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160526 5246251 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 4PM6 intermodal train, RRQY 8518 5-pack articulated skel waggon set one of a batch of thirty four built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works China in 2012 for Pacific National, with mainly 46' reefers double stacked with 40' half height curtainsiders.
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160523 2936251 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, crew accommodation coach RZAY 940, built by Comeng NSW in 1968 as ARJ 240, a stainless steel, air conditioned, roomette sleeping coach, rebuilt by AN Rail Port Augusta Workshops to RZAY in 1997.
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160522 2352251 viewsParkeston, 7MP7 priority service train, RRAY 7190 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' W.A.. Freightlines curtainsider WAFL 491004.
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160523 2836251 viewsParkeston, SCT train 7GP1 which operates from Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction) to Perth, originally built by V/Line's Bendigo Workshops in June 1986 as one of fifty VQDW type 'Jumbo' Container Flat waggons built, PQDY 54 still in Freight Australia green livery loaded with two SCT half height 40' curtain siders SCT 1012 'SCT Linehaul Storage Distribution' and SCT 1025 'SCT Logistics'.
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160524 3666251 viewsKalgoorlie, SCT train 2PM9 operating from Perth to Melbourne, CQWY type CQWY 5007-1 with an SCT 48' reefer SCTR 318 and SCT 48' MFG1 type box SCTDS 4851. The CQWY was built by Bluebird Rail Operations in South Australia in 2008 as a batch of sixty pairs.
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160525 4567251 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1 which operates from Perth to Parkes NSW (Goobang Junction), ARFY type ARFY 2228 refrigerated van with a Ballarat built Maxi-CUBE body mounted on an original Commonwealth Railways ROX container waggon built by Comeng Victoria in 1970, recoded to AFQX, AQOY and RQOY before having the Maxi-CUBE refrigerated body added circa 1998 for SCT service.
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161112 2996251 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, AQNY type waggon AQNY 32189 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with original style sulphur container S75F G826 and un-decaled hard-top type 25U0 container BISU 100010.
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040806 102832251 viewsFlash Butt yard, rear view of stored out of service LocoTrol waggons, 2626 closest to camera, then 661, 2065 and 2703 Test Car.
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050624 3337251 viewsGoldsworthy, Dash 8 locomotive 5636 with 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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20955251 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, sitting outside the gates waiting to head to Cape Lambert, Robe River Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuild unit 9411 serial 8206-02 / 92-125, retains its original Robe River road number on a hundred and twenty wheel road float. 9411 was rebuilt into the GE CM40-8M unit from AE Goodwin ALCo M636 serial G6060-2. February 1992.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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22709251 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, ALCo 251 diesel engines, these are believed to have been exported to Mexico.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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030416 082046251 views555 Quarry, which is located at the 554.8 km from the 0 km datum from Coonamia or just 50 km from Tarcoola. Looking west across the mainline, siding can be seen on the right. Siding nameboard. GeoData location. 16th April 2003.
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240-12251 viewsWickham town entry statement, concrete plinth with plaque outlining the history of the MLW built ALCo model RSC3 units operated by Robe River prior to preservation. 31st August 2002.
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240-30251 viewsSeven Mile, Pilbara Rail, Robe River owned, General Electric built Dash 9-44CW unit 9470 serial 53455. This and sister units 9471 and 9472 were the first painted in the Pilbara Rail livery. 31st August 2002.
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180615 1625251 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP stabled rail or steel train holds the former Goldsworthy mainline between the junction and Node 1 due to upgrading track works within the flash butt yard behind Electro-Motive Diesel built SD70ACe 4360 serial 20098203-005 in late afternoon light. 15th June 2018. GeoData.
Photo by Roland Depth.
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190107 0433251 viewsParkeston, Mineral Resources Ltd MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00315 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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190109 1560251 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 001 'Minres Express' with serial R-0113-03/14-504 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi model locomotive, one of 6 built in 2014.
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150619 9092251 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, grinding and driving cab unit. Driving cab, filter and blower housings, shows domestic type split air conditioner for cab cooling.
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200914 7763251 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, 5450 a USA built EMD model F7A serial 8970 and frame 3006-A9, built Jan-1950 for Western Pacific Railroad as 917-A, imported for the Mt Newman Mining Co. to construct their Port Hedland to Newman railway in December 1967. Donated to the Society in 1978. 14th September 2020.
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200914 7772251 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, ALCo built locomotive model S-2 serial 69214 built in 1940 for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle as their #21 and retired in 1964 before coming to Australia in September 1965, numbered 007 and called 'Mabel'. Retired in December 1972 and donated to the Society in 1976. 14th September 2020.
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