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01187 080116 1377414 viewsChapman Siding, FMG slave waggon 1187, built by CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China during August 2007, view of the builders plate and bracket for RFID tag. 16th January 2008.

247-06414 viewsCape Lambert fuel point, Robe River locomotive 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. Approximate location of the locos is here. 22nd May 2002.

210322 9584414 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.

267-08414 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.

267-13414 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP's 1230 empty departure trailing mid-train unit Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5645 'Sherlock' serial number 8281-11 / 92-134 104 waggons from the lead passes the Goldsworthy Junction relay room as Pope reads the newspaper. 1247 hrs Friday 12th of April 2002.

268-14414 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.

160710 iPh5S 2796414 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, looking at the south wall from the old building frame.

160710 iPh5S 2810414 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine, a pile of old underground 'jumbo' boxes for power distribution to electric pumps and drills. Jumbo is a modern mining term, so these would have been called something else…

190108 1313414 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, ATBY 14585 built by Westrail Midland Workshops in 1976 part of a batch of eight JPA type petrol tank waggons, recoded to JPAA in 1985, then WJPA when converted to SG. Seen here in Caltex service with a 70,000 litre capacity.

160409 IMG 7023414 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.

160409 IMG 7271414 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.

160412 IMG 7387414 viewsParkeston, Aurizon rail grinder MMY type MMY 034, built in the USA by Loram as RG331 ~2004, imported into Australia by Queensland Rail, now Aurizon, in April 2009, detail picture. Peter Donaghy image.

283-20414 viewsHarding Siding, quad Robe River CM40-8M units 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425 lead 202 loaded ore waggons at Siding 1 (Harding). The siding has recently been renamed Harding and extended at the north end to accommodate the new West Angelas trains of up to 240 waggons. Wednesday 22nd May 2002.

210407 9895414 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.

0553 Magor 030712 142552414 viewsNelson Point, empty BHP ore waggon 553, one of the original Magor USA build waggons bought out at construction of the Mt Newman project. Visible is the ODCX code and number 82190 from the Oroville Dam Construction company days in the USA. Unsure of the MS6-82 code, the DZ 11-95 code was the late time it was internally painted to reduce wear and the SL 76 with 92 below it was the last time the Miner SL-76 draft gear was replaced. The orange smiley sticker indicates that this is an original 'Oroville Dam' ore waggon and non relayed AB braked. 12th of July 2003. 0 has been added to number to correctly place the waggon in sequence. July 12, 2003.

231020 8144414 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.

231020 8145414 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57759 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000687 with Tronox decal and CRM 001564 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 8188414 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57965 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 000164 with Tronox decal and CRM 001517 with Cristal decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

231020 8256414 viewsParkeston, QQYY type 40' container waggon QQYY 57698 one of five hundred ordered by Aurizon and built by CRRC Yangtze Group of China in 2022. In service with two loaded 20' half height hard top 'rotainers' lettered CRM, for Cristal Mining before they were absorbed into Tronox, CRM 001126 with Cristal decal and CRM 000165 with Tronox decal, on Aurizon's Tronox mineral sands train 4UP1 from Ivanhoe / Broken Hill (NSW) to Kwinana (WA). 20th of October 2023.

100603 9024414 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3MP9, ABSY type covered van ABSY 2664, one of a batch of fifty made by Comeng WA as VFX type 75' covered vans in 1977, recoded to ABFX then ABFY type, to SCT then Gemco WA upgraded it to ABSY type in 2004/05, seen here with the silver corrugated roof fitted.

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