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219-37343 viewsGoldsworthy Siding, C36-7M unit 5507 'Nimingarra' serial 4839-03 / 87-072, an original Mt Newman Mining ALCo C636 5461 to GE C36-7M rebuild carried out by Goninan, leads an empty train away from Goldsworthy, the waggon behind 5507 is numbered 352 and is one of ten Portec USA built waggons originally from Phelps Dodge Copper Mine.
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100605 9334343 viewsWOC type iron ore waggon WOC 31360 is one of a batch of thirty built by Goninan WA between October 1997 to January 1998 with fleet number 420 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and lettered for KIPL, Koolyanobbing Iron Pty Ltd, with the non-handbrake end repainted, seen here loaded with fines ore, Binduli, 5th June 2010.
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030409 141411343 viewsWharminda, the engines 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4 shunt along the mainline with the loaded waggons.
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150507 8108343 viewsFMG Solomon Line, bank engines General Electric Dash 9-44CW locomotives, units 006 serial 58183 and 005 serial 58182 run back light to Solomon for their next duty, seen here on the second bridge over the Fortescue River South which drains out of Hamersley Gorge. Geodata: -22.1844217 118.0313467 .
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160524 3634343 viewsKalgoorlie, priority service 2PS7 sneaks past the station behind Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 113 serial 7250-09/97-312, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery, the former dock remains with the track all but removed.
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160523 2716343 viewsParkeston, intermodal train 1PM5, RQFY 80 container waggon, built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1980 as a batch of seventy five VQFX type skeletal container waggons, recoded to VQFY c1985, then RQFY May 1994, May 1995 to RQFF, then 2CM bogies fitted in Aug 1995 and current code Feb 1996. Royal Wolf 20' box RWTU 969778 and a 40' FD type flatrack with Simon tarp.
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160523 2928343 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, a pair of Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 12 serial 7250-02/97-214 and NR 51 serial 7250-08/97-253 lead the train 'elephant style' out of the dip and along the mainline at the 1776 km. The PN local is in the car at the gantry performing a roll-by, the track on the left is the Engineers Siding.
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160523 2931343 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, a pair of Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 12 serial 7250-02/97-214 and NR 51 serial 7250-08/97-253 lead the train 'elephant style' out of the dip and along the mainline at the 1776 km. The PN local is in the car at the gantry performing a roll-by, the track on the left is the Engineers Siding.
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160522 2105343 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, platform 4 of 5-pack RRRY 7014 well waggon set, one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005, Linfox reefer FTAD 9106014 and half height side door red Linfox LSDU 6940058 container.
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160522 2148343 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, platform 4 of 5 on RRQY 7323 5 pack articulated skel waggon set built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 for Pacific National, with a 48' reefer of the owner PNXR 4913.
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160522 2353343 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RQCY 923 container waggon built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1976 as an FQX type, then VQCX and RQCX type in October 1994. Loaded with Linfox 53' container DRC 388.
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160522 2354343 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRAY 7243 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' Linfox flatrack FCCU 401025 with plastic wrapped load.
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160522 2279343 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, ABSY type ABSY 2449 covered van, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX to SCT as ABFY before being converted by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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160524 3659343 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0150 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA, with Independent Brake signage.
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160525 4557343 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), PBHY type covered van PBHY 0092 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014 without the Greater Freighter signage.
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160527 5528343 viewsBlamey crossing loop at the 1692 km, SCT train 5PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0043 Greater Freighter, one of a second batch of thirty units built by Gemco WA without the Greater Freighter signage.
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160527 5531343 viewsBlamey crossing loop at the 1692 km, SCT train 5PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0020 Greater Freighter, one of thirty five units built by Gemco WA in 2005 without the Greater Freighter signage but with Big W We Sell For Less logo.
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161111 2457343 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQWY 30450 loaded with two Cockburn Cement Convair type 20' tanktainers 1001 and 1004. Waggon was originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA WFX type container waggon in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1970, later recoded to WQCX.
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170730 0518343 viewsIndee, a loaded Roy Hill train runs along at the 71 km heading to the port with mid-train remote unit General Electric built ES44ACi unit RHA 1021 serial 64302 sandwiched within 224 waggons. 30th July 2017. GeoData.
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24135343 viewsBassendean, Collier Road, Key Transport hauling the final BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuilt CM40-8M unit 5669 serial 8412-02 / 95-160, which is actually an CM40-8MEFI as the final three had electronic fuel injection fitted to their 7FDL-16 engines. 5669 was rebuilt from Comeng NSW built ALCo M636 model 5486 serial C6084-2. July 1995.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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