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Track, rail and sleepers

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

Rail fixings on a dual gauge concrete sleeper, 'Fastclip' fixings either side, a standard Pandrol clip is put in the middle

Sunday 5 July 2009 2:55 PM
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About 1 in 4 sleepers marked for replacement on the Portland line at Branxholme

Saturday 30 May 2009 5:36 PM
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Sleeper replacement underway at Hamilton

Saturday 30 May 2009 5:03 PM
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Five rail track at Appleton Dock - three rail dual gauge with a check rail either side

Saturday 23 May 2009 4:54 PM
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Numbers on the end of concrete sleepers manufactured by Austrak

Saturday 16 May 2009 5:11 PM
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Check rail on the East line at Champion Road, Newport

Sunday 25 January 2009 3:21 PM
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Flat bottom rail marked 'VR BV & Co IX 1882'

Friday 17 October 2008 9:44 AM
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Standard pandrol clip holding both BG and SG rails in 3-rail dual gauge track

Sunday 31 August 2008 10:00 AM
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Rail at North Melbourne marked 'VR Krupp 1888 V'

Thursday 28 August 2008 5:31 PM
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How long since the broad gauge was used? Gheringhap Loop

Wednesday 19 December 2007 1:50 PM
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Double headed rail as a mounting post for a switch near Brooklyn. The date code was 1871 (?)

Monday 29 October 2007 12:55 PM
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Markings of the web of a length of retired rail - 'AS 94 LB (1964) AIS 1/1969'

Australian Standard 94 lb/yard rail rolled by Australian Iron & Steel in November 1969 to a pattern from 1964

Saturday 27 October 2007 8:15 AM
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Old rail stacked up at Manor Loop

Saturday 27 October 2007 8:15 AM
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Three way points at Dudley Street

Wednesday 16 August 2006 4:01 PM
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New concrete set of points awaiting installation at Richmond Junction

Wednesday 26 July 2006 11:06 AM
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New concrete set of points being constructed at Newport South

Thursday 29 June 2006 1:02 PM
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Reverse side of 1888 VR Krupp rail - 'VR AS 60 Lbs D.L & Co Lt Mdfg OH 11 1922'

Friday 23 June 2006 1:03 PM
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1888 VR Krupp rail

Friday 23 June 2006 1:03 PM
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Concrete 'timber replacement' sleepers outside North Shore on the broad gauge

Sunday 11 June 2006 12:08 PM
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Catch points at the up end of the South Geelong runaround road

Tuesday 7 February 2006 1:23 PM
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Catch points at the up end of the South Geelong runaround road

Friday 13 January 2006 10:27 AM
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Catch point at South Geelong

Monday 9 January 2006 12:37 PM
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