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110710 7431 PD115 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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160522 2197115 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth with EDI Downer built EMD model GT46C-ACe unit SCT 007 'Geoff (James Bond) Smith' serial 97-1731 with 76 waggons for 5382 tonnes and 1800 metres length.
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160522 2223115 viewsParkeston, SCT train 6MP9 operating from Melbourne to Perth, PBHY type covered van PBHY 0067 Greater Freighter, built by CSR Meishan Rolling Stock Co China in 2014.
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161111 2461115 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon APNY 31166, last of four built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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161111 2403115 viewsKalgoorlie, Malcolm freighter train 5029, waggon AQNY 32187 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, with a Bis Industries roll top 55UA type sulphur container SBIU 200636 and original style sulphur container S61H 829 with original style door and sliding tarpaulin.
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050624 3350115 viewsGoldsworthy, train end and hand brake of the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star as a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port.
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170727 9516115 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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19797115 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, former BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509, seen here stripped down to being an engine test bed, view from the no. 1 end. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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190107 0343115 viewsParkeston, builders plate of Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 002 'Spirit of Yilgarn' with serial R-0113-03/14-505 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi in 2014 stands in the Engineers Siding.
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190107 0426115 viewsParkeston, Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00270 built by CSR Yangtze Co China in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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150619 9159115 viewsWalla back track, BHP track machine Tamper 3 a Plasser Australia unit model 09-3X serial M480. 19th June 2015.
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151206 9653115 viewsBoodarie, parked up in a parking bay just out of town on a Sunday awaiting delivery on the following day, behind a Gavin Transport Mack Titan 600 on a Drake float, BHP's new track recording vehicle which is a Mermec ROGER 800 imported from Italy. ROGER is an acronym for Rilievo Ottico Geometria Rotaia, Italian for optical rail geometry control.
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200914 7792115 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, MT 2 a type of shunters float on an old NSWGR four wheel underframe. 14th September 2020.
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250-23115 viewsCape Lambert South Yard and Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here in the South Yard dragging a loaded rake down to the car dumper as yard expansion works are underway to the left. 22nd October 2000.
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121-21114 viewsMoe track view, looking east, cutting to left former Yallourn line.
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171-22114 viewsBallarat station Platform 1, V/Line broad gauge N class N 457 'City of Mildura' Clyde Engineering EMD model JT22HC-2 serial 85-1225 departing with an Up pass, past signal Post 21B, Ballarat A Box at right of frame.
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172-07114 viewsSunshine, broad gauge V/Line P class P 14 Clyde Engineering EMD model G18HBR serial 84-1208 rebuilt from T 330 Clyde Engineering EMD model G8B serial 56-85 with a 4 car H set, yep, okay, they can't be photographed between the stanchions!
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173-07114 viewsMurchison East, yard view from station platform looking at V/Line broad gauge track machines, a Plasser track tamper, Tamper sleeper consolidator and a Tamper ballast regulator, the Railway Hotel in the distance.
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173-14114 viewsMurchison East, V/Line station sign, 'Change here for bus connection to...', north end of station building with brick chimney.
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177-10114 viewsNewport station and yard overview taken from the workshops roads, Williamstown lines are at the right, I'm standing at the Newport Workshops No.1 and No.2 double track junction, the lines to Geelong are on the left beyond the white gate, a Comeng electric set is at the platform with the overbridge carrying Melbourne Road.
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