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060528 4653127 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AFBF 33069 loaded with nickel kibbles as the examiner tends to the bogie brakes, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WGX type in 1967, re-coded to WGS for superphosphate traffic in 1970, in 1979 to WOAX, then in 1987 converted to WOSF for steel traffic.
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222-16127 viewsMust've fired the camera climbing into the back of the ute.
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160101 9806127 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, looking north, the drive is visible cutting through to the right. GeoData.
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160102 DJI 0031127 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking west of the wall from above Gorge Mine. Geodata.
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160102 DJI 0034127 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking south west towards the Gorge Mine location with drive visible on both side walls. Geodata.
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160102 DJI 0041127 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking south west over the Gorge Mine location with drive visible on the right, foundations of workshop visible in middle. Geodata.
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150523 8232127 viewsNelson Point Yard, I Area, waggon scrapping by Sims Metal, a fork lift carries waggon no. 3340, one of 350 waggons built in Romania of which only about 60 made it into service, the rest rusting away in a caged embargo area out on the Broome Road until they were scrapped some years ago. There is a connection with these waggons and Lang Hancock and his former mine McCamey's Monster, now known as Jimblebar.
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150523 8246127 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 2330, a CNR built QRRS style waggon built in 2014 out of T4003 stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear. The white circle around the corner from the number indicates the rotary coupler end, the number for this waggon also indicates it is a replacement for an original Comeng built waggon. Capacity 138.4 T, Tare 21.6 T and Volume 62 m3.
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160601 10083127 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tankers ATCY 8479 and 8476, built by Perry Engineering SA for Shell for use by South Australian Railways on broad gauge as Ts type, recoded to ATSL, original capacity of 48800 litres, current diesel capacity it 45000 litres.
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110710 7431 PD127 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQAY 2273, this orphan waggon started life as a Comeng Vic built GOX type open waggon for Commonwealth Railways in 1970, then coded AOOX. Under AWR ownership is was reduced to this 3 TEU unit container skeletal waggon. Peter Donaghy image.
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161111 2401127 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32231, type leader of twelve units built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic fitted with Bis INDUSTRIES anhydrous ammonia tank A1K.
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161112 2986127 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1654, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with an original S type sulphur container 908 and a Bis Industries roll-top 55UA type container SIBU 200602.
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244-26127 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, still wearing the former owners AN livery, Australian Southern NJ class NJ 4, Clyde Engineering EMD model JL22C serial 71-731, cab side view. 6th April 2003.
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170726 9457127 viewsBoodarie, FMG ore waggon pair 2800 (control) and 1799 (slave) of the original design and loaded with fines ore shows evidence of side wall panel replacement and new relining dates. 26th July 2017.
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170727 9516127 viewsNelson Point, BHP empty fuel train sits in the middle yard waiting to shunt the waggons across to the gantry to be reloaded for their next run to the mine, behind Progress Rail Muncie USA built EMD unit SD70ACe/LCi 4468 serial 20148001-001 and eleven 100,000 litre tank waggons. 27th July 2017.
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170727 9620127 viewsWoodstock Siding, a loaded BHP iron ore train passes under the Roy Hill overpass behind Progress Rail Muncie USA built EMD SD70ACe/LCi unit 4466 serial 20138907-017 and sister 4367. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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170727 9627127 viewsWoodstock Siding, a Roy Hill ballast train works north as it is about to cross BHP's Woodstock running lines, General Electric Erie built model ES44ACi unit RHA 1006 serial 62578 leads a side dump, ten ballast hoppers and a ballast plough with a sister unit on the rear. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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170727 9630127 viewsWoodstock Siding, a Roy Hill ballast train works north General Electric Erie built model ES44ACi unit RHA 1006 serial 62578 leads a side dump. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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170727 9643127 viewsWoodstock Siding, a Roy Hill ballast train works north with rear end locomotive General Electric Erie built model ES44ACi unit RHA 1020 serial 64301 trailing the ballast plough. 27th July 2017. GeoData.
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22667127 viewsBassendean, during an Open Day at the Goninan workshops, ALCo 251 engine test facility. 20th July 1991.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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