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060501 3923351 viewsAbydos Siding backtrack, Speno rail grinder RG 1, a RR24 model grinder with 24 grinding wheels, serial M20, third grinding module. 1st May 2006.
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100717 0671351 viewsFlash Butt yard, new rail stock carrier waggon 6025, built by Gemco Rail in late 2009-10 with Barber bogies.
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110411 10028351 viewsNelson Point, fuel tank waggon 0020 82 kL capacity, built by Comeng for BP as RTC 2, last of two such tanks, used on Mt Newman line, unsure when converted to 0020.
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110619 1884351 viewsSouth of Mooka Siding, the Steel Train or rail recovery and transport train, flat waggon #14, 6207, a Comeng WA built flat waggon from January 1977 under order no. 07-M-282 RY.
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130720 1556351 viewsFlash Butt yard, new heavyweight out of gauge flat waggon 6000, unsure of builder, could be Gemco Rail in Perth.
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030403 162220351 viewsCrystal Brook, view from rear of CLF class leader CLF 1 'City of Whyalla' serial 93-AN-1, rebuilt by MKA to EMD model AT26C-2M from CL class unit CL 2 in 1993. 3rd April 2003.
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170728 09687351 viewsRio Tinto compressor waggon set CB 12, compressor control waggon with two diesel powered Kaeser M57 Utility air compressors and the receiver waggon with two air tanks or receivers. Note the waggons are modified ore waggon frames. Seen here at Cape Lambert. 28th July 2017.
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241-12351 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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190109 1618351 viewsBinduli, Mineral Resources Ltd empty iron ore train 4030 with MRL's MHPY type iron ore waggon MHPY 00028 built by CSR Yangtze Co China serial 2014/382-28 in 2014 as a batch of 382 units, these bottom discharge hopper waggons are operated in 'married' pairs.
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243-23351 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.
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246-35351 viewsCape Lambert, a Robe River loaded Deepdale train rolls along the mainline behind the standard quad Dash 8 power with 202 waggons which are a mix of builds from Nippon Sharyo Japan and Tomlinson Steel and Centurion Industries both WA companies. The ore is a ROM product and will be dumped over the gyratory crusher to be correctly sized. The newly extended roads can be seen either side of the train and in the distance can be seen are the railway workshops. 22nd May 2002.
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247-24351 viewsCape Lambert overview of the fuel point, with a brace of four Goninan WA CM40-8M GE rebuilds finishing up refuelling before departing with another empty train as a loaded rake is dragged to the dumper behind them. The workshops are to the left of the picture. Where I'm standing to take the picture is now all stockpile. Approximate location of photo is here. 22nd May 2002.
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256-17351 viewsMaitland Siding, early morning loaded train waiting for a meet with an empty behind the quad CM40-8M working of 9414, 9420, 9410 and 9425. May 2002.
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268-03351 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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268-30351 viewsAt the 39 km detection site with the Alstom 25-year service agreement special, BHP Iron Ore's Goninan GE rebuild CM40-8M unit 5634 'Boodarie' serial number 8151-07 / 91-120 stands on the Newman mainline with the train. Friday 12th of April 2002.
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160409 IMG 7023351 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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210407 9891351 viewsParkeston, 2MP5 intermodal train, CQWY type well waggon CQWY 5019 well 2, the well waggon pairs were built by Bluebird Rail Operations SA in a batch of sixty pairs in 2008 for CFCLA. Loaded with an SCF Rail Containers 40' 4EG1 type container for Austrans SCFU 410087.
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110620 2392r351 viewsWalla, comparison between loaded BHP ore waggons from Comeng WA in 2925 and from Astra Vagoane, Arad Romania in 3312. 2925 is from a batch of four hundred built in 1971 by Comeng WA, while 3312 is from a batch of three hundred and fifty built in 1988 by Astra Vagoane, of which only two hundred and eighty-four didn't enter service. The Comeng build features square side and floor joins, while the Astra Vagoane build is all rounded. 20th of June 2011.
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231020 8142351 viewsParkeston, ACD class locomotive ACD 6048 built by Goninan NSW as a GE C44ACi model in April 2022, trails on 4UP1 along the mainline at Parkeston enroute to Kwinana, 20th of October 2023.
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148-38350 viewsVR 1967 book of signals Wangaratta page 1
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