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213-18309 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also noticeable, the units don't have dynamic brakes fitted so there is no brake 'blister' in the middle of the hood like you see on the GT26C models of WAGR L or VR C classes.Oct 26, 2014
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213-15373 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops building, looking south east at the rear of the building. Canron Rail Group Mk I switch tamper. Canron was taken over by Harsco in 1990-91.Oct 26, 2014
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213-16330 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops building, looking south east at the rear of the building and yard. From the left, R 1003, waggons, R 1001 and the Canron Rail Group Mk I switch tamper.Oct 26, 2014
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213-13316 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops looking east, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. This unit is almost identical to the GT26C models of the WAGR L class. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-14295 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops looking east, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. This unit is almost identical to the GT26C models of the WAGR L class. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-11369 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops yard, ground throw point or switch operating unit with the number 5 identification.Oct 26, 2014
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213-12322 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. This unit is almost identical to the GT26C models of the WAGR L class. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-09585 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, side view of an HMAS type ore waggon 102, one of thirty such waggons built by Industrial Engineering in Qld in 1978 these bottom discharge hoppers are constructed from aluminium.Oct 26, 2014
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213-10572 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, side view of an HMAS type ore waggon 19, one of the original sixty one waggons built by Comeng Qld in 1971-72 these bottom discharge hoppers are constructed from aluminium.Oct 26, 2014
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213-08419 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, view of the handbrake end of an HMAS type ore waggon one of thirty such waggons built by Industrial Engineering in Qld in 1978 in aluminium, the red triangle is the end of train device.Oct 26, 2014
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213-07384 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point, view looking east from the workshops towards the dump station with a rake of waggons lined up with the two types of aluminium bottom discharge hoppers discernible by the hungry boards fitted to the original type waggons, the control cabin for the dump station can be made out in the distance.Oct 26, 2014
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213-05445 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point fuel point looking south across the apron, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also noticeable, the units don't have dynamic brakes fitted so there is no brake 'blister' in the middle of the hood like you see on the GT26C models of WAGR L or VR C classes. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-06785 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops. Comalco shunt engine R 1003 coupled to a Difco side dump waggon. R 1003 is an Electro Motive built NW2 model with serial number 4114 and frame number of E761-8 was built in November 1946 at La Grange originally for Canadian National with road number 7943. Sold to Comalco in December 1975 and entered service in 1976. This unit was subsequently scrapped in 2000.Oct 26, 2014
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213-04798 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also noticeable, the units don't have dynamic brakes fitted so there is no brake 'blister' in the middle of the hood like you see on the GT26C models of WAGR L or VR C classes. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-03402 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops looking east, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. This unit is almost identical to the GT26C models of the WAGR L class. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-02443 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops looking east, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. This unit is almost identical to the GT26C models of the WAGR L class. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-00411 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point Workshops looking east across to the track maintenance compound with eleven Comalco ore waggons of both types lined up and the Speno rail grinder in the compound, September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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213-01782 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point workshops looking east, Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering built EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. This unit is almost identical to the GT26C models of the WAGR L class. September 1995.Oct 26, 2014
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