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197-21362 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the accident statistic board located at the main mine adit.
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210-11362 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, back view of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are the five chime horn cut into the hood and as the Weipa locomotives don't work in MU there is only the train brake hose and the main res hose for charging the belly dump discharge doors.
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060108 2042362 viewsLock, grain train being loaded by former SAR 830 class unit 842, built by AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84140 in 1962, originally on broad gauge, transferred to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987 and, 1204 and sister 851.
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160128 00407362 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal Yard, rear view of Goninan rebuilt GE model CM40-8MEFI 5669 serial 8412-02, builders no. 95-160 flanked on the left by sister unit 5668 and on the right by older CM40-8M 5642. Note the newer rebuilds have marker lights while 42 has none but has a snow plough on the no. 2 end. Also note the roof access ladder rungs have been removed.
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119-04361 viewsNth Geelong C Box, V/Line broad gauge light locos X class X 47 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 75-794 and N class N 461 'City of Ararat' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 86-1190 collect the electric staff for the Nth Geelong B Box section, bound for Geelong loco depot after finishing grain loop unloading duties.
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131-2-20361 viewsThomson Dam overflowing, possibly 1992, with spillway flooding into the Thomson River. GeoData.
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190-04361 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, looking south along the mainlines, South box in the distance.
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195-01361 viewsMunjina, end of Roy Hill Road where it meets the Great Northern Highway, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser, loaded up to the max, it has a 13 leaf spring pack on the rear, 9 on the front, PTO winch, in route to Wittenoom.
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195-20361 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north along Joffre Creek, the former market garden area is in the middle, with Bolitho Rd skirting the creek.
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195-32361 viewsWittenoom, West Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mine, remains of a building on the adit level adjacent to no. 30.
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198-01361 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, rear view of battery box and battery locomotive GEMCO Hauler serial 12304-05/10/65, motor H.P. 2/11, volts 80, drawbar pull (lbs.) 1250 built by George Moss Pty Ltd Leederville, WA.
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198-06361 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, line up of two Mancha locomotives and the Gemco, then an English Electric unit. The compressor and water treatment plant is beside the locos, In the distance is the demolished locomotive changing and maintenance shed and underground offices and lamp room.
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203-36361 viewsYampire Gorge, remains of asbestos mining, former roadway over grown with sign from the National Parks Board of WA.
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211-04361 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, view of the two loading conveyors running between the stockpiles and wharf, the kaolin loader in on the right hand side of the wharf.
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211-15361 viewsEast Weipa Mine Centre, the 'Go Line' with the Komatsu HD1400 truck and trailers all lined up.
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217-15361 viewsPeterborough, an SP Perth bound having crossed Sliver Street behind the AN liveried quad combination of CL class Bulldog CL 11 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT26C serial 71-739, 600 class 605 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL541 serial G6015-4, and GM class Bulldogs GM 43 Clyde Engineering EMD model A16C serial 67-529 and GM 46 serial 67-532 powers away west with the station building in the background.
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150523 8238361 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit leads a rake towards the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally being built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, an US class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial no. 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP.
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111-19360 viewsNorth Geelong C Box, V/Line broad gauge shunt loco Y class Y 129 Clyde Engineering EMD model G6B serial 65-395 runs back into Geelong Yard light engine from the arrivals, shunters on loco, framed by signal box and signal post 16.
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152-20360 viewsSomerville station, broad gauge V/line X class X 42 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-705 leads a T class with a down Long Island coil steel train with the Somerville Hotel in the background.
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187-11360 viewsMonkland, Gympie Queensland. VMO type molasses waggon VMO 33440. Originally built by Nippon Sharyo Nihon in 1965 as a batch of 200 VO type coal hoppers. Converted to VMO in 1994. GeoData.
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