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060530 4939420 viewsParkeston, AHQF 31433 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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060531 4990420 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQCY loaded with three 20' 2210 standard type containers on the Murrin Murrin or Malcolm freighter service.
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060602 5167420 viewsMidland, AZKY type anhydrous ammonia tank waggon AZKY 32240, one of twelve built by Goninan WA in 1998 as type WQK for Murrin Murrin traffic, fitted with Brambles anhydrous ammonia tank A2T.
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070526 9051420 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATTY 30673 fuel tanker, 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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070608 0116420 viewsMidland, AOAY 33101 open waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1969 as the type leader in a batch of fifty eight WGX type open waggons without end doors, recoded to WOAX
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100601 8475420 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 502, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of thirty units built by AE Goodwin NSW as WN type in 1970 for WMC.
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100609 10003420 viewsMidland, ATTY 30675 fuel tank waggon, last one of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970/71 as WST type, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.
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100611 0391420 viewsMidland, AQNY 32188, one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic, running empty on train 5426 up Kalgoorlie Freighter.
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100731 3223420 viewsBinduli, AQHY 30017 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0051, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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221-23420 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, General Electric AC6000 class emerges from the loadout portal at 0.9 km/h as it leads a train through the loading vaults, the dust extraction ducting is also visible.
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221-37420 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, front on view of near new General Electric AC6000 unit 6074 serial 51066 as it loads a train.
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222-04420 viewsAt the 105.7 km grade crossing near Gillam Siding, a loaded Yandi train departing behind two General Electric AC6000 units built by GE at their Erie plant. Gillam Siding is at the 97.1 km. GeoData.
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225-17420 viewsAt the 24.1 km grade crossing on the BHP Newman line, the afternoon departure for Yandi mine heads south behind the standard double General Electric AC6000 units with GE Erie built 6074 serial 51066 leading sister unit 6075 with another AC6000 unit mid-train. This was before the units were named. GeoData.
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228-06420 viewsYandi One, a loaded train creeps towards the Y308.1 km grade crossing while loading a train at 0.9 km/h. Goninan GE CM40-8MEFI rebuild unit 5667 'Redcar' serial 8412-12/94-158 leads an unidentified CM40-8 new build unit, either 5646 or 5647.
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229-23420 viewsYandi Two loadout, looking at the exit portal of the tunnel as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 drags a loading train through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the original pedestal radial stacker is visible above the ore along with the extraction fan. GeoData.
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229-33420 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as second unit 5642 'Wallareenya' serial 8281-07 / 92-131 a Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit trails sister unit 5650 drag a loading train at 1.2 km/h around the loadout balloon, the waggon behind 5642 is an original Oroville waggon. GeoData.
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231-18420 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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232-01420 viewsYandi Two entry portal for the loadout tunnel with dust extraction pipes. February 1997. GeoData.
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232-18420 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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060110 2226420 viewsAt the Procter Rd grade crossing about halfway between Yeelanna and Karkoo, empty grain train behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.
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