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160523 3576358 viewsBinduli, nickel concentrate train 2438, WNB type pneumatic discharge nickel concentrate waggon WNB 546, the final of six built by Bluebird Rail Services SA in 2010 for BHP Billiton.
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160524 4302358 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RKAX 6, 2-pack rail transport waggon, Platform 2, 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. AKAX 6 and AKCX 14 where the donors for this waggon. Loaded with a full load of rail strings.
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060107 1878358 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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060107 1972358 viewsSpencer Junction yard, FreightLink FDAY type crew accommodation car FDAY 05 on train 7AD1, built by SAR Islington Workshops as a Bluebird second class railcar in 1956 and named 'Kookaburra'. Written off in 1995 and later bought by Bluebird Rail Systems and converted to crew car for FreightLink in 2003.
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060116 2639358 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Pacific National BRS type crew accommodation coach BRS 223, originally built by Victorian Railways Newport Workshops in November 1949 as an AS type first class sitting car for the Spirit of Progress AS 12, in July 1953 converted to The Overland traffic as ABS type ABS 1 then in October 1972 converted back to AS 12, in June 1983 converted to a combined sitting accommodation and a mini refreshment service as BRS type BRS 3, then in September 1985 renumbered to BRS 223. Sold to West Coast Railway mid 1990s, converted to crew car after 2005.
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060528 4253358 viewsParkeston, SCT PDAY type crew accommodation car PDAY 001 'Robert Mervin Yates', built by SAR Islington Workshops as a 250 type Bluebird second class railcar number 253 and named 'Pelican' in 1955, written off in 1995 and sold and eventually converted to a crew car by Bluebird Rail Services in 2005.
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161112 3005358 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, loaded Malcolm sulphur train 6029, CQZY type waggon CQZY 1675, built by CIMC at Dalian China for CFCLA and one of fifteen on lease to Aurizon with a pair of original style sulphur containers with sliding tarpaulins, S96H G870 and S83S G957.
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161112 3457358 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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161116 5112358 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, tank waggon ATPF 584, built by Westrail Midland Workshops 1980 as the final Shell WJP type 80.66 kL one compartment one dome. Shell fleet no. TR719 still visible, fitted with type F InterLock couplers.
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161116 5135358 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, Shell fuel train 3442, container flat waggon AQWY 30329, built by Tomlinson Steel WA in a batch of 161 WFX type waggons between 1969 and 1970. Fitted with three 20' wheel set carrying frames.
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161116 5552358 viewsBinduli, empty Shell fuel train 4443, tank waggon NTAY 6132, built by Indeng Qld 1979 for Shell as SCA type SCA 283, fitted with conventional couplers.
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040805 095714358 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 741.
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050518 2133358 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA hire ballast waggon CHRY type CHRY 761, shows bogie detail, ASF Ride Control bogie with CFCLA id of CQFE 111.
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050518 2165358 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 523, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2198358 viewsBing Siding. 3/4 view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 536, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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051001 5741358 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, cut down by Mt Newman Mining workshops, a Magor USA built former Oroville Dam 91 ton ore waggon 665, seen here being used as the crib waggon on the end of the steel train.
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050525 2989358 viewsMooka Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #21, 6007 with registered number G506007, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in 1970.
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060429 3738358 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon, #1, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as one of a batch of six with a 55 tonne rating by Tomlinson Steel in 1966.
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060429 3740358 viewsFlash Butt yard, Pony re-laying waggon 6704 flat waggon, unsure of history or who built it or where it came from, it looks to be heavy duty with riveted side frames and an odd handbrake arrangement.
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060501 3875358 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, side dump waggon 702.
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