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180208 43715637 viewsCape Lambert Yard. Brand new GE built ES44ACi unit 9126 serial 64632 built date of October 2017 in owner's Rio Tinto stripe livery. 8th February 2018.
Roland Depth image.
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232-093670 viewsYandi One balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore waggon 2343 built by Comeng WA as one of the second batch of one hundred and eighty three waggons built between 1969 and 1970. The white body panel signifies the rotary coupler end. February 1997. GeoData.
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030720 160654r2422 viewsNelson Point Loco Service Shop, BHP Billiton Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 sits in the afternoon Pilbara sun displaying its brand new colours, painting only finished on it this day and about ten minutes after these photos where taken the unit was back in service! Sunday 20th July 2003.
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141025 58192299 viewsWedgefield, WA, view from the new bypass road looking into the rear of Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard with former BHP Billiton Iron Ore EMD SD40 and SD40R model units lined up awaiting their fate, from left, SD40 3080, SD40R 3097, SD40 3078 and SD40R 3088.
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040801 1441381560 viewsWalla Siding, builders plate on Goninan built, Lynx Engineering designed ore waggon 4403 made from 5Cr12Ti stainless steel these waggons are known as Golynx waggons, asset number 203510 with serial 950124-004 and build date 02/2004. 1st August 2004.
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170915 07051536 viewsGreat Northern Highway 18.2 km grade crossing, empty Roy Hill fuel train powers along bound for Tad Yard with General Electric built ES44ACi unit RHA 1019 serial 64300 leading eleven of Roy Hill's twelve tank waggons. 15th September 2017. View map here.
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141025 58181528 viewsWedgefield, WA, view from the new bypass road looking into the rear of Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard with former BHP Billiton Iron Ore EMD SD40, SD40R and GE AC6000 model units lined up awaiting their fate, from left, EMD SD40 3080, SD40R 3097, SD40 3078, SD40R 3088, 3086, 3094, AC6000 6075, SD40R 3091, AC6000 6073 and remains of another SD40R.
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141027 58271401 viewsWedgefield, Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard, with what remains of an SD40R and prime mover having the frame cut into three pieces, as the once mighty GE AC6000 6073 and SD40R 3091 wait their turn to ne reduced to scrap.
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141027 58251306 viewsWedgefield, view out the back of Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard shows a sorry sight. From left is the frame of an SD40R and prime mover, AC6000 6073, SD40R 3091, AC6000 6075 and SD40 3079. Beside 3079 is the remains of AC6000 unit 6071 having been reduced from one of the most powerful locomotives to work in Australia to a munched up tangled mass of metal, the EVO motor is still in the frame.
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141025 58201242 viewsWedgefield, WA, view from the new bypass road looking into the rear of Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard with former BHP Billiton Iron Ore EMD SD40R and GE AC6000 model units lined up awaiting their fate, from left, EMD SD40R 3088, 3086, 3094, AC6000 6075, SD40R 3091.
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110601 1186r1238 viewsRowley Yard, the first mainline lead run of FMG Electric-Motive Division built SD90MAC-H locomotive 903 serial 976833-18 was originally UP 8539 built in 1999, rebuilt by NS Juniata Shops in 2011 for FMG seen here operating with the 6000 hp 265-H engine. 1st June 2011.
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090912 2289r1225 viewsIndee, at the 48.5 km grade crossing for Indee Road, FMG General Electric built Dash 9-44CW units 003 serial 58180 and 004 serial 58181 power another loaded train from the Cloud Break mine under Proceed Authority 54 in the last rays of sunlight on the 12th September 2009.
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130818 2712r1223 viewsKanyirri Yard, FMG's Progress Rail Muncie built EMD SD70ACe/LCi locomotive 707 serial 20118611-007 built 2012 seen here coupled to a sister unit. 18th August 2013.
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141027 58301211 viewsWedgefield, Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard, view of EMD SD40R units 3092, 3089 and 3095 watching a former sister units being reduced to bits, a frame part beside its bogie and then the primer mover 645 EMD engine and fuel tank tipped on its side, and the excavator with the hydraulic shears.
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141025 58221200 viewsWedgefield, WA, view from the new bypass road looking into the rear of Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard with former BHP Billiton Iron Ore EMD SD40R and GE AC6000 model units lined up awaiting their fate, from left, EMD SD40R 3091, AC6000 6073 and remains of another SD40R.
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131126 3779r1159 viewsKanyirri Yard, FMG's Electro-Motive Division built SD9043MAC locomotive 909 serial 976833-33 was originally UP SD90MAC-H 8554 built in 1999, rebuilt by NS Juniata Shops in 2011 for FMG and fitted with a 710G3 engine. 26th November 2013.
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141027 58281138 viewsWedgefield, Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard, overview of the carnage. Units visible awaiting the shears and gas are, GE AC6000 6073, EMD SD40R 3091, AC6000 6075, EMD SD40 3079, AC6000 6074 and 6072 and SD40R 3092 and 3089.
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180918 0227r1106 viewsBoodarie, about the 23 km at Roy Hill Rail Construction Yard, brand new Roy Hill RHA class loco RHA 1026 with serial 64743 a GE Fort Worth built GE model ES44ACi in the special Breast Cancer Awareness livery undergoes commissioning prior to official handover. All five were built at General Electric's Fort Worth Texas plant. 18th September 2018.
GeoData.
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141025 58211092 viewsWedgefield, WA, view from the new bypass road looking into the rear of Sell and Parker's metal recycling yard with former BHP Billiton Iron Ore EMD SD40R and GE AC6000 model units lined up awaiting their fate, from left, AC6000 6075, SD40R 3091, AC6000 6073 and remains of another SD40R.
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150314 7775r1085 viewsWedgefield, sitting in a storage yard while more rail is laid, Roy Hill rotary tip ore waggon GA 2080 which is one of the 1196 built by China Southern Rail in Zhuzhou China with a 70m³ capacity. 14th March 2015.
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