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100602 8577114 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33486 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-??? and fleet number 8987 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100602 8688114 viewsWOA type iron ore waggon WOA 31309 is one of a batch of thirty nine built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1970 and 1971 with fleet number 205 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, West Kalgoorlie loaded with fines, 2nd June 2010.
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100729 01506114 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31463 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-035 and fleet number 526 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, now with PORTMAN painted out, Binduli Triangle, 29th July 2010.
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100731 03063114 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31380 is one 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 305 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, empty train arriving at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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060528 4431114 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AOPY 32384 with fleet number 4912, the 4 being a recent addition due to the increasing size of the ore waggon fleet, one of seventy ex ANR coal waggons rebuilt from AOKF type by Bluebird Engineering SA in service with ARG on Koolyanobbing iron ore trains. They used to be three metres longer and originally built by Metropolitan Cammell Britain as GB type in 1952-55, 28th May 2006.
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060111 2326114 viewsWarramboo, Kimba Road grade crossing, 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, here shunting off the grain siding and back to the mainline to resume the journey north. 11th January 2006.
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060113 2441114 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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060113 2442114 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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060113 2466114 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 departs the yard with empty train 6DD3, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering built 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 the original 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. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2472114 viewsThevenard, narrow gauge loco 1604 departs the yard with empty train 6DD3, 1604 leads a triple consist of Clyde Engineering built 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 the original 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. 13th January 2006.
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130705 0526114 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt their loading grain train out of the siding onto the mainline. Genesee & Wyoming locomotive AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 unit 859 'City of Port Lincoln' serial 84705, built in 1963, 859 started life at Peterborough, spent some years in Tasmania and even spent time in Perth on standard gauge in 2002 before being repainted and transferred to the Eyre Peninsula system in 2003. The barracks are just visible at left. 5th of July 2013.
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100601 8474114 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WNB type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WNB 542, one of six units built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.
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100601 8491114 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 539, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of a further ten units built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WN type in 1975 for WMC.
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100611 0339114 viewsMidland, AOXY 33007 open waggon, converted to carry nickel matte bulk bags similar to the WGL type traffic, AOXY 33007 was originally built by WAGR Midland Workshop between 1966-67 as one of a batch of one hundred, was recoded to WGS for superphosphate traffic 1969-70.
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100611 0363114 viewsMidland, AZDY 30705, one of about fourteen WBAX vans converted to AZDY type sodium cyanide container waggon, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops as one of seventy five WV/X type covered vans in 1967-68, converted late 1988/9 to WQDF.
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100731 3211114 viewsBinduli, WN 521, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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221-33114 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, near new General Electric AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066 leads sister unit 6071 serial 51063 at the Y312.1 km crossing while controlling a train being loaded.
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235-01114 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus', notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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236-18114 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuilt CM40-8MEFI unit 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 sits out the front awaiting attention.
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238-01114 viewsPort Hedland Harbour, heavy lift ship Happy Buccaneer, call sign PEND (IMO: 8300389) built in 1984 at Hitachi Shipbuilding Osaka Japan as class LRS X 100A1 X LMC UMS, sits at Finucane Island D Berth delivering a new shiploader for BHP Billiton. 1st November 2003. Geodata . Back in time here the ship cranes were only 550 tonne each, these are now 700.
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