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100602 8544358 viewsWOD type iron ore waggon WOD 31447 is one of a batch of sixty two built by Goninan WA between April and August 2000 with serial number 950086-019 and fleet number 510 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations with a 75 ton capacity and a build date of 05/2000, for Portman Mining to cart their Koolyanobbing iron ore to Esperance, with the letters now painted over, loaded with fines ore just west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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060111 2353358 viewsKyancutta, this shot shows three of the types of waggon used, former Australian National narrow gauge ENHG type bogie grain waggon ENHG 3, originally built by Moore Road Ind, Victoria as NB type NB 1398 ballast hopper for the NAR, then to standard gauge in 1975 as BA type BA 1540, recoded to AHTY in 1980, to EP April 1984, recoded to NHG type NHG 6 in May 1984, then again to ENHT type ENHT 6 in March 1985 and further rebuilt forming one half of ENHG type grain waggon in August 1986. The conversion involved splicing two AHTY-ENHT type waggons together at Port Lincoln workshops, an HCN type HCN 4, was modified at Islington Workshops in 1978-80 and started life as a Tulloch built NHB type iron ore hopper for the CR on the North Australia Railway in 1968-69, and an SAR built HAN type as they are shunted back into the grain siding for loading. 11th January 2006.
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060111 2377358 viewsKyancutta, ARG 1200 class unit 1203, a Clyde Engineering EMD model G12C serial 65-427, one of fourteen originally built between 1960-65 for WAGR as their A class A 1513, fitted with dynamic brakes and financed by Western Mining Corporation, started working on the Eyre Peninsula in November 2004.
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060113 2484358 viewsKevin, ARG 1600 class narrow gauge loco 1604 a Clyde Engineering built EMD model JL22C serial 71-731, originally built for the Central Australia Railway in 1971, transferred to the Eyre Peninsula in 1981 arrives with empty gypsum train 6DD3. 13th January 2006.
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060113 2494358 viewsKevin, the triple NJ-1600 class combination of 1604, NJ 3 and 1601 pull the empty gypsum train 6DD3 along the Penong line prior to reversing around the triangle. 13th January 2006.
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130704 0443358 viewsKyancutta, the south bound loaded grain train gets away from attaching a further fourteen loads here as it is about to cross the Eyre Highway grade crossing with F Type flashing lights. 4th July 2013.
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130705 0654358 viewsLock, 1203, 846 and 859 shunt back into the yard with the second loaded portion, HAN type bogie grain hopper waggon HAN 59, one of sixty eight units built by South Australian Railways Islington Workshops between 1969 and 1973 as the HAN type for the Eyre Peninsula system.
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130708 0740358 viewsCharra, Charoban Rd grade crossing, 477.8 km.
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130708 0864358 viewsThevenard, view of arriving loaded train from inside the yard.
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100601 8428358 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, WGL 633 originally one of three units built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976-7 as WGL type bogie flat waggon for Western Mining Corporation for bagged nickel matte traffic.
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100609 09964358 viewsMidland, APNY 31165 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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100609 09968358 viewsMidland, AQRY 1009 two-pack platform A loaded with two 20' CMA CGM 22G1 type containers carrying lead, ECMU 122949 and ECMU 161482. The AQRY are a bar-coupled pair and were used for rail transport as the AFRF type on the Darwin line and are originally former ANR-CR waggons.
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100609 10002358 viewsMidland, ATTY 30675 fuel tank waggon, last one of five built by AE Goodwin NSW in 1970/71 as WST type, recoded to WSTY and then ATTY. 78600 litre capacity.
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100611 0323358 viewsMidland, AQHY 30077 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0061, originally built by the WAGR Midland Workshops in 1964/66 at WF type flat waggons, then following several codes and modifications in 1997 seventy five were converted to WQH to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana.
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224-35358 viewsBing siding, 6073 'Fortescue' serial 51065 a General Electric AC6000 built by GE at Erie departs south. GeoData.
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229-05358 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with an empty BHP train heading for the loadout with mid-train remote units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 leading sister unit 5657, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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229-30358 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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232-00358 viewsYandi Two crushing and screening plant, built and operated by Henry Walker for BHP Iron Ore, overview from the radial stacker feed conveyor. From the left is the primary crusher, the dual secondary crushers can be made out behind the tertiary crushers in the middle and the screenhouse is the large building tot he right, the conveyor leading to the right is CV210. February 1997. GeoData.
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232-14358 viewsYandi One backtrack, following a cyclone shutdown of the mainline and severe flooding around Yandi a 'mixed' freight train was operated to Yandi to deliver food, mail and diesel fuel to the mine and camp. Here BHP Iron Ore CM40-8M unit 5639 'Corunna Downs' serial 8281-03 / 92-128 idles away in the backtrack awaiting its path back to Port Hedland with flat waggon 6703, four fuel tank waggons and a broken ore waggon. February 1997. GeoData.
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235-11358 viewsYandi Two, BHP Iron Ore Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE unit 5652 'Villanueva' serial 8412-09 / 93-143 arrives with the afternoon 240 waggon empty train, the hydraulic lines and dust extraction equipment frame the loco.
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