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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 2816417 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Colonial Mine adit #30, looking inside through the removed blanking plate. Geodata.
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120411 IMG P10019417 viewsWest Kalgoorlie, PTLY type gas tank waggon PTLY 6416. Built by Comeng NSW in 1985 as NTHF type 76,000 litre gas tank for Boral Gas, recoded to ATLY in 1996. Peter Donaghy image.
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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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190108 1313417 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.
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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 8285417 viewsBinduli, 5029 Malcolm Freighter, AQNY type container waggon AQNY 32208 one of sixty two waggons built by Goninan WA in 1998 as WQN type for Murrin Murrin container traffic with two Bis Deliver Every Day roll-top 25UA type sulphur containers BICN 104600 and BICN 104900.
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240701 2762417 viewsPilbara Railways Historical Society, former ALCo built demonstrator locomotive model C-415 serial 3449-1 built April 1966, currently carrying number 1000, it was originally numbered 008 when Hamersley Iron purchased the unit in 1968. It was retired from service on the 24th February 1982. It then spent some time carrying number 2000 while building the Marandoo railway line from Sept 1991. 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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150-29416 viewsLismore station yard and building overview, roofless ablution block and station building.
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060528 4594416 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31248 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 139 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, loaded with fines seen here at Bonnie Vale, 28th May 2006. This unit was converted to WOG for gypsum in late 1980s till 1990 then reclassed to WOS for superphosphate before being re-classed back to WO in 1994.
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100602 8548416 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33535 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-075 and fleet number 9024 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100602 8547416 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33536 is one of a batch of one hundred and twenty eight built by United Group Rail WA between August 2008 and March 2009 with serial number 950211-076 and fleet number 9023 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, seen here west of Binduli, 2nd June 2010.
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100602 8575416 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33238 is one of a batch of twenty seven built by Goninan WA between September and October 2002 with serial number 950103-005 and fleet number 737 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations but it now has the revised 82.5 tonne load rating and PORTMAN has been painted out, west of Binduli 2nd June 2010.
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100602 8685416 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31391 is one of a batch of twenty five built by Comeng WA between 1974 and 1975 and converted from Mt Newman high sided waggons by WAGR Midland Workshops with a capacity of 67 tons with fleet number 316 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations. This waggon was also converted to a WSM type ballast hopper by re-fitting the cut down top section and having bottom discharge doors fitted, converted back to WOB in 1998, loaded with fines in West Kalgoorlie 2nd June 2010.
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