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211-20117 viewsEast Weipa Mine Centre, a Komatsu HD1400 with a Tubemakers belly dump trailer.
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211-27117 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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220-12117 viewsShay Gap, Mable Bar Rd grade crossing at the 187.6 km on the line to Yarrie, hills, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser.
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220-18117 viewsJust west of the 104.6 km crossing on the Yarrie line, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuilt ALCo C636 5431 into a C36-7M unit 5507 serial number 4839-03 / 87-072 seen here leading its loaded train through the curves.
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100731 03117117 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31376 is leader 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 301 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations., empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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030406 142638117 viewsKapinnie, station located at the 105 km, this is the second location and in use from 1954. Station yard overview looking west with point lever and indicator and concrete silo complexes and outflow spouts. 6th April 2003.
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030406 142828117 viewsKapinnie, phone number board inside the train control cabin. 6th April 2003.
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030409 084537117 viewsKyancutta, empty grain train runs through the yard behind rebuild DA class unit DA 7 in Australian Southern orange and black livery leading a pair of AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 830 class units 872 and 871 with a string of grain waggons.
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030409 113227117 viewsDarke Peake, view of the retaining wall for the ballast loading ramp.
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030409 113246117 viewsDarke Peake, ballast loading ramp and retaining wall looking west, station site is behind photographer.
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030409 122852117 viewsKielpa, the tail of the loaded grain train running along the mainline looking south.
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030409 140726117 viewsWharminda, former Australian National 830 class unit 851 an AE Goodwin built ALCo DL531 model serial 84137, 851 has spent its entire operating career on the Eyre Peninsula.
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030409 140809117 viewsWharminda, the engines 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt unit DA 4 shunt back into the grain loop to pick up loaded waggons.
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030409 153952117 viewsMoody Tank, a loaded grain train storms around the curve behind 830 class unit 851 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 84137, fellow 830 class 842 serial 84140 and a rebuilt DA class unit DA 4, trailing view.
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060111 2261117 viewsTooligie, 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 and its grain train. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2433117 viewsThevenard, at the Gypsum Resources Australian (GRA) gypsum unloading site, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering EMD JL22C model 1600 / NJ class combination of 1604 serial 71-731 and originally NJ 4, NJ 3 serial 71-730 and 1601 serial 71-728 class leader NJ 1, all three units started on the Central Australia Railway in 1971 and were transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981. 1604 and 1601 both renumbered in 2004. Friday 13th January 2006.
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060117 2714117 viewsBardoc, AQNY 32184, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, view of number board and bogie, sulphur skip S8W, train 2029 loaded Malcolm freighter.
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060531 5075117 viewsParkeston, OPC 381, originally built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1964 as an 8300 type brake van numbered 8365 on broad gauge, to standard gauge and recoded in Sept 1982 to AVAY 381, converted for LCL traffic Peterborough and Broken Hill in June 1987 as ABLP and then in April 1992 modified and recoded to OPC stores van.
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060603 5273117 viewsMidland, ABAY 30902 covered goods waggon originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA as part of a third batch of one hundred and thirty five WVX type covered vans, recoded to WBAX in 1980 then to WBWX in 1982.
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070529 9410117 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATTY 30675 fuel tank waggon, one of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970/71 as WST class, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.
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