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060113 2512412 viewsKevin, empty train 6DD3 shunts back onto the triangle leg behind triple NJ/1600 class units, Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C models, originally coded the NJ class and built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981 and recoded to the 1600 class. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2517412 viewsKevin, with the points restored the train prepares to pull forward and head towards original gypsum loading siding to continue the reversing process. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2572412 viewsCeduna, or Denial Bay area, empty gypsum train 6DD5 blasts up hill at the 440 km, crossing Carpenter Corner Rd with power from triple 1600/NJ class units 1604, NJ 3 and 1601. 1604 in Australian Railroad Group livery is a Clyde Engineering built EMD JL22C model serial 71-731, originally built as NJ class NJ 4. Location approximation. 13th January 2006.
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130703 0148412 viewsMurdinga, HCN type bogie grain hopper waggon HCN 12, originally an NHB type hopper built by Tulloch Ltd for the Commonwealth Railways North Australia Railway. One of forty rebuilt by Islington Workshops 1978-79 to the HCN type with a 36 ton rating, increased to 40 tonnes in 1984. Seen here loaded with grain with a Moose Metalworks roll-top cover. Geo location. 3rd July 2013.
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130704 0398412 viewsKyancutta, HBN type dual use ballast / grain hopper waggons, HBN 8 with side gangways removed. One of seventeen built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops in 1968 with a 25 ton capacity, increased to 34 tons in 1974. HBN 1-11 fitted with removable tops and roll-top hatches in 1999-2000.
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130708 0733412 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 0799412 viewsCharra, crossing loop, 466.2 km.
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130708 0863412 viewsThevenard, view of arriving loaded train from inside the yard.
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130708 0919412 viewsThevenard originally an Kinki Sharyo built NH type for the NAR now coded ENH type ENH 52, with hungry boards still fitted, loaded with gypsum crossing Bergmann Drive grade crossing, 434.2 km.
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130708 0980412 viewsThevenard,
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060528 4445412 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ECA 98 a former Commonwealth Railways ARF type first class air conditioned sleeper with rounded observation end built by Wegmann and delivered in 1956, converted to BB type with observation end removed in August 1972, converted to crew car in 1991. Handbrake end.
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070526 9053412 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14591 fuel tank waggon built by Westrail Midland Workshops in a batch of nine in 1981 for Bain Leasing Pty Ltd as type JPB, 82,000 litres but 14591 was issued to standard gauge as WJPB type, in 1985 it was converted to narrow gauge as JPBA type.
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100601 8427412 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 639 originally one of ten units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1975-76 as WFN type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for nickel matte kibble traffic as WFN 603 and converted to WGL for bagged nickel matte in 1984.
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100601 8432412 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WN 539, pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, one of a further ten built by WAGR Midland Workshops as WN type in 1975 for WMC.
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100611 0339412 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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224-13412 viewsBing siding, the extent of the General Electric AC6000 radiators is evident in this back to back image of a pair of units.
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226-02412 viewsYule River bridge showing new piles and deck to replace flood damaged piles after a cyclone that closed the line for two weeks in the late 1990s. GeoData.
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229-15412 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 through at 1.2 km/h, the massive pile of ore is gravity fed into the waggons via two sets of hydraulic chutes, the red and amber lights control access through the tunnel and the steel pipe is for dust extraction. GeoData.
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230-00412 viewsYandi Two switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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230-02412 viewsYandi Two switch looking east with the Three Sisters forming the background. Empty BHP train heading for the balloon loop for loading, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. Geodata -22.713725, 119.055762 .
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