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140517-4416118 viewsMarble Bar, Prospector Creek, tin mine, near Fishers Cairn the area was a Tailings Lease #10 (87H) - FISHERS CAIRN held by Moolyella Tin Pty. Ltd in the 1960s, then a machinery lease in the 1970s. Remains of a dry tin concentrate plant. Location Here.
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193-20118 viewsGympie, station yard, QR narrow gauge unit 1648, an English Electric RS95C model built at their Rocklea Qld plant in 1967, known in the QR as class 1620. GeoData.
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205-24118 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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209-25118 viewsMidland, the midday east bound freighter with Westrail's Clyde Engineering built EMD GT26C model L class unit L 269 serial 68-618 as second unit.
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220-08118 viewsRubin Junction looking north from the Nimingarra Mine end of the triangle, the track to the left leads to Yarrie and the track to the right to Hedland.
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220-11118 viewsShay Gap, Mable Bar Rd grade crossing at the 187.6 km on the line to Yarrie, looking towards Yarrie.
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100602 8538118 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33436 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-141 and fleet number 8935 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with the 8 being an addition as the fleet size has increased beyond 1000 waggons, 82.5 ton capacity and build date of 04/2006 waggon for Portman Mining, seen here loaded with fines west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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060530 4971118 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31395 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 325 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1997, and later converted to a WSM type ballast hopper, then back to its current guise, and this is the first one to be repainted in ARG yellow, shows capacity of 32M³, loaded with lump ore, Binduli 30th May 2006.
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030409 121224118 viewsKielpa, a few kilometres south of the former Konanda siding 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, rebuilt from 830 class unit 839 by Port Augusta Workshops, retains original serial 83730 and model DL531 with the first twelve waggons behind the locos XNW type powers away from a crew change.
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060111 2251118 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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060111 2252118 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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070527 9218118 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ALHX 34 louvre van waggon originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1973-74 as a batch of thirty five SLX type louvre vans, recoded to ALHX.
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191-06118 viewsSeymour station, rationalised yard, V/Line T class unit T 410 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 68-626 coupled behind A class A 66 with a stabled down Wodonga goods train, Sunday.
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191-15118 viewsDysart, near School House Lane, V/Line broad gauge B class B 65 Clyde Engineering EMD model ML2 serial no. ML2-6 still in Victorian Railways livery speeds past with an UP special sleeper discharge train on a Sunday.
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160101 9810118 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, concrete footings and foundations for the now removed milling plant, drive visible in the background, looking north east. Geodata.
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160103 9835118 viewsLocated in the bush near Colonial Mill is this relic of a Fordson One Man Power Grader originally supplied by Lynas Motors Ltd. An old newspaper article on these graders can be found here . Geodata: -22.3057767 118.3247750 .
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150523 8232118 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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208-2-27118 viewsMidland Workshops, Westrail L class L 255 a Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C, serial 67-545 under overhaul surrounded by various rollingstock including the WSL 30650 bogie transport waggon which was built for this task in 1977 at Midland Workshops.
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208-2-34118 viewsKeswick Passenger Terminal, Adelaide, The Ghan with Australian National DL class DL 37 Clyde Engineering EMD model AT42C serial 88-1245 awaits departure time.
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160522 2196118 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth arrives on the mainline behind EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 010 serial 97-1734 with 76 waggons for 5382 tonnes and 1800 metres length.
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