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247-30385 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train is about to pass under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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247-31385 viewsNear Cooya Pooya at the 37.5 km on the Robe River Cape Lambert line an empty train is about to pass under the town water supply pipeline and pass through Lockyer Gap behind the standard Robe power of quad CM40-8M or Dash 8 locomotives led by 9425 which is a Goninan WA ALCo to GE rebuild CM40-8M with serial 6266-8 / 89-85 from August 1989 riding on Hi-Ad bogies and was originally an AE Goodwin built M636 ALCo serial C-6041-4 and built new for Mt Newman Mining (later BHP Iron Ore) in April 1970 and numbered 5468, sold to Robe and delivered by road 17th August 1982. Location is here.22nd May 2002.
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210510 1109385 viewsNear Gull on the Rio Tinto Dampier - Tom Price line at the 101.5 km, RTW type intermediate rail waggon RTW 011 on Rio Tinto's Gemco Rail built rail train consist. 10th May 2021. Location.
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253-01385 viewsDugite near the 64 km on the Dampier - Tom Price railway, a loaded Hamersley Iron train headed up by General Electric 9-44CW units 7078, from the original order, serial number 47757 and 7096, from the second order, serial number 52843 arrive taking the mainline to cross an empty which is in the passing track.
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255-35385 viewsEmu Siding on the Hamersley Iron Dampier to Tom Price line with the Western Creek Robe River interconnecting line on the left joining the HI Tom Price line. Train Control board for crews to change channels. May 2002.
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190129 4342385 viewsBinduli, on Mineral Resources Ltd loaded iron ore train service from Koolyanobbing to Esperance #3033 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00372 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-372 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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267-20385 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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268-28385 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 2810385 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…
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283-01385 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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210407 9878385 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, platform 1 of 5-pack low profile skel waggon set RRYY 13, one of fifty two such waggon sets built by Bradken at Braemar NSW in 2004-05, with a Toll MEG1 type 48' container TCML 48482.
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130710 1039385 viewsParkeston, SCT train 3PG1, ABSY type van ABSY 4485, one of a batch of fifty made by Comeng WA as VFX type 75' covered vans 1977, recoded to ABFX type, when Gemco WA upgraded it to ABSY type, seen here with the silver corrugated roof fitted.
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148-24384 viewsWangaratta, Signal Post 11, Disc Signal from Sidings 'H' or 'E' to No. 3 Road towards Post 17; or to Nos. 4 or 5 Roads towards Post 19; or to No. 6 Road. Signal Post 12 to the right.
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100602 8681384 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31282 is one of a batch of eighty six built by WAGR Midland Workshops between 1967 and March 1968 with fleet number 162 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, West Kalgoorlie 2nd June 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100731 02275384 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 31092 is one of a batch of one hundred and thirty built by Goninan WA between March and August 2001 with serial number 950092-082 and fleet number 677 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02355384 viewsWO type iron ore waggon WO 31299 is one of a batch of fifteen built by WAGR Midland Workshops between July and October 1968 with fleet number 178 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, with a 75 ton and 1018 ft³ capacity, on loaded train 6413 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010. This unit was converted to WOS superphosphate in the late 1980s till 1994 when it was re-classed back to WO.
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100731 02484384 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33515 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 950211-055 and fleet number 9012 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02483384 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33283 is one of a batch of thirty five built by United Goninan WA between January and April 2005 with serial number 950104-023 and fleet number 782 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02540384 viewsWOB type iron ore waggon WOB 31392 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 317 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, this waggon was converted to a WSM ballast hopper, then converted back to a WOB by WAGR Midland Workshops, and started life as a Comeng built Mt Newman Mining ore car in 1974. It was originally numbered 31391 by WAGR, on empty train 6418 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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100731 02855384 viewsWOE type iron ore waggon WOE 33366 is one of a batch of one hundred and forty one built by United Goninan WA between November 2005 and April 2006 with serial number 950142-071 and fleet number 865 for Koolyanobbing iron ore operations, on loaded train 7415 at Binduli Triangle, 31st July 2010.
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