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209-11391 viewsAshfield, looking towards Perth from the station overbridge, the dual gauge tracks and yard running between the mainline and Railway Parade on the right. The standard gauge and narrow gauge points are easy to spot.
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210-09391 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, observer side 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 these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the CCTV camera looking down the long hood, 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 WAGR L or VR C classes which are also GT26C models.
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216-08391 viewsDry Creek Yard, a pair of broad gauge V/Line C class locomotives rest between jobs.
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217-13391 viewsPeterborough, an SP Perth bound service awaiting line clear 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.
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217-14391 viewsPeterborough, an SP service awaits line clear behind the AN liveried quad combination of CL class Bulldog CL 11 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT26C serial 71-739, a 600 and two GM class units.
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217-18391 viewsDry Creek Motive Power Centre, side view of Australian National 700 class locomotive 705 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL500G serial G6059-3.
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219-05391 viewsYandicoogina or HIY as Hamersley Iron identify it, located 445 km from Parker Point yard in Dampier. Bank engine units General Electric Dash 9-44CW models 7090 serial 47769 and 7089 idle away waiting their next loaded train to push out.
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030409 080908391 viewsWarramboo, empty grain departs following a crew change. Rebuild unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery leads a pair of AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 830 class units 872 and 871, the SACBH concrete silo and Ascom silo complexes behind it.
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151111 9478391 viewsCape Lambert Yard, Hamersley Iron 7074, a General Electric built Dash Dash 9-44CW serial 47753 from the original order in November 1994.
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150523 8231391 viewsNelson Point Yard, view across BI-LO Crossing, a throw back to days that the supermarket was in fact a BI-LO, well before the current Woolworths, and Action before that. Dash 8 units in the yard, on the 5642 with the Steel Train and 5648 with another on a rake of index waggons. The 2 km post can just be made out at the third light pole from the right.
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150523 8242391 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 5073, a Golynx style waggon built by Goninan, serial no. 950126-114 in 2004 with 5Cr12Ti stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear.
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160530 9164391 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth departs on the mainline behind SCT class SCT 013 serial 08-1737 an EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe and sister loco SCT 001 with 71 waggons for 5275 tonnes and 1679 metres.
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244-11391 viewsPort Augusta, Spencer Junction NR class NR 22 leads an UP short four waggon steel train off the Whyalla line. NR 22 is a Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-04/97-224.
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1048 001391 viewsWelshpool, Goninan Open Day 27th August, 1988. View from No.2 end of under construction GE CM39-8 locomotive 5632 serial 5831-11 / 88-081 being built for Mt Newman Mining.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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187-02390 viewsNashville, Gympie Queensland. View looking south in the Up direction with low level platform and passenger shelter. GeoData.
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189-00390 viewsUranquinty, located at the 535.72 km on the NSW Main South line, view is looking south across Yarragundry Street, the points for the loop are No. 51, the catch point is No. 52.
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189-15390 viewsThe Rock, located at the 550.29 km on NSW Main South line, NSWSRA 81 class unit 8146 serial 84-1065 in the candy livery built by Clyde Engineering as EMD model JT26C-2SS, races through with the Inter-Capital Daylight train.
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190-14390 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, a loaded rake of ballast hoppers.
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140517-4309390 viewsEginbah Siding area, of the Marble Bar railway, former locomotive watering stop alongside the Talga River (closed in 1951), view of the line formation block fill and tanks on collapsed stands. Location here.
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140517-4427390 viewsA Tutt Bryant rope operated Pacific A.C.E. Equipment Wheel Loader, Fordson powered?? The front end loader which lifts the bucket over the cab to feed the trammel, or dump into a truck, see an historical picture of this unit here at the Battye Library and an image of a similar unit on the manufacturer's website
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