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060528 4511125 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WTEY 7310 diesel fuel tank waggon, former NTAF in service for BP Oil, former AMPOL tank, coded WTEY when arrived in WA. End detail.
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060528 4634 ATPF579J125 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 579 fuel tank waggon built by WAGR Midland Workshops 1974 for Shell as WJP type 80.66 kL one compartment one dome, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.
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060530 4871125 viewsParkeston, AZYF 932 is a CCE compressor waggon, originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB class in 1952-55 for Commonwealth Railways, converted to RGB class, then current code in 1989.
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060530 4914125 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31426 seen here in Loongana Limestone service, originally built by Goninan WA for Western Quarries as a batch of twenty coded WHA type in 1995. Purchased by Westrail in 1998.
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060530 4944125 viewsParkeston, AFBF 33121 kibble flat waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 in a batch of fifty eight WGX type open waggons without end doors, in 1975 to WGN for nickel traffic, back to WGX in 1976, to WOAX, then in 1987 to WOSF for steel traffic, then further cut down to for kibble traffic as seen here.
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060603 5249125 viewsMidland, AQCY 30442 container waggon originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA as WFX type in 1970 from a batch of one hundred and sixty one waggons, recoded to WQCX type in 1980 with two 20' 22G1 type containers Safmarine MSKU 336628 and Triton TTNU 387869.
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060603 5250 ATTY30674F125 viewsMidland, ATTY 30674 fuel tank waggon, one of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970 as WST class, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.
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070531 9715125 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, APKY 30641, leader of two waggons built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as WK type pneumatic discharge bulk cement waggon.
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070609 0188125 viewsMidland, AQCY 30335 container waggon, one of one hundred and sixty one units built by Tomlinson Steel WA in 1969-70 as WFX type, one of twenty five converted to narrow gauge in 1970 as QWF, then back to standard gauge in 1972 as WFX, then recoded to WQCX in 1979, with two Westrail COB type 20' tarp top containers COB 5832 and COB 5759 and a 20' 22G1 type CAI container.
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100601 8429125 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 633 originally one of three units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976-77 as WGL type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for bagged nickel matte traffic, coupled to WGL 639 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1975-76 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corp. for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 603 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1984.
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100603 8831125 viewsParkeston, RMWY 34024 triple deck car carrying waggon, built by Comeng NSW in 1975 within the third batch of ten WMX type double deck car carrying waggons, re-coded to WMFX in 1979, converted to triple deck WMGF in 1989 then under National Rail leasing they became RMWY type.
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100603 8854125 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOXY 33067, converted to carry nickel matte bulk bags, in WGL traffic. Built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 as part of a batch of one hundred WG type open waggons, reclassed as a group in 1969 to WGX, to WGS for superphosphate traffic then in 1980, in 1988 to WODX, then AOAY type.
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051101 6478125 viewsParkeston, AHLY 0022 one of sixty five AHBY type ballast hoppers built by EDI Rail at their Port Augusta Workshops for ARG in 2001-02 for the Darwin line construction, now in limestone quarry products service.
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191-17125 viewsBroadford, Smiths Lane looking north, UP special sleeper discharge train behind Victorian Railways liveried B class B 65 Clyde Engineering EMD ML2 model serial ML2-6.
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222-02125 viewsAt the 105.7 km grade crossing near Gillam Siding, a loaded Yandi train approaches behind two General Electric AC6000 units built by GE at their Erie plant, BHP 6071 serial 51063 leads sister unit 6074, 6071 has not been named as yet. This road was also the original road into Lynas Find Gold Project, back in the day. GeoData.
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160102 9828125 viewsWittenoom Gorge, eastern wall of gorge view, around Fifth Crossing. Geodata.
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150523 8209125 viewsNelson Point Yard, BHP Billiton diesel fuel tank waggon 0034 with safety slogan 'Thank Safe + Work Safe = Go Home Safe', total capacity of 117 m3 for a nominal capacity of 113 m3 built in China by CNR - QRRS.
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150523 8230125 viewsNelson Point Yard, wide view across BI-LO Crossing, a throw back to days that the supermarket was in fact a BI-LO, well before the current Woolworths, and Action before that. Dash 8 units in the yard, on the 5642 with the Steel Train and 5648 with another on a rake of index waggons.
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150523 8248125 viewsNelson Point Yard, loaded ore waggon 8428, a Golynx style waggon built by Goninan in 05-2005 serial no. 950141-008 and asset number of 2002738 out of 5Cr12Ti stainless steel which does away with the need to paint the waggon interiors to prevent wear. This waggon was originally a bottom discharge hopper for use on the Goldsworthy Line prior to the unloader at Finucane Island being replaced with a rotary cell dumper.
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160523 2941125 viewsParkeston, 7SP3 intermodal train, RRGY 7128 platform 1 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon, one of fifty originally built by AN Rail Islington Workshops in 1996-97 as type RRBY, later rebuilt with 48' intermediate decks and coded RRGY, 40' deck with two 20' containers ADLU 203738 and NWSU 9204.
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