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040912 142144357 viewsNelson Point, Silver Star observation coach, 'Sundowner', 3/4 view of rear end, shows lighting arrangement, end of train markers. 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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060414 3448357 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 507 seen here modified as a weighbridge test waggon, end view.
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040809 164208357 viewsNelson Point yard, ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia model SSP 110SW unit serial 401. 9th August 2004.
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050410 0513357 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area sees brand new having only been delivered the day before, BHP track tamper to become Tamper 3, a Plasser Australia 09-3X model with serial M480. 10th April 2005.
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050412 0781357 viewsHesta Siding south, builders plate of BHP's EX 01 high rail excavator, built in France by Geismar as a KGT 4RS model with serial 4559. 12th April 2005.
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170728 10007357 viewsBenson Falls, 91 km curve, an empty train blasts up the steep grade behind a General Electric built Dash 9-44CW unit 7072 serial 47751 leads two General Electric built ES44DCi units 8140 and 8158, 7072 is from the original delivery of Dash 9-44CW units in 1994 and is showing its age. 28th July 2017. GeoData.
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170730 0523357 viewsMarubeni Siding, located on the Roy Hill railway at the 152.5 to the 155.8 km, view looking south. GeoData.
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23884357 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, BHP Iron Ore GE CM40-8M rebuild unit 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07 / 93-140 is lifted up with the Bell road transport float being prepped underneath for road haulage to Port Hedland. 5649 was rebuilt from AE Goodwin ALCo M636 unit 5473 serial G6047-5. July 1993.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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030415 155213357 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking west, end of No. 1 Water Road running straight, removed points, No. 2 Loco, then No. 1 Loco and the points for the Camp Train Roads just visible on the right. Tank on stand and underground covered tank can be made out. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.
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240-22357 viewsWickham, left hand side number one end view of former Robe River and NSWGR MLW built ALCo RSC3 serial 77737 of October 1951, was originally 40 class 4006. Shows modified bogie to convert the A1A to a BO bogie type. 31st August 2002.
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180615 1574357 viewsWalla Siding, BHP took delivery of two new ballast ploughs in December 2017. They were built by CRRC Yangtze China in 2017 and weigh in at 65 tonnes. The ploughs are numbered BP 01 and BP 02. We finally caught up with them top and tail on a ballast consist, here's BP 02.
Roland Depth photo.
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190107 0536357 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00323 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-323 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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150619 9097357 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno owned and operated rail grinder RG2 for BHP, rail grinding module, from the left filter housing, 5000 litre water tank, 2500 litre water tank, electrical cabinet, blower fans and filter housing, grinding hoods beside bogie.
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080116 1373357 viewsChapman Siding, view showing the bogies and bar coupling, train pipe, control pipe and electrical jumper of FMG married pair of slave 1395 on the left and master 2396 on the right. The BHP Newman line in the back ground. 16th January 2008.
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080116 1378357 viewsChapman Siding, FMG slave waggon 1187, built by CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China during August 2007, view of the builders plate. 16th January 2008.
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200914 7814357 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, cab side views of former Goldsworthy Mining locomotive 1 an English Electric ST95B model built in Qld and former Mt Newman Mining / BHP Iron Ore locomotive 5502 an ALCo M636 model built by Comeng NSW. 14th September 2020.
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247-05357 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River Dash 8 power 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Everything below the frame is ALCo while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.
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250-11357 viewsPelican Siding on the Hamersley Iron Tom Price line about the 208 km with an empty train behind General Electric built 9-44CW units 7068 serial 47747 and 7067 serial 47746 on the loop as a loaded train with 210 waggons passes behind a sister pairing of 7072 serial 47751 and 7074 serial 47753. 1550 hrs 21st October 2000.
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130710 1034357 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, PBGY type covered van PBGY 0096 Multi-Freighter, one of eighty waggons from the second order built by Gemco WA for SCT.
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100603 8962357 viewsParkeston, SCT's 3MP9 service operating from Melbourne to Perth, SCT inline refuelling waggon PQFY type PQFY 4209 originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 for Commonwealth Railways as RMX type container waggon, with two AMT5 type ISO tank-tainers TILU 102030[9] and TILU 102026[9].
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