Newport - Sunshine Line

Photos from the Newport - Sunshine freight line that runs via Brooklyn.

Spotswood Depot

December 24, 2011
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Caltex Siding

April 25, 2009
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McKenzie and Hollands Siding

April 25, 2009
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Amalgamated Workshops

August 04, 2005
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Former VR Way and Works department workshops, the site is now partially vacant, United Gonian building their facility on the southern edge

United Group

October 26, 2008
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Depot for standard gauge locomotives, built on the site of the former Victorian Railways Amalgamated Workshops

Brunel Street crossing

February 20, 2008
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Brookwood mk1

October 29, 2007
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Photos of the remains of the Brookwood sidings which branches off from the Newport - Sunshine line on the southern side of the West Gate Freeway. The sidings faced Newport and went west, going to various industries including a meatworks.

Brookwood mk2

October 29, 2007
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Photos of the second set of sidings at Brookwood. Located a few hundred metres closer to Sunshine, they served one industry and had their own lead off the main line

Brooklyn

February 20, 2008
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Photos of the Brooklyn sidings and signals there. It is the junction of the dual gauge line to Tottenham and the broad gauge line to Sunshine

Apex Quarry

April 12, 2008
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The Apex Quarry siding leaving from the Sunshine side of Brooklyn yard, and runs westward. After leaving the main line it curves slightly, crosses a road, and slips into two. The west branch goes the the former VR tip. The other continues on until it is running west and parallel to a dirt road. After about a km it crosses the road and goes into the quarry siding.

Washout sidings

February 28, 2009
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Sunshine GEB sidings

February 20, 2008
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Grain elevators at Sunshine, beside the goods line

Tottenham triangle

June 06, 2009
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A new bridge is underway to allow trains to run from the North East to the Western SG lines, avoiding a run around in Tottenham Loop
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