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187-18567 viewsMonkland, Gympie Queensland. Molasses transfer station for unloading VMO type molasses waggons to road trucks. GeoData.
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195-31567 viewsWittenoom, West Gorge, Australian Blue Asbestos or ABA Colonial Mine, sealed up underground drive adit or entry no. 30, shows area where seams have been cut out from the rock face.
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198-11567 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Crossing Pool.
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208-1-07567 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #14, Pr class Pacific 4-6-2 steam engine Pr 521 'Ashburton', one of ten units built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1937 as class leader Pr 138 'Ashburton' and renumbered to 521 in 1946. Pr 521 'Ashburton' was also the first of the class to be withdrawn in 1969 and then condemned in 1970 and donated to the Museum in 1971.
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210-19567 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, railway workshops, front 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 second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also 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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217-07567 viewsKeswick Passenger Terminal, Australian National DL class locomotive DL 37 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT42C serial 88-1245 on the pointy end of 'The Ghan' as departure time approaches.
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030409 080113567 viewsWarramboo, empty grain train stopped for a crew change. Rebuild unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery shows its original heritage body style of an NSWGR 48 class 4813 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 83713, rebuilt by Islington Workshops SA with long hood and parts from former 830 class 870 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial G6016-06 in 1998.
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160522 2029567 viewsParkeston, 5MP2 steel train, RKCX type open waggon RKCX 6, originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as an ELX type open waggon ELX 567 in 1966 as part of a batch of seventy waggon, was given to V/Line in 1986 following the derailment write off VOSX 6, with this waggon assuming that identity. Recoded to VCCX type in 1987, then in 1994 to RCCX type.
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162-3-19566 viewsMelbourne Yard, V/Line broad gauge VWAA type bogie well waggon VWAA 7, built at Newport Workshops January 1913 as QB type bogie well - boiler transport waggon, fitted with container anchors which were fitted in 1975, behind it are VLCX, VBBF and VLDX type bogie louvre vans, VLCX 183, VBBF 124 and VLDX 1.
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108-08566 viewsMurchison East silo complex, elevation of the Ascom Jumbo elevator tower, inflow grate and road outflow spout.
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129-2-21566 viewsKorumburra station yard overview looking down direction, shows former Works Depot siding removed from alongside embankment, Freightgate canopy and overview of yard.
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131-2-23566 viewsGerogery, 616 km from Sydney on the NSW Main South, station platform and building with toilet block, looking south. The toilet block is now located at Culcairn. GeoData.
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181-04566 viewsTrafalgar yard, loading platform and goods shed, point lever and locking bar just visible on edge of frame.
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187-01566 viewsNashville, Gympie Queensland. View looking south in the Up direction, footbridge still intact, low level platform and passenger shelter, Graham St overbridge in distance. Ute on the right would be on what is now Nashville Lane. GeoData.
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194-31566 viewsYandi campsite for Henry Walker operated iron ore mine owned and managed by BHP, view of camp are from man cage on Kato 50 tonne hydraulic crane.
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196-11566 viewsYandi Two loaded car side of the loadout balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M or Dash 8 motive power in the form of 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 rebuilt by Goninan as GE model CM40-8M from ALCo M636C number 5480 and two new Goninan built GE CM39-8 units 5630 'Zeus' serial 5831-09 / 88-079 and 5631 'Apollo' serial 5831-10 / 88-080 are the head end power with another two CM40-8M units mid-train. Train length is 240 waggons with a 120/120 split. Yandi Two ore stockpile and pedestal stacker boom tip visible in the background, the loadout operates via gravity and the train travels through a tunnel. May 1998.
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208-1-11566 viewsToodyay, emus at the Free Range Emu Farm.
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030405 133624566 viewsKyancutta, road signs at the junction of the Eyre and Tod Highways, 5th April 2003.
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030406 084217566 viewsTooligie, station located at the 113.4 km, originally opened May 1913, train control cabin and waiting room - shelter with station name board, 6th April 2003.
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150505 7953566 viewsFMG Solomon Line, looking west with cutting to the right, 227.5 km grade crossing in the distance, track is curving away to the left in the background. Geodata: -22.0200283 118.5880600 .
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