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211-19136 viewsEast Weipa Mine Centre, Komatsu HD1400 with a Tubemakers belly dump trailer.
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219-22136 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 along the mainline, 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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220-03136 viewsTaplin Siding, located between the 135 and 137.5 km on the former Goldsworthy Mining Ltd line, now part of the BHP Iron Ore network looking west at the points, indicator and shelter located at the 136 km or Hedland end.
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220-07136 viewsRubin Junction looking west from the eastern end, the line off to the right is the line to Nimingarra Mine with the straight continuing onto Hedland.
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100605 9334136 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 120830136 viewsKielpa, former Australian National locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class unit 842 serial 84140.
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030409 122808136 viewsKielpa, loaded grain train with 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, 851 has spent its entire operating career on the Eyre Peninsula, leads fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4 rumbles over the north end points heading south.
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060111 2251136 viewsTooligie, Mac's Road grade crossing at the 110 km, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004 leads an empty grain train north. 11th January 2006.
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PD 12866136 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 34074 with fleet number 940, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, seen here in a rake with sister waggons.
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060527 4130136 viewsScotia, AQCY 30219 flat waggon, one of forty five waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WFX type, recoded in 1979 to WQCX. Here carrying six loaded nickel ore kibbles.
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100602 8668136 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATQF 612 diesel fuel tanker, Shell Fleet No. TR721, one of two such waggons built by Indeng Qld in 1982 for Shell as type WJQ with an original capacity of 79000 litres, current diesel capacity of 72000 litres, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.
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221-15136 viewsHardie Siding, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild unit CM40-8MEFI 5669 the last Dash 8 rebuilt for BHP and one of four fitted with an EFI prime mover, serial 95-160/8412-02, with the switch restored for the mainline the 2nd Person climbs aboard to continue on to Yarrie Mine.
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222-03136 viewsAt the 105.7 km grade crossing near Gillam Siding, a loaded Yandi train approaches behind two General Electric AC6000 units built by GE at their Erie plant, BHP 6071 serial 51063 leads sister unit 6074, 6071 has not been named as yet. This road was also the original road into Lynas Find Gold Project, back in the day. GeoData.
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222-15136 viewsLalla Rookh gold mine head frame at sunset.
In the 1924 WA Mines Department report, it states there was a ten head battery and five cyanide vats for leaching located here GeoData.
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160101 9804136 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, looking north west, at the old waggon dump area and workshops. GeoData.
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160101 9805136 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, looking north, the line of the drive is visible and in the middle background is adit #6. GeoData.
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150523 8205136 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.
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160522 2329136 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, Pacific National crew accommodation coach BRS 222, built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in 1952 as AS 16 First class, to BRS 2, BS 222, current.
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161111 2404136 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32163 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with Bis Industries hard-top 25U0 type sulphur container BISU 100091 and original style sulphur container S90W 965 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin.
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161111 2410136 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32161 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two original style sulphur containers both with original style doors and sliding tarpaulin tops, S55M 871 and S29B G 903.
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