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228-2880 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel, view of empty train about to enter for loading behind a standard pair of Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. Geodata -22.720824, 119.043410 .
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228-2980 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel, view of empty train about to enter for loading behind a standard pair of Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model units 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 and 5644 'Kangan' serial 8281-09/92-133. Geodata -22.720824, 119.043410 .
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228-3480 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel, Goninan rebuilt GE CM40-8M model 5649 'Pohang' serial 8412-07/93-140 eases a loading train out of the tunnel at the required 1.2 km/h. 5649 started life back in 1971 as an AE Goodwin built ALCo M636 5473 serial G6047-5. Geodata -22.719050, 119.040566 .
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229-2680 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 with sister unit 5642 drag a loading train 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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231-3780 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5638 'Mallina' serial 8281-02 / 92-127 a Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit is the lead remote mid-train unit as it loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5656, not the difference in the fuel tanks, 38 is rebuilt from an AE Goodwin NSW built C636 ALCo while 56 is rebuilt from a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo. GeoData.
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232-3080 viewsYandi One balloon loop, as a train is being loaded the mid-train remotes approach, Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 shows the cab front with the sheet metal windscreen protectors. 18th of February 1997. GeoData.
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233-1280 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h. GeoData.
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233-1180 viewsYandi Two exit portal or loaded car side of load-out tunnel, the Yandi Two load-out has two load-out stations or vaults to allow to different products to be loaded. Only one vault is used at a time. A loading train lead by BHP Iron Ore's Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 as it drags the train through at 1.2 km/h. GeoData.
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234-2880 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. Cab front on view. Circa 1998.
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234-3080 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. Left hand side cab view. Circa 1998.
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234-3180 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5658 'Kakogawa' serial 8412-03 / 94-149 on the front of a 240 waggon loaded train, this configuration was trialled for a time with two Dash 8 locos, 120 waggons, Dash 8, 120 waggons and Dash 8. View looking from 5658 back to the ore stockpile at the loadout. Circa 1998.
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235-1680 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 leads the afternoon 240 waggon train with second unit Goninan built CM39-8 unit 5630 'Zeus' as the exit the loadout tunnel, notice the fuel tank differences between the lead unit an ALCo rebuild and the second unit built new.
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235-2480 viewsYandi One, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 sits on a loaded train as second unit awaiting departure time. Note the unit has no marker lights and the tank tells it was an AE Goodwin built C636 ALCo before rebuild.
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236-2680 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6072 'Hesta' serial 51064 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted, note cab window missing.
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236-2780 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuilt CM40-8MEFI unit 5669 'Beilun' serial 8412-02 / 95-160 rear end with AC6000 unit 6076 beside it.
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160523 334080 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30034 with CSA 0136, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth. CSA 0136 was the last of forty nine CSA tanks built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions in 2015.
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160528 836680 viewsParkeston, near the quarantine station, stored former Mobil Oil NSW NTAF waggons, from left: NTAF 5454, 5451, 5450, 5453 and 5449. I think these are Indeng Qld built NTAF waggons from a batch of seven such tanks built for Mobil of NSW in 1981 and numbered NTAF 449 to 455.
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160531 962280 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 5452, orignally built by Indeng Qld for Mobil as part of a batch of seven NTAF tanks in 1981 as NTAF 452. Refurbished by Gemco WA for BP Oil, capacity of 61000 litres.
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160523 359980 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, AQHY 30089 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0085, originally built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 as a WF type flat waggon, then in 1997, following several recodes and modifications, was one of seventy five waggons converted to the WQH type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana, part of loaded acid train 2406 arriving back in the yard. CSA 0085 is one of twelve units built by Acid Plant Management Services, WA in 2015.
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160524 373180 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train passes the local 2 km post for the Esperance line as it arrives behind Goninan built GE model Cv40-9i NR class units NR 101 serial 7250-07/97-303 and NR 105 serial 7250-08/97-310, originally built for National Rail now in current owner Pacific National livery.
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