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229-08265 viewsYandi Two balloon switch, empty BHP train heading for the loadout with mid-train remote unit Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151, cab side. GeoData.
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229-24265 viewsYandi Two loadout exit side, as Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5650 'Yawata' serial 8412-07 / 93-141 and sister unit 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, on the left the mid-train remotes can just be made out. GeoData.
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230-20265 viewsYandi Two load-out tunnel exit side portal, Goninan rebuild GE CM40-8M model 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 leads a loading train 1.2 km/h. The ore stockpile and pedestal stacker are visible. The livery is the marigold version of the BHP Australia logo. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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230-34265 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, mid-train remote units Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5657 'Fukuyama' serial 8412-02/94-148 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5492 while 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03/92-128 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5459. Note the marker lights on 5657 and the sheet metal windscreen protectors to prevent the blown ore pitting the screens. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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231-19265 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650. GeoData.
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231-24265 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, BHP Iron Ore 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 an Goninan WA rebuild CM40-8M GE unit loads a train at 1.2 km/h with second unit 5650 as the outgoing crew arrive to change out. GeoData.
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234-14265 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5640 'Ethel Creek' serial 8281-05 / 92-129 is on the rear 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 of right hand side engine hood and fuel tank. Circa 1998.
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236-16265 viewsNelson Point Loco Overhaul Shop, BHP Iron Ore's General Electric built AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial 51068 sits out the front with new windscreen protectors or 'blinkers' fitted.
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238-24265 viewsNelson Point loco overhaul shop, former Union Pacific loco 3523 an EMD SD40-2 model, serial 786170-25 and now numbered 3085 for BHP Billiton Iron One service had only been in operation for eleven days when this shot was taken on the 27th November 2004. Geodata .
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060110 2237265 viewsLock, grain train loading underway behind ARG 1200 class unit 1204, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-428, originally built for the WAGR as the final unit of fourteen A class locomotives in 1965 and sent to the Eyre Peninsula in July 2004 and two 830 class AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 842 serial 84140 ex SAR broad gauge and to Eyre Peninsula in October 1987, and 851 serial 84137 new to Eyre Peninsula in 1962. Approx. location of image.
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160522 2307265 viewsParkeston, APNY 31155 one of twelve built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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160522 2462265 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, APNY 31164, one of four built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1978 as WNA type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon, WAGR built and owned copies of the AE Goodwin built WN waggons for WMC.
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160523 2799265 viewsParkeston, APKY 30641, type leader of two built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1970 as WK type pneumatic discharge bulk cement waggon.
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160523 3294265 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATPF 572 fuel tank waggon, built by WAGR Midland Workshops in 1974 for Shell as type WJP, capacity of 80500 litres.
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160531 9873265 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tank waggon ATEY 7315, BP Oil service, ex Ampol, other codes include ex NSW NTAF, WTEF and WTEY.
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160524 3772265 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 2PM6 intermodal train, RQQY 7076 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, 1 of 17 built by Qld Rail at Ipswich Workshops in 1995, 46' 6" RAND Refrigerated Logistics reefer RAND 158.
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160525 4460265 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7243 platform 5 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 40' deck with Jayde Transport 40' container MEHU 350028.
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160525 4485265 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7249 platform 2 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with a 48' Rail Containers sea2rail box SCFU 912368.
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160525 4510265 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7255 platform 3 of 5-pack articulated skel waggon set, one of 100 built by ABB Engineering NSW 1996-2000, 48' deck with a Pacific National 48' curtainsider PNXM 4546.
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060603 5385265 viewsMidland, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation car RZAY 940 on train 4MP5 was built by Comeng NSW as an ARJ type stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car ARJ 240 in 1968, allocated to the Indian Pacific Joint Stock in 1970, renumbered to ARJ 940 in 1974 and sold to National Rail and converted to crew car in 1997.
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