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195-12283 viewsWittenoom, top of Bee Gorge looking north, Toyota HJ75 Landcruiser.
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197-15283 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, Mancha battery locomotive #4 looking south east, demolished workshops and office on the right with the battery charging shed remains in the distance. Drivers seat, brake wheel and controller.
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197-21283 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, view of the accident statistic board located at the main mine adit.
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198-15283 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of the Cargill Salt berth and loader, or PHPA Berth No. 3, in this 2001 view, the then new bulker loader is under construction and manganese is stockpiled on the ground. The BHP Finucane Island berth is visible along with the overland conveyor for the HBI plant.
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203-34283 viewsYampire Gorge, remains of asbestos mining, chute to move ore down between levels.
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207-28283 viewsHardie Siding, the days of the C36-7M or Dash 7 units running the Goldsworthy line are almost over, as the CM40-8M or Dash 8 variants take up the task following the arrival of the AC6000 class units. Here, CM40-8MEFI unit 5669 'Beilun' takes the passing track with an empty as C36-7M unit 5513 holds the mainline with a loaded.
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212-02283 viewsWeipa, view from the road overbridge looking towards the dump station and small yard that is Lorim Point, the dump station is in the far distance.
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030414 154420283 viewsPenong station shelter shed. , last train in March 1997.
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150505 7948283 viewsFMG Solomon Line track - rail detail, H VT 136 RE PG4 2010 XII, H for head hardened, VT for vacuum degassing, the diamond logo PZH indicates it is manufactured by Pangang Group Steel Vanadium & Titanium Co. Ltd, is 136 pounds per yard weight, RE meets AREMA (American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association) standards, PG4 indicates tensile strength of 1300 MPa, and a rolled date of 2010, December.
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WTT Addenda 1978-09-07283 viewsWorking Time-Table Addenda 1978, complete 119 page PDF download, 7.2 MB.
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19794283 viewsBassendean, Goninan workshops, former BHP Iron Ore Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5509, seen here stripped down to being an engine test bed, view from the no. 2 end. Sept 2003.
Jim Bisdee photo.
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240-37283 viewsSeven Mile, a pair of loaded Nippon Sharyo ore waggons, control waggon 021 on the right with slave waggon 068 and with hungry boards fitted to the top. 31st August 2002.
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250-36283 viewsCape Lambert South Yard and Robe River's 9426 a Comeng WA rebuild from ALCo Schenectady NY model C636 serial 3499-3 originally built in January 1968 for Pennsylvania as #6332, Penn Central 6332 and finally Conrail 6782. Purchased in 1986 and rebuilt by Comeng WA into C636R before delivery to Robe in November 1986. This loco also went on to become DR 8401 for construction of FMG's railway in 2007-08. Seen here in the South Yard dragging a loaded rake down to the car dumper. 22nd October 2000.
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171-01282 viewsBallarat, Linton Junction signal box Gillies St, work site view, interlocked gates being replaced by boom barriers.
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107-16282 viewsEchuca station yard overview, train examiners siding and brake pit, former B type fixed wheel louvre van B 10 grounded, looking south, converted from an 1924 era I type open waggon I 15052, converted to HD in November 1958 and in June 1989 placed here.
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108-03282 viewsMurchison East silo complex, detail photos Ascom Jumbo silo rail outflow spout, left side elevation.
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190-03282 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, looking north, platform and main lines on the left, yard tracks on the right with Ascom silo complex in the background.
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190-15282 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, departmental waggon W 1195, a loaded NHWF type bogie ballast waggon NHWF 1195.
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190-18282 viewsCootamundra, NSW Main South, AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 serial G3387-2 of 1964 for NSWGR as the 48 class MK II 4847 sits in the yard wearing the Candy livery of the era. These units sported an ALCo 6-251B for 1050 hp. This unit was scrapped in 2008.
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194-22282 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, asbestos mining remains, detail view of a Mancha battery module with the covers in the open position shows the full forty eight 2 volt cells to power the 80 volt locomotives.
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