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246-02417 viewsCape Lambert, view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream, the siding furthest from the camera will become a compressor waggon holding road while the original line or Mainline is the second from the camera, with the car dumper one Empty Car line closest, and what becomes the car dumper two Loaded Car line is third. 22nd May 2002.
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246-06417 viewsCape Lambert, yard view of the then new extension to the south for the West Angelas mine was coming on stream as a Robe River loaded Deepdale train arrives on the main behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons, the just visible siding (rejoining) on the far left will become a compressor waggon holding road, the 6 km and Boat Beach Rd grade crossing are around the corner to the left. Closest to the camera is the extended No. 1 Road which becomes the Empty Car Line from car dumper one for the Deepdale traffic. Next is the original line or Mainline and the third line across is the Loaded Car Line for the West Angelas traffic to the new car dumper 2. 22nd May 2002.
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251-05417 viewsNelson Point, BHP's recently retired Goninan WA ALCo C636 to GE C36-7M rebuild unit 5513 awaits its fate. Rebuilt in 1988 at Goninan's Welshpool factory from 1970 AE Goodwin built ALCo C636 with serial number G6012-2 and road number 5453 and assigned new serial number 4839-02 / 88-078. It was delivered in Mt Newman Mining orange and was named Kalgan. 22nd April 2000.
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210322 9584417 viewsNear Gecko on Rio Tinto's Dampier - Tom Price line is CRRC Yangtze Rolling Stock Co of China built ballast plough waggon BP 04 on a loaded ballast rake, view of B end. Location is roughly here. 22nd March 2021.
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140601 4492417 viewsWoodbridge, empty Carina bound iron ore train #1035, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7625 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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140601 4608417 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHEY type waggon CHEY 8024 one pair of 120 bar coupled pairs built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in 2011-12. 1st June 2014.
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140601 4662417 viewsMidland, loaded iron ore train #1030 heading to Kwinana, CFCLA leased CHCH type waggon CHCH 7640 these waggons were rebuilt between 2010 and 2012 by Bluebird Rail Operations SA from former Goldsworthy Mining hopper waggons originally built by Tomlinson WA and Scotts of Ipswich Qld back in the 60's to early 80's. 1st June 2014.
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267-08417 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure behind General Electric AC6000 unit 6076 'Mt Goldsworthy' serial number 51068 leads CM40-8MEFI 5669 on the point with two CM40-8M mid-train units an 208 waggons powers along the Newman mainline with the Goldsworthy line to Yarrie curving away directly in front of 6076. 1247 hrs 12th of April 2002.
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268-23417 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year special, the Sundowner coach, originally built by E. G. Budd in 1939 numbered 301 as the Silver Star, a diner-parlour-observation coach on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's General Pershing Zephyr train from the 1930s and 1940s. Donated to Mt Newman Mining Co. by AMAX an original joint venture partner to commemorate the projects first 100 million tonnes of iron ore railed between Mount Whaleback mine and the Port Hedland port. 12th of April 2002.
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268-27417 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5653 'Chiba' serial number 8412-10 / 93-144 stands on the Newman mainline with The Sundowner and 5634 on the rear of the train as the party conducts an inspection of the site. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160710 iPh5S 2791417 viewsWittenoom Gorge, near the old Colonial Mine, native banana palms. If you know, you know…
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190108 1310417 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATKY 541 fuel tank waggon originally built for H C Sleigh (Golden Fleece) in 1975 by Tulloch Ltd NSW as WJK type. Capacity now of 73,000 litres in service with Caltex.
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283-01417 viewsNelson Point, BHP wheel lathe sees BHP's big GE AC6000 unit 6073 'Fortescue' serial number 51065 on shed having wheel attention to the leading bogie. May 2002.
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283-35417 viewsNear Woodbrook as quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9525 work a loaded 202 waggons bound for Cape Lambert as they pass through the cutting at the 37.5 km pipe bridge. 9410 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 2160-03 / 96-202 from March 1996 riding on Dofasco bogies and was originally a Comeng NSW built M636 ALCo serial C-6096-5 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in November 1975 and numbered 5500. Everything below the frame is ALCo, with the Comeng build style flat fuel tank, while above is GE and Pilbara Cab. 22nd May 2002.
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210407 9864417 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RRRY 7017, platform with CS Leasing 40' 4FG1 type container SLZU 750109. The RRRY type five pack bar coupled waggon set is one of nineteen built in China at Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works for Goninan in 2005.
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210407 9895417 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, RQFY type flat waggon RQFY 1 is the class leader of the QMX type skeletal container waggons built by Victorian Railways Bendigo Workshops in 1978 in a batch of forty. Recoded to VQFX in 1979, then to RQFX in 1994.
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231020 8144417 viewsParkeston, crew car CDBY 254 A. CDBY 254 is ex an Bluebird #254, built in September 1955 by the SAR Islington Workshops as Bluebird railcar 254 and named 'Brolga', in November 2007 converted to a crew car for CFCLA. Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.
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240701 2728417 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, passenger carriage 'Weelumurra' was originally built by Clyde Engineering at Granville NSW in 1936 for the NSWGR as a second class railway carriage FS type FS 2138. In 1975 it was purchased by the Society and is named after a local river. July 1, 2024.
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180-33416 viewsWodonga turntable radial roads finds V/Line broad gauge X class loco X 41 Clyde Engineering EMD model G26C serial 70-704 resting between jobs, cab front view.
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140-1-24416 viewsBallarat North or C Signal Box, looking west, semaphore signal post 4, left arm is the Down Home to Ararat line, right arm is Down Home Maryborough line, and the disc is for the workshops sidings, the wheel for the interlocked swing gates can be seen in the window of the signal box.
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