1 working down Adelaide bound goods train 9145 across the river.
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120-04411 viewsSeymour station, V/Line broad gauge Bulldog B class B 75 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-16 still in original Victorian Railways VR livery, front end shot, No.2 end.
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120-24411 viewsBenalla yard, V/Line broad gauge loco X class X 43 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-706, RHS cab shot, bogie and staff exchanger, ground dwarf signals 18.
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170-25411 viewsRutherglen, view across yard, Williamstown style silo complex with steel annex, load-out spouts, silo has been configured for loading road vehicles.
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173-15411 viewsMurchison East, station building and platform overview looking south towards Melbourne, ablution block, fire hose cabinet, station building with a number of brick chimneys.
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175-20411 viewsPine Lodge, yard overview looking towards Shepparton from the 195 km post, mainline on the left, site of former station and platform on the left, Williamstown style silo complex with super phosphate shed beyond it on the right.
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175-21411 viewsPine Lodge, yard view looking towards Shepparton, elevation of Williamstown style silo complex with super phosphate shed beyond it on the right.
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177-10411 viewsNewport station and yard overview taken from the workshops roads, Williamstown lines are at the right, I'm standing at the Newport Workshops No.1 and No.2 double track junction, the lines to Geelong are on the left beyond the white gate, a Comeng electric set is at the platform with the overbridge carrying Melbourne Road.
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