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Track, rail and sleepers

Track, rail and sleepers from Melbourne and the rest of Victoria

Point rodding and signal wiring near the signal box at Frankston

Monday 2 January 2012 11:35 AM
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'VR3' pattern concrete sleepers, cast in 1989

On the platform roads at the 1989 version of Epping station

Wednesday 23 November 2011 5:45 PM
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'Bathurst Rail Fabrication Centre' job ID plate on an insulated rail joint

Tuesday 17 May 2011 1:07 PM
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Rail marked "Cammells Steel W. 11.1893 V.R. SEC462"

Saturday 19 March 2011 1:14 PM
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Lifted rail from concrete sleepered track: note the marks from the plastic sleeper pads

Sunday 16 January 2011 1:43 PM
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Rails recently worked over by the rail grinder, note the various marks on the rail head

Wednesday 21 July 2010 8:39 AM
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Track in suburban Melbourne after being visited by the rail grinder

Wednesday 21 July 2010 8:39 AM
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Track datum marker outside Stawell after the concrete sleeper works

Datum plates are fixed to structures (bridges, platforms and overhead line masts, etc.) that are located near the track. The details on the plate specify the relative position of the track from said structure, which can then be monitored for movement.

Sunday 11 July 2010 8:25 AM
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Track datum marker outside Stawell after the concrete sleeper works

Sunday 11 July 2010 8:23 AM
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Collection of metalwork and concrete bearers for dual gauge pointwork

Sunday 16 May 2010 10:57 AM
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Collection of metalwork and concrete bearers for dual gauge pointwork

Sunday 16 May 2010 10:56 AM
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New track panels at the Paisley oil siding, I assume the points are going to be removed

Monday 26 April 2010 12:50 PM
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'VR3' pattern concrete sleepers at West Footscray

Thursday 14 January 2010 7:42 PM
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'VR3' pattern concrete sleepers, cast by Humes in 1981

Thursday 14 January 2010 7:41 PM
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Active gauge splitter at West Footscray Junction - the change in gauge requires the single point blade to be moved

Thursday 14 January 2010 7:26 PM
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Common Rail Transfer for the standard gauge at Maryborough

It switches the side of the inner rail to suit the dual gauge pointwork elsewhere

Friday 8 January 2010 9:59 AM
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One half of a gauge splitter at Gheringhap

Monday 14 December 2009 7:16 PM
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60 kg rail at Gheringhap, produced in 1994

Monday 14 December 2009 7:15 PM
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Trackbed graded, new sleepers in place, all yet to be ballasted

Sunday 13 September 2009 10:25 AM
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Rail joint on the resleepered track

Sunday 13 September 2009 10:23 AM
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Freshly resleepered dual gauge track minus ballast at Bell Post Hill

Sunday 13 September 2009 10:22 AM
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Gauge convertible concrete sleeper at Flinders Street Station, but with the fastening for standard gauge not cast in

Saturday 22 August 2009 10:58 AM
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Concrete sleeper with Pandrol 'Fastclip' rail fixings

Sunday 5 July 2009 2:55 PM
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