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060403 3273393 viewsTabba North, Barclay Mowlem high-rail Pettibone model 445-E Speed Swing, with the moniker Skinny's Bone. 3rd April 2006.
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060501 3921393 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20, second grinding module. 1st May 2006.
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060710 6232393 viewsAt the Broome Rd grade crossing Port Hedland, track machine BR 33 a Plasser Australia ballast regulator model SSP 302 serial M486. 10th July 2006.
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081217 0457393 viewsWoodstock Siding, rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #1, rear lead off waggon 6203, built by Comeng WA in January 1977 under order number 07-M-282 RY. The straddle crane is a newish unit built by Vaia Car model no. TCR-V and the four wheels are chain driven, replacing the original Gemco hydraulic unit.
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130720 1563393 viewsFlash Butt yard, CFCLA ballast waggon CHTY class CHTY 717, modified from a similar CHQY class with the end framing removed.
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150523 8205393 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0035, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Take time to work safely' coupled to Comeng WA built tank waggon 0013 from 1974-75.
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160128 00337393 viewsMooka Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0041, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Stay alert don't get hurt'.
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241-12393 viewsNelson Point, Goninan GE rebuild C36-7M unit 5510 serial 4839-07 / 87-075 is in the process of being removed from site bound for Asset Kinetics in Maddington, Perth. This image shows the Dash 8 radiator frame fitted to it following collision repairs. June 2002.
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190107 0569393 viewsBinduli, on empty Mineral Resources Ltd iron ore train service from Esperance to Koolyanobbing 2034 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00087 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-87 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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190109 1656393 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00090 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-90 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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080304 2182393 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of slave waggon 1337, the yellow circle around the tare weight 22.6 t indicates the rotary coupler end, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.
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110620 2281393 viewsChapman, FMG TK type fuel tank waggon TK 01 built by China Southern CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works plant in China in 2008 as the first of an order for twelve tanks, is on the loaded fuel train to Cloud Break. 20th June 2011.
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190129 4291393 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00138 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-138 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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267-20393 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, CM40-8M GE unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 leads the Sundowner Special on the Newman mainline leg of the Goldsworthy Junction and triangle, with the Sundowner coach in the middle and sister CM40-8M 5653 bringing up the rear.
This train, and the empty before it, were delayed due to a jamming switch for the transfer road where Tamper 2 and Ballast Regulator 31 are holding track.
They can be seen behind the signal sitting on the transfer road.
Friday 12th of April 2002.
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141028 IMG 3270393 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, NTAY type fuel tank waggon NTAY 5455 with 62,000 litre capacity for BP. Refurbished by Gemco WA in June 2014 from ex Mobil Oil NTAF type tank waggon NTAF 5455. In BP Oil ownership. I think this is an Indeng Qld built NTAF 455 the final of seven such tanks built for Mobil of NSW in 1981. Peter Donaghy image.
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160409 IMG 7023393 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.
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231020 8188393 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.
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153-2-32392 viewsArarat station yard, ground dwarf disc signals 14 from 9-16 Rds New Goods Yard, and 15 from 8 Rd New Goods Yard, with a point indicator, side view shows interlocking, rodding and wires.
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190-28392 viewsBethungra, located at the 456.04 km on the NSW Main South line, looking south into the yard from the north end, far right road is the grain siding, then left is the goods siding.
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201-20392 viewsMidland, Goninan WA built GE Cv40-9i model NR class unit NR 102 serial 7250-07/97-302 shunts on RQRX type waggon RQRX 60177, with a WSR type rail distribution waggon in the foreground.
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