ROLL 68. Portland, 7th & 9th January. Casterton & Ararat, 8th January. Coleraine, 9th January, 1969.
All photos © Les
Brown. Not to be used for Publication.
Scanned Negatives
68-1. Portland North. Looking towards Portland.
68-2. 91RM & T328. Portland North.
68-3. Portland North-Heywood.
68-4. T379. Casterton.
68-5. T379. Casterton.
68-6. Casterton.
68-7. Ararat. A simple case of what can happen when the load shifts on a fast freight. I’ve taken thousands of pictures of trains and even a seeing a derailment was rare, so when something as dramatic as this happens it’s worth a few frames.
68-8. Ararat.
68-9. Ararat.
68-10. Ararat.
68-11. S309. Ararat.
68-12. T373. Coleraine.
68-13. T373. Coleraine. Too see what it looks like exactly fifty years later click or tap on the photo.
68-14. T373. Coleraine.
68-15. T373. Coleraine.
68-16. Portland North-Portland. The vestigious sign says “Test Brakes”.
68-17. Portland North-Portland.
68-18. Portland North-Portland.
68-19. Portland North-Portland. Looking towards Portland North.
68-20. Portland. The end of the platform coping can be seen in the centre.
68-21 Portland.