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148-39337 viewsVR 1967 book of signals Wangaratta pages 2+3
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162-1-24337 viewsSouth Dynon Motive Power Depot, broad gauge V/Line C class C 505 Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 76-828, at the PTC Open Day, cab front view.
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153-1-20337 viewsBacchus Marsh turntable looking at interlocking mechanism and turning handle from non-lever end.
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157-22337 viewsKilmore East, Apex Quarry Siding, V/Line broad gauge locomotives N class N 471 'City of Benalla' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 87-1200 with train under the loading bins during loading operations of the train, front vertical view.
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160-26337 viewsShepparton, yard view of stabled broad gauge V/Line T class locomotives T 371 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 64-326 and T 385 serial 64-340 still in Victorian Railways blue and yellow livery, goods shed on the right, station platform and building on the left, T class T 393 serial 65-423 is behind T 385.
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183-25337 viewsWodonga loco depot fuel point, V/Line broad gauge Bulldog B class locomotive B 75 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial ML2-16 still in Victorian Railways livery, cab front view.
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190-32337 viewsMarinna, located at the 477.88 km on the NSW Main South line, looking south from south end with grain siding and mainline crossover operating ground frame and interlocking infrastructure.
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202-33337 viewsYandi One, 307 km grade crossing, the last waggons on a loaded train, the last two are both Comeng style waggons, while the third, also being built by Comeng was originally built as a fixed wheel waggon with four axles, later converted to bogies.
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203-21337 viewsBing Siding, with the empty clear, BHP General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 leading class leader 6070 'Port Hedland' serial 51062 as they power their train out of the passing track at Bing South.
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205-25337 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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218-29337 viewsYandicoogina or HIY as Hamersley Iron identify it, located 445 km from Parker Point yard in Dampier, view looking at rear of empty train being loaded with fuel tanks and loco fuel point in middle of frame and mine stockpiles in the background.
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060528 4436337 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32388, fleet number 915, 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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060529 4703337 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 30274 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-024 and fleet number 617 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations of 83 tonne capacity for Portman Mining, loaded with fines at Binduli, 29th May 2006.
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100605 9328337 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31240 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 131 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100605 9349337 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31279 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 159 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, Binduli Triangle, loaded with fines, 5th June 2010. This unit was converted to WOC for coal in 1986 till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100731 02838337 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33553 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-093 and fleet number 9044 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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060528 4585337 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31392 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with fleet number 317 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, shows the higher tare of these waggons and the capacity of 73 tons, waggon length of 10.8 metres, and a close inspection reveals that the round WAGR waggon builder's number is 31391 of 1974, this waggon cut down originally from a Comeng built Mt Newman Mining ore waggon in 1974. It was then converted to a WSM ballast hopper, then converted back to a WOB by WAGR Midland Workshops. It was originally numbered 31391 by WAGR, seen here loaded with fines at Bonnie Vale, 28th May 2006.
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030406 100902337 viewsCummins, view of the grain bunker rail unloading facility with dual DOH 'Drive Over Hopper' and stackers for loading road vehicles and with the original overhead outflow bin and feed conveyor for loading rail waggons. 6th April 2003.
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030407 100506337 viewsMinnipa, north bound empty grain train shunts across the grade crossing for Minnipa - Yardea Rd behind a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962, to shunt off empty waggons into the grain siding. 7th April, 2003.
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030411 160238337 viewsCungena, 306.7 km, yard overview looking south from Thevenard end, Ascom style silo complex block 2 with concrete block 1 behind it. Station shelter visible behind tree.
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