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227-13351 viewsNelson Point, view from rear of Shiploader 2, salt pile, manganese stockpile in the distance, stacker 3, the Port Hedland water tower, then 101-102 sample station and Tertiary Crushing Building One or TCB1, stacker 4 and reclaimer 3 with the under harbour portal in the foreground. GeoData.
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228-20351 viewsYandi Two branch, the afternoon empty train crosses the bridge at the YT307 km 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 -22.706976, 119.097651 .
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230-02351 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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230-28351 viewsYandi Two balloon loop, two Goninan GE CM40-8M rebuilds from different ALCo builders. 5654 'Kashima' serial 8412-11/93-145 is from Comeng ALCo M636 unit 5493 while 5637 'De Grey' serial 8181-01/92-123 is from an AE Goodwin ALCo C636 unit 5456. 5654 wears the marigold BHP logo while 5637 has the silver logo on one the ends. Geodata -22.718338, 119.039909 .
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060110 2197351 viewsYeelanna, trailing shot with two AE Goodwin built ALCo model DL531 units 830 class, 851 serial 84137 and 842 serial 84140 as they shunt along the mainline behind 1204. Approx. location of image.
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160523 3294351 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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160523 3599351 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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160525 4495351 viewsParkeston, 3PM7 priority service train, RRAY 7166 platform 4 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 PNXC 5636.
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160524 4042351 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, NQYY 20444 with two butter box containers RH296 and RH22, NQYY 20444 originally built by EPT NSW in 1977-78 as an BDY type open waggon, recoded to NODY after 1979, before being heavily modified by ANI Engineering in 1998 to the current guise.
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160524 4047351 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, RKQF 60229, empty slab steel waggon, originally a Tulloch NSW built louvre van type JLY/X from 1969-70, NLJY/X, converted at Bathurst Workshops to NQRX in 1988, then in 1989/90 to NKQF.
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160524 4052351 viewsBinduli, Melbourne bound steel train service 3PM4, NQYY 20897 container waggon, originally built by EPT NSW in 1980-81 as an NODY open waggon before being heavily modified by ANI Engineering in 1998. Two 20' Pacific National Royal Wolf containers RWLU 814956 and 814895.
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160524 4287351 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKLY 20276, originally build by EPT NSW 1979-81 as part of a batch of two hundred BDY type 14.20 metre open waggons before conversion in the 1990s, loaded with two RH type RH 275 and RH 479 coil containers or 'butter boxes'.
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160524 4291351 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKLY 20220, totally unrecognisable from original build by EPT NSW 1979-81 as part of a batch of two hundred BDY type 14.20 metre open waggons, had several recoding's prior to its current guise, loaded with two RH type coil containers or 'butter boxes' RH 127 and RH 441.
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160524 4307351 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKAX 13, 2-pack rail transport waggon, this waggon was converted by Port Augusta Workshops from two original FBX type waggons built in 1968-69 by Islington Workshops in a batch of twenty later coded AFCX. AFCX 13 & AKAX 5 where the donors for this waggon. Loaded with a full load of rail strings.
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160529 8826351 viewsParkeston, 6MP4 intermodal train, RRGY 7144
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060107 1878351 viewsSpencer Junction, SCT VPAY type crew accommodation car VPAY 1 'Federation Straight' on train 6MP9, built by Tulloch Ltd NSW in 1968 as a narrow gauge brake van with sleeping accommodation as NHRD type NHRD 78, converted to standard gauge in 1981 and coded HRD type HRD 360. Sold to WCR, then in October 2000 overhauled for crew car use and coded VPAY 1 on SCT services and owned by Freight Australia. Was later sold to Pacific National and subsequently scrapped 2016.
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060528 4152351 viewsParkeston, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 221, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1940 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress as AS 6, in April 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 1, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 221. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2004.
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070529 9350351 viewsParkeston; Pacific National RZDY type crew accommodation car RZDY 103 'Ibis' on train 2PM6 originally built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird railcar driving trailer in 1956 named 'Ibis', in 1986 numbered 103, in 1990 converted to locomotive hauled and coded as BR type BR 103, written off in 1995 and sold off. It was owned by a number of owners and finally in 2006 converted to a Pacific National crew car.
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161111 2503351 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQWY 30308 was originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA WFX type container waggon in a batch of one hundred and sixty one in 1970, later recoded to WQCX.
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161112 3457351 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with AQHY 30078 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0082, 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 type to carry CSA sulphuric acid tanks between Hampton/Kalgoorlie and Perth/Kwinana. CSA 0082 was built by Acid Plant Management Services, WA.
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