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150523 8207143 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0031 with safety slogan 'Safety - It's your life', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.Jan 30, 2016
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150523 8205154 viewsNelson Point Yard, parked beside the Locomotive Service Shop, new style BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0035 with safety slogan 'Take time to work safety', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS and fitted with ECPB coupled to original fuel tank waggon number 0013 built by Comeng with a 113649 litre capacity.Jan 30, 2016
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150523 8198170 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit 4334 'Wheelara' serial 20078915-001 built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario and Goninan rebuild CM40-8MEFI model unit 5666 'Taranto' serial 8412-11/94-157 wait on a loaded train in the arrival yard.Jan 30, 2016
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150523 8202150 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton SD70ACe unit 4368 is on the fuel tank shunt, is a unit from the last order of eighteen SD70ACe units for BHP Billiton built at Electro-Motive London Ontario, serial 20098203-013.Jan 30, 2016
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150523 8201263 viewsNelson Point Yard, parked beside the Locomotive Service Shop, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0035 with safety slogan 'Take time to work safety', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.Jan 30, 2016
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150523 8200216 viewsNelson Point Yard, overview of both trains from images 8197 and 8198.Jan 30, 2016
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150523 8199258 viewsNelson Point Yard, with only another month to operate, BHP Billiton CM40-8M locomotive 5666 'Taranto' is a trailing unit as the loaded rake waits to head to the car dumpers for unloading. 5666 started life as a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo 5487 before Goninan rebuilt it in 1995 to a CM40-8MEFI as it was the first unit to trial an electronic fuel injection system. Come the 1st of July 2015 all these units were all stored.Jan 30, 2016
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150523 8197183 viewsNelson Point Yard, a pair of BHP Billiton SD70ACe units waits in the arrival yard with a loaded rake for the dumpers. Lead unit 4327 'Hamersley' is from an order originally built by Electro-Motive, London Ontario for BNSF, a US Class 1 railroad, but BHP secured 10 of them during construction, this unit 4327 serial 20066862-056 was destined to be BNSF 9185 before coming to BHP. The second unit 4402 is from a batch of Progress Rail EMD SD70ACe units serial 20118575-012.Jan 30, 2016
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150522 8194274 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M units lined up awaiting the chop, 5659, 5640, 5638, 5649, 5645, 5635, 5663, 5656, 5657, 5647 with 5646 out of view.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 093041553 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, the cab from scrapped Australian built ALCo MLW M636 model by Comeng NSW in November 1974 for Mt Newman Mining and BHP Iron Ore numbered 5495 serial number C6084-11. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 093234406 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, side view of 5450, a USA built EMD model F7A locomotive serial 8970, frame 3006-A9 built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 093124498 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, removed Locotrol cab from Goninan CM40-8ML ALCo to GE rebuild unit 5663 serial 8412-08/94-154, this unit along with the two sister cab-less units all ended up having normal driving cabs retro-fitted around 1996-97. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 093001476 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, former ALCo built demonstrator locomotive model C-415 serial 3449-1 built Apr-1966, currently carrying number 1000, it was originally numbered 008 when Hamersley Iron purchased the unit in 1968. It was retired from service on the 24th February 1982. It then spent some time carrying number 2000 while building the Marandoo railway line from Sept 1991. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 093033495 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, the cab from scrapped Australian built MLW M636 model MLW ALCo by Comeng NSW 5495 serial C6084-11 built in Nov-1974. Sister complete unit 5502 can be seen beyond the ALCo crank and cam shafts holding up the veranda. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 092857451 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, 5450 a USA built EMD model F7A serial 8970 and frame 3006-A9, built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 092926497 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Australian built by Comeng NSW an MLW ALCo M636 unit formerly operated by Mt Newman Mining and BHP Iron Ore 5502 serial number C6096-7 built July 1976, retired in 1994 and donated to the Society in 1995. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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050109 092824404 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, Goldsworthy Mining Ltd B class unit 1, an English Electric built ST95B model, originally built in 1965 serial A-104, due to accident damage rebuilt on new frame with serial A232 in 1970. These units of Bo-Bo design with a 6CSRKT 640kW prime mover and built at the Rocklea Qld plant. 9th October 2005.Jan 30, 2016
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160128 0000363 viewsSee 5661 reduced to frame level in just over 7 minutes.
A 176 tonnes locomotive is no match for a 40 tonne CAT excavator with a T-Rex type hydraulic set of shears.Jan 29, 2016
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150522 8193260 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M units 5659 serial 8412-04/94-150, 5640 serial no. 8281-05/92-129 and 5638 serial 8281-02/92-127 await the shears. Full details of these units can be seen here .Jan 29, 2016
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150522 8191186 viewsWedgefield, Sims Metal yard, Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M unit 5645 serial 8281-11/93-134 awaits the shears. Full details of this unit can be seen here .Jan 29, 2016
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