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Slide - SECV Ballarat 43 and welding truck railway level crossing - set of 2, Ron Hood, 12/1970

  • SECV Ballarat 43 and welding truck railway level crossing - 1 of 2

    SECV Ballarat 43 and welding truck railway level crossing - 1 of 2

  • ECV Ballarat 43 and welding truck railway level crossing - 2 of 2

    SECV Ballarat 43 and welding truck railway level crossing - 2 of 2

  • SECV Ballarat 43 and welding truck railway level crossing - 1 of 2
  • ECV Ballarat 43 and welding truck railway level crossing - 2 of 2

Historical information

Photograph by Ron Hood shows the SECV welding truck at the Ballarat Lydiard St level crossing with No. 43 passing on its way to Lydiard St North, December 1970. The welding truck was provided with a trolley pole to power the equipment in order to weld or repair rail joints. Photo taken from the Provincial Hotel. Has the level crossing, Kennedy Murray General Carriers and the Ballarat Goods shed in the view. In the far distance is a SECV truck. See items 2864 and 7700 for other photos of the welding truck.

Significance

Yields information about the use of the welding truck in Ballarat to repair rail joints or the head of the rail.

Physical description

Set of two colour slides in hanimount cardboard mounts.

Inscriptions & markings

"Ballarat" in ink on one of the slides.

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