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160601 10128450 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQZY 7036 platform 3 of 5-pack well waggon set one of thirty two waggon sets built by Goninan NSW for National Rail in 1995-96, double stacked with Toll 40' 4FG1 type box TOLH 910107 and Scott's Refrigerated Railways 46' 6" MPR3 type reefer SRR 033.
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160530 9159450 viewsParkeston, SCT train 1PM9 operates mostly empty from Perth to Melbourne, ABSY type ABSY 2792 covered van, originally built by Carmor Engineering SA in 1976 as a VFX type covered van for Commonwealth Railways, recoded to ABFX and converted from ABFY by Gemco WA in 2004/05 to ABSY.
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CHRY 750 050518 2109450 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 750.
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6011 Scotts of Ipswich Qld 051001 5725450 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, 1st lead off waggon 6011, built by Scotts of Ipswich 04-09-1970, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible. Then 6702 winch waggon and 665 the crib waggon.
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0507 Magor USA 060414 3446450 viewsNelson Point yard, originally a Magor USA built ballast waggon for the Oroville Dam construction, 507 seen here modified as a weighbridge test waggon with an axle load of 20 ton. The others in the fleet are 40, 60 and 100 tons. April 14, 2006.
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0567 BHP OCRS 060710 6302450 viewsBoodarie Yard, modified original Magor USA built Oroville waggon 567, cut down and covered and in use as indexing waggons on the front of each rake for Finucane Island car dumpers, note the original ODCX marking visible.
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050410 0525450 viewsNelson Point yard hard stand area rear view of 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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6031 Gemco WA 100717 0682450 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6031, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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244-35450 viewsPort Lincoln loco workshops, wearing Australian Southern livery rebuild ALCo DA 7 started life as NSWGR 48 class 4813 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial 83713, rebuilt by Islington Workshops with long hood and parts from former 830 class 870 AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 serial G6016-06 in 1998. Cab front view. 6th April 2003.
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030404 103013450 viewsPort Augusta, Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class unit NR 30 serial 7250-05 / 97-232 was painted in a Bessie Liddle of Alice Springs designed aboriginal livery titled 'Warmi' or the snake, John Moriarty of Balarinji Design did the artwork.
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060723 7828450 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 02, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Atlas Copco XAS 97's and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are cut down ore waggons. Seen here inside 7 Mile. 23rd July 2006.
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030415 154909450 viewsTarcoola, at the 504.5 km, looking south east, roads are, Camp Train, No. 1 Loco, No. 2 Loco and No. 1 Water Road, mainline to the left. Water tank on stand. GeoData location. 15th April 2003.
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030416 105908450 viewsManguri Siding, looking south at the end of the goods loop with a loading ramp dead-end siding off to the left. Located 706.5 km from the 0 datum at Coonamia and 200 km north of Tarcoola between Wirrida and Cadney Park on the Tarcoola - Alice Springs line. GeoData location. 16th April 2003.
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241-36450 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads with Yard Control tower and Ore Car Repair Shop in the background as two loaded ore rakes behind pairs of CM40-8M units on each wait their turn through the dumper to discharge as 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 and 5657 'Fukuyama' drag their loaded train towards the dumper to discharge . June 2002.
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190107 0521450 viewsBinduli, following a crew change Mineral Resources empty iron ore train 2034 with Mineral Resources MRL class loco MRL 003 'Southern Cross' with serial R-0113-03/14-506 a UGL Rail Broadmeadow NSW built GE model C44ACi model leads two Pacific National NR class units NR 43 and NR 78 with 53 pairs of MHPYs and 2 single MHLY bottom discharge hopper waggons for 1293 metres and 2258 tonnes.
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190107 0593450 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00273 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-273 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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200914 7786450 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society museum, bogie view of former Cliffs Robe River Iron Associates RSC-3 model ALCo locomotive built by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1951 for NSWGR as the 40 class 4002 serial 77733, purchased by CRRIA in 1971 and numbered 261.002, then 1705 and finally 9405. 4002 is preserved in an operational state and another claim to fame is it run the Royal Train in NSW February 1954. Donated to the Society in 1979. 14th September 2020.
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247-07450 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River locomotive 9420 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 8109-03 / 91-119 from March 1991 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an ALCo Schenectady built C630 serial 3486-4 and built new for Chesapeake & Ohio (USA) as their 2103. It is one of four C630 ALCo units purchased in 1974 and delivered to Robe in January 1975. 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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210407 9857450 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQZY 7062, platform 3 with an Aurizon 48' MFGB type container AEHQ 100650. The RQZY type is a five unit bar coupled well container waggon built as one of a batch of thirty two by Goninan NSW for National Rail in 1995/96.
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210407 9869450 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQCY type flat waggon RQCY 784, originally built by the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops as an FQX type in 1973 in a batch of one hundred and twenty five. Recoded to VQCX in 1979, to RQCX in 1994, to National Rail in 1995 and recoded to RQCY. Loaded with a CARU Specialized Leasing 40' 4FG1 type container SLZU 760127.
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