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249-17327 viewsTable Hill on the Robe River railway line, looking in a northerly direction as the railway line snakes north and heads through Lockyer Gap towards Cape Lambert. Following a very wet 1999 cyclone season Lake Poongkaliyarra is very full. Approximate location.
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251-03327 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5508 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1987 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1969 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6041-2 and road number 5466 and assigned new serial number 4839-04 / 87-073. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Fortescue. It also carried the marigold and teal version of the Australia map as part of the BHP logo. In 2003 it was fully rebuilt and leased to Pilbara Rail in that livery and numbered 5052. It survives stored at 7 mile complex as at Dec 2021. 22nd April 2000.
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245-17327 viewsWudinna, empty grain train shunts back into the grain siding with a trio of former Australian National Co-Co locomotives with rebuilt former AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class ex 839, serial no. 83730, rebuilt by Port Augusta Workshops to DA class, DA 4 leading two AE Goodwin ALCo model DL531 830 class units 842, serial no. 84140 and 851 serial no. 84137, 851 having been on the Eyre Peninsula since delivered in 1962. 7th April, 2003.
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267-28327 views39 km Newman line, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 slows as it brings the Sundowner special to a stop at the 39 km detector site on the Newman mainline.
The trailing unit is 5653.
This was a special for the 25 years of the Alstom / BHP service agreement.
Friday 12th of April 2002.
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210407 9886327 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRZY 7049 platform 5 of 5-pack well waggon set. Originally was an RQZY type, 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. Recoded to RRZY when repaired. Loaded with an SCF 48' MFGB type container SCFU 482064.
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210407 9907327 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRQY type articulated five-unit container waggon set RRQY 8316 platform 4, built by Qiqihar Rollingstock Works in China as part of a forty one unit order in 2005/06 for Pacific National.
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100603 9005327 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ARFY type ARFY 2187 refrigerated van with the original style short side doors Fairfax (NZL) built fibreglass body that has been fitted to a Comeng Qld 1970 built RO type flat waggon that was in service with Commonwealth Railways and recoded though ROX - AQOX - AQOY - RQOY codes before conversion.
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100603 9027327 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 2475, originally built by Mechanical Handling Ltd SA in 1972 for Commonwealth Railways as VFX type recoded to ABFX and then RBFX before being converted from ABFY by Gemco WA to ABSY type in 2004/05.
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175-22326 viewsPine Lodge, view of top of Williamstown style silo complex with the top of the elevator tower.
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148-32326 viewsWangaratta yard looking north along Main Line with points from No. 1 Road visible, Siding 'C' and Nos. 4 and 5 Roads on the left. Signal Post 23 and the standard gauge line are visible in the cutting at the right.
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153-2-23326 viewsBeaufort station overview, station buildings, platform, elevated signal box, goods shed at right.
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161-32326 viewsTocumwal, overview of the overgrown standard gauge NSWGR yards taken looking south from turntable and pit, silos on the left, derelict flour mill, station building and platform and V/Line broad gauge sleeper transport waggons, standard gauge fettlers shed is at this end of platform.
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200-23326 viewsMidland, Westrail's Clyde Engineering built EMD model G26C as the DA class, DA 1573 serial 72-760 and DA 1574 serial 72-761 lead an empty grain train to Avon near the Lloyd Street grade crossing, 0925 hrs 24th June 1997.
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202-23326 viewsMeckering, warning sign affixed to the goods crane.
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070529 9380326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31137 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-127 and fleet number 719 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, West Kalgoorlie, 29th May 2007.
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100602 8682326 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31470 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-042 and fleet number 533 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, PORTMAN has been painted out, West Kalgoorlie loaded with fines, 2nd June 2010.
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100729 01487326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33526 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 950211-066 and fleet number 9014 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, Binduli 29th July 2010.
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100729 01518326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33403 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Group Rail WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-108 and fleet number 8902 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with the revised down load of 82.5 tonnes and PORTMAN painted out. Binduli Triangle 29th July 2010.
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100731 02289326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33477 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 950211-019 and fleet number 8969 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, the 8 being a addition due to fleet size, build date of 09/2008 with a revised load of 82.5 tonnes with an ARG decal applied to the side, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02291326 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33478 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 950211-020 and fleet number 8979 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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