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199-01253 viewsToodyay West, empty grain train with standard gauge Westrail L class L 263 Clyde Engineering EMD GT26C serial 68-553 and forty empty waggons at Northam-Toodyay Rd Katrine. 1316 hrs on 21st June 1997.
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202-03253 viewsMeckering, looking east along the goods siding with the good shed loop points, shed and crane in the distance.
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209-10253 viewsADG-ADA-ADG triple set on an up service from Midland.
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209-11253 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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160522 2039252 viewsParkeston, 5MP2 steel train, view from rear looking at NQOY 15056 and RQCY 701 loaded with bogies for Trans-Perth B set 116. NQOY type waggon built by Comeng NSW in batch of seventy OCY type container waggons in 1974/75. Recoded to NQOY in 1979-80.
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186-27249 viewsMidland, standard gauge yard, brand new Perth built National Rail NR class units NR 102 Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-07/97-302 and NR 101 serial 7250-07/97-303 shunt into the yard with the first Perth built sister NR 61 serial 7250-11/96-263.
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200-15249 viewsMoorine Rock, Australian National ALF class rebuild unit ALF 24, Morrison Knudson rebuilt the AL class into the ALF with the new model being JT26C-2M and serial 94-AN-024, on the mainline with a Perth bound freight with AN class AN 6 a Clyde Engineering built EMD model JT46C serial 93-1302 on the lead, 22nd June 1997.
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208-1-02249 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #6, Es class Pacific 4-6-2 steam engine Es 308 built by the Vulcan Foundry in 1901 as an E class, once superheated the classes became Es, ES 308 was the one of the last of the class in service and travelled over 1.25 million miles, it was donated to the Museum in 1972.
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208-1-09249 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #, X class leader diesel electric unit X 1001 'Yalagonga' which employed an 2-DO-2 wheel arrangement with 1200 horse power from a Crossley V8 two stroke diesel prime mover.
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208-1-06249 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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060116 2688249 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31335 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 215 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, seen here with lump ore at West Kalgoorlie 16th January 2006.
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160522 2025249 viewsParkeston, 5MP2 steel train, one of the bar coupled pair of waggons making up RKAF type 2-pack rail transport waggon RKAF 4 for a length of 29.8 metres loaded with new rail, these 'pairs' are rebuilt from a pair of RKJX type waggons. The RKJX were rebuilds from V/Line VOBX type waggons.
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160525 4953249 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1, crew accommodation coach QCBY 10, started life as Victorian Railways Newport Workshops 1952 build as AS class no. 15, first class air conditioned corridor car, then AS 210, BS 210 and BS 10. Sold to West Coast Railway, then RTS / Gemco and finally to Aurizon.
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160525 4955249 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Aurizon intermodal train 2MP1, crew accommodation coach QCBY 10, started life as Victorian Railways Newport Workshops 1952 build as AS class no. 15, first class air conditioned corridor car, then AS 210, BS 210 and BS 10. Sold to West Coast Railway, then RTS / Gemco and finally to Aurizon.
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199-07248 viewsMeckering, National Rail NR class unit NR 19 Goninan built GE Cv40-9i model heads up train 7PM5 as it waits for a cross with the Prospector in the loop 1400 hrs 21st June 1997.
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201-11248 viewsMidland, the first Perth built NR class NR 61 Goninan GE model Cv40-9i serial 7250-11/96-263 shunts at Midland with two brand new NR units.
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202-07248 viewsMeckering, looking east, the points for the crossing loop with dual control point machine and relay interlocking room which houses the backup power plant, silos in the distance.
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202-10248 viewsMeckering, former narrow gauge bridge located south of the standard gauge line.
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208-1-08248 viewsBassendean, Rail Heritage WA Museum, exhibit #21, C class Mikado 2-8-2 steam engine V 1220, one of twenty four locomotives built for Beyer Peacock by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd under contract. V 1220 enter service in 1956 and was withdrawn in 1971 and donated to the Museum in 1972.
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209-08248 viewsMt Lawley station, narrow gauge Perth to Midland service arrives with an Goninan NSW built ADC class railcar ADC 851 leading an ADL class with the Perth skyline in the background.
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