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051001 5722334 viewsBoodarie, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train flat waggon #28, 2nd lead off waggon 6201, built by Comeng WA in January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY, with the Gemco built straddle crane.

050522 2739334 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, rail recovery and transport train, 1st lead off waggon 6011, built by Scotts of Ipswich Qld in September 1970, the mesh guarding is for the winch cable. The chute arrangement for the discharging and recovery of rail is visible.

060429 3740334 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.

060501 3894334 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, the last 'long' side dump waggon 704.

050412 0779334 viewsHesta Siding south, BHP's EX 01 high rail excavator, built in France by Geismar as a KGT 4RS model with serial 4559. 12th April 2005.

050414 0947334 viewsFlash Butt yard, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this front unit was later stickered as RG 2. 14th April 2005.

050421 1615334 viewsHesta Siding backtrack, Speno Australia's 24 stone rail grinder before they had id stickers fitted, this unit was later stickered as RG 2, side view of the second grinding module. 21st April 2005.

050801 4728334 viewsFlash Butt yard, Barclay Mowlem tamping machine TM 8644 a Tamper HSTR 130 model serial 3581011. 1st August 2005.

051001 5678334 viewsFlash Butt yard, Jackson model 6700 tamper serial 153246 lettered for Railway Equipment Leasing And Maintenance RELAM Inc undergoing delivery checks view of the shipping decal. 1st October 2005.

100717 0695334 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6027, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 as these waggons have Barber bogies and not Chinese castings, view of B end and handbrake and rail string support.

110411 09982334 viewsNelson Point, empty 82 kL Comeng NSW built tank waggon 0002 from 1970, one of two water tank waggons, later converted to a weed spray tanker in 1977, then converted to fuel.

110411 10017334 viewsNelson Point, empty 116 kL Comeng WA built tank waggon 0013 from 1974-5, one of six such tank waggons.

130720 1558334 viewsFlash Butt yard, rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon 6702, heavily cut down and modified Magor USA ore waggon by Mt Newman Mining workshops, converted to a 50 tonne waggon and designated the winch waggon with generator set to power the winch and the crib car.

160128 00329334 viewsMooka Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0045, one of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Safety doesn't stop at work'.

160128 00339334 viewsMooka Siding, empty 116 kL CNR-QRRS of China built tank waggon 0031, class leader of a second batch delivered in 2015 with safety slogan 'Safety - It's your life'.

241-30334 viewsNelson Point, Car Dumper 2 holding roads with Yard Control tower and Ore Car Repair Shop in the background as three loaded ore rakes behind a pair of CM40-8M units on each wait their turn through the dumper to discharge. June 2002.

243-17334 viewsNelson Point departure yard, BHP Billiton's CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' a Goninan WA GE rebuild unit serial 8151-07 / 91-120 in the new 'earth' or 'bubble' livery as it heads up an empty train waiting departure time. August 2003.

080304 2198334 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, new FMG ore waggon pair 1535 slave and 2536 control, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.

080304 2208334 viewsThomas Yard, down the rail welding end, side view of control waggon 2524, built by China Southern or CSR at their Zhuzhou Rolling Stock Works in China in 2007. 4th March 2008.