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100611 0365364 viewsMidland, ATEY 7314, ex NSW NTAF fuel tank, probably AMPOL vintage, here is service for BP Oil. Was coded WTEY when came to WA.
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221-26364 viewsYandi One mine loadout balloon loop, General Electric AC6000 class emerges from the loadout portal at 0.9 km/h as it leads a train through the loading vaults, the dust extraction ducting is also visible.
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222-24364 viewsSomewhere on the original single line section between Gull and Rosella Hamersley Iron 7073 serial 47752 a General Electric Dash 9-44CW built by GE at Erie brings an empty train to a stop with 7091 for a crew change besides a loaded headed up by 7071.
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229-05364 viewsYandi Two balloon switch looking east with an empty BHP train heading for the loadout with mid-train remote units Goninan rebuild CM40-8M GE units 5660 'Kure' serial 8412-05 / 94-151 leading sister unit 5657, grade crossing is the YT 311.5 km. GeoData.
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238-14364 viewsNelson Point, ex Southern Pacific tunnel motor locomotive 8335 an EMD SD40T-2 unit, serial 786175-9 built in April 1979 and retired by Union Pacific 23rd May 2001, purchased as a spare parts source for the other SD40 style units BHP Billiton purchased in 2003/04. 19th November 2003. Geodata .
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160531 9882364 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, diesel fuel tank waggon ATEY 4725, BP Oil service, ex Ampol, other codes include ex NSW NTAF, WTEF and WTEY.
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160524 4243364 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, 1MP2 steel train, RRKY 2723, originally built by Perry Engineering SA in 1974 part of a batch of forty five RM type motor vehicle flat waggons, recoded to AQPY container waggon, then AQMP and RQKY, riding on aligned bogies, loaded with two Royal Wolf 20' 22G1 type boxes RWMC 815896 and 815921.
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070526 9097364 viewsParkeston, Pacific National RZAY type crew accommodation coach RZAY 944 on train 6PM6 originally built by Comeng NSW in 1969 as a stainless steel air conditioned first class roomette sleeping car, renumbered to 944 for Indian Pacific service, sold to National Rail Corporation in 1997 and converted to a crew coach.
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161109 1910364 viewsMoule, originally built by Kinki Sharyo as the NH type for the NAR in 1968, sent to Port Lincoln in 1978, then rebuilt and recoded ENH type in 1984, the last member of both types ENH 61 with hungry boards loaded with gypsum.
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161111 2519364 viewsBinduli, Kalgoorlie Freighter train 5025, waggon AQHY 30089 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0085, 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.
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161112 3468364 viewsBinduli, loaded Hampton acid train 7406 with AQHY 30062 with sulphuric acid tank CSA 0123, 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 0123 was built by Vcare Engineering, India for Access Petrotec & Mining Solutions.
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040805 095714364 viewsNelson Point, CFCLA CHQY type ballast waggon CHQY 741.
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040810 144947364 viewsShaw Siding backtrack, Difco Ohio USA 1967 build short side dump waggon 8701, originally built for Goldsworthy Mining as no. 1, renumbered by Mt Newman as 8701, one five waggons built for Goldsworthy Mining.
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050518 2168364 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 524, originally in ore service before conversion to a ballast waggon.
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050518 2195364 viewsBing Siding. Side view of 1963 built Magor USA waggon 504, one of twenty waggons originally used on the Oroville Dam construction before coming to the Pilbara in January 1968 as ballast waggons.
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051001 5624364 viewsFlash Butt yard, heavily stripped down riveted waggon 206, possible original ballast waggon, number 206 was originally a waggon in the 'Camp Train' and appears to have USA origin, pushed into an earth bund with 55 tonne flat waggon 6705 behind, view from handbrake end.
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060501 3899364 viewsTabba Siding, built by Difco USA in 1971 for Mt Newman Mining in a group of four, 701 was the class leader of the long side dump waggons.
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060501 3900364 viewsTabba Siding, originally built by Difco USA for Goldsworthy Mining Ltd in 1967 as a batch of five, prefixed with 870 in BHP service, 8702 side dump waggon loaded with ballast.
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060714 6895364 viewsGarden Siding, flat waggon 8500, originally built by Tomlinson Steel WA for Goldsworthy Mining as one of six 55 ton flat waggons built in 1966, and later modified by BHP to increase its capacity, bogie and handbrake detail.
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050411 0600364 viewsGoldsworthy Junction, BHP track machine ballast regulator BR 31 a Plasser Australia SSP 110SW model with serial 401 comes off the former Goldsworthy line with the Newman mainline in the foreground. 11th April 2005.
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