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109-20708 viewsAvenal station yard overview looking south, prior to rationalisation, semaphore signal post 10 and disc signal post 9 facing away from camera, point indicators and rodding, double compound points, gang camp dongas, Hi-Rail truck on mainline.
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160101 2304707 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, view inside drive No. 2 through the internal set of gates, geodata: -22.3246533 118.3282583 .
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030416 110340707 viewsHere we are at a siding on the Tarcoola - Alice Springs railway line, Manguri which is 200 km north of Tarcoola and 40 km from Coober Pedy. As you can see the track was a bit wet. 16th April 2003. GeoData location. 16th April 2003.
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171-04706 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction signal box Gillies St, work site view, interlocked gates being replaced by boom barriers, view of signal box, triple doll semaphore signal Post 20, Timken's Siding disc signal Post 21, staff exchange platform and auto exchange apparatus cover open, track view, point rodding, exchange apparatus gauge leaning against toilet building, standing on Linton line.
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213-17706 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, 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 GT26C models of WAGR L or VR C classes.
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213-34706 viewsWeipa, a loaded train from Andoom near Northern Avenue with Comalco R 1004 leading thirty three loaded waggons of bauxite.
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030411 141404706 viewsNunjikompita, front view of 'station' shelter shed, the door on the left used to house the control telephone.
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1062 001706 viewsWelshpool, Goninan, Mt Newman Mining's GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5509 serial 4839-05 / 87-074 being road hauled to Port Hedland by Bell on a ninety four wheel float. This unit was rebuild from AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5452 serial G6012-1. May 1987.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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100-18705 viewsAlbury yard, NSWSRA standard gauge 48 class 4893 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial G3420-8, red terror livery, shunters riding loco. Geodata.
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213-28705 viewsWeipa, view of pilot on Comalco R 1004, Clyde Engineering built EMD model JT42C built 1990 serial 90-1277, note the difference this in freight only traffic to an V/Line N class pilot used in passenger service.
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160128 00385705 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M 5660 serial 8412-05/94-151 surrounded by remains and sibling units.
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160128 00403705 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, drivers side cab view of the ALCo Hi-Ad bogie with external secondary coil suspension of the original M636 unit 5478.
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104-14704 viewsBuangor crossing loop, yard view looking east, mechanical somersault semaphore signal post 3, Up Home, facing camera for Melbourne bound trains, mechanical somersault semaphore signal post 2, Down Home, in the distance for Ararat bound traffic.
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105-28704 viewsKilmore East Apex Quarry siding train control phone and lever for catch points, quarry is behind camera, HK Holden.
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111-01704 viewsNorth Geelong grain arrivals yard, V/Line broad gauge locos N class N 461 'City of Ararat' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1190 and X class X 47 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-794 with a loaded grain rake, semaphore signal post 13 and ground dwarf disc signal 12 and 14 with another loaded grain rake.
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101-15704 viewsMaryborough yard view, four broad gauge V/Line VZTX type bogie manual discharge sleeper waggons VZTX 4, started out as BP type Steel Mail/Baggage Van BP 7 built in 1959 by Newport Workshops, went on to become VBAX 17 in 1979, then converted September 1988 at Bendigo Workshops to VZTX type.
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203-29704 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, Toyota HJ75, the road up to this little spot is actually sealed.
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213-33703 viewsWeipa, a loaded train from Andoom near Northern Avenue with Comalco R 1004 leading thirty three loaded waggons of bauxite.
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150523 8199703 viewsNelson Point Yard, with only another month to operate, BHP Billiton CM40-8M locomotive 5666 'Taranto' is a trailing unit as the loaded rake waits to head to the car dumpers for unloading. 5666 started life as a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo 5487 before Goninan rebuilt it in 1995 to a CM40-8MEFI as it was the first unit to trial an electronic fuel injection system. Come the 1st of July 2015 all these units were all stored.
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0202 USA 040419 102034703 viewsAbydos back track, riveted flat waggon 202 with three water tanks fitted, 3/4 view from handbrake end, originally part of the 'camp train', modified by Mt Newman Mining railway workshops.
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