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205-31603 viewsKoodaideri, drive cut into side, early exploration, drive was dug by Umberto Favero, a long time Hancock employee and worker and caretaker of the Wittenoom mine and settlement, drive location is 22 31'48.36" S 118 59'58.08" E.
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211-27603 viewsWeipa, Lorim Point railway workshops, 3/4 RHS or observer's side view of Comalco R 1001 loco Clyde Engineering EMD model GT26C serial 72-752 while is sits at the fuel point, items of note are these units were setup to have the long hood leading, the CCTV camera looking down the long hood, the second 'tropical roof' and the five chime horn cut into the nose. Also noticeable, the units don't have dynamic brakes fitted so there is no brake 'blister' in the middle of the hood like you see on the WAGR L or VR C classes which are also GT26C models.
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060527 4071603 viewsLeonora, WN 506, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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160103 DJI 0058603 viewsColonial Mill and mine ruins located within Wittenoom Gorge. The large concrete area on the upper level is the former mining offices and railway workshops, a sharp eye will see the sealed mine entry with a red door. Concrete foundations remain of the once impressive crusher, mill, dryer and bagging plant. See images of the site intact here , 194-08 shows the sealed red entry point. Geodata: -22.3112605 118.3190326 .
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232-10603 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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160526 5220603 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RQLY 1009 centre well of articulated 5-pack centre well waggon set, one of fourteen sets built by AN Rail Islington Workshops SA in 1991, loaded with former Pilkington Glass 20' plate glass carriers now MXA 17 and AMX 40.
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160528 8333603 viewsParkeston, 5SP5 intermodal train, Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 65 serial 7250-11/96-267, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery.
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160528 8408603 viewsBinduli, intermodal train 6PM6, RRYY 6 built by Bradken Rail NSW to a Williams-Worley design in a batch of fifty two articulated low level five-unit car container waggons in 2004/05, platforms 3, 4 and 5 with 53' car containers Patrick A 142, Patrick A 130 and Patrick A 033.
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160523 2989603 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RQAY 21913 container waggon, one of a hundred waggons built in 1981 by EPT NSW as type NQAY, recoded to RQAY in 1994. Loaded with an SCF leased 40' 4EG1 type container Austrans AUSU 471412[1] and a 20' 2EB0 type Toll box TOSU 200672[9].
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160522 2362603 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China built RRQY 8408, Rand Refrigerated Logistics 46' 6" MFR3 type reefer RAND 378.
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160522 2379603 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRKY 2379 container waggon, built by Perry Engineering SA in 1971 as RMX, to RM, AQMX, AQSY, RQKY, empty.
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160522 2384603 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, platform 4 of 5 on RRQY 7330 5-pack articulated skel waggon set built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2005 for Pacific National, with a PN 48' MFG1 type box PNXL 4325.
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160523 3037603 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RLSY 18707 louvre van, one of one hundred fifty originally built by Comeng NSW as KLY in 1975-76, then recoded to NLKY, NLWY, RLUY.
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160529 8771603 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RRZY 7049 platform 4 of 5-pack well waggon set, one of thirty two sets built by Goninan NSW in 1995-96 for National Rail as RQZY type, recoded to RRZY when repaired with a Sadleirs 40' box RCS 4011 and Toll 40' half height curtainsider 5TC 501.
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160529 8809603 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, view looking towards the front from RRXY 8 5-pack well waggon set, one of eleven built by Bradken Qld in 2002 for Toll from a Williams-Worley.
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160529 8843603 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RQQY 7076
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160522 2286603 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0157 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty units built by Gemco WA.
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160525 4587603 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), PWWY type PWWY 0005 one of forty well waggons built by Bradken NSW for SCT, loaded with a 48' SCT reefer SCTR 312 and a 48' SCT MFG1 type container SCTDS 4807.
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160526 5279603 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, with 76 waggons for 5709.8 tonnes and 1795 metres with EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 012 serial 08-1736 as second unit to sister unit SCT 014 as they hold the mainline in West Kalgoorlie waiting for the Prospector railcar to cross.
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160526 5316603 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, SCT train 3MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0021 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty two waggons built by Queensland Rail Redbank Workshops in 2005.
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